The latest two rounds of the successful Retro East Series were held at Elmsford Raceway. Lots of entries showed up for both F1 and GT Coupe to try and do battle. We had 21 racers with 17 entrants in the F1 and 19 in the GTC. At this point I feel it is better to say nothing rather then dwell on issues that affected the race and had several entries leave, none of which were due to the Retro East organization. Lets just say the mighty Nuvolari track is past its racing prime.
F1 was the first up and after the original and then the second choice of track was un-runnable it was decided to move the venue to the 220' Engleman that left people scrambling trying to fit Pro Slots and setup for a completely different track. We were expecting to run on the small track but it was not ready to use.
F1 concours was a Noose affair once again. The 3 points for first clinched the concours championship for Noose. Congratulations, you deserve it for the great painting and of course with out you we would have no Retro East racing. For those that do not know Noose basically does it all by himself. The whole deal. I am suppose to help on race day with things like tech but I am usually thrashing trying to keep up with Matt and Jay that I hardly ever help and he never complains. The man bleeds IRRA & Retro. Second was Matt Bruce with a Noose painted body.
Third was a tie between Jay Kisling, Mike Katz and Jersey John Molnar.
The concours winners, Noose's winner is the Ferrari in the lower left with Matt Bruce's along side. Four Noose jobs and a Jersey John.
The winner up close.
Randy Kohr was top qualifer in F1 with his new Skunkworks F1 chassis kit. Great job by Randy on a really tough track. I wasn't given the F1 sheet with the times so I will go right into the race.
B MAIN
The B was a round robin with two move ups to the A. I think the expressions pretty much sum up the day. LOL... Matt won the B and I was second beating Dean Willis by less than half a lap for the move-up.
1. Matt Bruce, 174 laps
2. tonyp, 165
3. Dean Willis 165
4. Russ Katz, 164
5. Chris Radisich, 162
6. Bob Harless, 161
7. Keith Dickson, 151
8. Jersey John, 150
9. Bruce Baughman, 147
10. Billy Walker, 121, destroyed
11. Harry Boudreau, destroyed
A MAIN
Rob Kurylo with another podium finish in third, Jay Kisling ran his Noose loaner car to first and Matt Bruce a close second.
Basically the race was who survived the bank and who didn't. I think all the cars from third down made a trip to check the men's room door and the ceiling tiles at least once.
1. Jay Kisling, 180 laps
2. Matt Bruce, 178
3. Rob Kurylo, 169
4. tonyp, 167, launched ripped off pan
5. Dustin Morris, 162, Launched
6.Mike Katz, 161 launched over lap counter
7. Randy Kohr, 161, lost laps in last heat on orange
8. Noose 160 launched (possibly a new record - six times and that was with blipping)
Jay's winner. Jay did not want to risk his good car wanting to save it for the R4 and was not going to run F1. Noose loaned him his back up still set-up for the short track. With the slow motor Jay was able to tame the track and bring it home in first place. 0/S Cooper body by Noose, tonyp chassis, TSR motor, 8/28 gears, Red Fox guide, Alpha rears, JK Fronts, controller by Carsteen.
Matt Bruce's second place machine. O/S Red Fox Cooper by Noose, Bruce chassis, Pro Slot motor, 7/28 gears, Red Fox guide, JK fronts, JK rears. Controller by Third Eye.
Rob Kurylo has been getting a lot of good use with this F1 lately. Eddie Mac painted Ferrari, tonyp chassis, Pro Slot motor, 7/29 gears, Red Fox guide, JK untreated rears, JK fronts, controller by Mistress Heather.
Mike had a killer F1 but it would launch for no reason over the lap counter strip costing Mike at the minimum his usual third place.
