Fred Schroeder holds his time sticker aloft, fresh from gaining the first of his two FTD crowns on the last run of Saturday's Icebreaker Autocross organized by National Road Autosport. Dennis Howard gave chase at the Sunday Cumberland Airport Icebreaker Autocross but fell just short of Fred Schroeder's Swift. Dennis did beat the impending rain storm into the trailer.


SCHROEDER SCORES DOUBLE WIN IN ICEBREAKER AIRPORT AUTOCROSS

WILEY FORD, WV - Organizers envisioned the May Icebreaker Autocross at the Cumberland Regional Airport as an early season warm-up for the region’s performance car set. Instead, they were treated to a heated “catch me if you can” contest that came down to the last run on Saturday and a dramatic race against the rain on Sunday.

Todd Michel from Crofton, Maryland slipped his SCCA ESP class Mustang Cobra R into the field full of Porsches and Corvettes with little hoopla. He didn’t stay unnoticed for long as he scorched the Mark Boggs designed Saturday course with a blistering 42.958-second lap during the second run group. That run set the mark for hot shoes Pat Gordon (Porsche 914-6), Tom Daniels (Porsche 911C2) and Fred Schroeder (Swift SE3 who followed in the last group of the day.

Gordon appeared to have carried the day’s honors with a 42.427 pass using the Porsche in which his brother won the inaugural National Road Autocross last year. But Schroeder, who also won in Cumberland last year at the 50th Anniversary Shootout, buried the field with a 41.446 last lap.

On Sunday, impending rain spooked the fast cars into abandoning their usual last group tactics and lumped Saturday’s front runners together with Porsche Club of America champion Dennis Howard’s now familiar yellow Porsche 996 TT and one of his long time rivals, DC Region ASP driver Phil Dame (Corvette ZO6). Michel, Howard and Dame kept lowering the bar for each other in successive runs. Howard, who designed the Sunday course, eventually covered Dame and Michel.

But Schroeder was not to be denied. The Mount Airy Missile squired his Swift to the winning 47.639 run on the second of four attempts and was never threatened.

Several local competitors put in strong performances during the weekend. Josh West, Cumberland nosed his SCCA Mustang into tenth fastest time overall on Saturday. Dave Williams, Cumberland, surprised with 13th overall on Sunday in his Porsche 944 NA.

Drivers scoring double class wins during the two-day event included Mike McCagh, Cumberland (AM Corvette); Bob McClure, Pittsburgh (AS Corvette); Dave Stoner, Pittsburgh (BSP Corvette); Pete Harrison, Cumberland (BS Honda 2000); Dave Williams, Cumberland (CSP Porsche 944); Pat Gordon, Monrovia (EM Porsche 914-6); Steve Wilson, Frostburg (DS BMW 330ci); and Todd Michel, Crofton, (ESP Cobra R).

Click here for an Excel file with complete Saturday run by run results.
Click here for an Excel file with complete Sunday run by run results.


Saturday, May 1 – Cumberland Airport Autocross Series Icebreaker
Final Results (59 Entrants)
Pos Class Driver Car Model Best Time
1
 AM Mike McCagh Corvette (Farm Use) 47.004
2
 AM John Maher Corvette 54.920
1
 AS Bob McClure Corvette 44.083
2
 AS Rob Sarlan Honda S2000 46.101
3
 AS Steve Hotchkiss Corvette 47.706
4
 AS John Felten Corvette 50.151
5
 AS Bill Herbaugh Corvette (white) 52.898
1
 ASP Tom Daniels Porsche 911 C2 43.305
2
 ASP Michael Culler Porsche 911 49.512
3
 ASP Hank Schwarz Porsche 911 49.776
4
 ASP Allison Culler Porsche 911 57.939
1
 BM Fred Schroeder Swift SE3 41.446
1
 BS Pete Harrison S2000 47.714
2
 BS Richard Siomporas Porsche 944 Turbo 49.064
3
 BS Tink Phillips Porsche 911 SC 49.702
4
 BS Claude Taylor Porsche 911 51.807
1
 BSP Dave Stoner Corvette 43.600
2
 BSP Rudy Orawiec Corvette 44.278
3
 BSP Ned Barefoot Corvette 45.771
4
 BSP Jim Condon Corvette 55.359
1
 CM Fred Pfeiffer III Porsche 914-4 51.209
2
 CM Sean Pfeiffer Porsche 914-4 52.091
3
 CM Fred Pfeiffer Jr Porsche 914-4 52.496
1
 CSP Dave Williams Porsche 944 NA 47.180
2
 CSP Doug Macy Audi 90 Coupe 48.944
3
 CSP Chris Humphreys VW Passat 49.551
4
 CSP Tony Dimaio Ford Focus 50.211
5
 CSP Tom Humphreys Audi S4 53.776
1
 DS Steve Wilson BMW 330ci 48.111
1
 EM Pat Gordon Porsche 914-6 42.427
2
 EM Ron Gordon Porsche 914-6 45.208
3
 EM Fran Honeywell Bugeye Sprite 47.448
4
 EM Rob Robeson Subaru WRX 47.480
5
 EM David Potter Subaru WRX 48.002
1
 ES Mark Boggs Porsche 924S 48.496
2
 ES Greg Honeycutt Porsche 924S 49.890
3
 ES Meg Ellis Mazda Miata 52.385
1
 ESP Todd Michel Ford Cobra R 42.958
2
 ESP Josh West Mustang 45.647
3
 ESP Karl Loper Camaro 46.804
4
 ESP Scott Auerbach Camaro SS 47.058
1
 FS Terry Nickell Camaro Z28 46.375
2
 FS Kenn Nyga Camaro 47.512
3
 FS Dave Houdyschell Mustang 49.309
4
 FS Bill Nyga Corvette 50.243
1
 GS Garret Smith Acura TSX 54.364
2
 GS Andy Miller VW Golf 58.058
1
 HS William Follows Mazda MX-3 50.444
2
 HS Daniel Wolf Mini 50.501
3
 HS John Waugaman VW Jetta 51.956
4
 HS Bob Means Mitsubishi Eclipse 52.511
5
 HS Andy Lindner Dodge Stealth 53.533
6
 HS Paul Przvborski Hyundai Accent 55.945
1
 SS Phil Dame Corvette ZO6 44.521
2
 SS Chip Reichart Porsche GT3 45.729
3
 SS Bill Sangrey Corvette ZO6 51.949
1
 STS Matt Dell Subaru 2.5 RS 47.112
2
 STS Mike Ursic Subaru 2.5 RS 47.351



Saturday, May 1 – Cumberland Airport Autocross Series Icebreaker

Top 20 Times (59 Entrants)

Pos Class Driver Car Model Best Time
1
 BM Fred Schroeder Swift SE3 41.446
2
 EM Pat Gordon Porsche 914-6 42.427
3
 ESP Todd Michel Ford Cobra R 42.958
4
 ASP Tom Daniels Porsche 911 C2 43.305
5
 BSP Dave Stoner Corvette 43.600
6
 AS Bob McClure Corvette 44.083
7
 BSP Rudy Orawiec Corvette 44.278
8
 SS Phil Dame Corvette ZO6 44.521
9
 EM Ron Gordon Porsche 914-6 45.208
10
 ESP Josh West Mustang 45.647
11
 SS Chip Reichart Porsche GT3 45.729
12
 BSP Ned Barefoot Corvette 45.771
13
 AS Rob Sarlan Honda S2000 46.101
14
 FP Terry Nickell Camaro Z28 46.375
15
 ESP Karl Loper Camaro 46.804
16
 AM Mike McCagh Corvette 47.004
17
 ESP Scott Auerbach Camaro SS 47.058
18
 STS Matt Dell Subaru 2.5 RS 47.112
19
 CSP Dave Williams Porsche 944 NA 47.180
20
 STS Mike Ursic Subaru 2.5 RS 47.351






Sunday, May 2 – Cumberland Airport Autocross Series Icebreaker
Final Results (65 Entrants)

Pos Class Driver Car Model Best Time
1
 AM Mike McCagh Corvette (Farm Use) 54.073
1
 AS Bob McClure Corvette (Black) 51.244
2
 AS Steve Hotchkiss Corvette (Charcoal) 54.868
3
 AS John Felten Corvette (Red) 56.447
4
 AS Bob Kazary Mercedes-Benz 63.218
5
 AS Bill Herbaugh Corvette (White) DNF
1
 BM Fred Schroeder Swift SE3 47.639
1
 BS Pete Harrison S2000 54.366
2
 BS Alex Soufi Porsche 944S2 54.441
3
 BS Joe Zuramski Subaru WRX 60.366
4
 BS Joe Romeo Subaru WRX 60.527
5
 BS Chuck Urban Porsche 928 60.801
6
 BS Robert Lehmann Mercedes S-55 62.094
1
 BSP Dave Stoner Corvette (White) 49.375
2
 BSP Rudy Oraweic Corvette (Yellow) 50.606
3
 BSP Ned Barefoot Corvette (Green) 52.572
1
 CM Scott Pfeiffer Porsche 914-4 56.057
2
 CM Fred Pfeiffer III Porsche 914-4 58.345
3
 CM Fred Pfeiffer, Jr. Porsche 914-4 DNF
1
 CSP Dave Williams Porsche 944 NA 53.733
2
 CSP Chris Humphreys VW Passat 56.473
3
 CSP Tony Dimaio Focus 56.709
4
 CSP Tom Humphreys Audi S4 56.797
5
 CSP Doug Macy Audi 90 Coupe 57.509
1
 DS Steve Wilson BMW 330ci 55.262
2
 DS Bryan Morlock Dodge 62.381
1
 DSP Chris Bonner Ford ZX2 56.581
1
 EM Pat Gordon Porsche 914 50.463
2
 EM Ron Gordon Porsche 914 52.495
3
 EM Fran Honeywell Bugeye Sprite 53.997
4
 EM Rob Robeson Subaru WRX 54.548
5
 EM David Potter Subaru WRX 55.437
1
 ES Greg Honeycutt Porsche 924S 56.035
2
 ES Mark Boggs Porsche 924S 56.256
3
 ES Jim Roth Toyota MR2 56.907
4
 ES Curtis Friedenberg Mazda Miata 64.822
1
 ESP Todd Michel Ford Cobra R 48.989
2
 ESP Vern Davidson Ford Cobra R 52.006
3
 ESP Scott Auerbach Camaro 55.454
4
 ESP Tink Phillips Mercedes C220 57.606
1
 FS Dave Houdyschell Mustang 55.371
2
 FS Jason Kcickna Mustang 57.146
3
 FS Kevin Adams 300ZX 59.711
4
 FS Robbie Prophet Mach 1 61.074
1
 FSP Gary Howell Chevy Cavalier 58.587
1
 GS Scott Hill Ford 58.843
2
 GS Bob Hill Ford 60.904
3
 GS Andy Miller VW Golf 61.259
4
 GS Helen Miller Mini Cooper S 66.817
1
 HS Bob Means Mitsubishi Eclipse 57.942
2
 HS Dan Wolf Mini Cooper 59.511
1
 SS Dennis Howard Porsche 996 TT 48.514
2
 SS Phil Dame Corvette (Blue) 48.855
5
 SS Justin Howard Porsche 996 TT 51.798
6
 SS Jerry Castellucci Dodge Viper 56.519



Sunday, May 2 – Cumberland Airport Autocross Series Icebreaker

Top 20 Times (56 Entrants)

Pos Class Driver Car Model Best Time
1
 BM Fred Schroeder Swift SE3 (Red/White/Blue) 47.639
2
 SS Dennis Howard Porsche 996 TT (Yellow) 48.514
3
 SS Phil Dame Corvette ZO6 (Blue) 48.855
4
 ESP Todd Michel Ford Cobra R (White) 48.989
5
 BSP Dave Stoner Corvette (White) 49.375
6
 EM Pat Gordon Porsche 914-6 (Red) 50.463
7
 BSP Rudy Oraweic Corvette (Yellow) 50.606
8
 AS Bob McClure Corvette (Black) 51.244
9
 SS Justin Howard Porsche 996 TT (Yellow) 51.798
10
 ESP Vern Davidson Ford Cobra R (White) 52.006
11
 EM Ron Gordon Porsche 914-6 (Red) 52.495
12
 BSP Ned Barefoot Corvette (Green) 52.572
13
 CSP Dave Williams Porsche 944 NA (Black) 53.733
14
 EM Fran Honeywell Bugeye Sprite (Yellow) 53.997
15
 AM Mike McCagh Corvette (Farm Use) 54.073
16
 BS Pete Harrison Honda S2000 (Blue) 54.366
17
 BS Alex Soufi Porsche 944S2 (Red) 54.441
18
 EM Rob Robeson Subaru WRX (Blue) 54.548
19
 AS Steve Hotchkiss Corvette (Charcoal) 54.868
20
 DS Steve Wilson BMW 330ci (Blue) 55.262


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