Master Champion Earns Overall Win Veteran Racer Returns to Earn a Podium Finish
Sonoma, CA Saturday, May 9, 2009 –The third race of the Jim Russell Championship Series season saw pressure build as competitors hoped to prove their experience to earn a podium finish.
Once again for this race, as with the first two races, Nic LeDuc, 2008 Jim Russell Championship Series competitor, started on the pole position. Nick Galante sat on the front row in second position. Troy Castaneda, 2007 Championship Series competitor, rounded out the top three positions.
Retuning for another season, Brett Smrz, 2008 Jim Russell Championship Series winner, had his racing experience pay dividends, as Smrz qualified well but started last due to an...
Sonoma, CA Brett Smrz, by winning round 15 with Nic LeDuc finishing 3rd, clinches the series title with one race remaining.
2007 Jim Russell Champion Nic LeDuc and 2008 scholarship winner Brett Smrz arrived for the final round of the Jim Russell Championship with LeDuc 1 point ahead in the overall points standings but all was tied when only the best eight results are counted. A Friday win by either would be critical.
Former Jim Russell Grand Masters Champion Chuck Hulse returned to the series for the final event having spent time this year winning the Pro Mazda Masters title, running some Mazda Challenge and F2000 races as well as a previous run this year in the Jim Russell Championship. Others attending the final event included...
Sonoma, CA Brett Smrz stops Nic LeDuc's winning streak at three. Championship Tied. Global Warming blamed for perfect weather.
The Sunday event for the November round of the Jim Russell Championship started out looking like a repeat of Saturday with Nic LeDuc posting practice times a full second faster than the rest of the field at 1:31.921. Brett Smrz and Caleb Kenney were back in the low 1:33's. This being the second day on the tires for the drivers it is expected that the times are slightly slower but LeDuc's pace was impressive nonetheless.
Qualifying for the Sunday race was the usual 2-Lap run but with a slight twist this time. The cars were not filled with fuel for qualifying which would leave more fuel load for those that...
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