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[Tom Thumb Hobbies]

The Seventh Annual Columbus Classic Retro Enduro

Six-Hour Can-Am Endurance Race

August 8, 2015

Tom Thumb Hobbies, Columbus, OH

155' American Blue King Track... same track the R4 is raced on.

IRRA^® Can-Am rules will be used.

**SPECIAL NOTE** Cars will NOT BE REQUIRED to have .050" front clearance as in the past. IRRA® rules will be followed for clearance. HOWEVER... front clearance WILL BE CHECKED along will rear clearance at random times during the race. Corrections to cars found to be too low can only be made while track power is on. Cars will be teched with guide/braid off the tech block.
Track will open at 9 AM, tech at 10 AM, racing starts at 11 AM.
Three-man teams (minimum). Additional members can be added at any time after registration. Same entry fee applies
Sixteen 22.5 minute heats... 2 minute lane changes
All team members MUST race as near equal number of heats as possible.
All teams will be required to supply a team roster indicating which stints will be driven by which driver before the start of the race. Substitutions can be made with notice.
Any and all work on cars can only be done during green flag conditions. NO working on cars during the lane changes.
One chassis... one body for the entire event.
Extra motors, tires, etc., will be pre-teched, marked, and impounded until the teams need those parts.

Entry fees... $25 per driver.

Award plaques for all members of the top three teams. There will also be a dinner after the race is over for all participants. Dinner time should be around 6 PM.
 

PLEASE NOTE: Entry deadline is JULY 31, 2015. 

 

There MUST BE at least SIX (6) FULLY PAID TEAMS by the deadline or the event will be CANCELED and those with paid entries will be refunded. Open to the first eight PAID teams ONLY!

Registrations begin July 1, 2015

 

This event WILL fill quickly. Contact me for registration/payment information.

 

Tom Thumb Hobbies

460 N Wilson Rd
Columbus, OH 43204
(614) 274-5150

[raisin27]

Count team Bugaloo in! A.J. Hoyt from Colarado, Nelson Swanberg, and myself are ready to go.

[The Number of]

Sorry Ohio residents only.

[Pappy]

And you must be at least 64 years old. 

[Tom Thumb Hobbies]

A.J. is an honorary Ohioian. Those guys from "up north" will need to apply for a temporary visa. And Pappy, you EASILY meet the age requirement.

[The Number of]

  Just make it so any time a driver is at the drivers panel they have to have an Ohio State jersey on. 

[A. J. Hoyt]

Bill, you're talking about the maize and blue jersey with the bit "M" for Ohio, right? Did I just lose my "honorary Ohioan" status, Mike?

 

I would definitely put Raisin in charge of painting and mounting the body (the one that must last the whole race!) so we'll just have to wait to see what that looks like, won't we?

[NSwanberg]

"I am not a crook"?

[Pappy]

 Those guys from "up north" will need to apply for a temporary visa. 

 

And put their shoes on. No shoes, no race.    

[TG Racing]

Butch be nice to those Mich. boys or they won't let you run the "24".  HaHa!

[Pappy]

Thom, as long as they can keep kicking my a$$ I'm sure they'll keep letting me run. 

 

They're coming to my house on July 18th and 19th for a six hour enduro on my track. Practice day is Saturday and the race starts Sunday morning.

[Tom Thumb Hobbies]

Just a reminder...
 
Registration has begun for the Seventh Columbus Classic Retro Enduro. Deadline for entering is July 31, 2015, or when all spots are full.
 
Entry fees... $25 per driver.
 

There MUST BE at least SIX (6) FULLY PAID TEAMS by the deadline or the event will be CANCELED and those with paid entries will be refunded. Open to the first eight PAID teams ONLY!

 

You can use PayPal at - sales@tomthumbhobbies.com

 

THANKS!

[TG Racing]

Anybody looking for an extra teammate? Team Green Mamba is on hiatus this year. I'm looking for a ride.

[Cheater]

Team Southern Discomfort will be in the house!

Jay Guard, Bobby Robinson, Greg Wells, and perhaps another Southern racer, in which case the Cheater will take the position of non-driving team manager in charge of braid changes.

[Pappy]

There's got to be a joke in there somewhere, let me think about it. 

[Pappy]

Grizzly Racing is in.
 
Pappy, Paul Martin, and Eric Balicki.

[Tom Thumb Hobbies]

Current Entry List (updated Aug. 9 - 9:00 PM)
 
1. Team Southern Discomfort (Jay Guard, Bobby Robinson, Terry Tawney) - confirmed
2. Team Grizzly (Paul Martin, Butch Dunaway, Eric Balicki) - confirmed
3. Team JEK (Kyle Snyder, Earl Graybill, Jim Nolen) - confirmed
4. Team McM (Jessica McMasters, Josh Crutchfield, Rick Starkey) - confirmed
5. Team R-Geo (Ricky Bennardo, Willy Custer, Ross Scharf) - confirmed
6. Team Bugaloo (Mike Garrett, A.J. Hoyt, Nelson Swanberg) - confirmed
7. Team Buckeye (Steve Davidson, Thom Greene, Harold Davis) - confirmed

[Tom Thumb Hobbies]

The required six teams have registered and paid. The race is now official. If are considering entering don't wait too long as there are only two spots left for teams.

At least one very good racer, Thom Greene, is looking for teammates. Contact him here on the blog and take one of two remaining spots.

This is a "don't miss" kind of event.

[Jay Guard]

Hey Mike:
 
In the initial post you indicated that IRRA^® Can-Am rules would be used. Does that mean that we'll be using Can-Am bodies this year or will it be Can-Am with a Coupe body? No problem either way, just wanted to clarify.
 
However, if it was up to me, and I'm sure everyone's happy it's not, we'd make it REALLY interesting and use IRRA^® Stock Cars with at least one hour of night driving using only the car's lights. Now THAT would be an enduro!!!

[Cheater]

I think I need to make one of those posts you sometime see in the newspapers... "As of this date, even though he is my friend and traveling partner, I declaim all responsibility for the crazy ideas Jay Guard comes up with at times." LOL...

 

Guess you remembered how much love Mike McMasters has for Stock Cars, Jay...

[Tom Thumb Hobbies]

We switch bodies every year between Coupe and Can-Am. This year is CA. Stock Cars would be interestingly... maybe too interesting.

[Pappy]

Bump.

 

We need two more teams.

[Tom Thumb Hobbies]

We have one more team working on the logistics of work, etc. and Thom Greene looking for a couple of team mates.

[Steve Davidson]

Hey Mike,

 

Lets close the loop for the race. Put me down as the last team. I'm sure that I can find two more people that will race with me. 

 

Thanks,

 

Steve Davidson

[Steve Davidson]

Oh, BTW,  I have sent a PM to Thom Green.

 

Steve