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[Dayble]

 

THIS IS OUR 15TH BLACK FRIDAY RACE AND THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF HOLDING RACES AT DAYBLEVILLE

 

AND THIS ONE IS IN A NEW HOUSE.

 

AFTER 27 YEARS AT THE OLD MULTI-LEVEL HOUSE OF STAIRS WE HAVE A NICE FLAT ONE!

 

THE GARAGE LAYOUT IS DIFFERENT, TALL BUT NARROWER AND THERE'S A PRETTY BIG ONE CAR GARAGE FOR JANE'S CAR SO I CAN KEEP THE VORTEX TRACK SET UP IN THE THREE SECTION

 

CONFIG AND AVOID THE BACK AND SHOULDER STRAIN OF MOVING TRACK SECTIONS AROUND EVERY TIME I HOLD A RACE. 

 

WITH LESS STORAGE I GAVE MY 1/32 "SPAGHETTI JUNCTION TRACK AND THE 24' X 48' TENT TO BOB SCOTT 

 

AND PURCHASED A SECOND 10' X 20' CANOPY FOR THE NEW DIGS.

 

AND OFF WE GO ON TO NEW ADVENTURES WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

 

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SET UP WENT MORE QUICKLY, I HAD PRE ASSEMBLED ONE OF THE CANOPY FRAMES ON THANKSGIVING BEFORE WE ATE AND THE "TRAVELING CIRCUS"

 

STARTED ARRIVING FROM ALL OVER AZ BEFORE 6 AM

 

 

WE HAD RACED WITH THE SMALLER TRACK BACK IN OCTOBER TO TEST THE TRACK SET UP, TRACKMATE AND AUDIO AND VIDEO AND THAT WENT WELL BUT WE FOUND THAT ONE OF MY TABLES WAS

 

A HIP KILLER SO STAN FERRIS CAME OVER TO HELP AND WE CUT THE TOP BACK 2-1/4" TO SOLVE THAT.

 

HMMMM... LOOKS LIKE TIM THE ENCHANTER ON THE SCREENSAVER...

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PRACTICE BEGAN AND FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS BEGAN COMING BY. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE SCOTT THOMAS AND TOM WILLIFORD AND RON SPANNRAFT.

 

WE STARTED WITH REVOSLOT GROUP2 CARS AND IT WAS A GREAT RACE.

 

 

SHORT CARS ON A BIG TRACK 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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LEE BUMBALOW , RICK SCHONFELD AND STEVE HILL FOUGHT IT OUT BUT RICK AND RYAN BACHMAN HANDED THE PRIZE TO LEE WHEN IT WAS OVER.

 

 

NEXT UP WAS H&R INDYCARS

 

RON SPANNRAFT IS A BIG TIME INDYCAR FAN, HE'S BEEN TO THE RACE SEVERAL TIMES AND LOVES THE SERIES. HE IS DOWNSIZING HIS SLOTCAR COLLECTION AND SO I SUGGESTED HE SPONSOR THIS RACE. 

 

IT WAS ARMAGEDDON! CARS AND PARTS WERE FLYING EVERYWHERE.

 

 

 

 

 

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NOW REMEMBER, THIS WAS AN IROC RACE SO EVERYONE DROVE EVERY CAR...

 

 

STEVE HILL STOMPED HOME FOR THE WIN! GOOD THING TOO BECAUSE THAT IS THE CAR HE PUT OUT TO BE RACED LAYING FILLETED ON THE COMPUTER

 

HERE ARE THE 1ST, 2ND AND THIRD PLACE WINNERS WITH RON.

 

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THIRD ON THE LIST WAS H&R SPORTSCARS

 

WE HAD ENOUGH LOANERS TO HAND OUT TO EVERYONE

 

I THINK THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WERE EATING PIZZA BECAUSE ALL I HAVE IS A PICTURE OF THE RESULTS.

 

 

KC KENNEDY FINNISHED 1ST WITH RICK SCHONFELD'S LOANER. I WAS SECOND AND RICK SCHONFELD WAS THIRD.

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RACE #4 WAS OUR NEW 1/32 CAN AM

 

THIS WAS AN EXPERIMENT TO GROUP MRSLOTCAR'S SHADOW AND FERRARI 33E (I KNOW IT DIDN'T RUN IN CAN AM ) AND NSR'S 917-10 AND 908 AND A FEW OTHERS EXCEPT THE THUNDERSLOTS (TOO FAST)

 

A FEW OFTHE GUYS DIDN'T HAVE THESE AND OPTED TO RUN CARS FROM OUR SIDEWINDER CLASS

 

IT WORKED AND IT DIDN'T, THE RACE WAS WON BY A RICK S. WITH A SIDEWINDER AND STEVE WAS A FEW FEET BACK IN SECOND WITH ANOTHER SIDEWINDER. LEE WAS THIRD WITH THE BEST CAR FROM ERNIE BUT HE WAS A LITTLE WAYS BACK.

 

 

I SPONSORED THE RACE BUT GOT DISTRACTED AND DIDN'T GIVE RICK HIS PRIZE.

 

HERE YOU GO SIR! I'LL TEXT YOU THE NUMBER OF THE GIFT CERTIFICATE SO YOU CAN GET SOME GOODIES BEFORE CHRISTMAS!

 

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THE LAST RACE WAS OUR FLY CLASSICS

 

NOT MUCH LEFT OF THE FLY OR SRC CARS OF THE ERA, JUST THE STOCK BODY, INTERIOR AND CHASSIS.

 

 

STEVE HILL SPONSORED THIS RACE AND AWARDED LEE A SHEILA SPECIAL GOODY BAG AND I WON A COOL LITTLE KOBALT TOOL BOX FOR SECOND.

 

I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE LEES CAR WENT FOR THE RESULTS PHOTO SOMY CAR FILLED IN 

 

HE PROBABLY WAS  DIGGING INTO HIS GOODY BAG!

 

 

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IT WAS STARTING TO GET DARK AND THE WHOLE CREW HELPED TAKE DOWN THE CANOPIES AND PUT THE TRACK AWAY. IT WENT FAST AND THE BEST PART IS THAT EVERYONE GOT HOME SAFELY.

 

THANKS TO THE GARAGE RACERS

 

MIKE PYSKA, MIKE PAQUETTE, RICK BACHMAN, RYAN BACHMAN, STEVE HILL, CAREY WEISS, RICK SCHOFELD, HERB MORRIS, BRANDON MORRIS, LEE BUMBALOW, KC KENNEDY

 

AND OUR NEWEST MEMBER TOM WILLIFORD WHO WANTS TO START RACING SLOTCARS AGAIN!

 

PHOTO CREDITS GO TO STEVE HILL, CAREY WEISS AND JANE DEUBLE 

 

I WOULD HAVE POSTED MORE PICTURES BUT I GUESS OUR FILE SIZES ARE TOO BIG AND THATS AFTER I DUMBED THEM DOWN...

 

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PS

 

I WANTED TO RUN MY SHADOW ON BLACK FRIDAY BUT I GOT GHOSTED...

 

 

OR SO IT SEEMED, THE RACE BEGAN, I PULLED THE TRIGGER AND MY CAR JUMPED AND THEN DIED. I TRIED ANOTHER CAR BUT NOTHING SO I GRABBED ANOTHER CONTROLLER AND THAT WORKED

 

SO I STUCK WITH THE SECOND CAR.

 

I FIXXED THE CONTROLLER BUT I THINK THE SHADOW NEEDS SOME WEIGHT ADDED.

[rvec]

Great Report! I wish I could have attended

Rich

[Dayble]

Hey Rich! I wish you could have too.

 

Have you perfected the Ford MkIV body to your liking? 

 

I have a chassis it would look really nice on...

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Each time I've seen the pic of Steve's orange Indy car I felt more guilty.

 

We truly trashed his car.

 

The Guilt finally was more than I could stand. 🤣

 

So this was laying around still in the original wrapping.

 

And it IS nearly Christmas.