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[Joexemm]

My wheels are turning on how to fix my car... too slow.. gotta lighten it some more too..... hmm....HMMMM.....

[Metalflake King]

Congratulations to Kurt!  He is the third one to hit the 200 lap mark racing his new McLaren.  Tyler raced his new Porsche 962 and Glenn did exceptionally well with his little Howmett.  Glenn's car is small enough to fit under the Porsche body!  The racing gets better every week.

 

Here are this weeks results...

 

1  Kurt Mansfield                      McLaren

2  Max Mohring                        Porsche 962

3  Tyler Donzella                      Porsche 962

4  Glenn Orban                        Howmett

5  Chris Wendel                       Ferrari

6  Andy Sr                                Lotus 30

 

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[Metalflake King]

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[Metalflake King]

We had a good turnout this past Sunday.  Congratulations to Glenn, the fourth person to join the 200 club!  And a warm welcome to Walker. A Friday flexi NASCAR racer that is now joining us for Hardbody's.  And the nicest surprise was to have Race Place owner, Jerry Herbert, race Hardbody with us for the first time!  Jerry piloted Joe Emm's Pink Porsche 962.  I was sporting a freshly painted multicolored Porsche 962 body to replace a well seasoned old one.

 

Just a reminder,  The Race Place will be closed until September 6th with the exception of Fridays 6-11 PM.

 

Here are this weeks results..

 

1  Glenn Orban                  Red Lotus

2  Tyler Donzella               Gold Porsche 962

3  Kurt Mansfield               McLaren

4  Chuck  Malave              Porsche 917

5  Max Mohring                 Porsche 962 (yellow-blue)

6  Chris Wendel                Ferrari 308

7  Jerry Herbert                 Pink Porsche 962

8  Alex Wendel                  Ferrari Enzo

9  Walker                           Ford Thunderbird

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[rvec]

Great paint job Max. The car looks to be quick as well. The 962 is a favorite in our GT1 class. Congrats Glenn. The Lola is a personal favorite and I run it in our Can-Am class. Post some photos on chassis set up if you can

[sportblazer350]

thanks Rich, I will take pix of the chassis for you. Yes I use brass pans, and they are soldered very close to being as flush as possible to the center section of the chassis bottom.  No one else is using this set up. I still use the H&R body pins and aluminum brackets, and I prefer to use the ProTrack aluminum pins on the body, as they don't break if you crash. This body is a bit of a tight fit, so I don't have as much body float as I would like. I will be building more vintage era cars this winter, and will continue to use the brass side pans. Note that my cars are much heavier than the other fast cars, and I run a different crown gear than they do- I use 29t vs 32-33 t gears that others run in cars without any chassis weight. So lots of options in chassis/body tuning and still get the same quick lap times.  

[sportblazer350]

in the previous race, I had worked on chassis tuning on my Howmet Can-am car, with it's short wheelbase and tires tucked under the wheel wells, I managed to get it from 7.75 to 7.03 lap times- quite a task! And 194 laps total is respectable for that tiny and heavy car- it surprised me too! For this last race, I tweaked my Can-Am Tamiya bodied Lola &70 a bit more and got another 6.85 out of it, but this race I managed to get 200 laps, and a surprise win in a field of really fast and good handling cars, all much lighter than mine too.  Here are the pix as requested:

 

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[Metalflake King]

Two weeks of not racing makes us slow.  At first we thought the track voltage was low, but it wasn't, it was us.  Andy debuted his new Porsche 962 and Tyler brought Herbie as the pace car. 

 

Here are this weeks results...

 

1  Tyler Donzella              Porsche 962 gold

2  Kurt Mansfield              McLaren

3  Joe Emm                      Porsche 962 pink

4  Max Mohring                Porsche 962 yellow/blue

5  Andy Sr                        Porsche 962 white

6  Chuck Malave              Porsche 917

7  Walker S                      Ford Tbird

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[sportblazer350]

glad to see a good group made it back to racing after TRP vacation. My allergies got the best of me so I was not able to attend. Joe E. is back!!

[Metalflake King]

Moving his way up into the 200 club this week is Tyler with his Porsche 962.  This is also the first race where everyone has run in the 6's.  Mike is defiantly stepping up his game.  Good racing guys. 

 

Here are this weeks results...

 

1  Tyler Donzella                     Porsche 962 Gold

2  Kurt Mansfield                     McLaren

3  Andy Sr                               Porsche 962 White

4  Max Mohring                       Porsche 962 Yellow/Blue

5  Mike Haskins                      Lola T70

 

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[Metalflake King]

It was a busy weekend off the track for a few of us however the other half the crew was able to put it down.  Its good to see you guys back!  From the smiles in the pictures I'm sure it was a good time.  I enjoy seeing Mike's wild and cool rides. 

 

Here are this weeks results...

 

1  Tyler Donzella                        Porsche 962 gold

2  Mike Haskins                         Lola T70

3  Glenn Orban                          Howmett

4  Jerry Sr                                  Ford GP5

5  Carl Patterson                       Ford Fairlane 

  

 

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[Metalflake King]

Four Porsche's and a McLaren.  Wait a minute do I see Charlie has come back?!  And Chris seems to be pleased moving into a Porsche 962.  Its good to see Andy take a win.  A big thanks for Tyler and Jerry for keeping me in the loop with this motley crue. 

 

Here are this weeks results...

 

1  Andy Sr                     Porsche 962 white

2  Tyler Donzella           Porsche 962 gold

3  Chris Wendell           Porsche 962 Yellow

4  Kurt Mansfield           McLaren

5  Charlie S                   Porsche 917 red

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[Metalflake King]

The rumors were true, Charlie is back!  Now he just has to pick up the pace.  Tyler and Kurt gave me run for the money this week.  Hardbodies were a fun ending to a full weekend of racing Retro Flexi-car at The Race Place.

 

Here are this weeks results...

 

1  Max Mohring                      Porsche 962 yellow/blue

2  Tyler Donzella                    Porsche 962 gold

3  Kurt Mansfield                    McLaren

4  Glenn Orban                      Lotus 70

5  Charlie S                            Porsche 917

6  Steven G                           Ford GP5     

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[Metalflake King]

I think sixteen hours of Retro racing at Pt Jeff the day before left most of us exhausted.  Hardbody was a good way to end a weekend of racing.

 

*** Next Sunday the 23rd The Race Place will be having its first three track series monthly event that runs most of the day.  Hardbody is scheduled to run after but might start late depending on how the day flows.  If you need info text or pm me and I will keep you up to speed.***

 

Here are this weeks results...

 

1  Tyler Donzella                     Porsche 962 gold

2  Max Mohring                       Porsche 962 yellow/blue

3  Kurt Mansfield                     McLaren

4  Jerry Herbert                       Porsche 918

5  Walker S                             Ford T-bird

 

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[Metalflake King]

Last week the Three Track Series event left us exhausted but its back to business as usual this week.  Unfortunately Glenn had technical difficulties, seemed to be a tire issue.  Looks like Jerry Sr is starting to get the hang of driving Hardbodies which is going to help him in retro as well.

 

Here are this weeks results...

 

1  Tyler Donzella                      Porsche 962 gold

2  Max Mohring                        Porsche 962 yellow/blue

3  Kurt Mansfield                      Nissan GReedy

4  Charlie Schlottfeld                Porsche 917

5  Jerry Sr                                 Porsche 918

6  Glenn Orban                         Porsche 935

 

 

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[Metalflake King]

Even though the main event for the weekend was the Fall Brawl a few of us were still able to make it together for some Hardbody racing.  Joining us this week for the first time is a special young man named Mikey.  He has been racing Friday night Nascar with us for a while and does well in his class.  For his debut he piloted my infamous loaner car, a Olds 88.  Coming in at a 5 inch wheelbase and with a low stance it is a forgiving car to drive.  With a stock Parma resistor controller in his hand Mikey turned a lap total of 174 and a fast lap of 7.5, great work for his first Hardbody race.  Charlie made podium this week but Jerry Sr is not far behind.  I'm still waiting for that sleeper to wake up lol.

 

Here are this weeks results...

 

1  Tyler Donzella                 Porsche 962 gold

2  Max Mohring                   Porsche 962 yellow/blue

3  Charlie Schlottfeld           Porsche 917

4  Jerry Sr                           Porsche 918

5  Mikey T                           Olds 88 aka "the boat"

 

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[Metalflake King]

Yesterday was a full day of racing at The Race Place.  The second event in the Three Track Series, we ran three races before even getting to Hardbody!  But we all stuck around and finished the day with lots of laughs.  It was good to have Mike back again to race, thanks for waiting and marshaling.  After kicking butt and winning the 4 1/2 NASCAR class Andy's daughter Jess raced her first Hardbody....very cool young lady.  We decided to cut the length of the race down to six heats.  With eight racers it left two marshals and ran it straight trough.  Talking with fellow racers we might take the opportunity and try racing on the Challenger track next week while it is set up in the road coarse layout. 

 

Here are this weeks results...

 

1  Max Mohring            Porsche 962 yellow/blue

2  Tyler Donzella          Porsche 962 gold

3  Kurt Mansfield          Nissan GReedy

4  Joe Emm                  Porsche 917

5  Andy Sr                    Porsche 962 white

6  Jerry Sr                    Porsche 918

7  Mike Haskins           Corvette

8  Jess H                      Lotus 30

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[NY Nick]

Thanks for posting, looks like you Guys  are having fun.

[Metalflake King]

Hey Nick.  Joe Emm had mentioned he had raced with you in the past.  Would be great if you could make it out here sometime.  Always lots of good racing going on here...Friday night NASCAR, Sunday Hardbody, Three Track series, Mason Dixon Retro December 3rd, Flexi Retro December 10th etc.    

[Metalflake King]

This week we tried something different.  We raced on the Challenger roadcorse.  This track is usually set up as an oval so we don't get much time on it in this configuration.  Some like it and some did not but in the end I think everyone had a good time.  Maybe we will get another chance before the it changes back to the oval again. 

 

Here are this weeks results...

 

1  Andy Sr                     Porsche 962 white

2  Kurt Mansfield          GReedy Nissan

3  Max Mohring             Porsche 962 yellow/blue

4  Tyler Donzella           Porsche 962 gold

5  Jerry Sr                     Porsche 918

6  Scott                         Grp5 Ford

7  Chuck Malave           Porsche 917

 

* Kurt's fast lap was a rider*

 

 

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[sportblazer350]

good to see new racers these past few weeks. I have not made it due to both a cold/flu and my back went out again (lotsa pain, can't bend or twist). Will return to racing when I am feeling better.

[rvec]

I have not made it due to both a cold/flu and my back went out again (lotsa pain, can't bend or twist). Will return to racing when I am feeling better.

Hope you recover soon. Love to see your machines

Rich

[Metalflake King]

All of us at The Race Place are wishing you a speedy recovery Glenn!!!  We were back on the Lightening track this past Sunday but will on the Challenger roadcorse again next week. Joe had crusty tire issues stemming from age and lack of use leaving him to play a game of 'how many times can the tail of his car tap the walls on the outer lanes'.  Mike drove his BMW convertible like he stole it.  Dukes of Hazzard style all the way, he got every bit from that car. 

 

Here are this weeks results...

 

1  Max Mohring              Porsche 962 yellow/blue

2  Kur Mansfield             Nissan GReedy

3  Tyler Donzella            Porsche 962 copper

4  Jerry Sr                      Porsche 918

5  Mike Hastings            BMW

​6  Chuck Malave            Porsche 917

7  Joe Emm                   Porsche 962 pink 

  

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[Metalflake King]

It was back on the Challenger again this week for some tight turned hill climbing action.  A nice field of eight cars made for some good racing.  Mike did well with it being his first time on this track.  Miss Jess Holman did even better putting her in second place for a podium finish.  We were all in good spirits being the end to a fun filled weekend of Flexi NASCAR, Retro and Hardbody racing at The Race Place.

 

Here are this weeks results...

 

1  Tyler Donzella                Porsche 962 copper

2  Jess Holman                  Porsche 962 white

3  Max Mohring                  Porsche 962 yellow/blue

4  Kurt Mansfield                Nissan GReedy

5  Andy Sr                          Lotus 30

6  Jerry Sr                          Porsche 918

7  Walker                           Ford T-Bird

8  Mike Haskins                 BMW

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