July 15 the track is open for practice and
the racers that took the day off start to arrive to get some practice in and
the initial shakedown. Warm Springs is an awesome track and it can have you
chasing a setup depending on the track temp at the time of day and the
amount of rubber being laid down. With 40 plus participants the rubber will
not be an issue. As the rubber and temps (ambient) started to build traction
roll became the big obstacle to avoid. Some drivers had issues during
Saturday qualifying and a couple throwing last ditch setups at the car for
the final qualifier on Sunday to make the show. All of the mains had some
excitment except for F1, Bryn Foskett had the dominating car on his way to
an 8 lap victory over the Gerace's of Tim and Al. In Sportsman, your TQ Jojo
Bayabo had the field covered. Danny Pacho tried to make things interesting
early on and with an early race bobble by Jojo, Danny took the lead on lap
12. But that was short lived as Jojo regained the lead and never looked back.
4WD looked to be Dan Kim's race to lose and unfortunately fate raised its
head and a T-Bone took him out of the race early. That left Dave Stroud to
take over and never look back. Larry Bani made a late race charge and closed
the deficit done to one lap. STC was its own animal in constant flux in the
early part of the race with lead changes among Tony Vega, Victor Garcia and
Phil Goodwine. Tony took the lead on lap 27 and held on to take the win 9
seconds over Victor Garcia breaking the So Cal streak at the event.