With 13 Radicals attending our first round of competition, the weekend proved to be a great success. Only 2 drivers had experience at PIR so Friday testing saw lap times drop dramatically each session. John Morris used Friday to shake down his new PR6 as it was sent straight from the factory to the event.
Qualifying on Saturday was exciting. It was a game of getting clear track to put in your best lap. Here's how it ended up.
1.
John Morris
PR6 / 1548cc
1:02.243
2.
Don Simons
PR6 / 1585cc
1:02.793
3.
Marc Futterman
SR8 / 2600cc
1:03.725
1.
Dave Tweedlie
1400cc
2.
Tim Day
1400cc
1:03.481
3.
Cody Martin
1400cc
1:04.241
4.
Matt Maddox
1400cc
1:04.599
5.
Craig Oka
1300cc
1:05.741
6.
Glenn Scott
1400cc
1:06.352
7.
Cyrus Shargh
1400cc
1:07.845
8.
Dan Rowe
1300cc
1:08.234
9.
Rene Lohr
1300cc
1:10.742
The qualifying race Saturday afternoon was meant to set starting positions for the main event. As the Main event Sunday was rained out, final points were issued from the qualifying race.
Don Simons was able to get out in front on the start, but it didn't take long for John Morris to retake the lead. After sliding past a corner John lost the lead again but gathered it back up for the victory.
Tim Day and Dave Tweedlie had an incredible battle for most of the race. Running side by side in several corners, they started getting reeled in by Cody Martin. As they rounded the final corner for the checkered flag, lapped traffic played a part in a side by side finish with Tim just edging out for the win.
1.
John Morris
1:00.228
2.
Don Simons
1:00.549
3.
Marc Futterman
No Time
1.
Tim Day
1:02.187
2.
Dave Tweedlie
1:01.993
3.
Cody Martin
1:03.268
4.
Matt Maddox
1:03.535
5.
Glenn Scott
1:05.121
6.
Craig Oka
1:05.030
7.
Cyrus Shargh
1:05.971
8.
Rene Lohr
1:11.510
9.
Dan Rowe
1:07.257
Pete Fowler
1:06.699
Sundays 1 hour Enduro was a new experience for drivers & crew. Most drivers chose to team with another car. Dave Tweedlie flew in a ringer (Bob Majorino) to share the drive with him. Matt Maddox and Dan Rowe were the only drivers to brave the whole hour on their own.
All the Radicals ended up late to the grid so they found themselves starting at the back of a large field of Historic Formula Cars & Sports Racers. As a spectator it looked very tight into turn one for the start. Don Simons worked through traffic quickly to take the overall lead in just a few laps.
Pitstops required a mandatory 5 minute stop, so there was no rush in getting cars fueled or drivers changed. Everyone's pitstop went to plan.
1.
John Morris* / Don Simons
Invitational
50
1:01.775
2.
Bob Majorino / Dave Tweedlie
SR3
48
1:03.256
3.
Marc Futterman* / Craig Oka
Invitational
48
1:01.393
4.
Cody Martin* / Glenn Scott
SR3
47
1:03.493
5.
Rene Lohr / Steve Nicklin
SR3
45
1:08.284
6.
Dan Rowe
SR3
42
1:09.997
7.
Matt Maddox
SR3
41
1:02.528
8.
Tim Day* / Cyrus Shargh
SR3
40
1:02.791
I would like to thank everyone who attended the event. Special Thanks to Ed Swart at HSR West for accommodating all of our unique requests, my wife Jolene for the great food all weekend, Slim and Radical Sportscars support and John Morris for all of his help in making this possible.
Jeff Shafer
Radical Ventures, Inc.