VALVOLINE RUNOFFS FACT SHEET
VALVOLINE RUNOFFS® FACT SHEET WHAT: Valvoline Runoffs® Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Club Racing National Championship WHERE: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course 7721 Steam Corners Road Lexington, Ohio 44904 WHEN: Monday, Sept. 16 - Sunday, Sept. 22 WHO: Over 700 of North America's best amateur road racers who have earned the right to compete for an SCCA National Championship. PROMOTER: TrueSports, Inc. EVENT SPONSOR: The Valvoline Company RACE HIGHLIGHTS: 24 classes of SCCA Club Racing in seven categories determine National Championships in a "winner-take-all" sprint race format. RACE LENGTH: 20 laps (48 miles) or 40 minutes, whichever comes first. COURSE: 2.4-mile, 15-turn permanent road course EVENT HISTORY: The 2002 event will be the 39th annual edition of the SCCA National Championship and the ninth time the Valvoline Runoffs® has been held at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Mid-Ohio and the SCCA reached an agreement in February, 2002 to keep the Valvoline Runoffs® at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course through at least 2005. 2001 SCCA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: Showroom Stock Category Showroom Stock B J. Randolph Saucier/Oklahoma City, OK Mazda Miata Showroom Stock C David Roush/Shelby, OH Mazda Protégé ES Production Category E Production Pratt Cole/Salt Lake City, UT Mazda Miata F Production Joe Huffaker/Petaluma, CA Huffaker Midget G Production Jeff Winter/Arvada, CO Datsun 510 H Production Ron Bartell/Madbury, NH MG Midget Grand Touring Category GT-1 Jeff Ervin/Chesaning, MI Ford Mustang GT-2 Duane Davis/Camas, WA Toyota Celica GT-3 Pete Peterson/Lumberton, NC Toyota Celica GT-4 Jamie Houseman/London, ON Honda CRX GT-5 Joe Huffaker/Petaluma, CA Huffaker Mini Formula Category Formula Atlantic Larry Connor/Centerville, OH Ralt RT-41 Formula Continental Mike Anderson/Green Pond, NJ Van Dieman RF00 Formula Ford Kyle Krisiloff/Indianapolis, IN Van Diemen RF01 Formula Mazda Keith Roberts/LaGrange, GA Star Formula Mazda Formula Vee Brad Stout/St. Louis, MO Vortech Formula 500 Elivan Goulart/Stratford, CT Invader QC-1A Sports Racer Category C Sports Racer Ben Beasley/Leroy, OH Beasley B-7 D Sports Racer Marc Hoover/Cameron Park, CA Mazda Cheetah Sports 2000 John Fergus/Powell, OH Carbir CS2 Spec Racer Ford Richard Spicer/Laurel, MD Spec Racer Ford Sedan Category American Sedan Andy McDermid/Grand Ledge, MI Ford Mustang Touring Category Touring 1 John Heinricy/Holly, MI Chevrolet Corvette Touring 2 Brian Kelm/Northville, MI Ford Mustang MID-OHIO TRACK RECORDS*: * - SCCA Club Racing determines official track records based on fastest racing lap. All Mid-Ohio records are based on the 2.4-mile, 15-turn track configuration. Showroom Stock B David Daughtery - Mazda Miata SPT (10/09/98) 1:47.811/76.133 mph Showroom Stock C John Phillips III - Honda Civic Si (10/08/99) 1:49.342/75.067 mph E Production Terry McCarthy - Mazda Miata (10/15/95) 1:36.951/84.661 mph F Production Joe Huffaker - MG Midget (10/11/98) 1:37.816/83.913 mph G Production George Bauchman - MG Midget (10/09/98) 1:41.652/80.746 mph H Production Bob Weber - Austin-Healey Sprite (10/10/98) 1:42.634/79.973 mph GT-1 Michael Lewis - Ford Mustang (10/12/97) 1:27.483/93.824 mph GT-2 Duanne Davis - Toyota Celica (10/12/96) 1:32.371/88.859 mph GT-3 Ken Murillo - Nissan 240SX (10/11/98) 1:34.387/86.961 mph GT-4 John Olsen - Nissan 200SX (10/06/00) 1:38.365/83.444 mph GT-5 Kirk Olson - Honda CRX (10/10/98) 1:39.128/82.802 mph Formula Atlantic Larry Connor - Ralt RT-41 (9/22/01) 1:21.047/101.275 mph Formula Continental Dave Weitzenhof - Citation 95SF (10/12/97) 1:26.586/94.796 mph Formula Ford John Hill - Swift DB-1 (10/12/96) 1:31.472/89.732 mph Formula Mazda Kevin Roberts - Star Form Mazda (10/07/00) 1:27.643/93.653 mph Formula Vee Jon Fogarty - Mysterian M2 (10/13/95) 1:41.348/80.988 mph Formula 500 Fred Edwards Jr. - KBS MK8 (10/08/99) 1:31.655/89.553 mph C Sports Racing Tom Foster - Tracer TR2 (10/14/94) 1:26.500/94.890 mph D Sports Racing Al Beasley Jr. - Beasley B2 (10/07/00) 1:26.753/94.613 mph Sports 2000 David Downey - Lola 89/90 (10/12/97) 1:27.606/93.692 mph Spec Racer Ford Tom Van Camp - Spec Racer Ford (10/12/97) 1:40.775/81.449 mph American Sedan Ross Murray - Ford Mustang (10/10/96) 1:39.297/82.661 mph Touring 1 Jeff Altenburg - Dodge Viper (10/09/98) 1:38.639/83.213 mph Touring 2 Thomas Oates - Chevrolet Camaro (9/22/01) 1:43.338/79.429 mph TICKETS: Call 1-800-MID-OHIO or (419) 884-4000, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EDT or visit www.midohio.com. A Super Ticket (Monday-Sunday general admission) is available for $32.00 if purchased by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 16, or $40.00 at the gate. Weekend tickets (Thursday-Sunday general admission) are $24.00 if purchased in advance or $30.00 at the gate. Paddock admission and grandstand seating are free.