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1999 1/32 Scale Proxy Race

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Qualifying:

#29	Russell Sheldon	Cartoon Channel Monte Carlo	5.49
#21	Eugene Harrington	Monte Carlo	6.12
#90	Chris Briggs	Grant Piston Rings Lead Sled Monte Carlo	6.54
#9	Larry Shephard	Spam Thunderbird	6.57
#14	Robert Cline, Jr.	Pontiac	6.59
#3	TBA	Goodwrench Monte Carlo*	6.60
#2	Rich Kaczynski	Miller Genuine Draft Pontiac	6.82
#18	Rich Kaczynski	Interstate Batteries Lumina	6.95
#10	Richard Kukol	Purolator Lumina	7.05
#94	Ray Snyder	McDonald's Thunderbird	7.38
#6	Joe Ginelli	Valvoline Thunderbird	7.44
#24	Larry Shephard	DuPont Belt-drive Monte Carlo*	7.57

10 cars competed, with #3 and #24 dropping out because they were not official proxy race entries.

The cars were run in two mains, each consisting of 10 two minute heats, run in a round-robin, with each car racing on each of the 4 lanes once per main. Drivers were assigned to one lane, driving each car once. There were two mains, with 4 different drivers in each main.

Here's how they finished:

Pl	#	Car Owner	Car	Heat 1	Heat 2	Total
1	#29	Russell Sheldon	Cartoon Channel Monte Carlo	73	74	147
2	#21	Eugene Harrington	Monte Carlo	69	71	140
3	#10	Richard Kukol	Purolator Lumina	65	68	133
4	#14	Robert Kline, Jr.	Pontiac	63	66	129
5	#2	Rich Kaczynski	Miller Genuine Draft Pontiac	61	62	123+
6	#9	Larry Shephard	Spam Thunderbird	61	62	123
7	#94	Ray Snyder	McDonald's Thunderbird	59	61	120
8	#90	Chris Briggs	Grant Piston Rings Monte Carlo	59	60	119
9	#18	Rich Kaczynski	Interstate Batteries Lumina	59	57	116
10	#6	Joe Ginelli	Valvoline Thunderbird	59	54	113

Heat 1 Drivers: Craig Rieland (red), Paul Kassens (wht), Matt Zenovitch (bl), and Walt Mayne (ylw).

Heat 2 Drivers: Kris Kassens (red), Brian Boyd (wht), Bob Ward (bl), and Scott Smith (ylw).

The "Race After The Race" was canceled due to the lateness of the hour. The day's events took longer than expected to run, but by the end we had developed an efficient routine for running this type of event.

All the cars survived in good condition, thanks to the skill of the official proxy race drivers and some new rubber padding added to the track's walls just in time for this event. There were plenty of hits into the walls but no major collisions, and no trips onto the floor.

Watch for full coverage in the Old Weird Herald, focusing on photos and technical details of all the cars. We should have photos up on the web site within a day or so, and more information shortly after.

Special thanks to Scott Smith, who not only served as an official driver but also brought his digital camera and took all the photos. He also won the Daytona West 500 on his first attempt, earlier in the day, coming back from 6 laps down at the halfway point to beat Craig Rieland by only 1 lap in the 500-lap A main.

Thanks also to my wife, Pat, my daughter, Dana, and her friend, Tina, for putting on a memorable spaghetti feed for all the participants.

Bob Ward

NASCAR RACE PHOTOS - Photos by Scott Smith

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Can-Am

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The Can Am portion of the proxy race was run Saturday evening, Feb. 27. We had 8 official entries, and here's how they qualified: - 3/1/99

#7	Russell Sheldon	Gulf Mirage	5.40
#8	Chris Briggs	Ferrari 612 CanAm	5.86
#6	Larry Shephard	L&M Porsche 917-10K	5.99
#31	Scott Grandstaff	Ferrari 512M	6.04
#59	Richard Kukol	Porsche 917-10K	6.10
#2	Eugene Smithson	Ford J-Car	6.33
#3	Alan Schwartz	Martini Porsche 917-10K	6.53
#20	Micheal "Chewy" Posey	Gulf Porsche 917-10K	6.84

Additional "race after the race" entries included : - 3/1/99

#48	Bob Ward	Gulf McLaren M8D	5.65
#8	TBA	Gulf Mirage	5.82
#4	TBA	Pennzoil Porsche 936	6.26
#32	TBA	Lola T70	7.85

The cars were run in two 8 heat round-robin mains, with each car running 2 minutes on each of the 4 lanes. Drivers were assigned to one lane for each main, with only the cars rotating, driven by each driver once.

And... (drum roll, please) here's the final results for the CanAm Race:

Pl	Car#	Car Owner	Car	Heat 1	Heat 2	Total
1	#7	Russell Sheldon	Gulf Mirage	78	75	153
2	#8	Chris Briggs	Ferrari 612 CanAm	71	68	139
3	#6	Larry Shephard	L&M Porsche 917-10K	64	70	134+
4	#59	Richard Kukol	Porsche 917-10K	70	64	134
5	#2	Eugene Smithson	Ford J-Car	65	57	122
6	#20	Micheal "Chewy" Posey	Gulf Porsche 917-10K	62	57	119
7	#31	Scott Grandstaff	Ferrari 512M	51	62	113
8	#3	Alan Schwartz	Martini Porsche 917-10K	62	45	107

Heat 1 Drivers: Bob Ward (ylw), Kris Kassens (bl), Scott Smith (wht), Paul Kassens (red)

Heat 2 Drivers: Paul Kassens (ylw), Chuck Lawrence (bl), Brian Boyd (wht), Bob Ward (red)

The "Race-after-the-Race"

The "Race-after-the-Race" was a "fun" race, pitting some of the Proxy Race cars against some of the local "home track" cars. Each of the local drivers present selected and drove one car for this event, driving 2 minutes on each of the 4 lanes, in a 6 heat round-robin main.

Pl	Car#	Driver	Car Builder	Car	Laps
1	#48	Bob Ward	Bob Ward	Gulf McLaren M8D	78
2	#8	Kris Kassens	Bob Ward	Gulf Mirage	74
3	#7	Chuck Lawrence	Russell Sheldon	Gulf Mirage	70++
4	#4	Scott Smith	Bob Ward	Pennzoil Porsche 936	70+
5	#31	Paul Kassens	Scott Grandstaff	Ferrari 512M	70
6	#8	Dale Thomas	Chris Briggs	Ferrari 612 CanAm	62
7	#59	Brian Boyd	Richard Kukol	Porsche 917-10K	61
8	#6	Randy Chinn	Larry Shephard	L&M Porsche 917-10K	53

A big thanks to all of the participants for building cars and entering in this first Daytona West / Old Weird Herald Proxy Race, and to all of the drivers who participated as well. Thanks also to Randy Chinn, who was the "official scribe" of the CanAm event, posting updates to the "Slots" email Discussion List to keep the participants and fellow enthusiasts involved in the racing action. Also thanks again to Scott Smith for taking such great photos with his digital camera, so that we can share pictures of the cars and event over the internet. It was a lot of fun, and we can hardly wait to plan the next proxy race!

Watch for a full report to follow soon,

Bob Ward & Paul Kassens

CANAM RACE PHOTOS - Photos by Scott Smith

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NASCAR RACE PHOTOS - Photos by Scott Smith

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