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[MSwiss]

Nine-man Round Robin

E Main
laps - fast time
1. John Miller - 258 laps - 5.141 secs
2. Ezra Vosburgh - 254 - 5.138
3. Gary Adams - 253 - 5.223
4. Ken Bryan - 251 - 5.213
5. Nelson Swanberg - 249 - 5.174
6. Keith Brown - 244 - 5.255
7. Bill Fulmer - 240 - 5.308
8. A J Hoyt - 229 - 5.586
9. Alex Michael - 201 - 5.142

John and Ezra move up to D Main.

D Main
laps - fast time
1. Wes Pikunis - 270 laps - 4.916 secs
2. Jerry "Boogie Man" Wyant - 266 - 4.963
3. Ezra Vosburgh - 262 - 5.078
4. Greg Gorski - 261 - 5.071
5. John Miller - 260 - 5.016
6. Tex Hofer - 256 - 5.188
7. Dave Crevie - 254 - 5.030
8. Mike Iles - 249 - 4.967

Wes and Boogie move up to B Main

C Main
laps - fast time
1. Joe "Noose" Neumeister - 271 laps - 4.942 secs
2. Pablo Wolcott - 267 - 5.055
3. Jeremy Wyant - 265 - 5.027
4. Jerry "Boogie Man" Wyant- 265 - 4.994
5. Bernie Schatz - 262 - 5.008
6. Steve Levitsky - 259 - 4.969
7. Jack Beers - 254 - 5.030
8. Wes Pikunis - 93 - 5.041

Noose and Pablo move to B Main.

B Main
laps - fast time
1. Steve Grider - 284 laps - 4.796 secs
2. Joe "Jobiwan" McIntosh - 275 laps - 4.890
3. Chuck Gambo - 272 - 4.903
4. Guillermo Suar - 269 - 4.998
5. Rob Hanson - 266 - 5.017
6. Pablo Wolcott - 264 - 4.971
7. Joe "Noose" Neumeister - 261 - 4.972
8. Terry Watson - 253 - 4.476

Steve and Jobiwan move to the A-Main. Now in progress...

[MSwiss]

A Main laps - fast time
1. Howie Ursaner - 291 laps, 4.625 secs
2. Jay Kisling - 284 - 4.718
3. Steve Grider - 281 - 4.801
4. Ralph Thorne - 279 - 4.778
5. Matt Bruce - 277 - 4.800
6. Ken Swanson - 274 - 4.729
7. Joe "Jobiwan" McIntosh - 272 - 4.927
8. Ron Hershman - 60 - 4.844

TQ - Howie Ursaner - 4.594 secs

[Richie]

Way to go, Howie!!! Great race!!! Great job also to Ralph and Joe for making the A Main!!!

-Richie

[mazur50]

Nice run, Steve, Howie, and Ken.

Nice move-up, Steve.

[John Gorski]

Congrats, "HowieWood" Howie on your Can-Am victory.

Or is it "Sano" Howie now?

Congrats to Mike Swiss on another successful Sano Retro event!

[68Caddy]

Howie, congrats to you and the others that raced. Loved your purple T-shirts.

What chassis did you run, Warmack's or Austin's?

Nesta

[Pappy]

What happened to Hershman?

[John Miller]

There was one very unfortunate mishap that happened to Ron Hershman. In the third segment a marshal reached over the track to get another car and jammed Ron so bad it took him out of the race!

What sucks is that marshal was me!

When I finally had a minute to talk to Ron the first thing he said was: Don’t worry about it, you were doing your job marshaling and those things happen.

Ron, I feel terrible about jamming your car and I just want to offer my apologies once again. I really appreciate how cool you were about the whole thing. I owe you one!

[Ron Hershman]

What chassis did you run, Warmack's or Austin's?

How about a Austin-built Warmack???

Ron, I feel terrible about jamming your car and I just want to offer my apologies once again. I really appreciate how cool you were about the whole thing. I owe you one!

John, you owe me nothing... LOL... it's all good and "one of those racin' deals" plain and simple.

NO worries and it was great to meet you and glad you came to the race.

[gascarnut]

Verboage to follow

And photos?

Thanks for the results, though!

[Ron Hershman]

Tons of photos coming soon from Bill Fulmer... thanks to Bill for taking all of the pics he is soon to post.

[Pappy]

What sucks is that marshal was me!

Been there, done that. It's all part of racing John, no different than someone coming off in front of you and tearing up your car.

Don't worry about it, someone will get even with you on Ron's behalf.

[911GT3]

They don't call him Howie "wood" for nothing. I guess the choke finally got permanently disabled.

John... that King is a tough track to marshal.

[Mr. HP]

Thanks, Mike Swiss, for the awesome loaner and for hosting another great Sano.

Howie was untouchable.

[JerseyJohn]

Ron,

You're always a class act!!! Having been where John was, I know he feels like crap!!!

[Ron Hershman]

Thanks, JJ... I don't want him feeling like crap... it wasn't his fault... it happened and it's no different than some car coming three lanes across the track and taking out another.

John didn't do it on purpose and I know that... John was alert and doing a great job as a marshal... he didn't even have to marshal, but he did it when volunteers were asked for... and I am glad he offered when asked.

Without marshals... it would have been much uglier...

[HarV Wallbanger III]

Ron ... your a class act! This stuff happens. It sounds like Mike put on another great race this year! Congrats to all.

[JerseyJohn]

Thanks, JJ... I don't want him feeling like crap... it wasn't his fault... it happened and it's no different than some car coming three lanes across the track and taking out another.

John didn't do it on purpose and I know that... John was alert and doing a great job as a marshal... he didn't even have to marshal, but he did it when volunteers were asked for... and I am glad he offered when asked.

Without marshals... it would have been much uglier...

Ron,with an attitude like that, you will always be a winner!!!!

[Noose]

The quote of the day after this race was the great Swissablo stating that Howie's car was the greatest retro car he had ever seen. Guys, that thing went around the track like it had 2 guides. It was so straight and planted with plenty of zip. When he had the lead after the first heat on the red lane it was his race to lose. Ron, Jay and Matt were trying for sure before Ron went out. Jobiwan had a taste of of his first great action event in his first race using a ProSlot. He didn't know what to do with all the brakes! LOL Matt had an awesome car but just too loose. Steve Grider drove great and killed us in the B Main. His Swissablo car worked very, very well. Ralph had a case of the slipperies too but had a good race. It was fun for sure.

[Richie]

Noose,

That description makes me sad I missed it all, wish I could've been there to enjoy meeting everyone and racing with you all! And you can guarantee I had the twin of Howie's car built and ready to go with me LOL!!!! Glad everyone had a great time!!!!

-Richie

[MSwiss]

"Yep Howie drove a great race and had a good car.....
just as Swanson did the year before."

The above was quoted by Ron Hershman in another thread.

I'm not sure I agree with him.
From the best I could determine, the most difficult thing involved in driving Howie's car
was hooking up the controller correctly at the beginning of every heat.
For those interested in witnessing Howie's car in action by itself, carefully check out all 7 minutes
of footage (1:03:00 - 1:10) at:
Can-Am A Main & post race "test drive"
You might find it amusing.


Of note, off screen, just to the right of where Bill Fulmer
was taking pictues of the podium cars, is Manta Ray's pit space and
an illuminated magnifier.

[Ron Hershman]

LOL yep it went pretty fast on small tires and lower clearance after the race.

[MSwiss]

Ron,
That was the best I could do.
I don't think Howie would of went for me trying his car between qualifying
and the start of the E Main.

FWIW, usually on my track, especially on Blue, they go the fastest on tall tires.
IMHO, they were still tall enough to make tech.
Regardless, I'm sure it didn't hurt they had 300+ laps of super-truing on the track.

[Ron Hershman]

The track was so much better this year since you moved it and massaged it...... Swanson ran 294 last year and Howie ran 291 this year.... maybe Howie was just cruising?????

Being the track as so much better this year, I expected a 300 lap winning total.

[Noose]

Why wouldn't Howie just cruise when he had a lap lead!