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SCCA: Runoffs Conclude Sunday At Road America
Twenty-eight National Champions were crowned among 502 drivers that participated in the 49th SCCA National Championship Runoffs at Road America...
Michael Mueller, Formula 500 National Champion. (Photo: Mark Weber/SCCA)
Twenty-eight National Champions were crowned among 502 drivers that participated in the 49th SCCA National Championship Runoffs at Road America that concluded on Sunday afternoon. Among Sunday’s highlights was a rare father/son double win for Ray and Rob Huffmaster in Super Touring Lite and Super Touring Under, respectively, and seven repeat Runoffs winners – including Wisconsin natives Mike Moser, of Milwaukee, Michael Varacins, of Burlington, and Michael Mueller, of Plymouth.
Moser Takes H Production Title on Home Track at SCCA Runoffs
Mike Moser, of Milwaukee, Wis., earned his first SCCA National Championship Runoffs® win by topping the H Production class at Road America. Mike Origer, of Barrington, Ill., finished second. Another Wisconsinite, Greg Gauper, from Hubertus, finished third.
Gumout pole winner Moser led the field through Turn One with Origer on his tail, but the fight for the lead would have to wait for three laps, after an opening lap incident in Turn Five brought out a full-course caution.
When racing resumed on lap four, Moser’s No. 01 ETE Reman/RWM Auto/Goodyear Honda CRX led a breakaway pack of four cars (Moser, Origer, Chris Albin and Gauper) until lap seven, when second-place Origer made his move. The Runoffs rookie drafted past Moser and into the lead in Turn One. Moser pulled the exact same move four turns later, however, drafting Origer on the downhill to Turn Five and diving to the inside.
Moser’s re-pass for the lead earned him the GoPro Hero Move of the Race. From that point forward, Moser was able to steadily pull a gap on Origer, setting the Hawk Fastest Race Lap in the process, a 2:40.873 (89.512 mph). He crossed the finish line with a 4.016-second margin of victory.
Starting third, Origer made sure to stick to the back of Moser’s bumper on the start, enabling him to pass Chris Albin, of Maryland Heights, Mo., for second. On the lap four restart, Albin was all over Origer’s No. 0 Remax/Unlimited NW Volkswagen Scirocco, but became distracted by his own battle for third. This allowed Origer to re-focus his attention on Moser, who he passed on lap seven, briefly taking the lead. Moser was back to the front shortly thereafter and when Origer ran wide in Canada Corner, the gap to the leader steadily increased. Origer would have to settle for second in his first Runoffs appearance.
Driving the No. 15 Rana Mort Racing/Goodyear Honda Civic Si, Gauper fought Albin for third through the first half of the race as Moser and Origer were hooked up out front. At the same time Origer was making his bid for the lead, Gauper decided it was his time to make a run on Albin for the final podium spot. According to Gauper, the defending HP Champion, collecting the bronze on this day was equally as rewarding as Runoffs gold in 2011.
Albin’s No. 3 Hoosier/24-7-parts.com/AMT engines Volkswagen Golf GTI crossed the line in fourth. Jason Isely, of Coto de Cazda, Calif., finished fifth in the No. 99 RACER.com/Hoosier/AST/OS Giken/TRD Toyota Yaris.
Michael Miller, of Walhalla, S.C., earned the Sunoco Hard Charger Award, advancing from 19th to 11th in the 13-lap race.
Knowles Dominant in Run to Touring 2 SCCA National Championship
Don Knowles, of Pittsboro, N.C., scored a flag-to-flag victory Sunday to take his sixth SCCA National Championship in winning the Touring 2 Runoffs® race at Road America. Marty Grand, of Manassas Park, Va., and Todd Napieralski, of Chelsea, Mich., completed the podium.
Starting from his sixth career Runoffs Gumout Pole Position, Knowles got a big jump at the drop of the green flag, opening up a 3.3-second lead by the completion of lap two as his competitors battled behind. Knowles drove his No. 32 Phoenix/Hawk/Hoosier Ford Mustang GT to a 2.984-second victory, averaging 96.414 mph.
The battle for second was fierce early, with Grand’s No. 43 AMS/UCSPerformance/TRE/Hoosier/Carbotech Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution fending off first Steve Jenkins’ No. 28 Trim-Tex/BRM/HRE Wheels/Fall-Line Porsche 996 and, later, Napieralski’s No. 33 Chevrolet Performance/TPR/BackStreet Performance Chevrolet Camaro.
The Grand/Jenkins battle broke off on lap eight, when Jenkins went off in Turn 14 and ended his day.
Grand was not safe in second, though, as a resurgent Napieralski closed on the Mitsubishi in the final two laps. After getting to his bumper a couple of times, Naperalski’s hope for a silver medal faded in Turn Five on the final lap, as he ran wide, allowing Grand to open up a gap.
Napieralski earned the Hawk Hot Lap of the race, with a record-setting 2:28.248 (97.135 mph) on lap five.
John Kachadurian, of Chicago, Ill., finished fourth after starting his No. 80 Grey Fox Racing BMW M3 seventh. Alan Kossof, of Wheeling, Ill., was fifth in his No. 2 Kossof Motorsports BMW M3.
Pratt Cole finished sixth in his No. 88 Western Metals Transport Ford Mustang, earning the GoPro Hero Move of the Race for his pass around the outside of Napieralski in Turn One on the fourth lap.
Tom Wickersham, of San Ramon, Calif., started17th and finished 11th in his No. 94 Maine Straight Racing Honda S2000 to earn the Sunoco Hard Charger award.
Rob Huffmaster Cruises to STU Gold at SCCA Runoffs at Road America
Gumout pole winner Rob Huffmaster, of Clarkston, Mich., drove flag-to-flag to capture his first-career Super Touring® Under National Championship at the 49th SCCA National Championship Runoffs at Road America. Joel Weinberger, of Hinsdale, Ill., and Marc Hoover, of Cameron Park, Calif., were second and third, respectively.
Driving the No 7 VirSecServices.com/Hoosier Pontiac Solstice GXP, Huffmaster jumped out to an early lead and was never seriously challenged throughout the 13-lap, 52-mile race. With Huffmaster’s victory virtually in hand, there were only two questions that remained near the end of the STU race, which was run simultaneously with the Super Touring Lite race.
First, what was the margin of victory going to be? Second, would Rob pass Ray (Rob’s dad), who was currently running second in the STL race, before the start/finish line? Had Rob passed Ray it would have ended his dad’s chances to win.
Huffmaster chose to stay behind his dad coming up the hill to the stripe to give the STL leaders one lap to decide their race. Huffmaster beat Weinberger by 10.827-seconds for his first-career STU title and his father won the STL race.
Huffmaster turned the Hawk Performance fast race lap with a 2:26.294, which set a new Runoffs fast race lap record.
Weinberger started second in No. 1 Continental Audi/Castrol/BFGoodrich Tires Audi A4. Early on, Weinberger was locked in a head-to-head battle for second with Hoover in the No. 98 Hooverspeed/NRA/AMG/Necksgear Mazda Miata. Weinberger, the defending STU National Champion, passed Hoover in Turn One on lap five and was never seriously challenged again. Weinberger’s second-place finish gave him his third-career STU podium.
With Hoover’s third-place finish, he earned his second-career STU podium.
Michael Flynn, of Eustis, Fla., drove the No. 26 Irish Mike’s/BF Goodrich Tires BMW 325 E46 to a fourth place finish. Charles Tobel, of New Hudson, Mich., finished fifth in the No. 14 Discount Tire/Novi Wall Co/Hoosier Pontiac Solstice.
Phillip Royle, of Winnetka, Calif., was the Sunoco Hard Charger. He started 16th and finished 13th.
Moser Takes H Production Title on Home Track at SCCA Runoffs
Mike Moser, of Milwaukee, Wis., earned his first SCCA National Championship Runoffs® win by topping the H Production class at Road America. Mike Origer, of Barrington, Ill., finished second. Another Wisconsinite, Greg Gauper, from Hubertus, finished third.
Gumout pole winner Moser led the field through Turn One with Origer on his tail, but the fight for the lead would have to wait for three laps, after an opening lap incident in Turn Five brought out a full-course caution.
When racing resumed on lap four, Moser’s No. 01 ETE Reman/RWM Auto/Goodyear Honda CRX led a breakaway pack of four cars (Moser, Origer, Chris Albin and Gauper) until lap seven, when second-place Origer made his move. The Runoffs rookie drafted past Moser and into the lead in Turn One. Moser pulled the exact same move four turns later, however, drafting Origer on the downhill to Turn Five and diving to the inside.
Moser’s re-pass for the lead earned him the GoPro Hero Move of the Race. From that point forward, Moser was able to steadily pull a gap on Origer, setting the Hawk Fastest Race Lap in the process, a 2:40.873 (89.512 mph). He crossed the finish line with a 4.016-second margin of victory.
Starting third, Origer made sure to stick to the back of Moser’s bumper on the start, enabling him to pass Chris Albin, of Maryland Heights, Mo., for second. On the lap four restart, Albin was all over Origer’s No. 0 Remax/Unlimited NW Volkswagen Scirocco, but became distracted by his own battle for third. This allowed Origer to re-focus his attention on Moser, who he passed on lap seven, briefly taking the lead. Moser was back to the front shortly thereafter and when Origer ran wide in Canada Corner, the gap to the leader steadily increased. Origer would have to settle for second in his first Runoffs appearance.
Driving the No. 15 Rana Mort Racing/Goodyear Honda Civic Si, Gauper fought Albin for third through the first half of the race as Moser and Origer were hooked up out front. At the same time Origer was making his bid for the lead, Gauper decided it was his time to make a run on Albin for the final podium spot. According to Gauper, the defending HP Champion, collecting the bronze on this day was equally as rewarding as Runoffs gold in 2011.
Albin’s No. 3 Hoosier/24-7-parts.com/AMT engines Volkswagen Golf GTI crossed the line in fourth. Jason Isely, of Coto de Cazda, Calif., finished fifth in the No. 99 RACER.com/Hoosier/AST/OS Giken/TRD Toyota Yaris.
Michael Miller, of Walhalla, S.C., earned the Sunoco Hard Charger Award, advancing from 19th to 11th in the 13-lap race.
Knowles Dominant in Run to Touring 2 SCCA National Championship
Don Knowles, of Pittsboro, N.C., scored a flag-to-flag victory Sunday to take his sixth SCCA National Championship in winning the Touring 2 Runoffs® race at Road America. Marty Grand, of Manassas Park, Va., and Todd Napieralski, of Chelsea, Mich., completed the podium.
Starting from his sixth career Runoffs Gumout Pole Position, Knowles got a big jump at the drop of the green flag, opening up a 3.3-second lead by the completion of lap two as his competitors battled behind. Knowles drove his No. 32 Phoenix/Hawk/Hoosier Ford Mustang GT to a 2.984-second victory, averaging 96.414 mph.
The battle for second was fierce early, with Grand’s No. 43 AMS/UCSPerformance/TRE/Hoosier/Carbotech Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution fending off first Steve Jenkins’ No. 28 Trim-Tex/BRM/HRE Wheels/Fall-Line Porsche 996 and, later, Napieralski’s No. 33 Chevrolet Performance/TPR/BackStreet Performance Chevrolet Camaro.
The Grand/Jenkins battle broke off on lap eight, when Jenkins went off in Turn 14 and ended his day.
Grand was not safe in second, though, as a resurgent Napieralski closed on the Mitsubishi in the final two laps. After getting to his bumper a couple of times, Naperalski’s hope for a silver medal faded in Turn Five on the final lap, as he ran wide, allowing Grand to open up a gap.
Napieralski earned the Hawk Hot Lap of the race, with a record-setting 2:28.248 (97.135 mph) on lap five.
John Kachadurian, of Chicago, Ill., finished fourth after starting his No. 80 Grey Fox Racing BMW M3 seventh. Alan Kossof, of Wheeling, Ill., was fifth in his No. 2 Kossof Motorsports BMW M3.
Pratt Cole finished sixth in his No. 88 Western Metals Transport Ford Mustang, earning the GoPro Hero Move of the Race for his pass around the outside of Napieralski in Turn One on the fourth lap.
Tom Wickersham, of San Ramon, Calif., started17th and finished 11th in his No. 94 Maine Straight Racing Honda S2000 to earn the Sunoco Hard Charger award.
Rob Huffmaster Cruises to STU Gold at SCCA Runoffs at Road America
Gumout pole winner Rob Huffmaster, of Clarkston, Mich., drove flag-to-flag to capture his first-career Super Touring® Under National Championship at the 49th SCCA National Championship Runoffs at Road America. Joel Weinberger, of Hinsdale, Ill., and Marc Hoover, of Cameron Park, Calif., were second and third, respectively.
Driving the No 7 VirSecServices.com/Hoosier Pontiac Solstice GXP, Huffmaster jumped out to an early lead and was never seriously challenged throughout the 13-lap, 52-mile race. With Huffmaster’s victory virtually in hand, there were only two questions that remained near the end of the STU race, which was run simultaneously with the Super Touring Lite race.
First, what was the margin of victory going to be? Second, would Rob pass Ray (Rob’s dad), who was currently running second in the STL race, before the start/finish line? Had Rob passed Ray it would have ended his dad’s chances to win.
Huffmaster chose to stay behind his dad coming up the hill to the stripe to give the STL leaders one lap to decide their race. Huffmaster beat Weinberger by 10.827-seconds for his first-career STU title and his father won the STL race.
Huffmaster turned the Hawk Performance fast race lap with a 2:26.294, which set a new Runoffs fast race lap record.
Weinberger started second in No. 1 Continental Audi/Castrol/BFGoodrich Tires Audi A4. Early on, Weinberger was locked in a head-to-head battle for second with Hoover in the No. 98 Hooverspeed/NRA/AMG/Necksgear Mazda Miata. Weinberger, the defending STU National Champion, passed Hoover in Turn One on lap five and was never seriously challenged again. Weinberger’s second-place finish gave him his third-career STU podium.
With Hoover’s third-place finish, he earned his second-career STU podium.
Michael Flynn, of Eustis, Fla., drove the No. 26 Irish Mike’s/BF Goodrich Tires BMW 325 E46 to a fourth place finish. Charles Tobel, of New Hudson, Mich., finished fifth in the No. 14 Discount Tire/Novi Wall Co/Hoosier Pontiac Solstice.
Phillip Royle, of Winnetka, Calif., was the Sunoco Hard Charger. He started 16th and finished 13th.
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