1987 7-Up 100 (SWS)
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| 1987 7-Up 100 | ||||||||
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| Sonoma | ||||||||
| April 25, 1987 | ||||||||
| Fin | Driver | |||||||
| 1 | Roman Calczynski (RES) | |||||||
| 2 | Jon Paques (RES) | |||||||
| 3 | Jimmy Insolo (RES) | |||||||
| 4 | Ron Esau (RES) | |||||||
| 5 | Bill Schmitt (RES) | |||||||
| 7 | Duke Hoenshell (RES) | |||||||
The 1987 7-Up 100 was a Southwest Tour event held at Infineon Raceway on April 25, 1987. Roman Calczynski pulled through to win his first race of the season, the second of his Southwest Series career. Jon Paques finished in the second position, one second behind Calczynski at the end of the 37 lap race. Jim Insolo, Ron Esau and Bill Schmitt rounded out the top five while Duke Hoenschell who finished seventh was the top rookie finisher. Mike Chase left the event with a two point lead over Calczynski in the standings.
[edit] Race Review
The earlier co-feature produced another one-second thriller with Roman Calczynski of Sepulveda, driving a Chevrolet Camaro, to victory over rookie Jon Paques of Albuquerque, N.M., who also drove a Camaro.
The Sepulveda driver took the lead on the 24th of 37 laps and was pulling away from the Grand American stock car field when the third caution of the afternoon created a final-lap sprint to the finish.
Calczynski outbraked rookie Jon Paques of Albuquerque, N.M., into the final turn of the 1.7-mile road course to preserve the victory.