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Saturday


     Saturday dawned darkly overcast. Our first race was at 9:00am. It was scheduled for 8 laps, but was actually a qualification session which would determine the starting positions for the afternoon VRG Formula Ford Challenge Feature race. The field took a dry but threatening pace lap, and as they came to the green they drove into a deluge. Fortunately, everyone survived and the rain slowly stopped, but the track stayed wet. Shane finished fourth on the track but set the fastest lap of the race at 2:20.005; 0.004 of a second faster than Mike Hummel, 0.370 over Doug Voss and 0.701 on Joe Griffin. These would be the major players in the afternoon.
     Just before lunch, there was sprint race 3, on a very wet track. Shane started on the pole. On the first lap he spun in the Inner Loop in front of the whole field, missing everyone, and ending up facing the right direction. He made his mandatory pit stop to explain his indiscretion to the Steward, then raced back to 8th position and the race's fastest lap at 2:38.320. Doug Voss won, followed by Brian Graham.
     The feature race was exciting and bizarre in equal doses. Please read the detailed account following these pictorials. Shane was credited with the win, but only after a great show of sportsmanship by Doug Voss and Mike Hummel. A splendid barbecue and awards presentation for the FF crowd followed. This was the final VRG Formula Ford Challenge Series event of the season.
     An eventful weekend, and still one more day to go. Back to the motel for rest.
Lots of rain Saturday morning. #155 Peter Carroll, '63 Austin-Healey Sprite changes to wets
#417 Kirk Olsen, '95 BMW M3
#68 Alan Costich, '68 MGB GT & #12 Ronald Scott, '83 Mazda RX7
#97 Theodore Goneos, '68 Porsche 911 & #01 Alan Tosler, '64 MGB
Storm Field & Robby Bork
#62 Dave Miller, '62 Triumph TR4
#98 Richard Jefferson, '67 MG Midget
#50 James Byers, '68 MG Midget & #55 Doug Faust, '72 MG Midget
#117 Chris Cogswell, '78 Crossle 32F
#86 Michael Spraggins, '70 Porsche 914
#71 Mike Hummel, '79 Crossle 35F & #46 Doug Voss '71 Merlyn Mk20
#131 Earl Roberts, '72 GRD F3
#77 Storm Field, '76 Crossle 30F
#85 Josh Brown, '84 Volkswagen GTI
#33 Ron Beard, '87 Crossle 65F & #57 Robert Albert, '88 Chevron B67
#20 Colby Schindel, 75 BMW 2002
Start of sprint race 3. Shane's on the pole, the track is wet....
First turn: Doug Voss, Mike Hummel, Shane, Joe Griffin & Brian Graham
After spinning, Shane stays over to the side, preparing to make a right hand turn into the pits.
#117, Chris Cogswell, #17 Nigel Cass & Shane, on the comeback
#62 Robby Bork & #36 Steve Wagland
#27 Shane Viccary, '81 Citation Zink Z16
#98 Stephen Moulton, '72 Ford Pinto 3 door
#83 Tom Upshur, '72 Lotus Europa & #27 Kenny Williamson, '63 MGB
#27 Kenny Williamson, '63 MGB
#57 Vic Schuster, '57 Triumph Ambro
#13 Joe Teplitz, '69 Datsun 510
#68 Michael Dube, '73 Chevrolet Camaro
#97 Peter Baselice, '70 Ford Boss 302
#21 Marc Adler, '06 Van Dieman RF03S2
#97 Peter Baselice & #49 Chris Homer
#49 Chris Homer, '64 Corvette
#93 Joseph Riolo, '72 Datsun 240Z
#131 Gary Hagopian, '63 Jaguar XKE Coupe
#33 John Wiley, '74 Datsun 280Z
#015 Richard Morris, '76 Hawke DL15
#51 Tom Taylor, '71 Royale RP-3A
#49 Seamus Nolan, '69 Crossle 16F
#5 Ed Luce, '68 Lotus Type 51
#241 Tyler Pappas, '16 BMW M2CR
#50 Ryan White, '02 BMW M3
#251 Alan Lewis, '02 BMW M3
#244 Kevin Gelardi, '98 BMW M3
#93 Ken Matheny, '95 BMW M3
#46 Steve Liadis, '01 BMW M3
Start of the feature race. #71 Hummel, #46 Voss, #27 Viccary & #23 Griffin
#71 Hummel, #46 Voss, #27 Viccary & #23 Griffin
#46 Doug Voss & #27 Shane Viccary
#27 Shane Viccary, '81 Citation Zink Z16
#015 Richard Morris, '76 Hawke DL15 & #155
#51 Tom Taylor, '71 Royale RP-3A
#113 Dominick Vitale, '87 Van Diemen
#2 Brian Graham, '80 Crossle 40F
#49 Seamus Nolan, '69 Crossle 16F
#57 Robert Albert, '88 Chevron B67
#29 Oscar Pacheco, Van Diemen
#46 Doug Voss, #23 Joe Griffin & #27 Shane Viccary
#015 Richard Morris & #22 Kristopher Vitale
#123 Kirk Davis, '84 Swift DB-1
#119 Jeff Barbour, '69 Macon MR7B
#6 Ken Becker, '86 Reynard 86FF
#117 chris Cogswell, '78 Crossle 32F
#46 Doug Voss, '71 Merlyn Mk20
#71 Mike Hummel, '79 Crossle 35F
#62 Robby Bork, '83 Crossle 55F
#101 Donald Denomme, '80 Van Diemen RF80
#88 Norm Clemo, '82 Van Diemen
#36 Steve Wagland, '82 Van Diemen RF82
#46 Steve LeBrun, '70 Datsun 240Z
#58 Dave LeBrun, '73 Ford Escort RS
Storm Field presents the winners laurels for 1st in Historic Ford to Doug Voss
Shane wins the wreath for 1st in Club Ford and the checkered flag for 1st overall
Smile for the camera
Steve Wagland wins the wreath for 1st in Formula Ford
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