Given the holiday hustle & bustle, it’s not likely we’ll be able to pull off another race day event this year. As such, our season officially ended after the 2022 IROC Championship finale on December 10.
First off, I’d like to thank all of you who stuck with our program and attended as many races/events as you could. Kathy and I really appreciate your loyalty, interest, and friendship.
We’ve had a wild ride this season, for sure. The season started out well but once we made the planned switch to HOPRA rules, we lost a few drivers. Not only that, we lost those drivers while we were trying to bring a new 6-lane Brad Bowman track online. Nothing is more impactful than losing participation when you’re increasing racing capacity by 50 percent.
In spite of that setback, we also added a few new drivers to the group in 2022. These new drivers are entering a program that is very well-positioned to both encourage and cultivate new participants in this great hobby we all have loved for most of our lives.
So, again, I really appreciate those of you who stuck with the program and made it as successful as it has been. We’ve done a whole lot of different types of racing, with all kinds of different types of cars, body styles, racing formats, etc. And through it all, the competition has been extremely close and the racing super exciting and–most important–fun.
So who were the top dogs in the two different driver classifications we currently offer?
2022 Sportsman Class Standings
| Place | Name | Laps | Points | Total Time |
| 1 | Kevin Webster | 6861 | 454 | 55303.45 |
| 2 | Jordan Walker | 5483 | 315 | 47097.53 |
| 3 | Jerry Pearson | 1949 | 167 | 21366.55 |
| 4 | Eric Lane | 915 | 69 | 7651.906 |
| 5 | Gabe Maddox | 35 | 29 | 218.53 |
| 6 | Kathy Stewart | 120 | 16 | 394.248 |
| 7 | Martha Elderon | 204 | 9 | 1020.019 |
| 8 | Jared Johnson | 122 | 7 | 1576.468 |
| 9 | Madeline Johnson | 105 | 5 | 1650.493 |
2022 Expert Class Standings
| Place | Name | Laps | Points | Total Time |
| 1 | George Peters | 9674 | 862 | 69452.86 |
| 2 | Greg Kondrek | 4490 | 379 | 19191.5 |
| 3 | Ian Douglass | 3530 | 344 | 15465.58 |
| 4 | Brad Sandahl | 3157 | 265 | 25463.15 |
| 5 | Russ Toy | 3180 | 197 | 15957.58 |
| 6 | Randy Cook | 136 | 13 | 1566.557 |
| 7 | Steve Stewart | 10607 | 1182 | 70235.96 |
Again, congratulations to Kevin and George. They love racing these little cars and it clearly shows in the results they’ve achieved.
I hope everyone enjoyed the 2022 Stewart Raceway season and certainly hope all of you return for the 2023 season. We’re going to stick to our rule set and overall program in the hopes of growing our ranks by making it easier, more affordable, and more competitive–for more racers.
Stay tuned for the 2023 racing schedule and a couple of exciting additions to the program. Happy Holidays to all of you!
Okay, shut up and drive!
Today, the following drivers were enshrined on the Stewart Raceway “
On a cold, windy, and rainy day in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the four top drivers in the series took the green flag for the final round of the 2022 IROC Champs Series.
These are actually pretty cool magnet cars and easy to drive. The race wasn’t all that eventful after the first segment, which was quite a dogfight between all drivers. The rest of the race was pretty much a broken record with no lead or place changes but a very close race between the top three expert drivers. (
Recently updated from zero-downforce cars to L42 magnet cars, the MTS 3D-printed Super Modifieds are quite a bit faster and much more stable on the road course. Brad Sandahl and Kevin Webster burst from the starting line in this race to take 1-2 in the first segment.
The third race of the day was the VSR Viper-Jet utilizing a Maximum Leeway Lexan body. Brad Sandahl would suffer not only a flaky car in his first segment in the white lane but also a controller malfunction that forced him to replace it in the middle of the race. Sportsman driver, Kevin Webster, took advantage of the mayhem and secured a nice second-place finish in the second segment. George Peters stayed steady and smooth throughout the race and would secure the second podium spot while Brad Sandahl recovered nicely for the final podium spot. (
The final race of the series was the always fast and exciting Jag TR-3. These are slightly upgraded from the stock configuration so a bit faster but smoother to drive.