Find award and championship descriptions and historical results from OPDA Okanagan Autocross events here. Sorry but results from 2017 and prior are not currently available.
Legend
| Award/Championship | Description |
|---|---|
| Overall (Combined) | Inaugurated in 2022, the Overall Championship awards the top points getters in a combined ranking. Top Guns and Hot Shots from both Kelowna and Vernon events are combined into a single ranking with the top three receiving awards.* All drivers are eligible for the Overall Championship. |
| Hot Shot | Established in 2019, the Hot Shot Championship is awarded to the top three competitors based on total points accumulated.* Separate championships are held at the Kelowna and Vernon venues. Winning a season’s Hot Shot Championship at either venue permanently elevates the first place winner to the Top Gun group starting with the next season. Top Guns are excluded from participating in the Hot Shot Championship. |
| Top Gun | Established in 2019, the Top Gun Championship is awarded to the top three Top Gun competitors based on total points accumulated.* Separate championships occur at the Kelowna and Vernon venues. To be eligible to compete in the Top Gun Championship, you must have placed first in a previous Hot Shot Championship, although some exceptions have been granted in the past. |
| Eliminator | The Eliminator champion is the competitor placing first at the annual OPDA Okanagan Autocross Vernon Eliminator competition held over two days on a September weekend. Competitors spend three half-days qualifying for the Sunday afternoon elimination competition where a single winner is determined in head-to-head competition. |
| Rookie of the Year | Inaugurated in 2021, the Rookie of the Year trophy is awarded to the novice demonstrating exceptional competitive skills along with a strong volunteer spirit and good character. |
| Most Cones | Most Cones is awarded based on the greatest number of cone penalties applied to a competitor during the course of a season. Although awarded tongue-in-cheek, recipients of the award have historically been among the best competitors in the club. |
| * | A competitor’s total championship points are taken from the driver’s top results to a maximum of 70-75% of events scheduled. Thus if there are 14 events in a championship season and a competitor attends all 14, only the top 10 results will be used to calculate their championship standing. Note that the number of events included in the season championship can change throughout the season based on event cancellations or additions. |
Okanagan Autocross Championship Results
| Year | Overall (Combined) | Top Gun (Kelowna) | Top Gun (Vernon) | Hot Shot (Kelowna) | Hot Shot (Vernon) | Eliminator | Rookie of the Year | Most Cones |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1st Nick Gunner 2nd Steve Gunner 3rd Amanda Schuffels | 1st Kurt Breton 2nd Matt Phillips 3rd Nick Gunner | 1st Nick Gunner 2nd Richard Matte 3rd Shawn Christianson | 1st Caleb Loewen 2nd Amanda Schuffels 3rd Remi Ouellet | 1st Amanda Schuffels 2nd Ed Christianson 3rd Owen Wright | Matt Phillips | Euan Henderson | Wayne Terai |
| 2023 | 1st Rob Hamilton 2nd Kurt Breton 3rd Nick Gunner | 1st Rob Hamilton 2nd Nick Gunner 3rd Doug Floer | 1st Rob Hamilton 2nd Doug Floer 3rd Nick Gunner | 1st Kurt Breton 2nd Caleb Loewen 3rd Ian Jones | 1st Kurt Breton 2nd Peter Pistner 3rd Paul Chou | Rob Hamilton | Owen Wright | Wayne Terai |
| 2022 | 1st Nick Gunner 2nd Doug Floer 3rd Ethan Delichte | 1st Rob Hamilton 2nd Richard Matte 3rd Nick Gunner | 1st Doug Floer 2nd Nick Gunner 3rd Matt Phillips | 1st Steve Wensley 2nd Ethan Delichte 3rd Ian Jones | 1st Ethan Delichte 2nd Kym Miller 3rd Steve Wensley | Jordan Valgardson | Ben Hamilton | Matt Phillips |
| 2021 | 1st Richard Matte 2nd Wayne Terai 3rd Nick Gunner | 1st Richard Matte 2nd Wayne Terai 3rd Matt Schmidt | 1st Doug Floer 2nd Matt Phillips 3rd Steve Wensley | 1st Matt Phillips 2nd Doug Floer 3rd Ben Wegner | Jordan Valgardson | Steve Knapp | Matt Phillips | |
| 2020 | 1st Matt Schmidt 2nd Rob Hamilton 3rd Wayne Terai | 1st Wil Dwyer 2nd Shawn Christianson 3rd Wade Schmidt | 1st Nick Gunner 2nd Steve Gunner 3rd Angela Corfe | 1st Steve Gunner 2nd Nick Gunner 3rd Terry Dunn | Wayne Terai | Wayne Terai | ||
| 2019 | 1st Rob Hamilton 2nd Shawn Christianson 3rd Will Dwyer | 1st Shawn Christianson 2nd Wade Schmidt | 1st Wade Pollok 2nd Angela Corfe 3rd Steve Gunner | 1st Wade Pollok 2nd Terry Dunn 3rd Ben Wegner | Steve Wolter | |||
| 2018 (pre-Hotshot) | 1st Brian Hemming 2nd Matt Schmidt 3rd Will Dwyer | 1st Matt Schmidt 2nd Brian Hemming 3rd Wade Schmidt | 1st Rob Hamilton 2nd Steve Gunner 3rd Devon Nakatsu | 1st Terry Dunn 2nd James Chevrette 3rd Ben Wegner |
Topgun List
The Topgun and Hotshot programs began in the 2019 season. While much of the historical championship record for Okanagan Autocross was lost in 2019, the OPDA does have a record of drivers that have competed as a Topgun either by winning a season’s Hotshot Championship or by virtue of their historical competitive record at the time of establishment of the Topgun/Hotshot program.
| Topgun | Year | Hotshot Championship |
|---|---|---|
| Amanda Schuffels | 2024 | Vernon |
| Caleb Loewen | 2024 | Kelowna |
| Kurt Breton | 2023 | Kelowna and Vernon |
| Ethan Delichte | 2022 | Vernon |
| Steve Wensley | 2022 | Kelowna |
| Doug Floer | 2021 | Kelowna |
| Matt Phillips | 2021 | Vernon |
| Nick Gunner | 2020 | Kelowna |
| Steve Gunner | 2020 | Vernon |
| Wade Pollok | 2019 | Kelowna and Vernon |
| Shawn Christianson Will Dwyer Rob Hamilton Brian Hemming Richard Matte Aaron Schmidt Matt Schmidt Wade Schmidt Wayne Terai Jordan Valgardson Chris Willems Steve Wolter | Based on historical record |