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[Cheater]

Here are the winning bids:

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CAR #1:

The Rob Hanson-built Dynamic Challenge proxy car, signed by numerous slot car celebrities around the world:



Winning bid: $300.00 - Daniel Myers, Sr? in any event, Cable Guy's father

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CAR #2:

The Rob Hanson-bult car with Jairus Watson-detailed and lettered body:



Winning bid: $400.00 - Brian C. Bays

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CAR #3:

The John Cukras-signed AFX Mega-G HO Peugeot F1 car.



Winning bid: $150.00 - Bob "endbelldrive" Suzuki

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CAR #4:

The John Cukras-signed AFX SRT Chaparral 2D.



Winning bid: $100.00 - Bill "The Number of" Fulmer

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CHASSIS #1:

The Rob Hanson-built Retro F1 chassis:



Winning bid: $100.00 - Mike "bbr" Low

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Box-o-Nodas #1

A box of Ray Fellows' repop Shinoda bodies, painted no less.



See additional photos HERE.

Winning bid: $100 - Tom "Proptop" Hemmes

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CHASSIS KIT #1:

Warmack Twistamon rail Can-Am chassis kit with motor bracket



Winning bid: $60 - Daniel Myers, Sr.

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CHASSIS KIT #2:

New R-Geo Dragon Slayer II chassis kit donated by Rick Bennardo. This is a new product which has not yet been released. This is the first published picture of the revised design, says Rick.



Winning bid: $60 - Gary "pop'sboys" Brantley

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VINTAGE PARTS #1

A large lot of vintage slot car parts donated by Joe "Lone Wolf" Lupo in memory of his mother-in-law, who passed away from cancer 20 years ago.



Winning bid: $150 - Bob "endbelldrive" Suzuki

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This auction closed at midnight, Friday, March 30, 2012.

Winners will be contacted for their mailing addresses and payments.Thanks to all bidders for their generosity!!!

At Debbie Baldwin-Elavsky's (AKA Momma) request, all proceeds from this auction will be donated to the Haslinger Family Pediatric Palliative Care Center at Akron Children's Hospital in Akron, OH.

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Thanks to everyone involved in this fundraiser to honor the memory of Frank "Mr. Frank" Elavsky:

"R-Geo" Rick Bennardo
John "The Jet" Cukras
Ray "One27ray" Fellows
Rob "Mopar Rob" Hanson
Steve "Lowrider" Kempson
Joe "Lone Wolf" Lupo
Brian "One_Track_Mind" McPherson
Victor Poulin
Barney "HarV Wallbanger" Poynor
Roger Schmitt at Mid-America Raceway
Bela Szabo
Bryan Warmack
Jairus Watson
and everyone who autographed the yellow car.

And, of course, thanks to all the bidders!

[One_Track_Mind]

Here's a top chassis pic of the car with the Jairus Watson-painted body.

[Cheater]

Thanks for the additional pic, Brian.

Bids that came in overnight have been added to the first post.

[Cheater]

Total bids are now at $475 and thanks to all bidders.

Let's keep it rolling. I've bid (and been outbid); have you?

[Jairus]

A little more info on that Can-Am body. I painted the interior and lettered the body. But did NOT shoot the flip-flop paint... which changes from bluegreen to purple depending on the angle and light. Pretty car!

[Mopar Rob]

As Jairus pointed out the main color on the body is painted with Dupont ChromaLusion® that changes from blue to purple to gold. That's why it's blue in Jairus's photo, and purple with a hint of the gold change on the right hand fender in Brian's photo. Very expensive paint, something like $35 per ounce.

IMHO, the photos don't do the paint justice.

[Cheater]

With the added donation from Annette and Barney Poynor/Team CORT, the bids now total $525.00.

[Mopar Rob]

I received a couple of PMs and a phone call wondering if I was the RH who bid on the Proxy car that I donated. It's not me, please don't hold back from bidding thinking I'm trying to get it back.

IMHO the charity Momma chose is a worthwhile cause and hopefully we'll see an increase in the bids for a decent in memoriam donation to be made in Franks name?

Thanks,

Rob

[Cheater]

I can confirm Rob's assertion. The bid was placed someone else with the same initials. If the current bidder wishes to reveal his identity, he can do so.

[Gator Bob]

[Cheater]

From post #1:

This auction will close at midnight, Friday, March 30, 2012.

That's Eastern time BTW.

[Cheater]

Just added a very interesting new unreleased Dragon Slayer II chassis kit from Rick Bennardo of R-Geo.

[Cheater]

Total of the bids received as of this post is $685.

[Cheater]

The latest bid placed now has the total at $710.

Thanks to all the bidders...

[Cheater]

Total of bids placed is now $760. Thanks again, guys.

[Cheater]

Total of bids is now at $886.

[Cheater]

Totals of bids is now $910.

$1,000 is in sight...

[Mopar Rob]

Hopefully it will make it?

Right now the deal is on the Cukras-signed Chaparral HO car that Barney & Annette donated. IMHO Since Barney is also adding a Team CORT mounting block the current bid of $50 doesn't even probably cover the cost of the items, not to mention the invaluable Cukras autograph?

NOTE! Whoever wins my Cukras signed HO car will also get a free TC102 F1 Team CORT Super Body Mounting Plate! I will ship direct from El Rancho En Debto and they will be delivered by an agent of the United States Government!

[Cheater]

Well, I made a mistake in posting a bid yesterday, placing it on the wrong car. I have corrected that error this morning. My apologies...

The corrected bid total is $885.

[Cheater]

Brian McPherson has asked me to post that the Rob Hanson-built Dynamic Challenge Proxy car is eligible to continue competing in the Proxy race if the winning bidder so desires.

The back story of this car is that it burned up its arm at the North London stop of the Proxy race and thus won't figure in the final results. Like most of us, Rob Hanson's circle of friends and family has been affected by cancer and he decided to auction the car with the proceeds being donated to cancer research.





Steve "Lowrider" Kempson had a 26D armature wound with 60 turns of 31swg by John Secchi in his parts box, which he donated and installed so the car would be able to run at the next Proxy race.



The next Dynamic Challenge Proxy race is at Rt93 Raceways on March 31, the day after the auction ends. The car is currently in Brian's possession and, as mentioned, if the winning bidder so desires, it can compete in that Proxy round. If not, it will simply be displayed there before being shipped to the new owner.

[Victor Poulin]

Just to clear things up, Cheater had made a mistake yesterday and placed the wrong bid on CAR #1. He corrected the mistake this morning, so at the moment the bid is back at $175.00

I think we would all like to see this bid go much higher, so come on, guys, dig deep. Frank was a good friend to all of us here and this is the last thing we can do to show him how much we cared for him.

Vic

[Cheater]

Just added a last-minute donation that should be of great interest to any vintage slot car collectors!

And I just raised my own bid, in essence outbidding myself! LOL!! I challenge all other bidders to do the same...

[Cheater]

I am pleased to announce that the total of the bids placed is now at $1,035 with a little over a day left to go before we stop taking bids.

IMHO the members at Slotblog are among the finest people on any forum in the world.

Well done, racers. Your generosity is truly appreciated as well as inspiring. And your donations in money and material are going to a great cause while honoring the life of one of the hobby's most enthusiastic participants, Frank "Mr Frank" Elavsky.

[Cheater]

Take a look at the bid on the Hanson/Watson collaboration now!! Wowee!!!

$1,160.00.

Where will it end? Only you can determine that! Forget bid early and bid often, bid fast before you're too late! LOL!

Rob,

Jairus indicated he didn't actually paint the car with the flip-flop paint. Who did please?

[Cheater]

Total of the bids is now at $1,220.

Way to go, guys!