Williamson wraps up the 2010 West Coast Outlaw Pro Mod Association points championship with a win in Denver
Sacramento, Ca The Don Carter Motorsports team, with Bret Williamson driving the 53 Studebaker,wrapped up the 2010 West Coast Outlaw Pro Mod Associations (WCOPMA) pointschampionship with their win last weekend at Bandimere Speedway during the SuperChevy Show event, an event the WCOPMA was booked in to headline for BandimereSpeedway.
Going into the Denver event, all that was needed for the team was for Williamson to qualify anywhere in the 8-car field and thechampionship was theirsbut like the team has done all season long they wereset to run hard and not take it easy with a main goal to make it to yetanother final round and win another event this 2010 season.
During testing on Friday it was relevant that they had brought their A-game. Most other teams serviced their cars during the weekbetween Boise and Denver (as the events were back to back) and were makingmultiple testing passes during Fridays test session. It was a different storyfor the Don Carter Motorsports team; they spent all day Friday servicing theengine and car working till the last minute and made it to the starting linewith just 5 minutes left during testing. The Studebaker was the last car downthe track and made a half track pass that clocked a 4.06 1/8 th -miletime, that was .03 seconds better than anyone elses time to the half trackmark and out the back door wouldve been a low 6.20 pass. They were ready forqualifying on Saturday.
On the first qualifying session Saturday afternoon Bret blasted to the number 1 spot with a 6.21. That pass lasted in the top spotthrough the second session but things got interesting on the third and finalsession under the lights. Jay Diedrich was in the second qualifying spot with a6.23 and ran right before Bret in the third session where he would lay down a6.21 and take the top spot by just a couple thousandths of a second.
Bret later said he saw Jay bump him down to the second spot, and honestly didnt think he could run a number to take it backbut he waswrong. The previous track ET record was a 6.48 and it was reset multiple timesduring testing and qualifying by multiple drivers, but no one expected to see ateen pass in the 8,000-10,000 feet of corrected air. That is just what Bretdid under the lights when he ran an unheard of 6.13 to take the number onequalifying spot back for Jay and for good! It would be the third time Bret leadthe qualifying in the five WCOPMA events ran this 2010 season.
In the first round Bret would face Dan Myers. Dan was off the line first and lead to half track but Bret started to pull away on the backhalf and got the round win with a 6.17 over Dans 6.54. In the second roundBret would face Randy Kay with his 63 Corvette. Like the bracket car theStudebaker has been all year Bret laid down a 6.18 to take the win over Kay whoran a blower banging 6.63. The final round Bret would be faced with Pro Modlegend John Scialpi. Scialpi got the jump off the line and, just like DanMyers, lead to half track but then Bret had the big screw-blown power with hisMiner Brothers engine and started to pull away on the back half taking theevent win with a 6.20 to Scialpis early lifting 6.52.
While talking to the team in the pits after the event they said that in the combined 13 passes in Boise and Denver the last 2 weekendsthey never ran a pass slower than 6.23. Combine that great feat with the factthey have been in every final round while running with the WCOPMA this 2010season with 3 wins and 2 runner-ups and its safe to say the team deserves thechampionship this year! The hard work and dedication from the entire team isshown with the cars performance on the track.
Don Carter wants to thank, first and foremost, the crew chief Jeff Butler for his great tuning all season long. Jeff, along with BretWilliamson, are the main factors that make the Studebaker run as good as it hasall year. But it wouldnt be possible without a great crew behind themconsisted of Don Williamson, Mike Dickerson, Mike Dickerson Jr., Don Beam, RichGore and Mark Hanel.
The Don Carter Motorsports team would like to thank their sponsors for their support this 2010season:
Network Office Systems - www.NorCalCopiers.com
Simpson Race Products - none"">www.SimpsonRaceProducts.com
Marshs Carpet - www.MarshsCarpet.com
Don Beam Automotive
Honest Engine - www.HonestEngineOnline.com
updated by @bill-pratt: 12/05/16 08:51:11AM