82 NOVEMBER 2019 scca.com
EVENT REPORT
winners of both Challenges also
ended up claiming the Cups.
Kate Fisher benefited
from some luck this year. Her
first-round opponent, Jordan
Towns, coned, leaving Fisher to
face the talented Kim Whitener
in the second round – where
Whitener red lit. Fisher had to
beat Annie Gill in the third round
on time, which is no easy feat.
Then finishing off the who’s who
list in the final round, Shelley
Monfort coned her second side,
though at that point Fisher
already had won the Fletcher
Cup when Cindy Duncan beat
Gill for third place, putting a
new name on that trophy for
the first time in years, after
Towns, Whitener, and Christine
Grice swapped it around.
In the Super Challenge,
David Whitener had a point lead
coming in, with a second place
at Grenada with high-qualifying
bonus points followed by a win
at the Spring Nationals. Mark
Madarash wasn’t far behind,
adding top qualifier bonus
points at the Spring Nationals to
a third-round exit at the event
plus a win at Topeka. Jeff Wong
had a win at Crow’s Landing,
then made it to the second
round at Mineral Wells, and with
qualifying bonus points at both
events, he was only a couple
of points behind Madarash.
There were also a number
of drivers with a win and a
third-round exit, so the Finale
Super Challenge would come
down to who could survive
into the late rounds.
Whitener, however, failed to
qualify, while Madarash didn’t
get out of the first round. Then
luck (or bad luck, depending on
how it affected you) entered
the equation, with top finishers
benefiting from cones and red
lights by their opponents.
Kevin Dietz won two of his
rounds on time, beating Matt
Waldbaum in the first round
and Jeff Wong in the final four.
“Kevin Dietz won two
of his rounds on time,
beating Matt Waldbaum
in the first round and Jeff
Wong in the final four”
