Race Report 2004 - Rocky Mountain Solo (2 Events)
Dates: July 17 and 18, 2004
Venue: Denver International Airport - Denver, CO
Event One Results: 1st in Class (12 total), 22nd Overall (210 total)
Event Two Results: 1st in Class (14 total), 23rd Overall (198 total)
Wow! What a great weekend! Beautiful mountains, nice weather, and awesome competition!The drive up to Denver was a little bad due to a LOT of rain and bumper-to-bumper traffic from Pueblo to Denver, but it was still an awesome time. I was able to meet some very cool people and the events were so much fun to participate in.
The Rocky Mountain events are HUGE compared to my local events in West Texas. Even though these two events were just normal local events for them, it was like attending a National Tour for me. They have the big timing display, so you can see what your time is as soon as you cross the finish line, and they also have announcers that comment on everyone's runs during each of the four heats. During the Street Modified battles on each day, the announcer's commentary was especially entertaining, as I was being called "The Six Shooter from Texas who brought his Big Guns!"
The venue at the Denver International Airport is a very large concrete parking lot, and although we didn't get to use the whole lot, the area we used for the courses was still much larger than anything I'm used to in my region. The courses on each day were pretty fast and wide open (similar to a Nationals type of course design), but Saturday's course had two very tight hairpin turns that required downshifting to first gear (definitely not my favorite thing). The competion in Street Modified was very close. There were two other '95 M3s (driven by Michael Feldpusch and Doug Young) that I was closely competing with, and even though my car wasn't as "prepped" as the other two (both were on Hoosiers, a lot more negative camber and Michael's car even has the highly sought after 3:38 rear diff), I was still able to take the win on both days... but just barely (only 0.095 seconds on Saturday and 0.209 seconds on Sunday)! I'll definitely be returning for more Rocky Mountain events next season!
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Saturday's Class Results STREET MODIFIED --------------------------------------------------------- 1t 56/SM CHUCK BRAZEAU AMARILLO TX > 53.095 < 95 BMW M3 SAT: 1) 54.011 2) 53.095 3) 53.415 4) 53.330 2t 44/SM MICHAEL FELDPUSCH BOULDER CO > 53.190 < 95 BMW M3 LEFTHANDRACING/BIMMERHAUS SAT: 1) 54.709 + 3 2) 53.190 3) 53.774 4) 53.420 3t 111/SM ROGER KROOG BERTHOUD CO > 53.333 < 88 CHEVROLET CAMAROIROC SAT: 1) DNF 2) 53.333 3) 52.930 + 3 4) 54.944 + 2 4t 4/SM MIKE MINEAR AURORA CO > 53.478 < 00 CHEVY CAMARO SS SAT: 1) 55.825 2) 55.489 + 1 3) 54.117 4) 53.478 5. 43/SM DOUG YOUNG WESTMINSTER CO > 53.942 < 95 BMW M3 SAT: 1) 55.784 2) 54.873 3) 54.086 4) 53.942 6. 3/SM LEVI WAIT GLENDALE CO > 55.944 < 96 DODGE NEON SAT: 1) 57.313 + 1 2) 57.685 3) 57.634 4) 55.944 7. 100/SM STEVE MOHRING AURORA CO > 57.299 < 00 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GT SAT: 1) 58.461 2) 57.707 3) 57.501 + 1 4) 57.299 8. 40/SM KYLE STEWART, N > 59.290 < 02 VOLKSWAGEN GTI SAT: 1) 59.290 2) 60.256 3) 59.750 4) 60.140 9. 302/SM GREGG BELL, N NEDERLAND CO > 59.851 < 91 FORD MUSTANG SAT: 1) 59.851 2) 69.851 + 2 3) 60.285 4) 60.811 + 1 10. 18/SM JASON LAYCOCK, N WINDOSR CO > 59.942 < 02 SUBARU WRX AUTO ACCESSORIES AND DESING SAT: 1) DNF 2) 61.442 3) 62.154 4) 59.942 11. 36/SM SHANE MADSEN, N DENVER CO > 60.817 < 04 SUBARU WRX SAT: 1) 61.447 2) 61.512 + 2 3) 60.817 4) 61.377 + 1 12. 94/SM TUPOC HUR AURORA CO > 62.889 < 85 TOYOTA COROLLA CODRIFT.ORG SAT: 1) 77.010 2) 62.889 3) 64.199 + 1 4) 64.285 ================================================================================ Sunday's Class Results STREET MODIFIED --------------------------------------------------------- 1t 56/SM CHUCK BRAZEAU AMARILLO TX > 59.741 < 95 BMW M3 SUN: 1) 61.234 2) 60.442 3) 59.816 4) 59.741 2t 44/SM MICHAEL FELDPUSCH BOULDER CO > 59.950 < 95 BMW M3 LEFTHANDRACING/BIMMERHAUS SUN: 1) 60.568 2) 60.504 3) 59.950 4) 60.230 3t 43/SM DOUG YOUNG WESTMINSTER CO > 60.339 < 95 BMW M3 SUN: 1) 63.334 2) 61.438 3) 60.339 4) 60.384 4t 4/SM MIKE MINEAR AURORA CO > 60.928 < 00 CHEVY CAMARO SS SUN: 1) 64.417 + 4 2) 62.019 3) 61.976 4) 60.928 5t 111/SM ROGER KROOG BERTHOUD CO > 60.995 < 88 CHEVROLET CAMAROIROC SUN: 1) 62.704 + 2 2) 60.844 + 1 3) 61.017 4) 60.995 6. 337/SM HARLEIGH WILLIAMS, N CARBONDALE CO > 62.231 < 02 VW GTI SUN: 1) 66.743 2) 63.351 3) 63.325 + 1 4) 62.231 7. 19/SM JASON HOLT LITTLETON CO > 62.371 < 98 DODGE NEON RT SUN: 1) 66.032 2) 62.785 3) 62.371 4) 62.557 8. 3/SM LEVI WAIT GLENDALE CO > 63.067 < 96 DODGE NEON SUN: 1) 65.684 2) 64.838 3) 63.370 4) 63.067 9. 69/SM VAN TOWNSEND ARVADA CO > 63.992 < 02 AUDI A4 AVANT SUN: 1) 66.246 2) 69.100 3) 65.478 4) 63.992 10. 40/SM KYLE STEWART, N > 66.563 < 02 VOLKSWAGEN GTI SUN: 1) 70.998 2) 68.625 3) 68.265 4) 66.563 11. 18/SM JASON LAYCOCK, N WINDOSR CO > 67.289 < 02 SUBARU WRX AUTO ACCESSORIES AND DESING SUN: 1) 68.898 2) 67.452 3) 67.450 4) 67.289 12. 94/SM TUPOC HUR AURORA CO > 68.125 < 85 TOYOTA COROLLA CODRIFT.ORG SUN: 1) 70.188 2) 68.949 3) 68.125 4) 76.741 + 1 13. 36/SM SHANE MADSEN, N DENVER CO > 68.356 < 04 SUBARU WRX SUN: 1) 71.054 2) 70.801 3) 70.347 4) 68.356 14. 33/SM JASON ROSE, N > 69.991 < 98 HONDA CIVIC SUN: 1) 72.173 2) 70.671 3) 79.117 4) 69.991
