Category: Race Results

2025 50/50 Series, Round 4 — From TFX Loose to V-SPEC Stuck, Another Awesome Day of Racing on SR3!

Round 4 was quite a day for the Sportsman field. Our newest racing team, Team Rowland, got a taste of T-Jet racing in Race 1, driving a set of almost stock OS3 TFXs with Aston Martin hardbodies that George picked up at the Fray in Ferndale last week.

Round 4 Short Story
Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Steve Stewart* 399 247 3154.818
2 George Peters* 396 227 3280.585
3 Aaron Castro* 293 169 2436.719
4 Kevin Webster* 349 154 3289.097
5 Dave Rowland 263 124 2516.554
6 Coe Rowland 249 118 2542.809
7 Jared Johnson 190 106 1284.282
8 Jerry Pearson* 191 103 1838.426
9 Arlo Roland 223 102 2489.432
10 Matthew Johnson 79 32 732.806
11 Madeline Johnson 62 28 582.756

* Expert Driver

Jared Johnson on his way to his first podium, taking 2nd place in Race 4 at Stewart Raceway. Jared demonstrated he’s a force to be reckoned with even for Expert drivers, taking a 4th and 2nd in his two races.

Race 1: OS3 TFX Aston Martin Fray Hardbodies (IROC)

Courtesy of GP Design’s journey to the Fray in Ferndale, these Dash bodies fitted to an existing house set of TFX chassis handled very well and looked even better. As expected, the Expert drivers dominated this class, with Home Cook’n setting four new lap records; the fastest lap was in the Green lane, at 9.721. Dave Rowland topped the Sportsman class with a perfect last segment of 25 for 90 laps and a fastest lap of 10.181.

Team Rowland did pretty well, considering only Arlo had any track time with this type of car prior to Round 4. Details

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Steve Stewart 100 64 1153.579
2 Aaron Castro 100 58 1186.906
3 George Peters 100 58 1233.056
4 Kevin Webster 93 48 1237.436
5 Jerry Pearson 92 48 1170.544
6 Dave Rowland 90 40 1239.311
7 Coe Rowland 79 32 1216.53
8 Arlo Roland 66 28 1169.332
Race 2: MegaG+ 1.7 “Lite” F1/Indy Hardbodies

This platform continues to be highly competitive and enjoyed by all who have campaigned with it. We haven’t run the Lite class in almost a year! It’s not much different from the “Modified” variant, but the heavier hardbody causes it to have slightly slower lap times. Expert driver George Peters was the dominant Expert in this one, winning three of his four rotations. Junior driver Coe Rowland had an incredible run in this race. Coe was the top Sportsman finisher with 86 laps, 42 points, and a 6.469 fastest lap. Details

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 George Peters 100 61 665.921
2 Steve Stewart 100 58 660.951
3 Aaron Castro 98 56 663.246
4 Jerry Pearson 99 55 667.882
5 Coe Rowland 86 42 701.756
6 Dave Rowland 82 40 665.433
7 Kevin Webster 80 32 653.567
8 Arlo Roland 74 32 663.482
Race 3: Viper V-SPEC “SPEC STOCK” Lexan Bodies

Another very competitive platform at Stewart Raceway. The V-SPEC Viper is a favorite due to its incredible downforce and amazing speed. Always a substantial adrenaline-pumping race. This one was especially different since Sportsman driver and Team Johnson leader, Jared Johnson, was absolutely on fire. Team Johnson was late to the party and jumped into the program in Race 3 after just a few practice laps. Jared’s first segment was so-so, but he clicked off an impressive 4.8-second lap in the White lane. Jared stepped up his game in his second and third segments, winning handily by one lap and three laps, respectively. He had the fastest lap in his third segment of 4.610 in the Orange lane. Jared nearly made the podium and was the top Sportsman finisher, with 92 total laps and 50 points. Dave Rowland was a close second in the Sportsman category, with 91 total laps and 44 points.

In all the excitement, Coe and Arlo Rowland each finished second in this fast and furious race—amazing!

Despite the blistering pace in this one, no new track records were set. Jared’s 4.610 lap was the fastest in the race, but it was roughly four tenths of a second off the record currently held by Aaron Castro. Details

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Steve Stewart 100 64 608.253
2 George Peters 98 58 612.468
3 Aaron Castro 95 55 586.567
4 Jared Johnson 92 50 579.186
5 Dave Rowland 91 44 611.81
6 Coe Rowland 84 44 624.523
7 Arlo Roland 83 42 656.618
8 Kevin Webster 89 38 644.58
9 Madeline Johnson 62 28 582.756
Race 4: Jag Hobbies TR-3 “Augoran” Hardbodies (IROC)

Continuing his impressive driving in Round 4, Jared Johnson led Race 4 into the final segment, winning all four rotations. He finished his rotations in the lead and was 11 points ahead of Home Cook’n, who had one more rotation but with two other Experts in the mix.

The final segment was a dogfight between two Experts and an increasingly faster Sportsman. George had a mathematical chance at second overall with but it was not to be. Jared would set a new lap record for this platform in the Blue lane and finish Race 4 second overall, enjoying his first “official” visit to the podium at Stewart Raceway. Great driving, Jared!!  Details

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Steve Stewart* 99 61 732.035
2 Jared Johnson 98 56 705.096
3 George Peters* 98 50 769.14
4 Kevin Webster* 87 36 753.514
5 Matthew Johnson 79 32 732.806
2025 50/50 Series, Round 4 Overall Results
Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Steve Stewart* 399 247 3154.818
2 George Peters* 396 227 3280.585
3 Aaron Castro* 293 169 2436.719
4 Kevin Webster* 349 154 3289.097
5 Dave Rowland 263 124 2516.554
6 Coe Rowland 249 118 2542.809
7 Jared Johnson 190 106 1284.282
8 Jerry Pearson* 191 103 1838.426
9 Arlo Roland 223 102 2489.432
10 Matthew Johnson 79 32 732.806
11 Madeline Johnson 62 28 582.756

Wow! Another impressive day on the SR3 “Fast Esses” course. The Sportsman category had some awe-inspiring results in Round 4, for sure. Jared Johnson seems to have figured things out and was crazy fast in the two races he participated in. Team Rowland also had some fantastic results on the day, Coe Rowland bagged a 2nd place finish in segment 7 of the MG+ 1.7 Lites class!

2025 50/50 Series Points Standings After Round 4
Place Name Laps Points Total Time
Sportsman
1 Dave Rowland 781 493 7434.468
2 Coe Rowland 768 465 7357.934
3 Abe Maddox 546 419 4299.19
4 Arlo Roland 706 412 7630.716
5 Shaylin Maddox 480 304 3929.265
6 Jared Johnson 359 248 2576.597
7 Lucille Rowland 177 130 1414.206
8 Matthew Johnson 146 74 1250.818
9 Madeline Johnson 116 56 1090.313
10 Eric Lane 66 40 498.861
11 Cameron Bill 50 32 411.714
Expert
1 Steve Stewart 974 716 7705.645
2 George Peters 967 687 7639.062
3 Aaron Castro 610 403 4398.698
4 Jerry Pearson 270 161 2335.285
5 Kevin Webster 349 154 3289.097

The final round of the 2025 50/50 Series will be on the SR3 oval layout. The tentative program is currently the following:

      • Qualifying
      • Race 1: Johnny Lightning or Autoword X-Traction cars (Loose)
      • Race 2: MegaG+ 1.7 “Modifieds” @22 volts
      • Race 3: Retro-Vipers “Maximum Leeway Lexan Bodies (Fast and loose)
      • Race 4: Viper V-SPEC “SPEC STOCK” Lexan Bodies

Qualifying points will be awarded as follows:

      1.  5.0
      2.  4.5
      3.  4.0
      4.  3.5
      5.  3.0
      6.  2.5
      7.  2.0
      8.  1.5
      9.  1.0
      10.  .5

Okay, I’m not sure if we’ll be able to hold the final round next weekend. If we have enough drivers (at least six), we’ll give it a go.

The Series points are based on your best results from four of the five rounds. Yep, missing one won’t hurt much, but missing two rounds will keep you off the Stewart Raceway Wall of Fame for this series.

Okay, shut up and drive!

 

A Track Day Or Round 4?

Not sure if this can be considered Round 4 of the 2025 50/50 Series since we only ran IROC cars, but we did have five participating drivers in the mix today, which is enough to consider it an “official” race day.

We also had two new visitors to Stewart Raceway, who were impressive drivers, adapting to slot car racing like veterans. George’s sister, Vic, and her friend, Dave were incredible. Amazingly, six races were run on the day: three dash and three full rotation races, all IROC.

We started out with a couple of Dash races pitting Vic and Dave racing against each other, George and I marshaling.

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Vic Peterson 49 30 NA
2 Hillbilly Dave 48 30 NA

Obviously, pretty close racing for their first experiences on the SR3 “Fast Esses” road course. George’s sis, Vic Peterson, won the first race, and Dave won the second race with only one lap deciding the overall winner.

Once the new drivers had a few laps under their belts, we did another Dash race with the same cars but with George and Eric in the mix.

Track: SR3 Road Course Fast Esses (Chicane)
Date: Feb-22-2025 10:26
Class: Jag Augoran (i) 15v
Descr:
Name Lane Avg
Lap		 Fast
Lap		 Median
Lap		 Laps Points Place
Eric Lane Orange 9.455 7.122 8.320 40 16 1
George Peters Blue 9.483 6.407 8.022 40 14 2
Vic Peterson White 9.898 7.177 9.049 40 11 3
Hillbilly Dave Green 11.056 6.713 8.520 36 7 4

Vic Peterson had a good run in this last Dash race, finishing 3rd and on the same lap as the winner, Eric Lane. Dave cut some fast laps with the second-quickest and third-fastest medium lap times. It appears that slot car racing prowess runs in the Peters/Peterson family.

Rotation IROC Race 1 (Jag Augoran (IROC) 15v)

Eric “Fast Lane” Lane dominated the first full rotation race of the day with two segment wins and nearly leading the race the whole way. He gave up the lead to George briefly after Segment 5, but came back in and placed 2nd in his final segment, on the same lap as segment winner, Kevin Webster.

Vic Peterson clicked off a speedy lap of 6.465 in the Blue lane during her final rotation. For first time visitors to Stewart Raceway, she and Dave were very impressive against us veteran drivers with way more track time. Details

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Eric Lane 100 58 806.759
2 Steve Stewart 100 53 749.451
3 George Peters 98 51 804.177
4 Kevin Webster 96 50 751.482
5 Hillbilly Dave 93 42 826.877
6 Vic Peterson 91 28 814.706
Rotation IROC Race 2 MegaG+ 1.7 Eric Lane (Scooby Doo) Vans (IROC)

New driver, Hillbilly Dave had  great run in Race 2 with a 2nd place finish in his first segment and only three laps down after 100 laps. Dave’s median lap time dropped from a high of 10.587 down to 8.950 in his last segment. He liked the Scooby Doo vans. Details

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Steve Stewart 100 61 969.59
2 Jerry Pearson 98 50 999.462
3 Kevin Webster 95 49 991.044
4 George Peters 97 48 978.185
5 Eric Lane 97 45 1014.672
6 Hillbilly Dave 97 44 1071.895
7 Vic Peterson 84 32 1023.523
Rotation IROC Race 3 Viper V-SPEC F1/Indy 1.7 (IROC) Lexan Eric Lane Set

Always a fast and furious race, the experts didn’t cut anybody any slack in this one and battled fiercely for a podium spot. Jerry completed all 100 laps and very nearly won the overall with some very impressive driving. Details

We should have handicapped the experts in all these races to give our guest drivers a better shot at podium spots, but the Race Director muffed that up as they went head-to-head with much more experienced drivers. Still, both Vic and Dave adapted to the different cars and race formats remarkably well and seemed to enjoy the racing very much.

Vic finished the day with an average placing of 4.3 and a fastest lap of 5.917, while Dave finished the day with an average placing of 4.0 and a fastest lap of 5.043.

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Steve Stewart 100 64 600.129
2 Jerry Pearson 100 58 630.46
3 George Peters 99 52 617.886
4 Kevin Webster 88 44 618.477
5 Eric Lane 85 43 610.108
6 Hillbilly Dave 85 40 670.558
7 Vic Peterson 80 28 630.807

Our hapless Race Director–again–failed to get any video of the day’s action. Somehow, the open-source software crashed and nothing of any substance was recorded.

I sure hope Vic and Dave join us again soon. They both took to slot car racing and marshaling very quickly and got faster and faster as the day went on.

Thanks to all who showed up, supported the event and brought goodies to share. Vic’s oat cakes were delicious, and Kathy’s spread of bagels were, too.

If anybody has any pics/videos, please share them with me and I’ll update the post. We didn’t even take a podium shot!

Okay, shut up and drive!

2025 50/50 Series, Round 3 — Not Quite 50/50, But a Fast Day Anyway

A shortened schedule, but some good fast racing.

Team Rowland debuted its new stable of MegaG+ 1.7 “F1/Indy” and Viper V-SPEC “Porche 917” cars in this series round. Judging by the smiles on their faces all day, they are enjoying their racing and eager to return to racing as soon as possible.

Race 1: Viper-Jet NAStruck Lexan (IROC)

Dave Rowland bagged the top Sportsman podium with a good run of 75 laps and 48 points. Team Maddox bagged the last two Sportsman podium spots, just one point and a few laps behind, despite both Abe and Shaylin each winning a segment outright. Unfortunately, an avoidable software glitch caused Expert’s George Peters and Aaron Castro to sit this race out. Details

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Steve Stewart* 80 64 726.397
2 Dave Rowland 75 48 826.388
3 Shaylin Maddox 71 47 824.679
4 Abe Maddox 70 47 842.062
5 Coe Rowland 73 44 823.209
6 Arlo Roland 63 32 772.229

* Expert

Race 2: MegaG+ 1.7 Modified

A very close race in this class with Aaron winning a very close battle with George in the Expert ranks. Local Junior driver, Abe Maddox drove masterfully, taking 3rd overall and 1st in the Sportsman ranks. Dave Rowland just edged out Shaylin Maddox with a 1st in his final segment. A very close race in this one, as always. Details

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Aaron Castro* 79 59 488.43
2 George Peters* 78 56 500.083
3 Abe Maddox 78 55 527.692
4 Steve Stewart* 79 53 531.205
5 Dave Rowland 74 45 548.616
6 Shaylin Maddox 75 38 546.348
7 Arlo Roland 62 38 517.27
8 Coe Rowland 68 32 568.431

* Expert

Race 3: Viper V-SPEC SPEC STOCK Lexan

It’s another always-close race. The Experts duked it out in this one, with George Peters bagging the top Expert podium with three segment wins. Abe Maddox had another great race, winning one segment outright and steadily placing well in each rotation, finishing 4th overall and 1st in the Sportsman class. Teammate Shaylin Maddox edged out hard-charging Dave Rowland for the second Sportsman podium spot. Details

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 George Peters* 100 61 631.616
2 Steve Stewart* 99 59 579.94
3 Aaron Castro* 99 55 604.705
4 Abe Maddox 93 47 633.921
5 Shaylin Maddox 89 42 639.329
6 Dave Rowland 83 42 626.293
7 Coe Rowland 77 38 687.817
8 Arlo Roland 69 32 674.541

All in all, it was a good day of racing and a lot of fun. Thank you all for supporting our racing program and bringing some wonderful snacks to share with everyone. We’ll have to get Shaylin to bring some of her wonderful deviled eggs again, but this time, only share with Kathy if she does a race with us.

NOTE:
In Race 1's Viper-Jet NAStruck race, a new lap record was set in the White lane by Shaylin Maddox, with a blistering 5.626 lap and 2nd overall in the segment. Junior driver Coe Rowland clicked off a new lap record for this car in the Green lane with a 7.374 lap.
Series Points Standings after Round 3:
Place Name Laps Points Total Time
Sportsman
3 Abe Maddox 443 325 1335.726
4 Dave Rowland 410 299 NA
5 Coe Rowland 465 297 NA
6 Arlo Roland 432 275 NA
8 Shaylin Maddox 347 221 751.357
9 Jared Johnson 169 142 1292.315
11 Lucille Rowland 76 47 544.134
12 Matthew Johnson 67 42 518.012
13 Eric Lane 66 40 498.861
14 Cameron Bill 50 32 411.714
15 Madeline Johnson 54 28 507.557
Expert
1 Steve Stewart 427 366 1620.116
2 George Peters 416 349 2777.139
7 Aaron Castro 317 234 1961.979
10 Jerry Pearson 79 58 496.859

Hopefully, we can pull off Round 4 next weekend; we’ll see what happens. Round 5 will likely be an oval race on SR2 or SR3.

Okay, shut up and drive!

2025 50/50 Series, Round 2 — A Team Battle Royale

Round 2 of the 2025 50/50 Series was mainly a battle between Team Maddox and Team Rowland. We did three races (all IROC), and both teams duked it out with segment or race wins from almost every driver.

Short Story
Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Abe Maddox 193 169 1386.527
2 Lucille Rowland 177 130 1414.206
3 Coe Rowland 165 123 1382.171
4 Steve Stewart* 158 119 1554.584
5 George Peters* 155 111 1581.338
6 Arlo Rowland 157 102 1921.991
7 Shaylin Maddox 143 94 1072.58
8 Dave Rowland 142 92 1625.006

* Expert

Race 1: Viper V-SPEC (SPECSTOCK) F1/Indy Lexan (IROC) (Sponsored by Fast Lane Racing)

Local phenom Abe Maddox won three of his four segments to come from behind and win Race 1 by tying Home Cook’n on laps and points but with a total runtime of ~5 seconds faster. Team Rowland driver Dave Rowland had a strong showing in his second appearance at Stewart Raceway with a fourth-place finish just ahead of Team Maddox driver Shaylin Maddox in fifth-place. Details

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Abe Maddox 79 61 540.671
2 Steve Stewart 79 61 545.814
3 George Peters 76 55 559.269
4 Dave Rowland 72 47 590.117
5 Shaylin Maddox 71 46 516.662
6 Lucille Rowland 72 42 578.195
7 Coe Rowland 62 32 527.784
8 Arlo Rowland 60 32 597.176
Race 2: Jag Hobbies TR-3 Augorans (IROC)

Team Maddox looked to be the dominant team early on in this one, leading the race through the first three segments. However, the two Experts in the mix had their own battle going on, and about halfway through the race, it became a battle for the last podium spot between Team Maddox and Team Rowland. In the end, Abe would win his final segment, putting Team Maddox on the podium in third place. The battle for the final podium spot was extremely close, with just two to three laps separating each driver. Details

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Steve Stewart 79 58 1008.77
2 George Peters 79 56 1022.069
3 Abe Maddox 74 50 573.644
4 Shaylin Maddox 72 48 555.918
5 Dave Rowland 70 45 1034.889
6 Coe Rowland 67 44 582.821
7 Lucille Rowland 70 43 570.725
8 Arlo Rowland 62 32 1045.951

Race 3: Viper V-SPEC (SPECSTOCK) F1/Indy Lexan (IROC) (Sponsored by Fast Lane Racing)

George wisely suggested we let the Junior drivers do an entire race by themselves, and boy, did they put on a show! 

Abe Maddox won two of his segments, Coe and Lucille Rowland each won one segment, and Arlo Rowland bagged second place in one of his segments.  All drivers laid down some speedy laps throughout the race and displayed impressive driving throughout. Details

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Abe Maddox 40 58 272.212
2 Coe Rowland 36 47 271.566
3 Lucille Rowland 35 45 265.286
4 Arlo Rowland 35 38 278.864

2025 50/50 Series Points Standings After Round 2:
Place Name Laps Points Total Time
Junior
1 Abe Maddox 305 270 2295.515
2 Coe Rowland 301 233 2735.668
3 Arlo Roland 289 208 3177.244
4 Lucille Rowland 177 130 1414.206
5 Matthew Johnson 67 42 518.012
6 Madeline Johnson 54 28 507.557
Sportsman
1 Dave Rowland 286 234 2916.617
2 Shaylin Maddox 245 177 1918.909
3 Jared Johnson 169 142 1292.315
4 Eric Lane 66 40 498.861
5 Cameron Bill 50 32 411.714
Expert
1 George Peters 393 343 3226.778
2 Steve Stewart 317 293 2713.285
3 Aaron Castro 139 120 868.844
4 Jerry Pearson 79 58 496.859

Congrats to both teams today for some very impressive driving and a big win by Team Maddox’s Abe Maddox in the first race of the day. Abe is an amazing slothead, for sure. Another outstanding performance today was first-time visitor Lucille Rowland, who achieved at least two segment wins on the day–great driving!

Okay, Round 2 of this series is in the books. We’ll see how next weekend shapes up and who’s available. Maybe we’ll do an oval day on SR2 or SR3; we’ll see.

Thank you all for showing up and making Round 2 a fun and exciting day of racing! The only downside on the day was that somebody ate all the animal cookies before I could get some. I hate it when that happens!

Okay, shut up and drive!

2025 Season Opener – Into the fire and onto the podium.

Wow, what a turnout!  Our first “official” race of the 2025 season opened with a bang. We had 14 drivers in the mix: four Experts, five Juniors, and five Sportsman drivers, including two new drivers visiting Stewart Raceway for the first time!

 

The Short Story

Sportsman driver Jared Johnson 3rd overall, and first-time Stewart Raceway driver Dave Rowland finishes 4th overall. Expert driver George Peters leads the Expert points chase by 58 points.

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 George Peters* 238 232 1645.44
2 Steve Stewart* 159 174 1158.701
3 Jared Johnson 169 142 1292.315
4 Dave Rowland 144 142 1291.611
5 Aaron Castro* 139 120 868.844
6 Coe Rowland 136 110 1353.497
7 Arlo Roland 132 106 1255.253
8 Abe Maddox 112 101 908.988
9 Shaylin Maddox 102 83 846.329
10 Jerry Pearson* 79 58 496.859
11 Matthew Johnson 67 42 518.012
12 Eric Lane 66 40 498.861
13 Cameron Bill 50 32 411.714
14 Madeline Johnson 54 28 507.557

* Expert driver

After about an hour of open practice, racing got underway at 12:15. The first race of the 2025 50/50 Racing Series was the increasingly popular MegaG+ 1.7 Modified class, a speedy and straightforward racing platform that anybody can be competitive with.

Race 1: MegaG+1.7 Modifieds

This race should have had nine drivers. However, the Race Director mistakenly dropped two drivers from the lineup: Cameron Bill and himself. Jerry Pearson very nearly bagged his first race win as an Expert driver in this one. Jerry won the first two segments and never finished worse than 2nd through his rotations. In the end, Aaron Castro knocked Jerry off the top podium spot by winning all four of his rotations. Team Johnson’s leader, Jared Johnson, drove well and took the runner-up position against three Expert drivers!  Details

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Aaron Castro 80 64 476.54
2 Jerry Pearson 79 58 496.859
3 George Peters 79 55 488.663
4 Jared Johnson 71 42 491.625
5 Matthew Johnson 67 42 518.012
6 Eric Lane 66 40 498.861
7 Madeline Johnson 54 28 507.557
Race 2: MegaG+ 1.7 Modifieds (IROC)

This one was a dogfight between all categories of drivers.  Team Maddox Junior driver Abe Maddox led this one through the first three segments, winning his first two rotations and demonstrating he’s an incredibly talented driver capable of running with both Sportsman and Expert drivers. This race was highly competitive at every level, with wins by Junior, Sportsman, and Expert drivers. In the end, GP Design’s George Peters edged out Aaron Castro for the top podium spot by just two points and one lap. Junior phenom Abe Maddox bumped Home Cook’n off the final podium step with a win in the final segment. Aaron Castro set a new lap record on the Fast Esses road course in his first rotation with a 5.397 lap in the White lane. Details

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 George Peters* 60 58 404.21
2 Aaron Castro* 59 56 392.304
3 Abe Maddox 56 55 412.669
4 Steve Stewart* 59 52 401.707
5 Dave Rowland 56 49 434.333
6 Shaylin Maddox 55 45 396.168
7 Arlo Roland 51 40 426.627
8 Coe Rowland 52 36 440.038
9 Cameron Bill 50 32 411.714

* Expert

Race 3: Viper Super 7 NASCAR “Fast” Lane Set (IROC)

This is a six-car set that Sportsman driver Eric Lane donated to our racing program. The big stories in this race were Jared Johnson making his first podium visit with 3rd place overall and one of our newest drivers, Dave Rowland, who pulled off a hard-fought 4th place overall. Actually, pretty impressive driving by everybody in this race. Jared Johnson won two segments, while Dave Rowland won one segment. While I didn’t feel like the cars were all that easy to drive, George and Home Cook’n set new lap records on each of the four active lanes. George clicked off a 5.505 lap record in the Green lane, and Home Cook’n managed a 5.486 lap record in the Blue lane.   Details

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Steve Stewart* 60 61 436.907
2 George Peters* 60 58 447.943
3 Jared Johnson 60 56 461.831
4 Dave Rowland 54 51 497.803
5 Abe Maddox 56 46 496.319
6 Shaylin Maddox 47 38 450.161
7 Arlo Roland 49 34 493.029
8 Coe Rowland 48 32 508.47
Race 4: Viper V-SPEC F1/Indy 1.7 Lexan (Eric Lane Set) (IROC)

Another IROC six-car set donated by Eric “Fast” Lane. Until Eric arrived on the scene, I’d never driven a Viper V-SPEC IROC set. The cars cost $50 each! Not my first choice for a new IROC set. This final race of the day was quite competitive also, with the two Experts just three points apart going into the final segment, and Sportsman driver, Jared Johnson landing yet another podium finish on the day. Another new Junior driver from the Team Rowland, Coe Rowland jumped from last place going into the final segment to 4th overall with a well-timed 3rd place finish.  Details

Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Steve Stewart 40 61 320.087
2 George Peters 39 61 304.624
3 Jared Johnson 38 44 338.859
4 Coe Rowland 36 42 404.989
5 Dave Rowland 34 42 359.475
6 Arlo Roland 32 32 335.597

2025 50/50 Series Points Standings After Round 1:
Place Name Laps Points Total Time
Sportsman
1 Jared Johnson 169 142 1292.315
2 Dave Rowland 144 142 1291.611
3 Shaylin Maddox 102 83 846.329
4 Eric Lane 66 40 498.861
5 Cameron Bill 50 32 411.714
Junior
1 Coe Rowland 136 110 1353.497
2 Abe Maddox 112 101 908.988
3 Arlo Roland 132 106 1255.253
4 Matthew Johnson 67 42 518.012
5 Madeline Johnson 54 28 507.557
Expert
1 George Peters 238 232 1645.44
2 Steve Stewart 159 174 1158.701
3 Aaron Castro 139 120 868.844
4 Jerry Pearson 79 58 496.859

What a day of racing! I’ll try to get a video of a very close finish between George and Aaron in Race 2 (MG+ Modified IROC). Speaking of video, we have the whole day on video, so I’ll try to get the photo finish clip and the event video posted ASAP.

A big welcome to our newest racing team, Team Rowland! Hopefully, Dave, Arlo, and Coe will join us again soon. They jumped right in without practice and raced the last three races with great enthusiasm and sportsmanship–awesome! Thanks to everyone for showing up and making Round 1 a great event!

We’ll see what happens next weekend; it could be a track day or race day, depending on who’s available.

Okay, shut up and drive!