With the 2023 Hoosier Racing Tire SCCA® Super Tour in the books, and the 2023 SCCA National Championship Runoffs® complete, it’s time to announce the 2023 Hoosier Super Tour Nationwide Points Champions for each of the 27 car classes.
This year’s points tabulation for each driver consists of the best six finishes from 20 Hoosier Super Tour races conducted over 10 weekends from January to June. A competitor’s performance at the Runoffs was then added as a seventh score to the tally. Winners earned 25 points per race, and 21 points went to runners-up. Points were then doled out to others starting with 18 and descending to a single point for the 20th finisher.
Some Close Contests
Only one driver managed to claim two separate Nationwide Points Championships in 2023, and that competitor was Danny Steyn. Driving a Mazda MX-5, he triumphed in Super Touring® Lite over runner-up Amy Mills for his third straight Nationwide Points Championship in the class. Then of the 217 drivers listed as Spec Miata Hoosier Super Tour competitors this season, Steyn and his Mazda Miata finished atop that mountain. However, it was a close battle as Steyn only beat out his teammate, Charles Mactutus, by five points.
The E Production class was also decided by only five points, with Albert Correia and his Porsche Boxster getting the better of runner-up Peter Norton in a Lotus/Caterham 7 America. And six points was the deciding difference in Prototype 1 as the Nationwide Points Championship went to Jim Devenport over Chip Romer, with both men piloting Elan DP02 cars.
Seven points was Charles Russell Turner’s margin of victory in Formula Enterprises® 2 (FE2) over runner-up Caleb Shrader. For the record, Turner in FE2 was the only driver to hit the 175-point maximum this year. But Shrader didn’t leave the season empty handed as he claimed the Nationwide Points Championship in the massive 202-entrant Spec Racer Ford Gen3 class.
Even more exciting, a couple Nationwide Points Championships were decided by only two points. B-Spec was one of those classes, where Frank Schwartz and his Mini Clubman won out over a Mazda 2 driven by Joseph McClughan. The other class was GT-3, where Ray Stephenson and his Mazda RX-7 got the better of Collin Jackson and his trusty Nissan 240SX.
The Champions Roll
Below is a list of 2023 Hoosier Super Tour Nationwide Points Championship winners with name, car make/model, and SCCA Region of record. Complete points results for all Hoosier Super Tour classes can be viewed here.
- American Sedan®: Sam Daniels, Chevrolet Camaro, Texas Region
- B-Spec: Frank Schwartz, Mini Clubman, Detroit Region
- E Production: Albert Correia, Porsche Boxster, San Francisco Region
- F Production: Mason Workman, Mazda Miata, Ohio Valley Region
- H Production: Mike Ogren, Volkswagen Scirocco, Central Florida Region
- Formula 600: James Weida, Scorpion S1, Indianapolis Region
- Formula Atlantic®: Larry Howard, Swift 016, Kansas City Region
- Formula Continental®: Hunter Tatman, Van Diemen RF06, Colorado Region
- Formula Enterprises®2: Charles Russell Turner, SCCA Enterprises FE2 Mazda, Washington DC Region
- Formula F: Sebastian Mateo Naranjo, Mygale SJ13, Central Illinois Region
- Formula Vee®: Andrew Whitston, Protoform P3, Milwaukee Region
- Formula X: Robert Wright, Elan DP08, Mohawk Hudson Region
- GT-1: Thomas Herb, Porsche GT3 Cup, Chicago Region
- GT-2: Barry Boes, Ford Mustang, Texas Region
- GT-3: Ray Stephenson, Mazda RX-7, Florida Region
- GT-Lite: Graham Fuller, Toyota Tercel, Washington DC Region
- Spec Miata: Danny Steyn, Mazda Miata, Florida Region
- Spec Racer® Ford Gen3: Caleb Shrader, SCCA Enterprises SRF3, Oregon Region
- Prototype 1: Jim Devenport, Elan DP02, San Francisco Region
- Prototype 2: Tim Day Jr., Stohr WF1, San Francisco Region
- Super Touring® Lite: Danny Steyn, Mazda MX-5, Florida Region
- Super Touring® Under: David Fiorelli, Ford Mustang, Texas Region
- Touring 1: James Candelaria, Chevrolet Corvette, Central Florida Region
- Touring 2: Mark Boden, Porsche 911/997, Chicago Region
- Touring 3: Simon Asselin, BMW Spec E46, Northwest Region
- Touring 4: Sergio Zlobin, Mazda MX-5, Houston Region
Photos by Jay Bonvouloir and Jeff Loewe
