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RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA… October 31, 2006…KUMHO and its dominant ECSTA V710 DOT-race tire fared well again at the 34 th annual Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships, held during the last week of September at Forbes Field in Topeka, KS. KUMHO drivers claimed 18 national championships at this year’s event, giving the company more titles than any other broad line tire manufacturer.
In the stock classes at the Solo Nationals, 206 of the 413 competitors ran on KUMHO tires, giving KUMHO 49 percent of the field in those classes. Of the 1169 total competitors who competed in all of the classes at the Solo Nationals, 326 competed on KUMHOs, giving KUMHO 27 percent of the total field.
It was more of the same in the ProSolo classes, where KUMHO drivers claimed five ProSolo season championships. Ninety-nine out of the 257 total entries were on KUMHOs, giving the company 38 percent of the ProSolo field. With eight tire companies taking part in the Solo and ProSolo National Championships, KUMHO had more than its fair share of the business.
KUMHO also enjoyed another successful year in SCCA Club Racing, claming 14 divisional champions in Touring and Showroom Stock classes.
At the SCCA Runoffs, held in Topeka, KS, during the second week of October, NayKid Racing’s Scotty White claimed the pole in Touring 1 in his Dodge Viper SRT10 Coupe.
White led for the first nine laps of the race, but a puncture forced him to stop for a new tire and knocking him out of contention in the 35-minute race. White’s teammate, Cindi Lux, started fifth and moved up through the field to second, then took over the lead when White had to pit. Lux held the lead for seven laps and finally lost if after a terrific two-lap battle with eventual winner Lance Knupp in a Corvette Z06. Lux held on to finish second—her highest finish ever at the Runoffs—followed by Jeffrey Robbins, also driving a KUMHO-shod Viper.
In the Showroom Stock C class, John Saucier, of Midwest City, OK, started eighth and finished second in his KUMHO-shod Mazda3.
KUMHO’s 2006 SCCA Solo National Champions
Super Stock Ladies – Lori Robertson, Chevrolet Corvette Z06, V710
B Stock – Jason Isley, Mazda RX-8, V710
B Stock Ladies – Anna Goeke, Mazda RX-8, V710
C Stock – Kevin Dietz, Pontiac Solstice, V710
C Stock Ladies – Shelbi Zigler, Pontiac Solstice, V710
E Stock – Bryan Heitkotter, Toyota MR2, V710
F Stock – Jason Burns, Ford Mustang Mach 1, V710
F Stock Ladies – Crissy Weaver, Ford Mustang Mach 1, V710
G Stock – Craig Wilcox, Mini Cooper S, V710
H Stock – Karter Bollmann, Mini Cooper, V710
H Stock Ladies – Kristi Brown, Mini Cooper, V710
D Street Prepared – Mike Shields, BMW 325is, V710
D Street Prepared Ladies – Beverlee Larsson, BMW 325is, V710
F Street Prepared – Kevin Wenzel, VW Scirocco, V710
Street Touring S Ladies – Katie Elder, Honda Civic Si, ECSTA MX
Street Modified Ladies – Elise Sias, BMW M3, V710
Street Modified 2 – Andrew McKee, Mazda RX-7, V710
Street Modified 2 Ladies – Angela Moffet, Chevrolet Corvette Z06, V710
KUMHO’s 2006 SCCA ProSolo National Champions
SS—Gary Thomason, 2004 Porsche GT3
BS—Joe Goeke, 2005 Mazda RX8
FS—Jason Burns, 2003 Ford Mustang
HS—Marshall Cone, 2002 MINI Cooper
LC2—Beverly Larsson, 1994 BMW 325is (co-champ)
Leslie Cohen, 2002 Chevrolet Camaro (co-champ)
KUMHO’s 2006 SCCA Club Racing Divisional Champions
Chris Ingle, Southeast Division, Touring 1
Stan Wilson, Southeast Division, Touring 3
Chad Gilsinger, Central Division, Showroom Stock B
Mike McGinley, Midwest Division, Touring 1
John Saucier, Midwest Division, Showroom Stock C
Michael Pettiford, Rocky Mountain Division, Touring 1
Wiley Timbrook, Rocky Mountain Division, Touring 3
Wiley Timbrook, Rocky Mountain Division, Showroom Stock C
Amanda Hennessey, North Pacific Division, Showroom Stock B
Cindi Lux, Northern Pacific Division, Touring 1
Lynne Griffiths, Northern Pacific Division, Touring 3
Ali Naimi, Northern Pacific Division, Showroom Stock C
David Schotz, Southern Pacific Division, Touring 2
Bill Schepergerdes, Southern Pacific Division, American Sedan
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