Actually T. C. Kline took first in the 350Z even though the SCCA web
site results indicate 3rd. The 1 and 2 cars were DQ'd. T.C has been a
long time BMW driver and this is his first win, and first time driving a
Nissan in the Runoffs.
Les Cannaday wrote:
> To those of you interested Grayson Upchurch got out the old reliable
> 240Z to try and win E production against a sea of RX-7s and Miatas and
> took 2nd overall after some tough days leading up to Sun. He was
> bumped from second on the grid to 7th after finding that some of his
> front steering components were not legal. Thankfully we were able to
> overnight the correct parts for Sat. so they would have time to get
> them installed for Sun.
>
> I recieved a call at 12 noon CA time and the race just ended and
> Grayson drove an incredible race I heard and actually had the lead
> several times and then dropped back to 2nd. It was great that he was
> only penalized 1 sec for the infraction and did not have to start from
> the back. Congrats go to all the Datsun and Nissans that made it this
> year including Steve Estrada from Colorado in his 510 and Bill Wessel
> in his Roadster who got 5th behind 3 510s, 2 of which were on the
> podium and TC Kline who took 3rd in T2 in his new 350Z against much
> bigger cars.
>
>
> There were over 30 Datsuns and Nissans in the various classes at the
> runoffs this year with about half of them in serious contention for
> podiums. The Best race was suppossed to come from G prod with 1 Datsun
> Roadster (Bill) and 7 510s which it was thought that perhaps it would
> be 123 for the 510s but Kent Prather made another incredible finish to
> spoil the Datsuns but 2nd thru 5th was not terrible. Another great
> year for Nissan. Congradulations !!
>
>
> Les
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