Prather Racing Runoffs Roundup
Kent Prather Leads Group With Sixth Title Lexington,
Ohio (Sept. 25, 2005) -- Prather Racing Engines-tuned and built
racecars had a week of mixed results but plenty of promise at the 42nd
SCCA National Championship Runoffs Presented by Kohler at Mid-Ohio Sports
Car Course Sept. 19-25.
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Driving his venerable No. 26 Prather Racing/Victoria
British MGA, Prather Racing patriarch Kent Prather captured his
record sixth Production Category SCCA National Championship. Read a
full account of Kent's record run here.
Check out full week G Production class results here.
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Topeka's Jesse Prather had a
promising run going in Don Christman's No. 34 Prather Racing/Wilcox RV Mazda
RX-7, starting 14th and moving up to eighth on lap 10 before a fuel
regulator failed and ended his day after 11 laps. Check out
full week GT-3 class results here.
Three drivers with power from the Prather
Racing laboratory competed in the F Production class. For the F Production
class results, click here.
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Topeka's Eric Prill was solidly in the top-10
of the 44-car field all week, qualifying his No. 7 FIGHT-MS/Apex
Hyperformance Lotus Super 7 ninth. After running sixth for half of the
20-lap race, Prill held on for an eighth-place finish.
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Mark Weber, of Saint Louis, Mo.,
started 27th in his No. 25 Goodyear/Red Line/Exclusive Sports Car
Photo Austin Healey Sprite and was up to 13th by the 15th lap before a
valve cover gasket let go, ending his day on the 19th lap in 28th
place.
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Chris Bovis (Lawrence, Kan.)
started 21st in the maiden Runoffs voyage for his No. 01
Prather Racing/Mazda Mazda Miata. Bovis ran as high as 14th before
settling into 16th at the finish.
Two drivers with Prather rotary engines
endured a carnage-filled E
Production race.
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Charlie Clark (Mission, Kan.)
started 28th in the huge 49-car field and worked his way up to a solid
13th place finish in his No. 16 KC Raceware Mazda RX-7.
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Meredith Haupt (Overland Park, Kan.)
started her Carriage and Motor Works Mazda RX-7 30th and worked up to
a 16th place finish.
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