[Pappy]

Here is the 2008-2009 Schedule for the Ohio Valley Retro Race Series. We will race F1 in the first race at each event. Followed by Can Am, JK Spec and Flexi GT.


Sept. 20 Tom Thumb Hobbies - Columbus,Ohio

Oct. 11 T/R's Motorplex - Miamisburg, Ohio

Nov. 15 Fast Eddie's World of Speed - Richmond, Indiana

Dec. 6 T/R's Motorplex - Miamisburg, Ohio

Jan. 17 T/R's Motorplex - Miamisburg, Ohio

Feb. 7 Tom Thumb Hobbies - Columbus, Ohio

April 18 Fast Eddie's World of Speed - Richmond, Indiana

There is also the R4 race March 13, 14, 15 at Tom Thumb Hobbies in Columbus, Ohio and Mike McMasters at Tom Thumb also wants to have a race in May. He's not sure yet just what it will be, maybe some sort of invitational or team invitational.

[GB14x]

Excellent! It's good to live in central Ohio, the new hot bed of slot car racing!

[Brian]

Pappy, on Jul 23 2008, 06:34 PM, said:

The race schedule has been pretty much finalized with just a couple of loose ends to tie up.

Sept. 20 Tom Thumb Hobbies - Columbus,Ohio

Oct. 11 T/R's Motorplex - Miamisburg, Ohio

Nov. 15 Fast Eddie's World of Speed - Richmond, Indiana

Dec. 6 Mansfield, Ohio (tentative)

Jan. 17 T/R's Motorplex - Miamisburg, Ohio

Feb. 7 Tom Thumb Hobbies - Columbus, Ohio

April 18 Fast Eddie's World of Speed - Richmond, Indiana

There is also the R4 race March 13, 14, 15 at Tom Thumb Hobbies in Columbus, Ohio and Mike McMasters at Tom Thumb also wants to have a race in May. He's not sure yet just what it will be, maybe some sort of invitational or team invitational.

Hello out there in Retroland, My name is Brian Cox, owner of "Fatboys Raceways" here in Mansfield, Ohio. I see that there is a tenitive date for an event here. To how's in charge - contact me at 419-631-2670. Thank you

[Pappy]

That would be me, Brian. And I will contact you. Thanks

[Jerry Ward]

Way to go Brian !! Looking forward to your retro race in Dec.Should be a blast!!

[Pappy]

Jerry,

I talked to Brian and the race is no longer tentative, it is confirmed for Dec. 6

[Jerry Ward]

Pappy, on Aug 2 2008, 08:47 PM, said:

Jerry,

I talked to Brian and the race is no longer tentative, it is confirmed for Dec. 6

Pappy He has a verv nice place lots of room should be a fun race in a new place!!

[Pappy]

Yeah! He told me he had pit space for I think 51 drivers.

[Jerry Ward]

Yes Sir- lots of room and it is all handicap accessible! I will see if Brian will post some pictures and pass on some info about his raceway. I know he is working on a web site . Talked to him today and he was rouding track and cut the end of his finger pretty good He's OK ! I think every one that visits the raceway will be impressed with his layout and his tracks. Jerry

[911GT3]

With the updated rules, how soon will we get a schedule listing the third (or fourth) class? Or will the decision be made on the day of the race?

[The Number of]

Butch,with the new rules out,which classes are you going to run?Will it be the same each race or will some of the 2nd tier classes rotate? Bill


I need to type faster to beat Eric also.

[911GT3]

I was waiting all day to post that question. Probably still too early to tell. This JK class is going to be confusing, I have to choose from three body types instead of just one.

[Larry Mattingly]

Eric:

Not really...

The JK Ti22 should be the body of choice for the kit class. That is body Sano Dave ran at the R4.

Surprized?

As for classes... NASCAR on the Tom Thumb King witth narrow lane spacing would be BIG fun!

LM

[Pappy]

Eric, Bill and all racers

We are still in discussion on how we are going to run the race series this year. But for sure we are going to run F1 first, Can Am second and finish with Flexi GT.

We are also going to run a JK Spec class. What we haven't decided is if we will run the JK class in with Flexi GT or Can Am to save time. We also haven't decided if the JK class will be considered a beginners class or just another class.

We should have this figured out in plenty of time for the Sept. race.

[The Number of]

Pappy, on Aug 7 2008, 07:56 AM, said:

Eric, Bill and all racers

We are still in discussion on how we are going to run the race series this year. But for sure we are going to run F1 first, Can Am second and finish with Flexi GT.

We are also going to run a JK Spec class. What we haven't decided is if we will run the JK class in with Flexi GT or Can Am to save time. We also haven't decided if the JK class will be considered a beginners class or just another class.

We should have this figured out in plenty of time for the Sept. race.

Run Spec with Flexi,it would be morally wrong to mix Tier 1 and 2 classes together.

Since Flexi is the intro class anybody running Can Am or F1 shouldn't be cherry picking in Flexi.And with the difference in open and closed bodies it will be easier to see who you are racing against.

[Pappy]

OK guys, up in the race schedule (first post in this thread) I've posted how we are going to run our races this season. Subject to change of course A lot depends on how many racers show up, we want to keep things moving in a timely manner. If you have any questions just PM Hershman. Just kidding.

[Ron Hershman]

The Number of, on Aug 7 2008, 05:45 AM, said:

Run Spec with Flexi,it would be morally wrong to mix Tier 1 and 2 classes together.

Since Flexi is the intro class anybody running Can Am or F1 shouldn't be cherry picking in Flexi.And with the difference in open and closed bodies it will be easier to see who you are racing against.

What if someone wants to run both Flexi and Spec classes at the same race??? Hard to race two cars a the same time.

I think we should run.........................

F-1
Can-Am
Spec Can-Am
Retro Flex

In that order....... at all events.

[Vannerlee]

I agree if the spec Can am is the "Jk Class".

Lee

[The Number of]

Ron Hershman, on Aug 9 2008, 01:54 AM, said:

What if someone wants to run both Flexi and Spec classes at the same race??? Hard to race two cars a the same time.

It has been my understanding that the Flexi class was to get local racers interested in the IRRA when the show came to town.Not as an event for some national level racer to beat up on the locals.Let the IRRA regulars stay out of flexi,and let the regulars display the speed of the Spec class so the locals have some incentive to move up.Am I wrong on what the flexi class is intended for?Running all 4 classes seperatly is the best,but if you have to combine,flexi would be the best choice.

[Larry Mattingly]

I think Pappy's reasoning (correct me if I'm wrong) for 'combining' JK Spec and Flexi is to make certain there are enough entries for both classes at the beginning.

I think JK spec will be very popular. But, it is all an unknown at this point.

Bill makes a very good point about Flexi being for the local racers... Mark G. at Keystone refers to it as "Clubbing baby seals"... Again the problem is there are no driver classifications etc. And then there is the issue if 'not enough' locals show-up to race...

My big question is the time factor racing four classes on one day. For now it will probably only be an issue at Tom Thumb, where I think we might see 30 to 40 entries per class on a regular basis. Good problem! Perhaps an earlier start time?

LM