TOPEKA, Kan. (Sept. 26, 2007) The first Champions of 2007 have now been crowned at the 35th Tire Rack ® SCCA Solo National Championships.For many competitors, 2007 was finally their year, as 16 Soloists earned their first National Championship at Heartland Park Topeka.Perhaps the sweetest victory, was Ian Stewarts Super Stock Championship. After finishing runner-up for the past two years, Stewart out-drove 68 other competitors, in the largest class of the event, to a 0.784-second victory in his Porsche 911 GT3. The SS Title is the first for Stewart in seven Solo National starts.Evan Brauch also brought home his first ever National Championship. Campaigning an Omni-Fab SR-1 in the B Modified Class, Brauch leaped from fourth in yesterdays heats to a 0.141-second win on day two.Although it was technically his second National Championship, it might have felt like the first for Jim Garry in C Modified, who grabbed his first Title since 1984, which is one year before the car he drove was even built, a 1985 Citation FF1600.No surprises in Street Modified, where Mark Daddio took his ninth National Championship in a Mitsubishi Evo 8 RS. It was a similar story in Street Modified 2, where Erik Strelnieks captured his fifth National Championship in a Mazda 3-Rotor RX7 Turbo, trouncing the competition by 2.635 seconds. Wife Beth McLure-Strelnieks took the Street Modified 2 Ladies trophy in the same car, earning her second National Championship.Beverlee Larson was successful in capturing her third-straight D Street Prepared Ladies Title in her BMW 325is, overcoming a 0.309-second deficit from day one.No strangers to Championships, Kiersten S Schamberg-Koch and John Timothy Thomas earned their thirteenth and fourteenth National Championships, respectively.The Thursday/Friday groups will get the second round of the 35th Tire Rack Solo National Championships underway at 8:00 a.m. (CDT) Thursday morning. For full results click the "more about this event" link on the bottom of the page.-30-TOPEKA, Kan. National Champions from the final 34 classes competing Thursday and Friday in the 34th Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships at Heartland Park Topeka with class, driver, hometown, car and notes. Drivers in bold with asterisk after class were not the day one leader.A Modified: G R Bowland, Mill Spring, N.C., Bowland Boys Shark, Seventh National ChampionshipA Modified L: Jenny Leigh Williams, Canal Winchester, Ohio, Prototype s/s, First National ChampionshipB Modified: Evan Brauch, Littleton, Colo., Omni-Fab SR-1, First National ChampionshipB Modified L: Kiersten S Scharnberg-Koch, Stilwell, Kan., Ralt RT5, Thirteenth National Championship, Second-StraightC Modified*: Jim Garry, Delmar, N.Y., Citation FF1600, Second National ChampionshipC Modified L: Linda H Smiley, Dayton, Ohio, Tiga Formula Ford, Ninth National ChampionshipC Prepared*: Darrel A Padberg, Muskego, Wis., Ford Mustang, Third National Championship, Second-StraightC Prepared L: Donna Bartling, Katy, Texas, Ford Mustang, First National ChampionshipC Street Prepared*: Reijo Silvennoinen, Seal Beach, Calif., Mazda Miata, First National ChampionshipC Street Prepared L: Tami Daniels, Gladstone, Ore., Mazda MX-5, First National ChampionshipC Stock*: Ryan Buetzer, Long Beach, Calif., Mazda Miata, Third National ChampionshipC Stock L: Annie Bauer, Kent, Wash., Pontiac Solstice, Third National ChampionshipD Modified: Mark Huffman, Litchfield Park , Ariz., Lotus Elan, Third National ChampionshipD Modified L: Daisy Huffman, Litchfield Park, Ariz., Lotus Elan, First National ChampionshipD Street Prepared: Mike Shields, Temple, N.H., BMW 325is, Second-Straight National ChampionshipD Street Prepared L*: Beverlee Larsson, Anaheim Hills, Calif., BMW 325is, Third-Straight National ChampionshipE Stock: Brian Johns, Murfreesboro, Tenn., First National ChampionshipE Stock L: Tara Johns, Murfreesboro, Tenn., Mazda Miata, First National ChampionshipF Prepared: John Timothy Thomas, Tampa, Fla., Datsun 240Z, Fourteenth National ChampionshipF Street Prepared: Jason J Tipple, Galloway, Ohio, Honda Civic SI, Second National ChampionshipF Street Prepared L: Lisa Krueger, Midland, Mich., VW Rabbit, Seventh National Championship, Fourth-StraightFormula SAE: Eric J Leichtle, Coppell, Texas, UTA, First National ChampionshipG Prepared: Bo Rader, Wichita, Kan., Austin Healy Sprite, First National ChampionshipG Prepared L: Christine E Cutrer, Topeka, Kan., Fiat X1/9, First National ChampionshipH Stock*: Jack Burns, Hamilton, Ohio, Mazda 3, Second National ChampionshipH Stock L: Cara Ness, Medfield, Mass., Honda Civic Si, First National ChampionshipStreet Modified: Mark Daddio, Beacon Falls, Conn., Mitsubishi Evo 8 RS, Ninth National ChampionshipStreet Modified L*: Denise Kugler, Springtown, Pa., Honda Herman, Second National ChampionshipStreet Modified 2: Erik Strelnieks, Cedar Park, Texas, Mazda 3-Rotor RX7 Turbo, Fifth National ChampionshipStreeet Modified 2 L: Beth A McLure-Strelnieks, Cedar Park, Texas, Mazda 3-Rotor RX-7 Turbo, First National ChampionshipStreet Touring S2*: Mike King, Jacksonville, Fla., Honda CRX Si, First National ChampionshipStreet Touring S2L: Dr. Michelle Diane Seelig, Edmond, Okla., Honda CRS Si, Third National ChampionshipSuper Stock*: Ian Stewart, Orlando, Fla., Porsche 911 GT3, First National Championship after finishing runner-up past two years.Super Stock L*: Tristan Kotzian-Coulter, Hillsboro, Ore., Porsche GT3, First National Championship
