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[Frankie Schaffier]

Need a foot cam to show Steve's sneakers.

[Cheater]

The A Quarterfinal line-up:

 

 

L to R: Ross Scharf, Greg Fox, Rick Bennardo Jr, Cap Henry, Will Brinkley, Rick Starkey, Will Custer, and Matt Bruce.

 

Here at the A Quarterfinal results:

 

 

[Cheater]

The drivers in the B Semi have just completed lap one.

 

 

L to R: Steve Koepp, Bobby Robinson, Josh Crutchfield, Cap Henry, Jimmy Williams, Jason Echelbarger, and Greg Fox. Rick Starkey was inadvertently left out of the shot. Ross Scharf is the straightaway marshal between Fox and Echelbarger.

 

The B Semi results:

 

 

Cap Henry, Greg Fox, Jimmy Williams, and Rick Starkey advance to the Can-Am A Main.

[slotcarone]

​Congrats to the racers!!
 
And lets hear it for the Seniors – less than six laps behind the Open Can-Am race overall!!

[Cheater]

The A Semi drivers at the panel:

 

 

L to R: Jason 'Butters' Engel, Rick Bennardo Jr, Ross Scharf, Matt Bruce, Will Brinkley, Adam Chaya, (marshall Bobby Robinson), Will Custer, and Dave Smierka.

 

The A Semi results:

 

 

Will Custer, Will Brinkley, Rick Bennardo Jr, and Ross Scharf advance to the Can-Am A Main.

[Cheater]

The A Main results:
 

 
Congratulations to Cap Henry for taking the win in Can-Am at the R4/10!
 
It's quite interesting to note that Cap did not set high lap total on any one lane nor did he score the top actual vs. potential number on any one lane. All of which suggests that a) he had a fast car and b) that he was consistently good across all eight lanes, avoiding the dreaded bad lane(s) that can kill a racer's chances for a win. This analysis is supported by the fact the his actual vs. potential percentage for the entire race was the highest among all A Main racers.
 
This is the LapMaster race development screen, which shows Cap ended the first heat in fourth place and dropped to fifth after two heats, then drove his way to the front by the end of heat 6 and never relinquished the lead from that point on.
 

 
The A Main actual vs. potential table:
 


Sunday morning addendum: To illustrate further Cap's amazing consistency, here's a tabulation of each racer's lap total spread, i.e. the difference between their best heat lap total and their worst.

Cap: 38-37 = 1 lap
Ross: 38.5-34.6 = 3.9
Will B.: 38.3-35.2 = 3.1
Will C.: 38.4-35.7 = 2.7
Jimmy: 38-36.1 = 1.9
Greg: 37.9-35.6 = 2.3
Ricky Jr: 37.8-36.3 = 1.5
Rick S: 37.6-34.2 = 3.4

[Cheater]

The 2017 Retro Revival Reunion Race champion, Cap Henry. He looks rather happy, no? LOL...
 

 
The entire A Main field holding their awards, from eighth place on the left to the first place winner on the right.

While there's no doubt the seven racers to Cap's right each wanted to be the racer clasping the big plaque, it is hoped they can find solace in the realization that each one of them bested at least 31 other Retro racers to reach the A Main final to compete at the highest level with some of the very best of their Retro racing peers.
 

[RodneyZ]

Great coverage, Cheater.

Congratulations, Cap Henry.

[JBProducts]

Awesome racing report!!! Thanks, Cheater!!

[Dominator]

Thanks for the great coverage, Greg.

[Eddie Fleming]

Thanks for the great coverage, Greg. 

 

Eight laps first to last in the A, what a race.

[Frankie Schaffier]

As I told you last night, Cap, proud of you dude, congrats!!

And the same to Ross, he was in the hunt to win the entire race and came up just a bit short. Awesome job, Ross!!!

[Wizard Of Iz]

Congratulations to Cap. An impressive win against an impressive field.

 

Thank you, Cheater, for providing the race report to keep those of us living vicariously up to date. Well done!

[Cheater]

Qualifying for the Group 1 F1 cars is starting, while the Group 2 racers are taking their cars through tech. Saves time to use this approach.

 

Won't know how many entries there are until tech is completely finished. As always, F1 entries at the R4 are down a bit from Can-Am but it looks like we'll still have  pretty good-sized group.

[Ricky Vegas]

Can-Am Concours winner and pic?

 

Can-Am race cars pictured on the staging rack looked magnificent!

 

Would love to see a few of those builds!

[Cheater]

Richard,

 

I've retrieved the Can-Am concours pics from Bill Fulmer and will post them after I get F1 qualifying posted.

[Cheater]

F1 qualifying results:




Again, qualifying was combined, i.e. Senior and Open cars all qualified together. A capital S at the end of a racer's name in the above table signifies a Senior division racer.

[old & gray]

Did Bill again document the cars? Will he add albums to his photo site again?

[MSwiss]

Big congrats to Will Brinkley on his F1 TQ.

It looks like he really brought it today.

[Cheater]

Total F1 entries is 42, with 30 in the Open division and 12 in the Senior division. A little better numbers than we were guessing, but that's a good thing.

 

Haven't heard yet for sure if the Senior division will run as a twelve-man round-round, but that's probably what will occur.

[Cheater]

Did Bill again document the cars? Will he add albums to his photo site again?

Yes and yes. I did the car documentation photos for the first R4 or two but since then Bill Fulmer has taken over that function for the race and I very much appreciate that he has!

[Cheater]

Here's the decision on the race formats:

One twelve-man round-robin for the Senior division

Three ten-man round-robins for the Open division.

They're picking lanes now for all the races now and racing will start soon...

[Kim Lander]

Greg...

Thanks for the great reports, sad I won't see it today as I have a hockey game to work... ya'll have fun.

[Samiam]

One twelve-man round-robin for the Senior division

That should work perfect.

[Cheater]

The F1 staging rack used during qualifying.