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[DOCinCanton]

Florida MySeries ran our 3rd GTP Enduro race of the 2015 season at Holly Hill, Florida on November 14, 2015. The rules call for C21 chassis, handout JK Retro Hawk motors, a GTP body, and minimum weight of 101 grams. The race format is to run 5 minute 30 second heats and cycle through the lanes twice. Nine teams decided to give it a go on Saturday.  The race lead was very close for the entire race with the first three teams within a few laps of each other for the entire race.  The race was not decided until the last minute of racing. At the half way point, the top 5 teams had 483, 482, 482, 479, and 464 laps. Without reviewing the other enduro races, I think that this was the most competitive race so far. Race results are shown below.

 

   Team         Total laps   Race 1   Race 2    fastest lap           Driver names

2 Retirees         978            482       496        4.874 sec    Matt Boman & Doc Dougherty

2 Stooges         971            483       488        4.902 sec    Dennis Demole & Terry Tawney

Young Bucks    968            482       486        4.897 sec    Nathan Pickett & Mike Henry

P1 Racing        939            464       475        5.006 sec    Marcus Ramos & Jeff Cox

DA House        894            442       452        5.179 sec    Bob Rondinone & Steve Bowman

Holly Hellions   843           418        425        5.291 sec    Jim Smith & Chris Ippy

Pheonix            802           400       402         5.264 sec    Joe & Jouy DeCilla and Rich & Cameron West

Tow Job           787           386        401        5.527 sec    Capt Bob Calfee & Charlie Dube

Dale & Jay       675           479        199        5.054 sec    Jay Guard & Dale King

 

The podium finishers are shown below.

Left to right: Dennis Demole, Terry Tawney, Doc Dougherty, Matt Boman, Nathan Pickett, Mike Henry

 

The results for race #1 are shown below.

 

 

The results for race #2 is shown below.

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[DOCinCanton]

The 3rd installment of the JK box stock Indy Car race saw 13 drivers enter the event. This again broke the series total for entries in this new car class.  The field was divided into Novice and Expert drivers.  For the expert class, Dennis Demole was very fast as usual and lead the entire way. However, 5 other drivers were very close behind. For a sprint race, this was as close as they come.  For the novice drivers, we had a tie for first place.

 

Expert class

   Driver               Total laps    fastest lap  

Dennis Demole      294           2.295 sec

Jim Smith               289           2.366 sec

Nathan Pickett       288           2.380 sec

Marcus Ramos      288           2.446 sec

Matt Boman           287           2.355 sec

Jeff Cox                 286           2.423 sec

Bob Rondinone     282            2.201 sec

Doc Dougherty      282            2.427 sec

 

Race details are shown below for the expert drivers.

 

 

Novice class

  Driver                 Total laps     fastest lap

Rich West                282           2.447 sec

Charlie Dube           282           2.386 sec

Mike Henry              271           2.509 sec

Capt Bob Calfee      263           2.581 sec

Nathan Yarian         247           2.563 sec

 

Race details are shown below for the novice drivers.

[TRP_Phil]

All of the driver orders on the printouts are in the correct finishing order.

[dalek]

Just wanted to let everyone know that our Hawk Retro motor did not actually fail.

 

The reason it quit was because a piece of lint got under one of the brushes.

[DOCinCanton]

Phil, thank you for the info. I editted my two posts above.

 

Dale, I dont think that I have ever heard of that happening. And you guys were very fast. After race #1, you and Jay were only 4 laps out of the lead.

 

A couple of shout outs:

1) I was impressed with 7 year old Nathan Yarian. This was his first race and did very well in the JK Indy car race. He could barely see over the track. Awesome.

 

2) Also, I want to thank Jeff Cox for tech inspecting both car classes. He volunteers to do this and does not get enough thanks in my opinion. Thanks, Jeff. 

[dalek]

And you guys were very fast. After race #1, you and Jay were only 4 laps out of the lead.

2) Also, I want to thank Jeff Cox for tech inspecting both car classes. He volunteers to do this and does not get enough thanks in my opinion. Thanks, Jeff. 

 

Jay drove that first race of the enduro.

The strong finish was because of Jay's driving and that I was fortunate that the car turned out to handle pretty well.

The only legal body I had to try was the Storm.  I asked Marcus what tires he was running and he said treated, so I threw on a pair and they worked.

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RE: Tech

I also appreciate Jeff taking the time to tech the cars.

And Matt Boman too.  Matt stepped in a few months ago when Jeff was unable to be at a race.