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[Gator Bob]

Congrats, Cap!

 

Thanks, Greg.  

[MSwiss]

Big congrats to Cap and Steve.

Extra kudos to Mike Panko on his terrific finish, and running fast lap of his race, using a pretty unique car.

[Gator Bob]

I really like seeing this. Kind of a warm and fuzzy to see the kids do good.

 

GTC-FK concours winner:

Aaron Ploskunak

 

 WTG, 'Kid'. 

[Brinkley47]

Thanks to Gil Gundersen for the blazing fast car today. Complete scratch built car with a very different design and it works flawless.

I wish my driver (me) didn't choke on the black lane. i gave my best but wasn't good enough today. Maybe the driver will show up for canam. Good luck everyone tomorrow.

[Bill from NH]

Will, how about posting some chassis photos of your car here? Or is its design supposed to be "super secret"?

[Cheater]

The GTC-Pro podium cars.

Cap Henry:






Steve Koepp:






Willy Custer

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Saturday is the most eagerly awaited day at the R4, because it's when IRRA^®'s premier class, Can-Am, is contested.

 

There are a number of new racers arriving who, either by choice or not, were not able to come race on Friday. Tech and practice is in progress and we're hoping to exceed the 57 entries that were present for the GTC classes yesterday. 

 

Pit space is at a serious premium, with racers crammed into every corner of the room.

 

Some assorted candid shots taken this morning...

 

Popular racer Gary Adams made it in for Can-Am.

 

 

Well-known track owner Mark Kitto, of Mark's Model World in Canton, OH, (on the left) helps out by marshaling the finger during practice. Since I see him the the tech line, he's racing, too.

 

 

 

The always-tough racer Al Rutti is in the house. Al has had great success at previous R4s.

 

 

The tech line extends along the wall behind the drivers. No one is grinning because they know they have to content with the always-picky Tech Nazi, Joe "Noose" Neumeister.

 

[Cheater]

A real sad moment at the R4 has just occurred, when it was announced that Jay Kisling passed away about an hour or so ago. Mike McMasters asked for, and received, a moment of silence in memory of Jay, whom Mike termed a "fierce competitor", as well as for Manta Ray Price, to whom this year's R4 is dedicated.

 

A bit of a bummer at the start of Can-Am qualifying, but we know that both of them would want us to continue on to have a great day of racing.

 

As a reminder, Ray Price's main slot car box (he had ten of them!) full of his best Retro cars and lots of other great stuff is being raffled off later today. There's still time to purchase tickets for the drawing, which will be held later today before the Can-Am Semis are held. Call (404) 610-4524 or PM Cheater and I'll tell you where to send your money. Best not to call the raceway as they're a little busy running the event right now...

 

If you need any encouragement to participate in the Manta Ray raffle, at the present time only about two dozen tickets have been sold, so the odds of being the winner are way, way better than your local lottery.

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Qualifying for Retro Can-Am is in progress.

 

TQ as this is being posted is Mike "Raisin" Garrett with a 4.593 sec lap, a new Can-Am track record for the Tom Thumb King.

 

[tonyp]

Any one else getting this message?

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[Tom Eatherly]

Yep, same thing.

 

Also just read that Jay Kisling passed. 

[Paul5097]

I got the same message, but the video stream continued to work. I exited and reopened the stream about five minutes later with no problem.

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Group 2 qualifying is starting.

 

Raisin Garrett still hangs on to TQ, but there are some seriously fast racers in Can-Am Group 2 and he'll be one lucky guy if that 4.593 sec lap holds up.

[Cheater]

New TQ: Willy Custer with a track record 4.568 sec lap!

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Can-Am qualifying is complete. I couldn't get a photo of the entire list but the top 27 are shown below. Entry count is the same as yesterday: 57 racers.

Top qualifier was Willy Custer with a 4.568 sec lap.

Th R4 racing format for Can-Am is that the top sixteen lap totals from the Sub-Mains are seeded into two Semi-Mains. The top four from each Semi-Main move into the A Main.



Concours judging is happening while everyone is loading up their plates with Cindy McMasters' great taco lunch...

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Can-Am concours results:

First place: Earl Graybill
Second place: Steve Koepp
Third place: Greg Fox

The first Can-Am Sub-Main is just starting...

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Can-Am G Main:

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This G Main was David Clarkin's very first Retro race win.

Here's a picture of him with his very proud sponsor, father Bill Clarkin.

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One of the interested spectators at this year's R4 is a gentleman hailing from North Royalton, OH, Mr. Parma hisself, Mike MacDowell, seen here conversing with Howie. Mike puts in an appearance at the R4 most years.

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Can-Am F Main:

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Can-Am E Main:

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Here's the poster for this year's R4:



The artist who created it is Mike Patterson, of Zanesville, OH.

Joe Neumeister and Steve Koepp both duplicated the paint job on the car shown on the poster on bodies as a surprise and the pic below that shows he was obviously pleased with his two gifts.

[Pablo]

Whooo, those are nice-looking bodies, Mike P. looks like an extremely happy camper. 

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Can-Am D Main:

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We gathered almost everyone together for a group photo before starting the Can-Am mains. This isn't everyone (there's always someone in the restroom...), but it's close. Pretty decent crowd IMO.

 

 

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