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Mark Hotchkis wins SCCA National Championship in Honor of Mr. Kirby

Mark Hotchkis, of Manhattan Beach, Calif., captured his first National Championship Sunday, taking the F Production class win at the 2005 SCCA National Championship Runoffs® Presented by Kohler at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Steve Sargis, of Frankfort, Ill., and Mason Workman, of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, completed the top-three.

Starting from the pole position, John Saurino controlled the start, leading Sargis, and Craig Chima around the opening lap. Racing in close formation, Hotchkis and Workman joined the fight for the lead at the start of lap two. Going three-wide into the esses, Hotchkis passed Sargis and got to the inside of Saurino. Battling for the lead, Saurino went off-course followed by Chima, as Hotchkis and Sargis continued without incident. Holding off repeated challenges for the lead from Sargis, Hotchkis led laps three through eight, when a full-course caution was displayed for a spectacular incident involving Paul Shipp.

Timing the lap 12 restart to perfection, Hotchkis easily maintained the lead, with no passes for position within the top-five. As Hotchkis steadily increased his lead during the closing stages of the 20-lap race, Flescher and Workman became engaged in a great battle for third place. Entering the keyhole turn on the final lap, the duo touched. Flescher spun off-course, losing several positions, while Workman continued in third place. Leading uncontested to the checkered flag, Hotchkis crossed the start/finish 6.265 seconds ahead of Sargis, winning his first National Championship.

“At the start I stayed outside going into the first turn, tucked in behind Steve to be safe and followed him through,” said Hotchkis. “I got by him but never got away from him. I was driving too hard before the full course yellow but calmed down during it and was better after. This car is Robert Kirby's car. He drove it here many times. In April he passed away. His family asked me to continue to drive it this year. David Finch and his Raetech crew really prepared the car well for me this week and it was just great. The Kirby family and all the Raetech people are here so I did feel some pressure to perform.”

2005 FP National Championship
Last Modified: 9/25/2005 7:41 PM
Results for FP-Final Results
Final Race Results
Sanction No. IDC-05-S
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course
2.258 Mile Road Course
Sunday September 25, 2005

Ovr
Pos

Car
No.

Driver/Hometown/Div/Region

Sponsor

Make/Model

Qual.
Pos.

No. of
Laps

Fastest Lap

1

22

Mark Hotchkis/Manhattan Beach/CA/ SP/CSCC

In honor of Mr. Kirby

Porsche 914-4

4

20

0:01:36

#

2

18

Steve Sargis/Frankfort/IL/ CN/BhV

SBS Batteries

Triumph Spitfire

2

20

0:01:37

3

57

John Saurino/Tulsa/OK/ SW/Tex

Red Line Oil/Goodyear

MG Midget

1

20

0:01:37

4

77

Pratt Cole/Salt Lake City/UT/ NP/SanF

Western Companies/Mazda/Huffac

Mazda Miata

5

20

0:01:38

5

93

Harold Flescher/West Palm Beach/FL/ SE/Fla

C.A.R.S./Goodyear/Red Line

Austin Healey Sprite

6

20

0:01:38

6

52

Mason Workman/Reynoldsburg/OH/CN/OhV

Hoosier/Mazdaspeed/Myers Whole

Mazda Miata

7

20

0:01:38

7

47

Dick Davis/Fulton/MO/ MW/StL

Taco Bell/Hoosier/Red Line

MG Midget

17

20

0:01:39

8

7

Eric Prill/Topeka/KS/ MW/Kan

Fight-MS/Hoosier/APEX Hyperfor

Lotus Super 7

9

20

0:01:40

9

36

Luis Rivera/Kiowa/CO/ RM/Colo

RPM Motorsports/Goodyear Tires

Mazda Miata

11

20

0:01:39

10

28

David Strittmatter/Akron/OH/ NE/MahV

Summit Racing Equipment/Hoosie

Lancia Scorpion

10

20

0:01:40

11

78

Walter Handly/Atglen/PA/ NE/Phil

Porsche 914-4

16

20

0:01:42

12

13

Bruce Gurney/Albuquerque/NM/ SP/Ariz

Aspen Park Vet Hospital/Goodye

MG Midget

18

20

0:01:41

13

82

Gary Johnson/Knoxville/TN/ SE/ETnn

East Tenn Race Prep/Hoosier

MG Midget

38

20

0:01:40

14

66

Chuck Horton/Belmont/CA/ NP/SanF

MG Midget

22

20

0:01:41

15

11

David Stinehelfer/Saint Michael/MN/ RM/Colo

JES Racing

Mazda Miata

20

20

0:01:40

16

1

Chris Bovis/Lawrence/KS/ MW/Kan

Prather Racing/Mazda Motorspor

Mazda Miata

21

20

0:01:41

17

4

Peter Morton/Royal Oak/MI/ CN/OhV

Creative Threads Inc/Spridgete

Austin Healey Sprite

34

20

0:01:41

18

12

Daniel Snow/Orange/CA/ SP/Ariz

Snow's Financial Services/Red

Fiat X1/9

19

20

0:01:41

19

3

Mike Moser/Milwaukee/WI/ CN/Milw

enginetrans.com/Prototype Tech

Honda CRX

40

20

0:01:42

20

94

Michael Weedon/Glen Allen/VA/ NE/WDC

Hanover HondaSports Inc

Honda CRX si

25

20

0:01:42

21

2

James Bayles/West Palm Beach/FL/SE/Fla

Bayles Tuning & Electrical

BMW 2002 tii

28

20

0:01:42

22

54

Mark Megliola/W. Hatfield/MA/ NE/NEng

Upton-Massamont Realtors/Pelha

Volkswagon Rabbit

24

20

0:01:41

23

0

Marc Cefalo/West Pittston/PA/NE/NePa

Planet Miata/Goodyear/Speedwor

Mazda Miata

46

20

0:01:42

24

50

Tom Burdge/Hillsborough/NJ/ NE/NNJ

R.A.T

Porsche 914-4

37

20

0:01:42

25

2

Gordon L Jones/Tualatin/OR/NP/Ore

Mike Ohara BMW Service/GN Mach

BMW 2002 tii

29

20

0:01:43

26

43

Thomas Lyttle/Decatur/GA/ SE/Atl

Ford Capri

30

20

0:01:43

27

74

David Kicak/Syracuse/NY/ NE/CNY

MG Midget

33

20

0:01:42

28

25

Mark Weber/St Louis/MO/ MW/StL

Goodyear/Red Line Oil/ESCP

Austin Healey Sprite

27

19

0:01:42

29

71

Ted Jacques/Swartz Creek/MI/ CN/Det

Peterson Body Shop/Windpushers

Mazda Miata

41

19

0:01:48

30

6

Ray Anderson/Mansfield/TX/ SW/Tex

DC Racing & Development

Porsche 914-4

31

20

0:01:43

31

44

David Mead/Tacoma/WA/ NP/Nwst

MazdaMotorsports/Goodyear

Mazda Miata

42

19

0:01:49

32

55

Mike Cefalo/West Pittston/PA/ NE/NePa

Planet Miata/Goodyear/Speedwor

Mazda Miata

39

19

0:01:45

33

19

Robert Futcher/Grand Rapids/MI/ CN/WMch

MG Midget

8

18

0:01:41

34

0

Jon Sacks/Port Saint Lucie/FL/ SE/Fla

Mazda Miata

43

16

0:01:46

35

42

Gerald Lamb/Oswego/IL/ CN/Milw

Team Clean

MG B

12

*

14

0:01:41

DNF

9

Mark Irwin/Knoxville/TN/SE/ETnn

Art/Bobcat of Knox/RXE

Bertone X1/9

13

*

6

0:01:40

DNF

37

Weber Manning/Germantown/TN/ MW/MidS

Robin Racing

Mazda Miata

36

*

6

0:01:45

DNF

30

Paul Shipp/Ypsilanti/MI/ CN/OhV

Honda CRX si

32

*

6

0:01:43

DNF

6

William Johnson/Powell/TN/ SE/ETnn

Self/East Tenn Race Prep.

MG Midget

44

*

3

0:01:48

DNF

90

Thomas Broring/Derwood/MD/ NE/WDC

Mountjoys Autoshop/Blue Crab R

Triumph Spitfire

35

*

2

0:01:47

DNF

31

Craig Chima/Akron/OH/RM/ConD

Midwest Motorsports/Goodyear

MG B

3

*

1

0:02:24

DNF

58

Jonathan McGrew/Denver/CO/ RM/Colo

MC2 Books

MG B GT

26

*

1

0:03:25

DNF

33

Mark Stone/Austin/TX/ SW/LnSt

Rubber Chicken Racing

Mazda Miata

14

*

1

0:03:45

DNF

14

Chris Foley/Bolton/CT/ NE/NEng

CFR Welding/Aircooled Tech

Porsche 914-4

23

*

0

DNS

3

Rick Haynes/Columbus/OH/ CN/OhV

Sports and Imports/Midwest Mot

MG Midget

15

DNS

56

William Ironside/New Orleans/LA/ SW/Delt

Minilite Wheels/Mazda/Hoosier

Mazda Miata

45

Number of Starters: 44
Number of Finishers: 35
O/A Time of Race: 37 minutes 58.079 seconds
Length of Race: 45.16 Miles
Margin of Victory: 6.265 seconds
71.365 MPH Average Lap Speed
Fastest Race Lap: 1:36.292 by Mark Hotchkis in car # 22

* Not Running at the Finish
# New Runoffs lap record
LAP LEADER(S)
# 57    1- 1
# 22    2- 20

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