SOLO: National Tour Toledo summary

Big Names Rip Off Big Performances at The Tire Rack SCCA Solo Tour

TOPEKA, Kan. (June 22, 2004) -- The Tire Rack® SCCA Solo National Tour popped into Toledo's Express Airport this past weekend, and put on quite a show as competitors in several classes roasted their competition in "The Corn City."

Leading the charge was Jerry Onks, of Smyrna, Tenn., who blistered the rest of the Super Stock field in his Echler's/VetteSport/RAFT 2002 Chevrolet Corvette. Steve Landstra, of Chester Springs, Pa., finished 1.025 seconds behind Onks in his Phoenix Performance Camaro Z06, while Frank Gonzalez, of Blue Bell, Pa., wound up third driving the same Z06 as Landstra.

Lynne Rothney-Kozlak, of Harleysville, Pa., won the latest contest between her and husband Paul Kozlak in A Stock this past weekend. Co-driving the couple's Red Haus Racing 1997 Porsche 993, Lynne topped her beau by 0.202-second. Paul finished 0.299-sec. ahead of bronze winner Mark Presley, of Dublin, Ohio, who drove his Discount Tire 1989 Corvette.

Jason Saini, of Lake Forest, Ill., appears to be making healthy strides toward a strong finish to the year as he turned in a second-straight B Stock winning performance in Toledo. After taking the victory two weeks ago in Toledo's ProSolo, Saini followed that up with a convincing 0.962-second win in his over6racing.com 2001 Honda S2000 over Bradley Lamont, of Chicago, Ill. Lamont, also in an S2000, beat out co-driver Steve Wynveen, of Germantown, Wis., who finished third.

Multi-time national champion Mark Daddio, of Beacon Falls, Conn., made his presence known, this time in D Stock. Driving the Grassroots Motorsports/Hoosier 2004 Dodge SRT-4, Daddio beat out Matthew Grainger, of Florissant, Mo., by 0.689-second. Grainger, in his Acura/AutoTire 1997 Acura Integra Type R, earned the second-place finish after driving the course 0.265-sec. faster than G.H. Sharp of Kernersville, N.C., could muster in his SFMotorsports Hendrick Imports 2002 BMW 330Ci.

In C Street Prepared, Tim Aro burned everyone, taking the class win by 1.384 seconds in his McGeorgeToyota.com/Skittles 2002 Toyota MR2 Spyder. Aro, of Richmond, Va., nailed down the win, leaving a battle for second between Mike Feher, of Columbus, Ohio, and Aro's co-driver, Rod McGeorge, of Richmond, Va. In the end, it was Feher's M.A>N. Mapping Serv/Canter GP 1985 Honda Civic beating out McGeorge in the Spyder by 0.138-sec.

Sam Strano, of Brookville, Pa., whipped the rest of the E Street Prepared entry list by a sizeable 2.154 seconds. Driving his Strano Performance 2001 Camaro, Strano claimed the victory over Eric Stemler, of Peoria, Ill., who was in his 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution. John Tak, of Clarkston, Mich., took third in his Showcase Mitsubishi 2004 Evolution.

The Tour next heads to Grissom Aeroplex in Peru, Ind., for its next-to-last stop of the season before The Tire Rack® SCCA Solo National Championships in Topeka, Kan., in September.

For more information about the SCCA Solo National Tour or the Solo National Championships, visit www.scca.com.

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