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I just couldn't make it to the Fall Brawl this year, although I had intended to be there. I wanted to be there!
 
But with the help of Clyde Romero and a few other friends on site, I'm going to try to get the results posted here anyway.
 
First a couple pics of from today.
 

 
This is rare pic on two levels: 'Jersey" John Molnar is actually awake in a raceway and he's saluting the cameraman with twice as many fingers as he usually employs. That's Joe 'Noose" Neumeister in the foreground, and I believe Eddie 'Edsel' Sohl on his right.
 

 
Over the boxes and above the bank, racers are making some laps on SpeedZone's fast 220' Ogilvie Engleman.
 

 
It's almost impossible to get enough practice time on the evil 'Jersey Devil' flat track.
 
Today's classes were GT Coupe on the Devil and Can-Am Plus and RetroPro on the Gerding G9 King.
 
GT Coupe - qualifying:
 
1) Luis 'Gugu' Bernardino - 5.519 secs
2) Chris Radisich - 5.522
3) Howie Ursaner - 5.544
4) Tom Adams - 5.640
5)  Tom Hansen - 5.799
6) Doug Murphy - 5.801
7) Rick Dodge - 5.854
8) Gary 'Hip' Culy - 5.856
9) Dennis Samson - 5.910
10) Bill Sutton - 5.945
 
Can-Am Plus concours:

 

[edit] Digging through the LapMaster tables on the SpeedZone NJ website, I realized that the GTC results were split into two tables and through the miracle of computer-assisted photo manipulation, I have combined them into a single results table. The color-coding and bolding for best laps in each heat is wrong, but it's too much work to fix that problem.
 
GT Coupe results:
 



 

 


Can-Am Plus - qualifying:
 
1) John Gorski - 3.708 secs
2) Dale Yamashita - 3.765
3) Dom Luongo - 3.820
4) Matt Bruce - 3.879
5) Doug Griffith - 3.931
6) Joe Neumeister - 3.980
7) Rick Dodge - 3.996
8) Jason Holmes - 4.088
9) Dennis Samson - 4.114
 
Can-Am Plus concours:



1) Dale Yamashita
2) Joe 'Noose' Neumeister
3) Dennis Samson
 
Can-Am Plus - results:
 
1) Dale Yamashita - 350 laps
2) John Gorski - 344
3) Matt Bruce - 340
4) Dom Luongo - 334
5) Doug Griffith - 331
6) Rick Dodge - 326
7) Jason Holmes - 325
8) Dennis Samson - 317
9) Joe Neumeister - 39

 

Dale Yamashita's first-place car.

 

 

 

John Gorski's second-place car.

 

 

 

Matt Bruce's third-place car.

 

 

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RetroPro qualifying:

 

1) Wes Pikunis - 3.272 secs

2) Mike Iles - 3.285

3) Rick Dodge - 3.291

4) Alex Freund - 3.308

5) Jason Holmes - 3.320

6) Matt Bruce - 3.365

7) John Gorski - 3.393

8) Dennis Samson - 5.550

 

RetroPro results:

 

1) John Gorski - 378 laps, best lap of 3.508 in blue

2) Wes Pikunis - 375, 3.570 in yellow

3) Matt Bruce - 374, 3.570 in yellow

4) Jason Holmes - 369, 3.508 in yellow

5) Dennis Samson - 314, 3.679 in orange

6) Rick Dodge - 302, 3.570 in yellow

7) Mike Iles - 216, 3.679 in blue

8) Alex Freund 0 197, 3.570 in purple

 

John Gorski's first-place car.

 

 

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On today's slate is Stock Car and GTC FK and Pro.
 
The calm before the thrashing, right after the raceway opened this morning.
 

 

 

 

 
Preston Selfinger on the left looks pretty pleased with the way his Stock car is going. Noose is seemingly telling Edsel what he should do, as Brian 'XPro' Cochrane listens in.
 

 
Obviously the Calfornia crew: Duran 'Iceman' Trujillo and Jason Holmes, Alex Freund, Dake Yamashita, and master chassis builder Dennis Samson, in the gray cap.
 

 
Almost a full panel testing their Stock Cars. Left to right, Mike 'Biscuit' Bresett, Kyle "Jack" Hall, Luis 'Gugu' Bernardino, Howie Ursaner, Dom Luongo, TN's Will Brinkley, and Dennis Samson.

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The 'Tech Nazi' has assumed his position and is probing some hapless racer's Stock Car.

 

And Jersey John is still awake, but it's early yet... (Does he know how risky it is to sleep in a raceway with Gugu in the house?)

 

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I'm told that 35 Stock Cars have cleared tech. Here's a pic of the rack, with one car missing.

 

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Stock Car - qualifying:

1) Danny Zona - 5.780 secs
2) Ed Sohl - 5.781
3) Joe "Chubby" Salzman - 5.793
4) Will Brinkley - 5.802
5) Keith Libby - 5.827
6) Dom Luongo - 5.845
7) Willy Custer - 5.860
8) Adam Chaya - 5.869
9) Gary Clinton, Jr. - 5.882
10) Tom Adams - 5.892
11) Mike 'Biscuit' Bresett - 5.908
12) Joe 'Noose' Neumeister - 5.928
13) Brian "'XPro' Cochrane - 5.931
14) Duran Trujillo - 5.932
15) Howie Ursaner - 5.935
16) Luis 'Gugu' Bernardino - 5.940
17) Gary 'Hip' Culy - 5.943
18) Dale Yamashita - 5.977
19) Greg Fox - 5.989
20) Gary Clinton, Sr. - 6.043
21) Dave Demott - 6.065
22) Mike Iles - 6.090
23) Andrew Ford - 6.130
24) Steve Levitsky - 6.184
25) Preston Selfinger - 6.185
26) Doug Griffth - 6.224
27) Rick Dodge - 6.278
28) Carmen Veneziale - 6.286
29) Jason Holmes - 6.323
30) Bill Sutton - 6.340
31) Mark Lawshe - 6.392
32) 'Jersey' John Molnar - 6.448
33) Dennis Samson - 6.569
34) Doug Murphey - 6.648
35) Clyde Romero - 7.085

Danny Zona takes TQ over Edsel Sohl by .001 secs! Wow!!!

Qualifying spreads:

First eight qualifiers – .089 secs.

First 16 qualifiers – .160 secs.

First 24 qualifiers – .404 secs.

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Stock Car – D Main results:

 

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Stock Car – C Main results:

 

 

I think Hip Culy led flag to flag.

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Here's the Stock Car concours podium.

 

 

1) Doug Griffith - #55

2) Adam Chaya - #7

3) Clyde Romero - #24

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Stock Car – B Main results:

 

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Here's the 'fast eight,' the drivers who qualified into the Stock Car A Main.
 

 
L to R, Dom Luongo, Edsel Sohl, Willy Custer, Danny Zona, Will Brinkley, Chubby Salzman, Adam Chaya, and Keith Libby.
 
Stock Car – A Main results:
 

 
Just a teeny bit more than four laps covers first through sixth places. Can the racing at the Fall Brawl get any closer than this? I don't see how, but we'll just have to see.

 

Keith Libby's first-place car.

 

 

 

Danny Zona's second-place car.

 

 

 

Adam Chaya's third-place car.

 

 

 
Stock Car - overall results:
 

[Noose]

Welcome Danny Zona to the GT Coupe Pro List!!!

[Danny Zona]

Thank you, Noose.

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GT Coupe FK - qualifying:

1) Jason Holmes - 5.132 secs
2) Danny Zona - 5.158
3) Gary Clinton Sr. - 5.272
4) Dave Demott - 5.294
5) Luis 'Gugu' Bernardino - 5.346
6) Kyle Haul - 5.347
7) Steve Levitsky - 5.358
8) Doug Griffith - 5.430
9) Rick Dodge - 5.449
10) Carmen Veneziale - 5.462
11) Preston Selfinger -5.523
12) Alex Freund - 5.581
13) Dennis Samson - 5.661
14) Mark Lawshe - 5.739
15) Bill Sutton - 5.768
16) 'Jersey' John Molnar - 5.819

 

GT Coupe FK concours: 

 

 

1) Doug Griffth #3

2) Rick Dodge #4

3) Steve Levitsky #6 - Noose paint

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GT Coupe FK - B Main:

 

 

GT Coupe FK - A Main:

 

 

GT Coupe FK - overall results:

 

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GT Coupe Pro - qualifying

 

1) Willy Custer - 4.969 secs

2) Danny Zona - 4.992

3) Howie Ursaner - 5.090

4) Joe 'Chubby' Salzman - 5.099

5) Gary Clinton, Jr. - 5.102

6) Tom Adams - 5.104

7) Chris Radisich - 5.110

8) Eddie 'Edsel' Sohl - 5.111

9) Wes Pikunis - 5.120

10) Andrew Ford - 5.127

11) Duran Trujillo - 5.132

12) Will Brinkley - 5.135

13) Keith Libby - 5.137

14) Tom Hansen - 5.141

15) Brian Cochrane - 5.151

16) Matt Bruce - 5.157

17) Dom Luongo - 5.166

18) Mike 'Biscuit' Bresett - 5.198

19) Mike Iles - 5.225

20) Joe 'Noose' Neumeister - 5.230

21) Dale Yamashita - 5.290

22) Gary 'Hip' Culy - 5.351

 

Qualifying spreads:

First eight qualifiers – .142 secs.

First 16 qualifiers – .188 secs.

All 22 qualifiers – .382 secs.

 

GT Coupe Pro concours:

 

 

1) Gary 'Hip' Culy #7

2) Joe 'Noose' Neumeister #1

3) Ed 'Edsel' Sohl #11

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GT Coupe Pro - C Main

 

 

GT Coupe Pro - B Main

 

 

GT Coupe Pro - A Main

 

 

GT Coupe Pro - overall results

 

 

Biscuit Bresett wins GT Coupe Pro from the C Main!

 

Willy Custer takes second place over Will Brinkley by inches. Second through fourth places on the same lap. Fifth through eighth places on the same lap. Just a nine-lap spread between first and sixteenth places... incredible!

 

Mike Bresett's first-place car.

 

 

Willy Custer's second-place car.

 

 

 

Will Brinkley's third-place car.

 

 

 

The level of close competition at this year's Brawl is almost beyond belief. 

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I am told there are 42 entries for F1, so there's a car missing from the rack pic below. It's probably in the pits getting fixed to make the Tech Nazi happy.
 

 
It's almost boring that Noose won yet another concours, but since the winners are selected by racer vote, you know it's well-deserved and not rigged (unlike what some claim for certain other elections...). Second place was Gary Clinton Sr. #64 (Gesner paint) and third was Dale Yamashita #3.
 

[Noose]

Joe 'Chubby' Salzman is TQ for F1 with a new track record of 3.839 secs!

[John Gorski]

F1 - qualifying:

1) Joe 'Chubby' Salzman - 3.839 secs - new IRRA^® F1 track record
2) Wes Pikunis - 3.861
3) Willy Custer - 3.886
4) Duran Trujilo - 3.918
5) Will Brinkley - 3.919
6) Matt Bruce - 3.931
7) Brian Cochrane - 3.933
8) Keith Libby - 3.971
9) Eddie 'Edsel' Sohl - 3.975
10) Mike 'Biscuit' Bresett - 4.005
11) Mike Iles - 4.021
12) Howie Ursaner - 4.046
13) Dale Yamashita - 4.058
14) Gary Clinton Jr. - 4.070
15) Dave Demont - 4.091
16) Dom Luongo - 4.095
17) Luis 'Gugu' Bernardino - 4.098
18) Gary 'Hip' Culy - 4.102
19) Kyle Hall - 4.124
20) Jason Holmes - 4.132
21) Joe 'Noose' Neumeister - 4.141
22) Adam Chaya - 4.150
23) Greg Fox - 4.165
24) Gary Clinton Sr. - 4.198
25) Carmen Veneziale - 4.201
26) Steve Levitsky - 4.211
27) Preston Selfinger - 4.214
28) Ryan Bruce - 4.2185
29) Tim Weigand - 4.2187
30) Doug Griffith - 4.219
31) Dennis Samson - 4.227
32) Rick Dodge - 4.241
33) Alex Freund - 4.272
34) John Streisguth - 4.300
35) Mark Lawshe - 4.328
36) Dan Wiegand - 4.329
37) Doug Murphey - 4.360
38) Eric Linsley - 4.383
39) Chris Gambler - 4.422
40) 'Jersey' John Molnar - 4.599
41) Clyde Romero - 4.605
42) Bill Sutton - 4.607

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F1 - G Main

1) Eric Linsley - 303 laps
2) Doug Murphey - 302
3) Chris Gambler - 300
4) Bill Sutton - 288
5) 'Jersey' John Molnar - 287
6) Clyde Romero - 285

Eric and Doug advance to the F Main.

F1 - F Main

1) Eric Linsley - 316 laps
2) John Streisguth - 313
3) Dan Wiegard - 309
4) Dennis Samson - 307
5) Doug Murphey - 305
6) Mark Lawshe - 292
7) Alex Freund - 268
8) Rick Dodge - 56

Eric and John advance to the E Main.

F1 - E Main

1) Ryan Bruce - 322 laps
2) Eric Linsley - 319
3) Steve Levitsky - 317
4) Carmen Veneziale - 312
5) Doug Griffith - 307
6) Preston Selfinger - 306
7) Tim Wiegard - 221
8) John Streisguth - 75

Ryan advances and Eric continues his march through the sub-mains.

F1 - D Main

1) Greg Fox - 324 laps
2) Jason Holmes - 322+ (Jason forfeited his move-up)
3) Adam Chaya - 322
4) Eric Linsley - 310
5) Joe 'Noose' Neumeister - 305
6) Gary Clinton Sr. - 299
7) Ryan Bruce - 265
8) Kyle Hall - 127

Greg and Adam advance to the C Main.

F1 - C Main

1) Gary Clinton Jr. - 325 laps
2) Luis 'Gugu' Bernardino - 323
3) Adam Chaya - 317
4) Dave Demont - 314+
5) Gary 'Hip' Culy - 314
6) Dale Yamashita - 258
7) Dom Luongo - 217
8) Greg Fox - 14

Gary Jr. and Gugu advance to the B Main.

F1 - B Main

1) Eddie 'Edsel' Sohl - 332+ laps
2) Mike 'Biscuit' Bresett - 332
3) Howie Ursaner - 330
4) Mike Iles - 325+
5) Gary Clinton Jr. - 325
6) Luis 'Gugu' Bernardino - 324
7) Brian Cochrane - 323
8) Keith Libby - 116

Edsel and Biscuit advance to the A Main.

F1 - A Main
 
1) Duran Trujillo - 341+ laps (winning margin shown in pic below)
2) Joe 'Chubby' Salzman - 341
3) Willy Custer - 337
4) WIll Brinkley - 331
5) Eddie 'Edsel' Sohl - 330
6) Mike 'Biscuit' Bresett - 329
7) Matt Bruce - 289
8) Wes Pikunis - 96
 
Wow. Duran by 1 inch!!!

 

Duran Trujillo's first-place car.

 

 

 

Joe 'Chubby' Salzman's second-place car.

 

 

 

Willy Custer's third-place car.

 

 

[John Gorski]

Congrats, Duran and Chubby! 

Can someone explain the picture? Did Duran wall it, came off, and passed Chub? Did Duran come off in front of him?  

[edit] Just found out Duran was leading, kept the trigger down in the last couple seconds, and came off when power turned off.

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JJ was warned...

 

 

Gugu must be getting soft in his old age. That's the mildest 'adornment' I've ever seen him do to a 'sleeping beauty' in a raceway.

[Clyde Romero]

The next generation of Retro racers...

 

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It's Sunday and the ever-popular Can-Am class will be run on the Engleman. The early-arriving top dogs are already at the panel looking for faster times.



L-R at the panel, FL racer Kyle "Jack" Hall, Andrew Ford, Keith Libby, Tom Adams, Will Brinkley, and Steve Levitsky. At far left is Gary Clinton Jr and I can't tell who that is in the red shirt bending down to hook up.