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Live TV Channel Guide on The Roku Channel

Hey Streamers! We know how much you love free TV – and with that in mind, we made some exciting updates to

What is the Live TV Channel Guide?

The Live TV Channel Guide is more than just your gateway to free live/linear content. It’s your ticket to more than 100 free linear channels spanning a broad range of genres including news, sports, kids and family, lifestyle, Spanish language entertainment, and more, in an easy to navigate, on screen guide experience.

More recently, we’ve added some great new features to the Live TV Channel Guide. If you’re a subscriber of Premium Subscriptions on The Roku Channel, you’ll be able to see any live/linear content from those subscriptions directly on the guide. Wait, there’s more! For Roku TV users who are using an HD antenna, you’ll be able view over-the-air content alongside all of our over-the-top programming within the Live TV Channel Guide.

How do I access the Live TV Channel Guide?

Accessing the Live TV Channel Guide is easy.

When you launch The Roku Channel, a new “Live TV” tile will appear on the home screen. Simply click on the tile to access the guide.

If you’re already watching live/linear content, you can press the left arrow on your remote to bring up the guide.

What channels am I able to watch through the Live TV Channel Guide?

Again, there are more than 100 free linear channels available through the Live TV Channel Guide. These channels include:

News : ABC News Live, America’s Voice, Black News Channel, Cheddar, NewsmaxTV Live, Newsy Top Stories, Now This, OAN Encore, Reuters, TYT-Go, USA Today, WeatherNation, and Yahoo Finance

Sports : Adventure Sports Network, ACC Digital Network, beIN SPORTS Xtra, EDGEsport, ESTV, fubo Sports Network, MAVTV Select, Outside TV, PowerNation, Stadium, and SportsGrid

Movies and TV : BET Pluto TV, The Bob Ross Channel, Brat TV, CMT Pluto TV, FilmRise Action, FilmRise Classic TV, FilmRise Family, FilmRise Free Movies, Gravitas Movies, MTV Pluto TV, REDBOX FREE MOVIES, Reelz, XUMO FREE Movies, and XUMO FREE Westerns

Game Shows: BUZZR, Deal or No Deal, Game Show Central, GOT Talent Global, and Family Feud

Music: MTV Biggest Pop, MTV Block Party, and Yo! MTV

Kids & Family : Ameba, Battery Pop, Kidoodle.TV, Kid Gamer TV, Kartoon, KIDZ BOP TV, Moonbug, pocket.watch, Teletubbies, Toon Googles, TG Junior, Rainbow Ruby, Rev and Roll, Ryan and Friends, and Zoomoo

Lifestyle : A+E Lively Place, Bon Appétit, Architectural Digest, The Design Network, DIY Daily, Food52, Revry, Tastemade, and This Old House

Fashion: Glamour, GQ, and Vogue

Comedy: AFV Family, College Humor, Comedy Central Pluto TV, Comedy Dynamics, Funny or Die, and Just for Laughs Gags

Crime: Crime 360, Forensic Files, Reel Truth. Crime and Unsolved Mysteries

Entertainment News: Complex, PeopleTV, TMZ, and Vanity Fair

Reality: Fail Army, Hell’s Kitchen | Kitchen Nightmares, People Are Awesome, Pet Collective, and Wipeout

Sci-Fi: DUST , FilmRise Sci-Fi, and MGM’s Free Sci-Fi Movies & Series

Science & Nature: WIRED, Love Nature, and Voyager Documentaries

Talk Shows: Nosey and Real Nosey

Spanish Language : AFV Español, AmericaTeve, Latido Music, Love Nature Spanish, MOOVIMEX by Pongalo, and Pongalo Novela Club

Content from Premium Subscription channels is also available. These channels include Cinemax, Showtime, Starz, HBO, and EPIX.

Over-the-air channels will be viewable from the guide, giving you access all of the local channels in your area. Channels vary by location.

If you haven’t checked out the Live TV Channel Guide, be sure to carve out some time to channel surf soon. We’re sure you’ll find something to enjoy.

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Live TV Channel Guide on The Roku Channel

Hey Streamers! We know how much you love free TV – and with that in mind, we made some exciting updates to

What is the Live TV Channel Guide?

How do I access the Live TV Channel Guide?

Accessing the Live TV Channel Guide is easy.

When you launch The Roku Channel, a new “Live TV” tile will appear on the home screen. Simply click on the tile to access the guide.

If you’re already watching live/linear content, you can press the left arrow on your remote to bring up the guide.

What channels am I able to watch through the Live TV Channel Guide?

Again, there are more than 100 free linear channels available through the Live TV Channel Guide. These channels include:

News : ABC News Live, America’s Voice, Black News Channel, Cheddar, NewsmaxTV Live, Newsy Top Stories, Now This, OAN Encore, Reuters, TYT-Go, USA Today, WeatherNation, and Yahoo Finance

Sports : Adventure Sports Network, ACC Digital Network, beIN SPORTS Xtra, EDGEsport, ESTV, fubo Sports Network, MAVTV Select, Outside TV, PowerNation, Stadium, and SportsGrid

Game Shows: BUZZR, Deal or No Deal, Game Show Central, GOT Talent Global, and Family Feud

Music: MTV Biggest Pop, MTV Block Party, and Yo! MTV

Lifestyle : A+E Lively Place, Bon Appétit, Architectural Digest, The Design Network, DIY Daily, Food52, Revry, Tastemade, and This Old House

Fashion: Glamour, GQ, and Vogue

Comedy: AFV Family, College Humor, Comedy Central Pluto TV, Comedy Dynamics, Funny or Die, and Just for Laughs Gags

Crime: Crime 360, Forensic Files, Reel Truth. Crime and Unsolved Mysteries

Entertainment News: Complex, PeopleTV, TMZ, and Vanity Fair

Reality: Fail Army, Hell’s Kitchen | Kitchen Nightmares, People Are Awesome, Pet Collective, and Wipeout

Sci-Fi: DUST , FilmRise Sci-Fi, and MGM’s Free Sci-Fi Movies & Series

Science & Nature: WIRED, Love Nature, and Voyager Documentaries

Talk Shows: Nosey and Real Nosey

Spanish Language : AFV Español, AmericaTeve, Latido Music, Love Nature Spanish, MOOVIMEX by Pongalo, and Pongalo Novela Club

Content from Premium Subscription channels is also available. These channels include Cinemax, Showtime, Starz, HBO, and EPIX.

Over-the-air channels will be viewable from the guide, giving you access all of the local channels in your area. Channels vary by location.

If you haven’t checked out the Live TV Channel Guide, be sure to carve out some time to channel surf soon. We’re sure you’ll find something to enjoy.

See All ROKU Products

Happy Streaming!

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Live TV Channel Guide on The Roku Channel

Hey Streamers! We know how much you love free TV – and with that in mind, we made some exciting updates to

What is the Live TV Channel Guide?

How do I access the Live TV Channel Guide?

Accessing the Live TV Channel Guide is easy.

When you launch The Roku Channel, a new “Live TV” tile will appear on the home screen. Simply click on the tile to access the guide.

If you’re already watching live/linear content, you can press the left arrow on your remote to bring up the guide.

What channels am I able to watch through the Live TV Channel Guide?

Again, there are more than 100 free linear channels available through the Live TV Channel Guide. These channels include:

News : ABC News Live, America’s Voice, Black News Channel, Cheddar, NewsmaxTV Live, Newsy Top Stories, Now This, OAN Encore, Reuters, TYT-Go, USA Today, WeatherNation, and Yahoo Finance

Sports : Adventure Sports Network, ACC Digital Network, beIN SPORTS Xtra, EDGEsport, ESTV, fubo Sports Network, MAVTV Select, Outside TV, PowerNation, Stadium, and SportsGrid

Game Shows: BUZZR, Deal or No Deal, Game Show Central, GOT Talent Global, and Family Feud

Music: MTV Biggest Pop, MTV Block Party, and Yo! MTV

Lifestyle : A+E Lively Place, Bon Appétit, Architectural Digest, The Design Network, DIY Daily, Food52, Revry, Tastemade, and This Old House

Fashion: Glamour, GQ, and Vogue

Comedy: AFV Family, College Humor, Comedy Central Pluto TV, Comedy Dynamics, Funny or Die, and Just for Laughs Gags

Crime: Crime 360, Forensic Files, Reel Truth. Crime and Unsolved Mysteries

Entertainment News: Complex, PeopleTV, TMZ, and Vanity Fair

Reality: Fail Army, Hell’s Kitchen | Kitchen Nightmares, People Are Awesome, Pet Collective, and Wipeout

Sci-Fi: DUST , FilmRise Sci-Fi, and MGM’s Free Sci-Fi Movies & Series

Science & Nature: WIRED, Love Nature, and Voyager Documentaries

Talk Shows: Nosey and Real Nosey

Spanish Language : AFV Español, AmericaTeve, Latido Music, Love Nature Spanish, MOOVIMEX by Pongalo, and Pongalo Novela Club

Content from Premium Subscription channels is also available. These channels include Cinemax, Showtime, Starz, HBO, and EPIX.

Over-the-air channels will be viewable from the guide, giving you access all of the local channels in your area. Channels vary by location.

If you haven’t checked out the Live TV Channel Guide, be sure to carve out some time to channel surf soon. We’re sure you’ll find something to enjoy.

See All ROKU Products

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javionxander25 · 4 years

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Live TV Channel Guide on The Roku Channel

Hey Streamers! We know how much you love free TV – and with that in mind, we made some exciting updates to

What is the Live TV Channel Guide?

How do I access the Live TV Channel Guide?

Accessing the Live TV Channel Guide is easy.

When you launch The Roku Channel, a new “Live TV” tile will appear on the home screen. Simply click on the tile to access the guide.

If you’re already watching live/linear content, you can press the left arrow on your remote to bring up the guide.

What channels am I able to watch through the Live TV Channel Guide?

Again, there are more than 100 free linear channels available through the Live TV Channel Guide. These channels include:

News : ABC News Live, America’s Voice, Black News Channel, Cheddar, NewsmaxTV Live, Newsy Top Stories, Now This, OAN Encore, Reuters, TYT-Go, USA Today, WeatherNation, and Yahoo Finance

Sports : Adventure Sports Network, ACC Digital Network, beIN SPORTS Xtra, EDGEsport, ESTV, fubo Sports Network, MAVTV Select, Outside TV, PowerNation, Stadium, and SportsGrid

Game Shows: BUZZR, Deal or No Deal, Game Show Central, GOT Talent Global, and Family Feud

Music: MTV Biggest Pop, MTV Block Party, and Yo! MTV

Lifestyle : A+E Lively Place, Bon Appétit, Architectural Digest, The Design Network, DIY Daily, Food52, Revry, Tastemade, and This Old House

Fashion: Glamour, GQ, and Vogue

Comedy: AFV Family, College Humor, Comedy Central Pluto TV, Comedy Dynamics, Funny or Die, and Just for Laughs Gags

Crime: Crime 360, Forensic Files, Reel Truth. Crime and Unsolved Mysteries

Entertainment News: Complex, PeopleTV, TMZ, and Vanity Fair

Reality: Fail Army, Hell’s Kitchen | Kitchen Nightmares, People Are Awesome, Pet Collective, and Wipeout

Sci-Fi: DUST , FilmRise Sci-Fi, and MGM’s Free Sci-Fi Movies & Series

Science & Nature: WIRED, Love Nature, and Voyager Documentaries

Talk Shows: Nosey and Real Nosey

Spanish Language : AFV Español, AmericaTeve, Latido Music, Love Nature Spanish, MOOVIMEX by Pongalo, and Pongalo Novela Club

Content from Premium Subscription channels is also available. These channels include Cinemax, Showtime, Starz, HBO, and EPIX.

Over-the-air channels will be viewable from the guide, giving you access all of the local channels in your area. Channels vary by location.

If you haven’t checked out the Live TV Channel Guide, be sure to carve out some time to channel surf soon. We’re sure you’ll find something to enjoy.

See All ROKU Products

Happy Streaming!

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frankmwilliams25 · 4 years

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MotoAmerica Headed Back To Road America With Fans In Attendance

If you’re racing in the 2020 MotoAmerica Series, specifically in the HONOS Superbike class, one thing is certain: You’re hoping that there’s no such thing as déjà vu when the proceedings get rolling again at Road America this weekend for round two as MotoAmerica becomes the first motorcycle series in the U.S. to host fans post COVID-19 shutdown.

Cameron Beaubier (1) dominated the 2020 MotoAmerica Series opener in the HONOS Superbike class at Road America. The series returns to Wisconsin this weekend. Photo by Brian J. Nelson. You don’t have to have a very long memory to recall how four-time MotoAmerica Superbike Champion Cameron Beaubier performed in the opening round of the series. The Monster Energy Attack Performance Yamaha rider demoralized the field with two runaway victories at a racetrack that normally features nail-biting finishes.

Beaubier led every session except for the warm-up on Sunday morning when mechanical issues held him to just one complete lap. He also broke the lap record with his 2:11.145 coming in the second session. Then the Californian simply owned the races, winning the two by margins of 7.8 and 14.3 seconds, respectively.

But that was then, and this is now, and we will find out in a few short days if the rest of the pack has found anything to gain time on Beaubier.

It’s Beaubier’s new teammate Jake Gagne who is closest to Beaubier in the championship after one round, the laid-back Californian finishing third and second in his debut on the second Monster Energy Attack Performance Yamaha YZF-R1.

Gagne had battles in both races with Westby Racing’s Mathew Scholtz and M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Bobby Fong, with Scholtz finishing second in race one with Gagne third and Fong fourth. In race two, the other two handed Gagne second place when the pair crashed out together in turn five after Fong clashed with Scholtz. Both men were quick up until that point with both dipping into the 2:11s. Ditto for Gagne.

That left an intense battle for the final podium spot between Scheibe Racing BMW’s Josh Herrin and KWR’s Kyle Wyman and his Ducati Panigale V4 R. Herrin came out on top, by just .011 of a second, and his sixth- and third-place finishes puts him third in the title chase, 24 points behind Beaubier and just two points ahead of Wyman who earned fifth- and fourth-place finishes in the opener.

Scholtz is tied for fifth with Celtic HSBK Racing’s PJ Jacobsen with FLY Racing ADR Motorsports’ David Anthony, Fong, RideHVMC’s Corey Alexander and Thrashed Bike Racing’s Max Flinders rounding out the top 10 in the series standings after one round.

The rider who struggled the most in the series opener is the same rider who most believe can make Beaubier’s life a bit more difficult. That man is Toni Elias. Elias’ opening weekend was atrocious. In race one, the Spaniard’s Suzuki GSX-R1000 lost its chain and in race two the former 2018 MotoAmerica Superbike Champion crashed. He comes to round two with zero points and a real need to get his feet back on the ground on the M4 ECSTAR Suzuki. If there’s a highlight to the weekend for Elias, it’s the fact that his best time over the course of the weekend this year was .675 of a second quicker than his best from a year ago.

Road America 2 Notes…

With the debut of the Mini Cup by Motul class and Heritage Cup exhibition class, entries for round two of the 2020 MotoAmerica series have eclipsed the 180-rider mark.

Ticket sales are also on the rise with sales on pace to equal or surpass the 2019 numbers just one race after no spectators were allowed at round one, a race that had record numbers of viewers worldwide. “We’re extremely happy with how the opening round of the 2020 MotoAmerica Series went at Road America,” said MotoAmerica President Wayne Rainey. “We had huge television numbers with FOX Sports, Eurosport, MAVTV, NBC Sports, YouTube and MotoAmerica Live+. The event went off without a hitch, thanks to the efforts of our in-house staff, the staff at Road America, our volunteers, the riders and the teams. Now we get to go back to Road America and race in front of our fans, which will make this second race in Wisconsin even better. The COVID 19 pandemic has impacted everyone’s lives in some way and we’re happy to give our fans the opportunity to get out and see some racing at a world-class facility like Road America. We will be doing so, of course, using COVID guidelines.”

Beaubier’s two victories in the HONOS Superbike class at Road America in round one were the 39th and 40th career AMA Superbike wins for the four-time series champion. Beaubier is third on the all-time AMA Superbike win list behind Mat Mladin (82) and Josh Hayes (61).

Of the active riders in the HONOS Superbike class, Beaubier is on top of the all-time AMA Superbike race wins list with 40 victories. Toni Elias is tied for fourth on the list with Miguel Duhamel with 32 wins. The next highest number of wins by an active MotoAmerica rider is Josh Herrin with eight wins followed by Mathew Scholtz with two.

Road America 2 will mark the debut of the MotoAmerica Mini Cup by Motul class. The Ohvale-spec racing class will feature riders aged as young as seven competing on the go-kart track, which is located by the Carousel corner.

Cameron Beaubier broke his two-year-old lap record at Road America 1, the Monster Energy Attack Performance Yamaha rider putting in his quick lap in the second session – a 2:11.145. Beaubier’s previous best – a 2:11.422 – was set during Superpole in 2018.

Valentin Debise’s racing plans were thwarted by COVID-19 travel restrictions when he was denied a visa to leave his home country of France. Debise was slated to ride the second Scheibe Racing BMW in the HONOS Superbike races at Road America 2.

Six different manufacturers will be represented on the grid at Road America: Yamaha (eight entries), BMW (four entries), Suzuki (four entries), Kawasaki (five entries), Ducati (two entries) and Honda (one entry).

As far as manufacturers go, Yamaha has the most wins at Road America with 21 followed by Suzuki with 17, Honda (12), Ducati (eight) and Kawasaki (four). Yamaha had won seven of eight races until Suzuki swept both races in 2019 with Toni Elias and Josh Herrin. Beaubier started a new Yamaha streak with his two wins in Road America 1 at the end of May.

Riders from six different countries will line up at Road America in the HONOS Superbike class with the U.S., Spain, South Africa, Great Britain, Brazil and Australia all represented.

Cameron Beaubier has now won nine HONOS Superbike races at Road America and that ties him with Mat Mladin as the all-time Superbike race winner in America’s Dairyland. Going into last year’s two races, Beaubier had won seven of the past 10 Superbike races in Elkhart Lake, but he was shut out in 2019 with two second-place finishes. Beaubier ended that streak with his two wins at Road America 1 a month ago.

If you remove Richie Escalante’s two runaway wins in the Supersport class in the opening round of the 2020 MotoAmerica Series at Road America at the end of May, the combined margin of victory for the other support classes on a sunny weekend in Wisconsin was a scant .168 of a second. Yes, .168 of a second.

Richie Escalante (54) won both Supersport races in the opening round of the 2020 MotoAmerica Series at Road America. Sean Dylan Kelly (40) and Brandon Paasch (21) both had second-place finishes. Photo by Brian J. Nelson.

All that close racing happened without fans in the season opener, but this weekend’s action will take place with fans at the picturesque four-mile-long racetrack in Elkhart Lake as MotoAmerica becomes the first motorcycle series in the U.S. to host fans post COVID-19 shutdown.

Like the premier HONOS Superbike class with Cameron Beaubier’s first-round domination, the Supersport Series opener also featured a double winner with HONOS Racing’s Escalante starting his season off with a bang with two race victories on his new Kawasaki ZX-6R. Escalante topped Celtic HSBK’s Brandon Paasch in race one by 11.5 seconds and M4 ECSTAR Suzuki’s Sean Dylan Kelly by 16.1 seconds in race two to complete his perfect weekend. On track, Paasch was second both times out, but he was disqualified from race two when his Yamaha YZF-R6 was found to be under the mandatory weight limit. Kelly, meanwhile, had his troubles in race one when he crashed out.

With his two closest competitors each failing to score points in one of the two races, Escalante leads the championship heading into this weekend’s Road America 2 by 24 points over the surprising Nate Minster. Minster and his TSE Racing Yamaha finished fourth in each race and he ended the weekend four points clear of Kevin Olmedo in the championship chase. Olmedo earned his first Supersport podium in race one but slipped back to 10th in race two. Paasch and Kelly are tied for fourth – 30 points behind Escalante.

Going into the opening round of the Liqui Moly Junior Cup Series, it was almost a forgone conclusion that defending champion Rocco Landers would have his way with the rest of the field. After all, Landers did win 14 Liqui Moly Junior Cup races last year en route to the title.

But it seems as though no one reminded Dominic Doyle of that.

Doyle won both races over the course of the weekend – by the slightest of margins. On Saturday, the South African beat Landers by .078 of a second. On Sunday, it was even closer with the BARTCON Kawasaki besting Landers by a Bond-like .007 of a second. For those not keeping track, that translates to Landers and his Landers Racing Kawasaki missing out on victory in two races by a combined .085 of a second.

With his two wins, Doyle goes back to Road America with a 10-point lead on Landers. Third place is held jointly by Benjamin Gloddy, the New Hampshire resident ending up fifth and third in the two races on his Quarterley Racing/On Track Development Kawasaki and Celtic HSBK Racing’s Samuel Lochoff, who mirrored Gloddy’s results with a third and a fifth. Westby Racing’s Cody Wyman heads to Wisconsin for round two tied for fifth in the point standings with Rodio Racing’s Gus Radio.

Just when you thought things couldn’t get closer than .007 of a second, they did. In Saturday’s opening round of the Twins Cup Series, 1833CJKNOWS’ Kaleb De Keyrel won by just .002 of a second. And guess who was second? Yes, it was Landers – in his Twins Cup debut on the Roadracing World Young Guns/Sportbiketrackgear.com Suzuki. On Sunday the same two went at it again – this time joined in the battle by Robem Engineering’s Jackson Blackmon. Believe it or not, Landers again came up short. Just short. Like .082 of a second short and that put him in third place as Blackmon beat him to the line by just .001 of a second. So in four races, Landers lost out on victory by a combined margin of .169 of a second. We have a feeling that Landers might show up for round two just a bit fired up.

With De Keyrel 14 points ahead of Landers heading into round two, Blackmon is third, a further five points behind. Jason Madama, who put his Syndicate Racing/Apex Assassin’s Yamaha on the podium in race one, is fourth in the points and five points clear of his friend/rival Chris Parrish.

PJ Jacobsen made his Stock 1000 debut a successful one, the Celtic HSBK Racing Ducati rider beating Altus Motorsports’ Cameron Petersen and his Suzuki GSX-R1000 by 4.26 seconds with Ride HVMC Racing’s Corey Alexander third on his Kawasaki ZX-10R. Mesa37Racing/Tango’s Stefano Mesa and Michael Gilbert Racing’s Michael Gilbert rounded out the top five with the Stock 1000 class only having one race in the opener.

Road America Support Class Notes…

MotoAmerica has upped the minimum weight requirement for the Ducati Panigale V4 R to 180 kilograms from 170 kg in the Stock 1000 class, effective immediately. PJ Jacobsen rode the Celtic HSBK Ducati to victory in the Stock 1000 class in the opening round of the series at Road America and will have to race with 22 pounds added to the Panigale for round two.

The largest grid for round two at Road America? That would be the Twins Cup class with 28 of the twin-cylinder motorcycles entered for the second round of the MotoAmerica Series. Stock 1000 features the second highest entry with 23 followed by Supersport with 22 and Liqui Moly Junior Cup with 20. The premier HONOS Superbike class will feature 24 entries for Road America 2.

Double duty: Rocco Landers isn’t the only Liqui Moly Junior Cup rider pulling double duty this weekend. While Landers will compete again in both Liqui Moly Junior Cup and Twins Cup, he will be joined by Cameron Jones. Jones, who rides the only Honda CBR500R in the Liqui Moly Junior Cup, will race a Honda CBR600RR in the Supersport class at Road America this weekend.

The official track length at Road America is 4.048 miles, which makes it the longest on the MotoAmerica schedule. The track features 14 turns and is affectionally known as “four miles of fun.”

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MotoAmerica Headed Back To Road America With Fans In Attendance

But that was then, and this is now, and we will find out in a few short days if the rest of the pack has found anything to gain time on Beaubier.

Road America 2 Notes…

With the debut of the Mini Cup by Motul class and Heritage Cup exhibition class, entries for round two of the 2020 MotoAmerica series have eclipsed the 180-rider mark.

Riders from six different countries will line up at Road America in the HONOS Superbike class with the U.S., Spain, South Africa, Great Britain, Brazil and Australia all represented.

But it seems as though no one reminded Dominic Doyle of that.

Road America Support Class Notes…

The official track length at Road America is 4.048 miles, which makes it the longest on the MotoAmerica schedule. The track features 14 turns and is affectionally known as “four miles of fun.”

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itsworn · 5 years

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Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car, Daytona 2019

When it comes to bucket list automotive venues, few would have Daytona International Speedway anywhere outside the top-three destinations. Sure, there are faster tracks and longer road courses to be found, but any venue that rivals the mystique of Daytona would be subject to great debate. Optima’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car, presented by Advance Auto Parts first visited Daytona five years ago during the series’ inaugural season.

Since then, the series has grown dramatically in every way and a return to the “World Center of Racing” was high on everyone’s wish list. When the schedule was released, entries came in from as far away as the Pacific Northwest since opportunities to run on such a track were deemed by many to be worth a transit of several thousand miles.

The seven different classes had 80 competitors battling for top honors and trips to the SEMA show and Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational (OUSCI). Even though one OUSCI qualifying event was already held in Las Vegas earlier this year, none of the cars that earned invitations at that event competed in Daytona, guaranteeing that every class winner would be a new invitee (if the class winner already holds an invitation, the invite falls to the next-highest finisher).

Chris Smith has been a longtime competitor in the series in a variety of Chevys, including a C10 pickup, C3 Corvette, and now a 1970 Camaro. Smith only signed up for one qualifying event in 2019, so he had to go big to make it to Vegas or go home. Fortunately for Chris, his efforts afforded him the former, grabbing 480 out of 500 possible points en route to a dominating win in the Classic Car Liquidators GTV class. Cody Mason is another competitor with a track record of qualifying for the OUSCI, but again was only registered to run in this event in 2019. Mason piloted the Langley Motorsports 2018 Camaro ZL1 to victory in the newly formed Outlaw class. While not eligible for the OUSCI title, Mason will take on the other Outlaw qualifiers for the class cup in Las Vegas.

The Holley EFI GTL class is widely considered the class where kings are crowned, as evidenced by the last five OUSCI champions coming from that elite group. However, the field at Daytona was relatively small, making it seem like the potential existed for someone other than one of the typical heavy-hitters to grab the win. That turned out to be the case, as series rookie Jamie Elliott came in with a lightly modified C6 and captured both the TCI First-Timer’s award for being the top-finishing rookie and the class win.

Spectre Performance also awarded a Spirit of the Event entry to a competitor who best embodied the attitude and approach to the series that makes it one of the most friendly and welcoming grassroots motorsports events in the country. Many fans and spectators see the series on MAVTV or watch videos on the Internet and aspire to be a part of the action, but few ever see it through all the way to the track.

Alex Hilliard was the recipient in Daytona, which was a trip three and a half years in the making. Through obstacles and setbacks that would push most to either alter their plans or abandon them entirely, Hilliard stayed focused on building a C10 that could not only participate in the series, but be competitive with the Camaros and Mustangs it would face in the Classic Car Liquidators GTV class. Hilliard finished in the top half of his class, topped off by a Top-10 overall finish in the Lingenfelter Design & Engineering Challenge.

The series takes a break to allow competitors to repair and rebuild before heading to NCM Motorsports Park on June 1st and 2nd. That event is sold-out for competitors, but spectator admission is free. Learn more about the series and how you can either watch the action in person or be a part of it with your street car at DriveOptima.com.

Classic Car Liquidators GTV Class (pre-1990, 3,200+ pounds) 1. Chris Smith, 1970 Camaro 2. Jim Stehlin, 1973 Camaro 3. Bret Voelkel, 1967 Camaro

Recaro GTS Class (post-1989, 3,200+ pounds, two-seaters and AWD vehicles) 1. Steve Kepler, 2013 Nissan GT-R 2. Michael Levitas, 2014 Porsche 911 3. Ryan Mathews, 2002 Corvette

Holley EFI GTL Class (non-compacts under 3,200 pounds) 1. Jamie Elliott, 2009 Corvette 2. Alex Peitz, 2017 Corvette 3. Matt Post, 2008 Corvette

Optima Chargers GTE Class (BEV electric vehicles) 1. Karen Thomas, 2018 Tesla X 2. Huggy Alvarado, 2014 Tesla S

GTC Class (two-wheel drive compacts, 107-inch wheelbase or less) 1. Jeff Schwartz, 2015 Scion FRS 2. Dayton de la Houssaye, 2009 Mazda MX-5

Optima Batteries GT Class (post-1989, 3,200+ pounds, 2wd sedans, four-seater coupes, trucks, etc.) 1. Cliff Elliott, 2016 Ford Mustang 2. Tony Scalici, 2018 Camaro 3. Brian Shelley, 2017 Camaro

Outlaw Class (relaxed aero rules, pro drivers allowed) 1. Cody Mason, 2018 Camaro 2. Danny Popp, 2019 Corvette 3. Patrick Daugherty, 2012 Corvette

Spectre Performance Spirit of the Event Award: Alex Hilliard, 1964 C10 pickup

Remaining 2019 Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car Schedule NCM Motorsports Park June 1-2 Pikes Peak International Raceway July 6-7

Road America August 16-17 Auto Club Speedway September 14-15 NOLA Motorsports Park October 5-6 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational November 9-10

The Spectre Performance Spirit of the Event invitation to the OUSCI is always one of the toughest calls of the weekend. Daytona’s invite went to Alex Hilliard, whose effort just to get his truck to his first Optima event took more than three and a half years.

The Anderson Composites Competitor’s Choice Award went to Jonathan Stroup’s Corvette, which featured the new Ceramic Matrix Gray paint scheme that folks seemed to really like.

The series has gotten so competitive that it’s rare for even experienced drivers in well-prepped cars to finish near the top in their first outing. That wasn’t the case for Jamie Elliott, whose 2009 Corvette captured both the TCI First Timer’s Award (which includes a refund of his entry fee) and the class win in the Holley EFI GTL class.

The Camaro Cody Mason drove at Daytona is well-known in the series, coming from the Langley stables, but it was Cody’s first time behind the wheel in competition. Since he is neither the builder of record or owner, Mason ran it in the Outlaw class, where he outran several Corvettes for the class win.

Chris Smith is a longtime competitor in this series and he’s developed a reputation for being able to come out to a single event and post a monster performance to punch his ticket to Las Vegas. That reputation grew at Daytona, as he once again showed up and conquered the Classic Car Liquidators GTV class with a dominating performance.

Tony Scalici posted a top-five overall finish on the Falken Tire Road Course in his 2018 Camaro, but it wasn’t enough to capture the GT class win. However, his solid performance moved him into the top spot in the Optima GT class after the first two events of the season.

The thrash was real for Ed Michalak and there obviously wasn’t time for paint before he brought his ’69 Camaro to Daytona, but he was all smiles as he headed out onto the high banks.

The name’s familiar, but we’re not accustomed to the vehicle he’s piloting. This is four-time OUSCI champ Danny Popp, who competed in the Outlaw class in a C7 Corvette of unknown origins and non-factory alignment.

Photography by Jim McIlvaine

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NASCAR purchases ARCA: What does it mean?

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ARCA’s run as an independent stock car sanctioning body is officially over.

NASCAR announced it had purchased the series Friday morning at Talladega. ARCA, which was founded in 1953, will continue to operate as it is currently through the 2019 season. NASCAR will take over control in 2020.

While ARCA is a small player on the stock car racing landscape the decision means NASCAR will now have a monopoly on stock car racing in the United States.

“I think from an ARCA perspective, I liken it to we’re a small, independently owned company,” ARCA president Ron Drager said Friday. “Our world continues to get more and more complicated and complex. There are times when I feel like I’m a little rowboat out in the middle of the ocean. The ocean liners go by, and they rock the boat. A big storm comes along, and it rocks the boat. So far, we haven’t turned over. I want to be on a bigger boat.”

The Titanic was a large boat and is proof that a bigger boat isn’t always better. Right now, NASCAR is a bit like the Titanic. It’s a behemoth, but there are structural flaws that need to be addressed. And while the boat may have operated at capacity 10 years ago, it’s currently making regular trips with about half as many passengers.

Is that really a boat ARCA wants to be on? Let’s take a look at some of the potential aspects of the deal.

What does it mean now?

It doesn’t mean anything in the present. ARCA’s schedule for 2018 is set and it seems like the 2019 schedule won’t change either. The big question comes in two seasons, when it’s conceivable that NASCAR will move some ARCA races around and pair them with Camping World Truck Series and Xfinity Series races.

What is ARCA’s current status on the racing totem pole?

ARCA serves as a Single-A version of stock car racing if you consider NASCAR’s Cup Series to be the equivalent of Major League Baseball. ARCA is a proving ground for young drivers starting their attempted climb up the NASCAR ladder and a playground for many teams operated by lifelong racers who don’t have the financial resources to race in either of NASCAR’s top three series.

ARCA currently races at seven tracks that host Cup Series races as well as dirt tracks and small paved ovals that don’t have a chance at hosting a NASCAR series race. The series has more track diversity than any of NASCAR’s top-three series.

What does this do to the K&N East and West Series?

That’s a big unknown. NASCAR has promoted the K&N Pro Series East and Pro Series West as regional series on a similar level to ARCA — a step below the Camping World Truck Series. Many young drivers branded as “NASCAR Next” compete in the K&N Series.

But the K&N Series have a big exposure problem. The races aren’t aired live on television and are typically shown on a week delay on NBC Sports Network. Every ARCA race is televised live, whether it’s on a Fox Sports cable channel or MavTV. ARCA has more exposure than any of the K&N Series do and it’ll be fascinating to see if NASCAR keeps the ARCA branding or the K&N branding in any potential merger. We’re not sure if it’s feasible to have ARCA and two similar regional series operating under the same umbrella.

“We have a great deal of respect for what goes on in the K&N East and West,” Drager said. “There are quality race teams, drivers and racecars. Our racecars are pretty closely aligned right now. We certainly see a way forward to work together.”

Why?

This is another unknown. The brief press conference to announce the deal Friday morning didn’t give many clues as to why NASCAR is making the purchase. Was this something NASCAR instigated? Does ARCA need an investor?

It’s plausible to wonder if NASCAR is making the purchase for self-preservation purposes. ARCA isn’t a true competitor to NASCAR by any means, but having ARCA under the NASCAR umbrella removes the last remaining possible competition to NASCAR’s stock car monopoly. Remember, NASCAR executives get oddly defensive whenever there’s positivity directed towards IndyCar despite NASCAR’s far greater overall reach.

We can understand why NASCAR would feel it needs to have a monopoly. There’s no way to sugarcoat how badly television ratings and at-track attendance are cratering, no matter how many people try to spin any bit of non-bad news for the sport as a massive positive.

But NASCAR has a lot of problems of its own, especially in the Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series. It’s virtually impossible to break even when running a team without significant sponsorship in any of NASCAR’s top three series. And if you want to be competitive, you gotta have deep pockets, whether those pockets are your own or your sponsor’s.

Fixing competitive imbalance issues in the Xfinity and Truck Series seems like it should be a bigger priority than going out and acquiring another imperfect series. Hopefully this isn’t a move for quantity over quality.

With ARCA in the fold, NASCAR suddenly has another series that it can sell the television rights to. That’s important as television ratings decline because NASCAR’s next television contract won’t nearly be as large if the slide continues. More things to sell ostensibly means more money to get from broadcast providers. You can bet Fox and NBC are having serious buyer’s remorse about the billions they shelled out to broadcast NASCAR through 2024.

2020 is shaping up to be a MASSIVE year for the sport

NASCAR previously announced that it would potentially reformat the way it sells title sponsorships starting in the 2020 season. Current Cup Series title sponsor Monster signed a one-year extension through the 2019 season and NASCAR said it’s “unlikely” Monster will continue in that role in 2020 and beyond.

Instead, the sport could potentially have multiple companies as big sponsors and the sponsorships would be bundled with television and track contracts.

2020 is also the final year of NASCAR’s current five-year schedule contract with its tracks. The contract signed before the 2016 season locks in all tracks currently on the Cup schedule through the 2020 season. That makes changing the schedule to add more short tracks and road courses basically impossible until 2021. Case in point, the 2019 schedule looks exactly like the 2018 schedule does.

We wrote at the time of the Monster extension that NASCAR was once again banking on the prospects of a murky future. The timing of the ARCA takeover further reinforces that. NASCAR is currently stuck in neutral on a steep hill and it’s doing all it can to get back in drive once the car gets to the bottom. But there’s no telling how far away the bottom actually is.

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Christopher Bell wins Chili Bowl Nationals; Kyle Larson suffers heartbreak

Christopher Bell won the Chili Bowl Nationals for a second straight year, while an engine failure relegated Kyle Larson to a 19th-place finish.

Capitalizing on Kyle Larson’s mechanical issues, Christopher Bell won the Chili Bowl Nationals for a second straight year Saturday night at the River Spirit Expo Center at Tulsa’s Expo Square.

Larson started on the pole and was leading with 15 laps remaining when the engine in his car expired. That ended the night for the driver who competes fulltime in the NASCAR Cup Series, and was seeking his first win in the prestigious midget race, a race he said wants to win more than the Daytona 500. Larson finished 19th in the 24-car field.

With his biggest competitor sidelined, Bell was never challenged the rest of the way and the native Oklahoman drove away for his second Chili Bowl win by a three-second margin over runner-up Rico Abreu. Bell is the defending NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion and is advancing fulltime to the Xfinity Series in 2018.

“To win the Chili Bowl last year was something I’ll never forget,” Bell said on the MavTV broadcast. “To do it back-to-back I’m just speechless. I’m just bummed about Kyle. I thought we were going to have a great race there.”

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I had a great time at the #KingOfTheCage fights with these guys. #mma #fights #MavTV (at Citizens Business Bank Arena)

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NASCAR purchases ARCA: What does it mean?

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ARCA’s run as an independent stock car sanctioning body is officially over.

While ARCA is a small player on the stock car racing landscape the decision means NASCAR will now have a monopoly on stock car racing in the United States.

“I think from an ARCA perspective, I liken it to we’re a small, independently owned company,” ARCA president Ron Drager said Friday. “Our world continues to get more and more complicated and complex. There are times when I feel like I’m a little rowboat out in the middle of the ocean. =The ocean liners go by, and they rock the boat. A big storm comes along, and it rocks the boat. So far, we haven’t turned over. I want to be on a bigger boat.”

Is that really a boat ARCA wants to be on? Let’s take a look at some of the potential aspects of the deal.

What does it mean now?

What is ARCA’s current status on the racing totem pole?

What does this do to the K&N East and West Series?

Why?

2020 is shaping up to be a MASSIVE year for the sport

Instead, the sport could potentially have multiple companies as big sponsors and the sponsorships would be bundled with television and track contracts.

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2018 Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car, New Orleans

The second stop of Optima’s 2018 Search for the Ultimate Street Car Series sent competitors to the Big Easy and NOLA Motorsports Park, but Mother Nature wasn’t going to take it easy on anyone. A succession of strong storms was headed toward the track on Saturday morning so the schedule was moved up to get as much dry track time as possible on the Detroit Speed Autocross. Run groups were divided by classes and the order was drawn at random at the first event in Las Vegas. As such, the Recaro GTS class, which ran first in Vegas, ran last in New Orleans.

Every other run group was able to post at least a few passes on a dry track, but the skies opened up for the Recaro GTS class, although that wasn’t an entirely unwelcome turn of events. Cars that compete in this class include 1990 and newer two-seat coupes and all-wheel-drive vehicles that weigh at least 3,200 pounds. While this is a popular class with Corvettes, several all-wheel-drive supercars also run in that group. The wet track kept all of them out of the Top 25 overall times on the weekend, but the all-wheel-drive entries posted the top four times within the class.

Within an hour of the rain starting, lightning strikes forced the end of the track competition for the day, but the Lingenfelter Design & Engineering Challenge continued under the shelter of a garage at the track. A few hours later, most of the track and surrounding roads were under several inches of water and the Lucas Oil Road Rally was postponed until the following day. Sunday brought high winds to dry out the track and sunny skies but cooler weather, with temperatures hovering in the low 60s. That was great for helping engines make power, but made it harder for competitors to get heat into their tires and keep it there.

As big a story as the weather may have been in New Orleans, a bigger story may have been who didn’t make it to the event at all. Bryan Johnson’s fifth-gen Camaro has won the Franklin Road Apparel GT class in each of the past three seasons and he was scheduled to run the first of three events at New Orleans in pursuit of his fourth straight regular-season championship. However, life sometimes gets in the way of weekend diversions and Johnson wasn’t able to make it to NOLA. Now Johnson finds himself needing to travel from his home in Ohio to either Pikes Peak International Raceway or Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, in addition to running at Barber Motorsports Park and Road America if he wants to defend his title.

Similar drama unfolded in the Holley EFI GTL class, where Mike Dusold’s lightweight ’67 Camaro experienced a mechanical failure with a freshly rebuilt engine, while running in another track day event, just 24 hours before this event was set to begin. Dusold was expected to be a serious challenger to Rich Willhoff’s Z06 and Ken Thwaits’ Evo for the class championship. Dusold will need to perform exceptionally well in the remaining events to get back into the chase, but he’s not alone. Willhoff’s point total last season was a nearly untouchable 1,484 points over his best three events. Thwaits felt he needed to run a similarly dominant season if he hoped to win the championship, and with 986 points out of a possible 1,000 in his first two events, he’s well on his way to toppling Willhoff’s reign as regular-season champion.

The next event is set for June 2-3, 2018, at NCM Motorsports Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and it should be an all-out brawl. NCM routinely draws some of the very top contenders in the series and often offers a good preview to the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational that will take place later in the year. Admission is always free for spectators, so check out the series if it comes near you. You can also catch the TV show every weekend on MAVTV, starting Friday nights at 8 p.m. Eastern. CHP

New Orleans Results: GTV Class (pre-1990, 3,200+ pounds) 1. CB Ramey, 1984 Corvette 2. Duston Nixon, 1979 Camaro 3. Ed Michalak, 1969 Camaro

Recaro GTS Class (post-1989, 3,200+ pounds, two-seaters & AWD vehicles) 1. Steve Kepler, 2009 Nissan GT-R 2. Michael Levitas, 2014 Porsche 911 3. Eric Fleming, 2016 Corvette

Holley EFI GTL Class (non-compacts under 3,200 pounds) 1. Ken Thwaits, 2006 Mitsubishi Evo 2. Feras Qartoumy, 2008 Corvette 3. Ryan Mathews, 2002 Corvette

GTE Class (BEV electric vehicles) 1. Karen Thomas, 2018 Tesla X P100D

GTC Class (two-wheel-drive compacts, 107-inch wheelbase or less) 1. Andy Hollis, 2000 Mazda Miata 2. Troy delaHoussaye, 2009 Mazda MX-5 3. Jason Goodick, 2004 Toyota MR2

Franklin Road Apparel GT Class (post-1989, 3,200+ pounds, 2wd sedans, four-seater coupes, trucks, etc.) 1. Chad Langley, 2018 Camaro 2. Jonathan Blevins, 2008 Ford Mustang 3. Keith Lamming, 2011 Camaro

Spectre Performance Spirit of the Event Award: Tina Thompson, 2015 Corvette

2018 Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car Schedule National Corvette Museum June 2-3 Pikes Peak International Raceway July 7-8 Barber Motorsports Park August 4-5 Auto Club Speedway September 15-16 Road America October 6-7 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational November 3-4

The PowerStop Brakes Speed Stop Challenge is a unique segment to this series. Regardless of where a car starts and how it navigates the course, it needs to stop in a 40-foot box to record a time. Hit a cone, like Robert Weathers did here, and the run doesn’t count.

Series rookie, CB Ramey’s C4 Corvette wasn’t on anyone’s radar when the season began, but after the first two events, he now leads the QA1 GTV points chase and has to be considered a contender to win the regular-season championship. While many gravitate toward C5s and C6s in the series, Ramey has found great success with what has largely been an overlooked platform. It helps that he knows how to wheel a car and that he sourced most of the running gear from a C6.

After the first two events, Toby Thompson’s ’10 ZR1 leads the points chase in the Recaro GTS class, but he’s also one of just three cars to run in the first two events in that class. There are a stack of Vipers, Porsches, GT-Rs, and even more Corvettes now looking at the target on Toby’s back as the series heads to Bowling Green.

Defending OUSCI champion Ken Thwaits turned in a dominating performance at NOLA in the Holley EFI GTL class, but it was a tight battle right behind him. Feras Qartoumy’s C6 (shown here) tied with Ryan Mathews’ C5, but Qartoumy received the invitation to the 2018 SEMA Show and OUSCI based on their scores in the Lingenfelter Design & Engineering Challenge.

By virtue of being the only car in the Franklin Road Apparel GT class to compete in the first two events, Chad Langley’s ’18 Camaro ZL1 is now in the points lead. However, with Bryan Johnson yet to make an appearance in 2018, Langley has a shot at being the first person to win the regular-season points championship in the class since Johnson began competing.

Three years ago, Todd Mayer saw this series and decided to build a car to compete in it. In his first event since finishing the build, Mayer’s ’68 Camaro won the Lingenfelter Design & Engineering Challenge and finished Fifth in the QA1 GTV class. Welcome to the series, Todd!

On a very wet weekend, Eric Fleming’s C7 was the only non-AWD car to finish in the Top 5 in the Recaro GTS class. How serious is the competition in this class? The Nissan GT-R and Porsche 911 that finished ahead of him are both 600+ horsepower cars, as is the Lamborghini that finished behind him.

Duston Nixon won the GTV class at the NOLA event in 2017, but CB Ramey’s Vette edged him out by just two points this year. Nixon is set to run two more times, so he’ll have a good chance of qualifying for a SEMA/OUSCI invitation and may contend for the points championship.

Ryan Mathews is no stranger to the series, having previously campaigned the White Monster Camaro from the Detroit Speed stables. This C5 is Mathews’ personal vehicle and came very close to winning a SEMA/OUSCI invitation in its very first outing. Mathews tied Feras Qartoumy’s C6 in the Holley EFI GTL class, but lost the tiebreaker based on his Lingenfelter Design & Engineering score.

With 25 entries, the Franklin Road Apparel GT class was the largest at NOLA Motorsports Park. Keith Lamming’s ’11 Camaro finished Third, but he’ll have another shot at Vegas when he heads out to Pikes Peak International Raceway later this season.

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2017 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational Results

The Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational (OUSCI) saw its 10th edition this year, immediately following the SEMA show in Las Vegas. Chevrolet vehicles have had a long and dominant history in this event, capturing eight crowns over its nine years. Defending champion Danny Popp’s 2003 Corvette has won the previous three titles (and four overall). If Popp were able to capture the 2017 crown, he would lay claim to half of the 10 titles that have been awarded in the event’s history, but that would be easier said than done.

None of Popp’s previous OUSCI victories came easily, nor were they won in dominant fashion. With each subsequent year, Popp needed to find new ways to stay ahead of the competition that was accelerating quickly. In previous events, Popp had teammates, of a sort, who could run interference for him on the Falken Tire Road Course segment, helping him secure a large enough margin to overcome deficits he might incur in other segments.

Popp, and the OUSCI, lost a great friend and competitor with the passing of Todd Rumpke last year, whose Corvette could always be counted on to help widen the gap between Popp and the competition. In addition, the Corvettes of James Forbis and Paul Curley, which had a history of strong runs on the road course also failed to make it to Las Vegas. While new competitors with very fast Corvettes emerged, there was far less certainty that Popp would be able to open up a similar gap on the road course against familiar foes like the 1967 Camaro of Mike DuSold and the Mitsubishi Evos of Ken Thwaits and Brandon Ranvek, who typically perform better during the Saturday segments of the event than on the Sunday road course.

However, a case could be made that the 2017 OUSCI wasn’t necessarily the defending champion’s title to lose. Rich Willhoff’s 2006 Z06 had won the regular season championship in the Holley EFI GTL class the last two seasons, while accumulating the highest season-long and individual event point totals in the series. Willhoff primarily runs the western side of the schedule. Even though he had been solid in the Lingenfelter Design & Engineering Challenge in the events he ran, he didn’t typically encounter some of the East Coast heavyweights, including Popp, Larry Woo’s ’68 Camaro, Randy Johnson’s ’02 Corvette. And that list doesn’t even include the wildcards that always show up at SEMA, including Kyle Tucker’s stunning third-gen Camaro and Bob Bertelsen’s outrageous ’68 Corvette.

Willhoff’s Vette finished in the upper-third of the D&E field, but that created a points gap he wasn’t able to overcome in the three timed segments. The first-gen Camaros of DuSold and Woo captured the top two spots respectively in the Lingenfelter Design & Engineering Challenge, with Thwaits’ Evo close behind in Third. Everyone finished behind Thwaits’ Evo on the Detroit Speed Autocross and the PowerStop Speed Stop Challenge, leaving the last hope for another Chevy victory on the Falken Tire Road Course Time Trial.

Thwaits’ Evo is no slouch on the road course, but was not expected to contend for the fast time there. Could anyone else reel him in, knowing he only left two points out of 400 on the table in the other four segments? As it turned out, there were several cars well within striking distance. In fact, the final results showed the Top 5 finishers were all within 10 points of each other. Popp held off everyone but Austin Barnes’ ’10 Dodge Viper on the road course, but struggled with mechanical issues throughout the weekend and wound up in Fifth place. Brandon Ranvek’s Evo went through a clutch swap and finished just two points ahead of Popp in Fourth. Mike DuSold’s Camaro edged out Ranvek by just two points for Third, thanks to some late-night welding.

Thwaits ended up just outside the Top 10 on the road course and Barnes’ Viper won that segment, but he came up just short against Thwaits in every other segment and three points out of the top spot at the end of the weekend. While the Chevrolet winning streak at the OUSCI stops at seven events in a row, Chevy power still had a strong overall presence in the event, capturing seven of the Top 10 spots and 20 of the Top 25 overall.

New episodes of Optima’s 2017 Search for the Ultimate Street Car TV series continue to air each weekend on MAVTV, starting Friday at 8 p.m. Eastern. The OUSCI episode will likely air in early December. The 2018 qualifying schedule will also be announced soon, so if you’d like to get in on the action in your street car next season, get ready. You can find all the latest information on the series and how you can get involved at DriveOPTIMA.com.

2017 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational Top 10

1. Ken Thwaits, 2006 Mitsubishi Evo

2. Austin Barnes, 2010 Dodge Viper

3. Mike DuSold, 1967 Camaro

4. Brandon Ranvek, 2006 Mitsubishi Evo

5. Danny Popp, 2003 Corvette

6. Randy Johnson, 2002 Corvette

7. Rich Willhoff, 2006 Corvette

8. Larry Woo, 1968 Camaro

9. Jake Rozelle, 2003 Corvette

10. Robert DeuPree, 2009 Corvette

Mike DuSold’s 1967 Camaro was the highest finishing Chevy in this year’s OUSCI, coming home in Third place, thanks in part to a Top 10 finish in the PowerStop Brakes Speed Stop Challenge.

Danny Popp’s 2003 Z06 couldn’t make it to the top of the podium four years in a row, but he’s still the winningest driver in the history of the event. Popp tells us his son Nathan may join him in making a run at the OUSCI in 2018, but he’s not ready to hand over the reins yet, so we’ll likely see a pair of Popps on the track.

Randy Johnson may not be as big a name in the Corvette world as Rich Willhoff or Danny Popp, but he finished right in between those two giants at the OUSCI. How did he do it? With an extremely well-built (in his home garage) and well-driven C5 that performed near the very top in every segment.

Rich Willhoff’s 2006 Z06 followed up its second consecutive regular season Holley EFI GTL class championship with a Top 10 finish at the OUSCI.

It’s Camaros like Larry Woo’s that put most of the other first-gen Camaros at the SEMA show to shame. Not only does Larry’s perform exceptionally well on the track, but it is absolutely built to the nines inside and out and can be driven anywhere, anytime. Woo’s Camaro was the only GTV car to finish in the Top 10 overall.

Jake Rozelle’s 1969 Camaro won the GTV regular season championship last year, but he parked it and started from scratch in the Recaro GTS class this season in his 2003 Z06. Rozelle ended up improving on last year’s Tenth place OUSCI finish with a Ninth place finish this year.

Robert DeuPree will be the first one to tell you the competition in the OUSCI gets tougher each year. DeuPree made a ton of modifications and upgrades to his car since last year, including a wrap that nearly matches Rich Willhoff’s Z06. Last year, Robert’s 446-point total was good for Eighth place, but this year, his 447-point total placed him Tenth overall.

Every car that competes in the OUSCI is required to be on display at the SEMA show all week long, including Garry Walsh’s 2004 Corvette. To accommodate most of the field, Optima Batteries set up Optima Alley in between the North Hall and the Westgate Hotel. In total, more than 80 of the cars in the field can typically be found there.

Dick Eytchison’s 1965 Chevelle was one of 10 “golden ticket” vehicles selected from the SEMA show floor to compete in the event. He was a popular selection as cheers erupted at the press conference when his name was announced.

There were plenty of LS swaps in the field, but none more outrageous than the LS7 in Justin Burgoine’s 1958 Rolls Royce. Built by Jonathan Ward’s ICON group, the latest creation in Ward’s Derelict series features fully modernized underpinnings, including a custom Art Morrison chassis.

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