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Thanks for the winning chassis pictures.

Once I have time to post 'em, top and bottom pictures of EVERY CAR in every race will be posted (though resized down a bit for space reasons).

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The GT/King track A-main is getting ready to run.

Red - Rande Marshall
White - Dave Fiedler
Green - Jay Kisling
Orange - (empty)
Blue - Jay Guard
Yellow - Doug Demski
Purple - Ray Carlisi
Black - Ron Hershman

Warm-up is in progress...

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GT/King track A-main

1) Jay Kisling - 35 / 33 / 35 / 33 / 34 / 34 / 34 / 33 = 271 laps, 4.965 best lap
2) Dave Fiedler - 35 / 33 / 34 / 34 / 34 / 32 / 34 / 34 = 270, 5.043
3) Ron Hershman - 32 / 32 / 33 / 34 / 33 / 34 / 34 / 33 = 265, 5.014
4) Jay Guard - 35 / 32 / 30 / 33 / 33 / 27 / 34 / 34 = 258, 4.933
5) Ray Carlisi - 32 / 29 / 33 / 32 / 32 / 32 / 33 / 33 = 256, 5.190
6) Rande Marshall - 31 / 32 / 30 / 30 / 30 / 31 / 32 / 32 = 248, 5.285
7) Doug Demski - 30 / 31 / 31 / 30 / 31 / 33 / 31 / 29 = 246, 5.152

[CruzinBob]

Ya'll had enuf racin' yet

Is it beer 30?...

We're about ready for the Can-Am A main...

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Combined Results for GT/King track

1) Jay Kisling
2) Dave Fiedler
3) Roy Hood
4) Ron Hershman
5) Jim Mayer
6) Ken Green
7) Ron Van Wagnen
8) Paul Pfeiffer
9) Jay Guard
10) Dave Schlueter
11) Bob Oaks
12) Dave Crevie
13) Ray Carlisi
14) Ray Price
15) Dennis Samson
16) Rande Marshall
17) Doug Demski
18) Joe Neumeister
19) Tex Hofer
20) Basil Michael
21) Butch Dunaway

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The GT/King track podium, L-R, Dave Fiedler, Jay Kisling, Roy Hood.




Jay Kisling's 1st place car, weight 105.0 grams -






Dave Fiedler's 2nd place car, weight 112.1 grams -






Roy Hood's 3rd place car, weight 102.3 grams -

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The Retro Can-Am/flat track B-main is getting ready to go. It is a twelve-man round robin.

No qualifying was held for this race; lanes were assigned by random draw.

Red - Jim Mayer
White - Ron Hershman
Green - Dennis Samson
Orange - Ron Van Wagnen
Blue - Basil Michael
Yellow - Ted Melton
Purple - Rande Marshall
Black - Ray Carlisi

First sit-out: Jay Kisling
Second sit-out: Keith Van Atta
Third sit-out: Dave Schlueter
Fourth sit-out: Ken Green

Warm-up for the race is in progress...

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Here's the full Retro Can-Am/flat track field:

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Retro Can-Am/flat track B-main

Heat #1

Ron Hershman - 30 laps - fast lap of heat - 5.550 secs
Ron Van Wagnen - 29
Jim Mayer - 29
Dennis Samson - 29
Ray Carlisi - 26
Basil Michael - 26
Rande Marshall - 25
Ted Melton - 24

Heat #2

Jim Mayer - 60 laps - fast lap of heat - 5.596 secs
Dennis Samson - 58
Ron Van Wagnen - 58
Ray Carlisi - 55
Rande Marshall - 52
Basil Michael - 52
Ted Melton - 49
Ken Green - 24

Heat #3

Jim Mayer - 89 laps - fast lap of heat - 5.550 secs
Dennis Samson - 88
Ray Carlisi - 83
Rande Marshall - 79
Basil Michael - 75
Ted Melton - 75
Ken Green - 53
Dave Schlueter - 30

Heat #4

Jim Mayer - 119 laps
Dennis Samson - 116
Ray Carlisi - 111
Rande Marshall - 107
Basil Michael - 103
Ken Green - 83
Dave Schlueter - 62 - fast lap of heat - 5.315 secs
Keith Van Atta - 26

Heat #5

Jim Mayer - 149 laps
Dennis Samson - 146
Rande Marshall - 135
Basil Michael - 131
Ken Green - 111
Dave Schlueter - 93 - fast lap of heat - 5.538 secs
Keith Van Atta - 53
Jay Kisling - 18

Heat #6

Jim Mayer - 181 laps
Dennis Samson - 174
Basil Michael - 157
Ken Green - 139
Dave Schlueter - 121 - fast lap of heat - 5.378 secs
Keith Van Atta - 81
Ron Hershman - 60
Jay Kisling - 26

Heat #7

Jim Mayer - 212 laps - fast lap of heat - 5.488 secs
Dennis Samson - 205
Ken Green - 167
Dave Schlueter - 152
Keith Van Atta - 103
Ron Hershman - 91
Ron Van Wagnen - 87
Jay Kisling - 28

Heat #8

Jim Mayer - 242 laps
Ken Green - 196
Dave Schlueter - 183 - fast lap of heat - 5.327 secs
Keith Van Atta - 126
Ron Hershman - 121
Ron Van Wagnen - 118
Ted Melton - 99
Jay Kisling - 55

Heat #9

Ken Green - 224 laps
Dave Schlueter - 213
Ron Hershman - 151
Keith Van Atta - 151
Ron Van Wagnen - 148 - fast lap of heat - 5.437 secs
Ray Carlisi - 138
Ted Melton - 125
Jay Kisling - 65

Heat #10

Dave Schlueter - 245 laps - fast lap of heat - 5.379 secs
Ron Hershman - 181
Keith Van Atta - 179
Ron Van Wagnen - 177
Ray Carlisi - 167
Rande Marshall - 163
Ted Melton - 150
Jay Kisling - 94

Heat #11

Ron Hershman - 211 laps
Ron Van Wagnen - 205
Keith Van Atta - 205
Ray Carlisi - 197
Rande Marshall - 192
Basil Michael - 183
Ted Melton - 172
Jay Kisling - 124 - fast lap of heat - 5.488 secs

Heat #12

Ron Hershman - 241 laps - fast lap of heat - 5.429 secs
Ron Van Wagnen - 235
Dennis Samson - 234
Ray Carlisi - 225
Rande Marshall - 221
Basil Michael - 209
Ted Melton - 195
Jay Kisling - 153


Final Result for Retro Can-Am/flat track B-main

1) Dave Schlueter - 245 laps - 30.6 laps per heat avg - 5.315 fastest lap in green
2) Jim Mayer - 242 - 30.2 - 5.429 in yellow
3) Ron Hershman - 241 - 30.1 - 5.429 in orange
4) Ron Van Wagnen - 235 - 29.4 - 5.437 in blue
5) Dennis Samson - 234 - 29.2 - 5.499 in white
6) Ray Carlisi - 225 - 28.1 - 5.499 in blue
7) Ken Green - 224 - 28.0 - 5.648 in blue
8) Rande Marshall - 221 - 27.6 - 5.602 in orange
9) Basil Michael - 209 - 26.1 - 5.761 in blue
10) Keith Van Atta - 205 - 25.6 - 5.929 in orange
11) Ted Melton - 195 - 24.4 - 6.258 in blue
12) Jay Kisling - 153 - 19.1 - 5.488 in orange

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The Retro Can-Am/flat track A-main is getting ready to go. It is an eleven-man round robin.

No qualifying was held for this race; lanes were assigned by random draw.

Red - Dave Fiedler
White - Bob Oaks
Green - Tex Hofer
Orange - Butch Dunaway
Blue - Paul Pfeiffer
Yellow - Dave Crevie
Purple - Allan Reeder
Black - Ray Price

First sit-out: Jay Guard
Second sit-out: Roy Hood
Third sit-out: Joe Neumeister

Warm-up for the race is in progress...

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Retro Can-Am/flat track A-main

Heat #1

Paul Pfeiffer - 31 laps - fast lap of heat - 5.546 secs
Dave Fiedler - 30
Allan Reeder - 29
Butch Dunaway - 29
Dave Crevie - 28
Bob Oaks - 28
Tex Hofer - 27
Ray Price - 26

Heat #2

Paul Pfeiffer - 61 laps
Dave Fiedler - 61 - fast lap of heat - 5.538 secs
Allan Reeder - 57
Dave Crevie - 56
Butch Dunaway - 56
Ray Price - 55
Tex Hofer - 55
Jay Guard - 28

Heat #3

Dave Fiedler - 93 laps - fast lap of heat - 5.327 secs
Paul Pfeiffer - 91
Allan Reeder - 88
Ray Price - 84
Dave Crevie - 84
Tex Hofer - 83
Jay Guard - 58
Roy Hood - 28

Heat #4

Dave Fiedler - 124 laps
Paul Pfeiffer - 120 - fast lap of heat - 5.428 secs
Allan Reeder - 117
Ray Price - 112
Tex Hofer - 109
Jay Guard - 87
Roy Hood - 56
Joe Neumeister - 27

Heat #5

Dave Fiedler - 155 laps
Paul Pfeiffer - 151 - fast lap of heat - 5.378 secs
Allan Reeder - 145
Tex Hofer - 137
Jay Guard - 116
Roy Hood - 86
Joe Neumeister - 57
Bob Oaks - 55

Heat #6

Dave Fiedler - 186 laps - fast lap of heat - 5.429 secs
Paul Pfeiffer - 182
Tex Hofer - 164
Jay Guard - 145
Roy Hood - 113
Joe Neumeister - 85
Bob Oaks - 85
Butch Dunaway - 82

Heat #7

Dave Fiedler - 210 laps
Tex Hofer - 191
Jay Guard - 176 - fast lap of heat - 5.440 secs
Roy Hood - 141
Bob Oaks - 113
Joe Neumeister - 111
Dave Crevie - 111
Butch Dunaway - 110

Heat #8

Dave Fiedler - 241 laps
Jay Guard - 206 - fast lap of heat - 5.441 secs
Roy Hood - 172
Bob Oaks - 140
Ray Price - 139
Butch Dunaway - 138
Dave Crevie - 138
Joe Neumeister - 137

Heat #9

Jay Guard - 236 laps
Roy Hood - 202
Allan Reeder - 174
Ray Price - 168 - fast lap of heat - 5.613 secs
Bob Oaks - 167
Dave Crevie - 167
Butch Dunaway - 165
Joe Neumeister - 165

Heat #10

Roy Hood - 231 laps
Paul Pfeiffer - 212
Allan Reeder - 199
Ray Price - 197 - fast lap of heat - 5.550 secs
Bob Oaks - 196
Dave Crevie - 195
Butch Dunaway - 193
Joe Neumeister - 192

Heat #11

Paul Pfeiffer - 243 laps - fast lap of heat - 5.499 secs
Bob Oaks - 227
Ray Price - 224
Allan Reeder - 224
Dave Crevie - 221
Butch Dunaway - 221
Joe Neumeister - 221
Tex Hofer - 218


Final Result for Can-Am/flat track A-main

1) Paul Pfeiffer - 243 laps - 30.4 laps per heat avg - 5.378 fastest lap in orange
2) Dave Fiedler - 241 - 30.1 - 5.327 in blue
3) Jay Guard - 236 - 29.5 - 5.429 in blue
4) Roy Hood - 231 - 28.9 - 5.597 in yellow
5) Bob Oaks - 227 - 28.4 - 5.499 in green
6) Ray Price - 224 - 28.0 - 5.488 in orange
7) Allan Reeder - 224 - 28.0 - 5.597 in yellow
8) Butch Dunaway - 221 - 27.6 - 5.940 in orange
9) Dave Crevie - 221 - 27.6 - 5.820 in blue
10) Joe Neumeister - 221 - 27.6 - 5.493 in green
11) Tex Hofer - 218 - 27.2 - 6.089 in blue

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Combined Results for Can-Am/flat track

1) Dave Schlueter
2) Paul Pfeiffer
3) Jim Mayer
4) Ron Hershman
5) Dave Fiedler
6) Jay Guard
7) Ron Van Wagnen
8) Dennis Samson
9) Roy Hood
10) Bob Oaks
11) Ray Carlisi
12) Ray Price
13) Allan Reeder
14) Ken Green
15) Butch Dunaway
16) Dave Crevie
17) Joe Neumeister
18) Rande Marshall
19) Tex Hofer
20) Basil Michael
21) Keith Van Atta
22) Ted Melton
23) Jay Kisling

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The Can-Am/flat track podium, L-R, Paul Pfeiffer, Dave Schlueter, Jim Mayer.




Dave Schlueter's 1st place car -






Paul Pfeiffer's 2nd place car -






Jim Mayer's 3rd place car -

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The F1/King track B-main is getting ready to go. It is an eight-man race.

No qualifying was held for this race; lanes were assigned by random draw.

Red - Dave Schlueter
White - Basil Michael
Green - Dave Crevie
Orange - Ron Van Wagnen
Blue - Roy Hood
Yellow - Ron Hershman
Purple - Bob Oaks
Black - Jay Kisling

Warm-up for the race is in progress...

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F1/King track B-main

1) Ron Hershman - 33 / 32 / 34 / 32 / 35 / 34 / 34 / 32 = 266 laps, 5.029 best lap
2) Bob Oaks - 30 / 30 / 34 / 34 / 35 / 33 / 35 / 35 = 266, 4.924
3) Roy Hood - 32 / 31 / 31 / 32 / 33 / 32 / 31 / 33 = 255, 5.265
4) Ron Van Wagnen - 33 / 32 / 33 / 33 / 34 / 29 / 28 / 32 = 254, 5.072
5) Dave Schlueter - 31 / 31 / 32 / 30 / 29 / 33 / 34 / 31 = 251, 5.136
6) Dave Crevie - 30 / 30 / 28 / 28 / 31 / 30 / 31 / 30 = 238, 5.541
7) Basil Michael - 28 / 27 / 31 / 27 / 18 / 0 / 2 / 0 = 133, 5.164
8) Jay Kisling - 29 / 31 / 23 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 = 83, 5.386

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The F1/King track A-main is getting ready to go. It is a nine-man round robin.

No qualifying was held for this race; lanes were assigned by random draw.

Red - Dennis Samson
White - Tex Hofer
Green - Jay Guard
Orange - Dave Fiedler
Blue - Joe Neumeister
Yellow - Paul Pfeiffer
Purple - Ray Carlisi
Black - Jim Mayer

Sit-out - Ray Price

Warm-up for the race is in progress.

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F1/King track A-main

1) Dave Fiedler - 35 / 34 / 0 / 33 / 35 / 35 / 34 / 32 / 34 = 272 laps, 4.919 best lap
2) Jim Mayer - 32 / 33 / 33 / 32 / 0 / 33 / 34 / 33 / 33 = 263, 4.997
3) Jay Guard - 33 / 32 / 31 / 29 / 32 / 34 / 31 / 0 / 30 = 252, 5.070
4) Joe Neumeister - 32 / 31 / 30 / 32 / 32 / 33 / 0 / 29 / 33 = 252, 5.179
5) Paul Pfeiffer - 30 / 33 / 32 / 0 / 32 / 32 / 33 / 30 / 30 = 252, 5.290
6) Ray Carlisi - 30 / 30 / 33 / 31 / 32 / 0 / 30 / 32 / 33 = 251, 5.224
7) Ray Price - 0 / 31 / 32 / 31 / 31 / 29 / 30 / 34 / 33 = 251, 5.227
8) Tex Hofer - 31 / 0 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 30 / 29 / 32 = 246, 5.428
9) Dennis Samson - 30 / 31 / 31 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 29 / 0 = 235, 5.542

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Combined Results for F1/King track

1) Dave Fiedler
2) Ron Hershman
3) Bob Oaks
4) Jim Mayer
5) Roy Hood
6) Ron Van Wagnen
7) Jay Guard
8) Joe Neumeister
9) Paul Pfeiffer
10) Dave Schlueter
11) Ray Carlisi
12) Ray Price
13) Tex Hofer
14) Dave Crevie
15) Dennis Samson
16) Basil Michael
17) Jay Kisling


The F1/King track podium, L-R, Ron Hershman, Dave Fiedler, Bob Oaks.




Dave Fiedler's 1st place car -






Ron Hershman's 2nd place car -






Bob Oaks' 3rd place car -

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The results from the four qualifying races are in and the "Sanoest Dude in America (or at least in LaGrange, IL)", and the winner of the $250 first place money, is

Dave Fiedler


Here's the Sano ranking chart Mike kept during the event, with the final race entered -

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The Sano Shoot-Out, consisting of the eight drivers with the lowest average finishing positions in the four previous races, is coming up. This race will be contested in the flat track. Lanes have been chosen by random draw and the starting lanes are:

Red - Dave Schlueter
White - Paul Pfeiffer
Green - Ron Van Wagnen
Orange - Jim Mayer
Blue - Dave Fiedler
Yellow - Ron Hershman
Purple - Roy Hood
Black - Jay Guard





Warm-up is occurring now...

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Sano Shoot-Out on the flat track

Heat #1

Dave Fiedler - 31 laps - fast lap of heat - 5.319 secs
Jim Mayer - 31
Paul Pfeiffer - 31
Jay Guard - 30
Ron Hershman - 30
Dave Schlueter - 30
Ron Van Wagnen - 28
Roy Hood - 26

Heat #2

Dave Fiedler - 63 laps - fast lap of heat - 5.378 secs
Ron Hershman - 61
Dave Schlueter - 61
Jim Mayer - 61
Paul Pfeiffer - 61
Jay Guard - 60
Ron Van Wagnen - 58
Roy Hood - 53

Heat #3

Dave Fiedler - 95 laps
Paul Pfeiffer - 93
Dave Schlueter - 92
Ron Hershman - 92 - fast lap of heat - 5.390 secs
Jim Mayer - 91
Jay Guard - 90
Ron Van Wagnen - 86
Roy Hood - 82

Heat #4

Dave Fiedler - 127 laps - fast lap of heat - 5.320 secs
Paul Pfeiffer - 125
Dave Schlueter - 123
Ron Hershman - 122
Jim Mayer - 121
Jay Guard - 120
Ron Van Wagnen - 114
Roy Hood - 112

Heat #5

Dave Fiedler - 159 laps
Paul Pfeiffer - 156
Ron Hershman - 153
Jim Mayer - 152 - fast lap of heat - 5.378 secs
Dave Schlueter - 151
Jay Guard - 148
Ron Van Wagnen - 142
Roy Hood - 140

Heat #6

Dave Fiedler - 190 laps - fast lap of heat - 5.430 secs
Paul Pfeiffer - 186
Ron Hershman - 184
Jim Mayer - 183
Dave Schlueter - 183
Jay Guard - 178
Ron Van Wagnen - 170
Roy Hood - 168

Heat #7

Dave Fiedler - 221 laps
Paul Pfeiffer - 218
Ron Hershman - 215
Jim Mayer - 213
Dave Schlueter - 212
Jay Guard - 207 - fast lap of heat - 5.328 secs
Ron Van Wagnen - 196
Roy Hood - 189

Heat #8

Dave Fiedler - 252 laps
Paul Pfeiffer - 250
Ron Hershman - 245
Jim Mayer - 244
Dave Schlueter - 241 - fast lap of heat - 5.273 secs
Jay Guard - 237
Ron Van Wagnen - 224
Roy Hood - 189


Final Result for Retro Can-Am Shoot-Out

1) Dave Fiedler - 252 laps - 31.5 laps per heat avg - 5.319 fastest lap in green
2) Paul Pfeiffer - 250 - 31.2 - 5.437 in orange
3) Ron Hershman - 245 - 30.6 - 5.378 in yellow
4) Jim Mayer - 244 - 30.5 - 5.378 in blue
5) Dave Schlueter - 30.1 - 5.273 in white
6) Jay Guard - 238 - 29.8 - 5.328 in blue
7) Roy Hood - 224 - 28.0 - 5.597 in orange
8) Ron Van Wagnen - 189 - 23.6 - 5.487 in yellow


Therefore, Dave Fiedler is not only the "Sanoest Dude in America" but also the "Most Wickedest Sano Slot Racer on the Planet". He's also richer by $500, having won $250 for the lowest average finish in the four races but snagged $250 more for besting the best of the best.




I'll be posting more pictures and stuff in the days to come, as things have been so fast and furious here today that I have been run ragged just trying to keep up with the results from the races.

If you were thinking of coming to Da Sano and decided not to for any reason below multiple broken bones and/or extended hospitalization, you simply blew it. This was the best slot racing event I've ever attended, on virtually every level: quality of racing, quality of racers, friendly interaction among the competitors, and FUN! Mike described Da Sano as a party with the lap counter on and that's as accurate a description as any.

Hey, Mike, when's the NEXT Sano??

Now that the event is over, Mike Swiss says he wants to go somewhere where there are no slot cars (I suspect he means a place that serves adult beverages, in which case I'm following him!) and is running us out of the raceway. I have a bunch of more photos to post but they will have to wait until we get back to the sunny South.

[MG Brown]

Speaking of adult beverages, this is absolutely the only thing of salient value I found in LaGrange this past weekend:

Full Review from Beer Therapy (realbeer.com)



As promised last year, Lagunitas Brewing in California has released the second beer in its Frank Zappa series.

Kill Ugly Radio, featuring the inside album art from Zappa’s second album, Absolutely Free, is in stores now. Last year Lagunitas brewed Freak Out! to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of the first album by Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, and Kill Ugly Radio commemorates the 40th anniversary of the second.

Lagunitas founder Tony Magee obtained the permission of the Zappa Family Trust to use the original album art for both.

The beer itself? A hefty 7.8% and not surprisingly brimming with West Coast hops, a blast of citrus and Northwest pine, and unapologetic bitterness.

(Consumed during lunchtime at Palmer Place- I didn't see "Sam Adams" so I took a shot).

OK I take it back; what was inadvertantly revealed by the cashier at the LaGrange Ace Hardware was impressive, but only fleeting.

[Larry LS]

Who the heck is Zappa? And what's ugly radio? I like Mantovani!

And California wine beats all that beer stuff.

MG, I think you had a beer too many. Don't let that favorite redhead know!

[MG Brown]

This is what I get for trying to class up this joynt.

Seriously Larry - have you ever been to a classical music concert in your LIFE? (don't answer that - it's too easy just to say "yes" to save face).

Trying to feign snobbishness doesn't become you sir.

[Larry LS]

Come on now, if you can't tell when some one is pulling your leg a bit, Mick.

Yes I have been to (real) classicaL music concerts while in the Chicago area, since I was raised very near there too many years ago in Des Plaines. See all the smilies!! Lighten up, man.

Great show at the Sano!

Wish I could have made it there, but our friends we wanted to visit the week before, had to leave town because of a death in their family in Milwaukee, another beer town, the week before that. I'll buy you one next time.