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[Keith Tanaka]

The D3 monthly races returned to the BPR Flat track (next month's races will be on the King track).

The F1 race was exciting with a lot of early crashes and a first time winner. The Can-Am race winner was no surprise, but the battle for second was very close between four racers.

The Jail Door race was close and a lot of fun.

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

Thanks to our race directors: Paul Sterrett and Barney Poynor

Thanks to our volunteer marshalls, especially Jay Henry.

Here's the complete race/photo report:


F1 race



F1 racers, L-R, Gary Donahoe, Philippe de Lespinay, MIke Aguirre, Mill Conroy, Bryan Warmack, Mike Kravitz, Jim Gonsalves, Marc Franco, Keith Tanaka.



F1 podium, L-R, Bryan Warmack 2nd, Gary Donahoe 1st, Mike Aguirre 3rd.



Gary Donahoe's winning F1 car (chassis by Dennis Samson).



Can-Am race



Can-Am racers, L-R, Marc Franco, Duran Trujillo, Gary Donahoe, Philippe de Lespinay, Mike Aguirre, Mill Conroy, Bryan Warmack, Phil Nyland, Paul Sterrett, Keith Tanaka (photog).



Can-Am podium, L-R, Mill Conroy 2nd, Duran Trujillo 3rd, Philippe de Lespinay 3rd.



Duran Trujillo's winning Can-Am car. Duran built his car using a Hanada kit (Tokyo D3 racer).



Jail Door race



Jail Door racers, L-R, Paul Sterrett, Gary Donahoe, Philippe de Lespinay, Mike Aguirre, Bryan Warmack, Jeff Easterly.



Jail Door podium, L-R, Bryan Warmack 2nd, Paul Sterrett 1st, Gary Donahoe 3rd.



Paul Sterrett's winning Jail Door car. Paul built five of the six entries for today's JD race.



The next D3 F1/Can-Am/Jail Door races will be on Saturday, Nov. 12, King track. Track opens at 8 AM. F1 tech opens at 9:30 AM, closes at 10 AM sharp.

The next D3 Hardbody races will be Sunday, October 16. Track opens at 11 AM. First race 1:30 PM. This will be a good opportunity to prepare for the upcoming D3 Hardbody Nats at BPR on Sat-Sun. Oct. 29-30.


Keith

[Joe Mig]

Nice to see you back Keith and thanks for the report.

[Dave Fiedler]

congrats to Gary on his F1 win. Great job!

[Hipsticker]

how bout the chassis on Garys winning F1car....put the side pans vertical! just when i thought id seen it all....now this...lol

[TSR]

Gary, you should not laugh too hard, it is a very efficiant way to place a lot of weight in a tight spot AND to improve mechanical grip by raising the CG a bit.
I think that it is very smart, and I can tell you that it worked quite well on the Flatster.

[John Gorski]

Congrates Duran, Gary & Paul
on your Flat Trackin Victory's

[Gary Donahoe]

Thanks to all who contributed to another great day of racing.

A special day for me. Hopefully the big prize money check and the product endorsement contracts will be arriving shortly. No delusions of grandeur here as my win was made easier by the absence of Duran and other notable flat track hot shoes, but very enjoyable just the same. Any time you can finish ahead of Bryan you know you did something right. My Samson built F1 chassis handled well on every lane.

Had a successful run in CanAm with my Kamoshita built chassis. A new personal best lap total and although I was only 6^th I was less than 5 laps from 2^nd. Thanks Kamo, I really enjoy racing your car.

Also thank you to Paul Sterrett for allowing me to race his Lola T-70 jaildoor car.

[usadar]

Congratulations, Duran, Gary and Paul.

Duran, Hanada is so happy to hear your win on the flat track.

Gary, you did really well to win F1 and Kamo must be very happy to find your good performance with his car on the flat track(I will tell him today).
Paul, you did very well as usual with your beautiful car.

Now we are going to have the Check Point Cup in three month.

To me, time has past much quicker than usual because of the quake-tsunami-nuclear disaster in March.

I am looking forward to seeing D3 racers at CPC in January.

Good Racing,

Haruki

[parko061]

Since when did Paul pick up the Mary Kay sponsorship?

[Bryan Warmack]

WHO was third in F1?!! Great job Mike Aguirre!!

[The Bugman]

Congratulations, Duran, Gary, and Paul.

Duran, Hanada is so happy to hear your win on the flat track.

Gary, you did really well to win F1 and Kamo must be very happy to find your good performance with his car on the flat track (I will tell him today).
Paul, you did very well as usual with your beautiful car.

Now we are going to have the Checkpoint Cup in three month.

To me, time has passed much quicker than usual because of the quake-tsunami-nuclear disaster in March.

I am looking forward to seeing D3 racers at CPC in January.

Haruki,

I must say Mr Hanada & Mr Kamo must both be very elated to hear that...

1)Hanada's chassis is doing so well here,on the King & Flat Track &
2)Kamo-san's excellent building of the Hanada chassis,& his own creation which Gary D is doing excellent, too.

I think all of us lucky enoughto have a Hanada chassis are very pleased with the performances.

Thank you to our Tokyo D3 racing friends for designing and building for us here at BPR.

Yes, CPC is soon, see you in Jan 2012.