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[Tex]

Copied from our local, Texas slot racing website:

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OK, it's in the books! Fifteen racers turned out for the return of retro racing in Texas. I'll keep this first post short and to the point, in an effort to be totally unencumbered come kickoff time, but I'd like to add a great big THANKS to everyone who came out and made the day a success and as usual just as big a THANKS to Gwen Myers for directing the race! Without further adieu, here's the results:

1. "Shadow" Dave Smerka 287 laps
2. John Myers 280
3. Richard Hofer 271
4. Kraig Beck 270
5. Ken Stevens 268
6. Kyle Stokes 268
7. Jay Howard 267
8. Eddy "Mac" McDonald 257
9. Jerry Boswell 250
10. "Uncle Fred" Correnti 249
11. John Gonzales 244
12. Mike Barnett 242
13. Lonny Getso 224
14. Patrick Norwood 213
15. Vern "Sarge" Bell 186

Fastest lap: Jay Howard 4.634


THANKS again to everyone! I'll post my personal race thoughts later, along with some pre-race pics. Let's hear how YOUR days went, too!

[Ron Hershman]

Congrats to all and great turn out for the first race.

[MSwiss]

Nice job.
Ron said it, great turnout for the first race.

[Noose]

Ditto that from here too! Glad to see another retro group going.

[JerseyJohn]

Ditto that from here too! Glad to see another retro group going.

Well done!!!! RETRO is LIFE !!!!

[TSR]

Richard,
Congrats, well done, welcome to Retro Racing!
Please post pictures and details whenever possible.

[Mad Mexican]

Amigos,

Congrats to your New Series in Retro Racing. Remember to have fun and keep it in the slot!

Adios

[Kyle Stokes]

I have some race photos, but left the camera at the track. I will post pics later.

John Myers, Mike Barnett & Jay Howard were all very fast, but ran into troubles. Shadow Dave stayed very clean and fast for the win.

[Uncle Fred]

Thank you to Rich and Kyle for putting it all together! Great race at a great track (Can you say smoooth.....)! Rich didn't put a foot wrong, other than misplacing his tech tool , all day. Great day of racing!!

[TNdragracer]

Tex, Kyle,

It was good to meet both of you Saturday and see the new track. I'm looking forward to building a couple of retro cars and coming out and racing with everyone in the near future.

Oh, and thanks Tex for letting a rookie put a few laps on your car. Coming from drag racing I'm not used to letting off for a corner!

Chuck Williams

[Tex]

Oh, and thanks Tex for letting a rookie put a few laps on your car. Coming from drag racing I'm not used to letting off for a corner!

Uh, yeah, Chuck..... thanks for pointing that out... totally slipped my mind when I made the offer.

[MantaRay]

Congrats to everyone...................

[Ron Hershman]

John Myers, Mike Barnett & Jay Howard were all very fast, but ran into troubles. Shadow Dave stayed very clean and fast for the win.

Sounds like a a typical slot race....... but it can all be different next time...or more of the same.

[Kyle Stokes]

Here's pics from our first retro race.

Tex does tech.



Car lineup. A few non legal bodies. We will get that corrected. Didn't want to turn away racers the first time. Especially when they drove from San Antonio.



Dirver lineup



Podium - John, Shadow & RL. You can tell from the smile on Dave's face that he showed us how the cow ate the cabbage this time. RL also drove a great race. Not sure if he ever came off.



Winning cars



Botttom view. John's chassis was very cool. All handcut by him. Clean and simple. Wish I had taken a picture with body off.

[Tex]

I did drive it out of the slot, but only twice... one of my better efforts. I'll add some "color commentary" tomorrow... gotta walk the dog and go to bed now, though.


Bryan,

Didn't race your car, bud. It was better than mine but my builder's ego got the best of me, so I drove my own contraption. Sorry. But driving your car DID give me an excellent benchmark to work towards. THANKS! And even I was able to drive your car as fast as the fastest cars out there, including the winning car. Maybe you'll come out to Texas someday and show us how it's done. (Dood, that car needs a new body... I'll paint ya one if you'll tell me the mfg. of the body)

[MSwiss]

Kyle,
Your right. John Myers' car looks super-cool.

Tex,
And you look pretty handsome with that "cagoland ceway" T-Shirt.

[Tex]

Better late than never, I guess. Here's a few pre-race pics; I admit to just copying this from our Texas slot website and pasting things here:


First is "Uncle Fred" Correnti and Ken Stevens sizing each other up.




Next is co-owner of the 130' Ogilvie, Mike Barnett, performing rites and rituals mere mortals can only guess at. Well, either that or playing "air piano" on his imaginary Steinway. The treatments are working wonders, Mike!




Here's Fred again, smiling because he'd just smeared Vaseline on the inside of the lenses of the geezer-goggles in the foreground. Jerry Boswell(foreground) will no doubt look askance at such shenanigans when he puts them on!

[Tex]

While Lonny Getso, John Gonzales and Kyle Stokes practice innocently in the background, and while Mike Barnett continues his voodoo rituals, John Myers appears to be leaning over, taking race director Gwen Myers into his confidence, no doubt planning a severe pencil whipping for the others.




John Myers lookin' over Mike Barnett's shoulder, checking out his voodoo/air piano. I don't think John cares much for air piano but he HAS run through the jungle and just might know how to cast a spell on Mike's car.




The Few. The Proud. The.... Tallest to Shortest?! Lonny, John G. and Kraig Beck.

[jgntx830]

It was a good day of racing, I had not been able to find the set up on the Can Am but finally figured it out in the 3rd or 4th heat, too little too late, oh well next time!!!!! Thanks to all who attended.. Until next time C-YA

[vdel11]

Well done!!!! RETRO is LIFE !!!!

"RETRO IS LIFE EVERYTHING ELSE IS JUST WAITING"

VINCE