We saw a lot of new faces at this season-opening race: Rick Crutchfield (one of the co-owners of the reopened Central TN Raceway in LaVergne, TN), John Clow (who traveled a very long way from lower AL with Pablo, who resides in Bay St, Louis, MS!), TN's Roger Holtsclaw, Dallas Jackson (another racer returning to the hobby), and Kenny Hendrix (who I used to race with in the early '90s).
It was great to see Pablo again as well as Butch Dunaway from OH. A BIG thanks to all who made long drives to run with the SERRA™ crowd! SERRA™ #15 featured racers from SIX states!!
It was also great to have David Liebenthal race Can-Am with us, even if he didn't have much racing luck. David has been a consistent supporter of SERRA™ racing and we thank him for that.
Stock Car:
Thirteen entries.
L to R, Joe "Jobiwan" McIntosh, John Clow, Bobby Robinson, Paul "Pablo" Wolcott, Roger Holtsclaw, Chris Barnes, Jay Guard, and Ralph Thorne.
1) Ralph Thorne - 260 laps, best time of 5.269 secs in orange
2) Jay Guard - 257, 5.269 in orange
3) Chris Barnes - 254, 5.269 in orange
4) Bobby Robinson - 253, 5.269 in orange
5) Jordan Tillery - 249, 5.379 in blue
6) Butch Dunaway - 244, 5.648 in orange
7) John Clow - 242, 5.489 in green
8) Paul "Pablo" Wolcott - 239, 5.492 in white
9) Joe McIntosh - 236, 5.379 in orange
10) Kenny Hendrix - 235, 5.602 in orange
11) Rick Crutchfield - 227, 5.649 in blue
12) Roger Holtsclaw - 220, 5.815 in green
13) Barry Janzen - 212, 5.930 in blue
L to R, Chris Barnes, Ralph Thorne, and Jay Guard.
Concours:
Best-Appearing: Joe McIntosh
Most Realistic: Pablo Wolcott
Can-Am
Eighteen entries.
Qualifying:
1) John Clow - 4.5299 secs
2) Joe McIntosh - 4.5468
3) Jay Guard - 4.5728
4) David Liebenthal - 4.6148
5) Jordan Tillery - 4.6234
6) Ralph Thorne - 4.6667
7) Butch "Pappy" Dunaway - 4.6704
8) Rick Crutchfield - 4.7532
9) Bobby Robinson - 4.8083
10) Pablo Wolcott - 4.8459
11) Barry Janzen - 4.8871
12) Kenny Hendrix - 4.9315
13) Chris Barnes - 4.9356
14) Roger Holtsclaw - 4.9493
15) Greg Wells - 4.9669
16) Bart Merriman - 4.9948
17) Don Weaver - 5.0892
18) Dallas Jackson - 6.1750
Though he qualified, Chris Barnes was forced to withdraw to return home to attend to a water leak!
Can-Am B Main:
1) Bart Merriman - 357 laps, best time of 4.829 secs in blue
2) Pablo Wolcott - 354, 4.883 in blue
3) Roger Holtsclaw - 351, 4.890 in green
4) Kenny Hendrix - 342, 4.937 in orange
5) Barry Janzen - 337, 4.985 in yellow
6) Greg Wells - 319, 4.937 in orange
7) Dallas Jackson - 265, 5.820 in orange
8) Don Weaver - 200, 4.938 in yellow
Can-Am A Main
1) Jordan Tillery - 393 laps, best time of 4.610 secs in blue
2) Jay Guard - 391, 4.664 in orange
3) John Clow - 385, 4.780 in blue
4) Ralph Thorne - 382, 4.726 in blue
5) Bobby Robinson - 379, 4.774 in orange
6) Butch Dunaway - 377, 4.827 in blue
7) Rick Crutchfield - 373, 4.874 in orange
8) Joe McIntosh - 366, 4.718 in green
9) Dave Liebenthal - 134, 4.828 in yellow
L to R, Jay Guard, Jordan Tillery, and John Clow.
Concours:
Best-Appearing: Joe McIntosh
Most Realistic: Don Weaver
L to R, Joe "Jobiwan" McIntosh, and Don Weaver.
We'll get the points totals posted as soon as we can.
The 2 min per heat "pick-up" F1 race is not being reported, as Mr. Guard teched the cars on the start-finish line from, I think, the purple driver's panel. In other words, not very closely...
I don't rightly recall who won it. Butch says he did and if so, it's likely he took advantage of the lax scrutineering.
