Final Event Results
Photo Credit: Anthony Porta
The checkered flags have fallen for the first Championship Tour of the West Coast, with 41 drivers claiming top trophy honors, glory, and bragging rights at the 2016 TireRack Crows Landing Tour. Saturday’s course was defined with lots of fun and high speeds, and Sunday followed suit with a slightly slower course but still high speeds and fun—including a yee-haw finish that put some drivers in the dirt (and gave those behind them reruns).
A-Street day-one leader Glen Hernandez posted another quick time on Sunday to best Ken Mollenauer by 1.3 seconds, while Zachary Heidepriem extended his lead in E-Street to nearly three seconds over Craig Boyle.
B-Street featured a come-from-behind win as Dan Bullis, third after Saturday, moved up to claim top trophy honors by almost a full second against Alex Muresan. Tony Rodriguez, the day-one leader, moved down to third—just .116 behind—in the eight-person class. C-Street witnessed another driver move up to take the win, as Jeffrey Bandes climbed two spots to defeat Jason Stround by .167. Day-one leader Jonathan Stroud fell down to third, with Ahren Renner and Eric Chang finishing fourth and fifth.
In F-Street, Mark Scroggs had a mere .018 advantage heading into Sunday’s runs, and capitalized on a coned third run by Ryan Otis to win by .588. Matthew Ales finished in third place with Sean O’Boyle in fourth and James Paulson securing the last trophy spot. John Laughlin likewise took home the crown in the five-person G-Street class by .143 after co-driver Kit Gauthier, Saturday’s leader, coned his third run.
H-Street was another tight battle that came down to the wire as Grant Wood, second after Saturday’s runs, moved up to first by defeating Robert Luis by only .056. Russell Bowlus, the day-one leader, fell down to third in the six-driver class.
The top four trophies in STR remained unchanged with James Yom extending his initial-day lead to 1.3 seconds over Ron Bauer, while Kevin Dietz finished third and Gary Cameron fourth. Kate Fisher held on for the win in STR-Ladies after a scare, as Shauna Rios came in with a blistering third-run that moved her to within four-hundredths of the top trophy spot.
Jeff Wong made it three-for-three so far in West Coast autocross events, taking home the crown in the 11-driver STS class. Wife Nicole Wong came in second at just half a second behind, while Oliver Taylor moved up to third with George Hammond placing fourth. Despite coning away his best run on Sunday, Jeff Stuart maintained his win in STU by besting Doug Mikko by half a second. Tasha Mikko moved up in the standings to third place for the final trophy in the nine-person class.
An extremely tight battle raged in STX on Saturday as the top seven drivers were all within seven-tenths of each other. That competition emerged again on Sunday as day-one leader Karlton Lew held on to his win by .099 over Mack Tsang, who jumped up to second after being fifth on day one. Robert Strohmeyer was half a second behind to claim the third trophy, meanwhile besting Ken Motonishi by .052. Justin Tsang, second after Saturday, finished in fifth .019 back of Motonishi, while Annie Gill earned the final trophy spot.
The eight-driver Street Modified class saw Saturday leader Geoff Clark extend his win to .455 over Jason Merritt, with Peter Bollenbecker claiming third. Street Touring Pony day-one leader Christopher Cox likewise went a bit faster than Steve Wynne, claiming a .377 advantage, while Mindi Cross defeated Amy Colmean by half a second to win STX-Ladies.
Super-Street Prepared saw a shift in the standings as Steve Lau overcame his day-one deficit to take the class by .654 over Mitch Fagudes, who in turn surpassed Saturday’s leader Brian Peters for second place. Peters was dirty on all three of his Sunday runs to finish third in the 12-driver class, while Monty Pack came in fourth.
Andrew McKee extended his lead after the first day in X-Prepared, besting Justin Moore by 3.4 seconds. Mike Maier did the same in C-Prepared, bettering his win over Frank Stagnaro by nearly 10 seconds. D-Prepared was another class highlighted by a come-from-behind win, as Bret Dodson gained back his .028 Saturday margin to defeat Ron Baker by the slightest span, .010. Howard Wolf found the last trophy spot to finish third in the nine-person class.
Matthew Ellam extended his lead over his father, Tom, in B-Modified, winning by six-tenths, while Jesus Villareal handily won E-Modified by 8.2 seconds against Gary Ratliff. Eric Clements earned a come-from-behind victory in C-Modified, beating Ben Martinez by 1.4 seconds, while George Schilling found the final trophy spot.
Finally, Mary Pozzi continued to put down the hurt on the guys in CAMT, furthering her win by 5.5 seconds ahead of Mark Owen. Sean Breese likewise added to his day-one lead in CAMS by 6.3 seconds, while Dennis Healy won CAMC by 10 seconds.
