Tuesday, November 16, 2010 A week ago, the Skip Barber competitors gathered together at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca to kick off the 2010-2011 Western Formula Series Season. Thomas McGregor, the biggest winner of the weekend, went home with wins in both of his first two races, and Kenton Koch and Tristan Nunez each took a win as well. Sebastian Ordonez and Scott Anderson proved to be strong competitors as well, keeping pace with the race leaders and staying in the front pack. Looking ahead to the next Western Formula Series race event at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca December 11-12, McGregor and Koch are currently tied for first in the Western Championship standings.
Group 1 Race 1- Starting position in parenthesis 1. (4) Thomas McGregor 2. (1) Sebastian Ordonez 3. (3) Kenton Koch 4. (2) Scott Anderson 5. (14) Kyle Kaiser 6. (5) Shelby Blackstock 7. (6) Abe Cuellar 8. (13) Danilo Estrela 9. (9) John Mitchell 10. (12) Mauricio Uribe 11. (11) Andrea Zurek 12. (8) Douglas Tuttle 13. (10) Dana Rock 14. (7) Gus Doppes Top Master: John Mitchell Pole Position: Sebastian Ordonez Fastest Lap: Kenton Koch Most Improved: Kyle Kaiser (9 positions) Laps Led: Sebastian Ordonez 1; Thomas McGregor 2-15
Group 1 Race 1 Starting Grid
Group 2 Race 1 1. (4) Thomas McGregor 2. (1) Trent Hindman 3. (5) Stephen Hill 4. (2) Tristan Nunez 5. (3) Scott Anderson 6. (7) Shelby Blackstock 7. (6) John Mitchell 8. (8) Walter Kuhn 9. (9) Gus Doppes 10. (11) Erickson Shirley 11. (10) Randy Sturgeon 12. (12) John Adams 13. (13) George Morales Top Master: Stephen Hill Pole Position: Trent Hindman Fastest Lap: Stephen Hill Most Improved: Thomas McGregor (3 positions) Laps Led: Thomas McGregor 1-13
Group 1 Race 2 1. (3) Kenton Koch 2. (4) Scott Anderson 3. (1) Thomas McGregor 4. (2) Sebastian Ordonez 5. (13) Gus Doppes 6. (11) Douglas Tuttle 7. (9) Mauricio Uribe 8. (12) Dana Rock 9. (6) Shelby Blackstock 10. (8) Danilo Estrela 11. (10) Andrea Zurek 12. (5) Kyle Kaiser Top Master: Gus Doppes Pole Position: Thomas McGregor Fastest Lap: Kenton Koch Most Improved: Gus Doppes (8 positions) Laps Led: Scott Anderson 1; Kenton Koch 2-62
Group 2 Race 2 1. (4) Tristan Nunez 2. (3) Stephen Hill 3. (6) Shelby Blackstock 4. (5) Scott Anderson 5. (2) Trent Hindman 6. (8) Walter Kuhn 7. (1) Thomas McGregor 8. (10) Erickson Shirley 9. (9) Gus Doppes 10. (11) Randy Sturgeon 11. (7) John Mitchell Top Master: Stephen Hill Pole Position: Thomas McGregor Fastest Lap: Trent Hindman Most Improved: Tristan Nunez and Shelby Blackstock (3 Positions) Laps Led: Thomas McGregor 1-6; Tristan Nunez 7-13
2010-2011 Top 10 Skip Barber Formula Winter Western Series Championship Point Standings 1. 65 pts Thomas McGregor 2. 65 Kenton Koch – R 3. 63 Tristan Nunez 4. 62 Stephen Hill – GM 5. 60 Sebastian Ordonez 6. 60 Scott Anderson 7. 58 Trent Hindman 8. 55 Shelby Blackstock 9. 48 Walter Kuhn – GM 10. 45 Kyle Kaiser Photos from the weekend are available
here. Race Results and Championship standings can also be viewed
here. Kelly Brouillet
