2017 Spec Miata Championship FINAL Race Results

[GTcalgary]

Congratulations to all of our race drivers on a hard fought and safe season.  The final weekend was an intense battle for podium positions with every race making a difference to the final standings. Eric Emary, Dean Chorzempa and Chris Saunders duked it out with only a fraction of a second separating them in each race, jockeying positions back and forth. This is the ultimate display of the kind of competitive tight racing the Spec Miata Championship can offer. It was a tremendous display of driving talent and sportsmanship watching these competitors race in such close quarters. They have demonstrated the experience we all aspire to.

The scoring format for the Spec Miata Championship allows a racer to miss an event in case life gets in the way.  It also allows a racer either with mechanical difficulties or other misfortune, to use the equivalent number of races in a weekend as mulligans so that the total points included are a better reflection of driving talent. Finally, it allows racers on a tighter budget to get by with less fresh tires for approx 25% of the races. For those racers with their unfair share of mechanical difficulties or just plain bad luck, we all acknowledge your hard work and effort, giving it your best try.  Another season dawns in 2018 and as always, our Spec Miata Championship drivers will be there for each other to help make the most of it. We look forward to continuing our camaraderie in the off-season as we help each other to prepare, to share memories, and to work together to continue to drive towards improving our Spec Miata Championship and the number of people it reaches.

Thank you to Hoosier Tire for the big discount we get on Hoosier tires, the same price that the SCCA receives as a much larger entity. Also thanks to Gee & Gee racing for providing us with excellent service and tire availability. Thank you very much to Mazda Canada for supporting us with generous contingency funds which continues to be a driving force in growing our number of racers. Thank you to ARM race marshals for all the hours on the corners and sweeping up after us. Thanks to the organizer of the races and for allowing Spec Miata to have its own run group and for the WCMA stewards for working with us to keep the bodywork to a minimum. Thank you all for your contribution to making this season another successful one!

Congrats especially to Eric Emary who set a new Qualifying Record time of 1:30.002

An now for the points:

Results Summary:
RAW TOTAL POINTS

281 Eric Emary (top marks for showing up to every race and being such a strong and sportsmanlike competitor)
275 Dean Chorzempa (top marks for showing up to every race and for helping others with their mechanical troubles)
263 Chris Saunders (top marks for enduring a season filled with highs and lows and keeping a positive outlook)
219 Gerard Tobin (top marks for putting up a 4th place overall finish despite missing a number of races)
146 Trent Oster (top marks for moving up the ladder to be a to 5 finisher and a new threat in 2018)
138 Chris Semanciw (top marks for taking one for the team and testing some new tires when you could have likely destroyed us all)
117 Matt Beaubien (top marks for taking your donuts along with your winning moments)
77 Doug Campbell (top marks for keeping it tidy)
64 Robin Saunders (top marks for being part of our community and for keeping the whole saunders family in the hunt)
48 Bob Veroba (top marks for living with a cursed car)
28 Sterling Land (top marks for being a part of our race season and such a gentleman)
17 Paul McGarvey (top marks for your return to the Spec Miata Championship after a previously tough year)
12 David Gray(top marks for putting the safety and bodywork of competitors ahead of your desire to win)
9 Sean Finn (top marks for always being there to lend a hand and being in good spirits as part of our community)
7 Mark Burrough (top marks for your efforts in running the season from the club organizer's chair)
7 Jim Whitelaw (top marks for not being an outlaw)
2 Jay Esterer (top marks for keeping us guessing as to when you will arrive to stir things up in the pack)
1 Doug Moyer (top marks for working with mechanical troubles and making it to every event)
1 Stuart Taylor (top marks for showing up to race weekends to be part of the community even when you had no ride)
0 Dan Shute (top marks for making to at least one event, hope you plan for at least two next season)

Best of 12 Spec Miata Championship Points Totals:
228 Chris Saunders (Winner) $1000 Mazda Championship
226 Eric Emary (2nd Place) $500 Mazda Championship
223 Dean Chorzempa (Third Place) $250 Mazda Championship
219 Gerard Tobin
144 Chris Semanciw
124 Trent Oster
117 Matt Beaubien
66 Doug Campbell
48 Bob Veroba
46 Robin Saunders
28 Sterling Land
17 Paul McGarvey
12 David Gray
9 Sean Finn
7 Mark Burrough
7 Jim Whitelaw
2 Jay Esterer
1 Doug Moyer
1 Stuart Taylor
0 Dan Shute

Congratulations to Chris Saunders for winning his first Spec Miata Championship title!!!!!!! Chris beat Dean by a mere two points in the final tally. Congatulations to Dean Chorzempa for continually amping up his game through the course of the season and challenging for the title. Congratulations also to Eric Emary who also continued to amp up his game through the course of the season.  I can't even imagine what 2018 will look like with 5 to 7 competitors in the lead pack with only a fraction of a second between cars on every single lap. Its going to be a huge nailbiter every time!!! Just AWESOME!!  Keep it up guys!

Full results available at miatavsmiata.ca/event-results
Note points subject to change if calculation errors found

[ChrisS]

Thanks for doing this Gerard.  Could you remove my points for weekends #2 and #3 (except for the last race of weekend 3 when I ran some Dean's Wallet Racing takeoffs ?  I was testing tires on these weekends; while not a performance advantage they are still non-spec so I don't feel it's appropriate to accept points.  (Sorry I didn't notice earlier; I hope your spreadsheet auto-updates!)

Thanks,
Chris

[GTcalgary]

Thanks for doing this Gerard.  Could you remove my points for weekends #2 and #3 (except for the last race of weekend 3 when I ran some Dean's Wallet Racing takeoffs ?  I was testing tires on these weekends; while not a performance advantage they are still non-spec so I don't feel it's appropriate to accept points.  (Sorry I didn't notice earlier; I hope your spreadsheet auto-updates!)

Thanks,
Chris

No problem Chris. I'll make the adjustment as you wish. You weren't protested for using those tires. Everyone knew you were testing them out and that they have been around 2 seconds/lap slower. Of course, the KOR race could have been used as a test session instead so you didn't have to miss out on points but winning championships must be so been there done that for you anyways

[ChrisS]

Of course, the KOR race could have been used as a test session instead so you didn't have to miss out on points but winning championships must be so been there done that for you anyways

Thanks!

Yeah but I think it's important to test any tire we might want to use through a full normal life cycle so I wanted to run them for full weekends.  Plus I had lots of fun running with different folks in the field; I may have missed out on points, but I didn't miss out on fun!

Chris