OPTIMA's 2015 Search For the Ultimate Street Car After Seven Events
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We're now seven events into the nine-event season, known as OPTIMA's Search for the Ultimate Street Car, presented by Advance Auto Parts. In this blog, we'll focus on the 15 competitors, who have not yet qualified for for the OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Invitational (OUSCI). Those 15 invitations will be awarded to the competitors with the highest point total in each class, who have not yet received an invitation, as well as the next 11 competitors across any of the four classes, based on their season-long points total.
With the completion of the most-recent qualifying event at Pike's Peak International Raceway, we saw no movement at the top of the standings, although that wasn't the case for the "bubble" positions, where several competitors improved their positions, while others dropped back. We do anticipate significant movement in the final two qualifying events, as four K&N Filters Spirit of the Event invitations will be handed out across the four classes at Road America and the double-points event at Auto Club Speedway is sure to shake things up. Here's a look at how the 15 point-qualifiers look after seven of nine events:
Rank | Name | Car | Points | Class | Change |
1. | Chris Porter | 1986 Porsche 948 | 480.6 | GTV | - |
2. | Chris Neal | 2014 Chevrolet Corvette | 444.6 | GTS | - |
3. | Douglas Wind | 2004 Dodge SRT4 | 472.8667 | GTL | - |
4. | Dannie Pinard | 2013 Chevrolet Camaro | 407.8533 | GT | - |
5. | Larry Woo | 1968 Chevrolet Camaro | 478.7667 | GTV | - |
6. | Tony Grzelakowski | 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle | 425.4133 | GTV | - |
7. | Keith Corrigan | 1968 Chevrolet Camaro | 405.7467 | GTV | - |
8. | Chandler Premo | 2009 BMW M3 | 396.2733 | GT | - |
9. | Jeremy Stensland | 2015 Subaru STi | 385.1333 | GTS | - |
10. | Martin Pond | 1980 Mercury Zephyr | 376.9333 | GTL | - |
Last Five In:
Rank | Name | Car | Points | Class | Change |
11. | Casey Woodside | 2010 Chevrolet Camaro | 357.533 | GT | - |
12. | Greg Guerrettaz | 2011 Chevrolet Camaro | 356.65 | GT | - |
13. | Danny Tinch | 1995 Nissan 240SX | 342.133 | GTL | - |
14. | Cliff Elliott | 2011 Ford Mustang | 334.1467 | GT | +3 |
15. | Mike Hamrick | 1966 Ford Mustang | 326.0033 | GTV | -1 |
First Five Out:
Rank | Name | Car | Points | Class | Change |
1. | Saroja Raman | 2010 Ford Mustang | 323.95 | GT | -1 |
2. | Doug Osborn | 2013 Chevrolet Corvette | 321.1267 | GTS | NEW |
3. | Brad Yonkers | 2002 Chevrolet Corvette | 318.9 | GTS | -2 |
4. | Randy Johnson | 2002 Chevrolet Corvette | 295.3333 | GTS | NEW |
5. | Bill Hurd | 2014 Chevrolet Camaro | 259.7333 | GT | -1 |