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WOW.......what a great 3 days of racing for the 8th Annual Southern Retro Rumble.
It was awesome racing with old friends and making new ones throughout the weekend.
We had Doc Dougherty from Ohio, Clyde Romero from Georgia, Allen Draht from Illinois, Gary Stoudt & Bill Gerhart from Pennsylvania and Ray Lee down from Massachusetts along with all the racers from around Florida.
The camaraderie throughout the event was awesome which made for some fun racing.

To all of our sponsors.........myself and all of the racers can not thank you all enough.
The racers all won a couple of items on Friday & Saturday and on Sunday everyone won something. Racers.....please reach out to all of the sponsors and thank them for all of their support.
Here are all of our sponsors for the 8th Annual Southern Retro Rumble.
Unfortunately not all of the sponsors made it on the shirts due to some of them not being known until after the shirts were sent in for printing.
Dilalco Design
Eagle Distributing
MID America
JK Products
PARMA
Kelly Racing
PAW Braid
JB Products
Jersey John Chassis's
Doc Dougherty
Rick Moore
Ray Lee Tires
Dominic Luongo
Brian Ambrose
Steel Pipe & Tube (John Love)
DDS Bodies
Guys Train's
JB Effects

Here's all of the results from the 3 days of racing.
Friday 3/28/25
First up was GT Coupe Amatuer with 13 Amateurs.
Great paint jobs on almost the entire field.
Concours results
1st - Brian Ambrose
2nd - Ken Smoak
3rd - Clyde Romero

Brandon Eden won TQ with a fast lap of 4.498
B-Main results
1st - Clyde Romero 266,07
2nd - Gary Stoudt 261.07
3rd - Keith Robertson 254.14

A-Main results
1st - Brandon Eden 301.16
2nd - Jon Bitler 288.05
3r.d - Rick Moore 288.03
Brandon wins the A-Main now qualifying him to move up and race with the Pros.

GT Coupe Pro qualifying - Jeff Bonanno with a 4.451
GT Coupe Pro results
1st - Jeff Bonanno 303.07
2nd - Brian Ambrose 301.05
3rd - Brando Eden 299.04
Fast lap in the race was Brian Ambrose with a 4.520

Saturday 3/29/25
Round two and first up today was Formula 1 with 18 entries.
We had some awesome paint schemes today and here's how Concours went.
1st - Ed Ronshausen
2nd - Brian Ambrose
3rd - Ken Smoak

TQ went to Brandon Eden with a fast lap of 4.411 while qualifying on orange.
First up was the B-Main with 10 entries and two sitouts.
Here's how they finished.
1st - Fast Eddie Hoffman 277.06
2nd - Clyde Romero 263.18
3rd - Bill Gerhart 259.18

A-Main results
1st - Brandon Eden 298.07
2nd - Nathan Pickett 284.18
3rd - Jon Bitler 282.18
Fast lap in race was Brandon Eden with a 4.543

After some great lunch made by my lovely wife Elaine it was on to the 4.5" Stockcars with 22 entries.
Concours results.
1st - Rollin Isbell
2nd - Don Bonanno
3rd - Clyde Romero

In qualifying it was Brian Ambrose with a fast lap of 3.146 while qualifying on orange.
With 22 entries we ran 7 in the B & C Mains and 8 in the A-Main.
First up was C-Main.
C-Main results
1st - John Love 383.09
2nd - Jason Kramer 374.06
3rd - Ed Ronshausen 368.07

B-Main results
1st - Fast Eddie Hoffman 404.09
2nd - Doc Dougherty 401.13
3rd - Ken Smoak 401.11

A-Main results
1st - Brain Ambrose 438.03
2nd - Jeffery Bonanno 423.13
3rd - Jay Guard 415.13
Fast lap in race was Brian Ambrose with a 4.035 on purple

Sunday 3/30/25
Round 3 and finally the main event with 24 for CanAm.

Concours results
1st - Nathan Pickett
2nd - Ray Lee
3rd - Fast Eddie Hoffman

In qualifying it was Brian Ambrose with a fast lap of 4.350
C-Main results
1st - Marcus Ramos 281.18
2nd - Don Bonanno 280.18
3rd - Ray Lee 279.01

B-Main results
1st - Jon Bitler 294.10
2nd - Fast Eddie Hoffman 286.09
3rd - Donny Caron 284.04

After some pizza we went back to the final race of the event.
A-Main results
1st - Jeff Bonanno 315.05
2nd - Brandon Eden 314.04
3rd - Nathan Pickett 305.14
Fast lap in the race was Jeff Bonanno with a lap time of 4.421

After the final CanAm race we drew the raffle for the Rick Moore chassis.
It was Bill Gerhart from PA winning the chassis.

Everyone's names were put into a jug for the drawing on the Jersey John chassis.
Rollin's wife Jan drew the winner for 2025.
John Love won the chassis this year. Congrats John!

To all of the racers that made this year's Southern Retro Rumble a memorable event.
Elaine & I thank you all for taking the time out of your lives to come and race slot cars and make some memories that will last a lifetime. Your support for our hobby and fun times were greatly appreciated. We hope everyone made it home safely and to those who had longer drive safe travels.

I want to thank Keith Robertson for all his help throughout the event with everything......I do mean everything.
I also want to thank Rick Moore, Donny Caron, Marcus Ramos for their help in running some of the races for me.
Jay Guard handled all of the tech for the event and kept everyone in check making sure all the cars were legal. I cannot thank you enough Jay for all your hard work taking care of the tech. Thank you again Jay!