SWENNIC ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP Pres by New Hart Autoparts
Now entering its 15th season, Massimilano Copp's Swennic Endurance Championship is a bright spot in an already car crazy nation. Copp's vision was to make a a series that tested a car to its limits and also test a nice variety of automobiles. The 15th season of the SEARC may provide to be the best. With large entry lists for most races flowing in, Copp has high hopes. Unfortunately the off season got off to a bit off a rocky start as the brother team of Dean and Johnathan Winslowe were arrested a mere week after the season as it was found that their team was a front for drug smuggling operations in the Lanier area. The brothers had finished 4th in Prototypes with a fleet of Porsche 965s, most of which are likely headed to a police auction soon. On a more positive note, factory participation is up in the SEARC. Along side Mazda's dominating 792B that will be making a return, Toyota is entering with All Swennic Racers and their Eagle MKIII Chassis. The GT boys are finally getting some love too as Bentley, Nissan and Mercedes are adding GTS factory support while GTE will have a factory Jaguar with the already heavily funded Dale McQuistern team.As for the RGT category, it looks like another BMW bash unless the IMCO Camaros have finally learned how to keep it on the track.
Round one will take place in the heat of the inland desert at the new Daughtry Springs Circuit and Casino in Daughtry Springs.
ROUND:1 - The Daughtry Springs Casino Inland Grand Prix presented by by Midlothian Petrolube
TRACK MAPINFO
LENGTH: 7.5 KM
LAPS: 100
TRACK RECORD: 2:32:178 (Price Halsmer Mazda 792B)
One the bright side, the track is one of if not the finest facility in Southwest Eastnorth. While there are some concerns about heat and how well cars will react to it. Only time will tell as we now head to the race.
Swennic Endurance Auto Racing Champion Ship R1 Results(Class Winners in Bold)
Overall
1 SRP #8 Gerald Thompson / Leo Rourke Southern Printing Supply (SPS Racing Audi R8 LMP ) 4:11:58.059
2 P #52 Julian Douglass / Kory Pitcairn Devine Farms (PT) (Sultan Lake Racing Enterprises Laker WM52 - Cosworth ) 4:13:05.285
3 SRP #27 Justin Litchenfielder / Kevin Ulberg Northern Lumber (Ulberg Motorsports Riley & Scott MKIII - Ford ) 4:13:16.562
4 SRP #55 Dean Davig / Clay Whipol Tornado Mulchers (PT) (YVO Racing Oreca FLM009 - Cosworth ) 4:13:48.365
5 P #98 Rocky Elliot / Billy Moran Toyota (All Swennic Raciers Group Eagle MK-III - Toyota ) 4:14:07.833
6 P #79 Price Halsmer / Peter Cobb Mazda (Swennic Mazda Racing Mazda 792P) 4:14:26.595
7 P #61 Rob Weaver / James Dyson Rain Guardian (Weaver Racing Enterprises Porsche 965) −1 lap
8 GTS #13 Johan Luck / Owen DeBrissie NEO Axle (Luck Racing SRT Viper ) −1 lap
9 SRP #7 Josh Brycepall / Frank Gordon Southern Printing Supply (SPS Racing Audi R8LMP) −1 lap
10 GTE #55 Norbert Troyer / Henri Julian Central Stores (McQuistern Motorsports Jaguar XJ220 ) −1 lap
11 GTS #3 Corey Brickk / Miles Gregg Bentley of SWEN (Bentley of SWEN Racing Bentley Cont GT) −1 lap
12 GTS #54 Gil Venezzi / Paul Hunt Westtowne Bank (Layden Motorsports Mercades SLS) −1 lap
13 SRP #35 William Halker / Tony Boske Midlothian Petrolube (Kremer K8 - Cosworth ) −1 lap
14 GTE #34 Cody McNalley / Joe Utler McVie Piston (PT) (Ustervaughn Racing Ginetta G50 ) −1 lap
15 P #971 Joey Falciguini / Dill Conwraithe 97.1 RTKI FM (PT) (Tiki FM Racing Pcchio DP - Maserati ) −1 lap
16 GTS #00 Rodney Han / Cindy Han Copper Coast Can Co (Han Racing Porsche 911 GT1) −1 lap
17 GTR #57 Marvin Henry / Dobin Ottenger IMCO Minerals (IMCO Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ) −1 lap
18 GTR #29 David Moore / Bill Tyner Barret Truck Parts (Ogelthorpe Racing Chevrolet Camaro ) −1 lap
19 GTS #600 Jay Nalerscoff / Cody Creed J1 Aviation Services (PT) (MetroSports Aston Martin DBR9 ) −1 lap
20 GTS #48 Giovanni Rosset / Ric Baum BluSlime Waxes (Blu Racers Ferrari 458 Italia ) −1 lap
21 GTR #58 Lleyland Froyer / Vernon Green IMCO Minerals (IMCO Minerals Chevrolet Camaro ) −1 lap
22 GTR #903 Matts Grudenhem / Edgar Gadre SAAB / OWR Wheels (Nevin Mitchell Motorsports SAAB 9-3) −1 lap
23 GTR #63 Billy Guthrie / Everett Francis HyFashion Clothing Stores (Barnes Racing Porsche 997 GT3) −1 lap
24 IGT #94 Dennis Debarasso / Wayne Green Triton marine Oil (Marvin motors Chevrolet ZR-1 ) −1 lap
25 GTR #83 David Carvey / Lance Sutton Williams Cement (Power Racing BMW M3) −1 lap
26 GTS #119 Greg Pauldolonik /Bart Kimbell Greenlight Safety (PT) (Kimbell Racing Chevrolet Camaro Z23 ) −1 lap
27 IGT #75 Greg Lund / D.J. Kingsmeire Lund Insurance Group (Toph Motorsports Nissan 350Z ) −1 lap
28 GTR #68 Deon Waisco / Luke Lorenzo Desmond Foundry (Ersco Motorsports Chevron G8 3) −2 laps
— SRP #17 Romero Tassinni / Lorenzo Tassinni Aldente Food (Tassinni Bros Inc Ferrari 333SP ) DNF lap 82
GTE #09 Hugo Whitt / Paul Sarver Xyon Auto (J Branson Racing Mosler MT900) DNF lap 77
GTS #5 Jordan Koles / Pete Phillips Anroux Vineyards (K&P Racing Chevrolet Corvett C6 ) DNF lap 71
GTS #58 Evan Gregg / Justin Biskowski F&R Plastics / Westtowne Bank (Layden Motorsports Mercades SLS) DNF lap 67
GTS #30 Jimmy DeBauer / Vince Voight NISMO (Nismo of SWEN Nissan GT-R ) DNF lap 63
GTE #85 Cody Goforth / Boris Pitter SStar Security / Pinewood Contracting (PT) (Goforth Motorsports Saleen S7 ) DNF lap 56
GTE #50 Nigel Cook / Craven Rottenger Lux Kitchens / Marksman Archery (Ivan Wright Racing GInetta G50 ) DNF lap 50
IGT #95 Mark Millhouse / Justin Page Triton Marine Oil (Marvin motors Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 ) DNF lap 50
GTR #07 Arlin Edwards / Bernie Edwards Edwards Racing (PT) (Edwards Racing Porsche 997 ) DNF lap 48
P #14 David Free / John Jackson Jr ICH-Mecro Spray Paints (Highlander Intrepid TM1-Chevy ) DNF lap 46
GTR #93 Gill Norton / Vance Hoyer Williams Cement (Power Racing BMW M3 ) DNF lap 46
IGT #0 Paul Hewitt / Frankie Hewitt Hewitt Tire (Hewitt Bros Racing Porsche 994) DNF lap 41
GTE #05 Parker Bronheim / Justin Howlander SStar Security (GoForth Motorsports Saleen S7 ) DNF lap 33
SRP #26 Evan Green / Jordan Dieth Northern Lumber / Dieth Contracting (Ulberg Motorsports Riley & Scott MKIII - Ford ) DNF lap 32
SRP #97 Vander Richertson / Max Dean 97.1 RTKI FM (PT) (TikiFM PicchioSRP - Maserati ) DNF lap 25
P #2 Luigi Johnson / Koby Hickingbottom OfficeMasters (Claypool Racing Doran DP2 - Ford ) DNF lap 24
GTR #300 Lana Bell / Jenette Higgins http://www.Ladyracers.co.swen (Female Driver initiative Indigo 3000 ) DNF lap 23
GTR #24 Ben Quimby / Alex Darr Sunbright Tan Centers (Spot McGinnis Motors Pontiac GTO ) DNF lap 22
P #01 Jeremy Zennett / Tom Picward Oberg's Brewery / Puzzle Palace (KnightAutowroks Knight KR01 ) DNF lap 21
IGT #90 Diane Dersted / Doug Brown Jr Wybor Powersports (Wybor Racing Suzuki Balero ) DNF lap 19
GTS #190 Rodney Vincent / Porter Van Polk Union CNC (PT) (Jim Parker Racing Oldsmobile Aurora ) DNF lap 18
GTR #89 Morgan Henn / Preston Stovall http://www.bnbfinder.co.swen (Day Motors Porsche 997 ) DNF lap 14
SRP #33 Jeff Hinklebaum / Traylor Luper Sudbury Pipe works (Donnitello Motors Pegasus WSC - BMW ) DNF lap 12
GTS #4 Marv Hinkler / Craig Hostetler Bentley of SWEN (Bentley of SWEN Racing Bentley Cont GT ) DNF lap 9
GTR #991 Gordy Hempton / Bryce Pallinger Weather or Not Roofing (PT (Davis Motorsports Porsche 997 GT ) DNF lap 6
GTE #06 Hank Duvall / Cody Yankton Yankton Racing (PT) (Yankton Ultima GT6 ) DNF lap 5
GTS #28 Davey Irvan / Ernie Allison Hav-a-Lot Qwik Stores (PT) (Yates McClure Racing BMW AlpinaB6 ) DNF lap 4
1 SRP #8 Gerald Thompson / Leo Rourke Southern Printing Supply (SPS Racing Audi R8 LMP ) 4:11:58.059
2 P #52 Julian Douglass / Kory Pitcairn Devine Farms (PT) (Sultan Lake Racing Enterprises Laker WM52 - Cosworth ) 4:13:05.285
3 SRP #27 Justin Litchenfielder / Kevin Ulberg Northern Lumber (Ulberg Motorsports Riley & Scott MKIII - Ford ) 4:13:16.562
4 SRP #55 Dean Davig / Clay Whipol Tornado Mulchers (PT) (YVO Racing Oreca FLM009 - Cosworth ) 4:13:48.365
5 P #98 Rocky Elliot / Billy Moran Toyota (All Swennic Raciers Group Eagle MK-III - Toyota ) 4:14:07.833
6 P #79 Price Halsmer / Peter Cobb Mazda (Swennic Mazda Racing Mazda 792P) 4:14:26.595
7 P #61 Rob Weaver / James Dyson Rain Guardian (Weaver Racing Enterprises Porsche 965) −1 lap
8 GTS #13 Johan Luck / Owen DeBrissie NEO Axle (Luck Racing SRT Viper ) −1 lap
9 SRP #7 Josh Brycepall / Frank Gordon Southern Printing Supply (SPS Racing Audi R8LMP) −1 lap
10 GTE #55 Norbert Troyer / Henri Julian Central Stores (McQuistern Motorsports Jaguar XJ220 ) −1 lap
11 GTS #3 Corey Brickk / Miles Gregg Bentley of SWEN (Bentley of SWEN Racing Bentley Cont GT) −1 lap
12 GTS #54 Gil Venezzi / Paul Hunt Westtowne Bank (Layden Motorsports Mercades SLS) −1 lap
13 SRP #35 William Halker / Tony Boske Midlothian Petrolube (Kremer K8 - Cosworth ) −1 lap
14 GTE #34 Cody McNalley / Joe Utler McVie Piston (PT) (Ustervaughn Racing Ginetta G50 ) −1 lap
15 P #971 Joey Falciguini / Dill Conwraithe 97.1 RTKI FM (PT) (Tiki FM Racing Pcchio DP - Maserati ) −1 lap
16 GTS #00 Rodney Han / Cindy Han Copper Coast Can Co (Han Racing Porsche 911 GT1) −1 lap
17 GTR #57 Marvin Henry / Dobin Ottenger IMCO Minerals (IMCO Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ) −1 lap
18 GTR #29 David Moore / Bill Tyner Barret Truck Parts (Ogelthorpe Racing Chevrolet Camaro ) −1 lap
19 GTS #600 Jay Nalerscoff / Cody Creed J1 Aviation Services (PT) (MetroSports Aston Martin DBR9 ) −1 lap
20 GTS #48 Giovanni Rosset / Ric Baum BluSlime Waxes (Blu Racers Ferrari 458 Italia ) −1 lap
21 GTR #58 Lleyland Froyer / Vernon Green IMCO Minerals (IMCO Minerals Chevrolet Camaro ) −1 lap
22 GTR #903 Matts Grudenhem / Edgar Gadre SAAB / OWR Wheels (Nevin Mitchell Motorsports SAAB 9-3) −1 lap
23 GTR #63 Billy Guthrie / Everett Francis HyFashion Clothing Stores (Barnes Racing Porsche 997 GT3) −1 lap
24 IGT #94 Dennis Debarasso / Wayne Green Triton marine Oil (Marvin motors Chevrolet ZR-1 ) −1 lap
25 GTR #83 David Carvey / Lance Sutton Williams Cement (Power Racing BMW M3) −1 lap
26 GTS #119 Greg Pauldolonik /Bart Kimbell Greenlight Safety (PT) (Kimbell Racing Chevrolet Camaro Z23 ) −1 lap
27 IGT #75 Greg Lund / D.J. Kingsmeire Lund Insurance Group (Toph Motorsports Nissan 350Z ) −1 lap
28 GTR #68 Deon Waisco / Luke Lorenzo Desmond Foundry (Ersco Motorsports Chevron G8 3) −2 laps
— SRP #17 Romero Tassinni / Lorenzo Tassinni Aldente Food (Tassinni Bros Inc Ferrari 333SP ) DNF lap 82
GTE #09 Hugo Whitt / Paul Sarver Xyon Auto (J Branson Racing Mosler MT900) DNF lap 77
GTS #5 Jordan Koles / Pete Phillips Anroux Vineyards (K&P Racing Chevrolet Corvett C6 ) DNF lap 71
GTS #58 Evan Gregg / Justin Biskowski F&R Plastics / Westtowne Bank (Layden Motorsports Mercades SLS) DNF lap 67
GTS #30 Jimmy DeBauer / Vince Voight NISMO (Nismo of SWEN Nissan GT-R ) DNF lap 63
GTE #85 Cody Goforth / Boris Pitter SStar Security / Pinewood Contracting (PT) (Goforth Motorsports Saleen S7 ) DNF lap 56
GTE #50 Nigel Cook / Craven Rottenger Lux Kitchens / Marksman Archery (Ivan Wright Racing GInetta G50 ) DNF lap 50
IGT #95 Mark Millhouse / Justin Page Triton Marine Oil (Marvin motors Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 ) DNF lap 50
GTR #07 Arlin Edwards / Bernie Edwards Edwards Racing (PT) (Edwards Racing Porsche 997 ) DNF lap 48
P #14 David Free / John Jackson Jr ICH-Mecro Spray Paints (Highlander Intrepid TM1-Chevy ) DNF lap 46
GTR #93 Gill Norton / Vance Hoyer Williams Cement (Power Racing BMW M3 ) DNF lap 46
IGT #0 Paul Hewitt / Frankie Hewitt Hewitt Tire (Hewitt Bros Racing Porsche 994) DNF lap 41
GTE #05 Parker Bronheim / Justin Howlander SStar Security (GoForth Motorsports Saleen S7 ) DNF lap 33
SRP #26 Evan Green / Jordan Dieth Northern Lumber / Dieth Contracting (Ulberg Motorsports Riley & Scott MKIII - Ford ) DNF lap 32
SRP #97 Vander Richertson / Max Dean 97.1 RTKI FM (PT) (TikiFM PicchioSRP - Maserati ) DNF lap 25
P #2 Luigi Johnson / Koby Hickingbottom OfficeMasters (Claypool Racing Doran DP2 - Ford ) DNF lap 24
GTR #300 Lana Bell / Jenette Higgins http://www.Ladyracers.co.swen (Female Driver initiative Indigo 3000 ) DNF lap 23
GTR #24 Ben Quimby / Alex Darr Sunbright Tan Centers (Spot McGinnis Motors Pontiac GTO ) DNF lap 22
P #01 Jeremy Zennett / Tom Picward Oberg's Brewery / Puzzle Palace (KnightAutowroks Knight KR01 ) DNF lap 21
IGT #90 Diane Dersted / Doug Brown Jr Wybor Powersports (Wybor Racing Suzuki Balero ) DNF lap 19
GTS #190 Rodney Vincent / Porter Van Polk Union CNC (PT) (Jim Parker Racing Oldsmobile Aurora ) DNF lap 18
GTR #89 Morgan Henn / Preston Stovall http://www.bnbfinder.co.swen (Day Motors Porsche 997 ) DNF lap 14
SRP #33 Jeff Hinklebaum / Traylor Luper Sudbury Pipe works (Donnitello Motors Pegasus WSC - BMW ) DNF lap 12
GTS #4 Marv Hinkler / Craig Hostetler Bentley of SWEN (Bentley of SWEN Racing Bentley Cont GT ) DNF lap 9
GTR #991 Gordy Hempton / Bryce Pallinger Weather or Not Roofing (PT (Davis Motorsports Porsche 997 GT ) DNF lap 6
GTE #06 Hank Duvall / Cody Yankton Yankton Racing (PT) (Yankton Ultima GT6 ) DNF lap 5
GTS #28 Davey Irvan / Ernie Allison Hav-a-Lot Qwik Stores (PT) (Yates McClure Racing BMW AlpinaB6 ) DNF lap 4
SRP Audi pulls of big win in the desert!
Last year in the ten races contested in the Swennic Endurance Championship, the Mazda of Price Halsmer and Pete Cobb won seven. They lost three times last year. Two were due to mechanical woes biting them. but that third loss? That was the race around Joestville Stadium where the Southern Printing Supply Audi's beat the Mazda toe to toe. Well, the Mazda is now 0-1. A bizzare finish to the SEARC opener saw both leaders spin on the last lap. While most sports live by the motto "Game of Inches", endurance racing is not one of the sports that does. But this race proved otherwise. aAfter 99 laps it came down to the two dominant cars from last year. Price Halsmer in the Mazda, and Leo Rourke in the Audi when they came to turn twelve Rourke was leading when Halsmer took a dive at him, and unfortunately locked up the breaks. This put both cars into a spin and Halsmer parked flush on the track. Halsmer quickly gunned the car trying to get back on track, but did so right infront of the 350Z of Insurance CEO Greg Lund, damaging the Mazda significantly. Rourke got his car back into the race and beat surprise second place finisher Kory Pitcairn by a still whopping sixty-five seconds. Kory and teammate Julian Douglass must have been pleased as normally the pair only enter there home race around Sultan Lake, but they decided to enter here as it is reasonably close for there small operation. The SRP class cars of the Ultenberg Riley & Scott and the YVO Racing Oreca rounded out the top-5 with a fine 6th going to the newcomers in the Eagle - Toyota.
Both GTS and GTE class races turned into wars of attrition as many of the big names in GT were thrown to the wayside by the imminent overheating issues and surprisingly by small rocks which found there way on to the edge of the track and ruined several teams suspensions. The Yates McClure BMW and the #4 Marv Hinkler Bentley were most affected by this as there days were done pretty early due to rocks braking either suspensions or radiators. But the big benefactor in the war was Johan Luck, the Viper racer from west of Lanier. Luck who finished third in the championship last year won his class by a good ten seconds over second place Bentley drivers Corey Brickk and Miles Gregg. Third was the Mercades of Venezzi and Hunt. GTE was again dominated by the Jaguar XJ220 of Troyer and Julian with the only other car in class finishing being the #34 Ginetta. In GTR the IMCO Camaros finally pulled out the win they were looking for and swept the top two spots on the podium in the process. Dobin Ottenger and Marvin Henry, two stock car drivers by trade, beat out their teammates with a smooth well run race and were left fairly uncontested by last years dominant BMWs Both of the BMWs ran into problems as the #93 was caught up in a wreck with the Interpid Prototype, and the #83 had to change a battery late which lost him a lot of time. Finishing third was a surprise by the normally underwhelming Grundheim, Garde Saab. IGT was dominated by the old ZR-1 Corvette of Debrasseo and Green.
Next race is going to take place at the semi-permanent Sultan Lake Internationa Race Circut, a thousand kilo endurance race at the thirteen Kilometer track.
ACRONYM GUIDE
P: Prototype - A category of purpose built closed cockpit racecars
SRP: Sports Racing Prototype - A category of purpose built closed cockpit racecars
GTE: Grand Toring Exotic - A category of high performance production cars with limited release
GTS: Grand Touring Shilloute - A category of High Performence sports cars with heavy to moderate body modifications and engine modifcations
GTR: Grand Touring Road - A Category of High Performence cars with moderate engine mods and minimal Aero Mods. Must be Street Legal.
IGT: Invitational GT - A Category of cars with no Aero and Minimum Engine modification.
