Friday practice started off with the track a bit sticky in anticipation of the high heat through the weekend and while several complained, the track surface was perfect for some very close racing on Saturday and Sunday.
First up on Saturday was F-1 qualifying......Ron Hershman put it on the pole and seat a new qualifying track record with a time of 4.154.
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3 downloadsThen it was time for Can-Am qualifying.... no new track record but Ron Hershman was once again T.Q. with a time of 4.195
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0 downloadsRon with his TQ awards
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1 downloadsThe F-1 C Main....... it was actually a "B" main, but we had plaques to give away to the winners of the mains so the B became the C and the A became the B with the over all finish being the "A" main. NO move-ups.
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0 downloads The B main started off with Brian Cox and the Boogie Man tied for first with 37 laps a piece. In heat 2 Brian drove off into the sunset running consistent fast laps and high totals. Brian continued to lead until the4th heat when his motor disconnected from his chassis sending him to the pits for repairs. At this point Mike Reniger took the lead and held on to win over "comeback" Brian Cox. Mike had 300 laps, Brian had 296 and was followed by Boogie Man 292, Greg Van Peenen 289, Steve Deiters 283, Eric Balicki 282 ,Rich Attee who spent a entire heat in the pits after a vicious wall shot in the bank with 243 laps and Jacob Shiplet DNF 16 laps.
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0 downloadsF1 C Main Top 3 L to R 2nd Brian Cox, 1st Mike Reniger, 3rd Jerry "Boogieman" Wyant
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0 downloadsThe F1 "B" main was next......
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0 downloadsRon Hershman and Paul Martin both ran 41 laps in the first heat with Jeremy Wyant and Terry Watson with 40. In heat 2 Paul got out to a 2 lap lead over Ron. In Heat 3 Ron caught back up with both having 123. After 4 Ron led by 1 lap. In heat 5, Paul took control of the race pulling out two laps over Ron and Paul continued on to win with a Track Lap Record total of 324 laps. Ron was two back in second followed by Jeremy Wyant 316, Terry Watson 315, Dave SImerka 314, John Miller 302, Dave Mountz 301 and Rick Maynard DNF 180 after loosing a axle bearing.
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0 downloadsThe overall finish of the F1 "A" Main
Paul Martin 324
Ron Hershman 322
Jeremy Wyant 316
Terry Watson 315
Dave Simerka 314
John Miller 302
Dave Mountz 301
Mike Reniger 300
Brian Cox 296
Boogie Man 292
Greg Van Peenen 289
Steve Deiters 283
Eric Balicki 282
Rich Attee 243
Rick Maynard 180
Jacob Shiplet 16
Congrats to Paul Martin on a well deserved win. L to R 2nd Ron Hershman, 1st Paul Martin, 3rd Jeremy Wyant
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0 downloadsNext up Can-Am "C" Main
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2 downloadsEric Balicki and Brain Cox were the leaders after heat 1. In heat 2 Brian ran a smokin' 40 laps to show he was out to "avenge" his F1 loss and led the rest of the race to win with 307 laps. In second was Rich Attee with 302 followed by Paul Martin 301, Dave Mountz 300, Steve Deiters 277, John Miller who broke in heat 5 273 laps, Eric Balicki 272 and Jacob Shiplet DNF 193 laps.
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0 downloadsCan-Am "C" Main Winner Brian Cox
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0 downloadsCan-Am "B" Main
The closest race of the weekend...well maybe not.... we shall see. Heat 1 Ron Hershman and Jeremy Wyant 41 each, Simerka, Van Peenen and Reniger 40 each. Heat 2 Hershman and Wyant 82, Simerka 81, Watson 80 Heat 3 Hershman 122, Wyant 121, Simerka and Watson 120. Heat 4 Ron breaks and Jeremy out front 161, Ron 160, Simerka and Watson 158. Heat 5 Wyant 201, Simerka 199, Hershman 198, Watson 197. Heat 6 Wyant 240 Simerka 239 Hershman and Watson 237. Heat 7 Simerka 280, Wyant 279. Hershman 276 and Watson 275. Going in to the final heat, Simerka on Red, Wyant on Green. Simerka has a full lap lead and is in "protection" mode. Jeremy unlaps himself and gets within 5 feet of Simerka in the closing laps and Wyant deslots with seconds left and Simerka wins with 319 laps. In second is Wyant 318 followed by Hershman 316, Watson 313, Mike Reniger 306, Rick Maynard 301, Greg Van Peenen 289 and Boogieman 254.
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0 downloadsOverall Can-Am "A" Main results
Simerka 319
J Wyant 318
Hershman 316
Watson 313
Cox 307
Reniger 306
Attee 302
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1 downloadsNext up was the 2 hour Coupe Enduro. Can-Am rules were used with the exception of having to run a Coupe/GTC body. We condensed it to 8 10 minute mains and had four teams. Two teams from MRRA and two teams from ORS. No track calls and pitting under the green only.
This may have been the closest race of the weekend considering the length of the race.
After the first 10 minute heat it was Team RPM leading by ONE lap over Teams Goober and Malachi Brothers. Team Boogie was 4 laps behind. In heat two Malachi Bros 260, RPM 257, Goober 252 and Boogie 251. After 3 RPM 387, Malachi 385, Goober 384 and Boogie 377.
After 4 heats it was the closest of the race after 40 minutes of racing. RPM 516, Goober 515, Malachi 514, Boogie 501. In heat 5 Goober pulled out by 4 laps and never looked back to win with 1030 laps. In second and coming back in the 7th heat to finish 2nd was Malachi Brothers 1020, RPM 3rd 1014 and Boogie 1011.
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0 downloadsTeam Goober Eric Baliki, Jacob Shiplet, Rick Maynard
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1 downloadsTeam Malachi Brothers Mike Reniger and John Miller
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0 downloadsTeam RPM Dave Simerka, Ron Hershman, Terry Watson
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0 downloadsTeam Boogie Jerry and Jeremy Wyant
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0 downloadsSunday, Sunday, Sunday..... Retro Anglewinders and Stock Cars.
There were 7 entries in both classes and it was decided to run 6 lanes with not running on Red and Black lanes and each driver sitting out 2 heats in each race.
Retro Anglewinder........
Rich Attee led after heat 1.... Ron Hershman led after heat 2.... Terry Watson led after 3. Attee leads after 4.... Heat 5 Hershman is DNF, Heat 6 Watson is DNF, Heat 7 Mountz is DNF.
Rich Attee wins with 184 laps. Jeremy Wyant 2nd 181 followed by Boogieman 164, Steve Deiters 146, Watson 138 DNF, Hershman 123 DNF and Dave Mountz 98 DNF.
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1 downloadsRetro Anglewinder Top 3 L to R Jeremy Wyant, Rich Attee and Jerry Wyant
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24 downloadsStock Cars.......... Ron Hershman leads by two after heat 1. Boogieman leads until his sit out. Ron Hershman takes the lead in heat 3 while John Miller overhauls Boogieman for 2nd. Ron cruises to Victory winning with 142 laps. In second is John Miller 136 followed by Boogieman 131, Mike Reniger 129, Jeremy Wyant 128, Rich Attee 120 and Dave Mountz DNF 85 laps. All entrants used "hand out" Falcon 7 motors.
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0 downloadsStock Car Top 3 L to R Jerry Wyant, Ron Hershman, John Miller
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0 downloadsRon also set "Fast Lap' of the race in both Retro Anglewinder and Stock Car
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0 downloadsThank you's.......... Rick Blackson and family for hosting the event and having everything in tip top shape for us. Jeremy Wyant of the MRRA, Larry Mattingly of the Penn-Ohio and the ORS BOD. Thanks to Eagle Distributing for the consignment of parts and hand out motors used in Stock Cars and Retro Flexi if there had been a Flexi race. Fast Ones and Outisight Designs for awards and Ralph Thorne Racing for the fantastic awards/plaques.
Special thanks to all of the MRRA racers.... Dave Mountz, Rich Attee, Jeremy Wyant, Greg Van Peenen, Jerry Wyant, John Miller and Mike Reniger for all the miles you traveled to come race with us. We enjoy your company and competition at the Ohio events.
More pics of the Winning cars, Concours Winners, Tech info and other pics coming soon...... please stay tuned and be patient.









































