Pro Group-27

[bparkraceway]

Saturday, May 19

Pro Group-27
Sponsored by GT-1 Products

Qualifying in order:

1- Benny Justice 1.681
2- Vladimir Horky 1.683
3- Bill Skinner 1.685
4- Tony Hobart 1.687
5- Frank Sarkela 1.687
6- Richard Curnutte 1.693
7- Carlos Aloise 1.709
8- Paul Peterson 1.725
9- Jim Lange 1.725
10- Stefan Tornfeldt 1.727
11- Pat Ularte 1.729
12- Vlado Okali 1.735
13- Jim Swofford 1.738
14- Marcelo Serra 1.749
15- Reggie Coram 1.765
16- Gugu Bernardino 1.768
17- Mike Graversen 1.801
18- Kenny Richins 1.804
19- Zdenek Benes 1.816
20- Tim Tyler 1.817
21- Ron Van Wagnen 1.831
22- Mikael Silen 1.865
23- Gary Gerding 1.887
24- Darryl Atkin 1.891
25- Jeff Jones 1.926
26- Mike Deleadillo

D-QUARTER:

Frank Sarkela 446
Tony Hobart 444
Vlado Okali 443
Tim Tyler 435
Ron Van Wagnen 379
Jim Swofford 325


C-QUARTER:

Rich Curnutte 453
Mikael Silen 448
Bill Skinner 444
Pat Ularte 443
Zdenek Benes 442
Marcelo Serra 399


B-QUARTER:

Stefan Tornfeldt 452
Reggie Coram 447
Vladimir Horky 447
Carlos Aloise 445
Gary Gerding 420
Kenny Richins 384
Mike Deleadillo 45


A-QUARTER:

Paul Peterson 446
Jim Lange 440
Gugu Bernardino 440
Mike Graversen 437
Jeff Jones 431
Benny Justice 429
Darryl Atkin 420


B-SEMI:

Frank Sarkela 662
Bill Skinner 661
Mikael Silen 660
Vlado Okali 652
Pat Ularte 612
Tim Tyler 602
Rich Curnutte 592
Tony Hobart 172


A-SEMI:

Vladimir Horky 671
Reggie Coram 667
Jim Lange 661
Gugu Bernardino 659
Mike Graversen 652
Carlos Aloise 651
Paul Peterson 584
Stefan Tornfeldt 4


MAIN:

Mikael Silen 896
Vladimir Horky 893
Gugu Bernardino 884
Frank Sarkela 883
Bill Skinner 868
Vlado Okali 850
Jim Lange 826
Reggie Coram 795


CONGRATULATIONS to MIKAEL SILEN, WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP “PRO GROUP-27” WINNER!

Thanks to Class Sponsor, GT-1, Gil Goldstein
And
Thanks also to Race Director, Bill Vanderziel


P.S. I'm working on tech sheets for all classes. I will forward all details to my webmaster, Doug Shepard, to post on my website (hopefully by Monday after Worlds are over).

Lenore

[Chubby]

go skinner!

[ZFORCE]

Reggggggie! Regggggggggie! Reggggggie!!!!

[DICK GAZINYA]

come on skinner!!

[ArturLuis (BR)]

Sillen

Congratulations, you are the man , good work...

World champion G 27 Pro: 2006 / 2007, and 1 lap to record

Your friend
Artur Luis

[Zippity]

Lenore,

Please say "Hi" to Doug for me and let him know that he is missed on OWH.

I know that he and I clashed with regular monotony, but deep down underneath, I believe that he was a decent sort of guy


Ron

[Quickerthanu]

Doug? We have no Doug at BP Ron... you must be thinking of Bent Rim, he's not here in Cali!!! LOL

[moregoo]

Good results so far Timmy, good luck in G7 mate.

Keith

[Zippity]

Lenore said:

P.S. I'm working on tech sheets for all classes. I will forward all details to my webmaster, Doug Shepard, to post on my website (hopefully by Monday after Worlds are over).

Now tell me, who is going silly?

[Quickerthanu]

Me lol :P

[Bengt]

Hej
Well done Mikael ...what's next

cheers / Bengt

[zaprp]

Congratulations Mikael--seems to be a habit--A GOOD ONE!!!

[John Emmons]

Without taking anything away from the great efforts of the podium finishers I've gotta toss in a big high five to my friend Frank Sarkela.

From talking to him before the main I think he was happy just being in the room, much less in the main, then he took off, won his quarter final and his semi and ended up running a great race all the way til the last heat when Gugu got by him by less than a full lap.

Running a raceway full time doesn't leave Frank with nearly as much time to race as some folks might think. To come down from Rohnert Park and not only hang with but go head to head with the best wing car racers in the world is an amazing achievement.

And big kudos to Mr. Skinner too. He drove a spectacular race.

And of course, congrats to Mr. Silen, he took his friend Stephan Thornfeldt's motor and drove the hell out of it. Stephan has to qualify for the hard luck award of the day, he drove his own car a total of 4 laps before getting caught up in a crash which broke his chassis, from Sweden to Buena Park and gone in about 8 seconds. Unbelievably bad luck for a very good racer.

Watching Beuf work on Sarkela's car between the races showed yet another reason why he is the best wing car racer driving today. Quick, calm, not a single wasted motion. He did everything but repour the body to get Sarkela's car ready for the main. And it showed. Now I know why pit crews have their own competitions.

More racing today...who knows what's gonna happen?

John E.

[KlausJungblut]

WOW !!

Well Done Mikael !!

Cheers Klaus

[marc g.]

Great job Frank.I guess you old team koford guys just never forget how.
And one lap from the podium to boot.A most excellent drive,and crew
work. Marc.