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2015 Parma Checkpoint Cup race report - Can-Am

Started by Bryan Warmack , Jan 16 2015 01:04 AM

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#1 Bryan Warmack

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Posted 16 January 2015 - 01:04 AM

The premier race of the weekend was Can-Am on the King track and 57 Can-Am entrants packed Buena Park Raceway to do battle!

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Posted 16 January 2015 - 01:07 AM

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Posted 16 January 2015 - 01:32 AM

That's it for the cars! Concours, Qualifying and all the races tomorrow!

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Posted 16 January 2015 - 07:18 AM

Interesting diversity in chassis styles!

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Posted 16 January 2015 - 07:58 AM

Great pics, Bryan. Good diversity of chassis builds and parts, everything from single rails to multi-rails.

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Posted 16 January 2015 - 01:01 PM

What are those steel U-shaped chassis center sections?

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Posted 16 January 2015 - 01:14 PM

1/8" steel wire, ground down to about .050"

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Posted 16 January 2015 - 04:02 PM

Fastest race at BPR yet!! You had to be deep in the 3 second laps to make the A Main!! Fun race, great turnout!!

Thanks for all the reporting, Bryan!!

She's real fine, my 409!!!

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Posted 16 January 2015 - 11:49 PM

Thanks for all the reporting, Bryan!!

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And thanks for all your help at tech table with the car pics!!

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Posted 17 January 2015 - 12:51 AM

Presentation Concours
1st - #7 Marc Franco, Noose paint
2nd - #3 Jay Henry, Noose paint
3rd - #7 Dave Larsen, Noose paint
4th - #9 Mike Low, Noose paint

A close-up of Marc Franco's Noose body

1st Place Presentation Concours Marc "Noose" Franco!

Realistic Concours
1st - #6 Earl McCutcheon, McCutcheon paint
2nd - #2 MickeyZo, Kamo paint
3rd - #9 Tore Anderson, Anderson paint
4th - #45 Philippe de Lespinay, Warmack paint

Earl's beautiful Chaparral!

1st place Realistic Concours - Earl McCutcheon

Just some of the race prizes provided by the sponsors...

Parma
Alpha
TrueScale
DR Racing Products
Samson Classics
Electric Dreams
JK Products
Noose
Outisight
Lifeguard
Hanada
Mission Trail Insurance
Mike Low
Mill Conroy
Duran Trujillo
Warmack Racing

THANKS to all the race sponsors for their generous contributions!! :good:

And a thanks to Nesta and Kathy for the great poster!!

Can-Am cars ready for qualifying...

Arizona racer Jerry Johnson qualifies as Duran!!

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Posted 17 January 2015 - 01:05 AM

Congrats to Ben Cervantes Sr on TQ with a new track record of 3.82 with Jerry "AKA Duran" just a tick behind! Fifteen racers qualify under 4 seconds and Jim Radford of Pacific Slot Cars runs a super 3.998 to get himself a spot in the C! :shok: Tough crowd!!

All the Can-Am races tomorrow...

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Posted 17 January 2015 - 10:45 AM

Grats to Earl for his fantastic Chaparral!

And, Al Thurman, that chassis... gotta know how that came about!? VERY interesting!

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Posted 17 January 2015 - 11:55 PM

Richard,

Al's unique chassis was actually an inspiration for several "perimeter" style cars I made after seeing it at the Checkpoint in 2013. This one, with a little weight securely taped to the rear box sections ran extremely well and qualified sixth at this year's Festival of Speed but the motor slowed in the race. Very simple but effective!

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Posted 18 January 2015 - 12:47 AM

Terry helps John hand out some of the race prizes!

Jim Radford, Charlie Nelson, and Tore...

Tebu thinks he's in Tokyo! :laugh2:

Mrs Wilkins gives Mr Wilkins a pep talk before qualifying... Great run, Tim, at 4.06!

And to round out the day, Foamy enticed several Retro Racers to join him with F1s at the drag strip... at $5 a run!!

Let the races begin... H Main racers

Duran coaches his nephew Lucas on the best way around Terry... watch out, BPR racers!

H Main results

H Main podium
1st - Terry Schmid
2nd - Craig Corriea
3rd - Jeff Bell
Terry moves to the G.

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Posted 18 January 2015 - 01:34 AM

G Main racers

G Main results - John just nips Charlie!

G Main podium
1st - John Cukras
2nd - Charlie Nelson
3rd - Dennis Rios
John moves to the F.

F Main racers

F Main results

F Main podium
1st - John Hegedus
2nd - Tim Neja
3rd - Phil Nyland
John moves to the E.

E Main racers

E Main results
Super CLOSE race with the top three decided by FEET!!

E Main podium
1st - John Hegedus
2nd - Jason Holmes
3rd - Haruki Kan
John and Haruki move to the D as Jason had to leave.

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Posted 18 January 2015 - 02:01 AM

D Main racers

D Main results
Another super close race with Howie just edging John and a GREAT run by Allan Reeder!

D Main podium
1st - Howie Ursaner
2nd - John Hegedus
3rd - Allan Reeder
Howie and John move to the C

C Main racers

C Main results
Don ran a flawless race and a GREAT lap total followed by Howie and Kamo.

1st - Don Campbell
2nd - Howie Ursaner
3rd - Kamo
Don and Howie move to the B.

... and more pics and results of the B and A Mains tomorrow...

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Posted 18 January 2015 - 11:40 AM

FanTAStic run by John Hedgedus! BRAVO!

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Posted 18 January 2015 - 11:16 PM

John certainly got his money's worth!! :good:

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Posted 18 January 2015 - 11:54 PM

John Hedgedus... Wow.

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Posted 19 January 2015 - 12:19 AM

B Main racers: Howie Ursaner, Duran Trujillo, Don Campbell, Tebu, Gary Donahoe, Ryu, Bryan Warmack, Alex Freund. No, this is not the A Main! :laugh2:

B Main results. An absolutely brilliant slot car race! I can't imagine a faster or more trouble-free race and I am sure the overall lap total of the eight drivers must be a BPR record!

Duran slowly pulled away and Alex stayed close but the race for third went down to the last lap. Tebu and Bryan both qualified at the exact same time of 3.956 and when the power went off they were still just about as close with Don just feet behind! Great race Tebu and Don! Duran tied his own track record of 346 laps, which stood for about an hour!

B Main podium
1st - Duran Trujillo
2nd - Alex Freund
3rd - Tebu

A Main racers: Duran Trujillo, Sam Rackham, Yuji, Ben Cervantes Sr, Jerry Johnson, Alex Freund, Mark McVittie, TJ Albu.

A Main results. Duran just kept rolling and coasted to an easy win as most everyone else ran into some little problem or another. Congrats. Duran. and great run. Sam and Alex! Duran broke his own lap record total of 346 with 349.

A Main podium
1st - Duran Trujillo
2nd - Sam Rackham
3rd - Alex Freund