We have concluded on another fantastic year of racing for Club Spring Mountain! December’s Race Weekend began with brisk weather on the Andretti (C) 4.0-mile course, but things heated up just in time for the races! We had a great turn-out with 23 LSR drivers and 16 Sports Car drivers on Friday and 17 LSR drivers and 14 Sports Car drivers on Saturday.

The competition was fierce for the final rounds of races on Friday, from spin-offs to cat-and-mouse chases – it was exciting to say the least! The anticipation on track was palpable as everyone awaited to see who would become our next series champions! With only a few points separating our leaders, there was no room for errors. It was also great to see Monica Carlson participate in a sanction race and to come out winning second overall in LSR2. Congrats Monica!

On Friday night, we held our annual championship banquet dinner in the Clubhouse and, to be expected, there were plenty of smiles to go around. Everyone was welcomed to complimentary Blue Marble Cocktails and a superb prime rib dinner with a crème brulee dessert to finish off the feast. Following dinner, our long-awaited awards ceremony took place, equipped with countless laughs and heartfelt speeches. Among the picture-perfect LSR and Sports Car trophies that adorned the room front-and-center, our Spring Mountain Racing shop also built intricate gear awards that truly stole the show! Congrats to all our award winners and thank you to everyone for joining in on the fun! It was a wonderful night filled with good friends and family as we all reminisced on a great year of racing and the all the staff that made it possible.

Thank you to all of our members for your continuous support and enthusiastic participation year after year, Blue Marble Cocktails for sponsoring our race series and for solidifying the bonds of friendship after each race one beverage at a time, as well as all of our staff that work hard to make each race weekend a success! Special thanks to Spring Mountain Racing for putting in countless hours all year to take care of every car for our race weekends as well as our amazing Clubhouse staff for nourishing our members after the races. We’re looking forward to the new year and can’t wait to see what the 2020 Spring Mountain Race Series will bring!

Track Records

LSR1 – Wolf GB08SM Turbo – 2:31.769: Denis O'Leary

LSR2 – Wolf GB08SM – 2:32.484: Bruce Jones (2017)

LSR3 – Radical SR3 RSX – 2:39.211: Indy Al Miller

GT1 – GT3 RS – 2:57.345: Erik Davis

GT2 – Lotus – 2:54.580: Jack Fried (2017)

GT3 – Lotus Elise – 3:05.050: Mike Dean

GT4 – Mazda MX5 – 3:05.488: Randy Wonnenberg

Series Champions

Congratulations!

LSR1 – 544 points – Denis O'Leary

LSR2 – 624 points – Mark Rohrwasser

LSR3 – 450 points – Indy Al Miller

LSRR – 639 points – Brian Reynolds

GT1 TA – 108 points – Bill Brown // GT1 W2W – 60 points – Scott Gibson

GT2 TA – 200 points – Jack Fried // GT2 W2W – 176 points – Jack Fried

GT3 TA – 180 points – Mike Dean // GT3 W2W – 134 points – Cam Lancaster

GT4 TA – 116 points – Walter Lucchi // GT4 W2W – 126 points – Dennis Russell

GT5 TA – 60 points – Kristen Saroyan // GT5 W2W – 90 points – Dennis Kane

Next Race Weekend

Our next race weekend and the start of our 2020 race series will occur January 10-11, 2020. We are looking forward to making it the best year yet! Starting in 2020, we will be having a time attack and wheel-to-wheel race every race weekend for Sports Car, as well as holding a special Friday night event on select months throughout the year. Thank you all for another great season – let’s make 2020 even better!!

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