SCCA Majors Racing Tackles Summit Point

Seven race groups of 27 Runoffs-eligible classes put on quite an opening act during the Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014, SCCA Eastern Conference U.S. Majors Tour at Summit Point Motorsports Park, part of the SafeRacer SCCA National Racing program. While watching the on-track action, one could tell many of these drivers were pushing hard during the final race weekend on the conference schedule. And unlike Friday’s cool, cloudy and drizzly weather, the sun shone down on the 10-turn, two-mile circuit on Saturday.

Tyler Kicera, of Manheim, Pa., led flag-to-flag in Spec Miata. From the drop of the green flag, Kicera clicked off consistently fast laps allowing him to open a sizable lead at the wheel of his No. 44 Rock-It Cargo/Kicera Motorsports Mazda Miata. Running in second at the time, Sebastian Landy dropped out of the race on lap 11 with a mechanical issue. His brother, Forrest, inherited the second spot and held station for the remaining laps. Marc Cefalo completed the podium, in third.

Conner Kearby (No. 56 K-Hill Motorsports/Hoosier/GK Motorsports Mazda Swift 016), of Corpus Christi, Texas, took the win in Formula Atlantic, leaving the rest to race behind him. Conner’s father, Gaston, and Chris Fahan spent all 27 laps within two seconds of each other. In the end, Fahan didn’t have enough to get by Gaston and had to settle for third.

On Sunday, weather conditions played into the finish of many classes as temperatures and the dew point was higher than any other point this race weekend. The increased heat produced increasingly slick conditions throughout the day for each of the race groups.

Mike Collins, of Woodbine, Md., eked out a closely contested win in Spec Miata. Collins, at the controls of the No. 75 Meathead Racing/Tri-Speed Mazda Miata, got the win over Sebastian Landy. Landy spent much of the race hounding Collins, but was unable to make the pass for the lead happen.

The interfamily race between Formula Atlantic pilots Conner and Gaston Kearby, both of Corpus Christi, Texas, took center stage. While the Eastern Conference title had been decided after Saturday’s race in Gaston’s favor, Conner still had the opportunity for the weekend sweep. When the checkers fell, Conner was able to finish 0.160-second ahead of his father in his No. 56 K-Hill Motorsports/Hoosier/GK Motorsports Mazda Swift 016.

Chris Collins (No. 57 Meathead Racing/Coca Mazda Miata), of Darnestown, Md., scored weekend sweeps and Conference Championships in Touring 4.

The next stop for many of these same racers will be the SCCA National Championship Runoffs, to take place at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, Oct. 6-12, 2014.

SCCA Eastern Conference Majors Tour

Summit Point Motorsports Park

Aug. 2-3, 2014

Round 13 Mazda Winners

Class	Driver	Hometown	Car
Formula Atlantic	Conner Keaby	Corpus Christi Texas	Mazda Swift 0.16
Formula Mazda	Stuart Rettie	Houston Texas	Formula Mazda
Spec Miata	Tyler Kicera	Manheim Pa.	Mazda Miata
Spec Touring Under	Alex Ratcliffe	Leesburg Va.	Mazda MX-5
Touring 4	Christopher Collins	Darnestown Md.	Mazda Miata

Round 14 Mazda Winners

Class	Driver	Hometown	Car
Formula Atlantic	Conner Keaby	Corpus Christi Texas	Mazda Swift 0.16
Formula Mazda	Stuart Rettie	Houston Texas	Formula Mazda
Spec Miata	Michael Collins	Woodbine Md.	Mazda Miata
Spec Touring Under	Alex Ratcliffe	Leesburg Va.	Mazda MX-5
Touring 4	Christopher Collins	Darnestown Md.	Mazda Miata