Hébert Wins 2010 Timezone Grand Prix

News was sent in by Team Associated of their team driver Keven Hébert’s success at the TimeZone Grand Prix. Keven himself sent in the following race report:

“The second annual Timezone Grand Prix was held 10-12 October at the beautiful Timezone Raceway in La Center, WA. With Scotty Ernest and the hard-working Timezone crew putting on the show, the race was bound to be first class.
Early on in practice, I felt that both my TC6 and 12R5.1 were on pace with the local fast guys and well-known drivers Donny Lia and Paul Lemieux. With practice scheduled all day Friday, great importance was placed on the three rounds of qualifying scheduled for Saturday. Saturday started perfectly for me as I set the TQ run in the first round of Open TC by 0.2 of a second over Paul Lemieux. Unfortunately, my time would later be beaten by Lemieux in the third round by only 0.2 of a second again – the battle between Paul and me was very close! Local Northwest driver Kody Knutson qualified third for Sunday’s main event.
The first round of 1:12 Modified did not go well but I was able to recover in the second round with the only 50-lap run in qualifying. This run would eventually hold up for TQ as in the third round, although the track was faster a few crashes by both me and Donny Lia would prevent any improvement, which meant I would start from the pole position.
Sunday was going to be difficult, with triple A finals for both classes. The first 1:12 Modified A final went very well for me. I started on pole and led the entire race with Donny Lia charging hard. A few crashes early on prevented him from challenging, so I kept calm to win. The second leg was a different story as I made a tyre change that didn’t improve my car. A good start by Donny and a bobble from me allowed him to take the lead! He maintained the lead until the last lap when he made a mistake which allowed me to cross the line first for the win and overall victory.
In the first Open TC main, Paul and I got away to a clean start and we stayed within ten feet apart until the four-minute mark when I made a few mistakes. As a result, I dropped about 1.5 seconds behind but maintained this until the finish, setting the fastest lap of the race. Another clean start in L2 allowed Paul and I to get away clean. Paul was able to extend his lead to a half straightaway and it remained this way until the end. This meant Paul won overall but I took L3 by a large margin and second overall.

Source: Associated