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[Tom Thumb Hobbies]

Retro Can-Am practice has started.

Today is the final day of the R4/5. It is looking like we will have some very close racing.

Watch the action: http://www.tomthumbh....com/LiveTiming

[Noose]

70 entries.

Ron Hershman TQs with a 4.662 sec lap.

[Dave Reed]

Ron WINS!

[Noose]

Ron won with Chris Radisich 2nd and Rande Marshall 3rd.

4th James Merriman
5th Matt Bruce
6th Tom Lauterbach
7th Rick Bernardo Jr.
8th Ralph Thorne

Great race!

[Tom Thumb Hobbies]

Rande and James finished about eight inches apart. Great racing.

The weekend is finally over. VERY long hours for everyone involved. We are finally home and everyone else is either home, on their way, or leaving in the morning. The shop is closed on Mondays (thank God) so we will be catching up on some rest before we start putting the store back together. Hopefully this week I will have time to correct some of the small errors on the race stats and put together a race report. I know that the wife and I had a great time and hopefully everyone else did, too.

Until later...

[Tex]

What voltage were the races run on?

[SlowBeas]

Congratulations to all the winners, and high regards to all the racers. It was a fantastic show from start to finish.

But most of all, congrats to Tom Thumb. You guys ran one heckuva race! Thanks for putting it on the web for all of us to see.

[stoo23]

Yeah... as I have commented on elsewhere, it was great being able to watch the web feed along with the 'live' timing and the quality of the image and sound way down in here in OZ was excellent... as was the racing.

There was very good racing going on from the first heat/main and whilst I just HAD to go get some sleep, (as it was the 'wee' hours here), I managed to wake up in time to see the Final!!

Managed to 'chat' with a few people in the 'Chat' window, in fact spent some time chatting with Steve Kempson, (from the UK), so there was obviously quite a few interested Retro addicts from around the world watching.

Thanks for putting up the 'live' feed, it was just great to actually see/witness some overseas racing with ALL those names you know and perhaps have communicated with 'online', but have never met, etc.

70 Entries is simply fantastic, as I was saying to someone else, it was a long time ago I attended or heard of ANY slot car event that had those numbers... like the Oold days!!... so I guess... perfectly "RETRO"!!

Cheers!

[John Streisguth]

I agree, the live feed along with the scoring in timing was excellent. The semis and the main were so very close, what great racing! Certainly one of the best slot car events in the world.

The McMasters (and everyone else involved to make this race happen) really have something to be proud of.

[Cheater]

Certainly one of the best slot car events in the world.

Absolutely!

I was able to catch the last half of that incredible F1 final on Saturday and also got home in time to see almost all of the Can-Am final on Sunday.

The combination of the video feed with the Lapmaster timing in a single screen is a "product" that communicates the appeal of this competitive activity better than anything that has been available before.

Now we just need to work to get as many eyeballs watching these race streams as we can. IMO this is the best promotional vehicle for slot racing we've ever had.

[Rusty Pinion]

I too watched this grand event... cheering my favorite driver...

[One_Track_Mind]

While I was watching the top 16 do battle, there were 70 people viewing, with close to 800 total views!

That is a good thing!

[John Gorski]

Best race quality I've seen on the internet picture and info!!

Great job, Mike McMasters, at Tom Thumb Hobbies.

Congrats to the podium winners!!

[redbackspyder]

Absolutely!

I was able to catch the last half of that incredible F1 final on Saturday and also got home in time to see almost all of the Can-Am final on Sunday.

The combination of the video feed with the Lapmaster timing in a single screen is a "product" that communicates the appeal of this competitive activity better than anything that has been available before.

Now we just need to work to get as many eyeballs watching these race streams as we can. IMO this is the best promotional vehicle for slot racing we've ever had.

Great coverage, great raceway, and congratulations to all the participants. I still believe that the blog does more to promote this hobby than any race or organization. Without the ability to share the information which Slotblog provides, there really is nothing but a fractured community. Kudos to Philippe and the others that ensure the blog runs smoothly.

Great thanks to the McMasters for putting on such a wonderful event, and great to see Sano Dave and HowieWood on display!

[Garry]

Where are the pictures?

Garry

[Ron Hershman]

Give Bill Fulmer a few more hours to post them... he probably didn't get home until 1 am or so then had to be up early for work. So look for them this evening or maybe even tomorrow evening to get posted.

[Steve Deiters]

Couldn't agree with you more on the Slotblog "halo affect". Had dinner at the R4/5 one night with some racers from New Jersey and all four of us came to the conclusion that the reason that we were back in slot racing after decades of not being in it was that in the recent past (last couple of years or so) was we had conducted a random search on the internet just to see if commercial racing was still going on only to find names from the past and Retro racing in the present. The rest as they say is history...

Many thanks to PdL and others involved with the blog and a special thanks to Al Gore for inventing the internet(!); we wouldn't be here without you.

[Precision-Slotcars]

You can check out some pictures I took at this year's R4 at Precision Slot Cars on Facebook.

Congratulations to all the winners! I had a great time as always.

Thanks to the McMasters family for hosting one of the premier events in slot racing.

Thanks to all the racers who choose to use Precision Slot Car Products. I appreciate all the positive feedback of our products,and the great ideas races have for continued improvement of Precision Slot Car products.

[Cheater]

Gee, I wonder who was the first to webcast a Retro race... seems like I should remember...

[Ron Hershman]

Who or where was the first slot race to be on a webcam???

[Ron Hershman]

What voltage were the races run on?

The track "idles" at 14.0v to 14.2v depending on who you ask... LOL.

Racing/loaded voltage is 13.8v or thereabouts.

[Zippity]

Gee, I wonder who was the first to webcast a Retro race... seems like I should remember...

Is that another quiz??

[Cheater]

Maybe... LOL!

[Cheater]

I still believe that the blog does more to promote this hobby than any race or organization. Without the ability to share the information which Slotblog provides, there really is nothing but a fractured community.

Couldn't agree with you more on the Slotblog "halo affect".

Guys, perhaps you won't believe this, but this situation is exactly what PdL and I desired to make happen when we started Slotblog nearly seven years ago. Our feelings were that if we publicized this hobby more effectively, there would be positive effects and it pleases me no end that this seems to be the case.

[Chris Barnes]

The experience at the R4 is unforgettable. As most of us are on the downside of the mountain (you can tell by the amount of grey hair at the R4!) it is great to see some of the guys we raced with 20 years ago. Also the opportunity to sit and talk to legends like Howie and heroes like Sano Dave is something I will cherish until I am gone.

It just continues to grow. I looked around and thought about all the people who were not able to come this year and the smallest class we had was 62! We had 66 on Friday, a week day! The concern I have is where are we going to put additional racers if it continues to grow. This is a monumental event, to say the least. It is great that those not able to go could watch on the internet. But at the same time, it is nothing like being there.

Mike and family, all I know to say is thanks for the memories.

Chris Barnes