After three cold and rainy events to the start of the 2018 Autocross season, a beautiful Father’s Day  brought gorgeous, tropical like weather for all the participants.

164 drivers, including 25 in the Novice class and 11 in the Junior Kart classes, arrived at Deven’s Field for the Speedway Slalom on June 17 –  Points Event #5 for the 2018 season.  The Father’s Day event always seems to bring out some friends we have not seen in a while, and this year was no different with Elliot Shanabrook and his son Reid with the 2018 F-Street Ford Mustang GT.  Additionally, it seemed like quite a few regulars brought their fathers or sons along to enjoy the day as well.

Russ Siggelkoe received the surprise of the day. His son and daughter, who had not attended an event in some time, arrived at the course to surprise him for Father’s Day. He was beaming!

The youngest visitor to the track was CeCe Kean, who will be 1 on July 1st. The oldest will just have to remain anonymous!

Competition Highlights

A few highlights on the competition for the day:
  • A Street – The top 4 were within a second, Hank Wallace pulled out the win on his last run with his 2007 Corvette Z06.
  • H Street – 5 drivers within a second and it took all day to decide that one!
  • C street – Had 3 challenging for the lead.  Final margin of victory was Cote Taylor over Steve Twaddle by .022 seconds.
  • Top PaxBrian Kuehl driving the Pro Class SMF CRX, FTD was Bill Gendron driving the B Modified Dragon.