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[Keith Tanaka]

Saturday's monthly D3 races returned to the BPR Flat track (next month will be the King track). The F1 and Can-Am races were closely contested.
The Jail Door race was a "crash and burn" fun race.

A pleasant surprise was the return to D3 racing by Mike Steube. Mike ran some Warmack loaner cars and had fun.

Dokk was the tech nazi for today's races. Tech inspection started on time and closed on time. The Can-Am "A" Main race finished at 3:40 pm.

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

Thanks to our race directors: Mike Aguirre, Hector Gonzalez, Keith Tanaka, Mill Conroy

Here's the complete race/photo report:

F1/Can Am/Jail Door race report

Mike Steube returned for a day of fun races. Dokk was our tech nazi.


F1 Concours, L-R, Paul Sterrett, Realistic category, Ken Dylke (car painted by Jim Watterson, Presentation category)


F1 B Main racers, L-R, Marc Franco, Brendan Aguirre, Keith Tanaka, Ken Dylke, Mike Steube, Eddie Shorer, John Hartman


F1 B Main podium, L-R, Keith Tanaka 2nd, Mike Steube 1st, Eddie Shorer 3rd


F1 A Main racers, Gary Donahoe, Paul Sterrett, Duran Trujillo, Jim Watterson, Mike Aguirre, MIke Steube, MIll Conroy, Bryan Warmack


F1 A Main podium, L-R, Bryan Warmack 2nd, Duran Trujillo 1st, Gary Donahoe 3rd


Duran Trujillo's winning F1 car.


Can-Am Concours podium, L-R, Paul Sterrett, Realistic category. Marc Franco, Presentation category.


Can-Am B Main racers, L-R, Hector Gonzalez, Marc Franco, Eddie Shorer, Keith Tanaka, Mike Boemker, Mike Aguirre, Ken Dylke


Can-Am B Main podium, L-R, Keith Tanaka 2nd, Eddie Shorer 1st, Mike Boemker 3rd


Can-Am A Main racers, L-R, Gary Donahoe, Mill Conroy, Phil Nyland, Paul Sterrett, Bryan Warmack, Eddie Shorer, Duran Trujillo, Mike Steube


Can-Am A Main podium, L-R, Bryan Warmack 2nd, Duran Trujillo 1st, Mill Conroy 3rd


Duran Trujillo's winning Can-Am car.


Jail Door "Crash and Burn" racers, L-R, Jim Gonsalves, Hector Gonzalez, Phil Nyland, Bryan Warmack, Keith Tanaka, Paul Sterrett, Gary Donahoe


Jail Door "Crash and Burn" podium, L-R, Keith Tanaka 2nd, Paul Sterrett 1st, Bryan Warmack 3rd


Paul Sterrett's winning Jail Door car


The next F1/Can-Am/Jail Door races will be on Saturday, September 10, on the BPR King track. Track opens at 8 AM.
F1 tech opens at 9:30 am, closes at 10 am sharp.

Keith

[Old pink can guy]

Wow that was fast Keith thank you Ken. Glad to see you and Mike too. Made my Day.

[idare2bdul]

I'd like to thank Mr. Warmack for loaning me a CanAm car, I had fun racing. The B was tight racing from start to finish.

[Bryan Warmack]

Great to see Mike back and hope he makes it a habit!! Thanks Keith and Philippe for everything. Absolutely super B and A mains in Can Am, separated by feet! Great run by Gary Donahoe in F1.
Thanks Rob Hanson and Tony P for the chassis's.........I'm getting closer! Congrats Duran and great race in Can Am!
The "Crash and Burn" for the Jail Door was a gas! Congrats Paul and great job Jim Gonsalvez just keeping the JD car on! Hector..... well, Hector just seemed to be having a bit too much fun!

[eshorer]

What a fun day! Thanks much to Bryan and Gary for the loaner cars. There was some good close racing all day long, and with the huge difference in lap times between Red and Black on the Flat Track, it always keeps you guessing where you are in the running. Good to see all of you again.

[usadar]

Hello BPR D3 racers,

It is so nice to see your happy faces, really enjoy racing.
I wish we had a flat track in Tokyo!

I feel so good to see Keith racing and his D3 racing report.

Keep racing,

Haruki

[TSR]

Haruki,
I am pleased to report that it was a very fun event where just about everyone enjoyed themselves and only smiles could be seen.
I would like to thank raceway owner Jim Watterson for his kind collaboration in allowing D3 to run its event there, Jim also raced in the event and did very well.
A big thanks to Mike Aguirre for his race-directing help, as well as that of Ken Dylke, Paul Sterrett, Keith Tanaka, all of them who made the day enjoyable for all others. Also thanks to all the volunteers who helped preparing the track early in the morning, so that the schedule was run on time, and actually in the case of the Can-Am event, AHEAD of schedule.
And talk about FAST, when the race report is published before I can even wake up on Monday morning...
Keith is the best.

For the next D3 race on the King track, I will make SURE that the power is adjusted to the proper voltage for our motors, so that no one has any issues.
It was clearly proven that a simple adjustment pays off, when no one at the Checkpoint Cup had any problem, while speeds were still record-setting. Perception and reality being two very different factors...
I will post a few pictures I took later today.

[68Caddy]

Great Race Report Keith and thanks for the update.


Nesta

[HarV Wallbanger III]

Dokk ....."I am pleased to report that it was a very fun event where just about everyone enjoyed themselves and only smailes could be seen."

Hey P! Glad to see you're using Nesta's speel check for your posts!

[Mike Who?]

PDL, I hope you race with us next month. Great job on managing the schedule.-

[TSR]

Barney.
I can't see sh*t right now and have to go back to my postings to figure out where my fingers ended on the keys... especially on that miniature notebook I am using when traveling...
Fortunately my sight is supposed to improve as time goes by, so typos will be less obvious before long...
For Nesta of course there is no hope.

[Gary Donahoe]

Thanks to everyone who contributed to another fun day of races at BP. It was certainly very special to get to race with Mike Steube again. From first to last in every race it was a great group of people.

A special thanks to Kamoshita, with a little tuning for the flat track his CanAm chassis worked very well. With it I was able to set my personal best Can-Am qualifying time and laps completed.

Keith, as always it was a pleasure to race with you. Your reporting is beyond reproach. We are so lucky to have your involvement.

[John Gorski]

Congrates to Duran Bryan & Paul on wins & Tqz
Great to see Mike Steube & Keith Tanaka racing

[usadar]

A special thanks to Kamoshita, with a little tuning for the flat track his CanAm chassis worked very well. With it I was able to set my personal best Can-Am qualifying time and laps completed.

Gary,

Kamo is so glad to hear you did very well with his build on the flat track.

He says hello to you.

Haruki