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BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour Heads To Mid-Ohio

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Super Tour, Version Five: The top level of the Sports Car Club of America’s Club Racing program will visit Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, for Round Five of the six-round 2011 BFGoodrich Tires SCCA Super Tour. The event, co-hosted by the Ohio Valley Region and Cincinnati Region SCCA, is part of the first-ever double national Race of Champions at Mid-Ohio.

The BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour activities will occur during Sunday’s races. Each race winner will be given a victory lap and commemorative checkered flag, and the top three in each class will be treated to victory circle ceremonies after each race. Live Timing is available for those at the track and around the world on all three days of the event at SCCA.com.

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Feats: The racers at this weekend’s BFGoodrich Tires Great Lakes Super Tour are a unique mix of talented drivers. Most are “weekend warriors,” mixing it up on the track on the weekends before heading home to their day-to-day jobs through the week. Some are youngsters with an eye on a professional driving career, honing their craft while looking to the future. The common theme to an SCCA competition is that these are seemingly ordinary people doing extraordinary things with racecars.

How prolific can these drivers become? Start with the motorsports legends – Bobby Rahal, Mark Donohue, Roger Penske, Michael Andretti, and actor/driver Paul Newman got their start in SCCA Club Racing. More recently, you could have seen current stars Boris Said, Graham Rahal, Sam Hornish or Scott Sharp at a Club race.

The Best In Amateur Racing: SCCA Club Racing is the top level of amateur motorsports. Of the 300 Club Racing events held coast-to-coast, 70 of them are designated as “National” events, meaning they are qualifying events for the National Championship Runoffs® and comprise the SafeRacer SCCA National Racing Series. Of these 70 events, only six were designated as BFGoodrich Tires SCCA Super Tour races, bringing the National spotlight to town and making this weekend among a select group of can’t-miss events across the country.

At Mid-Ohio, the racing weekend consists of a National races on Saturday, followed by Sunday’s BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour races. Points for the BFGoodrich Super Tour will only be earned for Sunday’s races, however.

Large Fields: Last season during the June National at Mid-Ohio, 148 entrants participated. With this season’s BFGoodrich Tires SCCA Super Tour and double weekend, 194 cars were on the entry list early in the race week.

Ohio Drivers Well Represented: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course hosted the SCCA National Championship Runoffs® from 1994 to 2005, and the level of competition that continues to return to the storied facility makes for competitive racing.

Former National Champions abound throughout the field’s 28 National classes, a number of those drivers hailing from the Buckeye State.

Justin Pritchard, from Granville, won three titles at Mid-Ohio in open wheel cars, the first in Formula Continental, and a pair in Formula Ford. This weekend, he returns in E Production, driving a Mazda RX-7. That same class features Westerville’s Sam Halkias, the 2009 National Champion in class, driving a Triumph TR6.

Tom Sloe, the 2009 American Sedan champ from Novelty, Ohio, has entered his Ford Mustang in the class this weekend.

A pair of National Champion Ohioans lead the Formula Enterprise class, with defending F500 champion Patrick Gallagher, from Thornville, and defending FE champion Scott Rettich, from Camden, prepared to battle it out. Rettich will also race in Spec Racer Ford.

Delaware, Ohio’s Kevin Ruck is the defending National Champion in F Production and brings his Acura Integra for the race weekend. 1999 GT-2 Champion Tom Patton, from Hamilton, will tow in his Sunbeam Tiger from the southwest corner of the state, while 2002 GT-3 champion Mike Cyphert will tow his Toyota Celica from his Twinsburg home in the Northeast for the GT-3 race.

John Fergus, a six-time S2000 champion, brings his Carbir CS2/Ford just up the road from his Powell home. Freddy Baker won his first of four National Championships in 1980 at Road Atlanta, and his most recent at Mid-Ohio in 2000. This weekend, the Aurora resident will drive a Porsche 911 Carrera in Super Touring Over. In Super Touring Under, former FP champion Bill Niemeyer, of Loveland, Ohio will race an Acura RSX-S.

Chad Gilsinger, from Marysville, will drive his Honda S2000 in Touring 2. Gilsinger also made his Baja 1000 debut last season after earning the contingency prize for winning a National Championship on BFGoodrich Tires.

Among other notable Ohio drivers, SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am Series podium finisher Amy Ruman, from Kent, is entered in GT-1 in a Chevrolet Corvette. Corey Fergus, son of John, has won two consecutive poles at the Runoffs in the S2000 class.

Top Drivers From Across The Country: It’s not just Ohio that is home to former champions racing this weekend, as a number of drivers have made the drive for the opportunity to race twice at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Aaron Ellis, from Farmington, Minn., leads the Formula 500 class as the 2000 National Champion. Formula Atlantic boasts a pair of National Champions from the same Germantown, Tenn. family in David Grant (2008 FA champion) and Keith Grant (2003 GT-4 champion).

While the Formula 1000 (FB) field entry list only shows three cars, two-thirds are former National Champions. Brandon Dixon, who captured the title last year in the inaugural National season for the FB class, comes from Tuscaloosa, Ala., in his Citation F1000. Former F500 National Champion, Brian Novak, is in the FB field in his Piper F1000.

Juan Marchand, from South Haven, Mich., captured the 2009 title in Formula Mazda and is on the entry list this weekend. Jeff Loughead, from Darien, Ill., was the 2004 champion in Formula Vee at Mid-Ohio, and will be challenged by 2009 champion Michael Varacins, from Burlington, Wis., in that class.

Richard Grant, the patriarch of the Grant family, is a 1990 GT-4 National Champion and has entered Chevrolet Corvette in GT-1 this weekend. David Finch ventures into enemy territory from Ann Arbor, Mich., in a Porsche 944 for the GT-2 race.

Mark McCaughey, from Sarasota, Fla., brings his defending Showroom Stock C champion Toyota Celica to Mid-Ohio, while former Showroom Stock B champion Harry Manning competes in a 15-car Spec Miata class.

David Pintaric won the inaugural STO Runoffs race and has entered his Dodge Viper, while Mike Kramer, the 2003 SSC Champion at Mid-Ohio, returns in Touring 3 driving a Saturn ION.

Pirelli World Challenge GT winner Tony Rivera is entered in Touring 2, driving a Nissan 370Z.

Fun For The Family: Fans may attend this weekend’s event at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course with a Mid-Ohio VIP Season Pass, or as guests of the SCCA for a $10 fee. The gates open for at 7 AM on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Admission includes a free program and a paddock pass allowing spectators into the garage areas for up close visits with the cars and drivers.

Event/Circuit: BFGoodrich Tires SCCA Great Lakes Super Tour
Round Five
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
15-turn, 2.4-mile permanent road course

Qualifying: Sessions on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 2 qualifying sessions per class for Sunday’s races

Races: Sunday, June 12, Six group races, beginning at 10:00 a.m. (EDT)

Race Lengths: Each group runs a 19-lap, 45.6-mile race

Timing/Scoring: Live Timing & Scoring and lap notes via the SCCA® Pit Board are available for all sessions through www.scca.com/sccalive.
 
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Three Grids Set For BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour at Mid-Ohio

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LEXINGTON, Ohio (June 11, 2011) – Three of the six grids were set on Saturday for Sunday’s fifth BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour race weekend, part of the Ohio Valley Region/Cincinnati Region SCCA Race of Champions double national at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

Scott Rettich was the first to earn a pole for Sunday’s Super Tour, completing the 15-turn, 2.4-mile circuit in 1:40.356 in the first of two qualifying sessions in the No. 17 Alliance Autosport/Springboro Car Wash/PDI Spec Racer Ford. Also in Group 2, Kyle Webb earned Sunday’s Spec Miata pole in the No. 99 Kiss my Grass/Pressure Connections Mazda Miata.

Tony Rivera earned the Touring 2 pole in Group 2, driving the No. 11 Brass Monkey Racing/Nissan/Hoosier Nissan 370Z, with a time of 1:38.787. Group 2 poles also went to Kevin Helms (No. 04 HRE Wheels/Carbotech/Exedy Acura RSX) in STU, Jeremy Lucas (No. 8 BFGoodrich/Honda Racing Line Honda S2000) in Touring 3, Michael Scornavacchi (No. 25 Hoosier/Phoenex/Carbotech/Lawrence Chevrolet Pontiac Solstice) in Showroom Stock B, and Mark McCaughey (No. 18 Hoosier Tire/Carbotech/TRD Toyota Celica) in Showroom Stock C.

Group 3’s overall pole went to Timothy Wise (No. 42 Leisure Hound Sports Swift DB6 Ford) in the Formula F class with a best time of 1:33.822, set in the first qualifying session. Aaron Ellis (No. 43 Carlisle/CFF/Ellis Motorsports Ellis AE06) earned the Formula 500 pole, with Jeff Loughead (No. 8 Hoosier Tire/LL Loughead DDS Vortech CR04) taking the top honors in Formula Vee.

Three race groups held their first of two qualifying sessions on Friday afternoon and will complete qualifying on Sunday morning.

In Group Four, Amy Ruman topped GT-1 qualifying in her No. 23 McNichols/Goodyear/Cenweld Chevrolet Corvette with a best lap of 1:26.656 (99.705 mph). Tom Patton topped GT-2 in his No. 50 Tire Discounters/RedLine Oil/Goodyear Sunbeam Tiger, turning a lap of 1:32.390 (93.517 mph), while Mike Cyphert’s No. 76 Toyota Motorsports/TRD/RedLine Oil Toyota Celica topped GT-3 with a time of 1:34.673 (91.262 mph).

Also leading the class in Group Four was David Pintaric’s No. 40 Kryder Racing/Carbotech/Hoosier Dodge Viper ACRX, John Buttermore’s Hoosier/Carbotech/Stoptech Chevrolet Corvette in Touring 1, and Tom Sloe’s No. 7 Hooiser Tire/Russell Automotive Center Ford Mustang in American Sedan. All of the Group 4 polesitters except for Michigan-native Buttermore are in their home state this weekend.

In the “wings and things” Group 5, Keith Grant turned the fastest time of the qualifying to take the Formula Atlantic provisional pole in his No. 40 Hoosier Race Tire Swift 014a/Toyota with a lap of 1:21.913. Will Haney (D Sports Racing No. 8 Jay Motorsports Stohr WF1), Brandon Dixon (Formula 1000 No. 7 Citation Engineering/Hoosier Tire Citation F1000), Jonathan Gore (C Sports Racing No. 14 Foretravel Motorcoaches Elan DP-02), Rettich (Formula Enterprises No. 17 Alliance Autosport/Springboro Car Wash/PDI Formula Enterprises/Mazda), Steve Jenks (Formula Mazda No. High Impact Country Star Formula Mazda), John LaRue (Formula Continental No. 77 Goodyear Citation Snipe) and John Fergus (Sports 2000 No. 00 Hoosier Tires/Carbotech Brakes Carbir CS2) all turned best-in-class times in a busy group.

Production cars comprised Group 6, with John Schmitt turning the overall fastest time in his No. 62 Hoosier/RedLine Honda Prelude for E Production with a best time of 1:38.801 (87.449 mph). Kevin Ruck, driving the No. 3 Hoosier/Honda Performance Development Acura Integra, topped the F Production class during the session, while James Rogerson (No. 7 MSR Houston/Over 50 Motorsports Honda Civic led H Production.

Also in Group 6, Robert Lentz II topped GT-Lite behind the wheel of the No. 60 FGR/Auto Expectations/Goodyear Nissan Sentra SER.

All six groups held the first of two SafeRacer National Series races on Saturday.

In Group 1, Rettich topped SRF by 19.4 seconds, setting a new track record with a best time of 1:39.335 (86.978 mph). Daniel Ruggiero won Spec Miata in a three way battle with Harry Manning and John Scheuing.

In Group 2, Bill Baten (No. 98 Hoosier/Marks ADR/VanWinkle Baten Chevrolet Camaro) won Touring 2 by 1.205-seconds, Kevin Helms (No. 04 HRE Wheels/Carbotech/Exedy Acura RSX) set a new track record with a time of 1:41.169 on his way to a STU class win, and Lucas won T3 and set a new lap record in a time of 1:41.678. Scornavacchi won in SSB and set a Mid-Ohio record with a time of 1:45.363, while McCaughey won in SSC.

Tony Rivera (No. 11 Brass Monkey Racing/Nissan/Hoosier Nissan 370Z)earned the T2 track record in a time of 1:40.465 on his way to a fourth place finish after starting at the rear of the field.

Russell Ruedisueli (No. 20 Goodyear Tires/Williams Engines Van Diemen RF-99) won overall in Group 3 and in the Formula F class. Also taking Group 3 wins were Ellis in Formula 500 and Loughead in Formula Vee.

In addition to provisional poles, Ruman, Patton, Pintaric, Buttormore and Sloe all took wins in Saturday’s Group 4 race. Paul Young (No. 79 Young Racing/Hoosier Tire Ford Probe) took the GT-3 class victory.

Ruman (1:26.514) and Buttmore (1:35.210) both turned times quicker than the previous track record.

David Grant (No. 12 Swift 014/Toyota) topped brother Keith in Saturday’s Group 5 race in Formula Atlantic and overall, setting a new track record of 1:20.214. Haney, Gore, Rettich, LaRue and Fergus earned their respective class wins on Saturday, as did FB’s Brian Novak (No. 88 Dude Vodka/Hoosier Tire/NovaRace Piper F1000) and FM’s Juan Marchand (No. 10 Hoosier/TeamStradale/Gingerman/JRM Star Formula Mazda).

Justin Pritchard (No. 1 Carriage & Motor Works/Hoosier Tire Mazda RX-7) topped Group 6 and the EP class, while Ruck, Lentz and Rogerson all earned Saturday wins in their class.

Live Timing is available on Sunday at www.scca.com/sccalive. Live notes for Sunday’s BFGoodrich Tires Great Lakes Super Tour qualifying and races are available on Twitter @SCCALive on Sunday.
 
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BFGoodrich Tires SCCA Super Tour Crowns Winners at Mid-Ohio

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LEXINGTON, Ohio (June 12, 2011) – Capping a busy double national race weekend at the Ohio Valley Region/Cincinnati Region SCCA Race of Champions, six race groups completed the fifth round of the BFGoodrich Tires SCCA Super Tour on Sunday at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.

The BFGoodrich Tires Great Lakes Super Tour featured 191 cars on the 15-turn, 2.4-mile permanent road course in north-central Ohio.

Among the highlights was a spirited battle for the Touring 3 win between a pair of nearly identical cars. Frank Levinson, from Dayton, Ohio, started fourth in class and six overall positions behind class polesitter Jeremy Lucas. Levinson’s No. 15 Colletti Motorsports Honda S2000 worked through traffic and pulled to the tail of the No. 8 BFGoodrich/Honda Racing Line Honda S2000 of Lucas.

Levinson took several looks at getting by Lucas, and finally made the pass for the lead on lap 17 of 19. Levinson held on for a 0.326-second margin of victory, setting a new track record of 1:41.506 in the process.

Elsewhere in that Group 2 race, Tony Rivera, from Angleton, Texas, won overall and in the Touring 2 class. Rivera pulled away from the field at the start in his No. 11 Brass Monkey Racing/Nissan/Hoosier Nissan 370Z, including breaking his own track record with a time of 1:38.448. Kevin Helms (No. 04 HRE Wheels/Carbotech/Exedy/dba Acura RSX) won in STU, Michael Scornavacchi (No. 25 Hoosier/Phoenix/Carbotech/Lawrence Chevrolet Pontiac Solstice) set a new track record of 1:44.415 on his way to a Showroom Stock B win, and Joel Lipperini (No. 81 Honda Civic) earned the win in Showroom Stock C.

The morning started with two Group 1 walk away wins in traditionally close spec classes. Scott Rettich, from Camden, Ohio, won Spec Racer Ford by 2.426-seconds in his No. 17 Alliance Autosport/Springboro Car Wash Spec Racer Ford and was never seriously challenged. In Spec Miata, David Bednarz, from Ann Arbor, Mich., raced his No. 68 Dynomax Exhaust Mazda Miata to a 9.653-second win.

Aaron Ellis, from Farmington, Minn., drove his Formula 500-winning No. 43 Carlisle/CFF/Ellis Motorsports Ellis AE06/Rotax past the faster qualifying Formula F machines and into an overall win in Group 3. Russell Ruedesueli, from Rochester, Mich., earned the FF win in his No. 20 Goodyear Tires/Williams Engines Van Diemen RF-99/Ford. Michael Varacins, from Burlington, Wis., drove his No. 65 Speed Sport/Veetech/Hoosier Speed Sport AM-5/VW to a 10.44-second margin of victory in Formula Vee.

Group 4 featured the ground pounders and American iron, with Amy Ruman nearly lapping the entire field in her No. 23 McNichols/Goodyear/Cenweld Chevrolet Corvette for the GT-1 class win. Ruman, an SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am podium finisher, also set a new track record with a fast lap of 1:26.478.

Track records fell throughout Group 4. David Pintaric, from Canfield, Ohio, topped Super Touring Over, setting a new track record of 1:33.906 in his Kryderacing/Carbotech/Hoosier Dodge Viper ACRX. John Buttermore, from Bloomfield Hills, Mich., topped T1 with a record lap of 1:34.611 in the No. 5 Hoosier/Carbotech/Stoptech Chevrolet Corvette. Mike Cyphert, from Twinsburg, Ohio, set the GT-3 track record in the No. 76 Toyota Motorsports/TRD/Red Line Oil/Goodyear Toyota Celica with a time of 1:34.246.

Joseph Trapani, from Dushore, Pa., won American Sedan in the No. 9 Trapani Suspensions/Clark Racing Engines Chevrolet IROC after leader Tom Sloe’s No. 7 Hoosier Tire/Russell Automotive Center Ford Mustang fell out of the race with just one lap remaining.

Group 5 featured nine different classes, including the faster open-wheel and sports racing machines. David Grant, from Germantown, Tenn., won overall and in Formula Atlantic, setting a new class record with a time of 1:19.943 in his No. 12 Swift 014/Toyota. In D Sports Racing, Will Haney, of Potomac, Md., lapped the course in 1:22.029 behind the wheel of his No. 8 Jay Motorsports Stohr WF1 on his way to a class win and a track record. Rettich earned his second win of the day with a new track record in Formula Enterprises behind the wheel of the No. 17 Alliance Autosports/Springboro Car Wash Formula Enterprises Mazda.

Jonathan Gore (No. 14 Foretravel Motorcoaches Elan DP-02) earned the C Sports Racing win, Brian Novak (No. 88 Dude Vodka/Hoosier Tire/NovaRace Piper F1000) won in Formula 1000, and Chuck Moran (No. 44 Van Dieman RF99 Ford) took victory in Formula Continental. Steve Jenks (No. 68 High Impact Company Formula Mazda) won the Formula Mazda race and John Fergus (No. 00 Hoosier Tires/Carbotech Brakes Carbir CS2) won in Sports 2000 in the busy group.

Group 6 featured Production cars and the GT-Lite class. In E Production, Justin Pritchard, from Granville, Ohio, took a win at his hometown track in the No. 1 Carriage & Motorworks/Hoosier Tire Mazda RX-7, starting on pole and leading flag-to-flag for the win. Defending F Production National Champion Kevin Ruck, from Delaware, Ohio, lowered the track record he sat on Saturday in his No. 3 Hoosier/Honda Performance Development Acura Integra to a 1:38.518 on his way to a class win.

James Rogerson, from Pearland, Texas, battled all race long with Matt Brannon in H Production, before Rogerson earned the win in the No. 66 MSR Houston/Over 50 Racing Honda Civic. Brian Downey passed Robert Lentz late in the race to take the GTL title in his No. 63 FGR/Auto Expectations Nissan 200.

The BFGoodrich Tires SCCA Super Tour continues with the Rocky Mountain Super Tour at High Planes Raceway in Byers, Colo., July 2.

More information on the SCCA and the BFGoodrich Tires Super Tour is available at www.scca.com.

LEXINGTON, Ohio – Winners from each class at Sunday’s BFGoodrich Tires SCCA Super Tour Round Five races on Sunday at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, with class, winner, hometown, and sponsor/car.

American Sedan: Joseph Trapani, Dushore, Pa., Trapani Suspensions/Clark Racing Engines Chevrolet IROC
C Sports Racing: Jonathan Gore, Franklin, Tenn., Foretravel Motorcoaches Elan DP-02
D Sports Racing: Will Haney, Potomac, Md., Jay Motorsports Stohr WF1
E Production: Justin Piscitell, Granville, Ohio, Carriage & Motor Works/Hoosier Tire Mazda RX-7
F Production: Kevin Ruck, Delaware, Ohio, Hoosier/Honda Performance Development Acura Integra
H Production: James Rogerson, Pearland, Texas, MSR Houston/Over 50 Racing Honda Civic
Formula 500: Aaron Ellis, Farmington, Minn., Carlisle/CFF/Ellis Motorsports Ellis AE06
Formula Atlantic: David Grant, Germantown, Tenn., Swift 014/Toyota
Formula Enterprises: Scott Rettich, Camden, Ohio, Alliance Autosport/Springboro Car Wash Formula Enterprises Mazda
Formula F: Russell Ruedisueli, Rochester, Mich., Goodyear Tires/Williams Engines Van Diemen RF-99/Ford
Formula Mazda: Steve Jenks, Cincinnati, Ohio, High Impact Company Formula Mazda
Formula Vee: Michael Varacins, Burlington, Wis., Speed Sport/Veetech/Hoosier Speed Sport AM-5
GT-1: Amy Ruman, Kent, Ohio, McNichols/Goodyear/Cenweld Chevrolet Corvette
GT-2: Robert Lentz, Leesburg, Va., FGR Consulting/Goodyear Nissan 300Z
GT-3: Mike Cyphert, Twinsburg, Ohio, Toyota Motorsports/TRD/RedLine Oil/Goodyear Toyota Celica
GT-Lite:
Showroom Stock B: Michael Scornavacchi, Manheim, Pa., Hoosier/Phienix/Carbotech/Lawrence Chevrolet Pontiac Solstice
Showroom Stock C: Joel Lipperini, Pittston, Pa., Honda Civic
Spec Miata: David Benarz, Ann Arbor, Mich., Dynomax Exhaust Mazda Miata
Spec Racer Ford: Scott Rettich, Camden, Ohio, Alliance Autosport/Springboro Car Wash Spec Racer Ford
Sports 2000: John Fergus, Powell, Ohio, Hoosier Tires/Carbotech Brakes Carbir CS2
STO: David Pintaric, Canfield, Ohio, Kryderracing/Carbotech/Hoosier Dodge Viper ACRX
STU: Kevin Helms, Charlotte, N.C., HRE Wheels/Carbotech/Exedy/dba Acura RSX
Touring 1: John Buttermore, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., Hoosier/Carbotech/Stoptech Chevrolet Corvette
Touring 2: Tony Rivera, Angleton, Texas, Brass Monkey Racing/Nissan/Hoosier Nissan 370Z
Touring 3: Frank Levinson, Dayton, Ohio, Colletti Motorsports Honda S2000
 
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