2016 FARC Lone Star Championships

Finish Pos Qual Pos Moved Car # Driver Qualifying Speed Finish Interval Laps Comp Laps Led Led Most Led @ Half Hard Chrgr Points Earnings Status
1 28 27 10 Dan Leckliter 181.470 mph 133.103 75 2       105 10200 Running
2 14 12 62 Aaron Singer 183.229 mph -0.08 75 9       85 6200 Running
3 34 31 98 Kurt Walker 180.424 mph -0.15 75 2     X 93 4400 Running
4 13 9 16 Billy Bob Childers 183.430 mph -0.17 75 1       81 3700 Running
5 17 12 2 BR Smith-Thompson 182.755 mph -0.40 75 2       79 3200 Running
6 8 2 46 Chuck Johnson (R) 185.247 mph -0.51 75 11       77 2700 Running
7 15 8 07 Anthony Griffith 182.825 mph -3.87 75 4       75 2200 Running
8 9 1 61 Mark Thompson 183.941 mph -4.49 75 0       68 1800 Running
9 12 3 67 M Yokoyama 183.603 mph -14.72 75 2       71 1700 Retired
10 29 19 8 Bradley Carlisle 181.433 mph -14.79 75 8       69 1400 Running
11 25 14 25 Danica Holifield 181.818 mph -14.95 75 3       67 1200 Running
12 26 14 9 Taylor Brillon 181.685 mph -15.41 75 0       60 975 Running
13 38 25 74 Treck Tauger (R) 179.439 mph -16.47 75 0       58 950 Running
14 18 4 89 Kira Smith (R) 182.491 mph -23.02 75 0       56 925 Running
15 27 12 66 Todd Stater 181.516 mph -35.38 75 0       54 900 Running
16 2 -14 99 Thomas Tucker (R) 186.157 mph -35.40 75 1       57 1075 Running
17 10 -7 41 Zack Webster 183.739 mph -40.87 75 1       55 1050 Running
18 3 -15 90 Neil Miller 186.104 mph -1L 74 0       48 825 Running
19 23 4 7 Bob Stephans 181.938 mph -1L 74 0       46 800 Running
20 36 16 82 Lev Azarov 180.185 mph -1L 74 0       44 788 Running
21 35 14 63 Kevin Monroe 180.302 mph -1L 74 0       42 775 Running
22 40 18 69 Tristan Kristoph (R) 172.096 mph -3L 72 0       40 762 Running
23 39 16 26 AJ Young 173.444 mph -3L 72 0       38 750 Running
24 32 8 50 Kenny George III (R) 181.073 mph -4L 71 0       36 738 Running
25 16 -9 026 Alexa Lake (R) 182.811 mph -7L 68 0       34 725 Susp
26 6 -20 462 Dan Meyato (R) 185.600 mph -7L 68 0       32 712 Running
27 11 -16 18 Jim Kidd 183.617 mph -18L 57 3       35 900 Fuel Inj
28 4 -24 51 Max Schivilen (R) 186.066 mph -37L 38 4       33 888 Camshaft
29 7 -22 96 Kelly Splison 185.577 mph -40L 35 0       26 675 Accident
30 33 3 69 Johnson Clapp 180.855 mph -41L 34 0       24 662 Retired
31 20 -11 38 Riley Durbin 182.297 mph -44L 31 0       22 650 Accident
32 5 -27 777 Max Holifield (R) 185.687 mph -51L 24 22 X     35 1338 Brakes
33 22 -11 22 Monica Rook 182.140 mph -66L 9 0       18 625 Valve
34 21 -13 86 Geo Arias (R) 182.159 mph -66L 9 0       16 612 Accident
35 19 -16 5 Mike Malone 182.380 mph -66L 9 0       14 600 Accident
36 24 -12 93 Vincenzo Fochesato 181.846 mph -67L 8 0       12 588 Piston
37 37 0 88 Joshua Pacer 179.699 mph -67L 8 0       10 575 Retired
38 31 -7 71 Zack Gott 181.264 mph -67L 8 0       8 562 Accident
39 30 -9 83 Aubrey Wood (R) 181.278 mph -67L 8 0       6 550 Accident
40 1 -39 78 Greg Gray 186.829 mph -68L 7 0       24 1038 Susp

Position Car # Driver Points To Lead Races Wins T5 T10 DNF Poles Laps Laps Led Earnings
1 46 Chuck Johnson (R) 2000 0 18 1 4 6 6 1 1404 92 35413
2 7 Bob Stephans 1254 746 21 1 6 10 3 1 1696 62 52475
3 82 Lev Azarov 1185 815 20 1 6 7 5 1 1680 147 50362
4 66 Todd Stater 1064 936 19 1 2 7 5 1 1504 9 32599
5 8 Bradley Carlisle 1050 950 19 0 1 6 4 0 1584 23 24462
6 16 Billy Bob Childers 1040 960 19 0 4 9 7 1 1311 37 33188
7 18 Jim Kidd 1030 970 19 1 4 9 8 0 1278 53 37961
8 63 Kevin Monroe 1030 970 20 0 1 4 5 0 1808 18 25025
9 22 Monica Rook 999 1001 19 0 2 6 7 1 1259 61 27625
10 2 BR Smith-Thompson 998 1002 19 0 4 9 7 0 1415 71 32901
11 50 Kenny George III (R) 990 1010 19 1 6 8 8 0 1551 38 40538
12 96 Kelly Splison 965 1035 19 0 4 6 6 0 1348 95 34051
13 10 Dan Leckliter 947 1053 19 1 2 4 7 0 1445 70 31776
14 71 Zack Gott 869 1131 18 0 3 6 8 0 1371 27 25237
15 427 Stanley Parsons 821 1179 16 0 2 3 6 2 1347 74 21401
16 38 Riley Durbin 806 1194 17 0 2 7 6 0 1164 32 23526
17 25 Danica Holifield 796 1204 13 0 3 5 2 1 819 27 22475
18 09 Jason Bates 771 1229 13 0 3 6 3 0 1004 30 23037
19 41 Zack Webster 761 1239 15 0 1 4 4 0 1210 62 19500
20 86 Geo Arias (R) 737 1263 17 0 3 4 11 0 1094 11 25124
21 61 Mark Thompson 721 1279 12 3 4 6 4 0 816 87 41437
22 69 Johnson Clapp 686 1314 11 2 4 6 4 1 942 228 36787
23 88 Joshua Pacer 683 1317 14 1 2 3 4 0 1016 104 24501
24 07 Anthony Griffith 681 1319 14 0 1 5 5 0 804 26 18976
25 99 Thomas Tucker (R) 595 1405 9 0 3 4 2 1 597 19 21525
26 9 Taylor Brillon 585 1415 14 1 1 1 8 1 1010 84 21273
27 98 Kurt Walker 573 1427 11 0 2 3 4 0 784 2 15900
28 74 Treck Tauger (R) 547 1453 11 1 2 2 4 0 505 24 21138
29 54 John Burr 538 1462 15 0 0 0 9 0 881 0 11223
30 64 Ashley Tucker 529 1471 11 0 1 3 5 0 1022 4 16251
31 69 Tristan Kristoph (R) 479 1521 8 1 1 2 0 0 592 5 16750
32 78 Greg Gray 436 1564 9 1 2 2 4 1 342 50 20064
33 5 Mike Malone 410 1590 10 0 2 3 6 2 505 3 14226
34 20 Kenny Brillon 401 1599 8 0 0 3 3 0 667 22 9913
35 51 Tyron Key (R) 378 1622 6 0 0 3 0 0 658 8 8662
36 00 Troy Peterson (R) 374 1626 10 0 0 0 3 0 704 0 7586
37 89 Kira Smith (R) 371 1629 9 0 1 1 2 0 382 8 12525
38 94 Jack Ashcroft 355 1645 5 0 3 4 0 0 396 3 15375
39 100 Tom Brayton 351 1649 9 0 0 0 3 0 445 11 7100
40 462 Dan Meyato (R) 350 1650 8 0 0 2 4 0 412 44 9788
41 101 Rebel Denman (R) 342 1658 5 0 1 3 0 0 457 0 11775
42 28 Zidane Quackenbush R 340 1660 6 0 1 2 2 0 341 10 9112
43 51 Max Schivilen (R) 324 1676 5 1 2 2 2 0 372 16 19313
44 62 Aaron Singer 323 1677 5 0 1 1 0 0 270 19 10725
45 919 Allie Riggs 316 1684 4 0 2 2 0 1 320 23 13025
46 03 Truman Ellison 315 1685 6 1 1 2 2 1 242 2 14875
47 777 Max Holifield (R) 277 1723 6 0 0 2 3 0 250 48 6676
48 9 Leslie Riggs 263 1737 5 1 1 1 4 1 403 9 13650
49 62 Mariano Zavala 250 1750 3 1 2 2 0 0 171 21 17375
50 97 Trey Ashby 220 1780 5 0 0 2 1 0 432 0 5388
51 99 Julia Ashcroft (R) 207 1793 3 0 1 2 1 0 323 11 6450
52 60 Rick Forest (R) 201 1799 5 0 0 0 3 0 367 29 4050
53 67 David Hetzel (R) 185 1815 3 0 0 0 1 1 121 1 3375
54 83 Aubrey Wood (R) 174 1826 4 0 0 1 2 0 387 0 4238
55 462 Ricky McKenzie (R) 170 1830 3 0 1 2 1 0 288 0 7138
56 61 Lawrence Burr 166 1834 3 0 2 2 1 0 155 0 8088
57 112 Timothy Ruiz (R) 165 1835 3 0 0 2 1 0 266 8 3600
58 27 Richard Scott 164 1836 2 1 1 1 0 0 117 27 11688
59 51 Scott Wheeler (R) 145 1855 2 0 0 1 0 1 70 3 4025
60 48 Liam O'Connor (R) 141 1859 2 0 1 1 0 0 119 3 7125
61 91 Art Gordon (R) 140 1860 3 0 0 0 0 0 192 0 2462
62 19 Ramsey Coquinner 140 1860 2 0 1 1 0 0 70 5 7250
63 55 Morey Holter (R) 140 1860 4 0 0 0 2 0 288 0 2925
64 26 AJ Young 140 1860 4 0 0 0 2 0 175 0 2925
65 11 Robert Leckliter 139 1861 2 0 0 2 0 0 119 4 3400
66 40 Barry Woods (R) 136 1864 3 0 0 0 0 0 214 0 2413
67 204 Mason St. Martin 136 1864 4 0 0 0 1 0 221 0 2900
68 83 Todd Lacy (R) 132 1868 4 0 0 0 2 0 286 0 2888
69 12 Kyler Spavital (R) 131 1869 4 0 0 0 2 0 149 3 3063
70 19 Sarah Wexler (R) 130 1870 2 0 0 2 0 0 395 0 2700
71 78 Jefali Animiha 125 1875 2 0 0 1 0 0 396 54 2325
72 196 Naomi Alanko (R) 120 1880 4 0 0 0 4 0 113 0 2800
73 91 Jackie Thompson (R) 118 1882 2 0 0 0 0 0 160 0 1925
74 26 Keegan Mallory (R) 116 1884 3 0 0 0 1 0 190 0 2263
75 04 Harve Henry (R) 114 1886 3 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 2263
76 91 Osvaldo Ramierez 114 1886 3 0 0 0 2 0 90 0 2350
77 4 Ferrell Burgundy (R) 106 1894 2 0 0 0 0 0 119 0 1775
78 75 David LaMarre (R) 106 1894 3 0 0 0 1 0 97 0 2200
79 40 Stan Coleman (R) 102 1898 3 0 0 0 3 0 315 0 2175
80 19 Rick Louis 102 1898 2 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 1725
81 102 Zack Denman (R) 98 1902 3 0 0 0 2 0 128 0 2150
82 200 Patrick Carpino 97 1903 2 0 0 0 1 0 108 10 1850
83 68 Billy Bob Bradburn 96 1904 2 0 0 0 0 0 230 0 1713
84 78 Jeff Wilkens 96 1904 2 0 0 0 0 0 248 0 1650
85 55 Ronnie Holter (R) 96 1904 3 0 0 0 3 0 54 0 2137
86 64 Kevin Daly (R) 93 1907 2 0 0 1 1 0 50 5 3312
87 9 Riley Knight (R) 89 1911 2 0 0 0 2 1 52 3 2126
88 83 Ben Atkins 85 1915 2 0 0 0 2 0 91 2 1750
89 90 Neil Miller 76 1924 2 0 0 0 1 0 103 0 1513
90 78 Ryo Akuzaru 75 1925 2 0 0 0 1 0 42 5 1725
91 422 Tiffany Birch (R) 74 1926 2 0 0 0 1 0 51 0 1538
92 67 M Yokoyama 71 1929 1 0 0 1 1 0 75 2 1700
93 62 Keifer Glanville 66 1934 1 0 0 1 0 0 100 0 1500
94 93 Vincenzo Fochesato 65 1935 2 0 0 0 2 1 20 1 1976
95 67 Brad Dwyer (R) 64 1936 1 0 0 1 0 0 200 0 1200
96 0 Dale Clough (R) 62 1938 2 0 0 0 1 0 51 0 1412
97 026 Alexa Lake (R) 62 1938 2 0 0 0 1 0 97 0 1413
98 83 Dan Francis, Jr. (R) 58 1942 2 0 0 0 1 0 54 0 1387
99 76 Kirby Krieger (R) 54 1946 2 0 0 0 1 0 190 0 1362
100 762 Allyson Wetherbee R 44 1956 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 788
101 17 Dale Underwood 40 1960 2 0 0 0 2 0 11 0 1276
102 67 Davie Carter (R) 40 1960 1 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 762
103 69 James West 40 1960 1 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 762
104 24 Winston Orwell (R) 38 1962 1 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 750
105 62 Ralph West (R) 38 1962 1 0 0 0 0 0 37 0 750
106 31 Jacob Eichholtz 38 1962 1 0 0 0 1 0 91 0 750
107 68 Derek Dudding 36 1964 1 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 738
108 762 George Hawkins (R) 36 1964 2 0 0 0 1 0 96 0 1250
109 26 Michael Day (R) 28 1972 1 0 0 0 1 0 90 0 688
110 6 Carter Fitzgerald 24 1976 1 0 0 0 1 0 19 0 662
111 60 Ryan Forest (R) 0 2000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

The 026 car, driven by Alexa Lake, qualified 18th for her second and final race of the 2016 season.

During the entire race, she had no major problems, avoided all wrecks and even was in the top 10 for most of the race.

Unnoticed by the cameras, her car would suffer transmission issues and would fall down 3 laps of the remaining 10 laps left.

She would finish 25th, scoring a total of 62 points over her two races.

A few interviewers bum rushed her and asked her many questions. Most notably, what her plans for 2017 FARC would be.

"I've signed myself up to drive the #26 Binco CM Nova for 2017. Only in four races though. I'd like to think I could race the entire season, but other series I am entering have prevented thus." She stated to the few interviewers around.

Will we see good results out of Alexa Lake this year?

Written by Katelyn Holkrier

Pacer's Run for the Title Ends After Early Crash


The championship was not to be for Joshua Pacer.

After starting from the second-to-last row on the grid, the surprise Final Five driver wouldn't make it to lap 10 in the FARC Lone Star Championships at Texas World Speedway. When the #5 Saar of Mike Malone broke down in turn 2, Pacer frantically attempted to take evasive action, but in doing so sent himself spinning into the rear of the #5 car. The collision caused a multi-car pileup that damaged fellow FARC-Off driver Tristan Kristoph and also eliminated the other Fastrac car - the Desert Star #83 driven by Aubrey Wood - among several others.

Needless to say, Pacer was none too happy following the incident. A loud, expletive-laden tirade was all that could be heard over the radio as he drove away from the wreck and back to the garage.

Pacer was also accused by some of interjecting overtly hateful language into his rant regarding Vincenzo Fochesato, the driver of the first car to strike the #88. The audio, however, is simply inaudible.

The crash took Pacer out of the race on only the ninth lap. Much attention has been given to him and his small, Wyoming-based team since their victory at Albuquerque Speedbowl. Through multiple last-minute entries and loans to other teams, Pacer overcame the odds and managed to make it all the way to College Station with a chance at the title. In all likelihood, unfortunately, he will not have the opportunity again next year. Owner John Jones indicated that the team's plans for 2017 are largely dependent on their championship results, and after becoming the first to fall of the Final Five, the team's car #88 would only be ranked 23rd in the final standings. Both Pacer and his team will return to Albuquerque next year when FARC pays its annual visit, but otherwise, the team's plans regarding where they plan to race have yet to be announced.

Through maintaining a top ten running position throughout the race and avoiding numerous crashes, KAT Motorsports rookie driver Chuck Johnson would finish the race in 6th, and in doing so became the first ever FARC champion to win under the FARC-Off system.

As a driver, Pacer ends his second season of FARC Smash Beer/Lowe Dollar Series competition with one race victory, two top fives, three top tens, four DNFs, 104 laps led, and a grand total of 683 points after fourteen starts.