The Les Schwab Tire Centers/Toyo Tires Sports Compact Pro Series is targeted towards cars of foreign manufacture or domestic manufactured front-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive cars capable of covering the quarter-mile in 13.99 seconds or quicker.   In 2007, this series consisted of 6 events, each with excellent competition.  Cars are given a handicapped head start based on the selected dial-in.

            The first event was held on April 28^th and saw Ken Schaffer take the win over Graig Osborne when Graig ran under his dial-in by .029 seconds.  Bernd Arndt and James Green scored semi-final finishes.

            On May 12^th, Graig again made it to the finals where he met and was defeated by Bud Kuhns, due to a red-light start.  In the first  two events, Graig has found two of the most common ways to lose a race.  Perhaps things will improve before the series is completed.   Semi-final finisher today were earned by Bernd Arndt (second time)  and Thomas Strom.

            Bud Kuhns takes his second consecutive victory on June 16^th, driving his 89 Honda CRX past Mark Hunt’s VW.  Graig Osborne made it to the semi-finals at this event.  With three events completed, Bud Kuhns holds a 30-point series total lead over Graig Osborne, who holds a 30-point lead over Bernd Arndt.  These three will battle all the way to the final event in the series.

            On June 30^th, it was Honda vs. Honda in the finals with Graig Osborne defeating Bud Kuhns on a double break-out affair.  The rules state that whoever is under by the least amount is the victor.  In this case, Graig’s under by .015 was less that Bud’s .096.  Pamela McClaskey and Berne Arndt earned their way to the semi-finals.  In the series point total, Bud leads Graig by 10 points and leads Bernd Arndt by 70 points.

            On August 17^th, Bud loses in the first round, opening the door for his competitors.  Graig is not able to be at this event.  Bernd Arndt earns his way to the semi-finals.  But the race is won by Pamela McClaskey over Jereme Lennig.   At this juncture, Bud still holds a 40 point lead over Graig and a 60 point lead over Berndt.

            It all comes to a climax at the final event where Bud again loses in the first round, and Bernd Arndt defeats Graig Osborne in the finals.  Again the finals is a double break-out race with Bernd under his dial-in by .022 and Graig under his index by .036.  Tyler Fee is the lone semi-finalist.  When all of the points are tabulated,  the total shows a three way tie with Bernd, Bud, and Graig each having earned 320 points.  The final standings will need to be decided by tie-breaker rules.  The first tie-breaker is the total number of rounds won.  Graig Osborne holds that edge.  Second and third place will be decided by whoever finished highest at the final event.  That would give the edge to Berndt, giving third place to Bud.  Therefore, Graig Osborne is the 2007 Sports Compact Pro Series Champion.  Bernd Arndt follows in second place, Bud Kuhns in third, Pamela McClaskey in fourth, and Ken Schaffer in fifth.  Places six through ten are occupied respectively by, Mark Hunt, Thomas Strom, Tyler Lee, Jereme Lennig, and James Green.  Congratulations to all who made this series so successful. 

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