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[Ohio Retro Series]

Race #2 of the ORS 2012-13 series was held Oct 20, 2012, at Tom Thumb Hobbies in Columbus, OH. Sixty-three total entries for the three classes raced.

The "Devil Duck" was in the house...



Concours... Retro Anglewinder concours was won by Earl Graybill with Dan Myers second and Den Krivacek third.





F1...Earl Graybill first, Rick Maynard second, and Danny Kuntzman third.





Can-Am... Danny Kuntzman first, Earl Graybill second, and Jessica McMasters third.





Retro Anglewinder was the first class up for the day... This was the first "official" race using the Big Dog arms in this class. No qualifying as there were eight entries. Ron Hershman dominated the event by setting new fastest race lap on four lanes and ran the fastest lap of the race with a 4.346 lap and high heat of 26 laps. Tom Lauterbach finished in second with Dan Myers in 3rd followed by Larry Mattingly, Earl Graybill, Bill Fulmer, Den Krivacek, and Gary Echelbarger.

See full results HERE and HERE.

RetroPro podium, L to R - Earl, Larry, Dan, Tom, and Ron.



Next up was F1 qualifying... Tom Lauterbach was on the pole with a 4.848 sec run.

The F1 C Main was won by Larry Mattingly over Mike Panko and Bill Fulmer. Congrats to Larry on his first "Main" victory.



The F1 B Main was won by Jeff Lauterbach over Dave Simerka and Ricky Bennardo.



The F1 A Main was won by Josh Crutchfield over Ron Hershman and Tom Lauterbach. Josh and Ron ran the entire race pretty much on the same lap swapping the lead back and forth the entire race. At the finish... Josh beat Ron by a few inches.



The overall F1 finish HERE.

Ron ran the fastest lap of the race with a 4.828 sec lap and Ron ran high lap heat of 36.5 laps

The F1 podium, L to R, Jeff, Cap, Tom, Ron and Josh



In Can-Am qualifying it was Ron Hershman jetting to a new track record with a 4.658 sec lap.

The Can-Am C Main was won by Rande "No Time" Marshall over Earl Graybill and Danny Kuntzman



The Can-Am B Main was won by Ron Smith over Chris Radisich and George Katzakis.



The Can-Am A Main was won by Josh Crutchfield over Ron Hershman and Tom Lauterbach. Josh also set a new track lap record by running 292 laps in his great victory. Josh also ran the fastest lap of the race with a 4.765 sec lap and high lap heat with 37.2 laps.

The overall Can-Am finish is [url=http://www.tomthumbhobbies.com/LiveTiming/Statistics/Stats00072_LapsOverall.htm]HERE[/utl].

The Can-Am podium, L to R, Dave, Rande, Tom, Ron, and Josh.



It was a great day of racing and close action. The ORS would like to thank the McMasters family for a great time, having the track in great condition and for the tasty lunch that was served.

Thanks to Bill Fulmer for taking tons of pics to be posted here soon and for helping out with tech as well.

Thanks to Eric Balicki for doing some race directing.

Tough Luck Award goes to Gary Adams who drove and/or sat in traffic on the highway for almost three hours to arrive late to the race and then fell under the weather, having to head back home and not get to race.

The next ORS event is Nov 17, 2012, at Mark's Model World in Canton, OH. F1, Can-Am, and Retro Anglewinder classes will be raced.

Thanks to all you came to the race and hope to see all and even more at the next event.

Tech info and pics to follow...

[Ohio Retro Series]

Ron Hershman's Winning Retro Anglewinder car

RPM built Slick 7 chassis, OS Mirage body, P-S Fast Ones, RPM fronts, Alpha rears, 10-44 ARP



Tom Lauterbach's RA Runner-Up

Lauterbach chassis, OS Lancer Porsche body, P-S, Lauterbach fronts, Alpha rears, 9-44



Dan Myers 3rd place RA

RPM built Slick 7 chassis, OS Mirage body, P-S Fast Ones, RPM fronts, Alpha rears, 10-44



Larry Mattingly's F1 C Main Winner

Lauterbach chassis, OS Mc Laren M7, P-S, Lauterbach fronts, Alpha rears, 7-28 ARP/Parma 119.6 grams



Jeff Lauterbach's F1 B Main Winner

Lauterbach chassis, OS Lotus 49B, P-S, Lautebach fronts, Alpha rears, 7-28 ARP/Parma 117.2 grams



Josh Crutchfield's F1 A Main Winner

Crutchfield built JK chassis, Parma Matra, P-S, JK fronts, Alpha rears, 7-?? ARP/Parma 120.2 grams



Ron Hershman's F1 A Main runner up

RPM Built JK chassis, OS Mc Laren M7, P-S, Chicagoland fronts, Alpha rears, 7-27 ARP/Parma 120.5 grams



Tom Lauterbach's F1 A Mai 3rd place

Lauterbach chassis, OS Lotus 49B, P-S, Lauterbach fronts, Alpha rears, 7-28 ARP/Parma 117.4 grams



Rande Marshall's Can Am C Main Winner

RPM built JK chassis, OS TI-22 R, P-S, Chicagoland Fronts, Alpha rears, 7-27 ARP/Parma 118.8 grams



Ron Smith's Can Am B Main Winner

Kitto built Slick 7 chassis, OS Lola T-160, P-S, JK fronts, Alpha rears, 7-28, ARP/Parma 111.4 grams




Josh Crutchfield's Can Am A Main Winner

Crutchfield built JK chassis, OS TI-22 R, P-S, JK fronts, Go Fast rears, 7-?? ARP/Parma 109.5 grams





Ron Hershman's Can Am A Main Runner Up

RPM built JK chassis, OS TI-22 NN, P-S, Chicagoland fronts, Alpha rears, 7-27 ARP/Parma 115.5 grams



Tom Lauterbach's Can Am A Main 3rd place

Lauterbach built JK chassis, OS TI-22 Long, P-S, Lauterbach fronts, Alpha rears, 7-28 ARP/Parma 120.7 grams

[Ohio Retro Series]

Race Sheets

F1 qualifying



Can Am qualifying



F1 Overall Finish



Can Am Overall finish

[The Number of]

Car and tech pics at:






or just go to flickr.com billfulmer to see them in a non slide show setting

[MSwiss]

Congrats to ORS on the nice turnout.

Thanks for the report and pics.

Cool deal on all the pink bodies in the race.
And the pink crown gears. LOL

[Ron Hershman]

Cool deal on all the pink bodies in the race.

It's a "ta-ta" thing......LOL

[Tom Thumb Hobbies]

Thanks to everyone who came to the race. Like always the competition was fierce and close.

But what really sets retro apart, and the reason Cindy and I always look forward to hosting these events, is the people. Without doubt Retro racers are some of the best people anywhere. We consider ourselves lucky to be a part of the family.

I have to say special "Thank Yous" to Bill Fulmer, for his help with tech and his detailed photo work at all the races he attends. A very classy guy whose shoes will not be easy, or possible, to fill.

To Eric Balicki who's last-minute arrival from a wedding allowed me to race while he race directed the last two races. Even though I had a controller failure while in the lead I still had a BLAST.

To Josh Crutchfield for the loaner car that ran great even though he put MY motor in HIS winning car.

To my wife Cindy and daughter Jessica (of course Kyle is part of the package) whose help is beyond compare. It was very cool to race against Jessie for a change. We even managed to go 1 and 2 in the first heat. Of course the fact that she beat me overall is something she won't let me soon forget.

To Ron Hershman for his help during the race and handling the race reports.

And to all of you for being so much fun to hang out with.

Until next time...

[Bud Bartos]

Great race, great times!!!

Thanks, all.

[Gator Bob]

Great turn out and reporting. Think Pink is in this month, well done!

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