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Can it get any better?

Started by Ron Hershman , Mar 25 2012 08:59 PM

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#1 Ron Hershman

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Posted 25 March 2012 - 08:59 PM

Retro racing... over 70 entries at the Zimmerman, over 40 at Retro East, over 30 at GRRR, 89 at Penn-Ohio over this past weekend.

Throw in the 198 entries or so at the R4 a couple weekends ago... plus the 30 over at Mason-Dixon last weekend.

What a great month for Retro racing!!!

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Posted 25 March 2012 - 09:09 PM

Yeah... not too shabby!

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Posted 25 March 2012 - 09:11 PM

Awesome!

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Posted 25 March 2012 - 09:15 PM

It's impressive!

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Posted 25 March 2012 - 09:26 PM

BEST thing going in slot car racing!

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Posted 25 March 2012 - 09:31 PM

Retro Is a great, but the people involved make even better!

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Posted 25 March 2012 - 09:36 PM

I'm building (for others) and saving my pennies for Da Sano. :good:

Retro is very cool!!!

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Posted 25 March 2012 - 09:36 PM

I agree 100% with all the above statements,

WTG to all us Retro racers throughout the USA. And the world, because our racing brothers in Tokyo had their race this past weekend, too

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#9 Rick

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Posted 25 March 2012 - 09:55 PM

Ron,

You asked can it get any better?

I say YES! I saw a couple of new retreads last Saturday. Looks like it is still growing...

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#10 Ron Hershman

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Posted 25 March 2012 - 10:02 PM

So you seen a couple guys retreading their old wheels with new rubber?

LOL.

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Posted 25 March 2012 - 10:05 PM

Noooo, one racer new to Retro after 40 years off comes to mind.

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Posted 25 March 2012 - 11:02 PM

Last weekend while fiddling a bit with Retro cars out at our local track tuning up for the Zipper, a racer who doesn't own a Retro car yet but has raced every race we have had, asked "These Retro cars are pretty reliable aren't they?". I replied, "Yup"

Now the context of the question - This was right after a 1/24 Eurosport race during which probably several thousand dollars worth of equipment was wasted while racing for track bucks. :dash2:

The cost per racing lap completed plays so strong to Retro cars that I see the growth continuing, at a cost to other programs a bit. The skill sets involved are appealing to many of the other era(s) of racers. The level of competition, the closeness, is appealing to a wide audience, too.

Yup, good stuff.

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Posted 25 March 2012 - 11:05 PM

Great news. :good:

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 04:28 AM

On March 25, Sunday, we had our Tokyo D3 Race #3 of this year with thirteen entries for Can-Am and twelve for F1. I thought we were going to have at least five more racers but they were not able to make it, but that is OK.

This year, our goal is 24 entries at each of our monthly race.

Keep racing,

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 06:36 AM

Noooo, one racer new to retro after 40 years off, comes to mind.

I think there were two, Rick: Gil, Buddy's friend, and Mike Peskar who ran a really great race in F1. Great turn-out and lots of fun.

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 06:42 AM

Just for the record!

This was the first F1 race Mike Peskar has entered. I loaned him a car on Friday during practice and he had a heck of a good time.

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 09:05 AM

Last weekend while fiddling a bit with Retro cars out at our local track tuning up for the Zipper, a racer who doesn't own a Retro car yet but has raced every race we have had, asked "These Retro cars are pretty reliable aren't they?". I replied, "Yup".

Now the context of the question - This was right after a 1/24 Eurosport race during which probably several thousand dollars worth of equipment was wasted while racing for track bucks.

The cost per racing lap completed plays so strong to Retro cars that I see the growth continuing, at a cost to other programs a bit. The skill sets involved are appealing to many of the other era(s) of racers. The level of competition, the closeness, is appealing to a wide audience, too.

Yup, good stuff.

And besides that Mr Hansen did a great "giving back" this past Saturday.

While in between races, we were BS'ing when a young kid (I believe Chris was his name) came up to us with his Flexi not working, and asked, "Can you help me? It ain't working". :wacko2:

Well, ol' Tom removed the body to inspect the reason it wasn't, the whole motor /gear combo had been "hammered" pretty bad... and had come unsoldered.

To make a long story short, Tom heated up his iron and put the entire car back together... for a kid we have no idea who he was... but he was a happy kid again.

That's giving back! :good:

Because some old guy probably did the same for us 45-50 yrs ago... :victory:

Thanks, Tom, you be Da Man for helping a kid AND GIVING BACK!! :sun_bespectacled:

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 09:44 AM

Can it get any better?

Two words: FREE BEER!

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 09:54 AM

I'm with Bill on this one!

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 11:30 AM

Mike, Bill,

The next race we're all at, the first three rounds for you guys are on me!

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Posted 26 March 2012 - 11:39 AM

Retro racing's growth is very pleasing to me, too.

And I am absolutely certain we've only just begun to grow the Retro genre, primarily because all the pieces for a efficiently-functioning Retro racing "landscape" are in place and hitting on all cylinders. I've said for a long time that the racing organization is a more important factor than the specific details of the car rules and IRRA™'s success illustrates just what I meant.

It's only going to get better!

Gregory Wells

Never forget that first place goes to the racer with the MOST laps, not the racer with the FASTEST lap