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[Cheater]

Thursday morning and the racers are starting to gather, thrash, and practice.



R to L, Larry Mattingly, Mike Iles (I think... Max and Mike are twins, with Mike having a cast on his right forearm but I can't see it in this shot!), Ralph Thorne, Big Mike Iles, Ron "Largenmouth" Hershamn, James Merriman, and Chris Barnes.



Big Mike Iles looks happy to be here, doesn't he? To his left is WIlliam McPherson and Matt Bruce. Eric Balicki leans away from the camera in the distance and Rande Marshall is visible back near the bank.



R to L, Chris Radisich, Chris Barnes (leaning over), Mike Iles, Ralph Thorne, Ken Green, and Howie Ursaner.



We haven't seen this much: Howie working on cars that he built himself!



Jay Kisling preaching the gospel to Mike McMasters, Chris Radisich, and Rick Bennardo.

[Steve Deiters]

Howie laying waste to the competitiors with his Weller soldering gun...

Keep the pictures coming.

[Neuspeed]

Awesome keep the pics coming!

[Victor Poulin]

Greg,

Once again thank you for taking the time to post for all us shut ins. I'll have to put in a good word with the BOSS for you!

Vic

[Cheater]

Racers continue to trickle in...



Da Noose is in the house! That's John Streisguth between Noose and Jay Guard.



L to R, Dave "Shadow" Simerka, Vince Del Viscio standing center, and Eric Balicki, with Howie looking unhappy with his car in the background.



Gary Adams tweaks on his Coupe.



R to L, Brian Cox, Terry Watson, and Ken Green working on their lap times and game faces, too!



R-Geo Rick Bennardo exercising one of his world-class soldering iron collection.



L to R, Brian Cox, Steve "Scuz"Radcliffe, and Gary "Hipsticker" Curly.

[Neuspeed]

That was fast! I saw you walking around taking pics. Great job!

Tell John Streisguth I'm watching him and good luck, and a little bit of skill. Awesome job!

[Cheater]

The Chicago crew is now here.



Mike Swiss and "Manta" Ray Price just set up their pit. Looks like Jackie sent some homemade goodies in that green-topped container.



I'm catching some grief for bringing my little computer, but Vince Del Viscio brought his entire workbench!



Old slot racers often talk about how the tracks were so busy back in the day that you had to wait for lanes. At the R4, that situation still exists!

L to R, James Merriman, Chris Barnes, John Streisguth, Ken Green, Ralph Thorne, Jay Guard, Larry Mattingly, and Mike McMasters.

[SlowBeas]

Great to see the Southeast well represented - not only by the Cheater himself, but also by Jay, Chris, James, and Ralph. Hope I didn't miss anyone.

Good luck to all racers, especially the SERRA™ guys.

And thanks for the pics, Greg. There are many of us out here who wish we could attend, too.

jb

[Dan Myers]

Just make sure there is still pit space. I'm leaving out first thing tomorrow morning hope to arrive around 10 AM.

[tonyp]

Greg how about a couple of wide angle shots of the raceway from different angles so we can see how big it is... I am sure you are using the wide angle lens to capture the driver pictures.

[Rick Crutchfield]

Yeah and while you are at it, how about taking a pic of the "Cheater" himself. I bet there are a lot of racers out there that would like to see you!!! Thanks and Let's go racing!!!

[Don Weaver]

Cheater,

Hold off on the self portrait 'til it's over....don't want to put the R4 coverage at risk this early in the weekend !!

Don Weaver

[Cheater]

Dan,

There's still a pit space marked with your name, but all bets are off by ten AM tomorrow! LOL!!!



Rande "RPM" Marshall in the foreground and Terry Watson.



Sometimes slot racers aren't very neat, are they? LOL!!!



Paul Martin.



Brian McPherson's colorful box.



Wes Pikunis, one of the numerous Speedzone denizens at the R4.



Slotblog's little computer...

[Neuspeed]

Any one know the voltage of the track?

[Cheater]

Mike McMasters says 13.6v nominal, from a pair of custom power supplies originally built to power the car stereo wall at an H. H. Gregg store!

[Neuspeed]

Mike McMasters says 13.6v nominal, from a pair of custom power supplies originally built to power the car stereo wall at an H. H. Gregg store!

Oh thanks just taking a look at lap times, Ron H. has some good running cars. Fast and handles well.

[Dan Myers]

When I checked it with my Third Eye a couple weeks ago at the ORS race it was 14.2 volts on the read-out.

[Neuspeed]

That's hot!

[Dan Myers]

I'll check it for sure tomorrow always take my $700 Third Eye with voltage read out to every track just for that reason.

[Neuspeed]

Now what do you do in that case, do you gear your car according to voltage? To try and keep the motor running cool and consistent?

[Cheater]

Dan,

In Mike McMaster's defense, he did tell me that he had not checked it in a good while.

[68Caddy]

Thanks for the pictures Greg, sure is nice to put names to faces.

Don't worry, I will behave while you are racing and good luck to all of you and more pics would be nice.

Nesta

[Cheater]

Nesta, your wish is my command. Check back in a few minutes.

[Neuspeed]

Nesta tune into the web-cast its great! I am watching them all live, and watching the cars and lanes that they are testing in, I see Rick, Ron, John all of the guys, even though I have never met them in person, it sure feels like I have. I also see the Cheater running around

[Pablo]

Wes from Jersey cracks me up so hard I almost had a stroke at the SANO

When I grow up, I want to be like Rande Marshal Cooling it in the pits and tuning

Thanks cheater, the pics are awesome !!!!