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[Milkman]

There were a total of 65 entries in three classes for the "Demon" held at Dallas Slot Cars in Dallas, TX. This was the largest turn-out we've had in our Teaxs Retro Racing. Racers from several states showed up and were ready to race.
 
Pics of the event can be found HERE.
 
Here are the results:

 

 
F1 - The finish for first place was extremely close as 1st and 2nd place were only inches apart.
 
Pos         Driver    Qualify  Total Laps            Best Time
1              Ken Stevens       4.248     319         4.321
2              Jay Kisling            4.199     319         4.278
3              Jerry Boswell     4.29        315         4.341
4              Ron Hershman  4.353     308         4.368
5              Dan Myers          4.277     298         4.289
6              Brian Meharry   4.278     295         4.318
7              Richard Hofer    4.383     293         4.509
8              James Merriman              4.217     291         4.21
9              Jim Boone           4.785     289         4.436
10           Tony Griffin        4.547     289         4.513
11           Fred Correnti     4.479     287         4.517
12           Moe Callison      4.535     286         4.521
13           John Vega           4.584     284         4.529
14           Lonny Getso      4.41        282         4.474
15           Rick Stagen         4.363     269         4.373
16           Chris Barnes       4.287     264         4.376
17           Dave Linn            4.988     255         4.87
18           Bob Belhasen    4.468     229         4.372
19           Dean Wolfe        4.55        226         4.532
20           Jay Howard         4.622     216         4.664
21           John Myers        4.215     152         4.341
 
Can-Am - 30 entrants raced their wheels off with almost half the field topping 300 laps.
 
Pos         Driver    Qualify  Total Laps            Best Time
1              Jay Kisling            4.054     338         4.078
2              James Merriman              4.026     337         4.011
3              Dan Myers          4.05        329         4.138
4              Brian Meharry   4.155     321         4.167
5              Lonny Getso      4.205     321         4.217
6              Chris Barnes       4.195     317         4.197
7              Richard Hofer    4.223     317         3.963
8              John Myers        4.167     316         4.281
9              Ron Hershman  3.965     315         4.038
10           Rick Stagen         4.143     307         4.216
11           Jim Boone           4.286     307         4.229
12           Jay Howard         4.184     305         4.192
13           Jerry Boswell     4.566     302         4.28
14           Moe Callison      4.323     297         4.24
15           Fred Correnti     4.424     295         4.433
16           Justin Risk           4.073     294         4.142
17           Gary Wiggins      4.415     279         4.411
18           Cydney G            4.278     276         4.4
19           John Vega           4.39        274         4.364
20           Gary Risk             4.321     273         4.253
21           Bob Belhasen    4.48        258         4.589
22           Bobby Dally        4.579     258         4.665
23           Frank Reedy       4.159     255         4.249
24           Lundy Belhasen                4.554     254         4.494
25           Kraig beck           4.007     246         4.049
26           Nick Gray             4.156     242         4.1
27           Ricky Williams    4.892     231         4.717
28           Luther Bilbreath               4.386     228         4.35
29           Dave Linn            4.961     201         4.947
30           Ken Stevens       4.263     134         4.282
 
RetroPro - These cars were very quick and fun to drive.  Times were close, too.
 
Pos         Driver    Qualify  Total Laps            Best Time
1              Ken Stevens       3.352     388         3.416
2              Nick Gray             3.678     371         3.496
3              Justin Risk           3.452     366         3.368
4              Bob Belhasen    3.479     366         3.569
5              Rick Stagen         3.736     365         3.72
6              Jay Howard         3.517     355         3.508
7              Brian Meharry   3.475     349         3.568
8              Richard Hofer    3.579     341         3.674
9              Moe Callison      3.448     339         3.541
10           Jim Boone           3.655     330         3.527
11           Ricky Williams    3.882     309         3.852
12           Dave Linn            3.949     290         3.676
13           Kraig Beck           3.561     258         3.546
14           Bobby Dally        3.854     151         4.111

[JerseyJohn]

Nice turn-out. Retro racing is awesome...

 

JJ

[Uncle Fred]

It was a good day of racing. The Ohio boys were really fast but many of the locals had good results as well.

[MG Brown]

Ken,

I hope you don't mind me inserting the photo showing visually just how close the F1 race was at the end. I felt the finish was remarkable and called to mind the famous 1966 LeMans "blanket finish" that generated so much talk.
 
Thanks for your great report and thank you to the participating racers and Dallas Slot cars for putting on a great first major Retro event.

[George Blaha]

Hey ya awl,
 
Great racers and turnout. If you want to race quickly, you will be thinking of Texas next year. Hey, Uncle Fred (Correnti... maybe we can team up for a 45 year reunion race?
 
Shakey George Blaha
 
The Retro Stock Car Promoter

[Milkman]

Thanks for inserting the pic. At the end of the race I had about a 5-6 foot lead on Jay. I was in the white lane and Jay was in the black lane and when the power went off he was punched and almost coasted by me. I thought I was behind Jay and didn't know I was out front until there were only 15-20 seconds left in the race. I was wondering why everyone was clamb ering around the track at the end.

This was the closest finish I've ever had in over 50 years of racing. The out-of-state racers were a lot of fun to compete with. 

Can't wait to do it again.

[Tex]

I was really curious to see how our local program measured up against a more "seasoned" program. While there were gear/tire/motor anomalies that affected some of the guys(local AND out-of-towners), I honestly feel that the best of our Texas racers can be legitimately competitive nationally. Our local program isn't quite as strong overall but we have good reason to be pleased with our progress. In both F1 and Can-Am, we managed to fill 3 of the top 8 positions, including Ken's win in F1. I appreciate the guys travelling so far to come down and "school" us on how it's done; it's just these type of experiences, competing against the best from elsewhere, that will help us raise our game to a higher level. Thanks for coming down to play in our sandbox, guys!

 

P.S. - For some of you guys that I'd met at the 3 Sano races I attended a few years back, I'll have you know that I used a Ti-22 body in the Can-Am race!    LOL  No "jail door commemorative chassis"... no Lotus 40 bodies... I wasn't trying to make any retro "statement"... just be as competitive as I could. Wait 'til NEXT year..............

[Dominator]

Jay is a hard guy to beat you did great Ken!