New Lap Records at the SCCA Sonoma Majors
July 7th, 2018 by James Chartres
The SCCA Sonoma Majors had hot weather conditions and field of over 400 racers competing ahead of the National Championship known as the SCCA Runoffs. With so many competitive racers out on track, fast times were guaranteed. Several SCCA lap records were broken throughout the weekend.

Ryan McElwee in the No. 26 Honda Ligier for Formula-4 (F4)
New Lap Records
TROY ERMISH/No.38 Datsun – GTL – Group One – 1:51.217 – SFR
LEE FLEMING/No.00 MG Midget – HP – Group One – 1:55.140 – SFR
JAKE PIPAL/No.28 Mazda – BSpec – Group One – 2:00.734 – SFR
THOMAS BURT/No.25 Formula Enterprise 2 – FE2 – Group Two – 1:39.258 – Northwest Region
RYAN McELWEE/No.26 Honda Ligier – F4 – Group Two – 1:40.159 – San Diego Region
MICHAEL McALEEN/No.2 BMW – GT2 – Group Three – 1:39.872 – Northwest Region
KRISTOPHER OLSON/No.49 Acura NSX – T1 – Group Three – 1:43.952 – SFR
MARK BODEN/2011 Porsche 911/997 – T2 – Group Three – 1:48.418 – Chicago
MARK DRENNAN/No.10 BMW – T3 – Group Four – 1:50.072 – SFR
ROSS MURRAY/No.174 Mazda – T4 – Group Four – 1:55.274 – Cal Club
TIM AUGER/No. 07 Acura Integra – STL – Group Four – 1:54.130 – SFR
MIKE MISERENDINO/No.11 Spec Racer Ford Gen3 – SRF3 – Group Six – 1:46.660 – Cal Club
J.R. OSBORNE/83 FB Firman – Group Eight – 1:29.930 – Oregon Region
Chuck Bona/No.42 – WF1 Stohr – P2 – 1:33.990 – Group 8 – SFR

Troy Ermish in the #38 Datsun 510 for Grand Touring Lite (GTL)
Photos courtesy of RC Photography.
July 11, 2018 at 3:07 am, Chuck Bona said:
…and Chuck Bona/No.42 – WF1 Stohr – P2 – 1:33.990 – Group 8 – SFR
July 11, 2018 at 6:08 pm, James Chartres said:
Thanks Chuck, Sorry I missed that one. I have now added it to the list. Congratulations on the new lap record! Good luck with the preparation for the Runoffs.
July 12, 2018 at 4:16 pm, Chuck Bona said:
Thank you sir!