Thanks first of all to BPR's Jim and Debby Watterson for hosting this great event.
A big thank you to the following race sponsors:
Jeff Bell (Mission Trail Insurance), Mike Aguirre (Who Racing), Barney Poynor (Team Cort), Bill Nolen (Billy Bob),
Bryan Warmack (Bancroft Motorsports), Oscar Morales (Team O Da Grouch) and Philippe de Lespinay (TSR).
Thanks also to our raffle prize donors:
John Cukras (AFX HO cars and Racemasters/AFX Long Beach Grand Prix HO racing set),
Paul Pfeiffer (Alpha products, ball bearings, armature reconditioning, pin hole reinforcement tape, motor lead wire, T-Shirts),
Haruki Kan (Custom Parker pen sets)
Bill Nolen (Billy Bob custom painted bodies)
John Molnar (Jersey John chassis)
Rob Hanson (custom Jail Door chassis)
Ken Stevens (custom Can Am and Int'l 15 chassis)
Barney Poynor (3 Cort Super Body Plates)
Joe Neumeister (2 custom painted bodies by Noose)
Gus Kelley (a bottle of wine for each participant and a tool set and a couple of M&M cars)
Kathy Mitome (Checkpoint Cup posters)
The race prizes can be viewed here: Race sponsors, prizes
A special thank you to our many helpers during the three days of racing.
In particular, I want to thank Barney Poynor, Philippe de Lespinay, Gary Donahoe.
And our race directors: Paul Sterrett, Robert Park, Bill Vanderziel. Thanks guys
Also, thanks to Rick Salvino and Adam Kirchhoffer for helping with the prize raffle.
Last but not least, thanks to Paul Sterrett for creating the Checkpoint Cup and his never ending hard work to make things happen.
I'm sure I left out some names, so please let me know by PM as I want to thank everyone who helped make the 3rd Annual Checkpoint Cup a success.
Keith
