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[Grant G.]

Round #1 of 2017 - Fast Eddies - Pinellas Park, FL 

 

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Stockcar

 

We had eleven entries in stockcars. 

 

Robbie McAuliffe won concours. 

 

Stockcars starting line. 

 

For this race we did not qualify. Fastest lap of the race went to Charlie McCullough with a 3.679 second lap on black lane. Race format used was round robin with two minute heats.

 

Early on following the laps per heat averages showed that it was going to be a close race between Charlie, Doc, Doug, and Rick. This track is tricky and the race is won or lost in the braking and transition of the flat turn leading into the drivers panel. As the race progressed Doc and Rick separated from the pack slightly by racing clean and avoiding wrecks. In the end Rick Moore would go onto win his first ever retro stockcar race! 

 

1) Rick Moore 242 Laps

2) Doc Dougherty 238

3) Charlie McCullough 235  

4) Doug Demski 234

5) Grant Goerner 230

6) Randy Shearl  227

7) Terry Tawney 227

8) Mick Moock 226

9) Ray Lee 226

10) Robby McAuliffe 209 DNF

11) Ed Hoffman 170 DNF

 

 

Podium pic - Doc, Rick, Charlie

 

Charlie's third place car. 

 

Doc's second place car. 

 

Rick's first place car. 

 

[Grant G.]

Can-Am

 

In Can-Am there were fourteen entries. 

 

Tony P won concours. 

 

Qualifying was done on the orange lane and Brian Ambrose set fast lap with a 4.66 second lap. 

 

 

The field was split into two mains. Heats were three minutes. 

 

Can-Am B main starting line. 

 

Drivers panel for the B Main. Left to right - Donny, Don, Ray, Ed, Tony, Mike, Ralph

 

This was a close race between Don, Ed, Tony, and Mike. Ray Lee from the north east was in Florida and it was great meeting and racing with him. In the end local racer and all around nice guy Mike Moock would go onto to take the win. Tony and Mike advanced to the A main. 

 

Can-Am B Main Final

1) Mike Moock 274 Laps

2) Tony P 272

3) Ed Hoffman 270

4) Don Mathison 270

5) Ray Lee 266

6) Grant Goerner 256

7) Donny Caron 251

8) Ralph Josey 251

 

 

Can-Am B Main podium pic - Tony, Mike, Ed

 

Ed's third place car

 

Tony's second place car

 

Mike's first place car. 

[Grant G.]

Can-Am A main start line. 

 

Drivers panel for the A Main. Left to right - Rick, Brian, Tony, Jeff, Doc, Charlie, Terry, Mike  

 

Early on it was a pretty close race with nearly half the field contending for first place. As the heats wore on Jeff Bonanno's consistency added the extra laps he needed to take the win. This guy is good and has been a great competitor as of late. Brian, Doc, and Rick also had a solid race performance with Brian taking second place and Doc third. 

 

Can-Am A Main FInal

1) Jeff Bonanno 286 Laps

2) Brian Ambrose 282

3) Doc Dougherty 281

4) Rick Moore 280

5) Terry Tawney 273

6) Mike Moock 272

7) Tony P 270

8) Charlie McCullough 112 DNF

 

 

A main podium pic - Brian, Jeff, Doc

 

Doc's third place car. 

 

Brian's second place car.

 

Jeff's first place car. 

 

 

[Grant G.]

IMSA

 

The final race of the day was the IMSA class. For those of you not familiar, this is a class GRRR started last year that allows either IRRA rules GT Coupe or Can-Am plus to compete in the same race much in the way full scale road racing occurs. One would think the no weight limit Can-Am plus would always out perform the Gt's, but this has not always been the case. The points are scored separately for each class of car. We do not qualify for this race. Lane choice is selected based on the previous Can-Am race finishing order. 

 

Doc won concours. 

 

Starting line photo. 

 

We had a light field for this one. A number of the regular racers were attending the Rolex 24 in Daytona that was going on at the same time. This was a scheduling error on my part thinking that race was the following weekend. Despite this everyone but Tony had a good time and Brian would go on to take the win with a healthy lead. Rick and Doc would round out the podium spots both having a great day by running at the top in every race of the day!

 

IMSA Final Result

1) Brian Ambrose (GT) 288 Laps - Fast Lap 4.722 (Orange Lane)

2) Rick Moore (GT) 281

3) Doc Dougherty (GT) 275

4) Terry Tawney (GT) 271

5) Grant Goerner (CA+) 265

6) Don Mathison (GT) 262

7) Ray Lee (GT) 260

8) Tony P (GT) 30 DNF

 

 

IMSA podium - Rick, Brian, Doc

 

Doc's third place car

 

Rick's second place car

 

Brian's first place car

 

That completes our first race of 2017, I would like to thank Ed and his wife once again for running a great raceway and providing a delicious lunch of pulled pork for everyone to enjoy. For more photos of the race please visit this link https://goo.gl/photo...VYDdXtGPeiK9h39

 

As noted in another thread the second race of the year at P1 raceway in a few weeks has been rescheduled to Saturday 2/25 to avoid conflicting with the Daytona 500. The class running order will be Can-Am, Formula One, and IMSA. I hope to see everyone there. 

[DOCinCanton]

WHAT? Nobody caught on that I was running the TSR motor in 2 of the 3 races. I was pleasently surprised how well my very old TSR motors ran that day. These motors are from 2012 and 2013. Well, maybe nobody cares.

[JBProducts]

Great racing DOC, you did awesome. I didn't catch that you had one of those TSR motors

[DOCinCanton]

Yea, I ran one in stock cars and another one in GT Coupe. Both of them were really good race motors. The one in GT Coupe might have challenged Rick for 2nd place, but the motor last some of its top end half way through the race. Not bad for 4 year old motors.

[brnursebmt]

I've always said that the TSR motor was the best of the FK style motors.  More consistent from motor to motor too.

 

Uh-oh.  Here come the lawyers again!! 

[tonyp]

They did have great brakes, my choice over falcons every time. I'd give up a few feet to be able to stop in the deadman. Lol.