Hobby and Kendall take NEC 2005 Crowns
The third season of the New England Challenge (NEC) series for Formula Ford came to a successful close at Watkins Glen in September with Doug Hobby and Rod Kendall claiming the series championships in Formula Ford (FF) and Club Ford (CF) respectively. Both drivers earned the series championship by winning the final race of the eight race series. Hobby, from Sharon, Ct., won two of the eight events in the 2005 series while Kendall, from Ridgefield Ct., won three events and was runner-up in two others. Second place in the Formula Ford went to Davy D’Addario of Wallingford, Ct. with Ray Boyer of Bellingham Ma. taking the final podium position. The 2003 and 2004 NEC Club Ford champion, J. D. King, from Franklinville, NJ finished second in 2005 after being plagued by gremlins in several events. Mike Rand, another Sharon Ct. resident, finished third in Club Ford. The 2003 and 2004 NEC Formula Ford champion, Bob Lutz from Jeannette, Pa. finished fourth in 2005.
The full standings were can be see at http://www.users.fast.net/~nescca/
Formula Ford
Doug Hobby
Davy D'Addario
Ray Boyer
Bob Lutz
Charles Foster
Steve Maxwell
Ed Callo
John Lye
Paul Derov
Jim Quaille
Greg Morin
Frank DelVecchio
Club Ford
Rod Kendall
J.D. King
Mike Rand
Alan Walker
Steve Roux
Dave Perlman
Greg Kokolus
Joe Marcinski
Don Costa
Erik Shepard
John Merriman
Steve Wilson
Sam Eyer
Bob Kawash
Mark Kilpatrick
Rob Weiner
Mike Foschi
Peter Klein
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