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F1



1) Chad Harrington, 432 laps, best time of 3.019 secs in purple
2) Raymond Gonzalez, 430, 3.128 in blue
3) Ralph Thorne, 421, 3.129 in white
4) Chris Barnes, 400, 3.180 in orange
5) Marc Waddle, 398, 3.179 in orange
6) Bobby Robinson, 396, 3.351 in blue
7) Joe McIntosh, 383, 3.289 in blue
8) Lindsay Byron, 379 laps 42 section, 3.289 in orange
9) Eddie Lawley, 379 laps 40 sections, 3.402 in blue
10) Don Weaver, 316, 3.238 in green
11) Tommy Flythe, 236, 3.283 in yellow
12) Jason Alexander, 206, 3.077 in green



L to R, Raymond "Speedy" Gonzalez, Chad Harrington, Ralph Thorne

Concours: Most Realistic: Don Weaver, Best Appearing: Joe McIntosh

Can-Am



1) Tommy Flythe, 433 laps, best time of 3.023 secs in green
2) Chris Barnes, 431 laps 45 sections, 3.070 in orange
3) Joe McIntosh, 431 laps 10 sections, 3.020 in black
4) Eddie Lawley, 428, 3.070 in purple
5) Bobby Robinson, 427, 3.180 in orange
6) Steve Harrington, 424 laps 40 sections, 3.078 in purple
7) Chad Harrington, 424 laps 29 sections, 3.015 in black
8) Raymond Gonzalez, 422, 3.129 in green
9) Lindsay Byron, 421, 3.071 in black
10) Steve Saunders, 411, 3.180 in blue
11) Gary Shepard, 408, 3.071 in red
12) Don Weaver, 377, 3.128 in blue
13) Nancy White, 371 laps 42 sections, 3.410 in green
14) David Liebenthal, 371 laps 39 sections, 3.235 in black
15) Ralph Thorne, 287, 3.070 in green
16) Marc Waddle, 63, 3.239 in green
17) Greg Pirkle, 56, 3.402 in orange



L to R, Joe McIntosh, Tommy Flythe, and Chris Barnes



Concours: Most Realistic: Don Weaver, Best Appearing: Raymond "Speedy" Gonzalez

Flexi GT



1) Stan Hutson, 467 laps, best time of 2.797 in black
2) Chad Harrington, 462, 2.797 in purple
3) Jay Guard, 459, 2.843 in green
4) Terry Kelly, 446, 2.796 in black
5) Steve Saunders, 408, 3.125 in green
6) Nancy White, 381, 3.297 in yellow
7) Jason Alexander, 370, 2.804 in blue
8) Greg Pirkle, 275, 3.179 in black
9) Stephanie Saunders, 96, 3.453 in black



L to R, Jay "Joe Cool" Guard, Stan Hutson, and Chad Harrington



Concours: Best Appearing: Jay Guard, Most Realistic: Steve Saunders

[Cheater]

Lindsay Byron, who has been racing with the SERRA circus in recent months, has likely made his last appearance in one of our races. Lindsay is from Australia and has been working in the US on assignment for his employer. His foreign sojourn is at an end and he will be winging his way back to Oz at the end of December.

Lindsay, we've all enjoyed having you race with us and hope some day in the future you can come back to the States to race with us again. We're also counting on you to start promoting retro racing Down Under now that you've experienced firsthand just how much fun it is.

[LindsayB]

I have enjoyed running over here, wish I had more time as this weekend was the first time I used my own cars. What I like about the retros is being able to build and race.

And special thanks to Tommy for the help he gave me - without Tommy I would have not been there.

The racing in SERRA is great and as the results from the Sano show, Atlanta has some of the best around. My cars will be going back to Sydney and from what I can see on the net they will be well used.

There is a bunch if racers there that have just come back that I raced with 35 years ago (did I really say 35?).

[Don Weaver]

Lindsay,

It's been great having you a part of SERRA! Wish I had known you wouldn't be back for next year before Don B. and I left. Best of luck and have a safe trip back to the homeland.

Don Weaver

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F1 cars at LaGrange




Jason Alexander, 114.4 grams




Chris Barnes, 107.4 grams




Lundsay Byron, 108.0 grams




Chad Harrington, 102.5 grams




Bobby Robinson, 101.8 grams




Tommy Flythe, 116.0 grams




Raymond Gonzalez, 111.5 grams




Eddie Lawley, 108.2 grams




Joe McIntosh, 100.1 grams




Ralph Thorne, 109.0 grams




Marc Waddle, 121.2 grams




Don Weaver, 111.7 grams

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Someone reminded me to take pics of the F1 podium cars with the bodies off and I think I forgot to do it for all the other classes. Oh well...


Chad Harrrington


Raymond Gonzalez


Ralph Thorne

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Gotta tell some stories so you guys worrying about building will understand how it is in SERRA.

Chad Harrington's winning car was actually built by Paul "Pablo" Wolcott and originally sent to me. IIRC we raced down at LaGrange and the car ran well for me, and Chad wanted to borrow it for the Raceworld retro race series in a week or two. I said, "Sure, but I promised Pablo I would send it back to him, so you gotta let me have it back in a bit." Chad said no problem and that was that.

A few weeks later, the "late" Jay Guard was going to Raceworld to practice and I asked him to snag Pablo's F1 back for me. Well... the story I got was that Chad wasn't around and so he asked Steve for the car. You would have thought Jay wanted his wallet, as Steve said in no uncertain terms was Jay NOT getting that F1! I'm not sure if fisticuffs were imminent, but there was a little tension until Jay backed off.

The part unknown to me, and also to Jay, was that Chad had spoken to Pablo in the interim and Pablo had given him the car! Once that fact became known, everyone was cool again.

Fun to see that the chassis can still win races, as Pablo doesn't have a raceway very nearby and thus has limited chances to test. It sure makes Chad's win impressive on several levels.

The car Mark Waddle ran is the car I drove poorly at Sano II. It is a Don Weaver creation and IRRC its first time out, driven by the experienced NC racer Randall Durham, it almost outpaced that Jay Guard guy at Abbeville. I call it a high polar moment chassis, as the .032" main plate is doubled with .062" at the ends, Makes for a heavy but very forgiving car.

Don Weaver first loaned me the chassis, then gave it to me. Now, don't get me wrong, Don's a GREAT guy, but the unspoken reason he gave the chassis to me is that he's built a better one for himself. Just look at the pics above. Don's shaved better than ten grams out of the design... He seemingly doesn't want the first-gen heavy sled back and that's sure OK with me!

I lent it to Marc Waddle at LaGrange, who said it was two-three tenths faster than his stuff, and he brought it home in a fine fifth place finish.

[Don Weaver]

The car Mark Waddle ran is the car I drove poorly at Sano II.

Cheater,

Actually that car is the one that Ralph Thorne drove to a fourth place finish at the Sano on the King track and to seventh place on the flat track.

Don Weaver

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Don,

Thanks for the correction; you're absolutely right.

I should know better than try to post from memory after a full day of work and a two-hour rehearsal...

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Greg,

Where did you find the F1 pics?

V/R,
Don

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The Nikon camera software downloaded them automatically and put them in an odd place then deleted them off the SD card. I stumbled on them Monday night and was sure happy when I did!

[JerseyJohn]

Greg,

Congrats to all. A great turn-out and great cars!!!

Happy Thanksgiving to all!!!

JJ

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Can-Am cars at LaGrange




Chris Barnes, 113.0 grams




Lindsay Byron, 113.0 grams




Chad Harrington, 119.0 grams




Tommy Flythe, 119.0 grams




Raymond "Speedy" Gonzalez, 116.0 grams




Joe McIntosh, 113.6 grams




Eddie Lawley, 118.0 grams




David Liebenthal, 103.0 grams




Greg Pirkle, 127.0 grams




Bobby Robinson, 112.0 grams




Steve Saunders, 126.0 grams




Steve Harrington, 136.0 grams




Gary Shepard, 112.0 grams




Ralph Thorne, 117.0 grams




Marc Waddle, 113.0 grams




Don Weaver, 117.8 grams




Nancy White, 117.7 grams

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Flexi GT cars at LaGrange




Jason Alexander, 104.0 grams




Chad Harrington, 104.0 grams




Jay Guard (running a Ralph Thorne car), 103.0 grams




Stan Hutson, 100.0 grams




Terry Kelly, 106.0 grams




Greg Pirkle, 108.0 grams




Stephanie Saunders, 115.0 grams




Steve Saunders, 102.0 grams




Nancy White, 102.0 grams

[NJ Racer]

SERRA is huge now. I need to plan to roll with you guys on that cool Orange track.

[Ralph Thorne]

C'mon down, Ray, and bring all those other fast guys with you, too!