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Tripod Challenge - Final Score: Three Way Tie!
August 17,
2008
A
big thanks goes out to Erik Van-order-Mey and Sam Karp for setting the
record
straight. Allegedly Chris Fenter, a Wisconsin resident,
pledged
his allegiance to Chicago on Saturday, and then to Milwaukee on Sunday
(hum, doesn't this sound vaguely similar to a certain infamous
Revolutionary War solider, I wonder if Chris could be a direct
descendant). Pat Washburn, also of Wisconsin pledged
his allegiance to Minnesota. These two changes affected the
outcome of the event and put Chicago on top, Minnesota in second and
Milwaukee in third.
The
Milwaukee
Region SCCA played host to the first ever Tripod Challenge which pitted
Milwaukee against Chicago and Minnesota this past weekend at Miller
Park in Milwaukee. The rules were simple, at registration the
entrants declared the allegiance to one of the three regions.
A
point was
assigned to each region for each driver that placed in the top 25.
The
region who captured PAX would get +1 added to their score on each day.
However, Chicago, and then Milwaukee protested the top 25
count
midday
on Saturday and the tally was taken only for the top 20. One
would
have thought Minnesota would have been the ones to raise this protest
considering that they had the least amount of members present.
The
course on Saturday was very technical with lots of sweepers that
rewarded those who could look ahead.
Eric Thompson of MLS Motor
Racing did our part for the Chicago team on Saturday by taking first
place in ESP over Bob Weir (Milwaukee) but it was not enough to get us
into the top 20.
After heat 2 on Saturday
it
looked like Chicago had the win in the bag and Bartek
Borowski (Chicago) was on top of the PAX.
In the afternoon Milwaukee rallied back hard. Jeff Cashmore (Milwaukee)
ended up taking the PAX away from Bartek who fell back to
third behind Tim Aro (Minnesota). However Jeff's hard work was not
enough to move Milwaukee out of last place. The
tally on Saturday was Chicago 8, Minnesota 7 and Milwaukee 6.
Sunday's
course was the reverse
of Saturday's course. In this direction the course flowed
much
better
and the average top 20 times dropped by over two seconds.
However
the
course still favored Milwaukee as Jeff took the PAX again.
Chicago
put up a good fight with Eric Stemler in second and Barteck and Hubert
Borowski in third and fourth, but Chicago still finished in last on
Sunday. Tim Aro lead the charge for
Minnesota
with a fifth place finish. Eric Thompson managed a second
place
finish behind Brian Regannie (Chicago) and ahead of Bob Weir.
Yet
none of the ESP cars finished in the top twenty.
The Sunday only result: Milwaukee 8,
Chicago 6
and Minnesota 7. The final score was a
three way tie: Chicago 14, Minnesota
14 and Milwaukee
14. It looks like we'll have to repeat this challenge again,
until then I think Helga, the official Tripod Trophy should reside at
Milwaukee as the timing bus hood ornament.
Pictures of the event can be found at Andy
Seipos website
Saturday
|
| Pos. |
Class |
# |
Region |
Driver |
Car
Model |
Total |
Factor |
Pax Time |
Diff. |
From 1st |
| 1m |
dm |
17 |
MKE |
Jeff Cashmore |
2006 Sprinto - YC3 Yellow |
55.89 |
*0.890 |
49.745 |
0 |
0 |
| 2m |
csp |
139 |
MN |
Tim Aro |
1995 Mazda Miata Red |
58.62 |
*0.856 |
50.179 |
0.43 |
0.434 |
| 3m |
pcs |
349 |
CHI |
Bartek Borowski |
2006 Pontiac Solstice Gray |
60.73 |
*0.831 |
50.465 |
0.29 |
0.72 |
| 4m |
pas |
93 |
CHI |
Eric Stemler |
2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP Blue |
60.02 |
*0.842 |
50.539 |
0.07 |
0.794 |
| 5m |
pstu |
60 |
MN |
Patrick Washburn |
2006 Mitsubishi Evo 9 MR Silver |
61.33 |
*0.830 |
50.905 |
0.37 |
1.16 |
| 6m |
pdsp |
41 |
MN |
Stephen Jones |
1995 BMW 325is Black |
60.42 |
*0.843 |
50.931 |
0.03 |
1.186 |
| 7m |
pss |
91 |
MKE |
Steve Wynveen |
2004 Chevrolet
Corvette Z06 LeMans Blue |
59.87 |
*0.852 |
51.007 |
0.08 |
1.262 |
| 8m |
hs |
97 |
MKE |
Mark McKnight |
2006 Mazda 3 Silver |
64.54 |
*0.792 |
51.113 |
0.11 |
1.368 |
| 9m |
pcs |
150 |
CHI |
Chris Fenter |
2007 Mazda MX-5 Grey |
61.52 |
*0.831 |
51.12 |
0.01 |
1.375 |
| 10m |
pcs |
347 |
CHI |
Hubert Borowski |
2006 Pontiac Solstice Gray |
61.54 |
*0.831 |
51.138 |
0.02 |
1.393 |
| 11m |
pdp |
97 |
CHI |
Tracy Ramsey |
2000 Toyota MR2 Spyder Yellow |
59.33 |
*0.863 |
51.204 |
0.07 |
1.459 |
| 12m |
pbs |
898 |
MN |
Neal Tovsen |
2004 Mazda RX8 Yellow |
61.55 |
*0.832 |
51.21 |
0.01 |
1.465 |
| 13m |
ds |
192 |
MN |
Adam Ansorge |
2000 Acura Integra Type R Yellow |
63.25 |
*0.812 |
51.355 |
0.15 |
1.61 |
| 14m |
psts |
177 |
MKE |
Jason Frank |
1989 Bridgestone Redshift Civic Si Black |
63 |
*0.816 |
51.411 |
0.06 |
1.666 |
| 15m |
pstu |
95 |
MKE |
Colin Fiedler |
2007 Subaru WRX STI Urban Grey Metallic |
61.95 |
*0.830 |
51.414 |
0 |
1.669 |
| 16m |
pstu |
377 |
CHI |
Aytinc Akad |
2005 Mitsubishi RSolution White |
61.96 |
*0.830 |
51.426 |
0.01 |
1.681 |
| 17m |
stx |
94 |
MN |
Darryl Wrolson |
1993 BMW 325is Green |
62.98 |
*0.820 |
51.646 |
0.22 |
1.901 |
| 18m |
cs |
17 |
CHI |
Mark Hirt |
2007 Mazda MX-5 MS-R Copper Red |
62.2 |
*0.831 |
51.686 |
0.04 |
1.941 |
| 19m |
pstu |
601 |
MN |
Christopher Deutsch |
2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Silver |
62.34 |
*0.830 |
51.739 |
0.05 |
1.994 |
| 20m |
ds |
391 |
CHI |
Chris Dvorak |
2001 Acura Integra R Pee |
63.75 |
*0.812 |
51.768 |
0.03 |
2.023 |
Sunday
| Pos. |
Class |
# |
Rookie |
Driver |
Car Model |
Total |
Factor |
Pax Time |
Diff. |
From 1st |
| 1m |
dm |
17 |
MKE |
Jeff Cashmore |
2006 Sprinto - YC3 Yellow |
54.15 |
*0.890 |
48.196 |
0 |
0 |
| 2m |
as |
93 |
CHI |
Eric Stemler |
2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP Blue |
57.46 |
*0.842 |
48.38 |
0.18 |
0.184 |
| 3m |
pcs |
349 |
CHI |
Bartek Borowski |
2006 Pontiac Solstice Gray |
58.23 |
*0.831 |
48.385 |
0.01 |
0.189 |
| 4m |
pcs |
347 |
CHI |
Hubert Borowski |
2006 Pontiac Solstice Gray |
58.52 |
*0.831 |
48.631 |
0.25 |
0.435 |
| 5m |
csp |
139 |
MN |
Tim Aro |
1995 Mazda Miata Red |
56.92 |
*0.856 |
48.726 |
0.1 |
0.53 |
| 6m |
pcs |
150 |
MKE |
Chris Fenter |
2007 Mazda MX-5 Grey |
58.92 |
*0.831 |
48.962 |
0.24 |
0.766 |
| 7m |
pbs |
898 |
MN |
Neal Tovsen |
2004 Mazda RX8 Yellow |
59.17 |
*0.832 |
49.227 |
0.27 |
1.031 |
| 8m |
pbs |
897 |
MN |
Ivan Austin |
2004 Mazda RX8 Yeller |
59.32 |
*0.832 |
49.355 |
0.13 |
1.159 |
| 9m |
pcs |
50 |
CHI |
Erik Van-der-Mey |
2007 Mazda MX-5 MS-R Gray |
59.44 |
*0.831 |
49.397 |
0.04 |
1.201 |
| 10m |
hs |
97 |
MKE |
Mark McKnight |
2006 Mazda 3 Silver |
62.42 |
*0.792 |
49.437 |
0.04 |
1.241 |
| 11m |
pdsp |
41 |
MN |
Stephen Jones |
1995 BMW 325is Black |
58.74 |
*0.843 |
49.517 |
0.08 |
1.321 |
| 12m |
pstu |
60 |
MN |
Patrick Washburn |
2006 Mitsubishi Evo 9 MR Silver |
59.77 |
*0.830 |
49.61 |
0.09 |
1.414 |
| 13m |
sts |
87 |
MKE |
Ryan Kroupa |
1991 Honda Civic Si Red |
60.82 |
*0.816 |
49.626 |
0.02 |
1.43 |
| 14m |
pdsp |
141 |
MN |
John Mensch |
1999 Mazda Miata White |
58.87 |
*0.843 |
49.628 |
0 |
1.432 |
| 15m |
pss |
91 |
MKE |
Steve Wynveen |
2004 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 LeMans Blue |
58.28 |
*0.852 |
49.656 |
0.03 |
1.46 |
| 16m |
pstu |
377 |
CHI |
Aytinc Akad |
2005 Mitsubishi RSolution White |
59.84 |
*0.830 |
49.667 |
0.01 |
1.471 |
| 17m |
ds |
391 |
CHI |
Chris Dvorak |
2001 Acura Integra R Pee |
61.23 |
*0.812 |
49.718 |
0.05 |
1.522 |
| 18m |
pstu |
95 |
MKE |
Colin Fiedler |
2007 Subaru WRX STI Urban Grey Metallic |
59.98 |
*0.830 |
49.78 |
0.06 |
1.584 |
| 19m |
pstu |
601 |
MN |
Christopher Deutsch |
2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Silver |
60.02 |
*0.830 |
49.818 |
0.04 |
1.622 |
| 20m |
pgs |
30 |
MKE |
John Ma |
2007 MINI Cooper S Sparkling Silver |
61.16 |
*0.815 |
49.848 |
0.03 |
1.652 |
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