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Prather Racing Cars Look For More
National Championships At Final Mid-Ohio Runoffs
Wakarusa, Kan. (Sept. 10, 2005) -- Coming
off a successful regular season, Prather Racing prepared, tuned and driven
cars are primed and ready for the 2005 SCCA National Championship Runoffs
Presented by Kohler at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Sept. 19-25.
All the Runoffs action can be followed at www.scca.com,
including Live Timing & Scoring, which is available here.
The races will be broadcast on SPEED Channel weekends beginning in
November. Complete event information, schedule and results is available at
the Runoffs
Event Page.
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Wakarusa's Kent Prather, the patriarch
of Prather Racing, leads a group of eight drivers sporting Prather
Racing powerplants. The only five-time G Production National Champion
hopes to add a sixth in the final Runoffs at Mid-Ohio. Kent swept all
four races he competed in during the regular season in his No. 26
Prather Racing/Victoria British MGA. Kent races Friday, Sept. 23 at
4:15 p.m. (Eastern)
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Jesse Prather, of Topeka, will again
wheel a Mazda RX-7 at the Runoffs, but moves to the GT-3 class with
Don Christman Racing's No. 34 Prather Racing/Wilcox RV Mazda RX-7.
Jesse captured four wins in five races this year en route to a
runner-up finish in the GT-3 Midwest Division Championship, and has a
new and improved Prather Racing engine leading into the Runoffs.
Jesse's GT-3 race is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 25 at 1:30 p.m.
(Eastern)
Three drivers will hope the Prather Racing
power will carry them to great results in F Production. The F Production
race is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 25 at 11:55 a.m. (Eastern)
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Mark Weber (St. Louis, Mo.) finished
runner-up in the Midwest Divisional Championship and will again
compete in both F Production and G Production in his No. 25
Goodyear/Red Line/ECSP Austin Healey Sprite. Weber had strong runs all
year in both classes, scoring a couple of wins along the way.
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Chris Bovis (Lawrence, Kan.) finished
third in the Midwest Division after recording two wins in his No. 01
Prather Racing/Mazda Mazda Miata. He also captured a track record at
Heartland Park Topeka.
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Eric Prill (Topeka, Kan.) had an up and
down year, finishing on a high note with his first-ever National win
at Mid-America in his No. 7 FIGHT-MS/Hoosier/APEX Lotus Super Seven.
In addition to his win, Eric recorded two track records in 2005, at
Heartland Park (later eclipsed by Bovis) and Mid-America.
Two drivers with Prather engines will
compete in E Production as well. The E Production race is Saturday, Sept.
24 at 4:15 p.m.
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Charlie Clark (Mission, Kan.) finished
second in the Midwest Division in his No. 16 Mazda RX-7, featuring the
latest Prather Racing rotary 12A powerplant. Charlie missed the
Championship by just two points despite scoring a number of race wins
to close out the season.
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Meredith Haupt (Overland Park, Kan.)
heads to her second-career Runoffs in her No. 75 Carriage & Motor
Works Mazda RX-7, which was rebuilt by Prather Racing late in the 2005
season.
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