2019 LS Fest West l Grand Champions Dusold, Willhoff, and Carroll Dominate Baer Brakes/Super Chevy 3S Challenge

05/13/2019
10 min read

2019 LS Fest West l Grand Champions Dusold, Willhoff, and Carroll Dominate Baer Brakes/Super Chevy 3S Challenge

05/13/2019
10 min read

As in the overall standings and in the final standings for the QA1/Lateral-G Autocross, the Baer Brakes/Super Chevy 3S Challenge was won by the same talented trio: Mike Dusold (Vintage), Rich Willhoff (Late-Model), and David Carroll (Truck). Dusold won by nearly a full second with a combined time of 25.636 seconds and was nearly identical from both sides of the course, with 12.809 on the left side and 12.827 on the right. Both times, his best performance came in his final attempt, which included eight shots at the left side and six at the right. Greg Thurmond, Nick Relampagos, and John Lazorack were tightly bunched behind Dusold – all three with combined times between 26.584 seconds and 26.878 – and fifth-place Matt Alcala was the only other driver with a total under 27 seconds.


In the Late-Model division, Willhoff, Logan Palmer, and Priestley were the only drivers with combined times under 26 seconds. Willhoff starred, not just recording the best overall time, but the best from each side – 12.68 on the left and 12.669 on the right. At the wheel of a Corvette, as were each of the top eight finishers, Palmer finished second, more than a half-second back, with a time of 25.907. Priestley claimed the final podium position with a 25.942-second run that left him .035-second behind Palmer and .139-second ahead of Barnes.


Carroll emerged victorious in the Truck category, and again Pat Sheely claimed second place. Carroll won by about a half-second, with the quickest runs from both sides, including 13.991 seconds on the left (the only time under 14 seconds by any driver on either side) and 14.078 on the right for a combined time of 28.069 second. Rob Phillips nipped Sheely for runner-up honors by the smallest of margins, exactly one-hundredth of a second (28.578 to 28.588). Just behind the podium finishers were Stephen Komlos and Robles who filled out the top five with respective times of 30.696 and 31.185.




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