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[Tom Thumb Hobbies]

Just a quick post of the podium for todays six-hour retro enduro.

Team RPM #1 wins for the second straight year.

94 laps back was Team MCM #1, also second for the second year in a row.

First time Classic entry "Road Warriors" came all the way from Georgia to clinch third after a great come from behind effort.

To put this in perspective the winners ran almost 3,800 laps which makes this a VERY close finish. More details to follow including pics and detailed car information.

Thanks to all 27 racers who entered. Speaking both as the promoter and one of the racers I had a blast. Just like many told me as they were leaving, "I can't wait for next year!".

[Pappy]

Mike,

Are you going to post a race report and pictures?

[Tom Thumb Hobbies]

Yep. Just waiting on the pictures from our "Track Photographer," Rick Maynard.

[Lucky Me]

The pics are in the oven ! I will remove them tonight so they can cool ! I will then deliver them tomorrow to the head chef for proper garnish and he will be serving them up a la slotblog

[Ron Hershman]

The pics are in the oven ! I will remove them tonight so they can cool ! I will then deliver them tomorrow to the head chef for proper garnish and he will be serving them up a la slotblog

So has there been a kitchen "diaster" and the pics burned and perished in the oven???

[Lucky Me]

The pictures are in the hands of the head chef, waiting on him to serve them up with the race report of course.

[Tom Thumb Hobbies]

So has there been a kitchen "diaster" and the pics burned and perished in the oven???

No Ron, no "diaster" in the kitchen. Just had me laptop die which means I can only post from home.....and I'm not there all that much right now. That and I am busy thinking up new excuses why you beat us again..............

[Pappy]

That's an easy one Mike, they're just lucky.

[Tom Thumb Hobbies]

Sorry for the delay. I only have one day a week to work on this kind of thing. Here goes....................

THE RACE

An Annual 6 Hour Enduro For Retro GT Coupe Cars

Sixteen Heats At 22.5 Minutes Per Heat

THE RACERS

The Cars

The Racing

RPM #1, as usual, came prepared to win with fast cars and fast drivers. They only had one set back during the race that needed any extended pit time. McM #1 had no incidents during the race and were equally prepared (NOT!) with their race motors arriving 45 minutes AFTER the start !! Road Warriors had some early motor problems that set them back considerably. Only after a very hard charge through the field were they able to clinch third. Grizzly Racing had a ton of talent on their team....unfortunately they also had a ton of problems. If there was a wreck on the track it was probably right in their way. I honestly don't know what problems befell RPM #2 but I know they had a very fast car. I remember Gary Haworth going by me like I was standing still. Team R.E.V. had one of the fastest cars on the track but due to a couple of "chassis mods" due to crashes they spent quite some time in the pits with a hot iron. The Geezers consisted of two of our newest Retro Racers as well as two of our oldest racers now returning to race Retro. They had a great time despite a problem filled race. Team B.A.D. included three of the nicest guys in the race. I want to give a special welcome to Don Barber who came and raced in his first Retro race. Don is a Pro racer who I raced against WAY TOO MANY years ago. He is also very wicked with an airbrush. I hope he makes more races in the future. As for their car....they had many problems during the race. Most of them, by the sound of things, involving pink plastic gears. FOR SURE nothing that happened during the race affected anyones appetite because the after race cookout had very few leftovers on the tables.Speaking for myself and Cindy we always have a great time when you all come to visit. I hope you had half the fun I did because then you went home happy. Looks like the Columbus Classic is growing. I am already working on some "tweaks" for next year. Like several of you said when you were leaving... I can't wait till next year.

THE RESULTS

08-08-2009 11:32 CURRENT RACE RESULTS FOR COLUMBUS CLASSIC 2009
PL	DRIVER	H 1	H 2	H 3	H 4	H 5	H 6	H 7	H 8	H 9	H 10	H 11	H 12	H 13	H 14	H 15	H 16	LAPS	AVG	B TIME	LANE
1	RPM #1	251	241	248	238	240	238	227	236	245	225	239	235	235	233	209	246	3786	236.	4.8790	'YELLOW'
2	MCM #1	243	244	214	230	239	228	238	239	224	206	225	226	225	239	228	244	3692	230.	5.0460	'GREEN'
3	ROAD WARRIORS	242	218	193	205	233	235	198	235	224	224	223	234	219	236	210	236	3565	222.	5.0976	'BLUE'
4	GRIZZLY RACING	244	226	231	228	222	218	223	172	176	197	217	214	223	207	207	231	3436	214.	5.1601	'YELLOW'
5	RPM #2	240	220	197	226	239	209	202	223	212	172	206	226	203	210	204	192	3381	211.	4.9919	'GREEN'
6	TEAM REV	230	214	198	239	89	115	232	239	194	234	184	221	208	209	243	233	3282	205.	5.0502	'RED'
7	GEEZERS	209	210	182	190	189	193	117	168	144	206	215	215	172	199	218	202	3029	189.	5.3794	'BLUE'
8	TEAM BAD	229	217	106	228	223	208	62	82	175	62	190	157	177	82	185	222	2605	162.	5.0972	'ORANGE'

Podium pictures and car statistics will follow in another post tomorrow

[MSwiss]

It's great to see Don Barber raced.

What a nice guy and as that Red & Orange body shows, he can really paint.

[mam2f]

Wow..what a cool race..congrats to everyone.

Hope I can do it some day...great looking cars !!

[Tom Thumb Hobbies]

As promised here is the stat sheet and podium pictures.

Columbus Classic 2009 Spec Sheet
Team	Chassis	Builder	Motor	Re-Furb	Fr Tires	Rr Tires	G. Ratio	Body	Paint
RPM #1	JK	RPM	ProSlot	FastOnes	JK	Alpha	7/28	O/S Chevron	RPM
McM #1	Slick 7	Crutchfield	ProSlot	PRI	JK	Crutchfield	7/28	O/S Chevron	Crutchfield
Road Warriors	JK	Barnes	ProSlot	FastOnes	JK	JK	7/28	O/S Chappi	Barnes
Grizzly Racing	JK	Martin	ProSlot	FastOnes	Neil	Alpha	7/28	O/S Chevron	Pappy
RPM #2	JK	RPM	ProSlot	FastOnes	JK	Alpha	7/28	O/S Chevron	RPM
Team R.E.V.	TriPod	Maynard	ProSlot	PRI	JK	Alphs	7/28	O/S Chevron	Maynard
Geezers	Aero	Crutchfield	ProSlot	FastOnes	JK	Alpha	7/28	JK Lola	Pullins
Team B.A.D.	Pile	Adams	ProSlot	FastOnes	JK	JK	7/27	O/S Chevron	Barber

[TSR]

A very nice report, thanks Mike!

[Ron Hershman]

Some notes about the winning car..... it weighed around 117 grams.

Probably the biggest note of all....it had a 1/8" axle instead of a 3/32" axle.

Why you may ask??? No sleeve needed for the gear...the gear seemed to run more "true".... it added one gram of weight to the rear of the car..... 1/8" bearings are low cost...... they soldered right into the bracket with no tubes needed ( one less thing to fall apart in a big crash ) and for spacers we used collars to keep the gear mesh nice through the whole race while allowing for 15 second tire changes as we never had to worry about or reset the gear mesh after a tire change.

So much for theory about running a heavier axle..... tires are easy to find and not a problem.... and we could tell no difference running the bigger axle speed wise.

We did not have a problem free race. We broke a guide flag ( lost 20 or so laps changing that ), was a rider one time ( spent 20 laps straightening the chassis is bit ) lost a front wheel ( 10 laps or so to get that soldered back on ) and had to change the crown gear once ( due to the rider crash and that took about 20 laps to fix ). We also did 10 tires changes through the race.

The previous year we ran 3,788 laps with a completely trouble free race with the faster Can-Am bodies and this year we ran 3,786 laps ( two less than the previous year ) with the above mentioned problems. I guess we made up time this year due to having faster tire changes???