Paul Lemieux wins Reedy ROC
Last weekend saw the Reedy Race of Champions run at NorCal Hobbies Raceway in Union City close to San Francisco. The highlight of this annual event is the Invitational class which pitches the top invited drivers to battle it out head to head in a series of races with points awarded for finishing position in each race. Your best 6 of 8 results count and the driver with lowest number wins. This year’s race attracted current World Champion Marc Rheinard, together with TRF team mate Viktor Wilck, as well as Juho Levanen and Thomas Pumpler from Europe. The US was also well represented with Paul Lemieux, Josh Cyrul and Tyler Vik, along with Canadian Keven Hebert in attendance. A strong series of races for both Wilck and Lemieux saw them heading the table after the first day with 3 wins and a 2nd place a piece with Rheinard sitting in 3rd with 3 wins and a 3rd spot. On the Sunday Lemieux carried on where he left off with 3 more wins and a 3rd spot to take the Invitational class win, ahead of Levanen in 2nd with 3 wins and a 2nd place on the final day, while Rheinard took 3rd spot overall with a win two 2nd’s and a 3rd spot on the Sunday. That 3rd place in his last final was to be decider, having passed Paul for the lead the World Champ made a rare mistake, clipping a curb and hitting the outside wall which allowed both Paul and Juho through and any chance of victory slip out of his grasp.
