Only 13 racers took to the field on this beautiful past Sunday at CFMP, but the competition was still quite intense. With the lower attendance, every racer got to make more runs as well as finish racing earlier in the day, so it was a win-win situation for everyone.
First up was Stock AWD, with Jay K (’06 Outback Sport) and Hugh H (’96 SVX) laying down extremely close times. At the break, Jay was in the lead by over six seconds, thanks to a little cone trouble from Hugh. The afternoon course favored horsepower a bit more, so Hugh started clawing into Jay’s lead. It looked like this one was going to come down to the last run, but then Jay lost control right at the finish, plowing down six cones. This allowed Hugh to take the win by 11.89 seconds, a lead of almost exactly the 12 seconds of penalty that Jay picked up. Hugh also captured third overall with sharp driving. Special mention goes out to Krista W, who tried out racing for the very first time! She was obviously having a blast while dropping significant time between her first and last runs on each course. We hope you’ll join us again Krista!
Running at the same time was Modified RWD, a class of one, with our most interesting entry from David G. His apparent 1968 F250 was actually a Crown Vic with the truck body grafted onto it! David had a lot of fun drifting the corners, putting down times that allowed him to take 9th overall as well as first in class.
Not to be shown up by the SA cars, Modified AWD contenders Ben H (’06 STI) and Aaron B (’95 Impreza Wagon) both threw dirt high in the air striving for first. Ben shot himself in the foot on his very first run, missing a gate and taking a 10 second penalty. He didn’t let this discourage him and he began to immediately eat into Aaron’s lead. Ben had closed the gap to a minimal amount, but then began to tag cones as he pushed for the fastest possible runs. These cones added up to a win for Aaron by a bit over 13 seconds, despite nearly all of Ben’s raw times being drastically faster. Aaron also took first overall for the day with his quick and consistent runs.
Stock FWD was the familiar father-son battle between Charles P (’06 Civic) and Devin P (’02 RSX). The Acura’s horsepower advantage allowed Devin to jump off to an early lead, but then his car began having troubles. Charles wouldn’t allow Devin to retire for the day, and talked him into sharing Charles’ car. Devin ended up schooling his dad in his own car, taking the win by over 25 seconds. You’ll get him next time Charles!
Prepared AWD was a class of one, with Kim K pushing herself to get faster throughout the day in her ’06 Outback Sport. Kim got in a bit of cone trouble as the racing went on, but her raw times were definitely dropping all day long. Sadly, her Sport decided it was done for the day with one run remaining, so she was forced to take a DNF for her final run.
Prepared FWD was yours truly and Cliff J, both sharing my ’04 SRT4. While swapping on race tires in the morning, it appeared that one of the front struts might have sprung a leak. By the end of the morning heat, this leak has grown to a fully blown strut. We elected to retire in the afternoon, as the car became almost undriveable with no damping on the rough ground. Cliff did manage to continue his quest towards recapturing the Cone Killer award for 2024, picking up seven cones in only four runs. We’ll just blame the strut, Cliff. 😉
Modified FWD saw the return of Shane B and Bryan K in their ’91 CRX. Finishing the day was a battle for these two, as the car experienced numerous issues, including a tire that was aggressively leaking air through the bead. Shane gave Bryan a solid lesson on how to drive their shared car, taking the win by 53 seconds. Shane also captured fifth overall!
Rallycross will be taking a hiatus through the month of May due to venue scheduling conflicts, so our next event will be June 30th at the speedway in Oskaloosa. This is our fastest and smoothest venue, so you will not want to miss racing there!