ECHORR Challenge – 2008
The first ECHORR Challenge is officially in the books. It was a great weekend of racing, sharing, and laughing. We started the process on Friday, Henry arriving with most of the tracks in tow, Team KC-Jet arriving from Maryland and all the other racers that helped assemble the tracks and get the hall ready for Saturday’s action. We spent @ 5 hours setting up; then a group of us went over to DCM raceway for some impromptu racing. Thanks to Dave Simms and his shop we got some nice racing action in on Friday night. We slipped in a couple of hours of sleep, then it was back to the hall at 7:30 AM to establish the ground rules for the weekend, tech the classic cars and begin the Individual and IROC events. 52 racers showed up for Day 1 and 60 plus for Day 2.
One of the first orders of business was voting on a track to run the Individual event on, the Blue Max was off limits as it had been designated as the IROC table. Paul Kniffen’s beautiful Max Trak on the orange table was the overwhelming favorite. The race formats were as follows: In the Individual event everyone ran a 2 minute qualifier, marshaled the next race, and then moved to the IROC table for 2 minutes of qualifying there. After marshalling in the IROC event the racers were free to roam the remaining tables not being used to start their team car selection. Staggering the races keeps the event flowing well. After the Individual qualifying event was over the scores were tallied and the top 16 moved on to the ECHORR Sweet 16, where they were broken up into odd and even brackets to narrow it down to the top 8 and finally to the top 4. The final 4 ran a 3 minute A main to decide the Individual Championship. The IROC top 4 qualifiers ran a 3 minute A main to decide the IROC Championship. Below are the summary of the events.
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INDIVIDUAL Qualifier
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Driver
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Laps
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1
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Clint
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79.04
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2
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Hiram
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77.05
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3
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Habby
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76.18
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4
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Don B.
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76.12
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5
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Dave L
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75.17
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6
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Brad
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75.08
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7
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Ryan
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74.15
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8
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Myron
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74.11
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9
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Henry
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74.08
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10
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Don Royal
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73.18
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11
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Paul K
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73.09
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12
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Jim H
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73.06
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13
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Chuck S
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73.04
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14
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Mike B
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73.01
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15
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Rich L.
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72.09
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16
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Adam
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71.19
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17
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Big Mac
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71.11
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18
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Alan
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71.10
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19
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Jerry S
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71.08
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20
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Don A
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71.06
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21
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Rick H
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71.03
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22
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Tom B
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71.01
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23
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Bruce
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70.19
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24
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Dennis B
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70.12
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25
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Scott K
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70.11
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26
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Bill T
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70.11
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27
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Anthony
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70.11
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28
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Kevin B
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70.07
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29
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Matt P
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70.04
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30
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Rudy U
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70.01
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31
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Lewis W
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69.08
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32
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James T
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68.09
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33
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Paul G
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67.19
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34
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Vic
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67.11
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35
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Dave S
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64.18
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36
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Scott D
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64.15
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37
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John G
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64.08
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38
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Steve N
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63.12
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39
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Derek W
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63.12
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40
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Ron D
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63.11
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41
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George
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63.11
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42
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PitStop
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63.09
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43
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Steve B
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63.05
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44
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Georgie
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63.05
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45
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Joe Loh
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63.04
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46
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Derek S
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62.11
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47
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B2
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61.06
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48
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Joe H
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60.04
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49
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Jeff C
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58.15
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50
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Brian K
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57.05
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51
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Dave P
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54.16
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52
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YenSid
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50.08
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Individual Sweet 16
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ODD
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EVEN
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1
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Clint
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78.04
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*
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2
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Hiram
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79.08
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*
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3
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Habby
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79.02
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*
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4
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Don B
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78.18
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*
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5
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Dave L
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76.06
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6
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Brad
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