Shane Surges To Front at HAPO Columbia Cup
By Jeff Morrow Special to the Herald
It’s going to take something special to knock the King off of his throne.
So far no one has come up with anything to dethrone driver Jimmy Shane and the U-1 Miss HomeStreet Bank.
Shane led the U-1 to two heat victories on Saturday at the HAPO Columbia Cup, heading into Sunday’s final day with a field-best 870 points.
After finishing just third in Friday qualifying, when it came to actual racing, no one could overtake Shane.
“I wouldn’t say it was a perfect day, but we executed with great results,” said Shane. “We set ourselves up with that great race against Jean Theoret.”
That was 2A, in which Shane battled Theoret in the U-16 Oh Boy! Oberto deck-to-deck for 2 ½ laps.
Shane cut across the middle of the course with about 2 minutes and 30 seconds before the race’s start.
Jeff Bernard, in the U-7 Graham Trucking, followed Shane. But Bernard failed to keep above the 80 mph minimum speed in the pre-race period and got a warning from H1 Unlimited officials.
Bernard then got a second warning, and that disqualified him. But he didn’t leave the course and stayed in the race in Lane 1.
Shane Surges To Front at HAPO Columbia Cup
By Jeff Morrow Special to the Herald
It’s going to take something special to knock the King off of his throne.
So far no one has come up with anything to dethrone driver Jimmy Shane and the U-1 Miss HomeStreet Bank.
Shane led the U-1 to two heat victories on Saturday at the HAPO Columbia Cup, heading into Sunday’s final day with a field-best 870 points.
After finishing just third in Friday qualifying, when it came to actual racing, no one could overtake Shane.
“I wouldn’t say it was a perfect day, but we executed with great results,” said Shane. “We set ourselves up with that great race against Jean Theoret.”
That was 2A, in which Shane battled Theoret in the U-16 Oh Boy! Oberto deck-to-deck for 2 ½ laps.
Shane cut across the middle of the course with about 2 minutes and 30 seconds before the race’s start.
Jeff Bernard, in the U-7 Graham Trucking, followed Shane. But Bernard failed to keep above the 80 mph minimum speed in the pre-race period and got a warning from H1 Unlimited officials.
Bernard then got a second warning, and that disqualified him. But he didn’t leave the course and stayed in the race in Lane 1.