Consol Field Autocross Recap
A great time was had by all
That is how many posts end. I think this is an appropriate way for how we have this post begin. This was the most successful Autocross since the program was re-initiated by Rob Hoffman and Scott Mores.
The Consol Field in Washington County where the Washington Wild Things play is a great facility. The setup team (Rob, Scott, and Trevor Hill) had the course set Friday evening. At that point we had 25 registrants – the most that we’ve had attend. We ended up having another 16 people register onsite. Some were are Zone 4 brethren – coming out to run the final IRAC (Inter-Regional Autocross Champions) event. Some were local Steel Cties-SCCA members who wanted to participate in “one last run” before putting the cars away until next year.
When I got up Saturday morning to get ready I walked into my bathroom to hear the rain dancing on the skylight. I had looked at the weather report late Friday and it didn’t look too bad – 30% chance throughout most of the day. I thought to myself, “maybe the rain this morning covers us for the rest of the day?!?” For most of the day we were able to dodge the bullet. Other than some misting mid-morning and 10 minutes of rain early afternoon we were spared real discomfort.
We had a number of women who decided to come out and give autocrossing a try. Some of this is related to significant others’ trying to understand why cars and driving are so important to their guys…. In this camp included Melissa Hoffman, Rachel Hill and Kate Figliolia. We also had Terri Mattock (our club Secretary and a frequent DE participant) give this a shot and one heck of an AX’er Kris Reid . There were grins across the board.
AX Pictures
Here are a set of pictures taken by Rob and Missie Hoffman and Terri Mattock. If you have additional pictures that you would like to include on the site please contact Terri Mattock.
AX Competition Results
The IRAC battle was fierce. We had 18 Porsches running during the day. There were 6.9 seconds between the fastest and slowest car and just 0.177 seconds between the IRAC winner, Mike Tersley (32.567) and Dale Rabeneck (32.744), who finished 2nd place.
We also had a field 0f 21 non-Porsches run. Trevor Hill came in first (31.355) with Bob Charnrsky second (32.070) and Steve Zumoff third (32.476). Note that the non-Porsche contestants ended up “spanking” the Porsche contingent. A breakdown is below.
Porsche Scoring
| Driver / Year, Make and Model (Car #) | Overall | AM Best | PM Best | Delta |
| Tersley, Mike / 2002 Porsche 996 Targa (R30) | 32.567 | 32.567 | 33.111 | 0.000 |
| Rabeneck, Dale / 2004 Porsche 911 C4S (B23) | 32.744 | 33.987 | 32.744 | 0.177 |
| Wenger, David / 1979 Porsche 911SC (B28) | 32.798 | 32.798 | 33.155 | 0.054 |
| Bradley, Doug / 2001 Porsche Boxster S (B01) | 33.205 | 35.317 | 33.205 | 0.407 |
| Franzetta Jr, Daniel / 2004 Porsche Boxster S (R16) | 33.434 | 33.434 | 36.013 | 0.229 |
| Hulick, John / 1980 Porsche 911 (B02) | 33.865 | 34.550 | 33.865 | 0.431 |
| Sterling, Mark / 1988 Porsche 911 Carrera Cab (B24) | 33.909 | 34.886 | 33.909 | 0.044 |
| Mores, Scott / 2000 Porsche Boxster S (R20) | 34.013 | 35.378 | 34.013 | 0.104 |
| Ishler, Scott / 2006 Porsche 997 C2S Cab (B21) | 34.183 | 35.345 | 34.183 | 0.170 |
| Dupler, Jeff / 1984 Porsche 911 (R03) | 35.243 | 43.773 | 35.243 | 1.060 |
| Laslo, John / 1988 Porsche 924S (R19) | 35.904 | 36.519 | 35.904 | 0.661 |
| Hronek, Timothy / 2001 Porsche Boxster (B20) | 35.946 | 36.871 | 35.946 | 0.042 |
| Arevalo, Juan / 2007 911 Twin Turbo (B29) | 36.197 | 37.687 | 36.197 | 0.251 |
| Stark, Michael / 1988 Porsche 944 Turbo (R29) | 36.937 | 38.655 | 36.937 | 0.740 |
| McCormick, Bill / Porsche 993 Cabriolet (B22) | 37.017 | 38.873 | 37.017 | 0.080 |
| Rae, Brandon / 1996 Porsche Carrera 2 (R26) | 37.336 | 39.303 | 37.336 | 0.319 |
| Mattock, Terri / 2004 Porsche 911 (R09) | 38.447 | 41.984 | 38.447 | 1.111 |
| Campbell, Malcolm / 1986 Porsche Carrera (R14) | 39.502 | 44.967 | 39.502 | 1.055 |
Non-Porsche Scoring
| Driver / Year, Make and Model (Car #) | Overall | AM Best | PM Best | Delta |
| Hill, Trevor / 2004 Volkswagen R32 (R17) | 31.355 | 31.355 | 32.505 | 0.000 |
| Charnrsky, Bob / 2007 Covette (B16) | 32.070 | 33.096 | 32.070 | 0.715 |
| Zumoff, Steve / 2013 GTR (B30) | 32.476 | 33.611 | 32.476 | 0.406 |
| Charnrsky, Chester / 2007 Covvette (R25) | 33.641 | 34.125 | 33.641 | 1.165 |
| Figliolia, Kate / 2007 Volkswagen GTI (B26) | 33.702 | 39.651 | 33.702 | 0.061 |
| Hicks, John / Subaru WRX STI (B18) | 33.878 | 36.123 | 33.878 | 0.176 |
| Hill, Rachel / 2004 Volkswagen R32 (B27) | 34.152 | 39.918 | 34.152 | 0.274 |
| Termanini, Basel / 2009 BMW 135I (B25) | 34.274 | 34.440 | 34.274 | 0.122 |
| Bozicench, Gibby / 1999 Chevy Camaro (B03) | 34.406 | 36.270 | 34.406 | 0.132 |
| Mckee, Craig / 2004 Mazada RX8 (R201) | 34.413 | 34.971 | 34.413 | 0.007 |
| Kwiatkowski, Luke / 2003 Subaru Forester (B05) | 34.489 | 34.809 | 34.489 | 0.076 |
| Fazekas, Donald / 1991 Mazda miata (R28) | 34.656 | 34.656 | 36.508 | 0.167 |
| Shari, Giath / 2011 BMW M3 (R27) | 34.668 | 34.750 | 34.668 | 0.012 |
| Brodlgy, Robert / 2008 Honda Fix (R31) | 34.853 | 34.853 | 35.064 | 0.185 |
| Mckee, Colin / 2004 Mazada RX8 (B211) | 35.586 | 37.708 | 35.586 | 0.733 |
| Heinz, Edward / 1970 Porsche 914/6 (B17) | 35.646 | 37.331 | 35.646 | 0.060 |
| Fiscante, Andrew / 1975 Volkswagen Rabbit (R15) | 36.458 | 37.764 | 36.458 | 0.812 |
| Hoffman, Rob / 2008 Honda Civic EX (B19) | 36.901 | 36.978 | 36.901 | 0.443 |
| Reid, Kris / 1999 Chevy Camaro (R02) | 37.507 | 37.507 | 37.508 | 0.606 |
| Smith, Keith / 2003 Ford Thunderbird (B0) | 38.096 | 0.000 | 38.096 | 0.589 |
| Hoffman, Melissa / 2008 Honda Civic EX (R18) | 40.667 | 45.456 | 40.667 | 2.571 |
