SVRA New Jersey

T

he July 29th thru 31st SVRA New Jersey Speed Tour saw 14 Sports 2000s entered for the late summer festival. All three days were clear and hot with reasonable humidity Friday and Saturday. SVRA did a nice job keeping everything on time and giving everyone lots of track time.

Race 1 on Saturday saw a drag race to turn one between the pole sitter John Thompson, and Brent Gernert, who qualified a mere 0.339 behind in second place. A spirited run to the checkered flag saw Gernert winning by another scant 0.417 of a second over Thompson. Rob Sherwood finished third another 0.336 behind second place.

Sunday’s feature saw Thompson on the pole again and he pulled out an almost five second lead over Gernert. By mid-race Gernert had cut that lead in half and caught Thompson, whose car was running hot, four laps from the end. Gernert went on to cruse to the win, with Thompson Second, and Trey Dusek, after a nice race, came in just 0.079 behind Thompson for third.

Saturday Race 1

S2

Brent Gernert 15 points

John Thompson 14 points

Rob Sherwood 13 points

Rob Dusek III 12 points

Lee Brahin 11 points

Rob Dusek II 10 points

Mark Adler 9 points

David Bryant 8 points

VS2

Simon Green 15 points

Bryan Gernert 14 points

Roger Cassin 13 points

Linwood Staub 12 points

HA2

Tom LaCosta 15 points

Sunday Race 2

S2

Brent Gernert 15 points

John Thompson 14 points

Rob Dusek III 13 points

Rob Dusek II 12 points

David Bryant 11 points

Lee Brahin 10 points

VS2

Roger Cassin 15 points

Bryan Gernert 14 points

HS2

Tom LaCosta 15 points