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16
Dec

SIRS Season Recap

By JoeF 1 Comment
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With the SIRS Fall season coming to an end, Team Grip and Hammer put up some amazing season results. Grip and Hammer claimed the 3rd position in team points this year. We also scored 10 wins and 22 podium finishes as a team!

Scott Santiani finished up the season 4th in P2 and 2nd in GT4. The most memorable race for Scott would be round 5 in the P2 Class. Scott would get his first win of the season in the P2 class and with a dominating performance at that. Scott also grabbed another prestigious award this year, Sportsman of the Year!. This is not Scott’s first time receiving this award, it is number 7! 

David Tanioka took the GT3 Championship his rookie year! David finished on the podium every race but round one. David’s consistency this season along with three wins secured the GT3 Championship for him. With such an outstanding first year, David’s future career should be a great one!

Joe Filipanko would finish right behind David in the GT3 Championship claiming the second position. Joe also claimed 3 wins this season with his most memorable being the season finale.

Jimmy Moore secured fifth position in GT2. Jimmy’s best race came in round four where he scored his first podium finish of the season.

Ralph would finish GT2 in 10th position. Ralph consistently showed improvement in lap times each race. With all this years experience under his belt he should put up some strong finishes next season.

This season was so much fun as we all came together racing as Grip and Hammer. New friendships were made and some great times shared together. See ya next year!

29
Oct

SIRS Mid Season Update

By JoeF 1 Comment
Categories: Motorsports

With just three more races remaining in the season lets take a look out how each driver is doing in the class championship running.

 

Scott Santiani running in both P2 and GT4 is shaping up to another great season for the veteran. He has scored an impressive 6 podium finishes so far this season! He is the current points leader in GT4 and is sitting in fourth place in the P2 standings. Scott is currently the two time defending champion for the GT4 class can he make it three in a row!?

 

P2 Points Standing -

1. Greg Olsen 30.5

2. Tim McKinney 26

3. Milan Diebel 21.5

4. Scott Santiani 16

5. Zach Koping 16

 

GT4 Points Standing –

1. Scott Santiani 34.5

2. Zach koping 32.5

3. Bob Segui

4. Alfredo Oyague

5. Travis Geny

 

In GT2 both Jimmy and Ralph have been doing a fantastic job competing in there first ever season in the SIRS. Not to mention a class full of veterans of 4+ years to the SIRS. Jimmy had an awesome performance week 4 and got his first podium finish of the season. Each race Jimmy has gotten faster and is beginning to put pressure on the veterans. Ralph has showed improvements each week as well. He has consistently gotten faster each week and has shaved off a full second on his average lap times since SIRS began!

 

GT2 Points Standing -

1. Mike Smith 28.5

2. Adam Kellerman 27.5

3. Brent Palmer 21

4. Kyle Hamer 16

5. Jimmy Moore 12

6. Pat Cherry 10

7. Chris Naficy 9

8. Ralph Boeckman 6

 

David Tanioka has been having a outstanding season putting him first place in GT3! He has put major pressure on GT3 defending champion and teammate Joe Filipanko. David is driving like a SIRS veteran in his first year and has a very good chance of taking the class championship if he keeps up his performance. Joe has scored 3 podium finishes this season and will need a few more to stay in the running for class championship.

 

GT3 Points Standing –

1. David Tanioka 27

2. Tim McKinney 25

3. Joe Filipanko 24

4. Fernando Gaete 22

5. Britain Smith 13

 

With the season half over and some very impressive performances, team Grip and Hammer hopes to bring home a few class championships this year! 

07
Oct

David and Scott Claim Checkered Flag!

By JoeF 1 Comment
Categories: Motorsports
Round 2 would begin a series first running the track in reverse direction. This would be a challenge for drivers to find the fast line around the track and adapt to some very slick spots we don’t normally drive on while running in the forward direction. The starting grid would be determined how we finished in week one, than inverted. So round one winners would be starting in last place and so on. GT1 would be the first class running tonight so we all were able to watch other drivers and learn what we could before our drivers buckled up!
 
The second race of the night hosted P2 and GT2 class. This was the most exciting race of the night to watch but had to be a nightmare for the drivers. At the drop of the green flag drivers would begin shuffling for position. The first corner had a good jam leading to a few drivers being spun out. Scott chose to make a early pit stop to get out of all the mayhem ahead of him. When Scott came out of the pits he would be behind most of the GT class. The next lap another P2 driver was exiting the pits and forced Scott into a GT driver, to avoid them Scott had to break hard resulting in him spinning out. Scott now in last place would have to fight his way back to the lead pack. On lap 30 Scott had caught 4th place and made the pass for position. With 5 Laps to go the yellow flag came out, a GT2 driver had spun and was getting back on track. Scott came into the corner with caution and fifth place had plowed into him spinning him out and loosing position. With no black flag on the driver that spun Scott, he would be unable to regain his position and finish the race in 5th place. Jimmy and Ralph would have similar outcomes to their race as well. Jimmy was having a great race and had worked his way to 4th place. With five laps to go an aggressive move from a P2 driver would spin Jimmy out sending him back to 7th place. Ralph had many issues all race from aggressive passes from the P2 drivers and finished the night in 8th place.
 
Race three would be GT3 and P1. David would make an early stop on lap 2 and take advantage of some open track. Running very consistent, David would work his way to second place behind Joe who had not yet made his pit stop. On lap 31 Joe came into the pits and David was able to take first place with a six second lead! The race would end with David taking the checkered flag and Joe finishing behind him. Great Podium finishes for the team!
 
The last race of the night would be GT4. Scott starting in the back decided to make his stop on lap 1. The rest of the field was battling for position while Scott had open track running very consistent laps. After all the GT4 drivers had made their pit stops Scott would claim first place. Scott finished the race taking the checkered flag with a 6 second lead. Another dominating performance by Scott!
 
Another great night of racing for the team! Join us next week for Round 3 Monday October 12th!
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