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[Cheater]

We had another great day of SERRA™ racing at Middle GA Slotcar in Warner Robins on Saturday, October 24. The low turn-out was sort of expected, as a number of the SERRA™ regulars had conflicts, surgeries, etc. Even my SERRA™ co-director passed on this race, choosing instead to attend his father's 86th birthday celebration in FL. I gotta talk to him about priorities, that's certain. LOL!!

Pablo Wolcott and John Clow made very long drives from Bay St. Louis, MS, and Mobile, AL and it was great to have them join us. One new face appeared, Joey Newbern, a long-time drag racers wanting to try some turns. And if his results at this are any indication, Joey is a natural.

Many thanks to Kim Landers and Warren Hatfield, who dropped in to watch and ended up helping to marshal. And thanks to Ralph Thorne, who subbed for the AWOL Jay Guard at the tech table.

For some odd reason, the Stock Car class was the best race of the day; it was a lot cleaner than Can-Am. It is simply amazing to me how well these three inch wide cars handle.

Stock Car





1) Ralph Thorne - 233 laps, best lap of 5.683 secs in orange lane
2) John Clow - 231, 5.695 in orange
3) Paul "Pablo" Wolcott - 221, 5.868 in blue
4) James Merriman - 217, 5.912 in green
5) Joe McIntosh - 215, 5.871 in orange
6) Greg Wells - 214, 6.015 in purple







Concours

Best Appearing: Greg Wells, racing Pablo's "General Lee" replica



Most Realistic: James Merriman




Can-Am

TQ: Ralph Thorne



1) James Merriman - 256 laps, best lap of 4.946 secs in orange
2) Ralph Thorne - 252, 4.982 in blue
3) Joe McIntosh - 249, 5.128 in blue
4) John Clow - 244, 5.175 in orange
5) Paul "Pablo" Wolcott - 243, 5.189 in orange
6) Joey Newbern - 227, 5.319 in green
7) Greg Wells - 27, 5.318 in blue (body damage)





(Geez, I MUST be getting senile... I forgot to take the body-off shots...)

Concours

Best Appearing: Joe McIntosh



Most Realistic: Joey Newbern (paint by Joe McIntosh)

[Don Weaver]

Damn! I would have made the A Main for the first time!!

Don Weaver

[Cheater]

Ralph Thorne demonstrating his new qualifying technique at Warner Robins. It worked, too...

[Pablo]

That would be a great photo, sans the orange bag coming out of his mouth. Can you fix it?

Ralph never messes with anyone, he runs clean.

[Cheater]

That's no orange bag, that's a doughnut!! LOL!!

[Ralph Thorne]

I was hoping you would forget that picture, Greg.

Thank you, Pablo!

[Cheater]

C'mon, Ralph, you had to know there'd be a price to pay for ragging me about how long it took me to get the pics from #17 posted. LOL!!!

And I didn't even mention the plaques...

['Slots of Fun']

Hi Ralph,

I'll make sure I have some donuts for this Saturday's qualifying!

V/R,

Don

[Ralph Thorne]

Speaking of plaques, I just finished them up.

Thanks, Don. I guess a new tradition has started.