Round 1 · Oct 14
8 in the classSeeded position
| Seed | Driver | Best run | Fast lap | Avg lap | Consistency | Heat results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C4 | 19/5:05.851 | 14.964 | 16.097 | 91.45% | Q1H2 P1, Q2H2 P1 |
| 2 | Hendrick Westmoreland | 19/5:08.776 | 14.648 | 16.251 | 89.06% | Q1H2 P2, Q2H2 P2 |
| 3 | Anthony Woodruff | 18/5:05.850 | 15.559 | 16.992 | 86.43% | Q1 P1, Q2 P1 |
| 4 | Mark Beach | 18/5:11.193 | 15.986 | 17.289 | 92.62% | Q1 P2, Q2 P2 |
| 5 | Jack Foster | 17/5:08.579 | 16.064 | 18.152 | 89.46% | Q1H2 P4, Q2H2 P3 |
| 6 | Jaxson McKee | 17/5:13.426 | 15.768 | 18.437 | 84.69% | Q1H2 P3, Q2H2 P4 |
| 7 | Brian Zimmerman | 16/5:09.948 | 16.518 | 19.372 | 89.30% | Q1 P3, Q2 P4 |
| 8 | Albert Bredernitz | 15/5:05.419 | 17.356 | 20.361 | 86.74% | Q1 P4, Q2 P3 |
Qualifiers
| Pos | Driver | Laps / time | Fast lap | Avg lap | Consistency | Seeded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifier 1 · heat 1 of 2 | ||||||
| 1 | Anthony Woodruff | 18/5:06.850 | 15.791 | 17.047 | 93.15% | |
| 2 | Mark Beach | 18/5:11.193 | 15.986 | 17.289 | 92.62% | ✓ |
| 3 | Brian Zimmerman | 16/5:09.948 | 16.518 | 19.372 | 89.30% | ✓ |
| 4 | Albert Bredernitz | 15/5:05.419 | 17.356 | 20.361 | 86.74% | ✓ |
| Qualifier 1 · heat 2 of 2 | ||||||
| 1 | C4 | 19/5:05.851 | 14.964 | 16.097 | 91.45% | ✓ |
| 2 | Hendrick Westmoreland | 19/5:08.776 | 14.648 | 16.251 | 89.06% | ✓ |
| 3 | Jaxson McKee | 16/5:11.683 | 16.214 | 19.480 | 84.63% | |
| 4 | Jack Foster | 4/1:12.595 | 16.481 | 18.149 | 90.15% | |
| Qualifier 2 · heat 1 of 2 | ||||||
| 1 | Anthony Woodruff | 18/5:05.850 | 15.559 | 16.992 | 86.43% | ✓ |
| 2 | Mark Beach | 18/5:11.772 | 15.539 | 17.321 | 89.99% | |
| 3 | Albert Bredernitz | 14/5:11.607 | 18.242 | 22.258 | 86.77% | |
| 4 | Brian Zimmerman | 0 | – | – | – | |
| Qualifier 2 · heat 2 of 2 | ||||||
| 1 | C4 | 19/5:09.058 | 14.997 | 16.266 | 93.18% | |
| 2 | Hendrick Westmoreland | 18/5:12.297 | 14.629 | 17.350 | 51.67% | |
| 3 | Jack Foster | 17/5:08.579 | 16.064 | 18.152 | 89.46% | ✓ |
| 4 | Jaxson McKee | 17/5:13.426 | 15.768 | 18.437 | 84.69% | ✓ |
Main results
| Pos | Driver | Laps / time | Fast lap | Avg lap | Consistency | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-main | ||||||
| 1 | Hendrick Westmoreland | 20/5:09.788 | 14.847 | 16.091 | 86.93% | +100 |
| 2 | C4 | 19/5:07.471 | 15.425 | 16.729 | 91.19% | +96 |
| 3 | Anthony Woodruff | 19/5:12.463 | 15.234 | 17.113 | 89.60% | +94 |
| 4 | Mark Beach | 18/5:13.044 | 15.685 | 18.132 | 83.80% | +92 |
| 5 | Jaxson McKee | 17/5:19.401 | 16.587 | 19.632 | 85.01% | +90 |
| 6 | Jack Foster | 16/5:02.075 | 16.127 | 19.738 | 85.45% | +88 |
| 7 | Brian Zimmerman | 16/5:13.432 | 16.225 | 20.512 | 81.33% | +86 |
| 8 | Albert Bredernitz | 14/5:00.177 | 17.806 | 22.648 | 83.19% | +84 |
- 1stHendrick Westmoreland 100 pts
The quickest car in the class won, and it took him two goes at the lead. Hendrick Westmoreland threw down the hot lap of qualifying at 14.629 and still started second, behind C4's better 19-lap run. He led lap 1, lost the front to Anthony Woodruff from lap 2 to lap 10, then went back in front on lap 11 and stayed there. His 14.847 was the best lap of the main and his 16.091 the best average, and he finished with 20 laps to C4's 19. An 86.93% run is scrappy for a winner. With a lap in hand, I'll forgive every bit of it.
- 2ndC4 96 pts
Charlie Kleinhagen got the qualifying half of the night exactly right. C4 topped heat 2 in both qualifiers, took the TQ off a 19-lap 5:05.851 and had the best qualifying average in the class at 16.097. Then the main gave him a 15.425 best, 0.461 slower than the 14.964 he'd found in qualifying, and a lap less than Westmoreland at the flag. He and Anthony Woodruff spent 7 of the 19 racing laps inside two seconds of each other, and C4 came out of that 4.992 seconds ahead. Second from the TQ is a good night that had a better one inside it.
- 3rdAnthony Woodruff 94 pts
Nine laps in the lead, and Anthony Woodruff went home third. He took the front from Westmoreland on lap 2 and kept it through lap 10, and once it was gone he couldn't stay ahead of C4 either: the two ran together for 7 laps and C4 finished 4.992 seconds up the road. His 15.234 was the second-best lap of the main, so the speed was in the car. An 89.60% race that leads for half its length and ends a lap behind the winner is one he let get away.
- 4thMark Beach 92 pts
Mark Beach went in fourth and came out fourth, and I'm not handing out credit for holding station. He qualified at 92.62% with 18 laps in both runs, then ran an 83.80% main with an 18.132 average, 0.843 a lap slower than he'd managed in qualifying. That's a lot of scatter for a driver this tidy, and it left him a lap short of Woodruff and the podium.
- 5thJaxson McKee 90 pts
Jack Foster out-qualified Jaxson McKee by 4.847 seconds over the same 17 laps, and the main turned that round: McKee ran 17 laps to Foster's 16 and took the place off him. I like the result more than the pace. His main best of 16.587 was 0.819 off the 15.768 he found in qualifying, and an 85.01% run kept him a lap behind Mark Beach.
- 6thJack Foster 88 pts
Something went wrong for Jack Foster in Q1, because it stopped at 4 laps and 1:12.595. He answered with 17 laps in Q2, and that run alone put him fifth on the grid. The main handed the place back: 16 laps at a 19.738 average, a lap short of McKee, with Brian Zimmerman 11.357 seconds behind him on the same lap. The recovery in Q2 was the best thing he did all night.
- 7thBrian Zimmerman 86 pts
Zero laps in Q2 left Brian Zimmerman's whole qualifying resting on one 16-lap run, and seventh on the grid is where that put him. The main brought a 16.225, quicker than anything he turned in qualifying, and 16 laps, the same as Foster ahead of him. His 81.33% was the lowest of the eight, and that's where the 11.357 seconds to Foster went.
- 8thAlbert Bredernitz 84 pts
Two laps behind Brian Zimmerman at the flag is the honest size of Albert Bredernitz's night. His 22.648 average in the main was 2.136 a lap slower than anyone else in the A-main, and his 17.356 best in qualifying was the slowest of the eight as well. The consistency held up fine (83.19%, cleaner than Zimmerman's), so this one is about pace, and there's a lot of it to find.
This list runs in overall order rather than by main — the A-main, then the B, then the C, as one continuous run — and a driver who bumped up appears once in it, at the finish that scored. The table above has each main as its own race.
Championship after Round 1
Hendrick Westmoreland leads the Fall series with 100 points, and he had to get to the front twice to earn them: he had it on lap 1, lost it to Anthony Woodruff from lap 2 to lap 10 and went back in front for good on lap 11. Woodruff led nine laps and left in third, a lap down, and that's the result in this class I'd least want to own. C4 took the TQ and the best qualifying average, then finished second a lap down after 7 laps locked together with Woodruff. The quickest lap in qualifying, 14.629, and the quickest in the main, 14.847, both belonged to the winner, which is as clear a verdict on pace as one night gives. After one round the standings are only the result written down again, so the 4 points between Westmoreland and C4 prove nothing yet.
Through Round 1 the drop rule has nothing to take away yet, so both columns match.
| # | Driver | This round | Season pts | Dropped | Pointsw/ drops | Starts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hendrick Westmoreland | +100 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 1 |
| 2 | C4 | +96 | 96 | 0 | 96 | 1 |
| 3 | Anthony Woodruff | +94 | 94 | 0 | 94 | 1 |
| 4 | Mark Beach | +92 | 92 | 0 | 92 | 1 |
| 5 | Jaxson McKee | +90 | 90 | 0 | 90 | 1 |
| 6 | Jack Foster | +88 | 88 | 0 | 88 | 1 |
| 7 | Brian Zimmerman | +86 | 86 | 0 | 86 | 1 |
| 8 | Albert Bredernitz | +84 | 84 | 0 | 84 | 1 |