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.
Please join us to celebrate our successes and the 2024 racing season. We’re having a potluck luncheon in between track fun. Please bring a simple food or drink item to share. We have a microwave in the SR2 track room.
Season Champions each get some sort of trophy or cool plaque. We’ll present the following seasonal awards:
Junior Champion
Sportsman Champ
Expert Champ
Most Improved Driver
2024 Team of the Year
Concours d`Elegance
Please RSVP below or via your Google Calendar. I’m looking forward to seeing everybody again!
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!