A steady downpour throughout the day provided a mixed bag for Sunday’s SCCA Southeast Conference Majors Tour at Road Atlanta, Round Eight of 12 on the season.

A number of drivers saw their fortunes reversed, either positively or negatively, from Saturday’s action during Sunday’s 20-lap races.

On Sunday:

Group 1: The soaked track gave the field an opportunity to catch up with Saturday’s leaders, and Austin Mack took full advantage of it in the No. 11 K-Hill Motorsports/H2 Companies Mygale/Ford.

Mack caught up to Saturday runner-up Scott Andrews’ No. 93 Exclusive Autosport Spectrum 014/Honda on lap seven, got in front on lap 11, then sailed away in the rain to take the win.

For the second straight day, Stevan Davis found himself in front for at least a portion of the final lap in Formula Vee, but was left holding just the silver medal. Pushing his No. 80 Hoosier/Butler Engines Racer’s Wedge/Volkswagen hard to catch back up to Mitchell Ferguson’s No. 52 Vorscha GB4, Davis moved to the front under braking in Turn 10.

Davis led through the left and right complex, but found a slick patch of pavement and turned partially sideways. Though he caught it and continued, it killed his momentum enough for Ferguson to sneak by with a fist pump at the finish line for the win.

Russell Strate cruised to the Formula 500 win in his No. 47 Quadrini Racing/Hoosier QRE Invader/Rotax.

Group 2: Jonathan Goring’s No. 18 Jonathan Goring Motorsports Mazda Miata nearly saw all the early work he’d put in erased with just a few minutes to go, when a car slid off the end of the backstraight and came to rest in the gravel trap. That brought out a full course caution with the 40-minute time window winding down, and erased a five second lead for Goring.

With a host of rivals in his mirrors, Goring again got away on the one lap dash to the end. At the checkered flag, Goring was 1.109-second ahead of Danny Steyn’s No. 39 ADEPT Studios/Rossini/OPM/Traqmate Miata, and almost two seconds ahead of Saturday winner Dillon Machavern’s No. 24 Heritage Mazda Miata.

Group 3: Alex Mayer held off not one, but two restarts in the rain to keep his No. 77 JDR Racecars/Hoosier Tire JDR in front, cruising to a 4.672-second win in the rain.

The weather had cars spinning in all directions and into the gravel to bring out the full course cautions, but Mayer proved the class of the field on Sunday. Jason Bell’s No. 2 Gridsport Citation FB got in front of Mayer on the lap 14 restart, but Mayer was back in front by the completion of the circuit and stayed in front to the finish.

Group 4: The rain spaced out the production car group through lap times and some spins, leaving Tyler Kicera to run to the Touring 3 win in the No. 141 Kicera Motorsport Mazda MX-5. Eric Powell’s E Production No. 47 CCP Fabrication Porsche 924 ran second overall.

Four drivers doubled up with weekend sweeps, winning in both the dry on Saturday and the wet on Sunday. Ken Kannard (No. 39 Northwest Cable Mazda Miata) in F Production, Will Perry (No. 36 Rivergate Honda CRX) in H Production, Michael Scornavacchi (No. 22 BFGoodrich Tires Ford Mustang) in Touring 4, and Micahel Kamalian (No. 99 RevolutionSpeed.com Mazda Miata) in GT-Lite.

Group 5: Not even a big spin on lap eight could keep Tray Ayres from repeating in Gen 3 Spec Racer Ford, as the No. 7 Ayres Racing SRF ran flag to flag for the win. By the time Ayres had his incident, he was far enough in front of the field that he was still leading by five seconds when he rejoined the race. Ayres finished with a 7.705-second win.

Denny Stripling snuck his No. 41 Spec Racer Ford away from the rest of the SRF-class field, climbing up to eighth overall in the race despite a split start and the power and handling advantage of the newer cars.

Group 6: The rain caught out the big bore group on the opening lap, where Jorge Nazario’s GT-2 No. 165 Brava Lubricants Chevrolet Corvette got sideways in the rain and went hard into the wall. While Nazario quickly exited the car to assess damage, it brought out a black flag for clean-up.

Back underway, the closest battle was for the overall lead, but in different classes. Doug Peterson’s GT-1 No. 87 3Dimensional.com Chevrolet Corvette was chased by Tony Ave’s GT-2 Lamers Motor Racing Ford Mustang for the distance, with Peterson taking the checkers less than a second before Ave.

Dainton Brooks repeated in American Sedan in the No. 31 Georgia Controls Ford Mustang, skating around the very slippery track. William Wilson was credited with the GT-3 win in the No. 147 Pink Mazda RX-7, as was Ted Height in Touring 1 in the No. 27 Bank of North Georgia Ford Mustang.

Group 7: With heavy rains falling again, Nick Leverone piloted his No. 31 Flatout Motorsports Mazda Miata to the front of a field that traditionally features quicker and more powerful cars to take the Super Touring Lite win.

Tim Kezman’s No. 144 Calypso Lemonade Porsche 911 GT3 got away from his class competition to take the Touring 2 class, while Thomas Lyttle held on in Super Touring Under in the No. 43 Cedar Creek Wombat Rescue Mazda RX-7.

Darren Seltzer stretched out late to sweep B-Spec in the No. 64 BFGoodrich Tires Honda Fit, shaking free of a side by side battle early with Brian Kelm’s No. 12 Ford Fiesta.

Group 8: Conner Kearby (No. 56 K-Hill Motorsports Swift 016/Mazda) repeated in Formula Atlantic after spending the early part of the race chasing his father, Gaston Kearby (No. 69 K-Hill Motorsports Swift 016/Mazda). The elder Kearby was still in front on lap 13 when suddenly his machine failed to accelerate out of a corner, done for the day. From there, Conner was alone on the lead to the finish line.

Joseph Harris’ No. 132 Formula Mazda finished an impressive second overall, the only other car on Kearby’s lead lap. The win capped a sweep of the weekend in class for Harris.

Spencer Brockman and Jacek Mucha both snagged top five overall finishes, Brockman in the No. 77 K-Hill Motorsports Van Diemen to win Formula Continental, and Mucha in the NO. 7 Phoenix/Innotech JM016CP/Mazda to win Prototype 1.

Michael Crowe (No. 85 Young Racing WF1/Suzuki) stood on top of the podium in Prototype 2, and Ryan Norman (No. 48 Ryan Norman Racing Formula Enterprises/Ford) did the same in Formula Enterprises, for a pair of weekend sweeps.

The Southeast Conference returns to action April 17-19 at VIRginia International Raceway for rounds nine and 10 on the season.

More information on the event can be found at SCCA.com/AtlantaMajors.

BRASELTON, Ga. — Provisional race winners from Sunday’s Southeast Conference SCCA Majors Tour Round Eight at Road Atlanta. Winners are listed by class: Name, homestown, and car.

American Sedan: Dainton Brooks, Riverdale, Ga., Ford Mustang B-Spec: Chi Ho, Orlando, Fla., Honda Fit E Production: Eric Powell, Orlando, Fla., Porsche 924 F Production: Ken Kannard, East Troy, Wis., Mazda Miata H Production: Will Perry, Sale Creek, Tenn., Honda CRX Formula 500: Russell Strate, Alden, N.Y., QRE Invader/Rotax Formula 1000: Alex Mayer, Harleysville, Pa., JDR F1000/Suzuki Formula Atlantic: Conner Kearby, Corpus Christi, Texas, Swift 016/Mazda Formula Continental: Spencer Brockman, Westport, Ct., Van Diemen/Ford Formula Enterprises: Ryan Norman, Aurora, Ohio, Formula Enterprises/Ford Formula F: Austin Mack, Warren, R.I., Mygale/Ford Formula Mazda: Joseph Burton Harris, Cresson, Texas, Formula Mazda Formula Vee: Donnie Isley, Fletcher, N.C., Agitator/Volkswagen GT-1: Doug Peterson, Bonita Springs, Fla., Chevrolet Corvette GT-2: Tony Ave, Maiden, N.C., Ford Mustang GT-3: William Wilson, Englewood, Tenn., Mazda RX-7 GT-Lite: Michael Kamalian, Marietta, Ga., Mazda Miata Prototype 1: Jacek Mucha, Highland Beach, Fla., JM016CP/Mazda Prototype 2: Michael Crowe, Jamestown, Ky., Stohr WF1/Suzuki Spec Miata: Jonathan Goring, Norfolk, Ct., Mazda Miata Spec Racer Ford: Denny Stripling, McKinney, Texas, Spec Racer Ford Spec Racer Ford Gen 3: Tray Ayers, Gainesville, Ga., Spec Racer Ford3 Super Touring Lite: Nick Leverone, Mendon, Mass., Mazda Miata Super Touring Under: Thomas Lyttle, Decatur, Ga., Mazda RX-7 Touring 1: Ted Hight, Alpharetta, Ga., Ford Mustang Touring 2: Tim Kezman, Franksville, Wis., Porsche 911 GT3 Touring 3: Tyler Kicera, Manheim, Pa., Mazda MX-5 Touring 4: Michael Scornavacchi, Matthews, N.C., Ford Mustang

Road Atlanta Majors / PDX U.S. Majors Tour

Rounds Three and Four the SCCA U.S. Majors Tour Western Conference concluded at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway, this past weekend, with racing action on both Saturday and Sunday. This race marks the end point for the first third of the 12-round championship that will conclude in Portland, Oregon.

Saturday’s on-track events included 15-minute qualifying sessions, divided into seven race groups, for the 25 National Championship Runoffs-eligible classes what were present. Following the mid-day lunch break, those same seven race groups competed in separate 30-minute sprint races.

On Sunday, things started off with a morning warmup combining some groups. Following the warmup sessions, each of the seven race groups hit the track for their feature races.

As this was the first trip to the venue for the Majors Tour, which features some of the most talented amateur racecar drivers in the Western United States, new lap records were on the chopping block at the 17-turn, 2.68-mile circuit. A total of 13 lap records were reset over the two-day race weekend.

Here’s a summary of what happened both days:

Run Group One: Kenneth Davis, of Escondido, California, was the top qualifier in Touring 1. He put on a dominating performance, winning the class by more than 20 seconds, at the wheel of his No. 64 Davis Stone Inc. Chevrolet Corvette.

Russ Peterson, of Menlo Park, California, took the come-from-behind win in Touring 2. At the controls of his No. 7 Peninsula Equine Ford Shelby GT, Peterson clawed his way from a third-place starting position to take the win with a lap in hand over class rival Mitch Marvosh. Carl Young, of Salinas, California, also claimed victory in convincing fashion, in Super Touring Under, after not registering a lap in qualifying in his No. 49 Driving Ambition Honda S2000.

On Sunday, wide margins of victory were, again, the story of the day. Davis, Peterson, Paul Whiting (Super Touring Lite, No. 51 Next Victory Honda CRX), of Las Vegas, Nevada, and Derrick Ambrose (B-Spec, No. 71 CorkSport Mazda Performance Mazda2), of Vancouver, Washington, swept the weekend, in their respective classes.

Run Group Two: On Saturday, TJ Acker, of Saugus, California, cruised to victory in the 30-minute sprint race in his No. 62 MBI Racing Spec Racer Ford Gen3. Acker captured the win 9 seconds ahead of Mike Miserendino.

On Sunday, Miserendino, of Bakersfield, California, proved to be the fastest driver over the long haul by scoring the 20-lap feature race victory. Miserendino took the win by 13 seconds in his No. 11 MBI Racing Spec Racer Ford Gen3.

In the Spec Racer Ford class, Elliott Freireich, of Litchfield Park, Arizona, ran unopposed both days in his No. 15 West Valley View: The newspaper SRF.

Run Group Three: Tim Day, Jr., of Scottsdale, Arizona, came roaring back from a tough morning in qualifying, on Saturday, to notch an overall group victory in his Prototype 1-classed No. 81 TJR Motorsports Stohr WF1. Day qualified in the fifth overall position, but set sail during the race on what would end up as a 9.6 gap back to the second-fastest car.

Dan Erickson, of Chandler, Arizona, took home a narrow 0.692-second victory over Doug Nelson. Nelson was the better of the two drivers during the qualifying session, but Erickson drove his No. 6 Brawndo Formula Mazda to the eventual win.

During Sunday’s feature races, the each class winner put in a dominate performance, all finishing at least 50 seconds ahead of their closest in-class competition. Day was joined by Tom Hope (Formula Continental, No. 10 H&M Racing Dart Van Diemen ZTec), of Downey, California; John LaBrie (Formula 1000, No. 33 Bug and Weed Mart Phoenix Race Works F1K12), of Draper, Utah, and Ron Fletcher (Prototype 2, No. 19 Fletcher Team Inc. Radical SR3), of San Diego, as drivers who completed the sweep from the Wings ‘n Things group.

Run Group Four: Clement Lee, of San Diego, California, cruised to an atypically large margin of victory in Spec Miata, on Saturday. Lee qualified his No. 33 RM Autosports Mazda Miata in third, but did what he needed to do to lead the field to the line.

On Sunday, Steven Powers, of Mesa, Arizona, turned the tables on Lee. After finishing second to Lee the day before, Powers came home in first in his No. 145 Amerifirst Financial Mazda Miata. Lee finished the feature race in second.

Run Group Five: John Longwell, of Fallbrook, California, took Saturday’s E Production win following a less-than-ideal qualifying run in his No. 138 Achilles Motorsports/Hoosier BMW 328 IS. Multi-time National Champion Joe Huffaker, of Petaluma, California, also did something familiar…win. He took his F Production No. 77 Huffaker Engineering MG Midget to victory lane.

On Sunday, Jason Isley (H Production, No. 99 TRD/Hoosier/OSGiken/Racer.com Toyota Yaris), of Coto De Caza, California, and Craig Carter (GT-Lite, No. 31 Hazard Reduction Systems Nissan Sentra), of Long Beach, California, wrapped up the weekend sweeps.

Run Group Six: On Saturday, Robert Kahn, of Las Vegas, Nevada, started second in the GT-2 class, and third overall, bud didn’t stay in that position. By the time the checkered flag fell on the 16-lap big-bore race, Kahn had jumped two positions and drove to a dominating 10-second win in his No. 35 RK Racing Chevrolet Corvette.

Also scoring class wins were Kenneth Davis (GT-1, No. 64 Davis Stone Company Chevrolet Corvette), of Escondido, California; Christopher Qualls (American Sedan, No. 73 Hasa Chemical/B&D Racing/Hoosier Ford Mustang), of West Los Angles, California, and Mike Henderson (GT-3, No. 12 Mazda/Redline Oil/Goodyear Mazda RX-7), of Alpine, California.

Sunday’s racing saw Michael Von Quilich, of Pahrump, Nevada, score the overall win in his No. 19 Apartment 24-7.com SRT Viper ACRX. Qualls and Henderson completed the sweep in their respective classes.

Run Group Seven: On Saturday, Tim Harris, of Tustin, California, got the edge in a closely-contested Formula Vee battle. In his No. 20 Apex Fire Systems Mysterian M3, Harris beat class polesitter Skip Streets to the stripe by 0.099-second.

However, Streets got his revenge during Sunday’s 15-lap feature race. Streets, of San Clemente, California, drove his No. 51 Hoosier/Ron Chuck Engineering Mysterian FV M3 to a win in Formula Vee by 0.146-second over Harris

The next two rounds of the SCCA U.S. Majors Tour Western Conference Championship will be held at Thunderhill Raceway Park, April 11-12. Additional information, including full results, on the Chuckwalla Majors can be found at SCCA.com/ChuckwallaMajors.

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DESERT CENTER, Calif. – Provisional race winners for Saturday’s Western Conference Majors Tour Round Three at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway. Drivers are listed by Class: name, hometown, and car.

American Sedan: Christopher Qualls, West Los Angeles, Calif., Ford Mustang
B-Spec: Derrick Ambrose, Vancouver, Wash., Mazda2
Formula 1000: John LaBrie, Draper, Utah, Phoenix Race Works F1K12
Formula Continental: Tom Hope, Downey, Calif., Van Diemen ZTec FC
Formula Enterprises: Jeff Read, Vacaville, Calif., Formula Enterprises*
Formula F: Edward Erlandson, Burbank, Calif., Swift DB-6 Honda
Formula Mazda: Dan Erickson, Chandler, Ariz., Formula Mazda*
Formula Vee: Tim Harris, Tustin, Calif., Mysterian M3
E Production: John Longwell, Fallbrook, Calif., BMW 328 IS
F Production: Joe Huffaker, Petaluma, Calif., MG Midget
H Production: Jason Isley, Coto de Caza, Calif., Toyota Yaris
GT-1: Kenneth Davis, Escondido, Calif., Chevrolet Corvette
GT-2: Robert Kahn, Las Vegas, Nev., Chevrolet Corvette
GT-3: Mike Henderson, Alpine, Calif., Mazda RX-7
GT-Lite: Craig Carter, Long Beach, Calif., Nissan Sentra
Prototype 1: Tim Day, Jr., Scottsdale, Ariz., Stohr WF1
Prototype 2: Ron Fletcher, San Diego, Calif., Radical SR3
Spec Miata: Clement Lee, San Diego, Calif., Mazda Miata
Spec Racer Ford: Elliott Freireich, Litchfield Park, Ariz., SRF
Spec Racer Ford Gen3:.TJ Acker, Saugus, Calif., SRFG3*
Super Touring Lite: Paul Whiting, Las Vegas, Nev., Honda CRX
Super Touring Under: Carl Young, Salinas, Calif., Honda S2000
Touring 1: Kenneth Davis, Escondido, Calif., Chevrolet Corvette
Touring 2: Russ Peterson, Menlo Park, Calif., Ford Shelby GT
Touring 4: Michael Tsay, Irvine, Calif., Honda Civic SI

DESERT CENTER, Calif. – Provisional race winners for Sunday’s Western Conference Majors Tour Round Four at Chuckwalla Valley Raceway. Drivers are listed by Class: name, hometown, and car. (*) — Denotes Saturday winner.

American Sedan: Christopher Qualls, West Los Angeles, Calif., Ford Mustang*
B-Spec: Derrick Ambrose, Vancouver, Wash., Mazda2*
Formula 1000: John LaBrie, Draper, Utah, Phoenix Race Works F1K12*
Formula Continental: Tom Hope, Downey, Calif., Van Diemen ZTec FC*
Formula F: John Barron, Phoenix, Ariz., Van Diemen RF93
Formula Mazda: Larry Mason, Burbank, Calif., Formula Mazda
Formula Vee: Skip Streets, San Clemente, Calif., Mysterian FV M3
E Production: Anthony Jimerson, Benicia, Calif., Mazda RX-7
F Production: James Cantrell, Tucson, Ariz., Volkswagen Golf
H Production: Jason Isley, Coto de Caza, Calif., Toyota Yaris*
GT-1: Richard Gray, Moorpark, Calif., Mazda RX-7
GT-2: Michael Von Quilich, Pahrump, Nev., SRT Viper ACRX
GT-3: Mike Henderson, Alpine, Calif., Mazda RX-7*
GT-Lite: Craig Carter, Long Beach, Calif., Nissan Sentra*
Prototype 1: Tim Day, Jr., Scottsdale, Ariz., Stohr WF1*
Prototype 2: Ron Fletcher, San Diego, Calif., Radical SR3*
Spec Miata: Steven Powers, Mesa, Ariz., Mazda Miata
Spec Racer Ford: Elliott Freireich, Litchfield Park, Ariz., SRF*
Spec Racer Ford Gen3: Mike Miserendino, Bakersfield, Calif., SRFG3
Super Touring Lite: Paul Whiting, Las Vegas, Nev., Honda CRX*
Super Touring Under: Michele Abbate, Henderson, Nev., Toyota Scion FRS
Touring 1: Kenneth Davis, Escondido, Calif., Chevrolet Corvette*
Touring 2: Russ Peterson, Menlo Park, Calif., Ford Shelby GT*
Touring 4: Steve Zink, Henderson, Nev., Ford Mustang

Chuckwalla Valley Majors