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[One_Track_Mind]

The Rock Hall was notified the 'Flaming Thingies' were coming to town

 

 

These are made of steel!

 

 

Our organizer of this series Steve Kempson gets a little 'special' treatmant

 

 

 

i will have to admit, Steve did come up with a great idea for this years 'theme' of Flaming cars. over on FB we have Flaming Tuesdays! and some of the pictures we have all contribute are really fascinating.

 

my teammate, friend, and driver to the Rock Hall, Kevin Cosgrove reminded me of this memorial to the Cleveland Firefighters that have lost there Life battling these flames of destruction.Really felt we need to honor those men & women.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The last stop on the city tour was at the Great Lakes Science Center, Only because these cars are out of this world!

 

 

REM Raceway would like to personally Thank all the drivers for letting us take your cars around town and around the
Racetrack. Dont forget the Drag Racing portion of the program will take place on 7-11-13 and the actual race on the silky smooth highbanks of REM will be on 7-13-13!

Best Of Luck to Everyone!

This should be a good round!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Champion 507]

2000 Light Years From Home

[Gator Bob]

2000 Light Years From Home 

2013

 

Stray Cat Blues   

[MantaRay]

Brian, Thanks for taking the time to make this great display.............I really miss the Rn'R HOF

[garyvmachines]

Good job Brian !!!

 

 Hat's off to the Fire Fighter's

Flame on Let's Drag !!!!

 

GAV

[Lowrider]

Round 5 of this series will be starting in a few hours when the cars are run down the drag strip at REM Raceway.
Good luck to all the entrants and the organizing crew!

Regards,

[JohnnySlotcar]

They call ours "Mellow Yellow", quite rightly!

[Jairus]

Going racing shortly.  Results soon I suppose.

[tinshak]

thanks REM for a good nights racing

 

team weldon walker

[Jaak]

Here is a link to the Thingies Drag race at REM Raceway.

 

http://www.ustream.t...corded/35681535

[Pablo]

Wheeeeeeeeeeeee !! That was fun !!  Thanks Brian and drivers !

[slotbaker]

Interesting results.

 

Well done to Andy, Mike Z, and Evil Minnows for the podium.

Also, well done to Pablo's lightweight for equalling quickest E.T. (0.746) and making top MPH (33.62).

 

Thanks to Brian and the REM guys.

[Lowrider]

"You have reached your quota of positive votes for the day". New one on me. I'll try to be less likeable in future.

Thanks to Brian and all the REM crew and congrats to Andy, Z and the Duffy/Rick/Marty combo.
Bring on the Hillclimb!

Regards,

[JohnnySlotcar]

Verrrrry odd drag racing format. 2 different lane preps and burnout proceedure made for an unusual race. Are the results posted anywhere?

[One_Track_Mind]

Results are posted on Facebook under the event thread. I suppose it's possible Steve will update everything here??

Prior to anything you seen broadcasted all the cars had been run down the track. Some required the cleaning of tires and different lane preps then others. The drivers made little notes on the cars that would tell them the differences.

Nothing Odd about it all!! Other then a Thingie NON DRAG car being run down a drag track.


Brian McPherson
REM Raceway

[One_Track_Mind]

In other words, what you seen take place in about 45 minutes to run was actually done in 3 hours!!

More behind the scenes then what was aired.


Brian McPherson
REM Raceway

[Lowrider]

With minutes to go before the start of Round 6 on the REM Raceway Hillclimb track, here are the updated points standings after Round 5. This was held last Thursday on the REM drag strip.

REM Dragway Lucky 13 Thingie Proxy Results:

Round 1
10 Losers (E.T. MPH)
P20 Ben Kernan .865 28.04
P19 Jim Struckel .841 32.78
P18 Team Lo Bucks .832 30.01
P17 Rod Morrison .816 27.94
P16 Team WSC .815 29.39
P15 Gary Vogeler .811 30.17
P14 John Dilworth .801 28.99
P13 Tony Davey .799 31.16
P12 Team Weldon/Walker .780 31.92
P11 Team Last Minute Men .762 32.22

Round 2
5 Losers (E.T. MPH)
P10 Team REM .839 29.09
P9 Jaak BK .802 29.59
P8 Al Bond .791 31.45
P7 Ray Fellows .785 29.90
P6 Team Lowrider .778 31.01

Round 3
2 Loser (E.T. MPH)
P5 Team SSME .787 30.77
P4 Pablo Wolcott .755 31.62

Round 4
1 Loser (E.T. MPH)
P3 Team Evil Minnows .760 30.22

Round 5 The Final
E.T. MPH
P2 Mike Zimmerman .754 31.51
P1 Andy Brown Searle .746 33.16

The series points after 5 rounds now look like this:

P1=: 86 + 20 = 106 points - Team Lowrider (no change)
P1=: 85 + 21 = 106 points - Team SSME (+1)
P3: 79 + 24 = 103 points - Mike Zimmerman (+1)
P4=: 83 + 14 = 97 points - Team Weldon/Walker (-1)
P4=: 72 + 25 = 97 points - Andy Brown-Searle (+3)
P6=: 73 + 22 = 95 points - Pablo Wolcott (nc)
P6=: 72 + 23 = 95 points - Team Evil Minnows (+2)
P8: 74 + 16 = 90 points - Team REM (-3)
P9: 70 + 13 = 83 points - Tony Davey (nc)
P10: 63 + 18 = 81 points - Al Bond (nc)
P11=: 59 + 12 = 71 points - John Dilworth (+2)
P11=: 56 + 15 = 71 points - Team Last Minute Men (+3)
P13: 60 + 10 = 70 points - Team WSC (-1)
P14=: 61 + 8 = 69 points - Team Lo Bucks (-3)
P14=: 50 +19 = 69 points - Ray Fellows (+2)
P16: 48 + 17 = 65 points - Jaak BK (+1)
P17: 53 + 9 = 62 points - Rod Morrison (-2)
P18: 43 + 7 = 50 points - Jim Struckel (nc)
P19: 37 + 11 = 48 points - Gary Vogeler (+1)
P20: 39 + 6 = 45 points - Ben Kernan (-1)

In the Choti Challenge:

P1: 26 + 10 = 36 points - Pablo Wolcott (nc)
P2: 24 + 9 = 33 points - Jaak BK (+1)
P3: 25 + 7 = 32 points - Team Last Minute Men (-1)
P4: 23 + 8 = 31 points - Team REM (nc)
P5: 22 + 5 = 27 points - Team Lo Bucks (nc)
P6: 18 + 6 = 24 points - Rod Morrison (+1)
P6: 19 + 4 = 23 points - Ben Kernan (-1)

Good luck to everyone in Round 6!
Regards,

[garyvmachines]

Is the race on U-Stream Today ?????

Is it the same as the drag ????

 

GAV

[MSwiss]

So Team Last Minute Men (.762 32.22) obviously went up against a fast car in the first round,

ultimately getting 11th place with an ET better than P6 -P10, losers in the 2nd round.

 

How was it determined what car they went up against in the first round ?

[garyvmachines]

It Was a Blind Draw Mike .

The cars were numbered , and numbers drawn out of a cup . Random .......

 

GAV

[Jairus]

Silly system.
But, that's American Drag Racing I guess.

Maybe we should draw lots on who wins the whole thing? I'd prob have a better chance that way...   

[MSwiss]

It Was a Blind Draw Mike .

The cars were numbered , and numbers drawn out of a cup . Random .......

 

GAV

I thought in drag racing, cars qualify, and are seeded.

 

1 vs.16, 2 vs. 15, 3 vs.14, etc, so it's gives the best chance of a 1-2 match-up in the last round, assuming those cars continue to run well.

[Duffy]

I'm watching the stream right now. They're eating lunch. I'm avoiding making a snark on Streaming Lunch. Aren't you glad?

[Jairus]

You just did... 

[Pablo]

You podiumed, how can you snark ?