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[Randy Tragni]

Venue:
Eddie’s Slot Car World, Vallejo California.

Event:
Jairus Watson’s Balls Out California Choti Proxy Race
Round 1 (race director: Randy Tragni)

Track:
Blue King

Voltage:
13.1VDC (batteries only charger turned off)

Temperture:
Hot! Hit the 90’s for part of the day.

Basic Race Rules:
All cars were rotated through the various lanes so that each car was raced on all 8 lanes.
Any car that suffered a mechanical failure was eliminated from competition (fortunately, only one car).
Drivers did not move (i.e., stayed on the same lane throughout the entire race).
Each heat was 2 minutes in length.

Drivers List:
Richard Clark (green)
Sean-Marc Euraro (purple)
Eric Jan (white)
Wolf Immel (black)
Lisa Immel (orange)
Tom Joseph (yellow)
Frank Rotgaber (blue)
Randy Tragni (red)
* Hunter Immel (alternate)

Turn Marshals/Race Control:
Uncle Gary Hoehn
Hunter Immel
Floyd Todd
Eddie Wong
Janet Wong

Entry List:
Edo Bertoglio, Desmo Demon
David Siller, French
Jairus Watson, Guthwine #42
Jaak Beentjes, Red Devil #77
Al Bond, X-Calibre
Steve King, Studebaker #69
Ray Price, #8
John Austin, Ghost Pepper #72
David Cummerow, Cheezewizz
Oscar Morales, #16
Brian McPherson, Pinky #7
Tony P, ThingyZilla
Bob Israelite, Gator Bob
Ray Fellows, Noda #66
Tom Scott, Choterrari #19
John Havlicek, The Mitt Romney Stars & Stripes Special (or MRSSS)
Dave Bradshaw, Onward thru the fog #44
Bob Suzuki, Love Machine #99
Mike Kravitz, Choti

Did Not Participate:
Eddie Lawley #6 (withdrawn)


Top 3 Finishers:
Tony P, Thingyzilla (winning car), 143 laps
Mike Krazitz, Choti, 140 laps
Oscar Morales, #16, 139 laps

Fastest Lap of the race:
Mike Krazitz’ Choti 5.3790 on red (driven by Randy Tragni)

[Edo]

Thanks Randy!

I hope you don't mind but I raised the black levels so to make it less pale:

[Randy Tragni]

[chief32s]

Thanks Randy, Thanks Edo.

Well, I hope X-calibre improves the next time around (unless she is the car with the mechanical failure of course) definitely should have done some testing hehe. What do you think Max?

Great stuff, can't wait for the race report and the photos... So excited.

ATB
Al.

EDIT: Ah, the photos.....

[Randy Tragni]

We had one car that did not make it through to the end (but just barely). Al Bond's X-caliber suffered from tire/rim separation late in the race and was pulled during the final laps.

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[chief32s]

Haha,... I spoke too sooon. Oh well. I look forward to seeing her back here.

Thanks Randy.

[One_Track_Mind]

Thank you,Randy and all the drivers for Everything you done!
Thanks Eddie & Janet Wong.

Thanks Tom Joseph for piloting my ride to the Fastest 6 second lap!

Hey! somebody had to finish last, just happy to be a part of it all.

[slotbaker]

Well done Tony, Mike, and Oscar.


Thanks to Randy, Eddie, Janet, the marshals and all the drivers for putting our cars to the test, hope you all enjoyed the event.

[havlicek]

Hey congrats Tony! I'm pretty stoked my car didn't burn up and if you take the #12 and separate it...I got a 1 AND a 2!

-john

[chief32s]

Yeah, in the excitement I forgot to say...

Congrats to Tony, Mike and Oscar and all the entants. Thanks to all the drivers, Randy and Eddie and Janet.

Brian. at least you finished. But you are right...Just pleased to be in it (however short lived).



The wheel tyre combo was a last minute switch because I'd had too much trued off the diameter of the original set to maintain required clearance, but only by the smallest of fractions Oh well.

Looking at how much paint has been removed from the X-calibre's skirt I think that my aero was working far too well. hehe.

ATB
Al

[Randy Tragni]

"Looking at how much paint has been removed from the X-calibre's skirt I think that my aero was working far too well. hehe."


The front dragged for much of the race. X-caliber would have done better if the airdam was trimmed or set up a little higher. Nice looking car though. We all thought it reminded us of a Morgan. Eddie, in particular, loved the body and style.

[tonyp]

Great job randy!

[MantaRay]

Thanks to all........
For a job well done.....

[JohnnySlotcar]

Great job! Onward to BP.

[Gator Bob]

Way to go Randy, great event and report.

A big thanks to you and the whole crew!!!

Congrats to tonyp on the win and to everyone who let it all hang out with these cars.

Looks like Red was FAST ...

[MantaRay]

Who as the driver on Red Lane?
WTG

[The Bugman]

wow wow wow,,,(no im not barking,,lol),,,,,,,just elated to have finished the race,
and to make the Podium,,,,thx to RandyT.and all his drivers,, ,,thx to Eddie Wong,
for hosting,the race, ,,,congrats to TonyP 1st place ,and my BPR Team Mate MIKE KRAVITZ
for his 2nd,, ,now onward to MY HOME TRACK,,,,,,,yeah baby

[Maximo]

Congrats to Tony P and Mike and Oscar!

Thanks to all the drivers and hosts of the race.

Well, I am surprised NO smoke outs!

I felt my car would not do well but at least it participated.

-Max

[Jaak]

Whoohooo can it get any better then this!

First, my car shows up on time.

Secondly, it finishes the race.

Third, I finished two times first place 1 1


Thank you all for making this happen

Credits:
Steve Kempson for his help.
Jairus Watson for making this proxy happen.
Eddie Wong for a great round.

The Drivers:
Richard Clark (green)
Sean-Marc Euraro (purple)
Eric Jan (white)
Wolf Immel (black)
Lisa Immel (orange)
Tom Joseph (yellow)
Frank Rotgaber (blue)
Randy Tragni (red) Special shout out to Randy for setting my fastest lap
* Hunter Immel (alternate)

Last but not least
Turn Marshals/Race Control:
Uncle Gary Hoehn
Hunter Immel
Floyd Todd
Eddie Wong
Janet Wong

The Cheques are in the mail

And congrats to Tony-P for winning this round...must have send a bigger cheque then me.....

[Jencar17]

_{Thanks a lot for the great show!!!}

[boxerdog]

Thanks, everyone....Randy, how about some driving impressions???

[mazur50]

Great run guys

Mike Kravitz’ Choti 5.3790 on red (driven by Randy Tragni)

Ruzam Racing HP.

[Jairus]

Fantastic race report Randy, Thank you!

Congratulations Tony, tho... I figured you would end up close to the top anyway.

Very happy the casualty rate was low. (sorry Al)

No burned motors is a good sign, so onward to B.P. on the 20th!

[HarV Wallbanger III]

Congrats to all! Congrats to the 3 Podium Hogs! Mike and Oscar will be turn Tootsies for this race! Glad the power got trimmed. Power will be much the same at BPR! You should see times in the low 4's here! Now you'z guys just have to worry about how much tire you have left>>>>>>

[Randy Tragni]

....Randy, how about some driving impressions???

It was very enjoyable to drive other peoples cars. We all tried to be careful with them as they all had outstanding workmanship. As is often the case, some cars just worked better on Eddie's King than some of the others. It probably boils down to how much testing the cars received and, maybe more importantly, what sort of track they were developed on.
Generally, the cars near the top of the standings were the best cars to drive. My own favorite was Mike's Choti. It was just soooo very nice to slosh through the donut. Wow. Gator Boy and Thingiezilla were also crowd pleasers. Some cars were actually better than their ranking showed but were, perhaps, not as tractable for all the drivers.
I'm sure it will be a different story down south!
Randy