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19 entries.

Concours:

Gary Clinton Jr

Top Qualifier: Tom Hansen - 5.309 secs.

[John Gorski]

Congats, Tommy!

[Tom Eatherly]

That Matt Bruce was mighty good. What happened to Duran? Sick motor?

[Cheater]

Guys,

 

I'm too bushed to post the pics and results from GTC-PD tonight. Will get it done tomorrow in the AM.

[Bryan Warmack]

Greg,

 

Go have a couple drinks!! Thanks for everything!! 

[Cheater]

Bryan,

 

Do I have to stop at just two? LOL...

[Tom Eatherly]

Naw, you can have two or ten. Ya done good Greg. You guys are having a hell of a time.

[Dennis David]

Yes thanks for sharing all of the action. Your work is invaluable!

[DCR]

I'm too bushed to post the pics and results from GTC-PD tonight. Will get it done tomorrow in the AM.

 
I want to jump in hear and thank you also, Greg, for any reports or photos you share with us from the Brawl. Many of us appreciate it more then you know. Thanks and have fun!

DC

[Dennis David]

Let me correct that. ALL of us appreciate it. I know I watch the streams and my wife thinks i'm nuts but you know what? I just smile and keep watching them because I love slot cars.

[Dominator]

Forty-six entries between PD and FK is awesome!

[Cheater]

In the GTC-PD B Main, Duran was just... Duran. Totally unflappable and dominant.



Howie qualifying.



Tom Hansen on his TQ run.



The B Main cars on the starting line.



The B Main drivers ready for the green. John Miller was a DNS.



GTC-PD B Main results. Duran Trujillo moves up to the A Main.



And the B Main podium.

[One_Track_Mind]

Sure hope Wes gets the gold for what he was digging after!!

Congrats, Duran, Noose, and Jay!

Brian McPherson
REM Raceway

[Pappy]

I was just looking at the picture of the B Main drivers and the picture of the results and I'm trying to figure out which one of the drivers is Dummy. My guess is it's the guy with his finger in his nose.   

Just kidding guys. Great job!

[Cheater]

It should surprise no one that Matt Bruce jumped into the lead in the first heat of the GTC-PD A Main with a 32 lap heat, followed by Ed Sohl, Cap Henry, and Brad Feuerstein, all with 31 laps. And with this line-up of driver, the racing was super fast and super clean.

The GTC-PD A Main was like an 1:1 F1 race: there was little passing as everyone was staying on. Just a very few deslots in this heat. After two down, it was Matt with 64 laps, Brad, Cap, and Edsel with 63, Preston Meyer, Howie, and Tom with 61. Duran struggled at the rear with 56 laps, as his car simply didn't have the speed to keep up with the other A Mainers.

In heat 3, Matt continued to hold a one-lap lead over Edsel, who was doing his absolute best to chase Matt down, but Matt simply would not blink. At the end of segment 3, it was Matt with 96 laps, Edsel 95, Cap and Tom with 93, Howie, Preston, and Brad with 92.

In the fourth heat, the only change to the running order was Preston getting by Cap for third. Edsel closed a little on Matt, perhaps within half a lap but could do no more. Four drivers were on the same lap at power-off, tied for fourth. Only five laps covered the field from first to seventh!

Matt stretched it back out to a two-lap lead over Edsel in heat 5. Cap retook third a lap back of Edsel, who lead Brad by a lap, who lead Howie by a lap, who led Preston by a lap. Did I mention the close racing?

The sixth frame continued with super close racing, with almost no one coming off. Matt continued to stay just ahead of Edsel. Brad moved past Cap to take over third, with Howie also getting by to grab fourth. Matt at 192 laps; Edsel 191; Brad 189; Preston 187; Howie, Cap, and Tom 186, and Duran (whose car developed a tight guide during the race, costing him numerous laps from from difficult marshaling) 180.

The penultimate heat, Matt maintained his two-lap lead over Edsel, with Brad holding third a lap back. Preston and Cap followed, both with 218, with Howie and Tom duking it out for the next place at 217.

The final segment saw little or no changes in position and Matt "Mr. Consistency" Bruce took the A Main with a 256 lap total, generated by eight 32 laps heats! Edsel came up short by two laps, with Brad two laps behind him. Preston, Cap, and Howie all tallied 248 laps, but considering position on the track, it was Cap in fourth, Preston in fifth, and Howie in sixth. Tom finished one lap back of that trio and after smoking the field in the B Main, Duran brought up the rear with 239 laps, a position he rarely inhabits in any race.

I queried Matt as to whether he had run clean, with no "offs", but he admitted dumping it a single time. Since he led the A from start to finish, that one deslot proves he is actually human and not as perfect as he appeared to be! LOL!

The fun part of the Matt-Edsel bout is that Matt ran a car Edsel loaned him! LOL!

Retro racing doesn't get a whole lot better than this... how could it?





These guys look to have had way too much fun in the A Main, don't you think? LOL!

[Cheater]

Guys, the number of racers shown in the posted results doesn't jive with the number of entries given because I have not posted the results of the C Main, which raced first while I was out of the raceway. Will try to get that posted later today.

[Chris Radisich]

Congrats Matt, Ed and Brad. Wish I was there to race with you guys.
 
Great run, Preston, the hard work is paying off!

[Pablo]

Wes, quit pickin' yer nose!!