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[Noose]

Yes..the name is right. Well..Gorski said Hershman was replacing him for this race and so he did. 18 for Can-Am and 9 for Stockcar.

Can-Am A Main
Ron Hershman
Bill Gerhart
Dale Granger - and this was a reallllllllly close 3rd place.

B Main
Matt Bruce
Noose
Ray Carlisi

C Main
Jersey John Molnar
Steve Vogt
Larry Mattingly

Stockcars
Randy Kohr
Matt Bruce
Mike Katz

Full report tomorrow and oh boy do we have some stories.

[JerseyJohn]

WOW what an awesome day of racing. Noose put together another great RETRO EAST RACE. Congrats to the winners . The podium finishes were all nail biters. Especially the A-main.
A VERY SPECIAL THANKS to Noose. He offered me a car to use because mine just wasn't fast enough. Time to re-motor my box of horsepower.LOL
I learned allot running this car. it was awesome, this RARE Sampson chassis was glued to the track. However I also learned that running into a car at full speed that fell in your lane is VERY BAD!!!!! that was only the start. Lets just say I really F****d up that car!!!!
Thanks Lynn Sonny's was its usual great. Thanks also to my Bud Bruce, and Steve who ran my car!!!!

A special thanks to Hershman,Randi, Rick Bernardo and Uncle Larry Mattingly. You guys made a long trip. It was great..............

[TSR]

Well..Gorski said Hershman was replacing him for this race

So does that make the winner Ron Gorshman or John Hershki?

Ron, congrats on yet another one!

[NJ Racer]

I overheard Noose telling Hershman that he will collect Hershman's entry and pitpass fee from Gorski

[John Gorski]

Congrates to Ron (RPM Fastones) Hershman Team Gorski
I hope you TQed & didn't run the TI-22? This was one I didn't want to miss sounds like a
good turnout Noose

[JerseyJohn]

You were missed John!

[John Streisguth]

Hey JJ...congrats on making the move-up from the "cellar"...or is that the dungeon? A win is a win, right? Looks like some fast company yesterday!

[JerseyJohn]

I had those guys looking over there shoulder...I was In 4th in the B Main when I crashed into a car under the bridge!!!! We missed you John. I hope you can make the next one......I think Noose is rethinking his loaner program LOL

[John Streisguth]

Well, at least you didn't place ahead of him....

Yeah, I'll be at the next one.The GTC cars are ready except for painting the bodies, and I'm finishing up a new JDGP chassis. Just bent the drop arm as per Mike Steube's post a few months ago...works great! I'm looking forward to racing on the hillclimb since it's similar to the one at Zeppelin's and I've had a lot of laps on that one over the years.

[Marty Stanley]

So does that make the winner Ron Gorshman or John Hershki?

Ron, congrats on yet another one!

PdL,

How about keeping it simple?

Let's just call him . . . . . . FAST!

[Noose]

Sonny's Fast Lanes was the host to the latest Retro East Winter Series Race. They came from far and yonder to partake in the fun. We welcomed Rick Bennardo and Larry Mattingly from Western PA and Ron Hershman and Rande Marshall from Indiana.



Tech got underway and for those naysayers out there, Ron Hershman did the honors of teching my car. LOL



We had 18 entrants for Can-Am and here is the field.











Concours was won by John Molnar with Randy Kohr 2^nd and Bruce Baughman 3^rd.






We all anticipated some pretty fast times as lots of cars were jetting in practice. We waited to see if Tony P's record would be broken and Tony..it's still safe.



Bill Gerhart took TQ with a 4.471 and that extra point.






First up was the C Main. As many of you know, I always have a loaner car available for someone. During practice, Jersey John was kinda struggling so I offered him the loaner which he immediately fell in love with. He did OK qualifying and was ready to go at it in the C Main. It didn't take long for him to grab the lead and hold it for the rest of the race for the move-up spot to the B Main. He drove great.



C Main Results



Jersey John Molnar – 277 laps – Fast Time 4.768

Steve Vogt – 266 – 4.941

Larry Mattingly – 265 – 4.937

Bruce Baughman – 264 – 4.999

Ryan "Winston" Bruce – 229 – 5.059



C Main Podium (Steve Vogt had to leave before the picture was taken)



Your Kodak Moment of Jersey John Molnar and Larry Mattingly






The B Main line up looked like it was going to be a fast one. Matt Bruce got out to the lead and we all knew he wasn't going to relinquish it so the race for the 2^nd move-up spot was on between me, Ray Carlisi, Mike Katz, Rob Kurylo, and yes..Jersey John!



Ray had me by a bit until I got ahead of him with Katz hot on our heels. It was then around the 5^th heat that the BAM heard around the world happened. The heat started within a few seconds we hear a really loud crash. I hear someone yell "Hey Jersey..Your Car". JJ responds with "Yeah man, it's really smooth; even better than it was!"



The problem was he was following my car and thought he was driving it. The BAM was his car turning into kibbles and bits full spewed into the deadman. Oy! I never thought he could he top his R4/2 escapade but he did with this one. We still love him. LOL



Matt flew and I managed to hold Ray off for the move-up.



B Main Results



Matt Bruce – 288 Laps – Fast Time 4.718

Noose – 280 – 4.778

Ray Carlisi – 279 – 4.780

Mike Katz – 278 – 4.941

Rob Kurylo – 276 – 4.827

Harry Boudreau – 252 – 4.718

Rick Bennardo – 245 – 4.827

Jersey John Molnar – 170 – 4.890



B Main Podium

Noose 2^nd, Matt Bruce 1^st, Ray Carlisi 3^rd





Time for the A Main. As expected Ron and Billy got off to a very quick start and stayed close the whole race. Ron got as much as a 2 lap lead but Billy kept clawing back to try and get it closer. Randy, Dale, Jay, Matt and Chris were flying along and I brought up the rear.



Jay had some trouble and DNF while Matt, Dale and Chris were fighting for that last podium spot. In the end, it turned out to be a photo type finish as Dale was just ahead of Chris and Matt.



A Main Results



Ron Hershman – 298 Laps – Fast Time 4.557

Bill Gerhart – 296 – 4.613

Dale Granger – 292 – 4.620

Chris Radische – 292 – 4.617

Matt Bruce – 292 – 4.717

Randy Kohr – 289 – 4.667

Noose – 281 – 4.827

Jay Kisling – 109 – 4.718



A Main Podium

Bill Gerhart 2^nd, Ron Hershman 1^st, Dale Granger 3^rd




Ron's Car: OS Ferrari 612, RPM Chassis, 7/28, Alpha Treated, 108.4 grams, Difalco






Bill's Car: OS TI22, Skunkworks Sled II chassis, 8/28, JK Wonder, 101.9, 3^rd Eye






Dale's Car: JK TI22, Skunkworks chassis, 8/29, JK Wonder, 107.4, 3^rd Eye





On to the Stockcars and wondering if anyone was going to get under the 2 second mark. They all were coming close and finally Chris Radische got the TQ spot with a 1.994.






Concours results were:

Chris Radische 2^nd, Rob Kurylo 1^st, Larry Mattingly 3^rd






This was without a doubt the cleanest Stockcar race we have held yet. It didn't take long for Randy to grab the lead but Matt and Rob were jetting along too. Katz was in his usual lurking position.



Randy held on for the win.



Stockcar Results:

Randy Kohr – 653 Laps – Fast Time 1.951

Matt Bruce - 647 – 1.971

Mike Katz – 644 – 2.077

Rob Kurylo – 639 – 2.077

Chris Radische – 639 – 1.968

Bill Gerhart – 624 – 2.032

Noose – 600 – 2.140

Larry Mattingly – 530 – 2.240

Rick Bennardo – 265 – 2.308



Stockcar Podium

Mike Katz 3^rd, Randy Kohr1^st, Matt Bruce 2^nd







Randy's car: OS Charger, Skunkworks chassis, F7, 8/28, Big Daddies, 132.6 grams, 3^rd Eye











Matt's Car: OS Fairlane, Bruce chassis, TSR, 8/27, JKs, 128.6 grams, 3^rd Eye











Mike's car: OS Charger, Katz chassis, TSR, 8/29, JKS, 129.4 grams, HVR Special











Some parting shots.



Those Skunkworks boys are a close knit bunch but this is ridiculous!








Ron's response when asked for his Gorski entry fee.






Harry Boudreau and Rob Kurylo. Glad to see both back with us!






Rick Bennardo looking serious with his Stockcar






Bruce Baughman, Jersey John Molnar and Steve Vogt






And finally…




A shameless ad by those Mason Dixon guys for their next race.







As for Retro East, next up is Slots-A-Lot on November 22^nd for GT Coupes and Jail Door Grand Prix cars!



CYA…

[Victor Poulin]

Great pics Noose !!

Thank you, its always nice to put a face to the names.
Not to mention, some great looking rides !!!


Vic

[John Streisguth]

Great report as always Noose. Wow, what a race! Really sorry I missed this one. The "bada-bing blowout" should be a doozy...

[BoomerDog]

Nice job to Noose and always to Sonny's. It was a another fun day.
I'd like to put my name in for the next loaner car.....lol

Seriously, it was great to see Jersey in the mix and IN THE B MAIN!

[Noose]

I think he needs to change the name of the team back to Krash.

[tonyp]

Sounds like fun guys' Congrats to the winners.

But it looks like I am going to have to come up to the Bada Bing to lower my 2 year old track records. LOL....

[JerseyJohn]

I think he needs to change the name of the team back to Krash.

LOL I really deserve that

[JerseyJohn]

Sounds like fun guys' Congrats to the winners.

But it looks like I am going to have to come up to the Bada Bing to lower my 2 year old track records. LOL....

MY goal will be to chase your butt. Dude!!!!!!

[Matt Bruce]

Sounds like fun guys' Congrats to the winners.
But it looks like I am going to have to come up to the Bada Bing to lower my 2 year old track records. LOL....

I think those records would have been gone a couple races ago Tony but power at Sonnys ever since replacing the bats has hovered around 13.1 to 13.3 for the retros unlike back in the day with over 14 volts. But if thats what it takes to get ya back in Jersey then we would rather just leave'm be. Congrats to Ron and Rande on a great run and I hope you can make it out again real soon. That goes for Larry and Rick too, always good racing with you. It seemed Dale, Chris and myself ran 24 mins side by side the whole way without giving an inch. That was a great race within the race.

[Tex]

I hope you TQed & didn't run the TI-22?

Nope; looks like the Ferrari!

[DGRacer]

This was truely a great race. Check out the names in the A-Main. You would not have enough fingers and toes to count the national championships ! It is always an honor to race with these guys.

It was nice to see Ron and Rande make that long trip to run with us . Thanks for coming . I like to race with the best , and you sure are.

I sure had to drive my buns off to pull out a third against two other great drivers. What a finish. Noose did you get a picture. All of us were within a section of each other

Also congradulations to Skunkworks driver Randy Kohr for his Stock Car win.

Thanks to Sonnys for a great place to race, I'm looking foreward to coming back.

[Noose]

Here's that 3rd place finish. That's Matt in back, then Chris then you Dale.

[Matt Bruce]

Yep, should of left that TSR motor in there and I would have got both you guys on a nice coast off the bank.

[slotcarone]

This was a hard fought Can Am race for sure!!!! Congrats to Ron on the win. Congrats to Randy for winning the close Nascar race!! Great report Noose as usual!!! It was nice meeting and talking with the Indy-anna boys Ron Hershman and Rande Marshall. Thanks to Sonny's for a great place to race!!

[Ron Hershman]

Yes it was a great weekend at Sonny's. Lots of GREAT racing and GREAT racers/competitors. Tons of fun. A very competitive group of racers with several that can win at any moment.

While it was a long drive out and back...it was worth it..win or lose for me. It was great to see the usual suspects as well as meet many racers I have read about or done work for and finally get to meet them face to face.

Noose runs a great program and keeps it running right along. Sonny and Lynn were great hosts and very helpful while trying to keep up with all the business throughout the weekend.

The King track was good and it was the same for everyone throughout the program. It all came down to testing and tuning, right tire selection, driving and luck.