INTRODUCTION

What a packed day across 5 run groups at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. FemPowered hosted their inaugural track day which meant our instructors (who are also part of the Challenge) were faced with the task of running to their staged cars in order to take advantage of the lunchtime Challenge session! We’ll think of it as a Le Mans-style start, albeit a bit safer and they actually buckled their seatbelts/harnesses! Lap records fell across two classes during this Challenge round which made this a great and competitive one for our 15 entrants.

Class S1

Either people gave up trying to keep up with Gordon or he just made everyone else feel bad after lighting everyone up with his fast lap times in his 2002 Corvette C5 Z06. His fast lap time during this Challenge was a 1:37.472 so… is anyone going to try anymore?

Class S2

One day, Gary Yeung is going to learn how to look at the camera. Anyways, he unleashed his crazy side by taking home 1st place in this class by putting down a 1:38.354 lap time in his Dirty Mango S2000. Steve Chi, on the other hand, was more than a second off Gary’s pace (must have been that crazy drift down the Corkscrew) with a 1:39.523 lap time. Not bad for 2nd place! A true knock-out, “KO” put down a 1:43.870 lap time in his Porsche 911 991, rounding out the podium for a 3rd place finish. Great driving from everyone here!

Class S3

A record has fallen in this class! 1st place and new class record at Laguna Seca goes to Sean Yepez who laid down a 1:38.541 lap time in his 2007 Lotus Exige S. A composed drive kept Sean from the clutches of Patrick Chio who took home 2nd place in his BMW E46 M3 and his 1:40.135 lap time. Gary Wong in the Dirty Coconut S2000 was SO CLOSE to taking home 2nd, but had to settle for 3rd place no thanks to a 1:40.250 lap time. The track gods really prevented him from getting a 1:39 this time around… perhaps next time. Might help to not eat all the pastries before getting on the track *shrug*.

Class S4

Joe Joe Joe Joe - Joe McGuigan’s favorite track in the whole wide world apparently was kind to him during this Challenge, as he was able to take home a solid 1st place win in that lovely FR-S thanks to a 1:42.970 lap time. Keep it up, Joe! 2nd place went home to Sohan “Brown Rice” Kota, thanks to a great 1:43.021 lap time in his 2000 Honda S2000. 3rd place finisher Jeremy Young earned himself a 1:48.592 lap time in his Subaru BRZ, so not a bad way to round off the podium!

Class S5

“Mia” Yeung took home the only place, 1st place, in this class. Not bad for a person who looks suspiciously like Gary…

Good job on that 1:48.909 lap time!

Class X

Well hello there, Mr. Record-Breaker! Finally, after 2 years, the Group X lap record at Laguna Seca has fallen! David Colbert hustled that 1980 Lola T540 D Sports Racer around Laguna with a 1:31.539 lap time. Holy smokes! While he did win this award, he will be truly satisfied if he is able to match the lap record for a SCCA D-Class Sports Racer. We are definitely cheering for him to reach that goal!

CONCLUSION

An excellent job to our drivers who won their places and THANK YOU to everyone who participated in the SpeedSF Challenge! For those who are still chasing podium finishes, more seat time, coaching, and watching videos of the track will certainly get you there!

As we look forward to Round 12 of the SpeedSF Challenge at Sonoma Raceway on November 10, we want to say that we truly appreciate our sponsors and participants as it would not be possible without them!

We thank our sponsors Wine Country Motorsports, G-Loc brakes, Titan7 Wheels, Necksgen, and Charles Schwab for their continued and valued support. Please visit their respective websites to show your support and let them know SpeedSF sent you!

Again, our next SpeedSF Challenge will be held at Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, CA. Again, please check out the event website by clicking here. We will see you at our next event!