The second annual Mile high Indoor champs were held April 12-13 at 5280 raceway in Denver Colorado. Racers from around the US and Canada made up the nearly 200 car field. The classes were F1, World GT, 17.5 TC, 13.5 TC, Mod TC, 17.5 12th and Mod 12th. Team XRAY Attended the event with many drivers to show support.
In the very competitive 13.5 TC class it was Drew Ellis who was fast all week and had a great last qualifier to sit on the pole. Other TQ's were Mario Ficco in F1, Bill Cydor in 17.5 TC. All five other classes were TQed by Josh Cyrul.
The F1 main would see Mario Ficco check out at the beginning and lead it from tone to tone.
The World GT final saw Josh Cyrul jump out front and pull away from the start to take the win.
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The Mod TC final saw Cyrul get the hole shot, Lemieux would stay close for a few laps, the gap would remain about 1 second until Lemieux got caught in traffic and drop back. Cyrul would cruise to the win with Lemieux second and hard Charging Ralph Burch finishing third.
The 17.5 12th scale Amain saw Cyrul out front with Mitch Whitteman and Mike Harold hanging around for the better part of the race. In the finish it was Cyrul taking a comfortable win over Mitch Whitiman with Mike Herald a close third.
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13.5 TC was Drew Ellis leading the field. Drew got a good jump at the start with Adam Brown in second. As things settled in Drew pulled out front to a large lead after some shuffling, Bill Sydor raced to second with Tim Copp having a great charge from the back of the grid to finish third.
Mod 12th was a battle between Cyrul and Hebert. Cyrul out front at the beginning with Hebert in toe and Lemieux in third. A mistake from Cyrul gave Hebert the lead. Hebert would lead much of the race but a mistake from Hebert allowed Cyrul back up front. In the end it was Cyrul again taking the win with Hebert second and Lemieux third.
The 17.5 TC final was the most ugly of all the finals. At the tone it was Bill Sydor who had the early lead, then carnage broke out and it looked like it could be anybody's race. Art Scrimo pulled threw the wreckage to a nice lead over Bill Cydor with Brock Whitmer and others challenging for podium. In the end TQ Bill Sydor would pull up to the bumper of Scrimo but would run out of time. Art Scrimo would take the win with Bill Sydor in second and Craig Xavier in third.
The 13.5 12th scale A main saw Cyrul again making it a dominant weekend for him. Tony Block and Mitch Whitteman had a good battle for second. Across the line it was Cyrul with a convincing win over Block and Whitteman.
Final Results:
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Mod TC
1. Josh Cyrul 2. Paul Lemieux â“ XRAY T4
3. Ralph Burch â“ XRAY T4
4. Kevin Hebert 5. Drew Ellis â“ XRAY T4
6. David Joor
7. Andrew Doherty 8. Ron Atomic â“ XRAY T4
9. Chris Hillier 10. Mackenzie Meyercord â“ XRAY T4
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13.5 TC
1. Drew Ellis â“ XRAY T4
2. Bill Sydor 3. Tim Copp â“ XRAY T4
4. Jystin Salerno
5. Kyle Klingforth 6. Michael Toth â“ XRAY T4
7. Art Scrimo 8. Chris Kemper â“ XRAY T4
9. Adam Brown
10. Brent Klingforth
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Mod 12th scale
1. Josh Cyrul
2. Kevin Hebert 3. Paul Lemieux â“ XRAY X12
4. Chris Hiller
5. Brian Bodine
6. Ryan Borgheiinck
7. Andrew Dohrity
8. Bob Stormer
9. Dave Ehrlich
10. Mackenzie Meyercord
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17.5 TC
1. Art Scrimo
2. Bill Sydor 3. Craig Xavier â“ XRAY T4
4. Tim Getchell 5. Brock Whitmer â“ XRAY T4
6. Brent Klingforth 7. Mike Herald â“ XRAY T4
8. Kyle Klingforth
9. Adam Brown 10. Michael Toth â“ XRAY T4
