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[Keith Tanaka]

Sunday's D3 5 Year Anniversary celebration was a fun day filled with some very closely contested races.

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

Thanks to all the D3 racers who participated in this special 5 year celebration.

A special thanks to Paul Sterrett and Mike Steube for creating D3 racing on May 27, 2006 (first ever D3 race on the BPR hillclimb track).

The day was filled with a combination of racing, pizza lunch, celebration cake and memories of the past five years of D3 racing at BPR.

It was a special day to have Mike Steube return for the celebration. He's still enjoying long bow archery, so he hasn't returned to slot car racing yet, but we hope someday to see his participation?

Tore Anderson also made an appearance, but did not race. Maybe next time Tore.


Here's the complete race/photo report link: D3 5 Year Anniversary race report


D3 racers practice with various D3 cars for today's 5 Year Anniversary races.



Just a typical pose by D3's co-founders, Mike Steube and Paul Sterrett. Thanks guys for creating D3. Five years have gone by very quickly. Everyone who races retro cars today owes you two a big thank you!



John Tore Anderson checks out some Can Am cars at tech inspection while Paul and Roger Uusitalo look on.



L-R, Paul, Roger, Jim Watterson, Jim Gonsalves and Marc Franco check out the various Can Am chassis types.



Jim Gonsalves displays his 5 Year Anniversary box plaque. Jim is a collector of vintage slot cars and very much wanted one of these plaques.
All entrants for today's activities received one of these plaques.



Can Am "Realistic" Concours podium, L-R, Jim Gonsalves 2nd (car built and painted by Terry Schmid), Paul Sterrett 1st, Alex Freund 3rd (Sterrett loaner car)



Can Am "Presentation" Concours podium, L-R, Bryan Warmack 2nd, Nesta Szabo 1st (body painted by Noose), John Wakamatsu (Cukras loaner car)



Can Am qualifying TQ: Bryan Warmack, 4.246 sec. with Phil Nyland 2nd and Tim Hould 3rd



Can Am "C" Main racers, L-R, Alex Freund, Mark Wampler, Mike Brannian, John Wakamatsu, Marc franco, Jim Gonsalves, Oscar Morales, Ken Botts, Eddie Shorer, Robert Park



Can Am "C" Main podium, L-R, John Wakamatsu 2nd, Robert Park 1st, Alex Freund 3rd



Can Am "B" Main racers, L-R, Craig Correia, Hector Gonzalez, John Wakamatsu, Paul Sterrett, Gary Donahoe, Robert Park, Nesta Szabo, Keith Tanaka



Can Am "B" Main podium, L-R, Keith Tanaka 2nd, Gary Donahoe 1st, Hector Gonzalez 3rd



Robert Park is our race director for today's races.



Can Am "A" Main racers, L-R, Gary Donahoe, Adam Kirchhoffer, Bob Maxwell, John Cukras, Philippe de Lespinay, Phil Nyland, Tim Hould, Bryan Warmack



Can Am "A" Main podium, L-R, Phil Nyland 2nd, John Cukras 1st, Tim Hould 3rd



John Cukras' winning Can Am car.





Can Am "Twist" results. The "Twist" is a lap handicap which is added to each racer's total laps to determine the "Twist" winner

Overall Can Am "Twist" podium, L-R, Marc Franco 2nd, Hector Gonzalez 1st, John Wakamatsu 3rd




Hector Gonzalez' winning Can Am "Twist" car.



D3 5 Year Anniversary cake. Thanks Paul



Paul Sterrett does the honor of the cake cutting



Stock 36D Inline Hardbody NASCAR racers, L-R, Craig Nelson, Russell Van Wyck, Ken Dylke, Paul Sterrett, Marc Franco, Keith Tanaka, Craig Correia, Phil Nyland, Gary Donahoe




NASCAR podium, Keith Tanaka 1st, Paul Sterrett 2nd, Marc Franco 3rd (no photo yet).


Retro32 racers, L-R, Gary Donahoe, Barney Poynor, Hector Gonzalez, Phil Nyland, Mark Wampler, Keith Tanaka, Dennis Samson, Paul Sterrett, Bob Maxwell, Craig Correia, Alex Freund



Retro32 podium, L-R, Mark Wampler 2nd, Dennis Samson 1st, Hector Gonzalez 3rd




The next D3 race will be Sat. June 11th, F1/Can Am on the BPR Flat track. Track opens at 8 am. F1 tech at 9:30 am.



Keith

[Mark Wampler]

Keith, great job and tireless labor made the event real special. After a year absence, it was cool to visit with friends and mix it up on the track.

-m

[Gus Kelley]

Hey Guys! It's great to see John back at the top of his game. Mark! it's good to see you back after the political bs over tires at the Checkpoint. I hope to see you next month. Everyone seems to have had a great time. Gus in Sacto

[68Caddy]

Yes, we did have a great time, and we are so lucky to have a great race report after a race, by Keith Tanaka.

I try to help out because Keith can't do it all, he got to race and maybe I can help him out, also I'm having a great time taking pictures of my friends.

Hope that you don't mind Keith, if I add some more pics to the collection?

Edit it and use what ever you need.





















Mr. Tanaka taking care of business.







Hector this one is for you.



Hopefully, Keith, there is some stuff you can use for your project and when its done I sure would like to buy one from you.

Nesta

[Keith Tanaka]

Nesta, excellent candid photos!

I'll use some of them for the race report.

Thanks,

Keith