Retro South made its first visit to the terrific new SpeedZone Raceway in Peachtree City, GA, on Saturday, April 26, for a great day of Retro racing using IRRA™ rules. Racers from five states were in attendance: AL, FL, GA, TN, and MS.
First class on the program was Stock Car, with ten entries, so a ten-man round-robin format was selected, with two sit-outs.
Concours was won by Bud Greene, with a terrific-looking Bobby Allison Dodge Charger.
Stock Cars during qualifying. TQ was John Martin with a lap of 5.455 secs.
L to R: Red Valantine, John Clow, Pablo Wolcott, Jay Guard, Tom Harrington, Bud Greene, Ed Hoffman, and Tommy Flythe. Sit-outs not pictured are John Martin and Will Brinkley.
Stock Car results
1) Jay Guard - 242 laps
2) John Martin - 231
3) Bud Greene - 226
4) Ed Hoffman - 224
5) Tom Harrington - 223
6) Paul "Pablo" Wolcott - 223
7) Red Valantine - 221
8) Will Brinkley - 221
9) Tommy Flythe - 220
10) John Clow - 84
L to R: John Martin, Jay Guard, and Bud Greene.
Can-Am ultimately saw eighteen cars show up on the tech table, so two nine-man round-robins was the racing format chosen.
Grizzled old pro Gil Gundersen, lately from TN, was the Can-Am concours winner with this fine Ti22 NN, painted by Bill Nolen.
TQ for Can-Am was Ralph Thorne, with a 4.710 sec lap.
Couple of drivers panel pics for the Can-Am Mains:
L to R: Pablo Wolcott, Mike Arnold, Red Valantine, Gil Gundersen, Ed Hoffman, Buddy Mitchell, DJ Slash, and Jeff Chambers. Sit-out Tommy Flythe not pictured.
L to R: Justin Sears, Tom Harrington, John Clow, Jay Guard, John Martin, Bud Greene, Stan Hutson, and Will Brinkley. Sit-out Ralph Thorne not pictured.
Starting grid for the Can-Am A Main.
Can-Am combined results
1) Ralph Thorne - 283 laps
2) Jay Guard - 274
3) Will Brinkley - 268
4) John Martin - 266
5) Stan Hudson - 263
6) Gil Gundersen - 259
7) Bud Greene - 257
8) John Clow - 256
9) Pablo Wolcott - 251
10) Ed Hoffman - 251
11) DJ Slash - 250
12) Justin Sears - 244
13) Jeff Chambers - 238
14) Tommy Flythe - 235
15) Red Valantine - 234
16) Mike Arnold - 233
17) Buddy Mitchell - 138
18) Tom Harrington - 18
L to R: Jay Guard, Ralph Thorne, and Will Brinkley
Fourteen F1 cars were entered in the final class of the day and it was decided due to the hour to run a fourteen-man round robin, as many of the racers had long drives to make to return home.
F1 Councours was awarded to Jay Guard and somehow I missed getting a picture of his car, but everyone should know by now it was painted yellow! LOL! A small image of his car can be seen in the podium shot below.
TQ for F1 was Ralph Thorne, with a lap of 4.838 secs.
F1 results
1) Ralph Thorne - 276 laps
2) Jay Guard - 269
3) John Clow - 267
4) Will Brinkley - 259
5) Tom Harrington - 254
6) John Martin - 251
7) Tommy Flythe - 248
8) Justin Sears - 247
9) Mike Arnold - 240
10) Pablo Wolcott - 238
11) Red Valantine - 237
12) DJ Slash - 236
13) Stan Hudson - 233
14) Bud Greene - 111
