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[Cheater]

The SERRA™ circus descended on Flashbacks Model Raceway in Snellville, GA, on Saturday, September 19, for another excellent day of retro racing. It was good to have a planned indoor activity, as Atlanta and much of the south has been suffering from a genuine monsoon season, with most areas receiving at least a couple of inches of rain a day for the past week. And the weatherman says it may continue for another week!

We saw some new faces at Flashback, as well as some familiar folks we haven't seen in a while. Steve McBride of Logan, AL, is a racer we've seen before, but not for a while, and he made quite a return in TQing the Can-Am class. Dallas Jackson, attending his second race, brought his grandson, Andrew Bostick from Moody, AL. Robert Jordan, of Peachtree City, GA, reappeared at Snellville, too. One new racer attending was Bill Bowers of Blountsville, AL. And it was great to see Tommy Flythe, Lamar McClellan and Speedy Gonzalez, who all skipped the last SERRA™ race. And the regulars don't need mentioning, though Bobby Robinsion has been so consistent in driving many hours from from his AL base to race with us, that I will mention him!

Thanks to everyone who braved the inclement weather to join us at SERRA™ #16.

F1:
Nine entries





L to R, Ralph Thorne, Joe McIntosh, Kenny Hendrix, Lamar McClellan, Raymond "Speedy" Gonzalez, Guy Clarkson, Jay Guard, and Tommy Flythe.

1) Ralph Thorne, 249 laps, best lap of 5.3834 secs in orange
2) Tommy Flythe, 239, 5.5515 in purple
3) Jay Guard, 233, 16 sections, 5.7109 in orange
4) Joe McIntosh, 233, 12 sections, 5.3783 in orange
5) Lamar McClellan, 229, 5.8207 in purple
6) Kenny Hendrix, 227, 5.1863 in yellow
7) Raymond "Speedy" Gonzalez, 215, 5.8205 in yellow
8) Guy Clarkson, 181, 5.8276 in orange
9) Steve McBride, 106, 5.7114 in purple



L to R, Tommy Flythe, Ralph Thorne, Jay Guard.



Concours:
Best-Appearing: Joe McIntosh
Most Realistic: Kenny Hendrix



Joe McIntosh and Kenny Hendrix. Both bodies were painted by Joe, who is a master at painting Lexan.


Can-Am:
Fourteen entries.





Qualifying:

1) Steve McBride, 5.2789 secs
2) Jay Guard, 5.2855
3) Ralph Thorne, 5.2969
4) Joe McIntosh, 5.3939
5) Kenny Hendrix, 5.4655
6) Bobby Robinson, 5.4910
7) Tommy Flythe, 5.5511
8) Raymond "Speedy" Gonzalez, 5.5730
9) Lamar McClellan, 5.5919
10) Bill Bowers, 6.1557
11) Dallas Jackson, 6.2986
12) Andrew Bostick, 6.7226
13) Guy Clarkson, 7.6724

Can-Am B Main:



L to R, Lamar McClellan, Raymond "Speedy" Gonzalez, Guy Clarkson, Bill Bowers, Andrew Bostick, Dallas Jackson, and Robert Jordan.

1) Lamar McClellan, 305 laps, best lap of 5.8195 secs in green
2) Guy Clarkson, 301, 5.7573 in green
3) Robert Jordan, 299, 5.769 in orange
4) Raymond "Speedy" Gonzalez, 287, 5.4375 in purple
5) Bill Bowers, 276, 5.9414 in orange
6) Dallas Jackson, 260, 6.2576 in green
7) Andrew Bostick, 248, 6.257 in orange

Can-Am A Main:



L to R, Kenny Hendrix, Ralph Thorne, Bobby Robinson, Steve McBride, Jay Guard, Joe McIntosh, and Tommy Flythe. You'll note this panel shot was taken during a heat. Lamar McClellan at far right is doing what a good marshal should do: watch his corner.

1) Jay Guard, 340 laps, best lap of 5.2693 secs in orange
2) Ralph Thorne, 332, 5.3289 in blue
3) Joe McIntosh, 329, 5.4298 in blue
4) Bobby Robinson, 323, 5.5382 in blue
5) Tommy Flythe, 321, 5.5472 in yellow
6) Kenny Hendrix, 313, 5.5970 in green
7) Steve McBride, 310, 5.3316 in orange



Joe "Jobiwan" McIntosh, Jay Guard, Ralph Thorne

Concours:
Best-Appearing: Joe McIntosh
Most Realistic: Jay Guard



Joe McIntosh and Jay Guard

I'll be starting a 2009-10 SERRA™ Championship Points thread, which will be pinned at the top of the forum.

[Jobiwan]

There are a few pics from this race on Ralph Thorne's personal blog.

[Richie]

Nice pics, Ralph, and congats on the win!!! I really miss racing with you guys! Hopefully soon I'll get to drop in a race again!

[Cheater]

F1 cars raced at Snellville:

[Cheater]

Can-Am cars raced at Snellville:

[MSwiss]

Cheater,

Thanks for the great pics. Lots of cool designs.

That's what's so terrific about Retro. Guys willing to go the extra yard to give the racers their due, both on the track and at the workbench.

Congrats to Steve McBride on his TQ. Chicagoland Raceway is real proud he put one of our RTRs on the pole, especially as a non-regular Retro racer. When I tested that car, it seemed pretty sporty.

PS: Who belongs to #10, the tripod?

[Jay Guard]

Mike:

That car belongs to Raymond "Speedy" Gonzalez. It's a Mike Stuebe chassis.

[Cheater]

I still have body-off top and bottom chassis shots of the podium cars to post. Will try to get them uploaded tonight.

BTW, I now have a new understanding of what a monsoon is... we had almost ten inches of rain overnight and the commute was insane this morning. It took my wife an hour and a half to go 16 miles...

[Ralph Thorne]

Thanks, Richie.

Yes, Mike, that car was very sporty!

[Jairus]

Water wings required?

Nice report and I WANT to build a delta V/tripod chassis now.

[Don Weaver]

Some really nice-looking cars in both classes!

Thanks for posting the results so quickly, Cheater.

Don Weaver

[jdracer]

I really miss racing with you guys... and racing retro... I hope when the King track opens up here in Idaho, I can get them to start a retro class...

Anyway it is good to see one or two Can-Am bodies I painted still racing around the tracks down in the deep south...

Later guys and who knows, I may show up sometime to at least watch ya'all race...

Jim "Bone" Dalton

[Cheater]

Jim,

We'd love to have you back with us, Jim, racing or watching.

[jdracer]

Was just getting into the retro cars and loving it, too...

Hope to have the new track here in Boise opening up real soon and want to see about a retro class starting...