NASA So Cal regional season before the biggest racing event of the year, the NASA Championships at Miller MotorSports Park in Utah. It was a great chance for the competitors to test any last minute changes to their cars and ensure their car is solid and ready to go to the National Championship event next month.
The Honda Challenge class was something to behold. Spectators would be treated to close racing and hard battles all throughout the weekend. In the end, H2 was dominated by Edik Stepanyan, 2nd went to Steph Papadakis, and 3rd Awarded to Greg Neuwirth in the AEM Integra. The H4 battle was even closer with the top 3 cars battling it out for the entire race. In the end, Angel Velasquez would take the win right in front of Miguel Escobar followed by Gus Heredia making up the top 3 spots.
Sunday had a qualifying race resulting in the top 5 H2 cars each qualifying within a few 100ths of a second from each other! The podium would end the same as Saturday in H2 with Stepanyan and Papadakis having a fantastic battle all throughout the race and Neuwirth and Manny coats fighting over the last podium spot which in the end, Neuwirth was able to grab. While in H4, Escobar was able to take the win with Heredia and Velasquez hot on his tale in an exciting battle.
A fantastic season so far and the Nationals look to be one of the best to date with a huge cash purse and lots of new sponsors supporting NASA. Be sure to stay tuned for the next report and all of the Honda Challenge results from Utah.