SVRA: VIR race summaries & gallery

ABOVE: Wil Painter sealed the deal on the SVRA East points championship with a win in Group 3 with his Alfa. The car was awarded "Best in Show" at the 2014 Brickyard Invitational.

The SportsCar Vintage Racing Association and the Trans Am Series toughed out constant drizzling rain occasionally interrupted by absolute downpours over the past two days to play out their weekend of races. Trans Am staged its 100-mile feature after ditching qualifying sessions in favor of a starting field determined by points.

In Trans Am, Paul Fix (LEFT, Chris Clark photo) and Cameron Lawrence prevailed in the TA and TA2 classes respectively. Fix' victory moved him to within 15 points of series leader Amy Ruman whose Corvette slipped off the course in the wet conditions after leading the first several laps.

Lawrence reached a milestone of 20 career wins, putting him into a sixth-place tie all-time with series legends Peter Gregg and Ron Fellows. Ernie Frances Jr. captured the TA3 American Muscle Group and Randy Mueller won the TA3 International Group.

The SVRA held competition for its Eastern points championship across nine run groups on Saturday. On Sunday it staged "Gold Cup" non-championship stand-alone races with most of the same groups plus Enduros. Several fields were shortened significantly through teams deciding not to chance their equipment in adverse conditions.

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Here are the SVRA podium results:

Saturday Group 1

1) Phil Wicks, 1967 Mini Cooper S
2) David Nicholas, 1960 MG A
3) Paul Buttrose, 1968 Zink Formula Vee

Sunday Group 1

1) Phil Wicks, 1967 Mini Cooper S
2) Paul Buttrose, 1968 Zink Formula Vee
3) Eric Russell, 1961 MG A

Saturday Group 2

1) Les Bowers, 1971 Hawke DL2a
2) Chris Forrer, 1978 Tiga Formula Ford
3) Scott Nettleship, 1981 Crossle 45F

Sunday Group 2

1) Chris Forrer, 1978 Tiga Formula Ford
2) William Demarest Jr., 1972 Titan Mk 6B
3) David Allison, 1969 Alexis Mk 15

Saturday Groups 3, 4

1) Denny Wilson, 1962 Lotus Super 7
2) Harry Gentry, 1964 Ginetta G4
3) Logan Dernoshek, 1966 Yenko Stinger Corvair

Sunday Group 3,4

1) Denny Wilson, 1962 Lotus Super 7
2) Logan Dernoshek, 1966 Yenko Stinger Corvair
3) J. Richard Schnabel, 1974 Fiat 124 Spider

Saturday Groups 5, 7b (Only two entries.)

1) Ken Mennella 1963 Corvette GSRep
2) Steven Durst/Tyler Pappas, 2003 Mazda CSR

Saturday Group 6

1) Todd Treffert, 1974 Porsche 911
2) William Foster, 1995 Ford Mustang Cobra
3) Frank Beck, 1972 Porsche 914/6

Sunday Group 6

1) Todd Treffert, 1974 Porsche 911
2) William Foster, 1995 Ford Mustang Cobra
3) Curt Vogt, 1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302

Saturday Group 7a

1) Nathan Scigliano, 2004 Carbir
2) Ben Sinnott, 1991 Lola T91/90
3) Owen Adelman, 1999 Carbir CS2

Saturday Group 8

1) Sean Brown, 1975 Ford Escort RS MkI (RIGHT)
2) Davis Jones, 1972 Porsche 911 S/T
3) Tom Briest, 1970 Porsche 914/6

Sunday Group 8

1) Sean Brown, 1975 Ford Escort RS MkI
2) Davis Jones, 1972 Porsche 911 S/T
3) Michael Unger, 1972 Datsun 240Z

Saturday Group 9

1) Mike Jacques, 2002 Swift 14
2) Jacek Mucha, 2006 Swift 16
3) Joe Tauro, 2007 Indy Lites Dallara

Sunday Group 9

1) Skylar Robinson, 2002 Swift 14
2) Jacek Mucha, 2006 Swift 16
3) Lee Brahin, 1999 Dallara-Infiniti

Saturday Groups 10, 11

1) Jacek Mucha, 2006 Swift 16
2) Roger Gillispie, 1995 BMW M3
3) Jeffrey Bernatovich, 1990 Corvette GT1

Sunday Groups 10, 11

1) Jacek Mucha, 2006 Swift 16 (Only entry.)

Saturday Groups 10, 11

1) Jacek Mucha, 2006 Swift 16 (RIGHT)
2) Roger Gillispie, 1995 BMW M3
3) Jeffrey Bernatovich, 1990 Corvette GT1

Sunday Hawk Performance Historic GTP/GT Enduro (45 minutes)

1) Steven Durst/Tyler Pappas, 2003 Mazda CSR
2) Ben Sinnott, 1991 Lola T91/90
3) Claude Malette, 1990 Lola T90/91

Sunday Hawk Performance Vintage/Classic Enduro (40 minutes)

1) William Foster, 1995 Ford Mustang Cobra
2) Jeff Mitchell/Ron Branom, 1974 BMW 2002
3) J. Richard Schnabel/John Baycor, 1974 Fiat 124 Spider

Click on the thumbnails below for larger images from the weekend:

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