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The last class to be contested at the 2014 R4 is Formula 1 and if they were all teched-in by the time I left to do some posting. The total was 45 F1 entries, I believe.

For reasons of efficiency, the R4 divided the racers into two groups and while group one is practicing, the other group is teching-in. And while one group is qualifying, the other group is going through tech. The process shortens the time to accomplish these pre-race tasks due to the overlap.

When I left the building, only group one qualifying had completed, so I don't know who TQ'd as I type this...

Here's pics from Sunday's morning F1 practice, tech, and the beginning of qualifying.



Track's full for F1 practice, with drivers patiently awaiting the next three-minute segment. L to R: Rick Davis, Steve Ploskunak, Greg Fox, Bob Appelle, Rick Bennardo, Greg Krumnow, Matt Bruce, Greg VanPeenen, John Austion, and Phil Donaldson.



A three-way concentration: L to R. Joe Neumeister, Howie Ursaner, and Rick Davis.



L to R: Terry Watson, Rick Bennardo Jr, Rick Davis, Cap Henry, Matt Bruce, Bud Bartos, John Miller, Willy Custer, and Josh Crutchfield. Al Rutti is marshaling the hole and Dave Fielder the lead-on.



Matt Bruce contemplates his tire choice or preparation or both!



These are the tech tools and those are the hands that use them.



The long and short of F1 tech on multiple levels...



As cars at the R4 pass tech, they are "filed" by car number on this shelving unit, which allows for easy sorting when it come times to box up one of the groups for qualifying.



The group 1 cars staging for qualifying. Not sure this is every car, as there may be one on the track



The group two cars staged. Ten JK RH motors showing, in case you wondered. All group two cars shown, as the group's qualifying had not yet begun.



Howie was the first F1 racer to qualify and, as usual, he set TQ... as does every driver who qualifies first, right?



Rick Davis demonstrates the zen-like trance of slot car qualifying.



All eyes are on Bud Bartos as he takes TQ after his run. I don't yet know if he was able to retain it...

[Noose]

Cap took his third TQ and new track record for the weekend!

[SlotStox#53]

Great pictures, Greg.  

And way to go Cap on the TQ and track record!
 
Looks like F1 is going to be as hotly contested as the other classes!

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Here are the qualifying results for F1:

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Here's the results of Quarterfinal 1:

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Here's the results of Quarterfinal 2:

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Here's the results of Quarterfinal 3:

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Here's the results of Quarterfinal 4:

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Here's the results of Quarterfinal 5:

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F1 combined Quarterfinal results:




The racers with the top eight lap totals are being divided into two eight man Semis using odd and even selection. The top four finishers in each Semi will then populate an eight-man Main.

[MSwiss]

Congrats to Matt on a wire-to-wire(?) win.

 

Super job to him and all in the F1 Main.

[Cap Henry]

Congrats to Matt, you earned it dude!

[Mark Johnson]

Quite the race , superb run Matt !

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Here's the results of Semi 1:

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Here's the results of Semi 2:

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And here's the results of the F1 Main: