Jeff Francis won the 2004 SCCA San Francisco Region Improved Touring “B” Championship, as he drove to 10 victories, 2 second place finishes and set new track records at Infineon Raceway and Thunderhill Raceway. A race weekend that typified Francis’ stellar season was the April 25th event at Thunderhill Raceway Park. Due to prior engagements, Francis had to skip the important Friday and Saturday practice and qualifying sessions and

didn’t even arrive at the track until the morning of Sunday’s race. Without any track time, Francis pulled his BMW 2002 racer onto the grid and took the green flag in dead last place. By turn four, Francis had already passed 5 cars, as his exceptionally handling BMW carved out a path to the front. Steadily Francis passed each competitor with braking maneuvers and high-speed cornering passes that kept spectators (and the Public Address announcer as well) on the edge of their seats. By the time the checkered flag fell, Francis had passed 21 cars on the track, including spirited battles for second place and then the lead. Francis was awarded “SCCA Driver of the Weekend” honors for his improbable last-to-first drive and also took the “ITB” points lead, a lead in which he would not relinquish the rest of the season.

Jeff would like to take this time to thank his valuable sponsors, including Sherwin Williams Automotive Paint, Selma AutoMall, Collision Parts Network, AASI Insurance & Central Valley Motorsports for all their support in helping achieve another SCCA Championship.