2010 Reedy Race summary
The invitational class at the 2010 Reedy Race of Champions featured ultra close competition. After 2 days of racing it all came down to one last race on Sunday evening with 4 racers capable of the overall victory, Mark Reinhard, Paul Lemieux, Victor Wilck and Juho Levanen. Paul Lemieux jumped out into the early lead. A few laps later Mark made the pass for the lead and started pulling out a sizable lead. There were comments that Paul should just “throw in the towel, the champ won’t make a mistake”, however a few minutes in Marc did make an uncharacteristic mistake clipping the inside of the corner while coming onto the straight, sending his Tamiya racer into the outside wall. Paul regained the lead, battled with Juho briefly, but then pulled away to take the win and the cup.
Tyler Vik was the “darkhorse racer” of the weekend. The local racer who is more noted for his off-road prowess was out to prove “he could do it all” and finished off the event with a surprise 4th place overall in the invitational class. Also worth noting is the fact that Paul Lemieux seems to have closed the performance gap that the pro European drivers have seemed to have when racing electric sedans on rubber tires. This might just be the first ever win at a major event win for an American driver in a rubber tire sedan event.
The 2010 Reedy Race lived up to its heritage as an extremely competitive event – enjoyed equally by the racers and the crowd that watched.
Final Invitational standings
1. Paul Lemieux – USA – PF MazdaSpeed 6
2. Juho Levanen – Finland – PF MazdaSpeed 6
3. Marc Rheinard – Germany – PF LTC-R
4. Tyler Vik – USA
5. Viktor Wilck – Sweden
6. Rick Hohwart – USA
7. Josh Cyrul – USA
8. Thomas Pumpler – Austria
9. Kevin Jelich – USA
10. Keven Hebert – Canada
11. Lex Tyler – USA
12. EJ Evans – USA
13. Scott Kimbrow – USA
14. Jimmy Jacobson – USA
15. Mike Blackstock – USA
17.5
Eric Albano TQ & WIN 1 100 1 100 10 91 200 Pf MazdaSpeed 6
Dave Bowser 2 99 2 99 1 100 199
Kyle Eden 3 98 8 93 3 98 196 Win Tiebreak
George Lin 4 97 5 96 2 99 196 Lose Tiebreak
Keith Yu 6 95 3 98 4 97 195
Dean Coombes 5 96 6 95 5 96 192
Ken Brumbly 7 94 9 92 6 95 189 Win Tiebreak
Lee Passehl 10 91 4 97 9 92 189 Lose Tiebreak
Ritchie Reynolds 8 93 7 94 8 93 187
Steve Ashby 9 92 10 91 7 94 186
13.5
Dave Bowser TQ & WIN 1 100 1 100 9 92 200 PF MazdaSpeed 6
James Arluck 3 98 2 99 1 100 199
Jason Ertracherter 2 99 5 96 3 98 197
Ling Tong 4 97 4 97 4 97 194 Win Tiebreak
Jeff Hastings 5 96 3 98 5 96 194 Lose Tiebreak
Kyle Bergstrom 8 93 7 94 2 99 193
George Lin 6 95 9 92 6 95 190
Tim Copp 7 94 8 93 7 94 188 Win Tiebreak
Duy Khuong 9 92 6 95 8 93 188 Lose Tiebreak
Keith Yu 10 91 10 91 10 91 182
Open Mod
Fred Hubbard TQ and WIN 1 100 1 100 10 91 200 PF LTC-R
Leo Zhao 2 99 2 99 9 92 198
Jesse Stark 4 97 5 96 3 98 195
Aaron Biner 7 94 8 93 1 100 194
Ethan Erchinger 8 93 3 98 6 95 193 Win Tiebreak
Juan Aveytia 5 96 4 97 5 96 193 Lose Tiebreak
Hiro Kasuya 3 98 7 94 8 93 192
Kenji Hosoda 10 91 10 91 2 99 190 Win Tiebreak
Brandon Clements 6 95 6 95 7 94 190 Lose Tiebreak
Sean Cochran 9 92 9 92 4 97 189
