stock car championship racing [Updated October 2007] 

	2007 WBC Report      2008 Status: pending 2008 GM commitment
Jean Younkin, VA 2007 Champion Offsite Links:	Event History 1999    Rebekah Garton     37 2000    Tim Dolan     68 2001    Devin Flawd     60 2005    Seth Gunar     47 2006    Seth Gunar     42 2007     Jean Younkin     49	Laurels Rank Name From Last Total 1. Seth Gunar NJ 06 60 2. Jean Younkin VA 07 30 3. Devin Flawd PA 01 30 4. Tim Dolan NJ 00 30 5. Derek Miller VA 07 18 6. Mike Buccheri MD 07 18 7. Jim Bell MD 06 18 8. Keith MacFarland NJ 05 18 9. Dan Hoffman NC 01 18 10. Andy Lewis DE 00 18 11. Kevin Brown CA 06 12 12. Phillip White MD 05 12 13. Steve May MD 01 12 14. Bill Place PA 00 12 15. Rebekkah Garton VA 99 10 16. Nate Timko PA 07 9 17. Chad Gormly MA 06 9 18. Stuart Tucker MD 05 9 19. Adam Gugliemini PA 01 9 20. Darren Velez NY 00 9 21. Rob Buccheri MD 07 6 22. Steve Caler OH 05 6 23. Dan Dolan Jr NJ 01 6 24. Bob Olivere AZ 00 6 25. John Weber MD 99 6 26. Ken Sheffield VA 99 4 27. Marshall Daw NM 07 3 28. Mike Garton VA 06 3 29. Rex Lehman FL 05 3 30. Dave Bohnenberger PA 01 3 31. Brian Carr VA 00 3 32. Carol Caler OH 99 3 33. Steve Cameron PA 99 2 34. Joe Sposito NJ 99 1
2007 Laurelists Derek Miller, VA 2nd Mike Buccheri, MD 3rd Nate Timko, PA 4th Rob Buccheri, MD 5th Marsahall Daw, NM 6th Past Winners Rebekkah Garton, VA 1999 Tim Dolan, NJ 2000 Devin Flawd, PA 2001 Seth Gunar, NJ 2005-2006 Asst. GM John Weber stewards a preliminary heat. Jean Younkin qualifies for the Final in her only heat. Mom cleans up the Boys with Toys ... Two-time defending champion Seth Gunar was one of four drivers to race in all three heats in his attempt to defned his title to no avail. None of the other previous champions were on hand so we were guaranteed a new winner in 2007 and the large turnout aggressively pursued their chance for the checkered flag! We ran three exciting heats on One Mile Oval tracks using two-lane racing rules. John Weber did hero's work helping me run the heats and I was glad to see he was one of the 18 who made it to the WBC 500 Championship Race. The Final was a spectacular event held on a huge circular track using 1/24 scale cars. We used a SuperSpeedway track deck with two-lane rules, pit windows, tire wear and the new sling pass rules. The drivers were cautious and held back a little until after the first round of pit stops with Nate Timko leading the charge in his specially gold played #94 car, The first yellow flag came out for debris on the track on lap 57. After the restart, John "Lead Foot" Weber, driving the #3 Intimidator car, got a bit impatient and blew his engine trying to get to the front on lap 91, becoming the first driver to retire to his trailer - but he wouldn't be the last. That brought out the second yellow for the day. After the restart,, drivers took turns leading and avoiding slow traffic. It was really fun to watch the drivers teaming up and working together to get to the front and the new sling pass rules helped keep the action lively. Another exciting moment occurred when the pit window opened for the second and final round of green flag pit stops. Three drivers opted to stay on the track and try to make it to the end on the tires and gas they were carrying. That put everyone else a lap down until a four-car pile up on lap 190 brought out the third yellow. Jean Younkin in the #99 car was the only driver of those cars that opted to stay out, that was able to avoid the crash, which reshuffled the leader board once again. Three cars got back on the lead lap which set us up for a four-lap shoot out finish. Jean in the #99 car took the checkered flag to become only the second woman to win a WBC 500 race. Her son, Derek Miller, in car #05, came in second followed by Mike Buccheri in car #26. Overall it was an exciting series. It was really impressive to see the gamesmanship and professionalism of the drivers. I look forward to next year's WBC Race for the Chase. The circular track used in the Final is way cool. GM John McLaughlin directs the action from the center of the track.
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