Runoffs 2014

[Northwind]

I guess I'll start the thread since no one else has yet. Any information about this years runoffs?

A new 2015 version of the RFR driven by JRO. Any sightings of this yet?

I know Runoffs testing will start soon. Any photos, news, would be great for those of us not in attendance.

[Randy Cook]

I've seen it with my own eyes at Laguna today. All black, running fast with a dry sumped Kawasaki and Geartronics installed. Sounded good and quiet with a big muffler.
I'll let those in the know tell any details but there was a lot of wing on it.

[dburnett904]

at least the Runoffs are only a week away...

[ghickman]

Bodywork looks slightly changed, side pods clearly changed. Diffuser looks changed.

My guess is they put it on a diet.

There's some pictures of it on the Firman Aussie site

[dburnett904]

So far in testing.

[JohnPaul]

So far in testing it has been very fast and it is fitted with a George Dean racing engine. JR said he was able to surpass his previous track records in it.

He ran a 23 flat first lap out on cold tires......

[Jasonrmbell]

LoL

[JohnPaul]

Dead serious. Ya'll better work on your skillz brotha

[Jasonrmbell]

Yea heard that not worried

[Mike Devins]

16 entries now including LL in an Astra.

[Thomas Copeland]

Under the track record.

Glad to see Ralph has finally got the car in track. It was about 2 years ago Nicholas and I had my friend Johan at 3D Capture doing a complete digitizer on the entire car so we could do a full CFD and redesign the aero. Even though I'm no longer selling cars for Ralph it'll be great to see JR win with it on its first outing. Especially since it looks like I might be sponsoring JR a little bit on this one.

[Jasonrmbell]

A lot of racing to go let's wait to crown the winner lol

[allof6]

Under the track record.

Glad to see Ralph has finally got the car in track. It was about 2 years ago Nicholas and I had my friend Johan at 3D Capture doing a complete digitizer on the entire car so we could do a full CFD and redesign the aero. Even though I'm no longer selling cars for Ralph it'll be great to see JR win with it on its first outing. Especially since it looks like I might be sponsoring JR a little bit on this one.

Who is handling the Firmans?

[Mike B]

The Hoosier Tire US Formula 1000 Championship will crown the national champion at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs in just one week. All points are doubled at the finale so there are five drivers with a mathematical chance of taking the overall championship. Recently-crowned West Champion Larry Vollum has the best chance as he leads the overall standings. He is currently 21 points ahead of East Champ Jeremy Hill. Glenn Cooper is 11 points behind Hill and Alex Mayer is only two points behind Cooper. Randy Cook is much further back but if he has a perfect weekend and the others struggle, he could take the overall championship. Although not in the hunt for the championship, both Lawrence Loshak and J.R. Osborne return to the series and could be spoilers in the final results.

The complete entry list as of 9/14/13:
Driver, Chassis, Hometown
Jeremy Hill, 2007 Photon, Toronto, ON
Lawrence Loshak, 2013 Astra Summerhawk, Grafton, WI
Jason Bell, 2010 Citation, Tampa, FL
Larry Vollum, 2008 Stohr, Portland, OR
Tyler Thielmann, 2014 JDR, Kiel, WI
Rod Rice, 2007 Stohr, Austin, TX
Randy Cook, 2012 JDR, Palo Alto, CA
Jose Gerardo, 2010 Stohr, El Paso, TX
Ross Wolf, 2012 Stohr, Bellevue, WA
Duane Eitel, 2012 Phoenix, Casa Grande, AZ
John LaBrie, 2013 Phoenix, Draper, UT
Glenn Cooper, 2009 Firman, Roswell, GA
Gary Hickman, 2013 Phoenix, Santee, CA
Alex Mayer, 2014 JDR, Harleysville, PA
Dore Chaponick, 2014 Stohr, Lutz, FL
JR Osborne, 2014 Firman, Greenwood Village, CO

Thanks to our generous sponsors, the 2014 Hoosier Tire US Formula 1000 Champion will take home $3,000! In addition to the cash prize for the champ, US Formula 1000 drivers will be battling for a huge prize package as several series sponsors have stepped up their support for the season finale. In addition to the prizes that Hoosier Tire offered at the regular-season races, the winner will once again receive a 2015 tire program. Taylor Race Engineering has returned with $1,500 worth of contingency prizes. They also are continuing the Taylor Fast Lap Award that will pay $250 cash to the driver that turns the fastest lap in any officially timed session during the Runoffs. Jongbloed Racing Wheels will be giving away a complete set of custom wheels in a random drawing among all series drivers. The Sunoco Hard Charger will be worth $500 to the driver that advances the most positions in the race.

Complete Prize Breakdown:
Hoosier Tires
1st :4 tires plus 4 tires at each 2014 US Majors Tour Race
2nd:2 tires
3rd:1 tire
Pole position: 1 tire
Random tire Draw: 2 tires
The 2014 Champion will also receive a tire program for the 2015 season!*

Taylor Race Engineering
1st $600 certificate
2nd: $500 certificate
3rd: $400 certificate
Taylor Fast Lap Award: $250 cash for fastest lap of the week

Jongbloed Racing Wheels
One set of custom wheels!

Hyperco Springs
1st: 2 free hypercoils
2nd: $50 product certificate
3rd: $25 product certificate

Sprocket Specialists
One free sprocket in the "Sprocket Specialists 'Geared to Win'" random drawing.
Fastest lap of the race will receive 50% off a sprocket purchase in the "Sprocket Specialists 'Geared to Win'" Fastest Lap Award.
3rd: $25 off a sprocket purchase.
5th: $15 off a sprocket purchase.
10th: $10 off a sprocket purchase.

Sunoco Hard charger
Cash Payout: $500

*should the same driver win the US Formula 1000 championship AND the Runoffs, the club racing prize will take precedent.

Laguna Seca Schedule
Monday, October 6
SCCA Test Day

Tuesday, October 7
2:00 pm = 20 min Qualifying

Wednesday, October 8
10:10 am = 20 min Qualifying

Thursday, October 9
2:00 pm = 20 min Qualifying

Sunday, October 12th
2:30 pm = 20 lap championship race

We’ll have live updates throughout the week, so tune in to the US Formula 1000 Twitter feed!

We’ll also try to post video courtesy of Replay XD so stay tuned to the US Formula 1000 Youtube channel

[Dennis McCarthy]

Coop is in the house....

[Mike Devins]

Q1 Vollum at 1:25.461
followed by


Alex Mayer 1:25.526
JR Osborne 1:25.574
Glenn Cooper 1:25.905
Gary Hickman 1:25.917
Rod Rice 1:26.258
Jose Gerardo 1:26.449
Jeremy Hill 1:26.452
Randy Cook 1:26.943
Lawrence Loshak 1:26.975
John LaBrie 1:29.070
Tyler Thielmann 1:30.396
Jason Bell 1:34.963
Duane Eitel 1:36.360
Ross Wolf 1:37.631
Dore Chaponick no time


Top 10 all in 1.5 seconds

[mousecatcher]

Top 10 all in 1.5 seconds

WOW!!

[mario_zgb]

https://www.race-monitor.com/Results/Session/5181231

and too bad i can't be there... damn work

[RussMcB]

Wow is right. What a great start for a lot of FB guys.

[RussMcB]

Hmm. From the online timing perspective, today's Q2 didn't appear to be very good for most. Only a few (3-4) laps then a full course caution that seemed to end the session early. Hope no one suffered serious problems. I guess this adds to the drama that is the Runoffs.

[R. Pare]

Looks like Bell got his shifter fixed last night - fastest so far in this session. Must have been a crash or something - timing is showing only 4 laps completed by most cars.

[pepperbowe]

according to a post on Alex Mayer's FB page
"2nd qualifier timed out because of a car fire on track. Our best time from yesterday still holds. Try again tomorrow"

https://www.race-monitor.com/Results/Session/5181277

[Mike B]

Lap times from Q2:
Jason Bell-1:26.624
Jose Gerardo-1:26.728
JR Osborne-1:27.022
Larry Vollum-1:27.364
Dore Chaponick-1:27.654
Tyler Thielmann-1:27.861
Alex Mayer-1:27.907
Randy Cook-1:28.105
Lawrence Loshak-1:28.235
Rod Rice-1:28.350
John LaBrie-1:28.356
Glenn Cooper-1:28.373
Gary Hickman-1:28.592
Jeremy Hill-1:29.504
Ross Wolf-1:31.990
Duane Eitel-1:37.635

Provisional grid so far (my math):
1. Larry Vollum-1:25.461
2. Alex Mayer-1:25.526
3. JR Osborne-1:25.574
4. Glenn Cooper-1:25.905
5. Gary Hickman-1:25.917
6. Rod Rice-1:26.258
7. Jose Gerardo-1:26.449
8. Jeremy Hill-1:26.452
9. Jason Bell-1:26.624
10. Randy Cook -1:26.943
11. Lawrence Loshak-1:26.975
12. Dore Chaponick-1:27.654
13. John LaBrie-1:28.356
14. Tyler Thielmann-1:30.396
15. Ross Wolf-1:31.990
16. Duane Eitel-1:36.360

[Jon Jeffords]

What make car is Loshak running?

[BeerBudgetRacing]

What make car is Loshak running?

See post #14

"2013 Astra Summerhawk"

[DonArm]

Any pictures to be posted up yet?

[Mike B]

Any pictures to be posted up yet?

I just uploaded some grid pics here:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...=3&uploaded=11

Hope to have more to come!

[Rick Kirchner]

mike, are you out here?

[Mike B]

Not yet. I jump on a plane at 3pm today and will be at the track tomorrow. Can't wait!

[Thomas Copeland]

I heard Ross Wolf's car caught fire yesterday that's why the session was cut short.

On the new Firman they've been whittling away at the side pods to get enough cooling. JR figures he'll be quick today.

The new Firman looks good, especially now it has got some color to it.

[Mike B]

JR Osborne has taken pole with a lap of 1:23.705. Alex Mayer is P2 followed by Gary Hickman and Jeremy Hill.

[mario_zgb]

fast session... congrats to Osborne...

Jeremy 4th ... not bad for first time racing at Laguna... go Jeremy

[JRMarchand]

Well done!!!!

Watch out for Hill.

[Northwind]

This is going to be one heck of a race.

The non local guys have not had many laps to get dialed into the track due to the shortened qualifying sessions. They will get quicker. JR could check out and run away with it but with a new car and the possibility of new car bugs showing up during the race distance...who knows. Alex is consistently fast for full race distance and will not give anybody any slack. Jeremy is one of the few drivers I know that gets faster and faster with every lap. If he is behind you he's coming to get you. Gary Hickman is fast and his track knowledge should keep him at a solid pace. Coop is just a natural born racer. He will find a ***** in any one's armor and knows how to capitalize on any opportunity presented. Then you look at the rest of the field that are all very close to the front runners and anyone of them could jump into the mix if there are race incidents. Who knows, maybe Loshak will decide to start at the back of the pack at the start just to flip his red mist switch.

Good luck to all.

[Malfred]

-We are all looking for a provisional grid to see how it all shook out when they take in to account all the three qualifying sessions best times.?

Here is Q - 3 .............

FA/FB Qualifying 3

Results are not official

1#56 Conner Kearby FABest LapBest TimeDiffGap

CORPUS CHRISTI TX

90 --- 1:22.144

TEX

2#71 Michael Mallinen FABest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Liberty Lake WA

110 --- 1:22.260 --- 0.116 --- 0.116

KCR

3#97 Fabio Castellani FABest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Streamwood IL

100 --- 1:23.112 --- 0.968 --- 0.852

CHI

4#66 Richard Zober FABest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Croydon PA

100 --- 1:23.512 --- 1.368 --- 0.400L


5#70 Lewis Cooper FABest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Grosse Pointe Woods MI

120 --- 1:23.531 --- 1.387 --- 0.019

CFR

6#83 J.R. Osborne FBBest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Englewood CO

30 --- 1:23.705 --- 1.561 --- 0.174

ORE

7#75 Sedat Yelkin FABest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Austintown OH

100 --- 1:24.009 --- 1.865 --- 0.304

MVR

8#77 Alex Mayer FBBest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Harleysville PA

90 --- 1:24.442 --- 2.298 --- 0.433

PHL

#76 Gary Hickman FBBest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Alpine CA

60 --- 1:24.508 --- 2.364 --- 0.066

SAND

10#00 Jeremy Hill FBBest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Toronto ON

80 --- 1:24.994 --- 2.850 --- 0.486

OVR

11#17 Robert Corliss FABest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Monterey CA

70 --- 1:25.359 --- 3.215 --- 0.365

ATL

12#36 Bruce Hamilton FABest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Monkton MD

100 --- 1:25.496 --- 3.352 --- 0.137

ATL

13#1 Lawrence Loshak FBBest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Grafton WI

110 --- 1:25.498 --- 3.354 --- 0.002

MILW

14#5 Larry Vollum FBBest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Portland OR

110 --- 1:25.537 --- 3.393 --- 0.039

ORE

15#43 Glenn Cooper FBBest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Roswell GA

40 --- 1:25.703 --- 3.559 --- 0.166

ATL

16#2 Jason Bell FBBest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Tampa FL

60 --- 1:25.725 --- 3.581 --- 0.022

CFR

17#16 William Goldkind FABest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Holbrook NY

110 --- 1:25.777 --- 3.633 --- 0.052

NYR

18#6 Tyler Thielmann FBBest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Kiel WI

110 --- 1:25.900 --- 3.756 --- 0.123

W

19#9 Randy Cook FBBest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Palo Alto CA

60 --- 1:25.953 --- 3.809 --- 0.053

SFR

20#7 Rod Rice FBBest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Austin TX

60 --- 1:26.090 --- 3.946 --- 0.137

SFR

21#14 Jose Gerardo FBBest LapBest TimeDiffGap

El Paso TX

30 --- 1:26.240 --- 4.096 --- 0.150

PNAM

22#10 Dwight Rider FABest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Aurora CO

110 --- 1:26.373 --- 4.229 --- 0.133

COLO

23#33 John LaBrie FBBest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Draper UT

100 --- 1:27.220 --- 5.076 --- 0.847

UTAH

24#79 Dore Chaponick FBBest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Miami FL

80 --- 1:27.343 --- 5.199 --- 0.123

CFR

25#98 Charles Duncan FABest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Broomfield CO

110 --- 1:28.003 --- 5.859 --- 0.660

BVR

26#38 Jim Mali FABest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Morgan Hill CA

90 --- 1:28.141 --- 5.997 --- 0.138

SFR

27#8 Riley Hopkins FABest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Gig Harbor WA

100 --- 1:28.714 --- 6.570 --- 0.573

SFR

28#21 Duane Eitel FBBest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Casa Grande AZ

30 --- 1:34.8241 --- 2.680 --- 6.110

AZ

29#18 Ross Wolf FBBest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Sammamish WA

000:00

NWST

31#64 Kenneth Davis FABest LapBest TimeDiffGap

Escondido CA

000:000.000

SAND

[RussMcB]

This page has combined grids (Q3 grids have Q1 and Q2 times):

http://www.scca.com/events/results.cfm?eid=6670

[glenn cooper]

Ugh. Just checking in.
Yesterday was THE time to put in a lap.
I had just gone out to check the tweaks we had done and then pitted for fresh skins and would then go out and put 3 laps in and park it.
No such luck - the right front wheel nut galled and would not come off.
That was that.
With the best conditions and number of laps run in any of the 3 sessions the times fell and my P4 slid to P7.
Just gonna have to give it he'll from mid field.

[Malfred]

FB

Pos No. Driver/Hometown/Region Sponsor Make/Model Fast Lap Q1 / Fast Lap Q2 / Fast Lap Q3

1 83 J.R. Osborne / Englewood CO / ORE Ralph Firman/Hoosier/GeartronicsMoo RFR 1000 Kawasaki * 1:25.574 1:27.022 1:23.705

2 77 Alex Mayer / Harleysville PA / PHL Mayer Motorsports/Autoworks JDR F1000 Suzuki 1:25.526 1:27.907 1:24.442

3 76 Gary Hickman / Alpine CA / SAND Edge Engineering Inc. PHOENIX F1000 Suzuki 1:25.917 1:28.592 1:24.508

4 00 Jeremy Hill / Toronto ON / OVR Hoosier Tire PHOTON VD07 Suzuki 1:26.452 1:29.504 1:24.994

5 5 Larry Vollum / Portland OR / ORE Compview Medical Stohr F1000 Kawasaki No time 1:25.537

6 1 Lawrence Loshak / Grafton WI / MILW Schader/ETE Reman/HYPER/Hoosier/RWMAstra Summerhawk Suzuki 1:26.975 1:28.235 1:25.498

7 43 Glenn Cooper / Roswell GA / ATL Ralph Firman Racing/Hoosier Tires RFR F1000 Kawasaki 1:25.905 No time 1:25.703

8 2 Jason Bell / Tampa FL / CFR Gridsport/CorbyConcepts/HighwaySys Citation FB Suzuki 1:34.963 1:26.624 1:25.725

9 6 Tyler Thielmann / Kiel WI / MILW SO Bright/Moons Super Cycle/BMSI JDR JDR-012 Suzuki 1:30.396 1:27.861 1:25.900

10 9 Randy Cook / Palo Alto CA / SFR Hoosier Tires/Moons Supercycles JDR F1000 Suzuki 1:26.943 1:28.105 1:25.953

11 7 Rod Rice / Austin TX / SFR Stohr F1000 Kawasaki 1:26.258 1:28.350 1:26.090

12 14 Jose Gerardo / El Paso TX / PNAM General Labels & Printing L.L.C. Stohr F1000 1:26.449 1:26.728 1:26.240

13 33 John LaBrie / Draper UT / UTAH Bug and Weed Mart Phoenix F1K.12 Suzuki 1:29.070 1:28.356 1:27.220

14 79 Dore Chaponick / Miami FL / CFR Gridsport/HighwaySystems/Corby Stohr F1000 Suzuki No time 1:27.654 1:27.343

15 18 Ross Wolf / Sammamish WA / NWST Pacific Financial Advisors Stohr F1000 Suzuki 1:37.631 1:31.990 No time

16 21 Duane Eitel / Casa Grande AZ / AZ PM Performance/Jeff Andretti Phoenix F1K.12 Suzuki 1:36.360 1:37.635 1:34.824

Car 5 - Loss of qualifying 2 times per Chief Steward - GCR 9.1.1.G table 5 "C"

Car 43 - Loss of qualifying 2 times per Chief Steward - GCR 9.1.1.G table 5 "C"

# - more than 115% top qualifier (1:36.261)
* - faster than existing qualifying record (1:24.278)
Chief of T & S: Carla Heath / Bill Skibbe

[mario_zgb]

http://scca.growsites.net/

[Malfred]

# 43 -- Glenn Cooper. # 5 -- Larry Vollum

What happened ?

Saw this:

Car 5 - Loss of qualifying 2 times per Chief Steward - GCR 9.1.1.G table 5 "c"

Car 43 - Loss of qualifying 2 times per Chief Steward - GCR 9.1.1.G table 5 "C"

What does that mean ?

Does that mean -- both Starting from the back of the pack ?

or ?


Mike