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[The Number of]

Willy and Jason TQ'ing. Meh.

I could have told you that two months ago.

 

So what are the winning lottery numbers for tonight?

[MSwiss]

I would go with 412.

 

Coincidentally, that's the number Jackie's siblings play, because it was their address growing up. A couple of her brothers have taken home $1K+ more than a few times.

 

PS: Swisstradamus guessed seven out of nine A Main sit-out, in the GTC-FK race.

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Here are the results of the GT Coupe B Main.

 

 

According to Cindy, in all the races Jessica and Kyle have run at Tom Thumb, this is the first time they have ever finished first and second. Congrats!

 

(Cynic the I am, I am wondering if the fix was in and there was some wizard behind the curtain pulling the strings... LOL!)

[Eddie Fleming]

Nice run, Clyde. A big improvement from last year.

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Here are the results of the GT Coupe A Main.

 

 

Jason's 296.8 laps total sets a new lap total track record for this class on the Tom Thumb American King. Eric Shirey's lap total also best the previous lap total record.

 

Jason's win allows him to step up to race in the GTC Pro class at this event and he is going to do so.

 

It also puts him on "The List" of winners who can now only enter the the GTC Pro class at IRRA^® Premier events.

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Here are the combined results of the GTC-FK (non-Pro) class at the R4/12.
 





GT Coupe B Main drivers later in the race. L to R: Rick Bennardo Sr, Jessica McMasters, Jim Leezer, Rowdy Walling, Dave Doerschuk, Clyde Romero, Jason Echelbarger. Kyle Snyder is sitting out and George Katzakis has pulled off. Looks like I missed getting a pic of the driver during the A Main.





L to R: Jason Dennis car, first place; Eric Shirey car, second place; Joe Liguori car, third place.



Jason Dennis accepts his first place award.

[MSwiss]

Just got to the computer, but Swisstradamus predicts the winner of the B Main will at least podium.

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With what pics I have, here's my reconstruction of the results of the GTC-Pro B and A Mains and I believe they're accurate.

GTC-Pro B Main

1) Jason Dennis - 299.2 laps, best time of 4.620 secs in yellow
2) Greg Fox - 294.1, 4.685 in yellow
3) Jay Guard - 290.7, 4.724 in orange
4) Jeremy Wyant - 287.8, 4.709 in purple
5) Bobby Robinson - 287.5, 4.762 in green
6) Gil Pataky - 277.8, 4.794 in yellow
7) Matt Bruce - 276.2, 4.784 in blue
8) Brian Ambrose - 257.4, 4.729 in orange

GTC-Pro A Main

1) Willy Custer - 305.4 laps, best time of 4.518 in yellow
2) Rick Starkey - 301.7, 4.647 in orange
3) Cap Henry - 300.2, 4.651 in blue
4) Ricky Bennardo Jr - 295.1, 4.632 in purple
5) Jimmy Williams - 294.3, 4.714 in orange
6) Andrew Ford - 291.6, 4.607 in blue
7) Bud Bartos - 290.8, 4.581 in yellow
8) Will Brinkley - 150.0, 4.608 in blue

During this A Main, Willy Custer broke the GTC-Pro lap record for every one of the eight lanes! Will Brinkley's raced ended early when he caught a rider in the donut and broke a guide when the car got walled in the lead-on.


Due to Tom Thumb's web host being down for about an hour, all I originally had to post was the combined results from GT Coupe Pro shown below. As mentioned above, I have reconstructed the A and B Main results using this combined results and a pic of the A Main results from the race director's stand.
 
GTC-Pro combined results

1) Willy Custer - 305.4 laps, best time of 4.518 secs in yellow
2) Rick Starkey - 301.7, 4.647 in orange
3) Cap Henry - 300.2, 4.651 in blue
4) Jason Dennis - 299.2, 4.620 in yellow
5) Ricky Bennardo Jr. - 295.1, 4.632 in purple
6) Jimmy Williams - 294.3, 4.714 in orange
7) Greg Fox - 294.1, 4.685 in yellow
8) Andrew Ford - 291.6, 4.607 in blue
9) Bud Bartos - 290.8, 4.581 in yellow
10) Jay Guard - 290.7, 4.724 in orange
11) Jeremy Wyant - 287.8, 4.709 in purple
12) Bobby Robinson - 287.5, 4.762 in green
13) Gil Pataky - 277.8, 4.794 in yellow
14) Matt Bruce - 276.2, 4.784 in blue
15) Brian Ambrose - 257.4, 4.729 in orange
16) Will Brinkley - 150, 4.608 in blue
 

 
Willy Custer accepts the first place award for winning the GTC-Pro class at the R4/12.



L to R: Cap Henry's third place car, Rick Starkey's second place car, Willy Custer's first place car.

[Cheater]

... Swisstradamus predicts the winner of the B Main will at least podium.

Close but no stogie for you.

[MSwiss]

In Chicago, fourth is still a podium. LOL.

[911GT3]

We're not in Chicago. LOL.

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It's Saturday, the day everyone anxiously awaits as it is when the Premier IRRA^® Can-Am class is contested.

The two-group practice arrangement is not particularly popular, but while the scheme may be a little irritating to some, it is an eminently fair way to ensure equal access to practice for such a large field of entrants and allows for qualifying and tech to overlap, reducing the time necessary to get it all done. The same happens with qualifying, which also is divided into two groups.
 
Roundd 1 qualifying for Can-Am is just getting under way...
 
After round 1, Willy Custer is on the provisional pole with a 4.450 sec lap.
 
Round 2 starting soon...

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A total of 40 entries for Can-Am...

 

About ten more racers to qualify in round 2. Combined qualifying results will be posted as soon as they are available.

[Cheater]

Here's the qualifying results for the Can-Am.
 
Top qualifier for Can-Am is Willy Custer with a 4.450 sec lap.
 
1) Willy Custer - 4.450 secs
2) Greg Fox - 4.514
3) Rick Bennardo Jr - 4.546
4) Cap Henry - 4.546
5) Jason Dennis - 4.551
6) Andrew Ford - 4.556
7) Will Brinkley - 4.587
8) Dave Doerschuk - 4.599
9) Bobby Robinson - 4.601
10) Jimmy Williams - 4.603
11) Jason Echelbarger - 4.624
12) Doc Dougherty - 4.641
13) Brian Ambrose - 4.641
14) Eric Shirey - 4.659
15) Matt Bruce - 4.662
16) Jeremy Wyant - 4.672
17) Rick Starkey - 4.699
18) Jeremy Dennis - 4.707
19) Al Rutti - 4.724
20) Rick Bennardo Sr. - 4.724
21) Shannon Tewell - 4.738
22) Jerry Wyant - 4.742
23) Jay Guard - 4.747
24) Taylor Davis - 4.774
25) Jim Verga - 4.779
26) Earl Graybill - 4.791
27) Thom Greene - 4.793
28) Eric Balicki - 4.794
29) Kyle Snyder - 4.797
30) Ryan Bruce - 4.800
31) Rowdy Walling - 4.816
32) Gary Echelbarger - 4.832
33) Frankie Schaffier - 4.906
34) Steve Deiters - 4.911
35) Jim Leezer - 4.911
36) Joe Elliot - 4.939
37) Clyde Romero - 4.968
38) Lester Lucas - 5.064
39) Mike Gerbetz - 5.104
40) Steve Davidson - 5.118

[Greg VanPeenen]

Ricky had a better back up lap so he was third and Cap was fourth.

[Cheater]

That's not what the LapMaster showed but I will check with the race director.

 

Edit: GvP, I believe you are correct.

 

I was posting from a picture of the LapMaster display screen at the end of qualifying.

 

 

When LapMaster archived the Can-Am qualifying results, it corrected the order.

 

 

I will correct the info in post #39. There is one other tie that needs to be flipped as well.

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Can-Am E Main results

 

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Just to remind everyone of the race format for Can-Am, with 40 racers, there will be five sub-mains, E Main though A Main.

 

The top 16 lap totals from all five sub-mains will be alternately seeded into to Semi-Mains.

 

The top four finishers from each Semi-Main will advance to the Final.

 

The D Main is running now. Results will be posted when available.

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Can-Am D Main results

 

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Can-Am C Main results

 

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Can-Am B Main results

 

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Can-Am A Main results

 

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This completes the five sub-mains. The top sixteen finishers by lap total are being seeded into two Semi-Mains. The racers will have a few minutes to go over their cars and then will be re-teched. Five minutes of on-track practice for each set of eight racers and then we'll get started with the Semis to determine the eight racers who will compete in the R4/12 Can-Am Final.

 

Strongly suggest you watch the live stream of these next three races; the link is given in another THREAD here in this forum. It promises to be some of the closest, most competitive 1/24 slot racing you'll ever see.

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Here are the combined results of the Can-Am Mains A through E. Top sixteen finishers have moved to the Semi-Mains.




Note that only 19.6 laps covers the first sixteen finishers!

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Can-Am B Semi results