July 13-14 racing weekend was hot, super hot. The sun stayed high and no significant cloud coverage ensured that shade was hard to find. Racing cars do warm up quite a bit, and typically don't have air-conditioning, so it's best to keep cool as much as possible, umbrellas all around!
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CW1 Race1, July 13, 2013, Mission Raceway Road Course
Gerald Paetz (#731 GT1 Pontiac GrandPrix) powers through the track finishing first in class and in the race.
Todd Schiewe (#124 IP1 Corvette ZR6) manages to keep a fair distance away from Tracey Pearson (#702 Mazda Miata) and breezes through to first in his class, second in the race and sets a new lap record of 1:12:460 for IP1 class.
Tracey Pearson in turn finished third overall only to be disqualified due to wrong class classification.
Doug Yip (#782 GT1 Ford Mustang) finishes 3rd overall and 2nd in-class.
Dino Milacic (#99 IP1 BMW) out-manoeuvres Chris Doodson (#73 GTU Honda Civic) into 4th on the field and 2nd in-class.
Chris Doodson (#73 GTU Honda Civic) finishes first in class and 5th overall.
Adam Redavid (#717 IPE Mazda RX6) battles it out with Larry Bell (#218 GT1 Pontiac Firebird) all through laps 5 and 6 eventually taking turn one of lap seven too hard resulting in a 180 spin but manages to catch up by the end to finish 6th overall and first in class. Larry Bell finishes 7th overall and 3rd in class.
Shawn Banner (#830 IPE VW Rabbit) leaps on the grass in turn 4 on the first lap of the race but manages to gain one position from qualifying by the end of the race despite the detour.
Andrei Kisel (#55 B-spec Mini Cooper) finishes the race in 18th position, 2nd in class, with the right shock absorber broken in-half, all the while keeping hot on the track of B-Spec class leader Cherie Storms (#16 B-spec Mazda 2) who finishes 1st in B-Spec and 17th overall.
Norm Berard (#76 B-spec Honda Fit) and Lisa Chen (#20 B-spec Ford Fiesta) both get disqualified for being underweight but still have a good time jockeying for position against each other.
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Closed Wheel 2 Race 1, July 13, 2013, Mission Raceway
13 July 2013, Closed Wheel 2, Race 1, Mission Raceway Park, Mission, BC, Canada
Organised by SCCBC - Sports Car Club of British Columbia, the the oldest sports car club in Canada, www.sccbc.net/
Sanctioned by CACC - Confederation of Autosport Car Clubs www.caccautosport.org/, the affiliate of ASN Canada FIA, the Canadian national auto sport body.
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CW1 Race 2, July 14, 2013, Mission Raceway Road Racing
Gerald Paetz (#731 GT1 Pontiac GrandPrix) qualifies first and finishes first overall and in the class, setting the race's fastest lap time of 1:11.562 in 3rd lap.
Gary Kwong (#171 Acura Integra) qualified second but after 10 laps has to pull out of the race due to mechanical problems. Adam Redavid (#717 IPE Mazda RX6), being in third for the majority of the event manages to take the second position on lap 14.
Harry Watson (#702 Mazda Miata) and Todd Schiewe (#124 IP1 Corvette ZR6) both intentionally miss qualification and begin the race at the end of the field; getting to the second and fourth position overall respectively. Branko Turic (#71 GTU VW Rabbit) starts out 4th but loses two positions: one to his closest class competitor Chris Doodson (#73 GTU Honda Civic) who arrives 5th overall and 1st in classl; and another position to the "Bat in the night" Corvette piloted by Todd Schiewe.
In B-spec, Andrei Kisel (#55 B-spec Mini Cooper) finishes the race in 15th position, 2nd in class, with the closest competitor B-Spec class leader Cherie Storms (#16 B-spec Mazda 2 taking the now usual 1st in B-Spec and 14th overall.
Norm Berard (#76 B-spec Honda Fit) and Lisa Chen (#20 B-spec Ford Fiesta) have a go at each other once more, Norm finishes 3rd in class and 19th overall, while car number 20 fails to report to scales and is disqualified by regulations.
Closed Wheel 1 Sunday Race. Mission Raceway, Great Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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CW2 Race 2, Sun, July 14, 2013 - Norm Shaw Special
This race features best of Spec Miata extreme action and performance.
Watch as three drivers Andrei Kisel (#11 Mazda Miata), Norm Shaw (#60 Mazda Miata) and Rod Davison (#65 Mazda Miata) partake in a cut-throat battle for the top three positions in the Spec Miata class.
In a spectacular attempt at the second place on the last lap in the last turn,
Norm Shaw (#60 Mazda Miata) goes all in and... see what happens next!
14 July 2013, Closed Wheel 2, Race 2, Mission Raceway Park, Mission, BC, Canada
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