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[Bryan Warmack]

 The final race of the 2016 Checkpoint weekend was F1 on the King track and drew 36 entrants...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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F1 Realistic Concours

1st Place     #5    Earl McCutcheon      McCutcheon paint

2nd Place    #16   Jeff Bigalow      Bigalow paint

3rd Place     #2      Tim Neja        Neja paint

 

 

A closer look at Earls wonderfully-detailed Ferrari!

 

 

F1 Realistic Concours winner Earl McCutcheon

 

 

F1 Presentation Concours

1st Place       #99    Mike Low       Noose paint

2nd Place      #24     Haruki Kan    Noose paint

3rd Place       #3     Jay Henry       Noose paint

 

 

Mike Low's Noose-painted beauty!

 

 

F1 Presentation Concours winner Mike Low with paint by Noose

 

 

F1 cars ready for qualifying...

[Bryan Warmack]

F1 Qualifying with everyone looking on...

 

 

 

F1 Qualifying -  Ben Cervantes Jr the only one in the 3s with Duran, Bill Vanderziel, and John Hegedus as the other A Main sit-outs. Tricky track conditions had the F1 field spread out...

 

 

F Main racers

 

 

F Main results

 

 

F Main podium

1st Place - Haruki Kan

2nd Place - Mike Low

3rd Place - Jeff Bell

 

 

E Main racers

 

 

Haruki has his game face on!!

 

 

 

E Main results

 

 

E Main podium

1st Place - Haruki Kan

2nd Place - Allan Reeder

3rd Place - Jim Lange

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F1 continued tomorrow...

[9lives]

Allan Reeder, third place, with  a 4.30 (rounded up) car... truly amazing... Just for the record, he turned down my legitimate 4.16 back-up car right before qualifying...

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D Main racers

 

 

D Main results

 

 

D Main podium

1st Place - Alex Freund

2nd Place - Haruki Kan

3rd Place - Bryan Warmack

Alex and Haruki move to the C.

 

 

C Main racers

 

 

 

C Main results

 

 

C Main podium

1st Place - Alex Freund

2nd Place - Howie Ursaner

3rd Place - Rick Linn

Alex and Howie move to the B.

 

 

B Main racers

 

 

B Main results

 

 

Howie and Bryan look lost as they search for a podium to occupy... whoops, wrong race, you guys didn't make it!!

 

 

Alright, the right guys for the B Main podium!

1st Place - Tebu

2nd Place - Kamo

3rd Place - Alex Freund

4th Place - Sam Rackham

Everybody moves to the A!

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A Main racers - Tebu,  Ben Cervantes Jr,  Sam Rackham,  Kamo,  Duran Trujillo,  Alex Freund,  Bill Vanderziel,  John Hegedus.

 

 

A Main cars ready for the green flag...

 

 

A Main results - Alex kept up his relentless little trek through the field and just edged Duran by a lap. Great race! Congrats, Alex, and great drive from the D Main! When Ben Jr found the right tires he was the fastest man on the track! Great race for fourth with Bill Vanderziel just coming out on top over Tebu.

 

 

A Main podium

1st Place - Alex Freund

2nd Place - Duran Trujillo

3r5d Place - Ben Cervantes Jr

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F1 podium cars...

 

 

 

 

1st Place - Alex Freund - Samson chassis

 

 

 

 

2nd Place - Duran Trujillo - Trujillo chassis

 

 

 

 

3rd Place - Ben Cervantes Jr - HiTech chassis

 

A wrap-up and a few words of thanks coming up shortly...

[Tim Wilkins]

Great racing, Alex!  Us old guys would have needed IV treatment after almost two hours of continuous racing.

[Tim Wilkins]

Great race reports, Bryan. Thanks for all your hard work   as well as all the SCRRA Board members and to all the volunteers that make the Parma Checkpoint Cup such a great event. Thanks also to Debbie and Jim at Buena Park raceway for hosting this event.

 

Congratulations as well to all the podium winners in all the events earning well deserved and hard fought first, second, and third place finishes.

 

Special thanks to Retro Team Tokyo for representing so well and making the long journey. 

 

Always good to see the legend Howie Ursaner make the trip from the East Coast and a warm welcome to newcomer Diana Dyckman.  Hope to see you again at next year’s Checkpoint Cup.

[FVracer]

Tim,

 

I echo your thoughts. The racing was amazing. The organization of the races was second to none.

 

Thanks for the shut-out. You and most of the other racers were amazingly patient answering my questions and tolerating my less than stellar driving. I intend to return next year with more race experience. 

 

Best regards,

[Bryan Warmack]

Diana,

 

Great run on Friday in the Coupe and F1 races. More than a few people commented on how well you were driving the flat track!

 

It was our pleasure having you at the Checkpoint and good luck in your travels this year. As our friend Haruki would say, "Good Racing!!"

 

Thanks for the chassis you gave me and hope you can make it next year!!

[FVracer]

Thanks, Bryan. I'll be there next year with better cars and more experience.