Sonoma County Racers Take Win in Wine Country Classic

Attached is an image of Petaluma's Randall Smith, who won Sunday's
feature race for Group 8 in the Wine Country Classic Vintage Car Races
at Infineon Raceway.

 

PHOTO BY CHUCKE WALKDEN

 

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Thanks,

John

 

 

                      

Sonoma County Racers Take Victory in 

Vintage Car Races at Infineon Raceway

 

SONOMA, Calif. (June 3, 2007) - A pair of Sonoma County residents
reached victory lane on Sunday at Infineon Raceway at the 21st annual
Wine Country Classic Vintage Car Races.

 

Sonoma's Scott Rubin took the win in his 1971 Javelin for Group 5
(1966-1972 Historic Trans-Am Cars), while Petaluma's Randall Smith
piloted his 1971 Chevron to the checkered flag in Group 8 (1967-1980
IMSA and FIA Sports Racing Cars).

 

For Smith, it was his second consecutive victory at Infineon Raceway,
and his third in three years. He started on the pole in Sunday's 10-lap
feature and led wire-to-wire.  Tom Byrnes, former mayor of Ross,
finished second in his 1978 Lola, while Palo Alto's John Mozart (1972
Chevron) was third.

 

"It always feels good to win at my home track.  I have more than 2,000
laps around here," said Smith.  "Because this track is so challenging,
it really separates the men from the boys."

 

Rubin took part in the most competitive race of the day before taking
his first win in the Sonoma Valley since 2003. Rubin and Saratoga's Ken
Epsman (1970 Challenger) traded the lead five times over the final two
laps of their feature race, with Rubin taking the victory by one car
length.

 

"I'm better on the left side of the track and Kenny is better than me in
the esses and Turn 10," Rubin said. "I had fun from the green flag to
the checkered. The whole race was a blast."

 

There was main-event racing in nine different divisions on Sunday on the
twisting road course. More than 250 competitors took part in the racing
in cars ranging from a 1915 Ford Model T to a 1980 Porsche 935. Other
Northern California-based winners on Sunday included: Carmel's Robert
Hanson in Group 2 (1952 The Schaghticoke); and Belvedere's Peter
Stoneberg in Group 6 (1963 Lotus).

 

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Wine Country Classic Vintage Car Races

 

SONOMA, Calif. - Final results Sunday from the Wine Country Classic
Vintage Car Races at Infineon Raceway.  All 10-lap races were contested
on Infineon Raceway's 12-turn, 2.52-mile road course.  Car and hometown
in parentheses:

 

Group 1 (Pre-War Racing Cars & Sports Cars to 1952): 1. Jon Shirley
(1934 Alfa Romeo, Medina, Wash.); 2. Peter Giddings (1933 Alfa Romeo,
Alamo); 3. Jamie Cleary (1932 Studebaker, Westlake Village); 4. Dick
DeLuna (1948 Nardi Danese Corsa, Woodside); 5. Jonathan Feiber (1930
Bugatti, Atherton); 6. Scott Renner (1952 Jowett, Los Alamitos); 7. John
Fitzpatrick (1939 BMW, Redding); 8. Charlie Shalvoy (1926 Bugatti,
Atherton); 9. Doug Brower 

(1953 Crosley, Sanger, Texas); 10. John Kerridge (1926 Frazer Nash, Del
Mar).

 

Group 2 (1948-155 Sports Racing & Production Cars): 1. Robert Hanson
(1952 The Schaghticoke, Carmel); 2. John Buddenbaum (1949 Jaguar,
Sunnyvale); 3. Bernard Juchli (1955 Hagemann, Sierra Madre); 4. Jeff
Abramson (1954 Ferrari, Alamo); 5. Robert Paltrow (1951 Jaguar, Armonk,
NY); 6. Jim Brown (1955 Cooper, Fallbrook); 7. Don Racine (1952
Aardvark, Nevada City); 8. Don Martine (1950 MGTD, Pacific Grove); 9.
Clint deWitt (1955 Porsche, Sacramento); 10. Terry Sullivan (1958
Denzel, Los Gatos).

 

Group 3 (1955-1960 Sports Racing Cars): 1. Michael Malone (1959 Lotus,
Seattle); 2. Richard Goldsmith (1958 Lotus, Gilroy); 3. John Mozart
(1958 Lister-Chevy, Palo Alto); 4. Herb Wetanson (1959 Cooper, New
York); 5. Butch Gilbert (1959 Hagemann-Sutton, Westley); 6. Pete Lovely
(1959 Lotus, Tacoma, Wash.); 7. Bruce Miller (1958 Lotus, Alamo); 8. Ron
Federspiel (1964 Crusader, Bend, Ore.); 9. Robert Engberg (1957 Elva,
Julian); 10.Bob Gett (1962 Lola, Boston).

 

Group 4 (1956-1962 Production Cars): 1. Art Redford (1957 Corvette, Gig
Harbor, Wash.); 2. Ron Cressey (1959 Corvette, Sherman Oaks); 3. Al
Leake Jr. (1957 Alfa-Romeo, Boulder Creek); 4. Doug Sallen (1964 Morgan,
Monterey); 5. Ed Lamanita (1962 MGA, Redwood City); 6. Scott Brown (1957
MGA, Redwood City); 7. Tom Price (1961 Aston Martin, Larkspur); 8. Paul
Reinhart (1957 Corvette, Twain Harte); 9. Ranson Webster (1960 Porsche,
Reno); 10. Stan Rinne (1961 Triumph, Point Richmond).

 

Group 5 (1966-1972 Historic Trans-Am Cars): 1. Scott Rubin (1971
Javelin, Sonoma); 2. Ken Epsman (1970 Challenger, Saratoga); 3. Terry
Miller (1967 Camaro, Simi Valley); 4. John McClintock (1969 Boss
Mustang, Olympia, Wash.); 5. Andy Boone (1970 Plymouth, Dallas); 6.
Gordon Gimble (1970 Boss Mustang, Roseville); 7. Bruce Canepa (1970
Javelin, Scotts Valley); 8. Brian Ferrin (1970 Mustang, Sonoma); 9. Gary
Underwood (1967 Shelby, Wildemar); 10. Carl Stein (1966 Shelby,
Carmichael).

 

Group 6 (1961-1965 Sports Racing Cars): 1. Peter Stoneberg (1963 Lotus,
Belvedere); 2. John Morton (1964 Lotus, El Segundo); 3. Al Nowocinski
(1965 LeGrand, Huntington Beach); 4. Richard Griot (1964 Webster,
Milton); 5. John Harden (1963 Huffaker, Oklahoma City); 6. Nick Smith
(1962 Lotus, Rancho Santa Fe); 7. Paul Quackenbush (1965 Merlyn, Grass
Valley); 8. Tom Claridge (1961 Lotus, Santa Clara); 9. Dave Olson (1963
Lotus, Tiburon); 10. Greg Meyer (1962 Dailu, Los Altos).

 

Group 7 (1963-1966 Production Cars): 1. Fred Galloway (1963 Cobra, San
Diego); 2. Bruce Leven (1964 Corvette, Mercer Island, Wash.; 3. Ken
Adams (1966 Shelby, Gilroy); 4. Bob Hebert (1962 Jaguar, Monterey); 5.
Jim Jard (1965 Corvette, Houston); 6. Tom Georgalos (1965 Shelby,
Salinas); 7. James Lustman (1963 Cobra, Cherry Hills Village); 8. Jason
Len (1963 Jaguar, San Luis Obispo); 9. Craig Wright (1966 Shelby, San
Diego); 10. David Andrews (1966 Shelby, La Jolla).  

 

Group 8 (1967-1980 Historic IMSA & FIA Sports Racing Cars): 1. Randall
Smith (1971 Chevron, Petaluma); 2. Tom Byrnes (1978 Lola, Ross); 3. John
Mozart (1972 Chevron, Palo Alto); 4. Ken Epsman (1976 Dekon Monza,
Saratoga); 5. Jeff Lewis (1971 Chevron, Newport Beach); 6. Brian Groza
(1975 Sauber, Salinas); 7. Tom Malloy (1969 Lola, Villa Park); 8.
William Cotter (1979 Porsche, Seattle); 9. Phil Gallant (1977 Dekon
Monza, Oceanside); 10. Ranson Webster (1976 Porsche, Reno).

 

Group 9 (1966-1972 Historic Can-Am Cars): 1. Brian Blain (1969 Lola,
Visalia); 2. Ian Wood (1972 Rawlson, Burnaby, BC); 3. Scott Bader (1969
Lola, Los Angeles); 4. Jules Moritz (1971 McLaren, Corvallis, Ore.); 5.
Carl Moore (1967 McLaren, Alamo); 6. Robert Ryan (1968 McLaren, Avila
Beach); 7. Andy Boone (1968 McLeagle, Dallas); 8. David Hankin (1967
McLaren, Redding); 9. Tom Armstrong (1969 Lola, Issaquah, Wash.); 10.
Jim Gallucci (1970 McLaren, Danville).

 

 

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