2009 Chili Bowl Jr. A-Main Results

[hljudd]

Ok folks, here's the final wrap on the 2009 Chili Bowl Jr. Contrats to all the winners!

[Chris K]

GREAT race - lots of fun and thanks to all who organized and sponsored the race!

Scotty Earnst is the BEST!

AND, I pretty much feel like the Losi folks (WITHOUT any help from me!!!) pretty much served notice that theh L8ight model is the car to BEAT! AND, several of those cars in the A were cars just like mine - where the box was opened, the electronics and engine were installed and they went to the race track! This race roller concept is getting MUCH better - and pretty RACY!

I'm markin' this one on my calendar for next year!

[DSR90]

any video footage please please please please and thank u:D

[dozer9]

GREAT race - lots of fun and thanks to all who organized and sponsored the race!

Scotty Earnst is the BEST!

AND, I pretty much feel like the Losi folks (WITHOUT any help from me!!!) pretty much served notice that theh L8ight model is the car to BEAT! AND, several of those cars in the A were cars just like mine - where the box was opened, the electronics and engine were installed and they went to the race track! This race roller concept is getting MUCH better - and pretty RACY!

I'm markin' this one on my calendar for next year!


Chris,

Are we going to be able to see any of the pictures you were taking???

[JW8]

Congrats to Doug Gaut! Winning Latemodel at this event I know is very special to him....way to overcome a tuff early part of this event. I know he spent a ton of time getting ready for this race. Way to go! I know...I know I better get me a L8 now huh......lol

Jeff

[Rcer19]

Congrats to Doug Gaut, Way to go, bet it will take awhile to get that smile off your face, LOL

[Hconcepts]

guys i'm markin my calendar for next year! it allmost killed me having to watch thursday and not havin a car to drive :( :(!! I will be there next year!!!

i can't wait to race season starts !!!!!!

congrats to doug gaut !!!!

[Joey Hornick]

I took video of the LM A-Feature and will try to get it uploaded tomorrow. I agree that this event was fun to be a part of. Look forward to it next year, maybe we can get a day trimmed off of it so more racers are able to be a part of the full event.

Good job to Hoover/Butts for putting on the event, the Howard & Greg for providing the humor during tech, the track crew for providing a good track and Scottie for calling some great racers.

[fastforward]

I am primarly an on-road racer but I was very impressed with this event. The 8th scale cars were awsome to watch and I may have to give that a try myself.

Thanks to all that put up with my silly questions and took the time to explain.

Congratulations to Doug Gaunt.:checkeredflag:

Bob DeGood

[kipp]

congratulations to all the winners. nice run for allen webster.

[shaun]

congratulations to all the winners. that was the best racing i have seen.

[jhoover74]

Here is some local news footage of the race

http://www.newson6.com/Global/category.asp?C=121535&autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=3347322

[Chris K]

Chris,

Are we going to be able to see any of the pictures you were taking???

Yes you will! The way (at least the way I....) pictures need to be posted, it will take a bit but I'll have some up here for SURE!

AND, congratulations to all of the WINNERS - who were certainly the cream of the crop in each of their respective classes!

AND, a particular thanks to Doug Gaut, Lee Morrisey, Lars Johnson and ALL of the Losi crew for showing me WHICH two adjustments needed to be made to the out of the box L8ight Model! :) The patience of these guys is amazing and they sure helped this 'old guy' along! The Lars Johnson, Gary Kyes, Scott Butts and Scotty Ernst cars were out of the box production cars. I *think* Doug Gaut and Lee Morrisey's cars were the development cars that they've been running for quite some time as a part of the evolution of this car from 'good idea' to production reality!

As an interesting side note, I briefly spoke with Lloyd Smith's Dad after the race and he indicated that Lloyd had NOT driven inn any races since last year's Chili Bowl Jr. event! Someone needs to drag this feller to race track more often as he's talented and WHO knows where he could go with a bit more racing?

Another side note - you should pit near Jeff Harper (GREAT dry sense of humor and a VERY smart and interesting person to talk to!) and Steve McCluney (one of the funnier people I have ever raced with)(and who calls a MEAN Baja race!). Another nice young fellow I had the pleasure meeting was Alex Noah and his Dad - VERY nice people who are having fun with these cars and doing well also!

Pitting with Gary Kyes and the Losi bunch was a GREAT experience for me and it's always fun to renew acquaintences with folks you've know for a long time - like Gary who proved that they years have been VERY kind to has racing abilities and he could still wheel with the BEST! AND, speaking of wheel men - how 'bout Scotty Ernst's dirt oval DEBUT???? A Main first time out is AMAZING and certainly is a MAJOR accomplishment!

Thanks also go to Sonny Brown and the entire Spektrum crew for their support of this event!

OK, I'll quit rambling and go edit some pictures! :)

[Joey Hornick]

Here is a link to the video that I shot of the A-Feature 1/8 LM.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_k35XlQHiU

[loopedout]

well I haven't ran my 1/8 late model since then but I do race touring oval nastruck every weekend in the winter. Now if say losi sends me a new car I wouldn't object to running nscs and more big shows. LOL. I really enjoyed racing at thebowl with everyone and had a fantastic time. I will make my way Tulsa to run this summer if my old worn out Ofna will make it that long. :D
Lloyd

[Joey Hornick]

Llyod, you need to run some of the NSCS and Sooner Nitro Series races this year. There are some fun tracks that we will race at this year. The new track in Joplin is a blast and also Wild Bills down in Texas was fun last year.

NSCS Schedule:
http://www.dirtoval.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33780

Sooner Nitro Series:
http://68.97.176.96:8080/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1515&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=&sid=981f4afd1cee4c44322d9a77508fb658

[DSR90]

Sweet vid. Makes waiting to run that much harder lol

[IDRC]

Man,

Lee had it right up until the end, looks like he got alittle loose and Doug put the bumper to him.
That was Great!!!!

[JW8]

Was wild seeing Doug get into the fence early in the race and looked to be almost a lap down. Really had to charge hard to get back into that race. Thanks for posting that video....looked like a fun race. There seemed to be one main groove and you could see those that did not hit right as the drifted to the wall.....man that looked fun!

What did break on Lars' car?

Jeff

[Joey Hornick]

What did break on Lars' car?

Jeff

From what I understood, it was a front diff

[hitman1965]

Any chance we could get a basic equipment list for those in the A?

I know that Doug, Lee and Lars were running losi and i assume Dynamite power.

But what were the other guys in the A running. I really would like to know just Chassis, Body and motor.

Hitman

[Doug Gaut]

Hitman,

Doug Gaut : Losi L8ight/Losi Body/Dynamite Platinum .21
Allan Webster : Cen-Murfdogg/Ofna Body/Dynamite Platinum .21
Lee Morrison : Losi L8ight/Losi Body/Dynamite Platinum .21
Lloyd Smith : Ofna 9.5/A+ Body/??
Gary Kyes : Losi L8ight/Losi Body/Dynamite Platinum .21
Scott Butts : Losi L8ight/Losi Body/Dynamite Platinum .21
Scotty Ernst : Losi L8ight/Losi Body/Dynamite Platinum .21
Lars Johnson : Losi L8ight/Losi Body/Dynamite Platinum .21

[Holt Graphics]

First of all..thanks to Hoover and the gang for an awesome show. Bigger and better than last year. Seems like everything went really smooth, except perhaps when it comes to MY driving!!!! And thanks to everyone who stopped by our graphics booth. Met a lot of new friends.... just had a great time talking to everyone. You all had my vinyl machine SMOKING!!!! Thank you!

Glad everyone liked the shirts... sorry for the delay getting them there. Had a caboos-load of mechanical problems with my equipment. I still have some shirts left over if anyone needs them. And to those that ordered them on the last day, we'll ship them out ASAP!

Hope to have more things on my myspace page soon!!

Great to meet all of you!

Jason Holt
Holt Graphics
www.myspace.com/holtracinggraphics

[Doug Gaut]

Man,

Lee had it right up until the end, looks like he got alittle loose and Doug put the bumper to him.
That was Great!!!!

To say this is a hollow victory would be an understatement. My setup was a little off till Friday morning for the 4th round. Lars and I had a great race swapping the lead and positions on the track many times but never touched.

In the main the marshall in turn 1 was blocking my view which is why I didnt see the wreck and ran into Scotty on lap 4. Lee and I ran together all week long and he was always able to pull me a car length or so due to different gearing and setups. When we came out of turn 4 I expected him to pull away and when this did not happen I was too close to react and you can see the result of me trying to dive to the outside. It was all MY mistake! I would never take a racer out for a position let alone a teammate. I felt sick after the race and will never feel right about it.

Thanks to all for the support though. It was a fun week of racing for sure!!

[4wd#9Nick]

I had a great time. James Hoover you are the man!! Glad I made the trip. I would like to thank Sonny Brown for saving the day and loaning me a Spectrum Radio , when my radio broke in shipping. Bottom line is it was a fun experience and I met some new friends as well. See some of you at Allens this fall!! Congrats to all the winners.

Nick
Team Custom Works
&
"Racing Team Manager Taco Bueno"


* Brian Dunlop , nice to see your Bueno ride made channel 6 news

[air8]

It was an awesome time down there. I think that's the best race event I've been to so far. The people, the racers, the racing was all great. The mains got to be a bit rough at some times but that's racing. It happens. I absolutely can't wait for next year. I learned a ton about driving in the traffic and I hope to do better in the future.

Lee Morrison---HUGE THANK YOU for giving me the correct low speed carb needle. Lee pulled out a needle he had machined himself to get the engines lean enough on the low end to run right. And another huge THANK YOU to Gary Kyes for hooking up the racers with new tuning springs for the 8ights. That was above and beyond for him and Team Losi to get us drivers set up.

All the guys with the Losi crew are just a great group of racers. Easy to talk to. Open with suggestions. Willing to put their hands on your car to tune it. Just awesome. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Congrats Mr. Gaut. You worked hard during that race to get back to the front. I've seen many people pull their cars off the track because of bad luck. But to see you dig down deep and pull through says great things about you as a person. On a weekly basis I see top drivers throw fits and walk off the drivers' stand for less than what happened to you. I'm glad I was there to witness it. Great job buddy.

And the biggest thanks goes to Scotty Ernst and James Hoover. The whole event was bad A**. Like I said, I think this was the best RC event I've ever been to. Two thumbs up in my opinion.

Thanx
Chris Pearce

[plipitkc]

Agreed the LOSI team was great to work with. THey even helped those of us, who weren't driving the LOSI cars.

Gary, it was good to meet you and Lee thanks for helping me with the engine and MUGEN setup. Your suggestions hepled a lot.

Congrats to my friend Doug Gaut, you ran a helluva race. All in all a great week, now we have to back to work.

I hope to see a lot of you at Hutch in 2 weeks.

Phil

[IDRC]

To say this is a hollow victory would be an understatement. My setup was a little off till Friday morning for the 4th round. Lars and I had a great race swapping the lead and positions on the track many times but never touched.

In the main the marshall in turn 1 was blocking my view which is why I didnt see the wreck and ran into Scotty on lap 4. Lee and I ran together all week long and he was always able to pull me a car length or so due to different gearing and setups. When we came out of turn 4 I expected him to pull away and when this did not happen I was too close to react and you can see the result of me trying to dive to the outside. It was all MY mistake! I would never take a racer out for a position let alone a teammate. I felt sick after the race and will never feel right about it.

Thanks to all for the support though. It was a fun week of racing for sure!!

Doug, everyone knows you are a stand up guy and a clean driver, you did an amazing job to come back for the win! That was Lee's race to win or lose, he did an awesome job but got hit close to the end, you were right there and he was off line and got loose, you didn't.
You should feel great about your win, I'm sure Lee is cool with it.

Congrates to both of you for being great sportsman on and off the track!!:thumbsup:

[hitman1965]

Congrats Doug,

I see it this way, Racing involves alot of things but from the video I saw you had no time to react and so no foul. Great win and a great race. Wish I could have been there.

All I can say about the equipment in the A is WOW. That is crazy.

Couple more questions. Where does Lars race normally? I have never seen his name before, just wondering where he runs.


Hitman

[air8]

Lars is from Colorado. His normal fortay is 8th scale off-road. He also travels racing the 1/10 electric off-road truck and buggy. He came to Hutchinson, Ks back in November and tore it up on the indoor off-road track. He is crazy fast with what ever he drives. Funny guy too. And more than willing to dish out info in an honest--non biased--way. He just tells it like it is.

http://losi.com/RaceCenter/TeamBios.aspx

[Mr.Wolfman]

Thanks to all that got the track back to super smooth and really fast.
This was my first trip to the Chili Bowl and it definitely will not be my last.

Thanks to Arnie and the CW crew for all the fun and guidance. My Outlaw saw its first track time at this race and is very good right out of the box.

Great seeing Doug G. really get his L8 smok"in around the track>>>>great win buddy.
Watching Lars, Lee, Doug and Jeff work traffic and each other was killer. That Losi car is Bad fast.

Hope everyone made a safe trip home, and see ya next year, if you don't race the IL series.

special thanks to Doug Canham and Tommy Dale for getting me to make this race and having a great time while we were there. Keep the racing FUN


Wolfman

[Doug Gaut]

Congrats Doug,

I see it this way, Racing involves alot of things but from the video I saw you had no time to react and so no foul. Great win and a great race. Wish I could have been there.

All I can say about the equipment in the A is WOW. That is crazy.

Couple more questions. Where does Lars race normally? I have never seen his name before, just wondering where he runs.


Hitman

Thank Hitman but I still wish it had not happened.

Lars is a Team Losi 1/10 & 1/8 "offroad" driver from Colorado. He has never driven dirt oval before and got his L8ight the Saturday before the event. He barely had time to put the electronics and engine in the car before he left for Tulsa. Over the week he did change the ride height as well as a right front spring and a stiffer front swaybar but thats it which speaks tons for the out-of-the-box setup let alone his natural talent.

[loopedout]

Hitman,

Doug Gaut : Losi L8ight/Losi Body/Dynamite Platinum .21
Allan Webster : Cen-Murfdogg/Ofna Body/Dynamite Platinum .21
Lee Morrison : Losi L8ight/Losi Body/Dynamite Platinum .21
Lloyd Smith : Ofna 9.5/A+ Body/??
Gary Kyes : Losi L8ight/Losi Body/Dynamite Platinum .21
Scott Butts : Losi L8ight/Losi Body/Dynamite Platinum .21
Scotty Ernst : Losi L8ight/Losi Body/Dynamite Platinum .21
Lars Johnson : Losi L8ight/Losi Body/Dynamite Platinum .21

I was running an Axial 28rr built by RB Mods

[JW8]

From the looks of it the Dynamite .21 looks to work pretty well in the LM class. How about what engines were ran in the .12 Sprinters?

Thanks

Jeff

[Doug Gaut]

I would like to thank the following people:

Team Losi. Gary Kyes (RC Legend), Brent Redlin, Lars Johnson, Lee Morrison, Sonny Brown and Jeff Harper. To get to work with such a talented and cooperative group of guys is an honor. To see how many people came by the pits to get anything from setup help to engine tuning advice to just talk with these guys was impressive.

To Chad Butler, Cary Pence, Frank Godel, Mike Garrett, Mike Calvert and Steve McLooney for keeping the pits light hearted and humorous except there is one picture etched into my mind that I could have lived a lifetime and not needed to see. LMAO!!

To Chris Kovachevich for keeping me on my toes and yes you can borrow my scissors anytime. LOL It was nice to see you having a good time on "SPEC" tires!!

To Doug Canham (Canham Graphics) for the fantastic engine decals. They really finished the realism on my Harper sprint.

To Wolfman for his great spirit and great sense of humor. If you ever get the opportunity to pit with this guy do it, he only makes the races that much better.

To James Hoover, Greg Bruner, Howard Judd, Mike Bullock, Scott and Kristina Butts, Rodger Moore, etc for the insight, organization, track prep and unending hours it took to put an event of this size on. GREAT JOB!!!

To Scotty Ernst, no doubt the best r/c announcer and program operator of all time. We are lucky that SPEED has not hired him by now. Scotty is also a great wheel. To see him drive an 1/8 late model for the first time ever and put it into the A main was sweet.

To Jeff Harper for the room and board this past week, setup help on the sprint when I could not find a balance, faith and never ending friendship. You are a CLASS act my friend!!

Great job to my fellow Kansans on their performances. Many of them just started this past year or two but showed they are learning quickly and I look forward to racing with them more this coming year.

Congrats to Frank Deiny on his nitro sprint win. Not sure how much rubber tire experience he has but this just shows the talent and depth of the Custom Works team. The new Outlaw works great too.

Matt "Showtime" Murphy, way to put on a slide clinic. You should have seen the spectators! They probably enjoyed that show more than the racing itself.

Quick note, somebody that really surprised me was Nick Antonovich. He has not raced in the past year but compared to his first attempt on rubber tires last year, this year was a night and day difference. He looked good on the track and just missed the bump into the A main. Good job Nick!

I hope this event happens again next year. It is quickly becoming the US Open Wheel equivilent for rubber tire racing.

[hitman1965]

Doug, I understand where you are coming from. Heck at our local track there are only 6-8 of us on a bi-monthly basis and here is what happened one weekend. One day during qualifying Donnie Victor aka Shotgun was coming up on me fast coming down the back stretch. I felt really bad when I collected him. I called high and lost control of my car when i did. It ruined his run. I felt really bad about it but we both joke about it now. Its racing and sometimes we cant avoid the unavoidable!

I do understand though. It always sucks to take out a friend and teammate but it happens.

Hitman


Doug,

Someday I hope to be able to race with all of you. I had heard that Donnie was trying to promote an 1/8 scale LM series this coming summer.... I heard rumor he was trying to do like a 5-6 race series. Would be fun to see all the active guys on here.

I would love to meet you, Brad, Lee, Smitty, Stetler, McNutt, Clayton, Sonny and the rest of the great mid west racers.


Maybe someday we can do a big get together at maybe Brads place its kind of in the middle of all the racing. For you guys, the guys at Cherryville, and the folks from Florida.
Wouldnt it be something to get 100 late models together for a shot out?????

Hitman

[Brindon Hejny]

I'd like to thank everyone that was involved in putting such a great event together.

Doug Gaut, Thanks for loaning me a clutch and all the help that you have given me over the last year or so. Congrats on the late model win. Looking forward to traveling to many more out of state races with you.

Nick Rank, What a class act you probably cost your self a shot at the main when you let me back by because my car was tight and I backed into you. It was awesome racing with you.

Chris Pearce and Rick Bell, Thanks for letting me ride down with you guys on only a couple days notice. Chris thanks for having the hotel reservations taken care of.

[Sonny B]

Man I love this race. So much fun R/C racing during the day and then heading over to the big track at night.

On behalf of everyone at Spektrum I would like to thank all the racers for supporting the Chili Bowl JR. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

I want to give BIG thank you to James Hoover and all his hard working volunteers for their efforts in putting this race together. The Chili Bowl JR is quickly becoming one of the premier events on the dirt oval calendar. Having Scotty announce this year was a great addition. He is the best on the mic and keeps the program running super smooth. He also proved that he is a pretty good Late Model wheel as well. Congrats on your A-main run.

To Greg & Howard in tech , and to Scott, Roger and all the track prep guys thank you for all your hard work. Dirt tracks are rarely perfect, especially temporary ones, but I thought over the 4 days you did an awesome job figuring out what worked to make it the best surface for everyone.

Congrats to Nathan and Frank on the sprint wins and Arnie on the TQ’s. It was nice of you to move over and let your team guys grab the glory. BTW: I still have that crisis hot-line number if you need it…LOL Also thanks for the tech support all weekend. For the record No Bueno!!

Dunlap, Showtime, and Allan great hanging out with you guys this weekend. Allen congrats on the very strong runs in sprint and late model A‘s.

To the “Three Stooges” that I pit with LARRY Canham, Rob MOEvaney, and CURLY Dale thanks the hours of pit humor and congrats on the A-main runs. Let us know when the Tulsa Gone Wild episode will air on Channel 15.

Sorry guys I have to brag on my teammates . They are simply the best, and I’m not talking about what they do on the track. They are winners off the track and are always willing to help anyone. Doug, Gary, Lee, Jeff, Scotty, Brent, and Lars thanks for all of your efforts. I’m very lucky to get to work with such great people and talented racers .

Doug BIG congrats on the Late Model victory and the third place run in nitro sprint. It was nice to see “The Wizard” rewarded for all the hard work that he puts in. :trophy:

Chris K thanks for racing with us. I though you did pretty well for a rookie. Look forward to seeing the coverage in R/C Driver soon.

It’s been a long week and I’m tired but I can’t wait to do it all over again next year. :checkeredflag:

See you soon.

Sonny B

[jhoover74]

Thanks everybody for all the kind words. First of all thanks to Spektrum (http://www.spektrumrc.com/) for stepping up and being the title sponsor of the race. Action Hobbies, for sponsoring the L8 Models, Custom Works (http://customworksrc.com) for sponsoring the Sprint Car Classes, The RC Pitstop for not lonly sponsoring the Electric Truck Class but also for providing the majority of the track equipment used to prepare the track. Enlyten (http://enlyten.com/jhoover) for sponsoring the Nitro EDM Class.

To our companies that handed out door prizes, Spektrum, (http://spectrumrc.com)RB Mods (http://rbmods.net), Team GFRP (http://www.teamgfrp.com/), Onstat Computers (http://www.onstatcomputers.com/), O' Reilly Automotive, Putnam Propulsion (http://www.putnampropulsion.com/), Hobby Town of Tulsa (http://www.hobbytown.com/oktul/), and Ohio Hobby Plus (http://www.ohiohobbyplus.com/).


Hey guys how about that Mike Bullock, Monday morning he climbed on top of that tractor and didnt quit until he had the track built 8 hours later. Mike always does a superb job in getting the track prepared for us to race on.

Thank you Big Bill for your support in helping get the track back to good racing conditions on Thursday.

To Scott and Roger for keeping the prepared everyday, Howard and Greg for the humor over in the tech area.

To Scotty Ernst for keeping the race program going, and you could really see the crowds get in to the racing with his announcing. I think on Friday it looked like over a thousand spectators in their watching, Scotty had all ovf them into the race.

To Holt Graphics for providing some excellent top notch shirts, and great graphics for our cars. If you need a graphics package dont hesitate to call Jason Holt (918)357-1061
During the week I would be waling throu the pits and see the Losi pit area, and the Custom Works Pit area, helping the other competitors with their cars, even if the cars werent manufactured by the company that they represent.


Especially thank you to all lthe racers that came, if if werent for you all this race wouldnt even be possible.

Hopefully everybody can make it back next year to a bigger and better show.

[Allan Webster]

Hoover, thanks again for putting on a great event.

Sonny, Doug, Kippy, Scotty, etc.

Thanks so much for the kind words. Was great to meet some of you for the first time and also to see many of you again. Doug was great racing with you and everyone else. Was great to have everything come together and start working. Really wish I could have done a 4.999, guess have to settle for a 5.008.

Also got the sprint working however there is more potential there too.

We definitely had no idea what to expect as Matt and I run hardpack with foams. Figured would be a good time and something else to do during the day as my girlfriend would be next door racing.

Looking to make a couple of more races this year if possible and hopefully repeat our trip for next year.

Hopefully see you guys soon.

[Hconcepts]

i would like to thank everyone for rubbing it in!! ;) and a specical thanks to Dr. Phil for telling me i could drive his car, then not letting me :p.. all of yall guys did a great job!!! :trophy:

but watch out i'm racing in it next year!!!! :D

[JGray]

Thanks to James Hoover and his crew for a great week of racing. Scotty Ernst is the man, always kept the show on schedule and entertaining.
A special thanks to all of the LOSI crew for all your help and answering alot of questions.
I am definitly looking forward to next year and seeing everyone again.

[Holt Graphics]

Thanks everybody for all the kind words. First of all thanks to Spektrum (http://www.spektrumrc.com/) for stepping up and being the title sponsor of the race. Action Hobbies, for sponsoring the L8 Models, Custom Works (http://customworksrc.com) for sponsoring the Sprint Car Classes, The RC Pitstop for not lonly sponsoring the Electric Truck Class but also for providing the majority of the track equipment used to prepare the track. Enlyten (http://enlyten.com/jhoover) for sponsoring the Nitro EDM Class.

To our companies that handed out door prizes, Spektrum, (http://spectrumrc.com)RB Mods (http://rbmods.net), Team GFRP (http://www.teamgfrp.com/), Onstat Computers (http://www.onstatcomputers.com/), O' Reilly Automotive, Putnam Propulsion (http://www.putnampropulsion.com/), Hobby Town of Tulsa (http://www.hobbytown.com/oktul/), and Ohio Hobby Plus (http://www.ohiohobbyplus.com/).


Hey guys how about that Mike Bullock, Monday morning he climbed on top of that tractor and didnt quit until he had the track built 8 hours later. Mike always does a superb job in getting the track prepared for us to race on.

Thank you Big Bill for your support in helping get the track back to good racing conditions on Thursday.

To Scott and Roger for keeping the prepared everyday, Howard and Greg for the humor over in the tech area.

To Scotty Ernst for keeping the race program going, and you could really see the crowds get in to the racing with his announcing. I think on Friday it looked like over a thousand spectators in their watching, Scotty had all ovf them into the race.

During the week I would be waling throu the pits and see the Losi pit area, and the Custom Works Pit area, helping the other competitors with their cars, even if the cars werent manufactured by the company that they represent.


Especially thank you to all lthe racers that came, if if werent for you all this race wouldnt even be possible.

Hopefully everybody can make it back next year to a bigger and better show.


eh....ehem.......

[Mr.Wolfman]

Looks like someone could get there name miss spelled on there next vinyl order....LOL

Holt, you had some nice stuff thanks for the support of the BUENO team and team PEPTO.
got to love a good race.

Wolfman

[plipitkc]

Should have let you drive it. Considering the way she treated me...LOL

Phil

[dozer9]

I had a great time racing. Glad things worked out for me so that I could. Thanks to all that put this show on. This race should be marked on everyones calander each year. I was also glad to see Brad Dyer pull that Harper Chassis off the shelf and run it. Sorry that my brother and I had to put a stop to your run through the alphabet. LOL Hope to see you running that car at some more races this year.

Raymond

[Doug Gaut]

Where is Chris with all the pictures??? His on track photos are awesome.

[Chris K]

I'm here!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Actually, I'm in Wichita on business!

OK, duely noted - I'll get started editing in the next couple of days!!!!!!!!! The 'lazy old man' took over but I'll run him off and get Chris editing! :)

For those who don't know - I love to take pictures and my motivation to take GOOD pictures comes from loathing editing pictures!!!!!!! BUT, indoor pictures ALWAYS have to be edited!

Soooooo, I'll try to have some up in a few days!

[Lars Johnson]

Hey guys, i had an absolute blast at the race last week, looking forward to next year!

Congrats to all the winners, but 'specially Doug, I'm glad you were able to come back from that wreck at the start... Watching that video, i have No idea how i made it thru that, but i'm glad you stuck it out and made it back on top.

I hope to see everyone again soon at another race!

[racerjmh]

So what happened to your car in the "A"?

[Holt Graphics]

Ahh...just messin with Hoover......

Good to meet you all. The Bueno/Pepto team decal thing was hilarious!!! Seems like everyone had a good time.... already looking forward to next year!!!!!


Looks like someone could get there name miss spelled on there next vinyl order....LOL

Holt, you had some nice stuff thanks for the support of the BUENO team and team PEPTO.
got to love a good race.

Wolfman

[hljudd]

I was glad to see everyone trying to keep things light hearted and not way over serious. Sure made for a fun 3 days of racing and hanging out with friends. I've already put in my vacation request at work for next year's event.

[Hconcepts]

Here is a video my dad shot thursday afternoon on the last heat of the day with the 1/8 late models!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyYyCau3kX0&feature=channel_page

[Doug Gaut]

So what happened to your car in the "A"?


He had a set screw come loose in the center front cvd. No parts failure, just something that did not stay tight.:(

[Doug Gaut]

Here is a video my dad shot thursday afternoon on the last heat of the day with the 1/8 late models!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyYyCau3kX0&feature=channel_page


That was before serveral of us tried wd40. ;)

[Hconcepts]

sooo thats the speed secret !!! :D

[Allan Webster]

Watched the 8th main, curious. Who is the silver/blue car that runs it up into the leader at 3.07 mark of the video?

[Joey Hornick]

Watched the 8th main, curious. Who is the silver/blue car that runs it up into the leader at 3.07 mark of the video?

I believe there was only one silver/blue car and that is Lloyd Smith.

[Allan Webster]

Thanks

[loopedout]

Yeah at 3:07 I got really close to Lee,lI put the nose of car in his rear fenders lol, but you can see I hit the brakes and almost got caused my car to get out of the groove doing so. Lee's car did not faulter a bit from that incident. I really try to drive clean and be mindful of what is going on that is what got me to where I was at the bowl.

[RichardsonRacng]

You did fine. I'm sure his heart skipped a beat, but you did nothing that caused him to lose any ground or let Doug catch him. It was a different incident that caused that.

[Allan Webster]

Yeah, but the blue car, that was right behind Lee got spun (was in 2nd place being patient).

[air8]

I gotta throw out another Huge thanx to Mr. Lars Johnson for all the 10th scale tires he kept piling into my pit box. That was awesome. Even if they were a year or two old, they're in great shape. I just gotta order like 50 sets of wheels now.

thanx man
chris

[loopedout]

Just have to learn patience my friend. Congratulations on your finish Allen:checkeredflag:

[Allan Webster]

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[RichardsonRacng]

Yeah, but the blue car, that was right behind Lee got spun (was in 2nd place being patient).

Are you talking about the blue car that spun out by himself right behind the silver/blue car at the 3:09 mark?

Looks like the blue car either hit him and spun or checked up and spun, hard to tell in the vid. But the silver car was in front of him???