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2024 End Of Season Bash

Thanks to everyone who participated in our 2024 end-of-year Bash!

We only did one race, but it took quite a while to complete. The potluck feast afterward was terrific. Thank you all for sharing a fantastic variety of food and drink! 

Abe collecting his 2024 Junior Champion hardware.

Team Maddox leader, Shaylin Maddox accepting 2024 Most Improved Driver honors.

Team Johnson collecting the 2024 Team of the Year honors.

Aaron Castro collecting 2024 Expert Champion honors.

Team Johnson’s junior ace, Madaline Johnson.

Latest Stewart Raceway IROC set–Autoworld X-Traction cars.Eric Lane (center-right), 2024 Sportsman Champion.

 

Eric and Shaylin accepting awards.

If anybody has any shots of the food table, please share them so I can post them here.

Race Results
House Autoworld X-Traction IROC Set (Details)
Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Aaron Castro 80 64 807.899
2 Jerry Pearson 77 56 840.39
3 Steve Stewart 80 55 1030.92
4 Shaylin Maddox 77 53 1087.529
5 Abe Maddox 72 49 1057.029
6 Jared Johnson 75 48 868.813
7 Eric Lane 71 42 847.88
8 Madeline Johnson 57 28 888.976
9 Matthew Johnson 40 28 1029.32

Stay tuned for details on our 2025 season-opener event. Happy New Year!

2024 Racing Season Ends Without Drama

Happy Holidays!

Our final “official” race day of the season ended with just three races but not the drama expected.

Team Maddox: Abe and new Junior driver, Arlo Roland.

With the Junior and Sportsman categories pretty much settled going into the final race, the only points contest still up in the air was the Expert category. Aaron Castro and George Peters were just eight (8) points apart going into the final day of racing.

Unfortunately, George would come down with a cold after a grueling and crowded week at work and would make the right call to skip the final race. Of course, that left the Expert points leader, Aaron Castro, with a much less stressful day.

Race 1: MegaG+ Modifieds

We had also expected a fierce battle between Team Maddox driver, Shaylin Maddox and Team Fast Lane’s, Eric Lane. That battle seemed to get off to a roaring start in the day’s first race. Shaylin bested Eric by just four points in the MegaG+ Modified class, 40 points to Eric’s 36 points. Abe Maddox would finish the race with three 3rd place segment finishes and a win in the final segment, just ahead of a hard-charging Expert driver, Jerry Pearson. With that success, Team Maddox decided to pack in for the day and would not continue. Details

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Aaron Castro 80 61 607.119
2 Jerry Pearson 79 58 513.648
3 Steve Stewart 76 58 607.263
4 Abe Maddox 72 49 523.955
5 Kevin Webster 74 46 645.044
6 Shaylin Maddox 69 40 619.259
7 Eric Lane 61 36 530.198
8 Arlo Roland 58 28 534.319

Jerry, Kevin, Abe, Arlo, and Eric.

Abe Maddox had a fantastic race, winning the final segment and placing 4th overall! Abe’s good friend, Arlo Roland, showed up with Team Maddox and got in an hour or so of practice just before the day’s first race. Arlo took to the various cars and racing quite quickly. Unfortunately, due to the rotation mix, Arlo only got to race directly against Abe in the final segment. Abe came in for his final rotation on the White lane and Arlo finished his rotation in the Blue lane. Arlo’s fastest lap was a 6.129 in the Orange lane. Based on his ear-to-ear grin during and after the race, we expect him to return to Stewart Raceway soon.

Race 2: Viper Super 7 GT40’s Team Forza IROC Set

With Team Maddox accomplishing their team objectives and calling it a day, the rest of us continued the program and started Race 2.

With all the points chases settled, it was all about just having fun and enjoying the always competitive racing with pretty much out-of-the-box cars.

These particular cars are fascinating. They drive like an L4 Viper V-SPEC but have L10 traction magnets. Everything feels great until they release the rails and hit things very hard. You have to know your limits and not go too far over. The RaceMasters GT40 hardbodies are beautiful!

Eric Lane blew out of the starting grid, clicked off two 3rds and a 2nd place finish in this one, and was constantly in the rearview mirrors of all who led the race. Ultimately, the Experts were fortunate to stay ahead of the hard-charging Sportsman driver. Details

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Steve Stewart 80 61 520.077
2 Aaron Castro 80 53 522.537
3 Jerry Pearson 77 51 521.222
4 Eric Lane 71 42 530.944
5 Kevin Webster 67 28 527.117
Race 3: Viper V-SPEC “SPECSTOCK” Lexan

The final race of the day! This one was quite the barnburner. Every driver moved into 2nd place during this one, and all set some very high-speed laps.

Home Cook’n clicked off the fastest lap of the race at 4.720 in the White lane, Aaron Castro clicked off the next fastest lap at 4.787 in the Blue lane, and speedster Jerry Pearson clicked off a 4.804 in the White lane. Amazingly, no new track records were set. I’m sure things would have been different if George Peters had been in the mix. Details

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Steve Stewart 80 64 476.556
2 Aaron Castro 78 53 482.049
3 Jerry Pearson 76 48 490.225
4 Eric Lane 68 38 476.035
5 Kevin Webster 67 32 487.768

Eric Lane hung in there against the Experts, finishing just off the podium in 4th against some seriously fast competition. Eric and Expert driver Kevin Webster were duking it out in the final segment for the 4th place position. Eric’s fastest lap was 5.277 to Kevin’s 5.252 fastest lap. Unfortunately, Kevin ran out of fuel, and Eric got enough points and laps to drop Kevin to the bottom of the leaderboard. Eric looks to be the dominate Sportsman driver going into the 2025 racing season.

Overall, it was a great day of racing and just hanging out. Thanks to everyone who brought things to share, especially Fast Lane Racing. The leaded and unleaded egg nog was excellent!

That’s it for the official 2024 racing season at Stewart Raceway. To close out the 2024 season (or open the 2025 season), we hope to open the tracks soon for a casual track day, a Potluck, and an end-of-season awards presentation. Stay tuned for a quick survey on the best Saturday to do it.

2024 Final Points Standings

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
Junior
1 Abe Maddox 726 292 4941.803
2 Matthew Johnson 387 124 2051.404
3 Madeline Johnson 233 113 2139.46
4 Arlo Roland 58 28 534.319
Sportsman
1 Eric Lane 1795 625 11500.96
2 Shaylin Maddox 610 237 3756.218
3 Jared Johnson 440 136 2057.271
4 Olga Rossetta 328 107 2805.608
5 Dave Feber 107 45 808.723
6 William Mansfield 112 42 830.412
7 Pam Ebert 77 32 695.404
Expert
1 Aaron Castro 4109 1868 26048.36
2 George Peters 3345 1581 23406.74
3 Kevin Webster 2778 1184 21778.82
4 Jerry Pearson 2466 1052 15666.05
5 Jordan Walker 1242 415 8073.09
Steve Stewart 4384 2137 27791.13

As always, thank you for supporting our racing program and being such a great group to race with and hang out with.

If I don’t see you again in 2024, Happy Holidays and New Year!

Okay, shut up and drive!

Open Track Day Report, November 30, 2024

Eric “Fast” Lane’s Viper V-SPEC F1/Indy IROC set with plastic hardbodies.

Thanks to all of you who made the trek to Stewart Raceway for an open track day!

Despite the staggered arrivals, we completed four races and ample practice/tuning laps.

Team Maddox’s Abe Maddox won the first IROC race using Fast Lane Racing’s Viper V-SPEC F1/Indy Lexan cars. The other three races were our MegaG+ Modifieds, Team Forza’s IROC V-SPEC Lexan Camaro set, and we ended with Viper V-SPEC Lexan cars. All three races were hard fought but with a new SlotTrak fueling bug in the mix that made them even more challenging.  We have no idea where the bug came from since we’ve been using the same version of SlotTrak for over a year. Oh well, the joys of technology.

Team Forza’s Viper V-SPEC IROC Camaros podium at the 2024 IROC championships.

We may have to move away from SlotTrak since support is virtually nonexistent these days, and their latest version crashes on SR3. If we want to do fuel races, we may have to do it on SR2 until I can figure out how to get the latest version working on SR3 or find a replacement.

That said, we’re shooting for another track day event next Saturday. It could be a 50/50 race day with two builder classes and two IROC classes. That should wrap up the season. From there, I’ll total the points from each official 2024 race and determine the season champs for each category.

We need an update on Jerry’s cat, Peat. How’s he doing?

Stay tuned for details on the event next Saturday.

Okay, shut up and drive!

2024 IROC Championship Track Records Set, Champs Crowned, Video Posted

– November 2, 2024 –

The 2024 IROC Championships were held on one day with four different races, including qualifying.

Qualifying Lap Records (MegaG+ 1.7 “Modified” IROC Set)
    1. Steve Stewart with a 5.755 lap in the White lane.
    2. Kevin Webster with a 6.284 in the Green Lane.
Race 1: (Team Forza MG+ 1.7 Camaros Lexan IROC Set)
    1. Steve Stewart with a 4.524 in the White lane.
    2. George Peters with a 4.595 in the Green lane.
 Race 2: (Viper-Jets Can Am Lexan IROC Set “SPEC-JET”)
    1. Steve Stewart with a 6.256 in the White Lane.
    2. George Peters with a 6.415 in the Blue lane.
Race 3: (Retro Vipers “Maximum Leeway” Lexan IROC Set)
    1. Steve Stewart with a 8.875 in the White lane.
    2. Aaron Castro with a 9.514 in the Green lane.
Race 4: (Eric Lane’s MG+ 1.7 “Scooby Doo” Vans IROC Set)

No new records. Fastest lap is Steve Stewart with a 5.519 in the Blue lane.

IROC Champs

Expert Category: Home Cook’n
Sportsman Category: Eric “Fast” Lane.

A video of Qualifying and all four races can be found on Rumble.com here. Sorry, didn’t have time to post separate videos for each event.  Sadly, no background sound was recorded, just the RMS audio.

Race Report: 2024 IROC Championships – Fast & Loose Fun

Our last IROC championship was contested in a series back in 2023, in which George Peters (GP Designs) dominated a four race series. This year, the IROC champions were crowned after one day of four challenging IROC races on SR3’s Fast Esses course.

The Short Story
Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Steve Stewart 320 239 2559.583
2 Aaron Castro 316 227 2572.115
3 George Peters 261 185 2646.445
4 Eric Lane 282 157 2676.138
5 Kevin Webster 272 144 2682.804
6 Jerry Pearson 145 82 1060.941
Qualifying
Track: SR3 Road Course Fast Esses (Chicane)
Date: Nov-02-2024 11:36
Class: MegaG+ 1.7 Modified (i)
Descr:
Name Lap Time Speed (Mph) Place
Steve Stewart 5.907 557 1
George Peters 6.065 543 2
Aaron Castro 6.599 499 3
Jerry Pearson 6.894 477 4
Eric Lane 6.982 471 5
Kevin Webster 7.738 425 6

Details

Race 1: Team Forza Viper V-SPEC “IROC” Lexan Camaros (15v)

The first race used Aaron’s newest IROC set of way-cool Camaros, which were fast and extremely capable cars. While Home Cook’n bagged the top podium spot, George and Aaron had a major battle throughout the entire race. At the end of five segments, Eric Lane was done with his rotations and sitting in second place but not enough points to seal the deal. Home Cook’n was also out with a perfect score of 80 laps and 64 points. The final segment was a dogfight for the second and third podium spots between Aaron Castro and George Peters. Both drivers finished on the same lap, with Aaron taking the win and points. However, because Aaron went into the final segment a lap down on George, George bagged the second podium spot with fewer points but just one more total lap than Aaron. Very close racing! Details

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Steve Stewart 80 64 405.175
2 Aaron Castro 79 56 406.204
3 George Peters 80 50 411.984
4 Jerry Pearson 75 44 414.991
5 Kevin Webster 72 40 439.161
6 Eric Lane 70 28 429.451
Race 2: Viper-Jets V-SPEC L4 Can-Am Lexan (15v)

Race 2 would utilize the venerable Viper-Jet platform, which would be a bit more challenging for the drivers since the downforce on these cars is considerably less than the previous Viper V-SPEC class with L4 traction magnets. This race saw a dogfight between the top three finishers and quite a battle between the 4th and 5th place finishers. The lone Sportsman driver, Eric Lane would best two Expert drivers with a nice 4th place finish. In the end, Aaron Castro took the win with one lap over George Peters in 2nd and two points over Home Cook’n in 3rd. Aaron clearly showed that he’s one of the top drivers at Stewart Raceway and won a great win with a reasonably loose platform. Details

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Aaron Castro 80 58 629.645
2 George Peters 79 58 601.541
3 Steve Stewart 80 56 633.531
4 Eric Lane 68 40 634.46
5 Jerry Pearson 70 38 645.95
6 Kevin Webster 68 32 619.642
Race 3: Retro Vipers “Maximum Leeway” Lexan

This one was everybody’s favorite race (NOT!). The Retro Viper platform was certainly the loosest car in the mix, and the runtimes clearly proved it. With almost no downforce and basically a L4 Viper V-SPEC chassis, this car is a handful to drive, especially on a road course. This one was a battle mostly between Home Cook’n and Aaron Castro, with the win going to Home Cook’n by just two laps. T-Jet ace George Peters was strangely not a big factor in this one as he struggled to dial in his setup while Eric Lane seemed to have a good handle on the tricky platform, finishing in 4th with more laps, but short just three points. Nice driving by the lone Sportsman driver! Details

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Steve Stewart 80 61 847.047
2 Aaron Castro 78 55 847.81
3 George Peters 65 45 881.049
4 Eric Lane 70 42 889.339
5 Kevin Webster 66 32 907.174
Race 4: Fast Lane Racing’s MegaG+ 1.7 “Scooby Doo” Vans

To cap off the challenging IROC championship, we decided to run Eric “Fast” Lane’s “Scooby Doo” vans for the final race of the day. Eric has been refining this set since first introducing them to us in 2023. With the high center of gravity and heavier resin-molded body, these cars are challenging but way fun to drive. Eric Lane came out swinging, winning the first segment with the fastest lap time over Home Cook’n in 2nd. With George still struggling, this one was a battle between Aaron Castro, Eric Lane, and Home Cook’n. Going into the final segment, Kevin Webster led the race but done with his rotation without enough points to maintain his position. In the end, Home Cook’n bagged the win by just one lap, tying with 2nd place, Aaron Castro on points.  Eric “fast” Lane had a great final race, bagging the win in the first segment and finishing on the podium in 3rd. Great driving, Eric!  Details

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Steve Stewart 80 58 673.83
2 Aaron Castro 79 58 688.456
3 Eric Lane 74 47 722.888
4 Kevin Webster 66 40 716.827
5 George Peters 37 32 751.871

 

We opted to run Aaron’s Lexan V-SPEC Camaros and didn’t run the Tyco-Jets shown in the front row here.

Okay, the 2024 IROC Champs are crowned and on their way to the Stewart Raceway Wall of Fame.

Place Name Laps Points Total Time Category
1 Steve Stewart 320 239 2559.583 Expert
2 Aaron Castro 316 227 2572.115 Expert
3 George Peters 261 185 2646.445 Expert
1 Eric Lane 282 157 2676.138 Sportsman
4 Kevin Webster 272 144 2682.804 Expert
5 Jerry Pearson 145 82 1060.941 Expert

Stay tuned for videos of each race, including qualifying. Thanks to all of you who made the trek to this way fun event!

Okay, shut up and drive!