Marin County Drivers Top Qualifying in Wine Country
Classic
Jaguar Wine Country Classic Vintage Car Races
SONOMA, Calif. (IMMEDIATE RELEASE) - Marin County drivers
swept the front row on Saturday at Infineon Raceway during qualifying
for the 20th annual Jaguar Wine Country Classic Vintage Car Races.
Ross' Tom Byrnes piloted his 1962 Cooper to victory in the
seven-lap qualifying race for Group 5 (1956-1963 Formula Cars) over the
12-turn, 2.52-mile road course. San Rafael's Art Hebert took second
place in the qualifier in his 1963 Lola.
Byrnes, who served as the Mayor of Ross in 2005 and is now
on the town council, is looking for his second straight victory in the
Jaguar Wine Country Classic. He will start on the front row in Sunday's
10-lap feature, alongside Hebert.
"On the first lap (of the race) I got ahead of (Hebert), but
then he was able to pass me back," said Byrnes, 60. "I was able to get
past him again at Turn 11 on the same lap and stretch out my lead."
More than 250 competitors attempted to qualify on Saturday
in nine different racing groups, with Alamo's Peter Giddings taking the
pole position in Group 1 (Pre-war sports and racing cars to 1952), while
Monterey's Don Orosco was the top qualifier in Group 3 (1955-1960 Sports
Cars) in his 1958 Lotus.
Other Northern California top qualifiers included Monterey's
Doug Sallen (Group 6), Petaluma's Randall Smith (Group 7) and Redwood
City's Lawrence Bowman (Group 7).
Action returns to Infineon Raceway on Sunday, with main
events scheduled to begin at 12:40 p.m. There will be 10-lap main events
in nine groups. Gates open at 8 a.m., with warm-up sessions scheduled to
begin at 8:30 a.m. For more information, visit www.infineonraceway.com
<http://www.infineonraceway.com/> . The event is presented by Comcast.
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Jaguar Wine Country Classic Vintage Car Races
SONOMA, Calif. - Qualifying results Saturday from the Jaguar Wine
Country Classic Vintage Car Races at Infineon Raceway. All qualifying
races were contested on Infineon Raceway's 12-turn, 2.52-mile road
course. Car and hometown in parentheses:
GROUP 1 (7 laps)
Pre-War and Post-War Sports and Racing Cars to 1952
Peter Giddings (1933 Maserati, Alamo); Rodney Smith (1934 ERA, Portola
Valley); Tom Price (1932 Alfa Romeo, Larkspur); Charles McCabe (1934
Bugatti, San Francisco); Jan Voboril (1924 Ford, Topanga); Bill Lyon
(1927 Bugatti, Newport Beach); Brian Barrington (1949 Porsche, Aptos);
Marty Stein (1952 Siata, Jackson); Scott Renner (1952 Jowett, Venice);
Robert Williams (1952 Siata, Sunnyvale).
GROUP 2 (7 laps)
1948-1955 Sports Racing Cars
Terry Larson (1952 Jaguar, Mesa, Ariz.); John Buddenbaum (1949 Jaguar,
Palo Alto); Bernard Juchli (1955 Jaguar, Palo Alto); Noel Park (1955
Corvette, San Pedro); Bill Perrone (1955 Porsche, Huntington Beach);
Richard Losee (1952 Allard, Provo, Utah); Leland Osborn (1955 Crosley,
San Miguel); Myron Reichert (1953 Jaguar, Rancho Santa Fe); Don
Baldocchi (1954 Nardi Crosley, Redding); Mike Cleary (1955 Cleary
Special, Carpinteria).
GROUP 3 (7 laps)
1955-1960 Sports Racing Cars
Don Orosco (1958 Lotus, Monterey); Bert Skidmore (1958 Ferrari, New
York); Richard Goldsmith (1958 Lotus, Pebble Beach); Herb Wetanson (1959
Lola, New York); Patrick Orosco (1960 Lola, Monterey); John Mozart (1958
Lister-Chevrolet, Palo Alto); Bill Janowski (1957 Monsterati, Reno); Jim
Lawrence (1958 Lotus, Lafayette); Bruce Miller (1958 Lotus, Alamo); Ron
Federspiel (1964 Crusader, Bend).
GROUP 4 (7 laps)
1959-1964 Sports Racing Cars
Terry Miller (1964 Webster, Simi Valley); Peter Stoneberg (1963 Lotus,
Belvedere); Carl Moore (1963 Lotus, Alamo); Steve Schmidt (1963 Lotus,
Newport Beach); Mike Blackie (1964 Genie, Prescott, Ariz.); Robert
Manson (1964 Merlyn, Carmel); Chris Locke (1965 Lotus, San Anselmo);
Richard Griot (1964 Webster, Puyallup, Wash.); Steven Read (1963 Lotus,
Berkeley); Greg Meyer (1962 Dailu, Los Altos).
GROUP 5 (7 laps)
1956-1963 Formula Cars
Tom Byrnes (1962 Cooper, Ross); Art Hebert (1963 Lola, San Rafael);
Nicholas Colyvas (1963 Lotus, San Francisco); Tom Claridge (1962 Lotus,
Fremont); Patrick Moran (1962 Lotus, Palo Alto); Jimmy Domingos (1962
Cooper, Carmel); Dave Zurlinden (1962 Brabham, Carmel Valley); Reg
Howell (1963 Brabham, Hayward); William Cotter (1961 Scarab, Seattle);
Marty Benck (1960 Lotus, Santa Rosa).
GROUP 6 (7 laps)
1955-1962 Production Sports Cars
Doug Sallen (1964 Morgan, Monterey); Greg Solow (1963 Morgan, Santa
Cruz); Leonard Turnbeaugh (1958 Porsche, Markleeville); Al Leake, Jr.
(1957 Alfa-Romeo, Boulder Creek); Ed Lamanita (1962 MGA, Redwood City);
Scott Brown (1957 MGA, Redwood City); Dean Watts (1960 Porsche, Carson
City); Les Alexander (1957 Corvette, Woodside); Alan Frick (1961
Alfa-Romeo, Pasadena); Gary Anderson (1960 MGA, Los Altos).
GROUP 7 (7 laps)
1965-1980 IMSA and FIA Cars
Randall Smith (1971 Chevron, Petaluma); Jim Click (1974 Chevron,
Tucson); Jeff Lewis (1971 Chevron, Newport Beach), Ken Epsman (1976
Dekon, Saratoga); John Mozart (1972 Chevron, Palo Alto); Keith Frieser
(1972 Lola, St. Albert, Canada), Jules Moritz II (1967 Lola, Gilroy);
David Pozzi (1965 Lola, Salinas), Phillippe Reyns (1971 Lola, Chandler,
Ariz.), Scott Emerson (1971 Lola, W. Vancouver, British Columbia).
GROUP 8 (7 laps)
1963-1966 Sports Cars
Lawrence Bowman (1964 Cobra, Redwood City); Don Lee (1964 Cobra, Portola
Valley); Terry Gough (1965 Corvette, Reno); Bruce Leven (1964 Corvette,
Mercer Island, Wash.); John Morton (1964 Sunbeam, Manhattan Beach); Doug
van Dorsten (1964 Corvette, Ross); Robert Forbes (1964 Ginetta, Redwood
City); Jay Embree (1962 Lotus, Granite Bay); John Mahall (1962 Lotus,
Cotati); Tom Sakai (1965 Sunbeam, Big Bear City).
GROUP 9 (7 laps)
1966-1972 Historic Trans-Am Cars
Bruce Canepa (1970 Javelin, Scotts Valley); Ken Epsman (1970 Challenger,
Saratoga); Jim Click (1969 Mustang, Tucson); Scott Rubin (1971 Javelin,
Saratoga); John McClintock (1969 Mustang, Olympia, Wash.); Forrest
Straight (1970 Mustang, Mountain View); Jamey Mazzotta (1970 Mustang,
Newport Coast); Jim Hague (1969 Camaro, Santa Clara); Gary Goeringer
(1968 Mustang, Los Osos); Craig Conley (1970 Mustang, Rancho Santa Fe).
