June Sprints!
Marinangel Earns Track Record, Dominates Sprints

Congratulations to Jim Marinangel Car 5, who dominated the June Sprints. During qualifying on Friday, he set a new track record. Not satisfied with that, during qualifying on Saturday, he set an even lower track record 2:39.638! (The webmaster may be slightly off on the time, this is from memory!)  Jim started on the pole and stayed out front. The only challenge all day was from Jeff Beck, after a restart.  But after about four laps, Jim pulled away and stayed there. Other Elite Drivers who finished well at the Sprints include: Gerry Kraut Car 50, 4th; Mike Dirienzo Car 82, 7th; Mike McCann Car 38, 10th; Bill Douglas Car 7, 11th; Chris Bennett Car 93, 13th; Bob Ablard Car 66, 18th; Bob Shineflug Car 77, 34th; Alan Andrea Car 15, 51st, Webb Bassick Car 29, 52nd and Mel Boldt Car 8, 56th. Alan Lewis and Brian Riese did not finish.

Chicago Region SCCA,
June 25, 2001 - National
65 Starters, 56 Finishers

Elite Autosport Drivers are denoted in red.
Bold type indicates drivers that have an association with Elite.
June 25, 2001
Place Car Driver Best Lap Speed Laps
1 5 Jim Marinangel 2:40.638 89.642 13
2 31 Jeff Beck 2:41.312 89.268 13
3 68 Derek Schofield 2:41.933 88.925 13
4 50 Gerry Kraut 2:41.244 89.305 13
5 79 Scott Goolsbey 2:40.856 89.521 13
6 62 TJ Acker 2:41.532 89.146 13
7 82 Mike Dirienzo 2:40.763 89.572 13
8 40 Keith Grant 2:40.758 89.575 13
9 61 Brian Schofield 2:42.024 88.875 13
10 38 Mike McCann 2:42.197 88.780 13
11 7 Bill Douglas 2:42.642 88.538 13
12 98 David Grant 2:41.766 89.017 13
13 93 Chris Bennett 2:42.471 88.631 13
14 55 Tom Miserendino 2:42.432 88.652 13
15 81 Gary Jensen 2:42.540 88.593 13
16 86 Michael Wold-Steele 2:42.349 88.697 13
17 88 Terry Jesk 2:43.519 88.063 13
18 66 Bob Ablard 2:43.464 88.092 13
19 11 Brent Waltz 2:43.337 88.161 13
20 9 E. Jason Ott 2:43.953 87.830 13
21 20 John Elder 2:44.378 87.602 13
22 59 Mark Hutchins 2:43.301 88.180 13
23 56 Chris Dyson 2:41.249 89.302 13
24 51 John Stermer 2:43.298 88.182 13
25 69 Danny Fosdick 2:45.222 87.155 13
26 25 Bernie Weber 2:44.643 87.461 13
27 91 Billie Nimnicht 2:45.053 87.244 13
28 12 Jason Klein 2:45.064 87.238 13
29 10 Bill Parenteau 2:45.614 86.949 13
30 33 Ian James 2:44.658 87.453 13
31 30 Don Palombella 2:44.346 87.620 13
32 60 Tim Gary 2:45.642 86.934 13
33 26 Andres Serrano 2:44.697 87.433 13
34 77 Bob Shineflug 2:45.443 87.039 13
35 19 Justin Elder 2:43.326 88.167 13
36 18 Eric Wheeler 2:47.618 85.909 13
37 34 Steve Baacke 2:47.032 86.211 13
38 44 John Dunn 2:46.747 86.358 13
39 22 John Versey 2:47.901 85.764 13
40 90 M. Eugene Sherman, MD 2:47.349 86.047 13
41 63 H. Neil Lund 2:47.358 86.043 13
42 1 W. Neil Brown 2:47.952 85.738 13
43 67 Jim Christian 2:47.605 85.916 13
44 71 Timeen Schumacher 2:45.808 86.847 13
45 6 Tony Pandiris 2:50.036 84.687 13
46 03 Ruben Garcia 2:50.720 84.348 13
47 46 Lucas Downs 2:43.751 87.938 13
48 99 Mark Dalen 2:54.024 82.747 13
49 65 Tordy Acker 2:44.147 87.720 12 NR
50 3 Dorian Foyil 2:43.633 88.001 11 NR
51 15 Alan Andrea 2:41.950 88.916 9 NR
52 29 Webb Bassick 2:42.445 88.645 9 NR
53 0 Jean-Luc Liverato 2:44.285 87.652 8 NR
54 45 Hal Briand 2:45.472 87.023 7 NR
55 48 Raymond LaRue 2:47.377 86.033 7 NR
56 8 Mel Boldt 2:46.584 86.442 6 NR
DNF 78 Reid Johnson 2:47.223 86.112 5 NR
DNF 00 Nikki LaRue 2:45.946 86.112 4 NR
DNF 16 Alan Lewis 2:49.140 85.135 4 NR
DNF 95 Jim Simaras 2:45.095 87.222 3 NR
DNF 39 Roddy Sloss 2:42.574 1 NR
DNF 06 Craig Reeder 2:42.873 1 NR
DNF 4 Brian Riese 2:42.873 1 NR
DNF 74 Doug Stewart 2:46.094 1 NR
DNS 42 Tom Van Camp
Overall Leaders  5/Laps 1-13   
Jim Marinangel earns new track record while qualifying of 2:39.639!