Saturday , Jan 26th was the first ever Retro Pro event held at The Track in Gaithersburg Md. The race was held following the scale races . As if we needed more fun after that.
After a short practice session that saw some really quick lap times. I personally turned a 3.16, and thought that was pretty fast. Then Randy Kohr ripped off a 3.0 followed by Tom Adams running a 2.99 in Red no less. I knew this was gonna be a really fast race.
Being we only had 3 turn marshals we decided that it would be better to have marshals rather than a race director so after the race button was pushed , there would be no track calls.
Cool tires must have caused a series of early crashes but soon things got setteled down. Randy Kohr took off early with a looked like a commanding lead.
At the end of four heats Tom Adams had started to close in. At the end of four it was Randy with 198 Tom 195 , Dale 174 , and Don with some off track time at 105. Tom Adams took over the lead in heat number 7 and never looked back. Randy Kohr was second , Dale Granger third , and Don Latch fourth. The results and lap totals are.
Tom Adams 399 laps Fast time 3.081 in green
Randy Kohr 392 laps Fast time3.241 in yellow
Dale Granger 351 laps Fast time 3.460 in orange
Don Latch 273 laps Fast time 3.456 in yellow
Tom Adams with his winning car
Tom Adam's car using his own built chassis geared 9-51 OS Mirage body
Randy Kohr's car with a Skunkworks chassis geared 8-44 OS Porche body
Don Latch's car using his own built chassis geared 8-44 and a TI-22 body
Dale Granger's car using a Skunkworks chassis geared 8-44 OS Mirage body
I hope next time more racers can come out to join us. Stayed tuned for race dates.
