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[Big Mike]

Thanks again for everyone who battled the weather and made the journey for the race, special thanks to Ron Hershman and Rande Marshall for coming up to help support the MRRA Series.

Retro Flexi

1 Ron Hershman 301.05 4.595
2 Rick Davis 300.01 4.543
3 Charlie Monroe 285.00 4.608
4 Rich Attee 283.00 4.613
5 Greg VanPeenen 280.07 4.672
6 Cap Henry 169.00 4.541


F1

1 Ron Hershman 287.06 4.820
2 Rick Davis 283.10 4.824
3 Greg VanPeenen 275.00 4.960
4 Mike Chmielewski 273.00 4.899
5 Cap Henry 267.02 4.915
6 Rich Attee 263.00 5.156
7 Bob Appelle 255.02 5.164


CAN AM

1 Cap Henry 298.00 4.656
2 Ron Hershman 295.07 4.627
3 Mike Chmielewski 289.00 4.693
4 Rick Davis 288.00 4.710
5 Greg VanPeenen 277.08 4.775
6 Rich Attee 275.03 4.976
7 Bob Appelle 153.00 4.981


RETRO PRO 2 min heats due to time


1 Rick Davis 222.10 4.056
2 Ron Hershman 219.01 4.128
3 Rich Attee 211.08 4.276
4 Charlie Monroe 191.09 4.190
5 Cap Henry 61.00 4.310
6 Greg VanPeenen 51.00 4.316
7 Mike Chmielewski 27.00 4.739

Next race will be at slot car crossing in Holly,MI in january on the fast smooth hillclimb.

[Big Mike]

Retro Flexi
1 Rich Attee 372 laps 3.564 secs
2 Larry Langdon 363 3.553
3 Brandon Jarman 352 3.519
4 Dave Mountz 340 3.685
5 Nancy Jago
6 Greg VanPeenen 172 3.557

Retro F1
1 Rick Davis 344 laps 3.838 secs
2 Larry Langdon 341 3.848
3 Rich Attee 339 3.832
4 Greg VanPeenen 331 3.884
5 Big Mike Chmielewski 305 3.956
6 Steve Cassidy 292 4.052
7 Bob Appelle 162 4.282

Can-Am
1 Brandon Jarman 349 laps 3.840 secs
2 Rich Attee 340 3.829
3 Greg VanPeenen 336 3.740
4 Larry Langdon 328 3.830
5 Big Mike Chmielewski 317 3.620
6 Steve Cassidy 317 3.901
7 Joe Panulla? 273 4.056
8 Dave Mountz 225 3.786
9 Bob Appelle 217 4.004
10 Rick Davis 205 3.374 Broken car

RetroPro Anglewinder
1 Rich Attee 347 laps 3.336 secs
2 Brandon Jarman 343 3.338
3 Rick Davis 336 3.302
4 Joe Panulla 291 3.469
5 Steve Cassidy 271 3.410

Hope everyone had a good time and hopefully I will get some pictures from the race soon.

[Richie]

WOW! Some ROCKET times! Nice job!!!

[Greg VanPeenen]

Richie,

Race 5 was held at Slotcar Crossing. The track is a 135 ft. Hillclimb. That is the reason for the quick times.

Race six is back at Skidmarks on the super speedway. I hope we can get a big turn-out so we can have qualifying. Last Race at Skidmarks fifteen-year-old Brandon Jarman ran a 4.117 race lap running one of my loaner cars. 13.6 volts eight lanes running. I am going to give him one of the good cars for the upcoming race I can't wait to see him run some qualifying laps.

That tripod car you built for Cap is awesome. That thing works everywhere. I should have you build me one.

Regards,

Greg VanPeenen

[Richie]

Thanks Greg! I loved that car's feel, but Cap wanted it, so I built myself a twin of that tripod Looks like you have built some really good chassis' yourself!

[Mr Horsepower]

Brandon is only 14 but he enjoys driving your cars Greg. We appreciate you letting him have the oppertumity. I'll have those motors done and have a few ideas for something else. I'll give you a call and talk about it. Thanks,chris

[Big Mike]

Hey all you retro racers dont forget Skidmarks is the place to be on Feb.13th for the final race of the first season of the MRRA. Greg will have the points and we will announce the winners of each class there at the race. I'm working on some great door prizes and goodie bags for the racers and also some mfg. prizes

[John Miller]

I really liked the Flint, MI t-shirt I seen at the last race.

See, I didn't mention anything about the Michigan Mafia this time!

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[Cap Henry]

Good Luck Guys, Wish I could make it

[Big Mike]

Have fun in sunny Flordia cap you'd be loving the michigan roads today after 12" of snow they've still got 10" on them but the forcast looks good for the race and a few days before so hope everyone can make it!!

[The Groove]

Hey Cap your realy going to miss this snow ,wish I was going to Florida!!!

[Big Mike]

Just talked to larry and he's READY for the race on the 13th so we all better bring the good stuff as you know he's got home track advantage(but he's never won a race yet on his own track). see you guys in a week and a half or so!

[Big Mike]

Race #6 is sunday thats only two days away!!!!!!!!!!! Rich put the penquins away, its suppose to be 40 degrees by next wednesday and upper 30's on sunday

[The Groove]

Remember last summer when it was like 122 degrees inside M&T raceway!!!??? See ya Sunday at Skidmarks!!!

[Greg VanPeenen]

Retro Racers,

Tomorrow is the day, MRRA race number 6 at Skidmarks, the Super Speedway of the MRRA, and the final race of our first series. The weather looks like it is going to be good, so I would like to see a good turn out.

The races will take place in the following order.

MRRA Retro Flexi

Can-Am IRRA Rules

F-1 IRRA Rules

Retro Pro MRRA/ORS Rules

If you start out with your tires a little oversize on you Can-Am car you should be able to run one set of tires for Can-Am, F-1, and Retro Pro.

I am Sorry to say that Cap Henry and maybe Rick Davis will be in Florida. They will be missed. But on the bright side this should give someone else a chance to win.

I am sure Larry will have the track prepped to the max. so we should be able to have some good racing. As usual I am having to do the last minute trash but I should have one or two extra Can-Am and retro Flexi cars.

If you have any expired Hawk-7 motors laying around bring them with you. I will collect them and send them, along with mine, to Custom Arm Winder John Havlicek. That will be your good deed for the day.

We will have a short meeting to decide the feature plans for the MRRA.

See ya at the races.



Regards,
Greg VanPeenen
MRRA

[Bob Appelle]

What time is the track going to open for practice, and what time for tech and the first race. I will prove again that great equipment does not mean great finishes, and you are correct that Rick Davis is in Homestead testing for the R.C. World Championship in April . Hope to see everyone tomorrow. Bob

[John Miller]

The track opens at 10:00 AM.

I'm not sure what time we tech in.

I look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow.

John

[Greg VanPeenen]

Bob and John,

Glad you guys are coming tomorrow.

Correct track opens at 10:00. If everyone gets dialed in Tech Will Open at 11:30 racing will start at Noon. If you all get dialed in sooner we will start sooner..

Any of you Ohio or other Midwest Racers. They say the weather is going to be great today and tomorrow. Should be a great day for a drive to Flint. And you S.E. Michigan Retro racers. Don't let the BIG, FAST, Hi-Bank track put you off. Its a Blast to run on. Come race with us and have some fun.

Testing New chassis design last night at M&T went low 4.5's off the trailer will go 4.4's with race motor and a little dial in. Skidmarks is 6 to 7 tenths faster. Oh Yea. Gonna have some fun tomorrow. I like bob will show you all how you can lose even with good equipment.

[John Miller]

[Greg VanPeenen]

John,

Thanks for posting the pics.

If you would like you can put captions with them.

I will add the results as soon as I get the print outs of the official race results. Then I will post all the final series points standings.

The Winners of Race 6 were.

Retro-Flexi. Brandon Jarman JK C-11 chassis
Can-Am. John Miller Miller/Warmack chassis
F-1. Bob Foster VanPeenen/chassis
Retro-Pro. John Miller VanPeenen/chassis

It looked like a Cap Henry sweep of Can-Am, F-1, and maybe Retro-Pro. But with Cap missing the last two Races it turned into the Rich Attee/ Big Mike Chmielewski show. With Mike taking the Can-Am series title and Rich bagging the F-1, Retro-Pro, and Retro-Flexi, and the overall series title.

We did not have an official constructors championship. But it would have been VanPeenen chassis. I think we will have to have on next time.

Thank you to everyone who raced with us during the first MRRA Retro Racing Series. Hope to see you all and even more racers in our next Series.

See ya at the races.
Greg VanPeenen
MRRA

[Greg VanPeenen]

Racers,

I have a disc with the race results for MRRA race 6.

As soon as I get it to open I will post final race and series standings.

Several people have as me why John Miller posted pictures of the red F-1. Had that chassis in my box of chassis that had not been tried yet for a couple months. I could not get John Miller or Mike Swiss to build me a Swiss F-1 so I decided to try that chassis. Bob Foster ran the car for me at race 6. Bob ran race laps in the low,low 4.1's and won the race by 10 or 11 laps over John with his Swiss copy.

So thank you John and Mike if not for you I probably would not have tried this chassis.

After the race Bob Foster told me not to sell the car as he was not pushing the car during the race and it would go much quicker.

See you at the races.

Greg VanPeenen
MRRA

[John Miller]

Don't feel bad Greg. I haven't had the time to build myself any cars either.

Actually, I was in Chicago today with Mike and my car is not a true copy.

By the way, are you going to the R4?

[MSwiss]

Greg,
I don't see the Z railer or Swiss F1 (or whatever it's called) to be an advantage
on a track like Skidmarks. If anything, it would probably be a detriment.

Regardless, you're sorta running a Swiss F1 anyway.
I designed the JK F1 kit for Jerry about 2 1/2 yrs. ago.

[Richie]

Great racing guys! Looks like a nice turnout!

[Greg VanPeenen]

Greg,
I don't see the Z railer or Swiss F1 (or whatever it's called) to be an advantage
on a track like Skidmarks. If anything, it would probably be a detriment.

Regardless, you're sorta running a Swiss F1 anyway.
I designed the JK F1 kit for Jerry about 2 1/2 yrs. ago.

Mike,

A fine job on that JK kit some really fast cars have built using that kit as a base. Did you do the Can- Am kit also.

My version is just a little different but does use the kit for parts. It is short just how short I will not say. It is a front hinge damped movement plumber. The hinge is filled with a damping material. The front axle and wheels ride with the pans. The rear side to side movement is adjustable with a movable stop as is the up and down. When the car goes into the corner the rear of the pans kicks out and the front wheels turn slightly into the corner.

Tested that car on Big Mikes King and it turned laps much quicker the the top 2 F-1 cars in the last race there. It is also very light for an F-1 so there is room for lead to tune for harder tracks.

I will give you a call tomorrow, as I need some STUFF. Also need to know if there is a 4.5 kit. I need something easy that will work with the .8125 dia. fronts and I need some Stock Car Fronts. Have got to get several more cars done before the R-4.

Regards,
Greg.