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[Bill Gerhart]

SHEAVES SLOTS & DRAGS
3236 Lee Highway
Weyers Cave, Va. 24486

phone 540-234-9080

owner- Jeff Sheaves

Mason Dixon Retro Race 2 of the 2012-2013 season

Saturday November 24, 2012

Practice 830 am - 11:00 am
GTC PD event - 11:00 am
Can Am practice for 30 minutes after GTC PD event
Can Am race 30 minutes after GTC PD event

IRRA rules

points for GTC PD & Cam Am events are point events

Pit Pass $10
GTC PD event $10
Can Am event $12

COME RACE THE BLUE BEAST, 195 ft. Engleman

[Bill Gerhart]

Need more racing after the Fall Brawl ? Need to get away from those visting relatives ? Come support Retro racing at Mason-Dixons Retro's first visit to the beautiful SHEAVES SLOTS & DRAGS in Weyers Cave, Va. Hope to see you there !

[Jeff Sheaves]

Look forward to having to have the Mason DIxon group down ! Should be some great racing !!

[SteveDee]

I'll be there! Any recomendations for a hotel, I'll be driving down Friday, so is there any racing Friday night?

[Jeff Sheaves]

We will have racing Friday night, I have not set the schedule yet. We could do a tune-up retro race if anyone would like or I can keep that track open for test & tune.
I'll post a few options for hotels.

[Jeff Sheaves]

Here are a few hotel options, 8 miles from the store.

Hampton Inn
43 Covenant Drive
Harrisonburg, VA
540-437-0090

Holiday Inn Express
3325 South Main Street
Harrisonburg, VA
540-433-9999

Super 8 Harrisonburg
3330 South Main Street
Harrisonburg VA
800-454-3213

[rube]

This is a great track to run on, very clean and well taken care of. There's ample pit space and a good assortment of parts and supplies at the counter. The Sheaves family put a lot of time into providing a place to run that is first rate. We're excited that Mason-Dixon retro has decided to offer some races closer to home and for continuing their series of IRRA racing!

We hope to see ALL the guys from the fall brawl make it down here as well as those who couldn't attend as this track is a bit of a challenge but fast and offers a very competitive racing experience!

[Bill Gerhart]

yes, Sheaves is a great place. Great lighting, plenty of pit space, well stocked slot car parts, and convienently located off I-81. We are looking forward to Mason-Dixons first event at Sheaves.

[DGRacer]

This was always one of my favorite tracks. I remember Randy and I would make the drive down to Lou Ciconni's on Monday nights just to race on it. So I put out the challenge to all whu raced on it before. Lets put on a good showing . Don't let the Delaware river stop you. Plenty of bridges still open.

[stp4343]

Who all is coming?

[Bill Gerhart]

Randy K., Hip, Dale G, Steve D. and myself from the North.

[Matt Bruce]

Yep, can't begin to tell you how much I miss that track. What a great Engleman. Glad to see it's still up and running somewhere.

[Bill Gerhart]

The Mason - Dixon Retro series does not have a big following like some of the other retro series. However our regulars are dedicated serious retro racers who travel and often attend major retro events. Five of our racers recently attended the biggest retro event on the east coast, The Fall Brawl at Speedzone.

Dale Granger ran the Retro Pro event without any luck, however looked real good on friday in the GTC FK event until a broken flag in his last heat cost Dale a podium finish. Tough break Dale !


Last years M-D Retro's GTC champion Gary Hip Culy, from Hagerstown Md, ran the GTC PD, F1, and Can Am events. Hip ran well all weekend, representing M-D Retro in the Fall Brall at Speedzone.


Robert and Nick Brantley made their first appearance to Speedzone. Robert ran the GTC FK, F1, and Can Am events. Robert qualified 16th out of 51 Can Am entries on Sunday, but ran into some trouble in the C main after running very well. Brother Nick ran the GTC PD and Can Am events. Nick qualified 8th out of 51 Can Am entries just missing moving from the B main to the A main. Dad Gary kept the cars well tuned over the weekend.


Unfortainatley, I was not able to compete at Speedzone until Sunday in the Can Am event. Special Thanks to the SkunkWorks guys who went over my 2 year old "straight rail" chassis and had it working perfecly on Sunday qualifying 14th. The car was really working well, allowing me to win the C and B main and podium (3rd) in the Fall Brawl A main event for the Can Am cars. Here is the car I ran in the Fall Brawl, will probably run this car in the Can Am event at Sheaves this Thanksgiving weekend.


Happy Thanksgiving, see everyone on Saturday at Sheaves.

[Pop's boys]

Bill drove a great race in the A-main at the Brawl but his engine slowed a bit towards the end as I was watching the car and lap counter, if not for that a Mason Dixon driver may have won the Can Am. Congrats on your podium finish Bill.

Dale ran well in GTC-FK and surely would have won the B-main if not for another car crossing his lane resulting in a broken guide flag in heat 8.

Nick ended up 5th overall in the GTC-PD and Rube who qualified 8th in the F1 class was running in the top 3 in the B-main until a gear problem got him in heat 7.

Hip was fast and had some fine running cars in GTC and Can Am.

We might not be getting big turnouts for our racers but the competition is fierce and we all enjoy every minute of it.

Gonna be some great racing Saturday at Sheaves, come on out and join us.

[Bill Gerhart]

Race 2 of the M-D retro seaon scheduled for tomorrow. Ahh ..........but which tire do we select..........Untteated, Treated, Thunder, Wonder, .........or maybe even Kelly Retro. I am sure we will see many different combinations.

Practice starts at 830 to 1100 am. The "Goverment" plans to arrive about 9 am. Alot of us are looking forward to racing on "The Beast Of The East" again. Even though I have had no success on it, maybe I can run better tomorrow. Kohr and Granger will be tough, as well as locals Nick and Rube.

Sheaves also has an oval and a drag strip. The place is a slot racers paradise !





See everyone tomorrow. !

[Hipsticker]

crap we should have had stock car race there!

[Jeff Sheaves]

Track is ready to go !!

[Hipsticker]

has anyone seen GRUMPY? if anyone has his phone number call him tell him to come....if he dont have a car i have a car he can race....