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Belle Isle was packed full of people looking to enjoy a relaxing day off of work yesterday, but the paddock parking area was packed full of the top autocross drivers in the area as the Detroit branch of the SCCA held their Memorial Day Solo event. 141 competitors from mostly from the Michigan/Ohio area, as well as few other states, came out for the second event in the local point’s series, and the vehicles ranged from a stock Toyota Yaris to a 2010 Ford Mustang to an ultra rare Noble M400.
It may seem like an odd spread of vehicles, but for those unfamiliar with SCCA Solo racing, virtually any vehicle car can enter and be competitive. The vehicles are broken into a wide variety of categories based on their performance level, and each driver given a number rather than the car; allowing for multiple drivers to enter and compete in the same vehicle.
The race course itself is comprised of a series of turns, slaloms, and short straights, indicated in the huge parking lot by cones and white lines, and the objective is simple enough…get through the half mile course as fast as possible without going off course, or without hitting any cones; if you knock over a cone, two seconds will be added. Each driver gets four attempts at the course, and the fastest time after any applicable penalties wins the class.Autocross racing has become more popular around the country, as the course tests every aspect of a vehicle abilities and a driver’s skill.
Nick Rigney's 2004 Cadillac CTS-V
The low risk of substantial damage to the cars makes it more enticing to owners than other forms of road racing where there are other cars and walls to avoid. While this course had walls on the perimeter, they were far from the actual racing surface and at no point did any of the cars come near them. Thanks to the unlikelihood of physical damage (other than some cone marks), the garage area is like a high performance car show, with top sports cars from around the world lined up to hit the track. You have all of the sports cars that you would expect at an event like this with competitors in Mustangs, Corvettes, M3s, Evolutions, and WRXs - but in this type of racing, small, nimble cars like the Dodge Neon, Honda Civic, and Mazda Miata are common in the field and on the leader board. (Above, Marcel Victoria's 2008 Subaru WRX)
Robert Chrismas' 1987 Honda CRX
Any type of vehicle is welcome at the SCCA Solo events, and every class was well represented; from wagons to roadsters, pickup trucks to convertibles, sedans to coupes, vehicles take their turn ripping through the course. During the day, competitors work as on-track safety during the other classes, setting up cones and radioing to the scoring judge about any cones knocked over during the run. The competitors were all happy to answer questions about their cars or the event, and being new to an SCCA Solo event I had a ton of them.
Class Winner Eric Hartwig's 1998 BMW M3
Sound interesting? You don’t need to own a modified sports car to be competitive in the SCCA Solo series, and these events show that racing is more about the driver than the car itself. All you need is a reliable vehicle, a helmet, and the desire to race through a tight, technical autocross course.
Shawn Alexander's Mustang sponsored by PeddersUSA.com/
If you are interested in learning more about this type of racing, the Detroit SCCA is sponsoring the Evolution Solo School running June 6-7, 2009, and if you think that you and your vehicle are ready to hit the track, check out the Detroit SCCA Solo schedule as events run throughout the summer and fall. The next event is June 21, 2009, also on the Belle Isle paddock area and the price to race if you are not an SCCA member is $45 for the day. For more information on the SCCA Detroit or their events check out detroit-scca.org. For more pictures of the event, check out the slideshow below the event results!!
Detroit Region SCCA
Final Results - Memorial Day solo 2009 - 2009-05-25
Total Registered: 148, with Times: 141
'A Street Prepared' - Total Entries: 2 Trophies: 1 Times Total Diff.
1T 6 Rob Bucchi 06 Noble M400
2 99 Ted Godett 02 Chev Corvette Z06
'B Street Prepared' - Total Entries: 1 Trophies: 1 Times Total Diff.
1T 72 Jeff Jones 95 BMW M3
'C Street Prepared' - Total Entries: 4 Trophies: 2 Times Total Diff.
1T 94 Patrick Kernahan 94 Mazda Miata
2T 16 Vance Johnson 92 Mazda Miata
3 3 Richard Hill 00 Toyota Mr2 Spyder
4 26 Chad Gombosi 92 Mazda Miata
'D Street Prepared' - Total Entries: 1 Trophies: 1 Times Total Diff.
1T 73 David Suwinski 99 Audi
'E Street Prepared' - Total Entries: 7 Trophies: 3 Times Total Diff.
1T 107 Kevin Robinet 90 Nissan 300zed
2T 56 Nicholas Sullivan 07 Ford Mustang GT
3T 7 Amy F Burke-Robinet 90 Nissan 300zed
4 97 Michael Leffert 96 Chevrolet Camaro Z28
5 156 Shawn Alexander 07 Ford Mustang
6 17 Lorae Myers 05 Ford Mustang GT
7 71 Mike Robins 99 Ford Mustang
'F Street Prepared' - Total Entries: 7 Trophies: 3 Times Total Diff.
1T 12 Douglas Harvey 98 Plymouth Neon ACR
2T 173 Greg Anthony 96 Plymouth Neon ACR
3T 178 Brian Anthony 96 Plymouth Neon ACR
4 09 Robert Kliffel 91 Ford Escort GT
5 79 Stephen Ray 95 Ford Escort Wagon SVT
6 179 Jeff Delamielleure 95 Ford EscortWagonSVT
7 5 Walter Clark 83 Dodge Charger Shelby
'Street Touring Xtreme' - Total Entries: 1 Trophies: 1 Times Total Diff.
1T 3 Jeff Maiwald 97 Ford Mustang
'Street Touring Ultra' - Total Entries: 5 Trophies: 2 Times Total Diff.
1T 67 Eric Hartwig 98 BMW M3
2T 26 Loren Jacobs 05 Subaru Legacy GT
3 25 Marcel Victoria 08 Subaru WRX
4 299 Gary DeAngelis 95 bmw m3
5 555 Craig Rice 05 Subaru Legacy GT Wgn
'Street Modified' - Total Entries: 2 Trophies: 1 Times Total Diff.
1T 37 Alan Kraska 04 Saturn Ion Redline
2 137 Ray Jason 04 Saturn Ion Redline
'Street Tire Super Stock' - Total Entries: 1 Trophies: 1 Times Total Diff.
1T 60 Chris MacKay 08 Corvette Coupe
'Street Tire A Stock' - Total Entries: 7 Trophies: 3 Times Total Diff.
1T 928 Matthew Speck 08 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X MR
2T 70 Corry Johnson 90 Chevrolet Corvette
3T 83 Eric Malone 06 Mitsubishi Evolution IX MR
4 2 Tim Moery 96 Chevrolet
5 36 Thomas J. Pasanski 08 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo GSR
6 170 Kay Johnson 90 Chevrolet Corvette
7 136 Thomas M. Pasanski 08 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo GSR
'Street Tire B Stock' - Total Entries: 3 Trophies: 1 Times Total Diff.
1T 177 Ragadeep Sriperumbudur 08 Nissan 350z Nismo
2 11 Ted Pregitzer 00 BMW Z3 M Roadster
3 17 Brandon Boyd 04 Mazda Rx-8
'Street Tire C Stock' - Total Entries: 2 Trophies: 1 Times Total Diff.
1T 155 Philip Elia 08 Mazda Mx-5
2 55 Michael Rodriguez 08 Mazda Miata MX5
'Street Tire D Stock' - Total Entries: 4 Trophies: 2 Times Total Diff.
1T 7 Tony Bucchi 01 Audi TT
2T 99 Jeff Lovell 04 VW R32
3 11 Andrew O'Neill 07 Mazda Mazdaspeed3
4 42 Dmitriy Martynov 03 Subaru Impreza WRX
'Street Tire E Stock' - Total Entries: 7 Trophies: 3 Times Total Diff.
1T 94 Jon Armstrong 88 Porsche 924s
2T 47 Bruce Matthews 90 Mazda Rx-7
3T 194 Burke Davis 88 Porsche 924s
4 32 Jim Thompson 92 Mazda Miata
5 2 Kyle Moery 87 Pontiac Fiero
6 15 Daniel Smith 96 Mazda Miata
7 5 Liz Hammond 96 Mazda Miata
'Street Tire F Stock' - Total Entries: 8 Trophies: 3 Times Total Diff.
1T 6 Nick Rigney 04 Cadillac Cts-V
2T 17 Brad Doerr 04 Ford Lightning
3T 128 Jason Blazek 07 Ford Mustang Shelby
4 12 Louis Tijerina 10 Ford Mustang GT
5 09 Edward Frank 90 Ford Mustang
6 112 Anne Tijerina 10 Ford Mustang GT
7 15 Chris McCarthy 07 Ford Mustang
8 19 Patrick Barber 09 Ford Mustang
'Street Tire G Stock' - Total Entries: 9 Trophies: 3 Times Total Diff.
1T 13 Uwe Reher 07 Mini Cooper
2T 26 Marco Oliveira 09 Dodge Caliber SRT4
3T 18 Sean Tate 07 Chevy Cobalt
5 77 James Pavlik 05 Saturn ION Red Line
6 177 Thomas Filipucci 05 Saturn Ion Redline
7 37 Matthew Schmalenberg 08 Chevy Cobalt Sport
8 613 William Corfield 07 Mini Cooper s
9 55 Mike Canary 03 Mini Cooper S
'Street Tire H Stock' - Total Entries: 9 Trophies: 3 Times Total Diff.
1T 14 Ken Courtland 09 VW Jetta 2.5s
2T 3 Jason Stepke 05 Chevrolet Cobalt
3T 91 James Kuo 02 Ford Focus
4 626 Erik Canary 8 Mazda 3 5-Door
5 12 Raymond Smith 94 Saturn SC2
6 313 Sean Thurwachter 97 Ford Taurus
7 41 Mark Rossman 07 Toyota Yaris
8 117 Bradley Brownell 93 Saturn SL2
9 8 Allison Bondie 98 Saturn SL2
'Street Tire Street Modified' - Total Entries: 11 Trophies: 4 Times Total Diff.
1T 165 Sean Grogan 97 Dodge Neon ACR
2T 9 Wayne Harper 04 Mitsubishi Evolution 8
3T 178 Jon Fisher 06 Mitsubishi Evolution IX
4T 41 Krzysztof Porcek 03 Dodge Neon
5 4 Matt Luckow 97 Nissan 200sx
6 78 Pamela Fisher 06 Mitsubishi Evo IX
7 98 Brandon Blaga 94 Chevy Cavalier
8 25 Alexander McGee 02 Chrysler PT Cruiser
9 528 Michael Yoakum 07 Subaru WRX
10 16 Jeff Blazek 06 Ford Mustang GT
11 76 Kamron Lessani 06 Honda S2000
'Indexed class' - Total Entries: 16 Trophies: 5 Times Total Diff.
1T esp 178 Greg McCance 02 Subaru Wrx
2T cs 98 Albert Chan 08 Pontiac Solstice Z0K
3T esp 89 Marcus Merideth 96 Ford Mustang
4T bsp 110 Alex Jones 07 Pontiac Solstice GXP
5T fsp 50 Guy St. John 71 MG B_Gt
6 bsp 10 Tim Moyer 07 Pontiac Solstice GXP
7 esp 190 Jason Kolk 99 Chevrolet Camaro
8 gs 19 Jonathan Rogers 05 Dodge Srt-4
9 esp 189 Jennifer Merideth 96 Ford Mustang
10 ep 39 John Fessler 87 Honda CRX
11 cs 198 Dennis Bay 08 Pontiac Solstice
12 ep 139 Robert Chrismas 87 Honda CRX
13 bp 42 Chris Scafero 69 Chevrolet Corvette
14 dm 96 Charles Spera 07 WCM Ultralite XR7
15 esp 78 Jason Wong 02 Subaru WRX
16 sm 78 Andrew Lieber 06 Mitsubishi Evo IX
'Formula Jr A (12-15 Years old)' - Total Entries: 1 Trophies: 1 Times Total Diff.
1T 73 Stephanie Jason 01 M. Wilson Kart
'Was STS - Street Touring' - Total Entries: 12 Trophies: 4 Times Total Diff.
1T 165 Jessica Krausch 97 Dodge Neon ACR
2T 65 Chris Lambertson 97 Dodge Neon ACR
3T 31 Matt Gerard 95 Honda Civic
4T 34 Eric Penn 02 Saturn SC2
5 18 Bruce Eddy 04 Chevrolet Caviliar
6 36 Barry Dodson 02 Honda Civic ex
7 44 Chris Amos 95 Volvo 850
8 62 Andrew Schembri 03 Chevrolet Cavalier
9 33 Oleg Abramovich 03 Toyota Celica GT
10 29 Eric Hoerauf 2000 Chevrolet Cavalier
11 118 Sam Eddy 04 Chevy Cavalier
12 51 Bob Poling 01 Toyota Celica
'WAS STS2 - Street Touring S' - Total Entries: 3 Trophies: 1 Times Total Diff.
1T 155 Michael Riddle 92 Mazda Miata
2 14 Jeff Smith 90 Mazda Miata
3 55 Louis Frank Putman 92 Mazda Miata
'WAS SM2 - Super Street Mod' - Total Entries: 1 Trophies: 1 Times Total Diff.
1T 75 Roger Wyatt 99 Mazda Miata (MX5)
'Ladies Index' - Total Entries: 4 Trophies: 2 Times Total Diff.
1T ssl 62 Elizabeth Leckey 07 Lotus Elise
2T fml 127 Donna Tompkin 98 Plymouth Neon
3 stl 8 Christine Savoie 07 Chevy Cobalt
4 thsl 17 Amanda Korendyke 99 Saturn SL2
'Stock Index' - Total Entries: 12 Trophies: 4 Times Total Diff.
1T as 17 Matthew Dahn 07 Porsche Cayman
2T as 7 Michael Eckert 07 Porsche Cayman
3T bs 72 Dax Bushmeyer 97 BMW M3
4T gs 36 Richard Worden 06 Mini Cooper S
5 bs 787 Kenneth Tsang 05 Mazda Rx-8
6 es 96 Paul Truax 96 Mazda mx5
7 bs 172 Jack Bushmeyer 97 BMW M3
8 ss 62 Don Leckey 07 Lotus Elise
9 es 69 Kyle Trader 96 Mazda Miata
10 bs 89 Kyle Carey 99 BMW M3
11 bs 98 Jillian Carey 99 BMW M3
12 ds 262 Daniel Gherasim 08 Bmw 328i
'Prepared/Modified Index' - Total Entries: 8 Trophies: 3 Times Total Diff.
1T fm 127 Les Francisco 88 Red Devil F 440
2T bp 4 John McIver 65 Factory Five Cobra
3T ep 04 Scott Harvey 76 Dodge Colt
4 ep 104 Jennifer Glass 76 Dodge Colt
5 bp 1 Frederic Boissinot 99 AC Shelby Cobra
6 bp 11 Steve Baumbach 65 Factory Five Cobra
7 dm 7 Nathan Usher 09 Westfield SEi
8 fp 26 John Lieberman 74 Porsche 911
Class Winner Greg McCance's 2002 Subaru Wrx
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