Rich ran clean to win the Sports Car race finishing with 89.4 laps. Meanwhile, the battle for the bottom two steps of the podium was very close with three drivers within a lap and a half between them. Bob finished second with 86.8 laps with Joe at 86.1 laps and Ron with 85.4 laps for second through fourth respectively. Joes third place finish was quite good considering that his Testarossa was powered by a Deathstar.
The Trans Am race featured an interesting field of at least one new ride and a couple of True Scale cars. Ron ran a brand new green Barracuda. Scott and Mike selected True Scale cars (Scott; Firebird, Mike; Camaro). The True Scale cars, although competitive, are at somewhat of a disadvantage. These have scale wheels and are fitted with a production chassis. Other competitors ran OSCAR based cars which feature more sophisticated custom brass and wire chassis and smaller wheels.[/size]
After the race, a couple of items were noticed. Scotts Firebirds guide flag was bent down, possibly a result of a wreck during the race. This hampered handling in quite a negative way. Had this been noticed earlier, Scott would have clocked a higher lap total. Also, we noticed that Lowells Barracuda was taller than others. OSCAR Trans Am cars can be lowered to a specified height. Lowells Barracuda was about an eighth of an inch taller than it needed to be to meet spec. The lower allowable spec would have benefitted Lowell who might have otherwise finished with a higher lap total.
Joe won the Trans Am race finishing with 89.8 laps. The bottom two steps of the podium were hotly contested by three racers all finishing on the same lap. In the end it was Bob with 87.8 laps, Rich with 87.4 laps and Ron with 87.3 laps to finish second through fourth respectively.
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