2020 SpeedSF Challenge Banquet and Awards Ceremony

SpeedSF Challenge

Feb 12

Being a part of the SpeedSF Challenge brings a great community of people who just want to go fast, have fun, and probably win something along the way. This past season featured absolute domination by a driver in each of the classes while also producing very close results between places during various rounds. 177 total drivers participated in the SpeedSF Challenge in 2019. We certainly look forward to seeing more drivers for this upcoming 2020 season, but for now, let’s talk about the fast bois of 2019!

CLASS S5

Even with all the fast Miata kids flooding S5, it wasn’t a surprise to see who would podium every Challenge. Scott Smith started out the year strong and was consistent during his journey to top podium finish and earned himself a NecksGen head and neck restraint system while “Mia Miata” joined halfway through the season and finished strong, putting in a great end of year performance to overtake King for 2nd place! King Tang, who took 3rd place overall in the season and won himself a $500 gift certificate from Titan7 wheels! Great job to our S5 Miata bois!

CLASS S4

A class loaded with talent, S4 showed out hard this season with the top two drivers dueling it out for S4 supremacy! Joe McGuigan (no surprise) took home 1st place and a NecksGen head and neck restraint system, while 2nd place driver Sohan Kota, who could have beat Joe if he was there for the final three events of the season, took home a $500 Titan7 gift certificate thanks to a great season! David Fitz-Randolph, who barely squeezed by Matt “Track Dad” Belter, took 3rd place overall in our Challenge standings. That #homebuilt life really lent himself to a successful showing for the final four events of the year. Time to use that custom alignment gift certificate from SGK Performance to prepare you for a great start to the 2020 season!

Class S3

Gary Wong absolutely crushed the S3 class with his TayTay S2000. With consistent appearances and driving success, his 1st place was well-earned. Time to rock some new Titan7 wheels to celebrate! Jay Lapid, sporting a baller vintage Babe Blvd-clad racing fire suit, pushed that 350Z to the limit and stole his 2nd place success from Ken Yip, whose 3rd place performance in an M3 earned himself a fancy award from SGK Performance as well!

CLASS S2

Continuing the domination, Gary Yeung and his Dirty Mango S2000 took it to the house, finishing in 1st place and over 150 points clear of Steve Chi, who took home 2nd place in his M3. 3rd place Steve Melson (not pictured), who drove a Nissan 300ZX for the season, finished 6 points ahead of close challenger in 4th place George Kibilov! Can someone please step up and challenge Gary for 1st place? PLEASE? ANYONE?!

CLASS S1

Another class domination, this time with someone not named Gary! Gordon Peng took 1st overall, which earned him a NecksGen head and neck restraint for his efforts, while “Bruce Lee” took 2nd place overall despite not winning an event outright during the 2019 season. 3rd place Maksym Lytvyn (not pictured) took 3rd place overall during the 2019 season in his Porsche 911 GT3, having won three events outright in the 2019 season! Great driving by everyone in this group as there are definitely been close competition during various events.

Class X

The cars in this class are seriously fast, and the fastest of them all was David Colbert, who championed a Lola T540 SCCA Sports Racer for the 2019 season, propelling himself to a well-earned 1st place overall finish. Lief Storer (not pictured) took 2nd place overall for the season while 3rd place Joe Kou rounded out the podium. Looking forward to seeing how this class develops as people bring a variety of fantastic machines to our events!

CONCLUSION

Thank you to all 177 drivers who participated in our 2019 SpeedSF Challenge season and thank you to everyone who have supported and/or participated during our track events in 2019!

We would also like to thank our sponsors Titan7 Wheels, NecksGen, Wine Country Motorsports, and G-Loc Brakes for their continued support!

Last, but not least, thank you to George Kibilov and the team at SGK Performance at Sonoma Raceway for graciously hosting us for our ceremony! We also appreciate those who came to the ceremony to spend time with the SpeedSF family and friends.

Looking forward to a strong start to the 2020 SpeedSF Challenge season, starting with our first official Challenge at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on Sunday, February 16th!