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[Cheater]

Yesterday was the first day of racing at the 2021 Fall Brawl XII at SpeedZone Raceway in Mt. Holly, NJ.

 

Your reporter always likes to meet new people at the Brawl, but this year I was unfortunate enough to meet a new disease that peaked on Thursday - gout in my right foot. In the middle of the night, I woke up believing my roommate Jay Guard had doused my right foot with lighter fluid and lit it off. So I didn't make it to the raceway yesterday, but  drinking about a gallon of water along with half a dozen or so Advils eased the attack and I'm here at the track playing catch-up on posting the results of the racing that occurred yesterday during my absence.

 

The first class contested at this year's Brawl was Retro Coupe on the Worlds Flat track in SpeedZone's back room where the King used to reside. A total of nine racers entered the class, split into two heats, a four-man B Main and a five-man A Main. Qualifying was by laps and sections during a one-minute run.

 

Qualifying results:

1) Jimmy Williams - 10 laps, 10 sections

2) Duran Trujillo - 9.7 

3) Tom Adams - 9.65

4) Adam Chaya - 9.51

5) John Weaver - 9.42

6) Matt Bruce - 9.28

7) Dale Yamashita - 9.15

8) Rick Dodge - 9.14

9) Mike Iles - 9.08

 

B Main results:

 

1) Matt Bruce - 229.35 laps, best time of 5.851 secs in green

2) Dale Yamashita - 227.64, 5.945 in green

3) Mike Iles - 110, 6.022 in blue

4) Rick Dodge - 26, 6.459 in black

 

A Main results:

 

1) Jimmy Williams - 235.65 laps, best time of 5.683 secs in green

2) Tom Adams - 234.79, 5.780 in orange

3) Duran Trujillo - 233.59, 5.758 in green

4) Adam Chaya - 227.62, 5.962 in orange

5) John Weaver - 182, 5.974 in green

 

Retro Coupe flat track combined results:

 

1) Jimmy Williams - 235.65 laps

2) Tom Adams - 234.79

3) Duran Trujillo - 233.59

4) Matt Bruce - 229.35

5) Dale Yamashita - 227.64

6) Adam Chaya - 227.62

7) John Weaver - 182

8) Mike Iles - 110

9) Rick Dodge - 26

 

 

L to R: Tom Adams, Jimmy Williams, Duran Trujillo.

[Eddie Fleming]

Glad to hear you got some relief.

[Cheater]

Thursday's second class was Can-Am+ on the Engleman, the track that will be utilized for all other classes at this year's Brawl.

Twelve racers cleared tech, so two six-man Mains were generated.

 

Concours results:

 

First: Joe 'Noose' Neumeister, second: Dale Yamashita, third: John Gorski.

Qualifying results:

 

1) John Gorski - 4.739 secs

2) Jimmy Williams - 4.802

3) Dale Yamashita - 4.838

4) Matt Bruce - 4.880

5) Doc Dougherty - 4.916

6) Ralph Griffin - 5.000

7) Joe 'Noose' Neumeister - 5.020

8) Pat Skeggs - 5.048

9) Greg Fox - 5.073

10) Jay Guard - 5.132

11) Steve Russo - 5.185

12) Ryan Bruce - 5.223

 

B Main results:

 

 

A Main Results:

 

 

Can-Am+ overall results:

 

L to R: Dale Yamashita, John Gorski, Jimmy Williams

[Cheater]

Now on to today's racing at Fall Brawl XII...

First class is Stock Car, with 38 entries. This class will run as three eight-man Mains and two seven-man Mains.

Concours results:



First: John Weaver, second: Clyde Romero, third: Joe 'Noose' Neumeister.

 

Qualifying results:

1) Jimmy Williams - 5.379 secs

2) Keith Libby - 5.400

3) Jeff Bonanno - 5.449

4) Danny Zona - 5.477

5) Mike 'Biscuit' Bresett - 5.503

6) Howie Ursaner - 5.529

7) Gary Clinton Jr. - 5.574

8) John Weaver - 5.607

9) Eddie 'Edsel' Sohl - 5.645

10) Tom Harrington - 5.647

11) Gary 'Hip' Culy - 5.652

12) Matt Bruce - 5.675

13) Caine Dunfee - 5.721

14) Duran Trujillo -5.728

15) Greg Fox - 5.745

16) Ryan Bruce - 5.758

17) Mike Iles - 5.766

18) Pat Skeggs - 5.781

19) Jay Guard - 5.798

20) Adam Chaya - 5.825

21) Dale Yamashita - 5.833

22) Doc Dougherty - 5.838

23) Don Bonanno - 5.868

24) Kyle Hall - 5.896

25) Alex Freund - 5.921

26) Carman Veneziale - 5.928

27) Ralph Griffin - 5.928

28) Rob Hayes - 5.941

29) Vinnie Wisniewski - 5.943

30) Dennis Dominey - 5.965

31) Dan Ebert - 5.997

32) Rick Dodge - 6.012

33) Gary Clinton Sr. - 6.061

34) Steve Russo - 6.070

35) Tony Lang - 6.093

36) Joe 'Noose' Neumeister - 6.120

37) Clyde Romero - 6.230

38) 'Jersey' John Molnar - 6.512

 

E Main results:

 

 

D Main results:

 

 

C Main results:

 

B Main results:

 

 

A Main results:

 

Stock Car combined results:

 

 

 

L to R: Danny Zona, Jeff Bonanno, Jimmy Williams

[Steve Deiters]

Wow. That's a strong field both in numbers and drivers.

 

Any video streaming available from the track?

[Cheater]

Thanks for reminding me, Steve. I forgot to post the link!

[Cheater]

The next class today is GT Coupe-FK, with 22 entries. There will be an eight-man Main and two seven-man Mains. Concours voting is complete and qualifying has begun.
 
Concours results:
 

 
First: Clyde Romero, second: Dennis Dominey, third: Carmen Veneziale.
 
Qualifying results:
 
1) Jeff Bonanno - 4.958 secs
2) Kyle Hall - 4.987
3) Caine Dunfee - 5.036
4) Doc Dougherty - 5.119
5) Carmen Veneziale - 5.121
6) Gary Clinton Sr - 5.220
7) Tom Harrington - 5.234
8) Steve Russo - 5.236
9) Tony Lang - 5.255
10) Dennis Dominey - 5.291
11) Vinnie Wiśniewski - 5.299
12) Rick Dodge - 5.312
13) 'Jersey' John Molnar - 5.351
14) Clyde Romero - 5.358
15) Rob Hayes - 5.366
16) Don Bonanno - 5.369
17) Ralph Griffin - 5.427
18) Tom Varinecz - 5.525
19) Dan Ebert - 5.662
20) Don Perry - 5.674
21) Charlie Giebel - 6.057
22) Vince Tamburo - 6.219

 

C Main results:

 

 

B Main results:

 

 

A Main results:

 

 

GTC-FK combined results:

 

 

 

L to R: Caine Dunfee, Jeff Bonanno, Carmen Veneziale.

Jeff Bonanno will now be added to the GTC-Pro list and from now on will only be allowed to enter the GTC-Pro class at IRRA Premier events.

As winner of the GTC-FK race here, he is given free entry to the GTC-Pro race if he opts to do so and he has indeed elected to race in the GTC-Pro race soon to start.

[Cheater]

Here's the current live stream:

 

[Cheater]

The actual URL for the live streams from SpeedZone keep changing, so rather than try to keep chasing the current link, here's a link to the YouTube page where the SpeedZone live streams appear.

 

https://www.youtube....K8HGY_XDTQDGF1g

 

I didn't make it to the bitter end last night, so I'll have the results of the GTC-Pro class the ended the day posted shortly.

[slotcarone]

Not seeing a current live stream there, Greg.

[Cheater]

Last class on Friday was GT Coupe Pro, using hand-out motors this year. As with GTC-FK, there were 22 entries.

 

Concours results:

 

 

First: Adam Chaya, second: Joe 'Noose' Neumeister, third: John Weaver.

Qualifying results:

1) Mike 'Biscuit' Bresett - 4.783 secs
2) Keith Libby - 4.797
3) Jimmy Williams - 4.825
4) Howie Ursaner - 4.847
5) Duran Trujillo - 4.862
6) Mike Iles - 4.862
7) Matt Bruce - 4.882
8) Danny Zona - 4.885
9) Gary Clinton - 4.892
10) Tom Hansen - 4.897
11) Eddie 'Edsel' Sohl - 4.917
12) Dale Yamashita - 4.923
13) Ryan Bruce - 4.989
14) Jeff Bonanno - 4.992
15) Alex Freund - 4.994
16) John Weaver - 5.017
17) Adam Chaya - 5.098
18) Jay Guard - 5.100
19) Greg Fox - 5.104
20) Pat Skeggs - 5.129
21) Gary 'Hip' Culy - 5.246
22) Joe 'Noose' Neumeister - 5.390
 
C Main results:
 

 
B Main results:
 

 
A Main results:
 

 
GTC-Pro combined results:
 

 

 

L to R: Keith Libby, Mike 'Biscuit' Bresett, Duran Trujillo.

[Cheater]

Not seeing a current live stream there, Greg.

That's because they haven't started it yet, Mike. Check back as they start qualifying.

[Cheater]

Wanted to make a comment regarding qualifying in GT Coupe Pro shown above.

 

Time spread over the first eight qualifiers – 0.102 secs.

Time spread over the first sixteen qualifiers – 0.234 secs.

If you don't think the level of competition in IRRA Retro is insanely high, you might want to reconsider that opinion.

[Cheater]

Forty-four entries got by the 'Tech Nazi' Noose for the F1 class being contested today. 

 

Here's 43 of the F1 entries, missing only Dale Granger's car who was the last to clear tech.

 

Concours results:

 

 

First: John Weaver, second: Clyde Romero, third: Rick Dodge.

 

Qualifying results:

 

1) Keith Libby - 5.025 secs

2) Mike Iles - 5.069

3) Matt Bruce - 5.133

4) John Weaver - 5.151

5) Mike 'Biscuit' Bresett - 5.153

6) Jeff Bonanno - 5.161

7) Gary Clinton Jr - 5.174

8) Danny Zona - 5.181

9) Duran Trujillo - 5.185

10) Ryan Bruce - 5.199

11) Jimmy Williams - 5.245

12) Eddie 'Edsel' Sohl - 5.245

13) Wes Pikunis - 5.253

14) Dale Yamashita - 5.261

15) Gary 'Hip' Culy - 5.296

16) Bill Gerhart - 5.301

17) Greg Fox - 5.337

18) Jay Guard - 5.345

19) Ralph Griffin - 5.367

20) Adam Chaya - 5.380

21) Dale Granger - 5.384

22) Alex Freund - 5.410

23) Doc Dougherty - 5.424

24) Carmen Veneziale - 5.430

25) Tom Harrington - 5.449

26) Caine Dunfee - 5.463

27) Kyle Hall - 5.468

28) Nick Good - 5.508

29) Dennis Dominey - 5.540

30) Gary Clinton Sr - 5.553

31) Chris Gambler - 5.562

32) Bob Kalbfus - 5.592

33) Clyde Romero - 5.597

34) Joe 'Noose' Neumeister - 5.625

35) Ray Carlisi - 5.655

36) Don Bonanno - 5.675

37) Dan Ebert - 5.772

38) 'Jersey' John Molnar - 5.773

39) Rob Hayes - 5.783

40) Steve Russo - 5.838

41) Vinnie Wiśniewski - 5.873

42) Tom Varinecz - 5.940

43) Rick Dodge - 7.941

44) Don Perry - n/t

 

Since the F1 class is a move-up race (two move-ups per Main), there will be seven Mains. The bottom G Main will start eight racers, with each of the next six mains being seeded with six racers based on qualifying times.

 

G Main results:

 

Tom Varinecz and Rob Hayes advance to the F Main.

 

(Due to either a bug or a configuration issue in LapMaster, the automated info the system pushes to the SpeedZone website does not include the data for the move-up drivers. So I will be entering the heat results manually from here on, rather than screenshotting the heat results from the raceway website.)

 

F Main results: (corrected from the original erroneous posting)

 

1) Joe 'Noose' Neumeister - 242 laps

2) Rob Hayes - 240.20

3) Ray Carlisi - 240.18

4) Bob Kalbfus - 239.16

5) Clyde Romero - 238.19

6) Tom Varinecz - 238.13

7) Chris Gambler - 226.05

8) Don Bonanno - 60

 

Noose and Rob Hayes advance to the E Main, the latter advancing for the second time in a row.

 

E Main results:

 

1) Caine Dunfee - 252.23 laps

2) Joe 'Noose' Neumeister - 249.21

3) Rob Hayes - 239.15

4) Kyle Hall - 230.21

5) Nick Good - 222.26

6) Gary Clinton Sr - 220

7) Dennis Dominey - 207.25

8) Tom Harrington - 184

Caine Dunfee and Joe Neumeister advance to the D Main, with Joe making his second move-up in a row. Caine is racing in his first Retro event this weekend and is having impressive success.

 

D Main results:

 

1) Alex Freund - 260.22 laps

2) Ralph Griffin - 258

3) Adam Chaya - 256.25

4) Caine Dunfee - 253.15

5) Doc Dougherty - 248.02

6) Dale Granger - 141

7) Carmen Veneziale - 114.03

8) Joe 'Noose' Neumeister - 100

 

Alex Freund and Ralph Griffin advance to the C Main.

 

C Main results:

 

1) Alex Freund - 268.02 laps

2) Wes Pikunis - 264.04

3) Bill Gerhart - 262.19

4) Greg Fox - 260.10

5) Dale Yamashita - 259.20

6) Jay Guard - 251.27

7) Gary 'Hip' Culy - 250.23

8) Ralph Griffin - 24

Alex Freund and Wes Pikunis advance to the B Main; Alex moves up for the second Main in a row.

 

B Main results:

1) Duran Trujillo - 270.19 laps

2) Gary Clinton Jr - 269.02

3) Ryan Bruce - 263.19

4) Eddie 'Edsel' Sohl - 263.14

5) Alex Freund - 262.21

6) Danny Zona - 251.29

7) Wes Pikunis - 250.29

8) Jimmy Williams - 155

Duran Trujillo and Gary Clinton Jr advance to the A Main.

 

A Main results:

 

1) Keith Libby - 274.14 laps

2) Gary Clinton Jr - 272.12

3) Jeff Bonanno - 270.16

4) John Weaver - 268.25

5) Mike 'Biscuit' Bresett - 268.18

6) Matt Bruce - 265.27

7) Duran Trujillo - 257.03

8) Mike Iles - 255.14

Starting on orange, Keith Libby led the F1 A Main flag to flag.

 

 

L to R, Gary Clinton Jr, Keith Libby, Jeff Bonanno.

[Bucky]

As a Floridian, it's nice to know that the guys that beat up on me locally are doing the same thing to everyone up there so far.

 

Congrats to Biscuit and Jeff, and I wouldn't be shocked in the least to see DZ grab a win in F1 or Can-Am. 

[Cheater]

In the craziness of herding 44 racers into seven Mains, the live stream was started a bit late. It is running now.

 

[John Streisguth]

Interesting that you can watch the stream from when it was switched on up to the present time, at which point it goes live.

 

Pretty cool!

[eshorer]

Can someone explain the Statistic Results for the Overall Best Retro F1. Where did Gary Clinton get those extra laps from on purple lane that put him ahead of Duran?
 
I'm talking about this PAGE.
 
Is it still to be finalized?
 
Just wondering.
 
Eddie

[Cheater]

Eddie,

 

The LapMaster software has bugs when move-ups are used. These have been present for a long time and I have been feeding Carsten some screenshots over the last few days to make him aware of the issues. You'll note that after the first Main, the Main results screens only show six racers and don't include the racers who moved up. The Overall Best chart you mention also has blank lines for all the racers who advanced/moved-up.

In fact, when a move-up scheme is in use, overall best doesn't really apply, as final rankings are not made based on lap totals. Each Main is a standalone race and lap comparisons between Mains are not relevant.

 

Just ignore that Overall Best chart, Eddie. I won't be posting it either as a screenshot or by retyping it.

[eshorer]

Eddie, The LapMaster software has bugs when move-ups are used. 

Just ignore that Overall Best chart, Eddie. I won't be posting either as a screenshot or by retyping it.

 

That's a pretty big glitch, indeed. I wondered why I couldn't see Gary's or Duran's lap totals after each heat in the A Main. Based on the final lap totals, Duran ran into some trouble, for sure.

 

Thanks for the explanation.

 

Eddie

[Cheater]

Eddie,

 

I learned today from Andy Wasserman, who is here, is that visually no one in Europe uses move-ups in slot racing.

[eshorer]

Move-ups give some racers more racing (sometimes much more racing, if you keep moving up from lower heats), but as in this case with Duran, his B Main total would have gotten him a third overall, but it doesn't count beyond that B Main, right? 
 
Will there be move-ups in Can-Am?
 
Eddie

[Cheater]

I think so, Eddie, but am not 100% certain.

[slotcarone]

Yes, Can-Am is Tier 1 class so there are move-ups.

[Cheater]

It's the last day of the 2021 Fall Brawl XII and the Can-Am class is on the agenda. Forty-seven racers have made it through tech.

 

 

As Can-Am is a move-up class, the race format will be seven mains. The bottom G Main will be an eleven-man round-robin, with the top two finishers moving up to the F Main. The top 36 qualifiers will be seeded evenly into the remaining six-man Mains.

 

Concours voting has just been concluded.

 

Concours results:

 

 

First: Gary 'Hip' Culy, second: Clyde Romero, third: Bill Gerhart.

 

Qualifying results:

 

1) Jimmy Williams - 4.700 secs

2) Mike 'Biscuit' Bresett - 4.712

3) Keith Libby - 4.714

4) Danny Zona - 4.732

5) Alex Freund - 4.786

6) John Gorski - 4.792

7) Caine Dunfee - 4.804

8) Matt Bruce - 4.815

9) Tom Hansen - 4.823

10) Howie Ursaner - 4.833

11) Mike Iles - 4.838

12) Dale Granger - 4.866

13) Dale Yamashita - 4.880

14) Tom Adams - 4.883

15) Duran Trujillo - 4.883

16) Greg Fox - 4.894

17) Bill Gerhart - 4.898

18) Jeff Bonanno - 4.900

19) Gary Clinton Jr - 4.916

20) Eddie 'Edsel' Sohl - 4.923

21) Doc Dougherty - 4.943

22) Jay Guard - 4.949

23) Ryan Bruce - 4.949

24) Kyle Hall - 4.950

25) Adam Chaya - 4.958

26) Rick Dodge - 4.976

27) Bob Kalbfus - 5.039

28) Tom Harrington - 5.051

29) Gary Clinton Sr - 5.071

30) Gary 'Hip' Culy - 5.072

31) Ralph Griffin - 5.079

32) Tony Lang - 5.092

33) Mike Katz - 5.149

34) Dan Ebert - 5.161

35) Dennis Dominey - 5.198

36) Carmen Veneziale - 5.201

37) Tom Varinecz - 5.214

38) Joe 'Noose' Neumeister - 5.220

39) John 'Bash' Basher - 5.228

40) Don Bonanno - 5.306

41) 'Jersey' John Molnar - 5.346

42) Steve Russo - 5.369

43) Vinny Wisniewski -5.379

44) Charlie Geibel - 5.409

45) Chris Gambler - 5.437

46) Clyde Romero - 5.488

47) Don Perry - 5.773

 

1-8 place qualifying spread = 0.115 secs

1-16 place qualifying spread = 0.194 secs

 

G Main results:

 

 

Noose and Tom Varinecz advance to the F Main.

 

F Main results:

 

1) Mike Katz - 271 laps

2) Tom Varinecz - 268.16

3) Tony Lang - 265.02

4) Joe 'Noose' Neumeister - 264.03

5) Carmen Veneziale - 259.09

6) Dan Ebert - 252.14

7) Dennis Dominey - 244.22

8) Ralph Griffin - 228.29

 

Mike Katz and Tom Varinecz advance to the E Main.

 

E Main results:

 

1) Mike Katz - 276 laps

2) Adam Chaya - 273.10

3) Rick Dodge - 266.10

4) Tom Varinecz - 264.24

5) Gary 'Hip' Culy - 261.06

6) Bob Kalbfus - 253.03

7) Tom Harrington - 194

8) Gary Clinton Sr - 110

Mike Katz and Adam Chaya advance to the D Main.

 

D Main results:

1) Gary Clinton Jr - 285.02 laps

2) Eddie 'Edsel' Sohl - 284.10

3) Doc Dougherty - 282.07

4) Adam Chaya - 280.10

5) Mike Katz - 275.20

6) Ryan Bruce - 273.02

7) Jay Guard - 271.22

8) Kyle Hall - 5

Gary Clinton Jr and Edsel Sohl advance to the C Main.

 

C Main results:

1) Jeff Bonnano - 286.09 laps

2) Eddie 'Edsel' Sohl - 283.12

3) Gary Clinton Jr - 283.10

4) Bill Gerhart - 281.12

5) Dale Yamashita - 280.14

6) Greg Fox - 278.17

7) Tom Adams - 273.01

8) Duran Trujillo - 259.04

 

Jeff Bonanno and Edsel Sohl advance to the B Main.

 

B Main results:

1) Jeff Bonanno - 286.11 laps

2) Eddie 'Edsel' Sohl - 284.16

3) Howie Ursaner - 283.19

4) Matt Bruce - 282.01

5) Dale Granger - 276.05

6) Tom Hansen - 263.25

7) Caine Dunfee - 188

8) Mike Iles - 167

Jeff Bonanno and Edsel Sohl advance to the A Main.

 

A Main results:

 

1) Keith Libby - 291.01 laps

2) Danny Zona - 287.03

3) Eddie 'Edsel' Sohl - 283.08

4) John Gorski - 279

5) Mike 'Biscuit' Bresett - 273.06

6) Jeff Bonanno - 140

7) Alex Freund - 128

8) Jimmy Williams - 64

 

I have some pics to post but they'll have to wait until we make the 850-mile drive back to Atlanta.