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[Keith Tanaka]

Saturday's monthly SoCal D3 F1/Can-Am races returned to the BPR Gerding King track.

To say the least, it was quite a day!

Hell "almost" froze over due to a big surprise by a well-known blogger, many new chassis designs by various legends of the '60s, and a great day of very close racing.

Thanks to Jim and Debby Watterson for their support of D3 racing at Buena Park Raceway.

Thanks to our race directors: Keith Tanaka, Mill Conroy, Hector Gonzalez, and Paul Sterrett.

Here's the complete race/chassis photo report link:

F1/Can-Am race/chassis photo report

F1 Concours, L-R, Bob Crane 2nd, Paul Sterrett 1st, Nesta Szabo 3rd.


F1 B Main racers, L-R, Marc Franco, Gary Donahoe, Hector Gonzalez, Bob Chaney, Bob Crane, Terry Schmid, John Cukras.


F1 B Main podium, L-R, Gary Donahoe 2nd, Bob Crane 1st, Terry Schmid 3rd.


F1 A Main racers, Henry Trujillo, Doug Matthes, Bob Crane, Nesta Szabo, Mill Conroy, Keith Tanaka, Paul Sterrett, Bryan Warmack.


F1 A Main podium, L-R, Bryan Warmack 2nd, Doug Matthes 1st, Henry Trujillo 3rd.



Can-Am Concours podium, L-R, Paul Sterrett 1st "Realistic" category, Terry Schmid 1st "Presentation" category.


Would you believe that hell "almost" froze over as Nesta was second in qualifying!
'60s Legend Terry Schmid got TQ with a time of 4.302 sec.


Saturday's Can-Am race was very special, as four legends of the '60s were in the A Main race together.
L-R, John Cukras, John Tore Anderson, Terry Schmid, and Bryan Warmack.


Another surprise was that these four legends also each built a new Can-Am car for this race.

John Cukras' new car on the left, Tore Anderson's new chassis on the right.


Terry Schmid's artistic chassis on the left, Bryan Warmack's new torsion chassis on the right.


Can-Am B Main (ten-car round robin) racers, L-R, Henry Trujillo, John Wakamatsu, Bob Chaney, Jim Watterson, Keith Tanaka, Marc Franco, Hector Gonzalez, Eddie Shorer, Tore Anderson, Paul Sterrett.


Can-Am B Main podium, L-R, Paul Sterrett 2nd, Tore Anderson 1st, Keith Tanaka 3rd.


Can-Am A Main racers, L-R, Mill Conroy, Doug Matthes, Tore Anderson, Nesta Szabo, John Cukras, Phil Nyland, Terry Schmid, Bryan Warmack.


Can-Am A Main podium, L-R, Phil Nyland 2nd, Bryan Warmack 1st, Doug Matthes 3rd.


The next D3 race will be Sunday, April 17, NASCAR and Coupe on the BPR King track.

Track opens at 11 AM, NASCAR tech opens at 12:30 PM.

Keith

[68Caddy]

First of all, thanks for your hard work and it was a lot of fun for me because Tore dug himself out of B Main. And it's good to see him on a regular basis for a change at BP.

Those "Usual Suspects" are something for sure and I blow Mill Conroy's chances because me losing it on the lead-on! Sorry, Mill, you should have been up there where the cream rises and it was all my fault.

Thanks once again, Keith, for your hard work. I always enjoy your reports... way Sano.

Nesta

[MSwiss]

Great race report, as usual, Keith.

Congrats to B.Warmack on the successful maiden voyage of his "S" railer.

Bend on, brotha'. LOL.

[Mike K]

Congratulations to Henry Trujillo with a podium in F1!

Sorry I couldn't be there...

[John Gorski]

A great day for the old West Coast Pros Legends Bryan Warmack,John Tore Anderson,Terry Schmid(Nice TQ),John Cukras.
Nice display of real MASTER CHASSIS building & designs this is what Retro is about
not Factory Pan cars. Congrates to Bob Craney (The Stork) & Doug for his F1 win
with the Gorski rear that car won't die. Great Report Keith as always.

[Charlie Nelson]

WOW! Great report Keith! Makes me want to be there even more. Worse, makes me wish I had never left. Can see now that I need to get busy chassis building new ideas. I plan to enter four races with you all in July and possibly get some local racers to come with. Until then, congratulations and know that we are jealous here in Utah.

[Keith Tanaka]

WOW! Great report Keith! Makes me want to be there even more. Worse, makes me wish I had never left. Can see now that I need to get busy chassis building new ideas. I plan to enter four races with you all in July and possibly get some local racers to come with. Until then, congratulations and know that we are jealous here in Utah.

Charlie, the old pros are at it again. Their creative skills are back and they truly enjoy racing again for fun (and of course to kick butt).
They definitely are preparing for the D3 Western States in July, so join in the fun.



Keith

[MantaRay]

Thanks Keith for the great report..........Looks like everyone had a good time............Do you by chance have a pic of that Rocketship that Nesta had in Can Am?.........I heard he did a great job building it himself.

[HarV Wallbanger III]

Looks like you guys had a great race. Wish I could have been there.

[Noose]

Thanks Keith for the great report..........Looks like everyone had a good time............Do you by chance have a pic of that Rocketship that Nesta had in Can Am?.........I heard he did a great job building it himself.

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[The Bugman]

now ol' Nesta,is gonna have dozens of "slotbloggers" wanting to know that secret chassis design,,,lol,or even better,,,"nesta can you build one for me/us too",,,
but great job Nesta,looks like youve built a good simple design chassis that works good for you,,,now keep it in 1 piece and drive the wheels off of it,,,,lol

[Ron Hershman]

A great day for the old West Coast Pros Legends Bryan Warmack,John Tore Anderson,John Cukras.
Nice display of real MASTER CHASSIS building & designs this is what Retro is about
not Factory Pan cars.

Maybe I am mistaken, but John C's car/chassis looks like the nose started out from a Slick 7 Can-Am kit. Is a Slick 7 Can-Am car a "factory pan car" in your opinion John?

John A's and Bryan's cars look to have come from a "prototype" chassis plate and has the "typical" Warmack brass nose look to them.

While they are unique.... they appear to have started out as some type of pan car

[Bob Crane]

Maybe I am mistaken, but John C's car/chassis looks like the nose started out from a Slick 7 Can-Am kit. Is a Slick 7 Can-Am car a "factory pan car" in your opinion John?

John A's and Bryan's cars look to have come from a "prototype" chassis plate and has the "typical" Warmack brass nose look to them.

While they are unique.... they appear to have started out as some type of pan car

Ron, The chassis's do appear be from same plate.
However as I was there and saw the cars upclose,they had very inovative design elements.
Brian's tortion, Nesta's ahh ahh ahh very fast car and Tori's Bullit.
Not to forget Terri's unique design.
Tori did show me his chassis snd what a great build. Although the brass seems the same, what make the car differant is the wire.
Brian Great Bulid.
Tori, Take it to next level. Your chassis is out of here.

I am inspired to build.
See you guys at Western States.

Bob

[Keith Tanaka]

I agree with Bob about the old pros new cars. They do use some parts from "kits" except for Terry Schmid's work of art.
What's great is that these icons are building again and in many cases are trying something new or slightly different from their past cars.

As many of us know, it's the tuning of these cars which can make the difference between an average car and a podium car. Of course, it doesn't hurt
to also be an expert driver as these 4 are

It's going to be interesting to see what all the racers build for the upcoming D3 Western States in July. We're indeed fortunate to have so many icons
and skilled builders here in SoCal.


Keith

[Keith Tanaka]

Thanks Keith for the great report..........Looks like everyone had a good time............Do you by chance have a pic of that Rocketship that Nesta had in Can Am?.........I heard he did a great job building it himself.

Ray, Nesta posted two topics on his "V Metric" chassis in the "Scratchbuilding" thread on Slotblog.

Here's the links to his two threads on building his new chassis:

Nesta's "V metric" chassis

V metric part II




Keith

[68Caddy]

Keith, I figure it out why I love to race at BP, it is because even at a weekly event, I fell I'm in major race with the Pros and the old guard.
What else can I say!


Nesta

[John Gorski]

None of the podium cars have parts you can buy over the counter
in kits any kit looking parts were custom made by Bryan.
They don't even have the dimensions of the old Warmack stock kits.
Curkras's car is also custom cut look close. Nice work guys.
Bryan nice rail, Terry great art, Tore, & John nice homemade scratchbuilding building.

[TSR]

True, but also, none of the cars shown are any close to the original intent of "retro" racing, that was supposed to represent inline cars in the style of the 1965 through 1967 pro-racing machinery, so I request a name change for the classes from "retro" to "Flexi-Brass".

[Ron Hershman]

True, but also, none of the cars shown are any close to the original intent of "retro" racing, that was supposed to represent inline cars in the style of the 1965 through 1967 pro-racing machinery, so I request a name change for the classes from "retro" to "Flexi-Brass".

Yep it all started on this day............... http://www.tsrfcars....v3-05-20-06.htm

The Car that started it all

[Ron Hershman]

Well John.... I guess we can say "we've came a long way baby"

http://slotblog.net/...si-wins-a-main/

[Ron Hershman]

True, but also, none of the cars shown are any close to the original intent of "retro" racing, that was supposed to represent inline cars in the style of the 1965 through 1967 pro-racing machinery, so I request a name change for the classes from "retro" to "Flexi-Brass".

But then again.....the is always the Jail Door class for those who want to get as close to they can to the period "Korrect"

[Mark Wampler]

Ron, however you define Rretro, which seems to be according to your own dictionary, the response has been awesome and little pockets of activity are happening all around.
Some guys like to buy parts and assemble a chassis. Others like to build 100% scratchbuilt. Regardless, Retro is happening

[TSR]

Yep it all started on this day............... http://www.tsrfcars....v3-05-20-06.htm

The Car that started it all

From Day One, I said that it was a HUGE mistake.

[Ron Hershman]

Ron, however you define Rretro, which seems to be according to your own dictionary, the response has been awesome and little pockets of activity are happening all around.
Some guys like to buy parts and assemble a chassis. Others like to build 100% scratchbuilt. Regardless, Retro is happening

Mark... I didn't try and define "retro".... I have no problem with any of the cars pictured..... purchased parts or 100% scratchbuilt.

[Mark Wampler]

Mark... I didn't try and define "retro".... I have no problem with any of the cars pictured..... purchased parts or 100% scratchbuilt.

Yahh, and the point in your posts on this thread are? In the mood for some pot stirring? Think anyone's rules are perfect?