TLAC

The 2010 Trans Louisiana Autocross Challenge (TLAC) got off to a great start on at TLAC 1 at Chennault Field in Lake Charles on September 19th.  A tight but challenging course proved no problem for Kerry Coughlin in his Honda CRX.  Stephan Waller in the CSP miata and Ben Narby in the CRG Kart were right on his tail though.

Defending Ladies Challenge Champion Roberta Wetzel was on the only Lady challenger for the day as she looks to repeat for 2010.

Host Club SOWELA got the TLAC Club Challenge started with 1163 points.  Defending Club Champions Delta were not far behind with 756.  RRR and CENLA are rounding out the field with 493 and 386 points.

In Super Stock, Brandon Abidin took home a win with a 52.190 over challenger Philip Miller with a 53.053.  Team Wetzel, Jeff and Roberta, won BS and BSL uncontested with a 52.649 and 52.418. James Banker took CS uncontested with a 60.051.  Jack Heaton won DS uncontested with a 58.023.  Randal Thomas took FS uncontested with a 56.037.  Joshua Lowrey won GS with a 60.675 over Mark Roy 61.880.  David Sponberg strolled to victory in HS with a 54.714.

In Street Touring, Mark McSweeney’s 59.774 took the win over Raghvan Madawela’s 62.034.  In Street Touring S, Kerry Coughlin’s 52.463 won over Co-Driver Greg Wiley’s 54.460.  Chris Genovese’s 54.767 crused to victory in STX.  Jim Veillon took STU with a 56.355 uncontested.  The largest class of the event with 7 drivers belonged to STR.  Patrick Harris time of 53.311 edged James Jumonville’s 53.830 and Brett Mount’s 53.836 for the victory in STR.

Chris Dellimagine’s 55.791 pulling in the victory in SM.

Brook Ian took BSP uncontested with a 53.190.  Defending CSP champion Stephan Waller’s 50.786 took him to victory over Chuck Waller’s 53.956 in CSP.  Defending ESP champion Rick Bagnard’s 53.650 won over Philip Massey’s 53.933.

Johnson Miles won XP uncontested with a 59.669.  Bob Evenson’s 54.719 won over AJ Thurman’s 58.868 in EP.  John Lieberman’s 57.653 was uncontested in GP.

In the Modified Classes, David Fogleman’s 49.629 edged out Leon Ledoux’s 49.989 to win BM.  Rob Snyder won CM with a 48.255 and Jason Yenzer won EM with a 50.415.  Bill Browne won FM uncontested with a 57.372.

In F125, Justin Dubois’ 46.166 edged out Shea Fogleman’s 46.480 and Zach Perkins’ 46.740.  Ben Narby won FJ-A with a 50.500 and Julious Suydam won FJ-B with a 64.781.

Class Results
TLAC 1 Points
FJ Challenge Results
Ladies Challenge Results
Pro Challenge Results
Club Challenge Results

A little less than 7 weeks until the first TLAC event of the year.  SOWELA is hosting this event at the Chennault Airport in Lake Charles, LA.  Hope you are ready for some good Louisiana autocross action!!

2010 TLAC #1 entry form

The 2010 AutoXforum.com TLAC Series Rulebook has been reviewed by the board and is ready for competitors to view and study for the 2010 season. Please note that there is a new club rule for failure to host an event this year (See #10 for details).  Also, the individual TLAC regions select pricing of their TLAC events now.  Everything else remains the same from 2009.

See everyone on September 19^th in Lake Charles for the TLAC season opener!

Philip Massey
TLAC Series Chairman

2010 TLAC Series Rulebook
2010 SCCA Solo Rulebook

Congrats to Delta Region for winning the 2009 Club Challenge.  Congrats to Jeff Schaadt for winning the TLAC Pro Challenge, Narby Bennett for winning the Formula Junior Challenge, and Roberta Wetzel for winning the Ladies Challenge.  Congrats to all class winners:

Tim Dorman – SS
Michelle Dorman – SSL
Jeff Wetzel – AS
Rober Wetzel – ASL
Max Bales – BS
Jimmy Jumonville – CS
Brandi Nunez – CSL
Mark Perkins- ES
Brad Daroca – FS
Jeff Schaadt GS
Jean Schaadt GSL
Cole Richmond – HS
Bradley Fitzhenry – BSP
Stefan Waller – CSP
Richard Bagnard – ESP
David Sponberg – FSP
Braian Stelly – XP
Kassie Stelly XPL
Greg Wiley – EP
John Liberman – GP
David Fogleman – BM
Rob Snider – CM
Jason Yenzer – EM
Alexandria Yenzer – EML
Barry Booker – STX
Connie Booker – STXL
James Veillon – STU
Justin Hobart -SM
Joe Dloniak – SSM
Zackhary Perkins – F125
Alex LeDoux – FJAL
Bennett Narby – FJB

I want to thank all the 2009 TLAC participants that helped make the shortened 2009 TLAC series great.  I hope you all can come back for some great action in 2010.

2009 TLAC Club Final

2009 TLAC Pro Challenge Final

2009 TLAC Ladies Challenge Final

2009 TLAC FJ Challenge Final

2009 TLAC Class Final

Hello everyone,

Sorry for the extremely late news concerning the final TLAC event, I had a family emergency on Friday that lasted through Monday of this week!

The TLAC Board has decided that the 2009 TLAC Series will end with 3 events, there will be no 4th event, the Pro, Ladies and Formula Junior Challenges will be reduced to a best 2 out of 3 events. RRR Region will retain their club and individual member points in the series based on good faith that they did their best to obtain a suitable site to hold their event. The points will be re-calculated as stated above.  The Club, Challenge and Class Champions trophy winners will be named. It was a tough decision for the board to make, but majority vote was to end their year as stated and regroup and plan for next year as soon as possible.

An announcement will be made before the end of the year for the 2010 TLAC planning meeting to discuss the preceding rules and proposed rule changes for the next racing season. As always all TLAC participants are encouraged to attend the meeting to support their representatives.

Thanks to all the club members that competed and volunteered this year to make TLAC the best it could be.  Without you and others, this series is nothing!

Thank You for reading this post and have a great day!

Damon Cuccia
TLAC Series Chairman

Ken O wins TLAC 3 Pro Challenge

TLAC 3 proved to be a weather challenged weekend.  Ken Orgeron threw on his Dunlop Star Spec tires and pulled out the win in the PRO challenge.  PRO challenge points leader Jeff Schaadt came in second and Stefan Waller took third in the Pro Challenge at TLAC 3.  Roberta Wetzel drove her Honda S2000 to Top Spot in the TLAC 3 Ladies Challenge.  Connie Booker and Jean Schaadt took second and third place, respectively.

On the club front, the host region Delta roared back into first place in TLAC club points by taking 1,669.296 points at TLAC 3.  Red River dropped to second in the TLAC club points by earning 934.789.  SOWELA added 561.408 points and Cenla added 453.803 points to their club totals at TLAC 3.

In the stock classes, Super Stock was a no show at TLAC 3.  Jeffrey Wetzel won AS with a 37.673 over William Watkins 40.567.  Roberta Wetzel took ASL uncontested with a 37.482. Gregory Nunez took BS with a 38.871.  James Jumonville took CS uncontested with a 40.639 and Brandi Nunez took CSL uncontested with a 43.133.  In ES, Mark Perkins’ 39.612 won over Brandon Travasos’ 43.553. Thomas Randal took FS with a 40.129 over Bradlley Daroca’s 40.899. Jeff Schaadt took GS uncontested with a 37.789. Jean Schaadt took GSL uncontested with a 39.023. Bill Sims won HS with a 44.075.

In Street Tire Classes, Thomas Morcom won STS uncontested with a 44.562.  Barry Booker took STX with a 38.138 over Chris Genovese’s 38.984. Connie Booker took STXL uncontested with a 38.965. TLAC 3 Pro Challenge winner Ken Orgeron won STU with a 36.915 over co-driver Benson Young’s 37.658.

In Street Prepared, Brandley Fitzhenry’s 37.412 edged out codriver Lance Fitzhenry’s 37.596 for the BSP win.  CSP saw the most entries of any class at TLAC 3 with a strong ten man field.  Stefan Waller’s 36.221 won the strong CSP class over Darren Darby’s 36.557.  Matthew Masterson took DSP with a 43.391.  Rick Bagnard took ESP with a 38.135 over Erik Johansen’s 38.868.  David Sponberg’s 43.368 took FSP uncontested.

In Street Modified, Justin Victor took SM with a 36.976 over Justin Hobart’s 38.128. Joseph Dloniak’s 40.162 took SSM uncontested.

In Prepared, Kevin Rogen took DP uncontested with a 42.318.  Joe Ricard took XP uncontested with a 37.918.  Greg Wiley’s 39.048 took EP over Bob Evenson’s 40.090.

In Modified, David Fogleman won BM with a 35.695 over Leon LeDoux’s 37.028.  Husband and wife team Jason and Alexandria took EM and EML with a  36.188 and 41.854, respectively.

In Karts, Zachary Perkin’s 34.733 edged Doug Narby’s 34.897 to take F125. Alexis LeDoux took FJAL uncontested with a 49.502.  FJB was won by Mitchell Mark IV’s 42.092.

The 2009 TLAC season is three fourths done, or possibly done for the year as Red River Region is still siteless.  Jeff Schaadt has locked in the 2009 PRO Challenge Championship with a total after 3 events of 299.672.  Connie Booker is in the lead of the 2009 Ladies Challenge, however, Jean Schaadt or Roberta Wetzel could win it with a good showing at TLAC 4.  Narby Bennett has locked in the 2009 FORMULA JUNIOR Challenge championship with over a 100 point lead on the rest of the challengers.

(Photo by Brandi Nunez)

2009 TLAC 3 Club Results & Standings

2009 TLAC 3 Event

2009 TLAC 3 Class

2009 TLAC 3 Pro

2009 TLAC 3 Ladies

2009 TLAC 3 FJ

2009 TLAC Pro Standings after 3 Events

2009 TLAC Ladies Standings after 3 Events

2009 TLAC FJ Standings after 3 Events

2009 TLAC Class Standings after 3 Events

“Due to a scheduling conflict with Zephyrs stadium, TLAC 3 will be moved to October 4, 2009. This is the only date available to us for Zephyrs and, quite honestly, I didn’t feel like listening to the moaning if we moved it to Belle Chasse.

Please make sure to pass the word to people in your regions. ”

TLAC 3 host region, Delta

Karts + Water = Fun!!

Adverse weather and a complex course rained down the pain at TLAC 2. Jeff Schaadt didn’t mind the course or the conditions when he ended the day with his second PRO challenge win of 2009. Tim Dorman and Stefan Waller must have not minded either as they rounded out the top three at TLAC 2. Connie Booker’s WRX was smooth as she edged Jean Schaadt and Robert Wetzel in the Ladies Challenge.

On the club front, Red River extended their TLAC club points lead by earning 1,188.571 points at TLAC 2. TLAC 2 host region SOWELA racked up the second most points at the event with 995.714. Delta added 835.714 points and Cenla added 455.714 points at TLAC 2.

In the stock class, Tim Dorman’s 61.830 held off the Lotus Elise invasion to win SS. Michelle Dorman took SSL uncontested with a 74.640. Benson Young won AS with a 64.356 over John Smith’s 68.575. Roberta Wetzel took ASL uncontested with a 66.328. Max Bales took BS with a 70.512. James Jumonville took CS uncontested with a 69.075 and Brandi Nunez took CSL uncontested with a 76.500. In ES, Mark Perkins’ 70.994 won over Brandon Travasos’ 71.365. Thomas Randal took FS with a 69.316 over Bradlley Daroca’s 74.816. TLAC 2 PRO Challenge winner Jeff Schaadt took GS uncontested with a 62.618. Jean Schaadt took GSL uncontested with a 67.824. Richmond Cole’s 69.635 took HS over his codriver and brother Charles.

In Street Tire, Barry Booker took STX with a 67.430 over Chris Genovese’s 70.144. Top TLAC 2 lady Connie Booker took STXL uncontested with a 66.522. Jim Veillon’s 67.843 took STU contested.

In Street Prepared, Stefan Waller’s 61.633 won CSP over Darren Darby’s 63.111. Rick Bagnard took ESP with a 65.946 versus Damon Cuccia’s 67.401. David Sponberg’s 70.301 took FSP uncontested.

In Street Modified, Shon Young took SM with a 69.165 over Justin Hobart’s 69.413. Joseph Dloniak’s 79.793 took SSM uncontested.

In Prepared, Brian Stelly’s 72.730 took XP and Kassie Stelly’s 81.921 took XPL. Greg Wiley’s 71.579 took EP over Bob Evenson’s 72.746. John Lieberman took GP uncontested with a 77.728.

In Modified, Rob Snider’s 67.011 won CM over Jeremy Suydam’s 71.232. Jason Yenzer took EM with a 65.011.

In Karts, Doug Narby’s 62.492 won over Zachary Perkin’s 64.657 to take F125. Grant Miller took FJ-A with a 73.084. Alexis LeDoux took FJ-AL uncontested with a 87.664. In the biggest class of TLAC 2 with 7 entries, FJ-B was won by Ben Narby’s 69.506.

The 2009 TLAC season is half way over, but there are still 2 events left. TLAC 3 hosted by Delta is scheduled for October 11, 2009 at Zephyrs Stadium in Metairie, Louisiana. Will Delta over take Red River for the club points lead? Will Jeff Schaadt lock in his 2009 TLAC PRO Challenge win? Will Connie Booker hold off Jean Schaadt in the ladies challenge? Be there and find out!!!!

(Photo by Brandi Nunez)

2009 TLAC 2 Club

2009 TLAC 2 Event

2009 TLAC 2 Class

2009 TLAC 2 Pro

2009 TLAC 2 Ladies

2009 TLAC 2 FJ

2009 TLAC Standings

Jeff Schaadt wins TLAC1 PRO Challenge

Welcome to 2009 TLAC Series. It is going to be a great year for TLAC and one of the most competitive in the history of the series. CENLA hosted a great TLAC 1 event.

The new Pro Challenge Points system is going to make it anyone’s game. Defending Pro Challenge Champion Jeff Schaadt came out of the gates swing to defend his title. However, Kerry Coughlin, Barry Booker, and Asher Wunderl are all within .4 Points of Jeff. With 14 Drivers within 3 points of 1st place, everyone is going to have to drive hard all year to take home the 2009 TLAC Pro Challenge.

On the TLAC Ladies Challenge side, Jean Schaadt took the lead with Roberta Wetzel and Connie Booker within a point.

On the Club Points front, defending TLAC Club Champion’s Red River racked up 1599.032 points with their 25 drivers in an effort to keep the trophy for 2009. Delta, who is itching to get the trophy back, came in a close second with 1381.290 from their 25 drivers. TLAC 1 host club CENLA came in with a strong third of 1062.581 points followed by TLAC 2 hosting SOWELA with 794.194 points. The TLAC Club challenge should heat up going into TLAC 2 and TLAC 3.

In the Stock Classes, Tim Dorman in the Z06 took SS with a 45.342 over Brian Harper in the Lotus Elise. Michelle Dorman took SSL uncontested with 49.926. In the first Delta class battle, “the best driver in Louisiana” Patrick Harris took AS by a slim margin with a 45.694 over Jeff Wetzel’s 45.865. Roberta Wetzel took ASL uncontested with a 47.383. Max Bales took BS with a 46.345 in his new RX8 over fellow Cenla member David Wilbanks 49.556. CS was another Delta class battle with Jimmy Jumonville’s 46.454 winning over Jeff Moore’s 48.558. The CENLA women battled it out in CSL with Brandi Nunez taking first with a 55.736 over Sheryl Bergeron’s 48.532. Defending Class Champion Brett Mount (thanks for mounting my tires on Saturday) took DS in his Mazdaspeed 3 with a 47.951 over co-driver Benson Young that ran a 48.532. Defending Class Champion Mark Perkins took ES with a 47.387. The Red River brothers Chris and Paul Hackleman ran first and second in FS with a 47.305 and 49.213 in their California Special Mustang. Defending Class Champions, Jeff and Jean Schaadt took GS and GSL with a 45.713 and 48.189. Rich Cole beat out his brother Charles Cole with a 48.736 versus a 51.995 to take HS.

In the Street Touring classes, Chris Fontenot took ST uncontested with a 57.721. Defending Class Champion, Kerry Coughlin took STS (formally STS2) with a 45.860 over Glenn Coughlin who ran a 47.369. Defending class champion, Barry Booker won STX with a 45.785 over fellow Red River member Paul Carrig’s 47.303. In STXL, Defending class champion Connie Booker won with a 48.660. In STU, co-driver Asher Wunderl’s 45.106 won over Kerry Emmert’s 47.032 in M3.

In Street Prepared, Bradley Fitzhenry’s 47.270 edged out fellow Delta member Robert Evans’s 47.506 to take BSP. The Miata battle in CSP was won by Stefan Waller’s 45.091. Defending Class Champion, Darren Darby took 2nd with a 45.553 and Charles Waller took third with a 46.965. The biggest class at TLAC 1 with 6 entries was won by the smallest margin with Philip Massey edging Richard Bagnard by .089 with a 47.322 versus 47.411. Defending ESP champion Damon Cuccia hot on their tails with a 48.225. David Sponberg took FSP uncontested with a 49.129.

In Street Modified, the Battle of Justin continues with Justin Victor’s 46.144 winning over defending class champion Justin Hobart’s 47.515. Joe Dloniak took SSM uncontested with a 48.833.

In prepared, Steven Skipper took BP uncontested with a 49.031. Defending Class Champion Bob Evenson’s 47.108 took EP over Greg Wiley’s 47.738. Defending Class Champion John Lieberman took GP uncontested with a 50.592. Defending Class Champions Brian and Kassie Stelly took XP and XPL uncontested with a 46.248 and a 55.334.

In Modified, Lee Tilton’s 46.330 took AM over Lee Tilton IV’s 48.864. Defending Class Champion David Fogleman took BM uncontested with a 45.688. Defending Class Champion Rob Snider took CM with a 43.284 over Jeremy Suydam’s 47.844. Matt Lawrence took DM uncontested with a 46.128. Defending Class Champion Jason Yenzer took EM over Darnell Walton with a 46.083 versus a 47.983. Alexandria Yenzer took EML uncontested with a 58.825.

In Karts, Zachary Perkins’s 39.890 won F125 over defending class champion Douglas Narby’s 42.529. Cody Clopton won FJA with a 56.224. Defending class champion Bennett Narby won FJB with a 49.360.

TLAC 2 is coming in just 2 weeks on May 17, 2009 in Lake Charles. TLAC 2 entry is mail in only, so get your payment mailed in now.

2009 TLAC 1 Club

2009 TLAC 1 Event

2009 TLAC 1 Class

2009 TLAC 1 PRo

2009 TLAC 1 Ladies

2009 TLAC 1 FJ

The 2009 AutoXforum.com TLAC Series Rulebook has been reviewed by the board and is ready for competitors to view and study for the 2009 season. A few of the changes are major, for 2009 a new challenge class has been added. The Formula Junior Challenge will take the classes FJA and FJB and make a four event championship, similar to the Ladies Challenge. Changes to the points system have also been implemented for the New Year! The Pro, Ladies and Formula Junior Challenge points will be on a different system than the Club Challenge. The new points are designed to bring the competition closer and focus on driver consistency over the four events. Should be a formula for great solo competition!

Link below will bring you to a printable Adobe Acrobat file of the rulebook and an additional link to the 2009 SCCA Solo Rulebook. See ya’ll April 26^th in Baton Rouge for the TLAC season opener!

Damon Cuccia

TLAC Series Chairman

2009 TLAC Series Rulebook
2009 SCCA Solo Rulebook