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[Keith Tanaka]

The Second Annual Checkpoint Cup is in the record books.

Like the inaugural event, the races were tightly contested and a lot of fun!

There's a lot of people to thank for their work and support. I will be posting a thank you later today to those individuals as well as our sponsors who donated to this year's Checkpoint.

A big thank you to Lenore Gallegos for hosting this second annual event at BPR. Lenore, thanks for the pizza on Friday and the lunch on Saturday.

The full race/photo report will be posted either tonight or tomorrow. There's hundreds of photos to process!

A special thank you to Greg "Cheater" Wells for his work on the live webcast. Although we experienced some "technical difficulties" during the webcast because of the slow internet connection, we worked the problems as a team. We both learned from each other, just like racers helping one another to improve their game. I am looking forward to working with Cheater again in the future. We both agree that using the live webcast to broadcast slot car racing events is a good way to promote this great hobby.

Congratulations to all the podium winners. Thanks to all the racers for their participation.

Below are the podium winners. I will post the full race/photo report on Phanfare later tonight or tomorrow.

Stock Car Concours winners: L-R, "Realistic" category, Oscar Morales. "Presentation" category, Philippe de Lespinay (body by Noose)



Stock Car TQ: Howie Ursaner 4.655 sec.

Stock Car podium: L-R, Phil Nyland 2nd, Howie Ursaner 1st, Dale Yamashita 3rd.



Coupe Concours winners: L-R, "Presentation" category, Philippe de Lespinay (body by Noose). "Realistic" category, Paul Sterrett.



Coupe TQ: Bryan Warmack 4.581 sec.

Coupe podium: L-R, Howie Ursaner 2nd, Duran Trujillo 1st, Jonathan Forsyth 3rd.



RetroPro Concours winners: L-R, "Presentation" category, Philippe de Lespinay (body by Noose). "Realistic" category, Paul Sterrett.



Retro Pro TQ: Duran Trujillo 3.298 sec.

Retro Pro podium: L-R, Doug Matthes 2nd, Duran Trujillo 1st, Jonathan Forsyth 3rd.



Can-Am Concours winners, L-R, "Realistic" category, Eddie Shorer (body by Craig Williamson). "Presentation" category, Keith Tanaka (body by Noose).



Can-Am TQ: John Gorski 4.175 sec.

Can-Am podium: L-R, Bryan Warmack 2nd, John Gorski 1st, Doug Matthes 3rd.



Formula 1 Concours winners: L-R, "Realistic" category, Mill Conroy (body by Noose). "Presentation" category, Jay Guard.



Formula 1 TQ: Duran Trujillo 4.190 sec.

Formula 1 podium: L-R, Doug Matthes 2nd, Duran Trujillo 1st, Howie Ursaner 3rd.



Jail Door Concours winners: L-R, "Realistic" category, Bryan Warmack. "Presentation" category, Jay Guard (body by Noose).



Jail Door TQ: Duran Trujillo 5.345 sec.

Jail Door podium: L-R, Paul Sterrett 2nd, Duran Trujillo 1st, Bryan Warmack 3rd.




Keith

[Slotgeezer]

Ah ... (ahem) ...

Couldn't somebody un-hook Duran's brake lead? ... Even ONCE!?

The kid is almost un-stoppable...

Thank you, Keith, for the "teaser" report... Looking forward to viewing the extended version...

A fitting start to our 2010 racing season in D3... Let's keep 'em rollin'!!!

Jeff Easterly

[tonyp]

Hey, Noose won concours in every class.

[Roger U]

You got that right, Jeff. Duran and Jonathan should both run without the brake leads and they should have a ten lap handicap just for the heck of it .

As for Keith, with all his arranging stuff, setting things up, taking photos, troubleshooting the internet with Cheater, and racing, I don't see how he got any report out today. Amazing.

It was a fun weekend. Many thanks to Keith, Paul, Rick Salvino, Mike ?, and all the other locals who helped set things up and keep things moving.

Also, thanks very much to Greg (Cheater) for all of his time and efforts. First time I met him, he's very friendly and helpful.

[Slotgeezer]

Hey Noose won concours in every class.

Hey, Tony!
So... you expected anything less out of Joe???

Next big race, he gets to paint with a brush, up-side down, in a dark room, with one eye closed...

That'll even-up the concours playing field, eh?

Great work, Joe... Beautiful cars...

Congratulations!

Jeff Easterly

[Noose]

Wow... thanks to all who ran my painted bodies. Quite diverse there!

Jeff... OK, I'll paint the next ones with one hand tied behind my back. LOL

[Uncle Fred]

I thought you did that already!

[68Caddy]

My vote is going for Keith, I saw him every where taking pictures working on the broadcast and helping out, Keith you are number one and thanks for putting in all that work into the Checkpoint Cup to make it a success.

Nesta

[JerseyJohn]

Hey, Tony!

So....you expected anything less out of Joe ???

Next big race, he gets to paint with a brush, up-side down, in a dark room, w/ one eye closed....

That'll even-up the concourse playing field, eh?

Great work, Joe... Beautiful cars....

Congratulations!


Jeff Easterly

But Jeff, thats how he paints now!!!

[68Caddy]

Molnar, my good friend, you guys on the East have a hell of a artist on your side and Joe sure knows what he is doing.

Hell the guys from your side did really good, just look at Howie and John G. Howie has a lot of talents, have to say I love the man and I always leave with a smile after seeing him. He needs to move to Kali.

Nesta

[Mark Wampler]

Duran should run on 9v.

[GT40]

It was a great day of racing and hanging out! I got there just after tech closed at 10:30 (after driving three hours down the coast); Paul Sterrett was kind enough to re-open it and wait for me to get a motor in my car.

I ended up taking second in the E main, but I can't imagine having any more fun if I had been in the A Main. Terry De Los Santos and I had a blast dicing back and forth for the lead.

Congrats to John Gorski, new TQ and winner of the Can-Am. We West Coasters should hang our heads in shame!

[Jonathan Forsyth]

I had a great time at my first true D3 event. Lots of great racing and stories. Thanks to everyone that made the event happen.

Most of all thanks to Richie Austin, who built all of my cars. Let me tell you they were all first class. Look out at the Scale Nats in Virginia for Richie Austin, as we will do whatever it takes to help him be competitive. Look forward to meeting you.

Congrats to all the winners, I think I could have given Gorski a run in Can-am if it wasn't for some bad luck in the 7th heat, but nevertheless great race. Same goes in F1 to Duran, it would have been close, but thats racing and bad luck happens.

Can't wait until next year. What a great event, that nobody should miss.

Jonathan

[68Caddy]

Steve,

Nobody should be a shamed because racing is what it is. You got to get lucky sometimes to, otherwise what would be the fun if you won every race?

I'm glad to see the guys who won because they fought hard and fair, but I feel bad for Jonathan. He had some bad luck but he is young and he will kick some butts now or in the future because he is stepping up to the plate and he is way good.

Nesta

[Richie]

Thanks, Jonathan... but I don't think they will let you drive the cars for me at Chick's. LOL!!!

You and your dad did a great job! Just remember, a really great driver and good set-up guy can make any car look good.

[Mark Wampler]

I ended up taking second in the E main, but I can't imagine having any more fun if I had been in the A Main. Terry De Los Santos and I had a blast dicing back and forth for the lead.

Steve, I think you and Terry Schmid made a great showing for our track. Next BP event will be even better.

[eshorer]

Even though I only raced in Saturday's Can-Am race, what an event! There was good racing going on at every level. I watched some of the other races at home, and had some fun chat going on with racers across the country.

Thanks Keith and Greg for getting the webcast running so well. Big thanks for Craig Williamson for painting the body that won the "Realistic" Can-Am award.

It was nice seeing so many racers sitting down to a meal at Knott's after the racing. Thanks to the race directors, Lenore for the venue and lunch, and all the sponsors for providing some cool stuff for us.

What a fun time!

[Gus Kelley]

Hey Guys!

I had the time of my slot life at this event. I first got there at 5 AM Thurs and found a couple of guys camped out outside the back door. I thought that I recognized them from previously reported events on Slotblog, but found out differently.

It was great mixing with everyone over the next several days.

Gus "from Sacto" Kelley