If the current Practiscore results become official, looks like the new national champ will be the same as the old champ: Ben Stoeger. https://practiscore.com/results/new/68687?q_division=2
Some observations from a guy who wasn't there:
Some observations from a guy who wasn't there:
- Looks like Stoeger threw an uncharacteristically high number of M's (6 - more than anyone else in the top 8, and more than all but 3 other top-16 shooters).
- Despite the M's, Stoeger racked up a lot of A's - far more than the 2nd and 3rd place shooters, both of whom shoot a lot of non-production-division stuff, and are perhaps not quite as "grooved" to minor-scoring shooting.
- The 2nd and 3rd place guys were 4 and .5 seconds, respectively, faster than Stoeger - but they were about the only ones. The rest of the top-16 were slower, and, of those, only Alex Gutt was really very close. (To be sure, 15 total seconds over 22 stages isn't huge, but it's material and probably reflective of real inherent speed differences.)
- Basically, Stoeger was better at collecting points than the guys coming from major-scoring backgrounds, and faster than the other minor-scoring-oriented guys. Not a shock.
- Of the top 8 finishers, I believe 6 were using Tanfoglios (Stock 2's mostly). Top 4 are Tanfo', then a couple of guys that I think were using Sig P320's, and then more Tanfo. I think the #9 guy was shooting CZ, IDK after that. Sevigny and Vogel - the guys who often haul Glocks to the high places on the leaderboards - weren't in the match.
- JJ Racaza is a heck of a shooter. He just won the Open nationals, then turned around and took 2nd in Production.
