2002 Parma Challenge Cup
Radisson Hotel Middleburg Heights, OH June 7-9, 2002
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As the Junior Group 10 race ended, there were several ties. This was the margin between making the podium and not - between 3rd & 4th place! |
5th and 6th places were even closer! Much of the racing was this close all weekend! |
Time for us 40+ "Geezers" to race! The qualifying heats began at 7:30 AM Sat morning! Yikes! Steve Keopp filled in where needed to assure equal number of cars in each heat. Paul Meiers of Slot Car Bulletin grabbed my camera to shoot the pictures with me in them while I raced. |
Another of the 4 qualifying heats for the 40+ racers in the Group 10 event. |
The racing was EXTREMELY close, with 3 closely matched cars per lane, rotated like clockwork every heat. Making the main event would be decided by track positions! |
After my early morning heat race, I was able to attend the Track Owners Seminar given by Marketing Consultant and slot racer Joseph Rosales. |
Joe's seminar, titled: "A Successful Raceway... What's It Going To Take?" presented a lot of informative ideas and discussion for track owners. The seminar will be made available on tape soon from Parma. |
Paul Meiers may not have won an award for the best table display - but the free copies of the latest Slot Car Bulletin magazine were sure a hit! |
Steve Ogilvie checks out the new Scalextric Sport track displayed by Alan Smith of Scalextric USA. |
3 time Gp 7 National and 3 time Gp 7 World Champion Paul Pfeiffer displayed an assortment of his line of Alpha Slot Car Products. |
Peter Adamo and Don Basso of USA Raceway Distributors were on hand from Danbury CT to meet track owners and racers. USA Raceways Dist. was formerly AJ Gonsalves Distributing. |
Jerry Kulich of JK Products gives me the thumbs up, while showing off a variety of JK cars and parts. |
Parma displayed their line of Faskolor paints. |
A couple of the nice painted bodies on the Parma table, painted with Faskolor paints and Parma masks. |
Parma Sales Mgr. Joe Latona and C.O.O. Mike MacDowell manned the Parma table. |
Mark and Floyd from Eagle Distributing in Enid OK met with track owners. |
David Liebenthal of Proformance Racing had his catalogs of slot car products and services available. |
Steve Ogilvie's new modular track system consists of straights, and curves in 180, 90, and 45 degrees to allow you to design and build your own routed home raceway. The sections fit together with tongue and groove construction. |
Bob Haines of REH Distributing displayed a sampling of his various slot car product lines. |
Alan Smith of Scalextric USA set up a new Scalextric Sport track, and displayed a variety of 1/32 scale cars. |
2002 Parma Challenge Cup Race Results
