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[Dan Myers]

Season #3, Race #3

Nov. 6, 2010

Washington Slotcar Raceway
Canonsburg Sportsman Association
Allison Hollow Rd.
Meadowlands, PA 15347

Track opens at 8 AM.
Tech opens at 9:30 AM.
Racing starts at 10 AM with Stock Cars on the oval.

[Dan Ebert]

It was a great day of racing at Washington, great food, good fellowship, and super racing on the UK Black and 55' Verga Oval. Only thing missing for me was a Dan Myers azz-kickin on the Oval!!!

Thanks to everyone who worked to make this event possible!!!

The Erie Gang,
Dan, Lester, and Jim

[Dan Myers]

Absolutely. What a great day. Huge thanks to the PA Posse. Denny and Jeff, can't thank you guys enough for doing Tech. Every time I headed toward the bench you were both there cars in hand just hammering away. Ron and everyone who brought food. OH MY GOD. Everything was so delicious I think I gained ten pounds today. Can't wait for Larry to get the race report situated and published.

But 23 drivers and 79 entries across our four classes.

[Ron Hershman]

Outstanding!!!

[WSCC]

First I would like to thank all the racers that made the trip to Washington to race in the Penn-Ohio retro series.

Next a big thanks to the PA posse for all their help in making Washington Slot Car Club what it is.

Also I would like to thank all the behind the scenes people that helped to pull off this series race. There where a few regular faces missing in action but we had a few new faces show up.

As always it was a great day of racing and smiles with a lot of great people. There were a few new records set in the F1 class on flying distances.

I hope that everyone had a great day of racing and plenty to eat and went home with a full belly.

Thanks everyone,

Ron Culp

[Dennis Krivacek]

I too would like to thank everyone for making the trip to Washington. On behalf of the PA Posse, I hope you all enjoyed a great day of racing, friends, and good food.

Thanks to John Krebbs for his expertise in electronics and fine craftsmanship on the updated electronics on the track. The new system was flawless albeit a couple hiccups with our archaic keyboard.

Again, thanks to Ron for making a great track available to the guys here in SW PA. Hope you all had a safe trip home.

Go figure... you guys make the trek to Washington and get an extra hour of sleep. Just another part of our hospitality. LOL.

[One_Track_Mind]

Had a wonderful time for my first trip to the PA Posse countryside.

Food was outstanding and believe it or not, I got a full belly!

Great racing, great time, and great friends! just doesn't get any better.

I felt Ron stayed calm all day until the police showed up!

[Mr. Frank]

YO... That was funny as H*LL. Then after words it was even funnier... After we found out what had happened.

Had a BLAST yesterday... Thanks to all who helped out...

Pretty good racing though, that Sax guy bought one of my F1s and took sixth place... I think... Should have given him my motor though...

It's always nice to go to that part of town Saw Paul Meiers there, that's the guy who used to do the Slotcar Bulletin...

Race-in was a BLAST.... Food was FANTASTIC..... Can't say much more.

Just wait till next month...


Mr. Frank

[John Streisguth]

Paul Meiers? Did he run the Keystone USRA back in the early '90s?

[Ron Hershman]

Yes, he did.

[Sax555]

My hat is off to all you guys that made this race happen. aGood to see you all again. GOOD FOOD AND RACING! And that old track keeps getting better!!! She's a good old girl

Late,

Sax

PS: I need Ron's number.

[Renee' Lynn]

Hey guys,

The photos are up... Hope you enjoy!!!

Pictures

[One_Track_Mind]

Should have gave him my motor though...

Yo' Dude,

Are you talking about the F7 you let the magic smoke out of? That's not a very nice thing to do to our buddy Sax.

When you rebuild this one and zap the magnets, can you do an extra one for me?

Thank you, Renee' , the pictures are outstanding!

[Dan Myers]

LAUTERBACH’s SWEEP WASHINGTON




Tom and Jeff Lauterbach are rated amongthe top retro racers in the world, so it came as no real surprisethat the duo totally dominated race number three of the Penn-Ohioretro Series on Saturday, Nov. 6 at the Washington Slot Car Club,which happens to be their home track.




With 23-racers on hand producing aseason high 79 total entries… the battleground was a historic ChrisDadds-built U.K. 110’ Black flat track, and the Jimmy Verga-built55’ ‘Bullring’ oval housed within the confines of theCanonsburg Sportsman Club, located near Washington, PA.




STOCK CAR




Following an outing on the North Eastroad course last month things were back to normal for the stock cardivision, as they traded paint on the tight Bullring ‘true’ oval,which measures only 55-feet on the outside lane.




Current point leader Tom Lauterbach wason fire as he jumped to a big lead early in the first heat and neverlooked back, racing to a convincing 17-lap win over son Jeff. LarryMattingly overcame early race traffic problems to eventually reel inBob Saxvik on the bottom lanes to finish third. Greg Kurnal wasfifth, trailed by Dennis Krivacek and Brian McPherson.




The second heat found veteran FrankElavsky cruising to a win over Dan Ebert , who edged the alwayssteady Jeff Little for the second spot. Former wing car stalwart JimVerga finished fourth on the track he constructed, followed by StevePloskunak, Lester Lucas and Aaron Ploskunak, who came back followinggear issues early on in the contest.




The final tally found T. Lauterbacheasily winning over J. Lauterbach, Elavsky, Ebert and Mattingly.Little, Saxvik, Verga, Kurnal and S. Ploskunak were next in line. T.Lauterbach recorded the day’s fastest time with a 2.07 lap.




Bob Saxvick took first in concours withan O/S Pontiac GTO painted by Frank Elavsky. Jim Verga claimedsecond, with Steve Ploskunak third.




T. Lauterbach… T/L R-Geochassis (142.8 grams), Falcon motor, O/S 68 Charger body, Parma/GT-1gears (7-28), T/L front /Alpha rear tires, Third Eye Controller.

J. Lauterbach… T/L R-Geochassis (148.2 grams), Falcon motor, O/S Charger body. Parma/GT-1gears (7-28), T/L front/Alpha rear tires, Third Eye controller.

F. Elavsky… self-built chassis(124.2 grams), Falcon motor, O/S 68 Charger body, Parma/GT-1 gears(7-28), self-mounted front and rear tires, DiFalco controller.













FLEXI-GT




The action moved over to the flat trackroad course for the remainder of the afternoon, and 21 Flexi-GTracers were the first class to pick-up the gauntlet.




Jeff Lauterbach left little doubt thathe was the man to beat in this class, as he dominated the first heat,out racing Ron Culp, who turned in his best performance of the seasonthus far. Steve Ploskunak just edged Dennis Krivacek for third, withJeff Little not far behind in the fifth position. John Krebs was nextin line over Dan Ebert, Aaron Ploskunak, Greg Kurnal, Matt Nulph, andLester Lucas.




The second heat was a nail biter, asTom Lauterbach had his hands full nipping long time Buckeye racer BobKurkowski by just two-laps. Bob Saxvik was third over Frank Elavsky,who held off Larry Mattingly, Brian McPherson, and Jim Verga by atwo-lap margin for fourth thru seventh Terry Garove, Canadian invaderRob Garner and Dan Myers rounded out the pack.




J. Lauterbach was awarded the overallvictory with a five-lap win over T. Lauterbach. Kurkowski was third,ahead of Saxvik, Culp, S. Ploskunak, Krivacek, Elavsky, Mattingly,and McPherson. T. Lauterbach registered fast time with a 4.566.




Concours was taken by Aaron Ploskunakwith a Red Fox Chapparal painted by his father, Steve. Second placewent to Matt Nulph, with Dennis Krivacek third.




J. Lauterbach … T/L JK C-11chassis (102.5 grams), Falcon motor, Red Fox Ferrari P-4 body,Parma/GT-1 gears (10-37), JK front/ Alpha rear tires, Third Eyecontroller.

T. Lauterbach … T/L JK C-11chassis (102 grams), Falcon motor, Red Fox Ferrari P-4 body,Parma/GT-1 gears (10/37), JKfront/Alpha rear tires, Third Eyecontroller.

B. Kurkowski …Special K Parma chassis, Falcon motor, Red Fox Ferrari P-4 body,Parma gears, Parma front and rear tires, Parma controller.







CAN-AM




The popular Can-Am division, with23-entries, proved to be the biggest class of the day… requiringthree heats to determine the winner.




It was all Dennis Krivacek in the firstheat, as the card carrying member of the ‘Pa Posse’ won easilyafter challenger Bob Saxvik went to the pits with a jammed frontwheel following an off-track excursion. That moved John Krebs tosecond, who eeked out the spot by eight track sections over DanMyers. Saxvik recovered to take fourth from Larry Mattingly in thelast segment, while Rob Garner, Aaron Plosknuk and Matt Nulph trailedat the checker.




Tom Lauterbach blitzed the field in thesecond heat beating second place Bob Kurkowski by 23-laps for thewin. Ron Culp turned in another good run for third, ahead of BrianMcPherson, Jim Verga, Frank Elavsky, Dan Ebert and Terry Garove.




Jeff Lauterbach made short work of thethird heat, besting second place Steve Ploskunak by 20-laps. JeffLittle had another solid run to grab the ‘show’ position. GregKurnal, Mike Cox, Lester Lucas, and Leroy Moyer finished fourth thruseventh.




In the final finish T. Lauterbach heldon for a one-lap victory over J. Lauterbach, while S. Ploskunaknailed down the third place podium spot by two laps over Kurkowski,and Krivacek. Little, Culp, Krebs, Myers and McPherson filled out theremaining top-10 positions. Tom Lauterbach had fast time with a4.744.




A Ti-22 painted by Jeff Little earnedGreg Kurnal top honors in concours. Terry Garove was awarded second,with Rob Garner third.




T. Lauterbach… T/L R-Geochassis (106.3 grams), Falcon motor, O/S Ferrari 414 body, Parma/GT-1gears (7-28), JK front/Alpha rear tires, Third Eye controller

J. Lauterbach… T/L R-Geochassis (107.9 grams), Falcon motor, O/S Ferrari 414 body, Parma GT-1gears (7-28) JK front/Alpha rear tires, Third Eye controller.

S. Ploskunak… Self-built JKchassis (108.2 grams), Falcon motor, O/S Ti-22 body, Parma/GT-1 gears(7-27), Alpha front/rear tires, DiFalco controller.







PENN-OHIO FORMULA ONE




The final class of the day was thePenn-Ohio Formula One open-wheelers, where another strong showing of21 entries necessitated two round robin mains.




After sitting out the first threesegments in the first race Jeff Lauterbach flexed his muscles once hegot on the track, by cruising to an easy win over a trio of fellowWashington racers.Steve Ploskunak registered another strong showingcapturing second over Jeff Little and newcomer John Krebs, while DanEbert, Brian McPherson and Rob Garner had a great battle for thefifth slot with only one-lap separating them at the finish. LarryMattingly, Aaron Ploskunak, Denny Krivacek, who lost a gear in thesecond heat, and Mike Cox trailed.




Tom Lauterbach spanked the field in thesecond race shattering his former track record by four laps(273-laps), to outdistance Bob Kurkowski and Bob Saxvik for thehonors. Dan Myers had a strong fourth place showing over local racerGreg Kurnal, Leroy Moyer, Matt Nulph, Lester Lucas, Ron Culp andFrank Elavsky, who retired early with a blown motor.




Tom once again edged Jeff by one lapfor the overall win, with Kurkowski 15-laps back in third. S.Ploskunak and Little were fourth and fifth, Saxvik, Krebs, Myers,Ebert and Garner rounded out the top-10 finishers. T. Lauterbach alsolaid claim to the fast time bonus with a new track record lap of4.815.




Denny Krivacek took the concours honorswith his self-painted O/S Cooper . Dan Myers placed second, withBrian McPherson third.




T. Lauterbach used a T/L-builtR-Geo Victory chassis (112.9 grams), powered by a Falcon 7 (geared7/28) to claim the win. O/S Cooper body, Parma/Gt-1 gears, T/L fronttires and Alpha rears completed his package. Tom used a Third Eyecontroller.

J. Lauterbach … T/L R-Geochassis (109.4 grams), Falcon motor, O/S Cooper body, Parma/Gt-1gears (7-28), JK fronts/Alpha rears, Third Eye Controller.

B. Kurkowski… Special Kchassis (124.1 grams), Falcon motor, O/S Cooper body, Parma gear,tires and controller.







WASHINGTONRESULTS (earned points in brackets)




STOCKCAR




1 Tom Lauterbach 408 (52)

2. Jeff Lauterbach 391 (48)

3. Frank Elavsky 381 (46)

4. Dan Ebert 365 (44)

5. Larry Mattingly 363 (42)

6. Jeff Little 360 (40)

7. Bob Saxvik 355.8 (38)

8. Jim Verga 355.7 (36)

9. Greg Kurnal 354 (34)

10. Steve Ploskunak 349 (32)

11. Dennis Krivacek 344 (30)

12. Lester Lucas 340 (28)

13. Brian McPherson 308 (26)

14. Aaron Ploskunak 240 (24)







FLEXI-GT




1. Jeff Lauterbach 194 (50)

2. Tom Lauterbach 189 (50)

3. Bob Kurkowski 187 (46)

4. Bob Saxvik 175 (44)

5. Ron Culp 171 (42)

6. Steve Ploskunak 169 (40)

7. Dennis Krivacek 168 (38)

8. Frank Elavsky 166 (36)

9. Larry Mattingly 165 (34)

10. Brian McPherson 164.4 (32)

11. Jim Verga 164.2 (30)

12. Jeff Little 163 (28)

13. John Krebs 159 (26)

14. Dan Ebert 155 (24)

15. Aaron Ploskunak 148.16 (22)

16. Greg Kurnal 148.6 (20)

17. Terry Garove 142 (18)

18. Rob Garner 141 (16)

19. Dan Myers 140 (14)

20. Matt Nulph 131 (12)

21. Lester Lucas 129 (10)







CAN-AM




1. Tom Lauterbach 275 (52)

2. Jeff Lauterbach 274 (48)

3. Steve Ploskunak 254 (46)

4. Bob Kurkowski 252.12 (44)

5. Dennis Krivacek 252.2 (42)

6. Jeff little 248 (40)

7. Ron Culp 244 (38)

8. John Krebs 239.13 (36)

9. Dan Myers 239.5 (34)

10. Brian McPherson 237 (32)

11. Bob Saxvik 234 (30)

12. Larry Mattingly 232 (28)

13. Jim Verga 231.15 (26)

14. Frank Elavsky 231.10 (24)

15. Dan Ebert 230 (22)

16. Rob Garner 226 (20)

17. Greg Kurnal 225 (18)

18. Aaron Ploskunak 222 (16)

19. Mike Cox 219 (14)

20. Lester Lucas 203 (12)

21. Matt Nulph 202 (10)

22. Leroy Moyer 198 (9)

23. Terry Garove 172 (8)













PENN-OHIOFORMULA ONE




1. Tom Lauterbach 273 (52)

2. Jeff Lauterbach 272 (48)

3. Bob Kurkowski 258 (46)

4. Steve Ploskunak 254 (44)

5. Jeff Little 247 (42)

6. Bob Saxvik 241.13 (40)

7. John Krebs 241.2 (38)

8. Dan Myers 239 (36)

9. Dan Ebert 236 (34)

10. Rob Garner 235.13 (32)

11. Brian McPherson 235.5 (30)

12. Greg Kurnal 231 (28)

13. Larry Mattingly 227 (26)

14. Leroy Moyer 225 (24)

15. Aaron Ploskunak 220 (22)

16. Dennis Krivacek 219.13 (20)

17. Matt Nulph 219.13 (18)

18. Lester Lucas 218 (16)

19. Ron Culp 215 (14)

20. Mike Cox 212 (12)

21. Frank Elavsky 74 (10)







WASHINGTONNEWS & NOTES




… Hats off to Ron Culp and theWashington Slot Car Club. The ‘PA Posse’ sure knows how to throwa party. The day’s activities went off without a hitch, fromsign-in to the final race. And the food? Sliced prime roast beef andmushrooms, Italian sausage, home made mac and cheese, fresh cutfrench fries, pasta salad and Mexican-style pizza. No one went homehungry.




… As if the on-track action wasn’texciting enough, a fire engine damaged the front entrance gate toSportsman Club responding to a car fire on the property.




… Washington’s 110’ UK Blacktrack has some history. Formerly housed at Mike Leach’s FasTrackHobbies in Newark, OH and the late Dan Artman’s Mineral Ridge, OHbased Raceway Hobbies, the flat track has been the scene of two USRADiv. 2 Nats races along with a pair of ISRA North Americanchampionship events. The old girl is as tough as ever.




…New faces. A big welcome to localWashington racers John Krebs, whose father was a driving force inPittsburgh slot car racing in the 1960’s, as well as the managerof Tom Thumb South … a Western PA slot racing mecca back in theday; Greg Kurnal, and Terry Garove.




… And a welcome back to Bob Saxvik.’Sax’ has put the summer toys away and should be a regular on theP-O trail. Many racers compete on Bob’s beautiful three-lane homebasement track (Rte. 46 Raceway) every Monday night during the wintermonths.




… Canadian racer Rob Garner made thelong 5 ½ trip down from the Niagara Falls area to compete andcracked the top-10 in the F1 class. Rob says to expect to see evenmore Canadian racers in future P-O events.




…MIA at Washington were seriesregulars Rick Bennardo, Brian Cox, Jay Sabala, Andy Buckzo andTiffany Rathburn. Rick was attending the World of Outlawchampionships in Charlotte, NC, while Brian announced he will beforced to withdraw from the P-O Series for awhile, due a back injurysuffered by his fiancée at work. Hurry back folks.




… ‘Captain’ Steve Ploskunak getsan ‘atta boy’ for his strong showing at Washington, including apodium finish in the Can-Am main. Steve’s son Aaron, the P-O Seriesyoungest racer, also keeps getting better and better, which reallyputs a smile on dads face.




… ‘Tech Nazi’ Dan Myers receivedan early Christmas present as Jeff Little and Dennis Krivacek handledthe tech duties all day so the Cable Guy could get in some extrapractice time on the tricky UK Black. Did it help? “Not a bit,”laughed Dan.




…Just how tough is it to defeat theLauterbach’s (Tom and Jeff) on the P-O flat tracks? We thoughtFrank Elavsky had the best line of the day: “I consider placingthird to them to be a win”.




… Elavsky was in deep mourning atWashington as his prized ‘Falcoon’ expired during the F1 main.“She lived for 12-races”, said Frank. A memorial service isplanned in Akron this week.




… Paul Meiers, long time racer,series director, USRA president and former publisher of SLOT CARBULLETIN, stopped in to say ‘hello’ to the troops. The now svelteMeiers, no thanks to open heart surgery a few years back, still lovesto talk slots, but shows no inclination that he wants to pick up acontroller again, despite some good natured prodding from the racers.




… Aaron Ploskunak now holds therecord for ‘heaviest’ P-O car ever raced, as his stock car tippedthe scales at 168 plus grams.




… The Falcon 7 was the motor ofchoice at Washington, as it was in all 12 podium finishing cars.




… It was great to see all five P-Ohosting raceway owners (Ron Culp, Leroy Moyer, Lester Lucas, FrankElavsky and Brian McPherson) in attendance and RACING. Don’t seethat very often in other slot car series.




Participating racer/ raceway numbersfrom Washington: Washington (12), BCR (4), North East (3), Rte. 93(1), REM (1), Niagara Scale Speedway (1), Misc. (1).




… Next up is Rte. 93 Raceway in Akronon Sat. Dec. 4. A P-O mid-season survey will be distributedsoliciting racer input for the 2011 season. Put on your thinkingcaps, as to possible changes and what you would like to see happen inthe series next season. However, please keep in mind that this willbe an informational survey… NOT a vote.

[Jeff Little]

Great job!! Dan and Renee!!! You two missed your calling!!!

Thanks for all you do and have done for the Penn Ohio gang!!

Jeff Little

[John McMillan]

Way to go Ron Culp! A 5TH in Flexi GT and a 7TH in Can-Am way to step up your program. This has to be one of your best days yet in your Penn-Ohio racing.
John

[Captain]

It was great to see everyone again. What a great day of racing with friends. I didn't think Ron could top last years lunch but I think he has set the bar even higher than before.... WOW. Thank you to Dan and Renee. You guys do a great job. Also to Denny and Jeff for helping with Tech. You guys really stepped up and helped move things along.

Can't wait for next months race at Rt. 93. Hope to see everyone there.....