CPCS Stopwatch Racing Series Season 1 Overview

## The Season

Season 1 of the CPCS Stopwatch Racing Series spanned from October 31, 2022 to December 14, 2022 and spanned 35 races. The season opened on Halloween (10/31/22) in the Season 1 4 Minute 30 Second Opener, which was won by Raymond Williams. The second race of the season was also held that day and was won by series founder Nikolas Swift. The next day, November 1, 2022, had 4 races ran. The first race that was held that day was won by first time starter William Heisler. The second race held that day was won by another first time starter, Daniel Scott. Nikolas Swift picked up his second career win in the third race of the day. Roxie Lambert took home the win in the fourth and final race of the day in her first career start. Two days later on November 3, 2023, Nikolas Swift picked up his third career win in the first of the two races that day, with Lorraine Zaborsky-Mercado winning the second race of the day in her second start. Seven races were ran on November 4, with Adleigh Kingrey winning the first. Zachary Harper won the next two before Dylan Rohulich would pick up his first career win. Harper Nelson-Wooley claimed the next victory before Abigail Leveling rounded out the day with two straight wins. Nathan Skinner won the first of two events on November 7, with Noah Gass winning the second race of that day as well as the first of November 9. Leveling returned to victory lane in the second November 9 race before Gass returned to victory lane. Rebecca Weathersbee claimed a victory the next day, followed by Alexander Luc and Gass making trips to victory lane. Kayla Howard snatched a victory on November 14, followed by wins that day by Nathaniel Burns and Zaborsky-Mercado, who won her second race of the season. Swift would win the following two races, both held on November 21 before Dustin Shewbert broke through on November 22. Zaborsky-Mercado claimed two more straight wins on December 12 and in the playoff opener on the 13th before having her streak interrupted by Burns. Zaborksy-Mercado returned to victory lane again on December 13. Weathersbee would win the first race of December 14 before Swift wrapped up the season with a win. Gass was crowned champion despite his last win coming 12 races prior to the finale. Swift had been eliminated after the first round despite a dominant season where he held the points lead. The playoff finale came down to a battle between Gass and Williams, who hadn't won since the season opener. Williams would finish last in the finale, giving second place Gass the championship. After Swift's elimination in the first playoff race, Shewbert would be knocked out in race two of the playoffs. Race three would see Leveling get eliminated after finishing last, and Zaborksy-Mercado, who had a great season going, would also finish dead last in the fourth round, allowing third place Williams and fifth place Gass to advance. The final race, the 35th of the season, was the longest at five minutes, and would see all the former playoff contenders return to contest for one final win. Williams entered the race looking to finish the season the way he started it, and Gass trying to wrap up an underrated championship run. Swift, Shewbert, Zaborsky-Mercado, and Leveling all ran the finale alongside the contenders. Swift, in his first race since his unlikely first round elimination, would go on to win, with championship contender Gass finishing second and securing the title, as Williams would finish in last place. A total of 34 different people were entered in at least 1 race.

## Standings and Awards

Noah Gass was the winner of the first championship, while Lorraine Zaborsky-Mercado took rookie of the year honors, having a very consistent season.

In the final playoff standings, Noah Gass beat Raymond Williams, Lorraine Zaborsky-Mercado, Abigail Leveling, Dustin Shewbert, and Nikolas Swift to win the championship.

In the regular, non-playoff points, Nikolas Swift beat Noah Gass by 17 points. Gass beat Lorraine Zaborsky-Mercado by a slim 2 points, and Zaborsky-Mercado was ahead of Abigail Leveling by only 3 points. Leveling tied with Dustin Shewbert, who beat Raymond Williams by 4 points. Rebecca Weathersbee secured 7th in the standings, 9 points behind Williams, and beat 8th place Kayla Howard by a 9 point margin. Howard was tied with Nathaniel Burns, and they beat 10th place Harper Nelson-Wooley by just one point. Nelson-Wooley was ahead of 11th place Kayden Carroll by 1 point as well, and Carroll had a one point advantage over 12th place Zachary Harper. Harper gapped 13th place Daniel Scott by 11 points, and Scott outdid Alexander Luc by just one point. Fifteenth through eighteenth in points were tied, with Gabriel Nickell, Colin Taylor, Ryan Johnson, and Ashleigh Lucien tying. They beat 19th Adleigh Kingrey by one point. Lillian Mason rounded out the top 20 in points, and was tied with 21st place Isabella Hostetler. Esther Cooley and William Heisler were tied in 22nd and 23rd place respectively, gapping Roxie Lambert by 2 points. Twenty fifth through twenty eight were tied, with Dylan Rohulich, Harper Allen, Jackson Childs, and Nathan Skinner scoring the same amount of points. Brooklyn Barnes-Wathen and Paityn Dailey tied in 29th and 30th respectively, as did Uchenna Anderson-Okafor and Finneas Kantor in 31st and 32nd respectively. Kendall Cooper finished 33rd, and with just one point, Mia DeBevoise rounded out the the points in 34th.