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Posting Leader
Posted 02 February 2017 - 10:17 PM
The premier race of the Checkpoint weekend was Can-Am on BPR's super fast King track and this time we tried something a little different... a hand-out motor format using the newer JK Hawk Retro 7R7R motors.
Each racer was allowed to purchase a maximum of three motors and all things considered it really went off very well and with hardly a hitch! Everyone had their own method of break-in...
Posting Leader
Posted 02 February 2017 - 10:26 PM
The Checkpoint Cup and the race poster!
The new SCRRA T shirt
The SCRRA wishes to thank Jairus Watson, Nesta Szab,o and Kathy Mitome for all their efforts to bring us the poster and the great new shirt! Thanks!!
After getting all their motors sorted out 36 Can-Am racers made their way to the tech table.
Posting Leader
Posted 02 February 2017 - 10:28 PM
More cars...
Posting Leader
Posted 02 February 2017 - 10:29 PM
More cars...
Posting Leader
Posted 02 February 2017 - 10:31 PM
More cars....
Posting Leader
Posted 02 February 2017 - 10:42 PM
Can-Am Realistic Concours
1st Place #5 Earl McCutcheon McCutcheon paint
2nd Place #42 John Cukras Jairus Watson paint
3rd Place #07 Terry Schmid Schmid paint
A close up of Earl's unbelievable detail!
Can-Am Presentation Concours
1st Place #7 Dale Yamashita Noose paint
2nd Place #3 Jay Henry Noose paint
3rd Place # 1 Rick Dodge Dodge paint
Dale's car with Noose paint... we tossed a coin between Dale and Jay as both Noose cars were striking!
Qualifying up shortly...
Grand Champion Poster
Posted 02 February 2017 - 11:13 PM
Lots of great-looking cars.
Mike Swiss
Inventor of the Low CG guide flag 4/20/18
IRRA® Components Committee Chairman
Five-time USRA National Champion (two G7, one G27, two G7 Senior)
Two-time G7 World Champion (1988, 1990), eight G7 main appearances
Eight-time G7 King track single lap world record holder
17B West Ogden Ave., Westmont, IL 60559, (708) 203-8003, mikeswiss86@hotmail.com (also my PayPal address)
Note: Send all USPS packages and mail to: 692 Citadel Drive, Westmont, Illinois 60559
Checkered Flag in Hand
Posted 03 February 2017 - 09:18 AM
After I break in a motor in water I always drink the water, it makes me feel like we are united in some way........... Also, as you get older, the extra fiber helps.
Grand Champion Poster
Posted 03 February 2017 - 11:42 AM
A TOTAL RACE SUCCESS!! Great Job Bryan !
Posting Leader
Posted 03 February 2017 - 09:27 PM
After a little break, back to the Can Am report.......
The SCRRA wishes to thank all the race sponsors for their generous race prize donations!!........ Parma, JK Products, Alpha, Edge Slotcar Products, Outisight, DR Products, Samson Classics, Retro Tokyo, Mission Trail Insurance, Electric Dreams, V-Tech, Mill Conroy, Tim Wilkins and Warmack Racing Products! A big THANKS!! 
Realistic Concours winner Earl McCutcheon / McCutcheon paint
Presentation Concours winner Dale Yamashita / Noose paint
36 Can Am cars ready for action!
And the fastest car is..........
Sam Rackham!!.........with Mill Conroy, Ben Cervantes Jr, Jason Holmes and Duran Trujillo making the A Main cut!
TQ Sam Rackham
Posting Leader
Posted 03 February 2017 - 09:41 PM
F Main racers
F Main results
F Main podium
1st Place Tom deAvila
2nd Place Daniel Baca
3rd Place Larry Wood
Tom and Daniel move to the E Main
E Main racers
E Main results
E Main podium
1st Place Mark MacVittie
2nd Place Terry Schmid
3rd Place Tom deAvila
Mark and Terry move to the D Main
D Main racers
D Main results
D Main podium
1st Place Dennis Rios
2nd Place TJ Albu
3rd Place Mark MacVittie
Dennis and TJ move to the C Main
Posting Leader
Posted 03 February 2017 - 10:07 PM
C Main racers
C Main results
C Main podium
1st Place Alex Freund
2nd Place Dennis Rios
3rd Place Dale Yamashita
Alex and Dennis move to the B Main
B Main result
3 move ups from the B and it was a dogfight for the last 2 spots between Bryan, Dennis and Allan with Bryan and Dennis just squeaking by Allan. Great race!
B Main podium
1st Place Alex Freund
2nd Place Bryan Warmack
3rd Place Dennis Rios
All 3 move to the A Main
A Main cars on the grid Alex Freund on red, Mill Conroy on white, Bryan Warmack on green, Ben Cervantes Jr on orange, Sam Rackham on blue, Jason Holmes on yellow, Dennis Rios on purple, Duran Trujillo on black
A Main results Sam just slowly pulled away from the field with a flawless drive! Congrats Sam! Jason hung close with a great drive of his own followed by Duran and Mill. An absolutely SUPER run by Dennis Rios to come from the D Main! 
A Main podium
1st Place Sam Rackham
2nd Place Jason Holmes
3rd Place Duran Trujillo
Posting Leader
Posted 03 February 2017 - 10:13 PM
Can Am podium cars
1st Place Sam Rackham Trujillo chassis
2nd Place Jason Holmes Tony P chassis
3rd Place Duran Trujillo Trujillo chassis
F1 up tomorrow..............
Grand Champion Poster
Posted 03 February 2017 - 10:43 PM
Congrats to Sam.
I'm real impressed with the simple body mounting setup Duran used on Sam's winning chassis.
It's sort of F1ish.
It obviously worked real well.
Mike Swiss
Inventor of the Low CG guide flag 4/20/18
IRRA® Components Committee Chairman
Five-time USRA National Champion (two G7, one G27, two G7 Senior)
Two-time G7 World Champion (1988, 1990), eight G7 main appearances
Eight-time G7 King track single lap world record holder
17B West Ogden Ave., Westmont, IL 60559, (708) 203-8003, mikeswiss86@hotmail.com (also my PayPal address)
Note: Send all USPS packages and mail to: 692 Citadel Drive, Westmont, Illinois 60559
Posted 03 February 2017 - 10:51 PM
Excellent Race Report Bryan. Very thorough with some great pictures. Congratulations Sam on your well deserved win. You've been working hard for this one!
"If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough" - Mario Andretti
Posting Leader
Posted 03 February 2017 - 11:25 PM
Great race for Sam. Well deserved. Dennis Rios, Wow! Mighty impressive! WTG.
Mid-Pack Racer
Posted 04 February 2017 - 01:31 AM
Gentleman. this is John Hegedus. I miss you all. I am very sick, but prospects are good....First, congratulations to Sam...Dude I miss you and racing against you..you are a complete gentleman.....Second, Jason, I wish I could have cheered you on...great finish.... Gentleman, I wish you all well, and really, enjoy your health....is Craig Correria [sp] OK? Please advise. John Hegedus
Posting Leader
Posted 04 February 2017 - 07:34 AM
A motor is only as fast as the chassis it's in.
Dominic Luongo
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NERR photos from 2012-April 2016
NERR photos from 2016 to now
Checkered Flag in Hand
Posted 04 February 2017 - 12:20 PM
Sam was the Class of the Field this Day it was and AWESOME weekend
Much thanks to all who came
Jason
Grand Champion Poster
Posted 06 February 2017 - 07:46 PM
The premier race of the Checkpoint weekend was Can-Am on BPR's super fast King track and this time we tried something a little different... a hand-out motor format using the newer JK Hawk Retro 7R7R motors.
Each racer was allowed to purchase a maximum of three motors and all things considered it really went off very well and with hardly a hitch! Everyone had their own method of break-in...
Bryan,
I noticed Sam won with 341 laps.
From some of the "woe was the racers rhetoric" on FB, I assumed you guys must run 350+ laps, almost every race.
I checked the winning Can-Am lap totals, going back to the last Checkpoint Cup, and was really surprised.
Here are those totals.
340,340,330,341,342,341,338,332,342,349,335,334,345 (339.15 laps average - 2 less than handout total)
In 9 of the 13 races, you guys ran 341 laps, or less.
So with being able to stick whatever motor you wanted in the car, you guys only surpassed the handout total of 341 laps, 4 times, and twice, only by 1 lap.
You statement "it really went off very well", almost sounds like an understatement.
Mike Swiss
Inventor of the Low CG guide flag 4/20/18
IRRA® Components Committee Chairman
Five-time USRA National Champion (two G7, one G27, two G7 Senior)
Two-time G7 World Champion (1988, 1990), eight G7 main appearances
Eight-time G7 King track single lap world record holder
17B West Ogden Ave., Westmont, IL 60559, (708) 203-8003, mikeswiss86@hotmail.com (also my PayPal address)
Note: Send all USPS packages and mail to: 692 Citadel Drive, Westmont, Illinois 60559
Grand Champion Poster
Posted 07 February 2017 - 03:12 PM
While interesting--- lap totals are even more about conditions than the motor. Weather and temperature have a LOT to do with how many laps we run. But it does continue to illustrate that our little motors are not very consistent --- but we live with it because there is no better alternative! It is what it is!! I love the hand out format because it is the MOST FAIR from a motor perspective. It eliminates the need for "deep pockets" and the advantage that brings.
The conditions were very good---because even though the qualifying times were a little slower as a whole--they still ran a LOT of laps. It seems like the race and hand out format were well recieved and came off without a hitch. Great job SCRRA!!
Posting Leader
Posted 07 February 2017 - 05:33 PM
FINALLY getting around to posting a few words of thanks and some comments about a great Checkpoint weekend!.....
THANKS to all the usual suspects who help out with everything, Marc Franco, Dennis Samson, Mill Conroy, Bill Vanderziel, Alex Freund, Earl McCutcheon, Jason Holmes, Sam Rackham, James Grinstead, and all the others who help things move along smoothly! Thanks BPR for everything and thanks Eddie for all the track prep over the 3 days!
THANKS also to all the race sponsors, Parma, JK Products, Alpha, DR Products, Samson Classics, Retro Tokyo, Mission Trail Insurance, Outisight, Electric Dreams, V-Tech, Edge Slotcar Products, Hudson Valley Raceway, Mill Conroy, Tim Wilkins and Warmack Racing Products!
THANKS a lot Jairus Watson, Nesta Szabo and Kathy Mitome for all their hard work, time and effort to bring the event the great race poster and also the super new SCRRA T-shirt!
CONGRATS Sam Rackham on finally getting his name on the Cup with a decisive victory in Can Am and a 2nd in F1!
CONGRATS Duran Trujillo and James Grinstead on their wins!
GREAT to see Dale Yamashita back and running as strong as ever!
GREAT weekend Jason Holmes!
SUPER run by Dennis Rios to come all the way from the D Main to battle for the win in the A Main!
CONGRATS Mill Conroy on a similar run, which saw him make the F1 podium after coming from the C Main!
CONGRATS to out of towners Diana Dyckman and Rick Dodge on some great looking cars and both ran extremely well in all classes!
EVERYONE really missed Haruki and the Retro Tokyo guys.........hope to see them soon!
THANKS to everyone for their help keeping the Can Am hand out motor program running smoothly!
CONGRATS to all the podium finishers and CONGRATS to ALL the racers for making the 2017 Parma Checkpoint Cup an overwhelming success!
Posting Leader
Posted 07 February 2017 - 07:45 PM
And THANK YOU Bryan for all that you do to keep things running and the race reports and photo's. Great job Bryan.
See ya on the 11th.
Mid-Pack Racer
Posted 08 February 2017 - 02:12 AM
Dennis Rios....John Hegedus here...a great run by a fine gentleman...I wish I could have been there.....Dam!!!!
Posting Leader
Posted 10 February 2017 - 01:17 AM
Dennis Rios....John Hegedus here...a great run by a fine gentleman...I wish I could have been there.....Dam!!!!
John,
We missed you! Dennis' run, coming from the D Main to the A Main was remarkable! Damn near as good as Alex Freund last year coming from the D to win in F1!
