December 17th Results

SUPER LAP SERIES ROUND 10

Good turnout for the season finale


Thirty five eager competitors lined up for the season's final event and to be present in the award of the Championship positions for the final three categories of the six divisions that make up the 2006 Super Lap Series. The Track went live just after the scheduled 9:00 am opening with Group "A" drivers hitting the track first. Four newcomers were quickly coached on the sidelines and then sent off to the bleachers to see how correct Super Lap protocol is supposed to be exercised. Meanwhile, the remaining Group "B" entries fiddled with and adjusted on their rides and prepared for the first of their two 40-minute practices scheduled for the morning. Three Formula Fords had entered the gates early and a fourth eventually showed so that the "race quota" was reached for their practice sessions which are mixed in to the schedule prior to the lunch break. The "Pizza Man" returned with his delicious lunch menu (of which I managed to gobble down my portion in the five minutes between doing things) and I think everyone is beginning to appreciate the value he brings to all of our events

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Limited Front Wheel Drive crown is recaptured by Barry Raff


Barry Raff finished the season out nicely with a second place (Limited Front Wheel Drive) finish for the final round and has now repeated as Super Lap Champion. Barry's consistent season combined with Reid Morimoto's absence in the second half of the season turned around what otherwise might have been a whitewash (Reid still managed 2nd place for the season). Often exciting to watch, recent newcomer Robert Igarashi, stole the glory for the class with a 40.51 and the event victory, but it wasn't without a two close incidences (spins) in both the Sweeper and the Chicane. Licoln Loo, who eventually managed to secure 3rd place in the season points even though loosing his primary car in a roll-over in round 4, was back in fine form with solid practice sessions and he managed to round out the top three with a solid 41.25. There were also some other impressive performances including both Dirk Minami and Kevin Flanders who finished fourth and fifth respectively.



Limited Rear Wheel Drive Group "A's" Mike Ward takes final round


Mike Ward's presence was embellished with "Sonic" sponsorship for the event and he didn't let them down when it came to Time Battle. Ward snuck past Mike Turolla by 0.12 seconds with a 39.26 in competition. Turolla was slightly off the pace after neglecting to torque down a rear wheel before competition, but realizing the error he still committed himself to the run, coming up just a little short. Just slightly back in third place was the re-energized BMW M3 of Terry Nelson who overcame a blown radiator hose in practice to record a 40.00 flat. In fourth position was Tom Bryant in the FD; which slowed to a 40.14 due to worn tires and fading brakes and finishing off the LRWD top five a "rather wild" Chris Billete who managed to keep the car off the guardrails after three close calls in morning practice. Although congratulations have already gone out to the SLS 2005 LRWD Champion, Mike Turolla, special mention has to be made to both 2nd and 3rd place finishers; Mike Ward and Egmar Klemmer as well as Terry Nelson and Tom Bryant. These four are all a threat to the upcoming 2006 season. In the final standings behind Mike Turolla were Mike Ward (2nd), Egmar Klemmer (3rd), Terry Nelson (4th) and Tom Bryant who managed 5th even though only competing in three LRWD Group "A" competitions.



Matthias Busch snags Limited Rear Wheel Drive Group "B" win


Although Corey has secured himself the season's LRWD Group "B" title it didn't stop him from going after yet another event victory in his Mazda Miata. Unfortunately for him, he came up just a little bit short against the Lotus Elise of Matthias Busch and indicated that he'd suffered a few bumps and bruises along the way. Matthias scooted his little Elise around the short course in speedy fashion to a personal best Time Battle finish of 41.12. Even with the maximum ten points earned he was unable to move himself up from 4th in the final points standings. Finishing in 3rd for the day and just a scant 0.08 seconds back was the bright yellow Lotus Elise driven impressively by Earl Ford who posted his 41.62 in his first ever Time Battle competition. Elliot Loo saved his best performance for the last event of the season, finally breaking into the 42-second bracket in the "quick brick" and securing 3rd in the season standings, just one point back from Tom Bryant. An equally impressive time was posted by relative newcomer Graham Henderson who also solidly entered the "bracket" with a 42.91 in his Nissan Silvia. His 5th place finish earned him one point and moved him up to 5th place in the final standings ahead of Ken Peters and Chad Miyashiro with whom he had previously been tied.



2005 Limited All Wheel Drive Championship awarded to Kalani Thompson


Round 10 provided the final decision everyone had been waiting for in the Limited All Wheel Drive category and the performances of the top finishers were worthy of their final standings in the Season Championship. Kalani Thompson closed out the season with an exclamation point on the title by managing a 42.75 second lap. This was the first event that Kalani has ever dipped into the 42's and to get it all right for the tricky Time Battle competition was quite an achievement. Stacy Ota, second place for the day and the Championship, also put in a valiant effort and beat her previous best time by over a second, improving to a 44.42. The 2005 season's early class leader, Egmar Klemmer, attempted to earn points by running a back-up car, but organizers disallowed it due to a technicality and he was thus relegated to 3rd in the final standings. Gratefully, in the second half of the season, Stacy and Kalani provided what the class was sorely lacking; participation and action, but the dissolution of the class was a disappointment to organizers after what had seemed such a promising start in the 2004 season.



Unlimited Front Wheel Drive Champion, Marcus Ho, makes it 5 for 5


Marcus Ho had already been crowned as the Season Champion but, nevertheless, he took the opportunity to test and tune the little green Honda Civic for all it was worth this time out. All the bugs seem to have been sorted out and after fully coming to terms with the car Marcus pulled out a 40.96 for his Time Battle run and was able to post his fifth win for the season. There were no competitors willing to burn up a set of tires and brakes for second place in round 10 so the season somewhat dissolved into the final positions with Sy Kodama and Roy Cabibo rounding out 2nd and 3rd for the points positions. Although Lincoln Loo and Martin Lau had each taken a stab at the ULFWD title neither of them was able to make a dent in the top three position points and they finished the season in 4th and 5th places respectively.



Unlimited Rear Wheel Drive crown recaptured by Egmar Klemmer


Egmar Klemmer rounds out the season with what was arguably the best performance of the year: A 36.97 second lap! After complaining regularly about the difficulty of warming up the 240Z in the few laps provided in Time Battle the German turned on the afterburners and scorched the year's best time by over a second on his way to capturing the Round 10 event and the season title. A noble effort was made by Osamu Manabe in his Bondurant Ford Cobra when he squeezed out a 39.34 second lap, but there was no way of catching Egmar on this day. The two competitors finished out the season with Egmar taking the title and Osamu finishing an impressive second while third place, Messer, sat out the final event with a hurt motor. There had been seven other entries in the Unlimited Rear Wheel Drive category throughout the year, but none amassed more that 10 points due limited participation and thus were no threat to the crown in 2005.



Season winds up at the Awards Banquet January 7th


The season closed out in a somewhat predictable fashion, but we were excited to see a good turnout just a week before Christmas and have been regularly impressed by the devoted competitors who managed to nibble away at their own personal best times as well as category records throughout the season. We know there will be some serious competition in 2006 and major rule changes are being considered to elevate the competitiveness of the sport and provide incentive and balance to the structure which already exists. The 2006 Champions will be recognized, along with a few special awards to be presented for other outstanding achievements throughout the season, at the 2005 Super Lap Series Awards Banquet. The banquet will be held at Round Table Pizza in Waikiki on Saturday, January 7th at 7:00 pm. This special event will be a great opportunity to gather together for some good food, fun and drinks while we sit back and watch a video presentation by Mike Kitchens and the awards are handed out to the notable guests. We hope you will all join us in this celebration. See you there!

Aloha!
Chris Messer
Events General Manager,
Drift Session, LLC




2005 Round 10 Final Results

LIMITED - ALL WHEEL DRIVE
CAR #
DRIVERS NAME
CATEGORY
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION
COLOR
BEST TIME
POSITION
POINTS
14A
KALANI THOMPSON
L/AWD
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE
BLUE
42.75
1ST
10
17A
STACY OTA
L/AWD
SUBARU IMPREZA
BLACK
44.42
2nd
6
 
LIMITED - REAR WHEEL DRIVE CLASS A
CAR #
DRIVERS NAME
CATEGORY
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION
COLOR
BEST TIME
POSITION
POINTS
51R
MIKE WARD
L/RWD
INFINITY G35
BLACK
39.26
1ST
10
77R
MICHAEL TUROLLA
L/RWD
CHEVY CORVETTE
RED
39.38
2nd
6
45R
TERRY NELSON
L/RWD
BMW M3
WHITE
40.00
3rd
4
70R
TOM BRYANT
L/RWD
MAZDA RX-7
RED
40.14
4th
3
57R
CHRIS BILLETE
L/RWD
INFINITY G35
BLUE
42.01
5th
2
09R
RON SWENSON
L/RWD
CHEVY CORVETTE
YELLOW
42.09
6th
1
92R
GILBERT VALDEZ
L/RWD
FORD MUSTANG
BLUE
44.04
7th
0
 
LIMITED - REAR WHEEL DRIVE CLASS B
CAR #
DRIVERS NAME
CATEGORY
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION
COLOR
BEST TIME
POSITION
POINTS
62R
MATHIAS BUSCH
L/RWD
LOTUSE ELISE
BLUE
41.12
1ST
10
27R
CORY TOMOYASU
L/RWD
MAZDA MIATA
SILVER
41.56
2nd
6
82R
EARL FORD
L/RWD
LOTUSE ELISE
YELOOW
41.62
3rd
4
18R
ELLIOT LOO
L/RWD
VOLVO
CHARCOAL
42.69
4th
3
86R
GRAHAM HENDERSON
L/RWD
NISSAN SILVIA
GREEN
42.91
5th
2
79R
FRANK HAMMERLE
L/RWD
LOTUS ELISE
GREEN
43.45
6th
1
72R
CHAD MIYASHIRO
L/RWD
HONDA S2000
SILVER
44.22
7th
0
103R
BILL YOUNG
L/RWD
MAZDA MIATA
RED
47.57
8th
0
104R
KEVIN FUNK
L/RWD
BMW 2002
BLUE
47.96
9th
0
 
LIMITED - FRONT WHEEL DRIVE
CAR #
DRIVERS NAME
CATEGORY
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION
COLOR
BEST TIME
POSITION
POINTS
21F
ROBERT IGARASHI
L/FWD
HONDA CRX
BLUE
40.51
1ST
10
1F
BARRY RAFF
L/FWD
MINI COOPER
BLUE
41.13
2nd
6
9F
LINCOLN LOO
L/FWD
HONDA CIVIC
WHITE
41.25
3rd
4
8F
DIRK MINAMI
L/FWD
MINI COOPER
SILVER
42.23
4th
3
49F
KEVIN FLANDERS
L/FWD
SATURN REDLINE
SILVER
43.43
5th
2
51F
CASEY RAYMOND
L/FWD
MINI COOPER
BLUE
43.68
6th
1
 
UNLIMITED - REAR WHEEL DRIVE
CAR #
DRIVERS NAME
CATEGORY
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION
COLOR
BEST TIME
POSITION
POINTS
1UR
EGMAR KLEMMER
U/RWD
DATSUN 240Z
RWB
36.97
1ST
10
70UR
OSAMU MANABE
U/RWD
FORD MUSTANG
ORANGE
39.34
2nd
6
 
UNLIMITED - FRONT WHEEL DRIVE
CAR #
DRIVERS NAME
CATEGORY
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION
COLOR
BEST TIME
POSITION
POINTS
2UF
MARCUS HO
U/FWD
HONDA CIVIC
GREEN
40.96
1ST
10

 

Current Point Standings For 2005 (As of Round 10)

LIMITED - ALL WHEEL DRIVE

CAR #

DRIVERS NAME

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION

COLOR

BEST TIME

POSITION

POINTS

14A

KALANI THOMPSON

MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE

BLUE

42.75

1ST

34

17A

STACY OTA

SUBARU IMPREZA

BLACK

44.42

2nd

31

9A

EGMAR KLEMMER

SUBARU WRX STI

SILVER

40.29

3rd

30

25A

JEROME RAMOS

MITSUBISHI EVO

BLACK

43.13

4th

18

8A

PATRICK OLSEN

SUBARU LEGACY

SILVER

41.05

5th

16

31A

BRUCE RUSSELL

SUBARU STI

WHITE

41.32

6th

10

26A

RON SWENSON

AUDI S4

GREY

42.45

7th

6

33A

OLIVER JACINTO

SUBARU STI

BLUE

42.72

8th

6

11A

NATHAN KEIRN

SUBARU WRX STI

BLUE

42.98

9th

6

12F

BEN SUMMERLIN

AUDI S4

RED

43.50

10th

4

30A

BRIAN MCCARTHY

SUBARU IMPREZA

BLUE

46.37

11th

4

22A

BURT MATSUSHIMA

EAGLE TALON

SILVER

NT

NP

0

3A

CHRIS MORLEY

SUBARU WRX STI

BLUE

NT

NP

0

24F

JASON FUNG

TOYOTA CELICA

SILVER

NT

NP

0

LIMITED - REAR WHEEL DRIVE CLASS A

CAR #

DRIVERS NAME

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION

COLOR

BEST TIME

POSITION

POINTS

77R

MICHAEL TUROLLA

CHEVY CORVETTE

RED

38.15

1ST

92

51R

MIKE WARD

INFINITY G35

BLACK

39.18

2nd

49

2R

EGMAR KLEMMER

PORSCHE 911

WHITE

39.58

3rd

35

45R

TERRY NELSON

BMW M3

WHITE

39.99

4th

32

70R

TOM BRYANT

MAZDA RX-7

RED

39.57

5th

13

57R

CHRIS BILLETE

INFINITY G35

BLUE

41.94

6th

9

9R

RON SWENSON

CHEVY CORVETTE

YELLOW

41.67

7th

6

357R

PATRICK OLSEN

FORD MUSTANG

BLACK

41.37

8th

3

46R

MATHIAS BUSCH

PORSCHE 911

RED

44.59

9th

3

48R

OSAMU MANABE

INFINITY G35

SILVER

41.95

10th

1

22R

RAMON LUMAPAS

LEXUS LS300

BLACK

42.77

11th

1

92R

GILBERT VALDEZ

FORD MUSTANG

BLACK

44.04

12th

1

15R

MITCHEL LOO

TOYOTA MR2

RED

43.43

13th

0

54R

NICK CASTILLO

INFINITY G35

SILVER

43.49

14th

0

43R

NORM WADE

FERRARI 375

CHARCOAL

43.66

15th

0

74R

FRED PULEO

NISSAN 350Z

SILVER

44.21

16th

0

60R

MIKE MCCABE

MUSTANG GT

SILVER

43.24

17th

0

59R

RICHARD GUESS

FORD MUSTANG

SILVER

43.26

18th

0

28R

SY KODAMA

LEXUS

CHAMPAGNE

45.33

19th

0

35R

NATHAN HECK

PORSCHE 911

BLACK

45.53

20th

0

23R

GRAHAM HENDERSON

NISSAN 240SX

GREY

46.09

21st

0

34R

ERIC SCHMIDT

CHEVY S-10

COPPER

46.22

22nd

0

50R

BRENT HELGESON

72 CHEVY CHEVELLE

BEIGE

46.65

23rd

0

102R

LONDON PARIS

CHEVROLET CAPRICE

WHITE

48.07

24th

0

58R

AARON MIWA

TOYOTA MR2

SILVER

50.15

25th

0

55R

AARON GALION

CHEVY CAMARO

RED

NT

NP

0

61R

ABE PINEHAKA

NISSAN 240SX

GREY

NT

NP

0

47R

ED KEMPER

SPORTS 2000

BLUE/YELLOW

NT

NP

0

91R

JACK EVANS

912 PORSCHE

GREY

NT

NP

0

25R

JASON TOKUNAGA

MAZDA MIATA

WHITE

NT

NP

0

45R

KIRSTEN NELSON

BMW M3

WHITE

NT

NP

0

49R

MATT HODGES

VOLVO 240

GREEN

NT

NP

0

44R

MIKE BERGER

DODGE VIPER

RED

NT

NP

0

53R

SHIGEOMI HIRABAYASHI

NISSAN 240SX

WHITE

NT

NP

0

LIMITED - REAR WHEEL DRIVE CLASS B

CAR #

DRIVERS NAME

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION

COLOR

BEST TIME

POSITION

POINTS

27R

CORY TOMOYASU

MAZDA MIATA

GREY

41.52

1ST

38

70R

TOM BRYANT

MAZDA RX-7

RED

40.40

2nd

20

18R

ELLIOT LOO

VOLVO

CHARCOAL

42.69

3rd

20

62r

MATHIAS BUSCH

LOTUS ELISE

BLUE

41.83

4th

16

79R

FRANK HAMMERLE

LOTUS ELISE

GREEN

43.45

5th

8

86R

GRAHAM HENDERSON

NISSAN S14

GREEN

42.91

6th

6

82R

EARL FORD

LOTUS ELISE

YELLOW

41.56

7th

4

52R

KEN PETERS

MAZDA RX7

RED

43.18

8th

4

72R

CHAD MIYASHIRO

HONDA S2000

SILVER

43.79

9th

4

94R

MITCHELL PRECHT

NISSAN S14

GREEN

43.62

11th

3

81R

MATT HAMMERLE

MAZDA MIATA

SILVER

49.90

12th

2

73R

PRASONG SANGIAMUONGS

MAZDA MIATA

WHITE

47.40

13th

1

103R

BILL YOUNG

MAZDA MIATA

RED

47.57

14th

0

104R

KEVIN FUNK

BMW 2002

BLUE

47.97

15th

0

LIMITED - FRONT WHEEL DRIVE

CAR #

DRIVERS NAME

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION

COLOR

BEST TIME

POSITION

POINTS

1F

BARRY RAFF

MINI COOPER

BLUE

41.13

1ST

54

15F

REID MORIMOTO

ACURA INTEGRA TYPE R

YELLOW

40.10

2nd

50

9F

LINCOLN LOO

HONDA CIVIC

RED

40.15

3rd

26

21F

ROBERT IGARASHI

HONDA CRX

BLUE

40.51

4th

26

3F

MARK PACPACO

ACURA INTEGRA

WHITE

41.87

5th

21

8F

DIRK MINAMI

MINI COOPER

SILVER

42.23

6th

20

18F

BARRY LAI

HONDA CIVIC

BLACK

40.88

7th

16

9F

REID MORIMOTO

HONDA CIVIC

RED

41.31

8th

10

49F

KEVIN FLANDERS

SATURN REDLINE

SILVER

44.15

9th

9

10F

TROY MORIOKA

HONDA ACCORD

MAROON

43.19

10th

5

14F

ANDREW YOUNG

MINI COOPER

GREEN

44.38

11th

5

48F

RYANN BILLETE

ACURA INTEGRA

RED

48.58

12th

4

2F

SY KODAMA

ACURA INTEGRA

GREY

42.06

13th

3

27F

CLAYTON RUDER

DODGE NEON

BLACK

44.02

14th

2

9F

JASON HOKAMA

SUZUKI AERO

WHITE

45.21

15th

2

51F

CASEY RAYMOND

MINI COOPER

BLUE

43.68

16th

1

24F

GREG TAKAHASHI

HONDA PRELUDE

BLUE

44.09

17th

1

43F

EDGAR MADRID

HONDA CIVIC

BLACK

45.21

18th

1

22F

TERRY BOWLDEN

HONDA CIVIC

RED

44.59

19th

0

20F

KEITH KATO

HONDA CIVIC

WHITE

44.75

20th

0

13F

MATT TALBOT

MAZDASPEED PROTÉGÉ

SILVER

44.98

21st

0

7F

ERIK TANAKA

MINI COOPER

BLACK

45.51

22nd

0

28F

DAVID FORSYTY

CHEVY COBALT

WHITE

NT

NP

0

23F

IKAIKA SILVA

HONDA CIVIC

WHITE

NT

NP

0

UNLIMITED - REAR WHEEL DRIVE

CAR #

DRIVERS NAME

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION

COLOR

BEST TIME

POSITION

POINTS

1UR

EGMAR KLEMMER

DATSUN 240Z

RWB

36.97

1ST

40

12UR

OSAMU MANABE

FORD MUSTANG

ORANGE

39.34

2nd

36

4UR

CHRIS MESSER

CHEVY CAMARO

WHITE

41.63

3rd

20

13UR

STEVE EGGAR

FORMULA FORD

BLACK

41.60

4th

10

7UR

MITCH PRECHT

MAZDA RX-7

WHITE

41.60

5th

6

10UR

DAVE SUGAI

NASCAR TRUCK

WHITE

44.21

6th

6

11UR

CHRIS MESSER

WINSTON WEST

WHITE

43.53

7th

3

3UR

KEL KOMATSUBARA

MAZDA RX7

WHITE

45.18

8th

3

6UR

CARL DEBO

MAZDA RX7

WHITE

NT

NP

0

8UR

SCOTT SCHULTE

PORSCHE 911

BLUE

NT

NP

0

UNLIMITED - FRONT WHEEL DRIVE

CAR #

DRIVERS NAME

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION

COLOR

BEST TIME

POSITION

POINTS

2UF

MARCUS HO

HONDA CIVIC

GREEN

40.12

1ST

50

3UF

SY KODAMA

HONDA INTEGRA

GREY

42.60

2nd

26

1UF

ROY CABIBO

HONDA CIVIC

BLUE

42.29

3rd

22

5UF

LINCOLN LOO

HONDA INTEGRA

YELLOW

41.56

4th

10

4UF

MARTIN LAU

HONDA CIVIC

BLACK

44.92

5th

7


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