Speedway Motors CAM Invitational Re Cap

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Excerpted from SCCA.com Pro Solo Finale report:

Directly preceding the SCCA Pro Solo Finale Challenge rounds was the inaugural Speedway Motors SCCA Classic American Muscle Invitational. Josh Leisinger, of Souix Falls, South Dakota, took home the win, in a competition that was very popular among drivers.


“This is my first SCCA event,” Leisinger said. “The track is huge and fast. The surface was awesome and each of the SCCA folks were very helpful.


“With the invitational nature of this competition, there were a lot of fast cars here with some tough competition. I had to be on my ‘A’ game and couldn’t take any of the other drivers lightly. Using the ‘Christmas Tree’ was something different and created some more strategy for the competition.”


The CAM Challenge was not only popular amongst those who competed, but also spectators at the event. The classic, high-powered Detroit iron attracted the attention of the other ProSolo competitors, but also some locals who have never been to National-level Solo events.


Chuck Jones, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was an SCCA member in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Through his recent attendance at Nebraska Region SCCA events, as well as today’s event, as a spectator, Jones said he is starting to fall back in love with racing.


“When I was a kid I used to go out to stock cars races in which Speedway Motors sponsored cars,” Jones said. “I’ve grown up with the company, in some ways. They have a car here that they are sponsoring, which is awesome.”

The Invitational had a field of 24 entries split amongst 3 classes. Those classes were: CAM/S (Sport) for 2 seat sports cars, CAM/T (Traditional) for muscle cars 1959 through the late seventies, and CAM/C (Contemporary) for all late model muscle cars and the C-4 Corvette.

CAM/S drivers were in order they qualified:
1) Josh Leisinger 1964 Corvette 76.327
2) Scott Frazier 1965 Ford Cobra 76.508
3) Bruce Cambern 1965 Ford Cobra 79.211

CAM/T
1) Mike Dusold 1968 Camaro 78.321
2) Robbie Unser 1964 Nova 79.471
3) Alan Schoonmaker 1969 Z/28 Camaro 79.762
4) Andrew Chenoweth 1970 Challenger 81.653
5) Jared Leisinger 1970 Chev C10 82.095
6) Jinx Jordan 1969 Camaro Z/28 82.780
7) Kurt Chenoweth 1970 Challenger R/T 84.319
8) Don Knop 1966 Shelby Mustang 350GTH 84.778
9) Karen Leisinger 1970 Camaro 87.859
10) Justin Dermody 1978 Trans Am 88.430
11) Craig Worm 1969 Camaro RS 94.354
12) Shawn McNeil 1971 Skylark 101.216

CAM/C
1) Dave Feighner 1995 Mustang Cobra R 78.321
2) Marcus Merideth 2007 2007 Mustang Shelby 79.182
3) Jennifer Merideth 2007 Mustang Shelby 79.455
4) Dave Dusterberg 2005 Mustang GT 81.033
5) Jeremiah Stotler 2010 Camaro 81.726
6) Lorien Feighner 2012 Mustang GT 81.998
7) Keith Lamming 2011 Camaro SS 82.021
8) John Fehring 2000 Trans Am 82.177
9) Lance Hamilton Monte Carlo SS 83.386

To find the results of eliminations, go here: http://scca.cdn.racersites.com/prod/...0CHALLENGE.pdf