Soloists Scramble For Points in Final ProSolo Round at Wendover
For Immediate Release Soloists Scramble For Points in Final ProSolo Round at Wendover WENDOVER, Utah (Aug. 23, 2006) - Soloists were feeling the heat at Round Nine of the Tire Rack(r) SCCA ProSolo National series, but was it the desert location or the last chance to score points before the season finale causing the perspiration? Gary Thomason, of Oceanside, Calif., was one of those making the most of the final ProSolo round. Driving the Kumho/TriPoint/Bogart Racing Wheels Porsche GT3, Thomason scored his second Super Stock class win, and moved into a three-way tie at the top of the SS point sheets, on the way to winning his first Hawk Super Challenge of 2006 over that Solo powerhouse otherwise known as Andy Hollis. No sympathy needed for Hollis though, the Texan snagged his sixth Street Touring(r) 2 class win in a row behind the wheel of his infamous Soulspeed/ART/GRM Mazda Miata. That makes it seven STS2 wins for Hollis this year, who also won his third Honda Street Challenge at Wendover. Another familiar name in ProSolo, Keven Dietz, of Federal Way, Wash., was able to take home his third consecutive C Stock win in the Jim's Detail/Evolution Pontiac Solstice. Without enough C Stock competitors to qualify for the Hawk Super Challenge, Dietz advanced to the Bonus Challenge, where he finished second. Rumor has it we might be seeing Laura Molleker at the ProSolo Finale in September. The Granite Falls, Wash., resident and Ladies 1 competitor is now rethinking her plans to skip the finale after she drove her Medallion Healthy Homes Dodge SRT 4 to a class and Ladies Challenge victory for the second time in as many tries. In Ladies 2 action, Encinitas, Calif., resident Leslie Ann Cohen, took win number three of the season in her Leslie Cohen Design/Brindle Racing Chevrolet Camaro despite the fact that her car broke before she could make her last right-course run. Cohen had to borrow a stock Camaro for the Ladies Challenge, but still managed to finish second. The closest finish of the day came from dueling MINI Coopers in the H Stock class, where Keith Brown, of Des Moines, Wash., powered his Team RH/Jim's Detail/K&K Racing MINI Cooper to a 0.055-second victory over the Mini of Charleston/MINIUSA.com MINI Cooper of Philidelphia, Pa., resident Jeff Jacobs. Brown now has four H Stock wins to his name. Quite a few drivers now find themselves with two class victories heading into the finale including: Jonathan Roberts, of Richmond Hills, Ga., in his A Stock McGeorge Toyota Subaru STi; Kinch Reindl, of Denver, Colo., in his D Stock RiptideHosting.com Acura Integra R; Graeme Weston-Lewis, of Loveland, Colo., in his G Stock Built by Bones/Generic Racing MINI Cooper S; Mark Sipe, of Reno, Nev., in his Street Touring Ultra Koni Racing Shocks Mazda RX8; Randy Chase of San Diego, Calif., in his ChaseCam/Blackwatch Racing Lotus Elise; Paul Russell, also of Sand Diego, in his Formula 125 Seventh-Gear Karting CRG Honda; and Erik Strelnieks, of Austin, Texas, in his Street Modified 2 Jungle Cat Racing/7 Parts Mazda 3-Rotor R, who already has two wins in the G Stock class as well. With the regular season wrapped up, soloists will have to wait until the season finale in September to crown champions. The Tire Rack(r) SCCA ProSolo Finale will take place Sept. 24th and 25th at Heartland Park in Topeka, Kan. For series information and event results please visit www.scca.com <http://www.scca.com/> -30- Attached Image: Erik Strelnieks takes his second Street Modified 2 win at Wendover. Credit: Craig Wilcox Erin Cechal SCCA Public Relations Specialist ecechal@scca.com 800/770-2055