TOPEKA, Kan. (May 5, 2016) -- Last Sunday was a historic day at the Tire Rack Crows Landing ProSolo in California. For the first time in at least 30 years, there was a tie between two competitors in one of the Challenges. Not only was the tie itself astounding, the fact that it came in the final Ladies Challenge pairing to determine the winner was even more remarkable. Nicole Wong and Annie Gill came in with their combined two runs exactly the same, and per the rules, took to the course once again to decide a victor. In the end, it was Wong who finally took home the glory.  On top of that, Wong won the 16-driver Ladies 3 Class, defeating Tasha Mikko.

The Bonus Challenge winner was C Street racer Wayne Dyck, who traveled all the way from Calgary to compete at Crows Landing. Dyck was matched against Peter Bollenbecker from Street Modified in the final pairing.

Super Challenge saw 32 men go head-to-head on the Shelly Monfort-designed course, and it was Bump 4 Class winner Anthony Porta who ultimately reigned supreme. In the final matchup, Porta faced Jeff Kiesel to claim his first-ever Super Challenge win in just his third ProSolo, and in a street-prepared car which he drove to the event with tires in tow. Porta's win in the 18-person Bump 4 Class also proved to be his first-ever ProSolo Class win. He found half a second on Sunday to extend his lead by half a second over a surging Tom Berry, who moved up from the fifth spot.

Like Porta, many other day-one Class leaders held on or extended their victories at Crows Landing. Ken Motonishi saw his Saturday lead decrease slightly, but still won the six-person Super Street Class by over a second. Kevin Schultz had the same thing happen to him in E Street, ultimately coming away with the 1.9-second victory.

James Yom won the 16-driver Street Touring Roadster class by seven-tenths over Kevin Dietz, who moved up from the third spot. Ken Mollenauer had a very tiny .072 lead over Glen Hernandez after the first day in Bump 2, but pushed his advantage to four-tenths on Sunday to win the 12-driver class. Hernandez had car failures Saturday, but was able to get a ride in Shelly Monfort's Corvette to compete Sunday.

Christine Grice found time on both sides to extend her lead in Ladies 1 to over a second against Diane Bollenbecker, while course-designer Monfort won Ladies 2 by 1.4 seconds over Jami Olerich.

Several other Classes witnessed dramatic come-from-behind wins to make it entertaining on the final day. In the 13-driver B Street Class, Brian Coulson moved up from third to take the win, just a tenth ahead of Alex Muresan. In C Street, Jeffrey Bandes erased his .679 Saturday deficit against Adam Ruff to win by .230 second.  And Sean O'Boyle bounced back from a sixth-tenth shortfall in the eight-person F Street Class to claim top honors over Ryan Otis by nearly three-tenths.

Street Touring Ultra saw a great finish with Doug Mikko eeking out the .095 win over Bryan Heitkotter, who led by half a second after Saturday. And the 15-racer Street Touring Xtreme class had a big shift in its standings as Justin Tsang rallied to defeat day-one leader Karlton Lew by a half a second.

Steve Lau prevailed in Super Street Prepared following a two-tenths deficit to Mitch Fagundes on Saturday, while Brock Palmer did the same in C Street Prepared, coming back from .251 down from George Doganis to win by eight-tenths. Jason Merritt, fourth in Street Modified after Saturday, made a massive move to claim top trophy honors in the five-person class, besting co-driver Joey Sim by 1.1 seconds.

For full results from the 2016 Tire Rack Crows Landing ProSolo, visit scca.com/pages/prosolo. Next on the ProSolo calendar is the May 6-8 Tire Rack Wilmington Spring ProSolo at Wilmington AirPark in Wilmington, Ohio.

Story: Lauren Kane/SoloMatters

Photo: The champagne sprays at this weekend’s Tire Rack Crows Landing ProSolo

Photo Credit: Lauren Kane