May 31, 2001

Magnaflow Vintage 2.5 Challenge

e-News is a little late this month as we wanted to update everyone on the Thunderhill race (and I took a little vacation after the race!).   Let's put it this way; the racing was hot and the weather was not.  The heat wave that had gripped Northern California broke on Friday and racers and fans were treated to perfect weather on Friday and Saturday.  Sunday was a little (OK, a lot) windy but everyone had a great time.  The racing was close as always which is why a recent article in Victory Lane magazine stated "...This is a great series, shades of the old U 2.5 Trans-Am days and (we) hope that more of these great cars turn out in the future." 

Jeff Hecox drove a flawless race to win the third round in his BMW.  With Jeff's win we have a different marque winning each race.  It can't get much closer than this.

 

The points tie was broken but remains very close with Kevin McKee holding onto a slim 2 point lead over Jeff Hecox.  Sitting one point back in third is Steve Link and C.J. Bonura is only one point behind Link!

 

Jim Froula and Terry Tinney drove their Alfa to a solid win in the Porsche vs. 2.5 Sedan enduro.  We hope the enduro will become a standard part of our races but with the sedan's winning the first two, the Porsche crowd may lose interest!

 

Fred's Grill was in full swing on Sunday and VSRG hosted about 40 drivers, friends and family to 'burgers and 'dogs.  During the lunch break we also raffled off lots of goodies provided by Cunningham BMW, Dinan, Sparco and Magnaflow.  Magnaflow also provided all of the drivers with a really nice embroidered t-shirt along with hats for the top 3 finishers.

 

The awards were held so quickly after the race we did not get a photo of the winners as we were changing the tape in the video camera.  If anyone has a photo(s) of the winners and the awards we would appreciate it if you would forward us a copy for the web site.

Exciting New Races for 2002 are in the works.  We have received an invitation from SOVREN to participate in their very successful Pacific Northwest Historics that will be held over the 4th of July weekend (2002) at Seattle International Raceway.  This is a great spectator race that typically draws a crowd of around 30,000 a