Runoffs!

[Tiago Santos]

Wow indeed! Congrats to Loshak, that'll be remembered for a while!

[Agitator]

Congrats to SCCA for not issuing a full course yellow . They have ruined more races doing that. Made for a great race.

[racerdad2]

How's a guy to get any work done with racing like this ? Truly memorable !!!

[dc]

I guess we don't get post-race interviews with FB... would really love to hear about the pre-race eff-up from the Loshak camp.

What a drive, holy crap.

[Rob Howden]

Been watching these clowns commentate the last 4 years. They can't be bothered to know any real info about the classes.

The SCCA asked me to join the announcing team this year, but I just couldn't swing it. I'm hoping to be able to do it next year. They really need a guy who knows open wheel racing in the booth.

[Zcurves]

Congrats to Lawrence, Lucian, and Brandon! Lawrence gave us one of the most entertaining races ever at this level! Shouts out to the JDR guys as well! Great race, great season.

[R. Pare]

Good god - now they are talking about Loshak driving through the red light at the pit exit and that he could be penalized.

[dc]

This is painful to listen to... someone give Pobst a microphone for crypes sake. You'd think these guys have never done this before.

[formulasuper]

Intermediates were definitely the correct choice for a race with drying conditions. Seems like someone else should have thought about that.

[Beartrax]

That was quite a race! Congratulations to Lawrence, Lucian & Brandon!

[dc]

Intermediates were definitely the correct choice for a race with drying conditions. Seems like someone else should have thought about that.

How many club guys carry slicks, intermediates and wets in their trailer?

[fezzic181]

For Wisconsin in September I think you find a way to have those for the big show.

[fezzic181]

Granted you might not have any setup info to go with the different tire.

[ghickman]

I'm bummed no post race interview......obviously Loshak was late for grid changing to the intermediates.....but showing up without your helmet and hanns.

CONGRATS...my good friend Jerry Hodges and sterling drive by Loshak

[formulasuper]

How many club guys carry slicks, intermediates and wets in their trailer?

Way back in the day I carried all three, definitely when at the runoffs. A small price to pay considering the total cost of getting to & running at the runoffs.

[KenT]

This is going to be a difficult day to work. I am going to have to pack a bunch of phone calls into the lunch break!

[formulasuper]

Granted you might not have any setup info to go with the different tire.

That's why it's important during the season to run all wet sessions. I've seen lots of drivers not run in a wet practice or qually because they wouldn't be able to set any good times.

[ghickman]

For years we've always carried a grooving iron around with us, real quick way to crank out a nice set of intermediates.

Those that saw me do it at T-Hill a couple of years back know what it can get you.

[sauce_racer]

I was so glad to see Lawrence win this one! Well deserved after being late to the grid. Congrats!

The commentators drove me insane! Seriously SCCA couldn't have potentially found someone who knew what they were talking about? I finally turned the sound off and guessed at what they were saying.


Again, congrats to Loshak for an awesome win.


-Meg Sauce
FF10 SowDiv

[R. Pare]

I sent an e-mail to them to tell their commentators to read the rule book at some point in their careers.

[Dave Harmison]

Is there any place to re-play the race? Do they post them later?

I have to get some work done today.

[fezzic181]

They will be available for streaming any time you like on speedcasttv.com. Last year they had the full day streams up by the middle of the next week and had each individual race up in about two weeks time.

[gt250]

What a great call and drive! Lucky for us spectators Loshak started from the back. Would have been a bore if he started on pole. What a bunch of fun. Congrats to all.

[KevinFirlein]

full beast mode by LaLo. I was watching the track at the end of the previous race thinking intermediates was the way to go then saw his car and thought good call. Then chaos broke out. Great drive ! Now the SCCA police need to leave it the hell alone if what Randy Pobst said on the broadcast is true.

[racerdad2]

Seriously ? A possible penalty ? Welcome to NASCAR Hopefully, sanity prevails...

[R. Pare]

At this point with the officials, who knows. If the red light was on, then a rule was broken. However, if the pit official holding him in place waved him out, they may just ignore the light. However, if they want to see all hell break loose..................

[Brett Lane]

After watching the video of this guy in the rain at Road Atlanta, nothing surprises me..

If it is a "rain" race, I know where my money is...

What did I say? Didn't Loshak do a last to first in DSR before?

Congratulations to Loshak, Pancea, and Dixon, and...Everyone there! What a great race!

[formulasuper]

What a great call and drive! Lucky for us spectators Loshak started from the back. Would have been a bore if he started on pole. What a bunch of fun. Congrats to all.

Ya, I was thinking the same thing. Then again maybe it was all part of a plan, after all - winning from the back is much more impressive than just driving off and hiding. Maybe he noticed that everyone else was on full wets and waited until there was just enough time to change to intermediates & get back to the grid. The forgotten helmet & Hans wasn't part of the original plan but made the results even more impressive. Just sayin'!

[Purple Frog]

The Dixon guys were hand grooving tires this morning. Brandon was watching the Speedcast broadcast of the sedan race preceeding his. Even on their last laps they were spraying in the kink, etc. So, Brandon gambled on wets. If another wave of rain would have come in, he might have been golden. That's racin'.

[Beartrax]

So Lawrence, one National Championship was not enough?
Congratulations on the HP win as well!

[Brett Lane]

Lawrence Loshak just won HP by almost 10 seconds ahead of the second place car.... The guy's a freakin' animal!

[Richard Dziak]

As I stated in a previous post here.....

"Loshak is a force to be reckoned with !"

He is one awesome driver and the FB race proved he was untouchable.

Not only did Lawrence win the FB SCCA National Championship, he also was the US Formula F1000 Series National Championship after today's SCCA event.

Today could very well be the biggest day in racing history for Lawrence Loshak.

SCCA National Champ Class FB
US Formula F1000 Series National Champion
SCCA National Champ Class HP

All top honors.

Let's remember that Lawrence took allot of heat earlier in the season in the FB Class. Any doubts about his ability to drive either "open wheel" or closed wheel" race cars has been proven that he is truely one great race car driver.

Watching todays FB event was very exciting. Unfortunitely I missed his second championship run today.

[racerdad2]

Speedcast TV will have it on demand in a week or two

[pepperbowe]

Watched the race from T1 (outside). As the field exited pitout, I'm thinking, "where the heck is LL?" Oh well, just another 21st to 1st win I did hear 2nd hand that it was the 1st ever last to first win at a Runoffs. I do want to give a B-I-G thanks to John Ewert of R/A for giving me media credentials. As you can see, makes a big difference being closer to the action !!

https://plus.google.com/photos/11553...83994864960657

Hey - forgot to set album as "public". Sorry to those of you who had to rqst 'permission' to view. Old dog, new tricks :-)

[JohnPaul]

Congrats to everyone! Damn, awesome driving by Loshak. Impressed doesn't even begin to describe my thoughts. You literally kicked everyone's ass on the track! You earned that win big time.
PS: carry your own helmet next time. lol !

[Beartrax]

Thanks for sharing your photos Robert!

[Brett Lane]

So I'm guessing Glenn Cooper was the only one running a Kawasaki?

A little back story about Coop- When I was building my car in '09, I was talking to someone about Van Diemen parts(can't remember who). When I told him I was putting together an F1000 conversion, this guy says, "Oh yeah that really fast Italian driver races a VD conversion- what's his name? I reply, "Giancarlo Coopola?" Then this guy says "Yeah that's him! Boy that Italian dude is really fast!"

Well, I thought it was funny....

[Purple Frog]

Loshak mentioned last night that due to the confusion he had no radio. About lap 3 his dash went blank. He shifted by ear and just kept chasing down the next car. He was not aware he had won when he crossed the line.

[ghickman]

Loshak mentioned last night that due to the confusion he had no radio. About lap 3 his dash went blank. He shifted by ear and just kept chasing down the next car. He was not aware he had won when he crossed the line.

It's stories like this that make this class what it is. The diverse personalities, the cars all look different and the non spec nature of it.

Maybe it's just me but this class has something special going on that I haven't seen since the flat bottom Atlantic cars from the 70's.

Brett cool story about Coop, made me laugh.

[glenn cooper]

(Sorry LL, I already copyrighted the following

"The 'shak, from the back!"