Scott Tucker, owner and driver for Level 5 Motorsports, creates history this weekend at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs. Through taking the victory lap, he nabbed his 3rd straight SCCA titles, an historical feat that a small selection of drivers have ever performed.
In 2009, the Runoffs classic occured initially in Elkhart Lake, Wisc., its 6th spot since it began. The location was near to Level 5 Motorsports' home base in Madison, Wisc. The team, which Tucker started in 2008, was still young but had experienced some good success already in the 2009 season. Tucker competed and won in the Hawk Performance Touring 1 race.
His No. 55 Ferrari 430 Challenge had the pole position to begin with, and he led the T1 field through turn one. In turn two, he lost the leading placement to opponent John Buttermore, of Pontiac, Mich., who eventually would make podium behind Tucker. Tucker was hot on the tail of Buttermore's Nearbrook Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette, keeping his second place status even with pressure from behind in driver Lance Knupp of Fenton, Mich., the third driver to eventually reach the podium that day.
The absolute best 3 drivers fought it out over the race. Tucker followed Buttermore carefully, waiting for a possibility to surpass him. In turn 5, Buttermore's mistake became Tucker's window, and Tucker passed him to regain charge in lap four, just before turn six.
Tucker didn't look back through out the 13-lap, 52-mile race. The moment he crossed the checkered flag, Tucker had sped to a 1.42-second lead for the first place finish in his first Runoffs appearance. In the process, he recorded the fastest lap of the race, with a 2:22.000 lap while in the competition.
"Both Buttermore and Knupp were formidable competitors for the duration of the race," Tucker said. "I was caught sleeping for a second there, when Buttermore overtook me, but he got a little wide in turn five, and I was able to take advantage of that. It really could have been anyone's podium today; both of those guys put up strong, consistent races. I had to be continuously focused because I knew if I made a mistake, either one of them would be right there to pick it up."
Not long after Tucker overtook Buttermore, the Chevrolet lost stability because of braking, which helped Knupp's No. 37 Dodge Viper to operate into the second-place spot. Even as Buttermore decelerated the pace, he still pulled off the third-place podium finish.
In 2009, Tucker had been in the midst of proving himself the top driver in just his third year of professional racing. His decisive victory at the Runoffs, considered one of the top sports car races across the globe, added to his growing list of victories in '09. Going into this year's Runoffs, Tucker was a different driver; he had not only two Runoffs wins under his belt, but a variety of other first-place and podium finishes from five various racing series. The 2009 SCCA Runoffs at Elkhart Lake, Wisc., were the start of two years of incredible success for Tucker along with his Level 5 Motorsports team.
In 2009, the Runoffs classic occured initially in Elkhart Lake, Wisc., its 6th spot since it began. The location was near to Level 5 Motorsports' home base in Madison, Wisc. The team, which Tucker started in 2008, was still young but had experienced some good success already in the 2009 season. Tucker competed and won in the Hawk Performance Touring 1 race.
His No. 55 Ferrari 430 Challenge had the pole position to begin with, and he led the T1 field through turn one. In turn two, he lost the leading placement to opponent John Buttermore, of Pontiac, Mich., who eventually would make podium behind Tucker. Tucker was hot on the tail of Buttermore's Nearbrook Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette, keeping his second place status even with pressure from behind in driver Lance Knupp of Fenton, Mich., the third driver to eventually reach the podium that day.
The absolute best 3 drivers fought it out over the race. Tucker followed Buttermore carefully, waiting for a possibility to surpass him. In turn 5, Buttermore's mistake became Tucker's window, and Tucker passed him to regain charge in lap four, just before turn six.
Tucker didn't look back through out the 13-lap, 52-mile race. The moment he crossed the checkered flag, Tucker had sped to a 1.42-second lead for the first place finish in his first Runoffs appearance. In the process, he recorded the fastest lap of the race, with a 2:22.000 lap while in the competition.
"Both Buttermore and Knupp were formidable competitors for the duration of the race," Tucker said. "I was caught sleeping for a second there, when Buttermore overtook me, but he got a little wide in turn five, and I was able to take advantage of that. It really could have been anyone's podium today; both of those guys put up strong, consistent races. I had to be continuously focused because I knew if I made a mistake, either one of them would be right there to pick it up."
Not long after Tucker overtook Buttermore, the Chevrolet lost stability because of braking, which helped Knupp's No. 37 Dodge Viper to operate into the second-place spot. Even as Buttermore decelerated the pace, he still pulled off the third-place podium finish.
In 2009, Tucker had been in the midst of proving himself the top driver in just his third year of professional racing. His decisive victory at the Runoffs, considered one of the top sports car races across the globe, added to his growing list of victories in '09. Going into this year's Runoffs, Tucker was a different driver; he had not only two Runoffs wins under his belt, but a variety of other first-place and podium finishes from five various racing series. The 2009 SCCA Runoffs at Elkhart Lake, Wisc., were the start of two years of incredible success for Tucker along with his Level 5 Motorsports team.
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