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| July 26, 2009 News |
| Formula Ford 40th: Treadway Wins Rain Effected Feature Race |
 | Jeff Treadway overcame the rain and stiff competition to win the Formula Ford 40th Anniversary race at Road America
(Photo: Dennis Valet) |
After two years of organizing and planning, the historic Formula Ford 40th Anniversary event ended on Sunday (July 26) at Road America, with a collection of highly entertaining races.
The head-to-head action commenced just prior to the lunch break at the famed Wisconsin road course, with the SCCA Restricted Regional race. Featuring a split start, the race witnessed 45 Formula Fords taking the green flag ahead of a field of 66 Club Formula Fords. Somewhat surprisingly, given the sheer number of cars, both classes got away cleanly, with no cars going off-course in the often treacherous turn one. Setting the stage for what would ultimately be a race long battle for top honors, Bobby Runyan Jr. (Swift DB-6), Tom Schweitz (Piper DF5) and David Livingstone (Swift DB-3) began trading places on a regular basis, with Jonathon Horgas (Van Diemen RF93), Bill Valet (Swift Db-6), and Allen Wheatcroft (Van Diemen RF98) no far behind. Among the CFF contingent, the fight for top honors early on consisted of Jeremy Treadway (Van Diemen RF81), Niki Coello (Tiga FFA 78), Andy Brumbaugh (Crossle 35F) and Marc Blanc (Crossle 35F) running nose-to-tail.
Unfortunately a multi-car incident in turn one, that featured John Brumder (Crossle 32F) flipping, soon halted the racing action, only to be resumed after a lengthy delay. As expected the second half of the 12-lap race featured plenty of passing for position among the class leaders, particularly with traffic routinely playing a part. As a result, the final order was only decided when the checkered flag waved. Livingstone became the first winner of the day, taking the SCCA Restricted Regional win by 2.860s, thank in large part to last lap contact between Schweitz and Runyan Jr. Both drivers continued however, with Schweitz crossing the stripe in second ahead of Runyan Jr. Fourth and fifth were Horgas and Dave Rocha (Swift DB-1). Horgas was subsequently demoted to 87th for working on his car during the race stoppage, promoting Wheatcoft into the up top-five. Only a few cars down the order, Treadway initially was the race winner via a photo finish ahead of Coello. However, Treadway did not pass post-race technical inspection, advancing Coello, 10th overall, to the win. Blanc was the second in Club Formula Ford to the stripe, while Todd Bardwell (Crossle 32F) completed the top-three, ahead of Rodney Jensen (Crossle 35F) and Jason Byers (Crossle 31F).
Prior to the Formula Ford 40th Anniversary feature race getting underway after the lunch break, a special parade of champions was conducted at Road America. Former SCCA Formula Ford National Champions RK Smith (Swift), Bob Lobenberg (Viking), Tony Kester (Reynard), Craig Taylor (Tiga), Jim Harrell (Titan), Dennis Firestone (Crossle), Tom Schweitz (Piper), John Robinson II (Swift) and Keith Nunes (Swift) all returned to the cockpit, turning several laps in formation.
A short time later the SCCA National Formula Ford race, the Formula Ford 40th Anniversary feature race commenced with 87 cars taking the green flag. Giving those on hand plenty to watch, the front of the field made it through turn one two abreast. Unfortunately, just as t the lead pack of polesitter Tim Kautz (Piper DF5), Treadway (Swift DB-6), Cliff Johnson (Piper DF5), Keith Nunes (Swift DB-6), Scott Rubenzer (Citation) and Tony Coello (Van Diemen RF01) were settling into a high-speed rhythm, with plenty of passing, the yellow flags waved for an incident on-course.
Thanks to fast work by the Road America safety crews, the action quickly resumed with the lead five cars running nose-to-tail. As a result, the order routinely shuffled from corner to corner, with Kautz just managing to hold on to the top-spot lap after lap. Things however changed dramatically on lap eight of the scheduled 12-lap race, when rain began falling all around the Wisconsin race facility. With the grip levels rapidly decreasing, Kautz and Nunes were the first of the leaders to see their chances at a win vanish. The duo were soon followed by the likes of Marc Blanc (Swift DB-6), who had joined the fight for the win, and Johnson. With the order now Treadway, Rubenzer, Coello, John Robinson II (Swift DB-6) and Steven Maxwell (Piper DF5), the intensity of the rain increased. As a result of more and more cars sliding off-course, the checkered flag waved one lap early, giving Treadway the Formula Ford 40th Anniversary feature race win.
Bringing the Formula Ford 40th Anniversary to a close, the Vintage Formula Ford group took to the 4.0-mile road course at the end of the day in less than ideal wet conditions. Seeking to add a second weekend victory to his resume, Richard Leslie Jr. (PRS RH02) started P1 in the Formula Ford class for a second straight day. However, by the end of lap one, Mike Scanlan (PRS RH02) had taken over the top-spot, ahead of Leslie Jr. and J.D. King (Zink Z10). With Elliott Lampkin (Lola T-340) and Michael Winebrenner (Crossle 45F) in hot pursuit as well, Scanlan retained the top-spot for the opening three laps. From that point forward, Lampkin became the driver the FF70 leaders were chasing. Never relinquishing the position, Lampkin scored the class nd group win ahead of Scanlan, Leslie Jr., King and Winebrenner. Not much further back in the overall running order, the battle for top honors in the Vintage Formula Ford class featured Bob Hatle (Titan Mark VI) starting P1 and holding the advantage early on in the seven-lap affair ahead of Keith Nunes, Frank Newton, Charles Livingston (March 719) and Bill Halandal (Caldwell D9). Steadily advancing up the overall scoring charts, Hatle and Nunes trading the top-spot throughout the second half of the race, with the winner only decided at the checkered flag. In the end, Nunes captured the win ahead of Hatle and Livingstone, with Newton and Hallandal completing the top-five.
Formula Ford 40th Anniversary
Formula Ford National – Race Results
July 26, 2009
Road America – Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
| Pos. | Driver | Class | Diff. | Fast Time| 1. | Jeremy Treadway | FF | - | 2:23.665 | | 2. | Tony Coello | FF | 35.308 | 2:26.460 | | 3. | Scott Rubenzer | FF | 46.893 | 2:25.978 | | 4. | John Robinson II | FF | 48.558 | 2:29.731 | | 5. | Steven Maxwell | FF | 51.313 | 2:28.046 | | 6. | Bill Valet | FF | 57.953 | 2:29.493 | | 7. | Tim Dunn | FF | 1:10.795 | 2:28.076 | | 8. | Art Foster | FF | 1:19.525 | 2:28.813 | | 9. | Stan Townes | FF | 1:21.912 | 2:29.209 | | 10. | Wes Allen | FF | 1:28.549 | 2:30.246 | | 11. | Bob Lobenberg | FF | 1:34.974 | 2:30.151 | | 12. | Todd Bardwell | FF | 1:45.993 | 2:32.045 | | 13. | Garey Guzman | FF | 1:48.090 | 2:33.692 | | 14. | Phil Kingham | FF | 1:51.015 | 2:32.069 | | 15. | Bobby Runyan Jr. | FF | 2:11.671 | 2:27.483 | | 16. | Mark Davidson | FF | 2:24.293 | 2:33.430 | | 17. | Michael Rand | FF | 2:41.991 | 2:36.455 | | 18. | Ric Baribeault | FF | 2:44.101 | 2:30.633 | | 19. | Jon Swanson | FF | 2:54.741 | 2:36.558 | | 20. | Larry Bangert | FF | 2:56.075 | 2:35.330 | | 21. | Russell Ruedisueli | FF | 2:56.493 | 2:28.742 | | 22. | Bill Ehrlinger | FF | 3:04.457 | 2:34.199 | | 23. | Ed Callo | FF | 3:10.694 | 2:35.310 | | 24. | Jason Generotti | FF | 3:32.393 | 2:33.867 | | 25. | Bill Mcgehee | FF | 4:32.674 | 2:32.883 | | 26. | John Hill | FF | 1 Lap | 2:28.891 | | 27. | Erik Shepard | FF | 1 Lap | 2:31.811 | | 28. | John Luxon | FF | 1 Lap | 2:35.275 | | 29. | John Grooms | FF | 1 Lap | 2:33.526 | | 30. | Clay Arnold | FF | 1 Lap | 2:36.350 | | 31. | Steve Robertson | FF | 1 Lap | 2:36.382 | | 32. | Todd Mcafee | FF | 1 Lap | 2:33.303 | | 33. | Robert Posner | FF | 1 Lap | 2:38.201 | | 34. | Marty Handberg | FF | 1 Lap | 2:37.142 | | 35. | James Lee | FF | 1 Lap | 2:41.784 | | 36. | Mark Blythe | FF | 1 Lap | 2:37.631 | | 37. | John Schimenti | FF | 1 Lap | 2:42.424 | | 38. | Robert Hall | FF | 1 Lap | 2:44.359 | | 39. | Alan Murray | FF | 1 Lap | 2:50.472 | | 40. | Andrew Barron | FF | 1 Lap | 2:50.625 | | 41. | Marc Blanc | FF | 2 Laps | 2:27.514 | | 42. | David Livingston | FF | 2 Laps | 2:29.201 | | 43. | Lewis Cooper III | FF | 2 Laps | 2:28.950 | | 44. | Neil Porter | FF | 2 Laps | 2:28.985 | | 45. | Michael Kolthoff | FF | 2 Laps | 2:28.046 | | 46. | Jim Roberts | FF | 2 Laps | 2:30.539 | | 47. | Mark Keller | FF | 2 Laps | 2:32.821 | | 48. | Donald Baggett | FF | 2 Laps | 2:30.939 | | 49. | Bob Lutz | FF | 2 Laps | 2:39.168 | | 50. | Cliff Johnson | FF | 2 Laps | 2:23.891 | | 51. | Will Gallaher | FF | 3 Laps | 2:35.800 | | 52. | Tim Kautz | FF | 4 Laps | 2:23.668 | | 53. | Keith Nunes | FF | 4 Laps | 2:24.143 | | 54. | Allen Wheatcroft | FF | 4 Laps | 2:32.000 | | 55. | Cliff Drake | FF | 4 Laps | 2:35.893 | | 56. | Tim Wise | FF | 5 Laps | 2:29.799 | | 57. | Tony Stefanelli | FF | 5 Laps | 2:30.740 | | 58. | Tony Kester | FF | 5 Laps | 2:24.117 | | 59. | Dave Rocha | FF | 5 Laps | 2:31.762 | | 60. | Megan Sauce | FF | 5 Laps | 2:36.802 | | 61. | Brad Ellingson | FF | 5 Laps | 2:49.355 | | 62. | Tom Schwietz | FF | 6 Laps | 2:30.038 | | 63. | Chris Keller | FF | 6 Laps | 2:29.165 | | 64. | Steve Roux | FF | 6 Laps | 2:44.103 | | 65. | Brian Belardi | FF | 7 Laps | 2:37.853 | | 66. | Mike Sauce | FF | 7 Laps | 2:32.397 | | 67. | Lawrence Hendrickson | FF | 7 Laps | 2:39.346 | | 68. | Bill Marby | FF | 8 Laps | 2:42.982 | | 69. | Frank Chambers | FF | 9 Laps | 2:45.724 | | DNF | Wesley Cunningham | FF | 11 Laps | No-time | |
Formula Ford 40th Anniversary
Formula Ford Restricted Regional – Race Results
July 25, 2009
Road America – Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
| Pos. | Driver | Class | Diff. | Fast Time| 1. | David Livingston | FF | - | 2:26.748 | | 2. | Tom Schwietz | FF | 2.860 | 2:26.395 | | 3. | Bobby Runyan Jr. | FF | 3.028 | 2:26.609 | | 4. | Dave Rocha | FF | 11.904 | 2:28.623 | | 5. | Allen Wheatcroft | FF | 12.027 | 2:27.937 | | 6. | Bill Marby | FF | 22.878 | 2:29.131 | | 7. | Ric Baribeault | FF | 22.950 | 2:29.678 | | 8. | Todd Mcafee | FF | 23.124 | 2:29.415 | | 9. | Niki Coello | CFF | 31.398 | 2:29.606 | | 10. | Garey Guzman | FF | 31.795 | 2:29.989 | | 11. | Marc Blanc | CFF | 39.182 | 2:30.347 | | 12. | Todd Bardwell | CFF | 41.014 | 2:30.305 | | 13. | Rodney Jessen | CFF | 43.061 | 2:30.334 | | 14. | Mark Keller | FF | 43.294 | 2:30.857 | | 15. | Jason Byers | CFF | 43.475 | 2:30.116 | | 16. | Bill Bonow | CFF | 50.463 | 2:31.430 | | 17. | Phil Kingham | CFF | 50.532 | 2:30.463 | | 18. | Bob Hatle | CFF | 53.255 | 2:31.433 | | 19. | Rich Leslie Jr. | CFF | 53.296 | 2:31.643 | | 20. | David Loken | CFF | 54.699 | 2:30.719 | | 21. | Bill Mcgehee | CFF | 59.518 | 2:30.848 | | 22. | Bob Lutz | FF | 1:01.137 | 2:33.491 | | 23. | John Luxon | FF | 1:04.833 | 2:35.503 | | 24. | Dave Harmison | CFF | 1:07.458 | 2:32.313 | | 25. | Anthony Foster | FF | 1:12.251 | 2:35.715 | | 26. | Steve Robertson | CFF | 1:16.998 | 2:32.625 | | 27. | Wes Allen | CFF | 1:19.110 | 2:33.061 | | 28. | John Spinello | FF | 1:19.165 | 2:33.117 | | 29. | Larry Bangert | CFF | 1:26.059 | 2:34.125 | | 30. | Joe Fisher | FF | 1:23.636 | 2:33.949 | | 31. | Steve Barkley | FF | 1:26.058 | 2:32.628 | | 32. | Michael Rand | CFF | 1:26.196 | 2:34.149 | | 33. | Steve Beeler | CFF | 1:27.113 | 2:33.840 | | 34. | Marty Handberg | CFF | 1:27.307 | 2:33.749 | | 35. | Lawrence Hendrickson | FF | 1:43.090 | 2:34.386 | | 36. | Robert Posner | CFF | 1:50.390 | 2:35.716 | | 37. | Frank Chambers | FF | 1:50.470 | 2:36.884 | | 38. | Robert Wright | CFF | 1:52.125 | 2:37.908 | | 39. | Steve Bodrug | FF | 1:53.523 | 2:35.634 | | 40. | John Brown | CFF | 1:55.545 | 2:37.862 | | 41. | Jim Roberts | CFF | 1:55.651 | 2:36.509 | | 42. | Krista Botsford | FF | 2:01.445 | 2:40.366 | | 43. | Sam Youngman | FF | 2:01.868 | 2:39.827 | | 44. | Bryan Cohn | CFF | 2:01.969 | 2:39.210 | | 45. | Mark Blythe | FF | 2:02.435 | 2:39.539 | | 46. | Robert Hall | CFF | 2:02.813 | 2:38.324 | | 47. | Mike Scanlan | FF | 2:07.487 | 2:38.121 | | 48. | Brad Ellingson | FF | 2:08.260 | 2:36.090 | | 49. | Tom Tipsword | CFF | 2:09.870 | 2:39.278 | | 50. | Gunnar Lindstrom | CFF | 2:10.537 | 2:39.050 | | 51. | J.D. King | CFF | 2:10.993 | 2:37.208 | | 52. | Mark Powell | CFF | 2:12.295 | 2:37.534 | | 53. | Tom Stillwell | FF | 2:23.058 | 2:42.160 | | 54. | Elliott Lampkin | CFF | 2:26.966 | 2:41.390 | | 55. | Don Denomme | CFF | 2:27.263 | 2:41.461 | | 56. | Scott Reif | FF | 2:28.235 | 2:44.899 | | 57. | Bill Bergeron | FF | 2:28.829 | 2:45.067 | | 58. | Tad Lenhart | CFF | 2:32.843 | 2:42.400 | | 59. | Frank Del Vecchio | CFF | 2:33.541 | 2:41.671 | | 60. | Wes Tipton | CFF | 2:33.551 | 2:42.874 | | 61. | Herry Thompson | CFF | 2:35.270 | 2:42.063 | | 62. | Michael Green | CFF | 2:35.440 | 2:41.503 | | 63. | Peter Wood | CFF | 2:36.220 | 2:41.592 | | 64. | Joe Marcinski | CFF | 1 Lap | 2:34.612 | | 65. | Bruce Domeck | CFF | 1 Lap | 2:39.548 | | 66. | Ian Lenhart | CFF | 1 Lap | 2:41.796 | | 67. | Paul Quiniff | CFF | 1 Lap | 2:44.029 | | 68. | John Haydon | CFF | 1 Lap | 2:43.816 | | 69. | Charles Smith | CFF | 1 Lap | 2:46.442 | | 70. | Richard Roberts | CFF | 1 Lap | 2:48.469 | | 71. | Sherm Johnston | CFF | 1 Lap | 2:48.533 | | 72. | Ron Hornig | CFF | 1 Lap | 2:52.423 | | 73. | Joanne Degnan | CFF | 1 Lap | 2:52.671 | | 74. | Will Gallaher | FF | 2 Laps | 2:32.622 | | 75. | Erik Shepard | FF | 2 Laps | 2:30.081 | | 76. | Raymond Hoeper | CFF | 3 Laps | 2:43.349 | | 77. | Mike Anderson | FF | 4 Laps | 2:28.935 | | 78. | Alex Stone | FF | 4 Laps | 2:31.658 | | 79. | Ed Callo | FF | 4 Laps | 2:33.904 | | 80. | Cliff Drake | FF | 4 Laps | 2:35.936 | | 81. | Thomas Schoonover | FF | 4 Laps | 2:49.018 | | 82. | Tony Cove | CFF | 4 Laps | 2:42.232 | | 83. | Tony Kester | CFF | 5 Laps | 2:31.054 | | 84. | Jerry Fink | FF | 5 Laps | 2:37.027 | | 85. | Bruce Drenth | CFF | 6 Laps | 2:40.449 | | 86. | Neil Porter | CFF | 6 Laps | 2:33.412 | | 87.* | Jonathon Horgas | FF | - | 2:27.904 | | 88.** | Jeremy Treadway | CFF | - | 2:29.241 | | DNF | Toms Webb | FF | 7 Laps | 2:28.738 | | DNF | Bill Valet | FF | 7 Laps | 2:28.401 | | DNF | Andy Brumbaugh | CFF | 7 Laps | 2:30.144 | | DNF | Lee Lloyd | FF | 10 Laps | 2:34.247 | | DNF | Dwight Rider | CFF | 10 Laps | 2:30.193 | | DNF | John Brumder | CFF | 10 Laps | 2:35.848 | | DNF | Steve Roux | CFF | 10 Laps | 2:34.013 | | DNF | Thomas Klimas | CFF | 10 Laps | 2:34.913 | | DNF | Peter Nosler | CFF | 11 Laos | 3:44.753 | | DNF | Hans Iwand | CFF | 12 Laps | No-time | | DNF | Noel McAvena | FF | 12 Laps | No-time | |
* = Moved to second last finish position per Chief Steward for working on car during Black Flag all
** = Moved to last finish position per Chief Steward for being under weight
Formula Ford 40th Anniversary
Vintage Formula Ford – Race Results
July 26, 2009
Road America – Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
| Pos. | Driver | Class | Diff. | Fast Time| 1. | Elliott Lampkin | FF70 | - | 3:04.458 | | 2. | Mike Scanlan | FF70 | 11.398 | 3:06.072 | | 3. | Richard Leslie Jr. | FF70 | 12.391 | 3:06.375 | | 4. | J.D. King | FF70 | 12.672 | 3:08.028 | | 5. | Michael Winebrenner | FF70 | 13.697 | 3:06.142 | | 6. | Keith Nunes | VFF | 1:18.888 | 3:03.957 | | 7. | Bob Hatle | VFF | 1:19.398 | 3:04.512 | | 8. | Frank Del Vecchio | FF70 | 1:35.153 | 3:20.580 | | 9. | Ian Scott | FF70 | 1:43.640 | 3:19.495 | | 10. | Tony Cove | FF70 | 1:43.748 | 3:12.216 | | 11. | Charles Livingston | VFF | 2:11.026 | 3:16.413 | | 12. | Frank Newton | VFF | 2:24.619 | 3:20.107 | | 13. | Sherm Johnston | FF70 | 2:39.047 | 3:26.750 | | 14. | Michael Green | FF70 | 3:08.903 | 3:22.739 | | 15. | Bill Hallandal | VFF | 3:15.815 | 3:25.538 | | 16. | Ross Smith | VFF | 1 Lap | 3:29.731 | | 17. | Andrew Barron | VFF | 1 Lap | 3:32.252 | | 18. | Gary Glojek | VFF | 1 Lap | 3:36.699 | | 19. | Ron Greenwell | VFF | 1 Lap | 3:32.468 | | 20. | John Stammers | VFF | 1 Lap | 3:38.794 | | 21. | Eric Dean | VFF | 1 Lap | 3:29.607 | | DNF | Denney Bridges | VFF | 5 Laps | 3:49.171 | | DNF | Rich Stadther | VFF | 6 Laps | 3:39.776 | | DNF | Scott Woodruff | FF70 | 7 Laps | No-time | | DNF | John Brown | FF70 | 7 Laps | No-time | | DNF | Andrew Antipas | VFF | 7 Laps | No-time | | DNF | Kenneth Adams | VFF | 7 Laps | No-time | |
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