Topic: OSCAR Late Model NASCAR at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway on Dec.11

On December 11, 2021 OSCAR held a Late Model NASCAR race at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway. The race format used was the traditional OSCAR NASCAR format with a B Main (Bush Race) and an A Main (Cup Race). This has been the race format OSACAR has used (for as long as I can remember) for their Late Model NASCAR races.

The racing starts out with a qualifying session to determine racers start positions. Based on qualifying positions, drivers are divide into A and B mains. B mains consist of the drivers in the bottom half of the qualifying positions, A main drivers are the drivers on the top half of the qualifying positions. Start positions for both the A and B mains are assigned based on driver's qualifying positions and their choice of starting position.

The winner, and in this case the runner up, in the B main were given the option of moving up into the A main. Top qualifier for this race was Stuart, or Stew Meat as we like to call him.

But let me back up a little.....Friday the track was open to practice before the race. Friday morning the track was sprayed with traction compound after it had been cleaned the day before. By Friday afternoon the shop was filled with racers getting in some practice laps and getting the track race ready. Practice ran well into the evening.

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Re: OSCAR Late Model NASCAR at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway on Dec.11

Saturday morning the doors opened at 8:00 AM. Tech inspection of the entries started by 9:00AM, and qualifications started by 9:30 AM. We had 20 entries, but we were actually on schedule.

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After qualifying the grid was set for the B Main. The B Main consisted of two rounds of 4 minute heat races, or 32 minutes of racing for each racer. The winner of the B Main, and the runner up were given the option of moving up into the A Main. Due to mechanical issues suffered by Korbin, Bob Nakamura and I placed first and second and took that option which gave Gary Klein the credit for the B Main win.

Here are the results for the B Main:
1st Scary Gary Klein 358 laps
2nd Al Christensen 357 laps
3rd Korbin "Korbinator"
4th Jerry "Gearloose"
5th Bart Ouchida
6th Mitch Brooks
7th Herb McRoberts
8th Jim "Professor Fate"

The A Main consisted of four rounds of 4 minute heats, twice the duration of the B Mains. The racing was extremely close as it was in the B Main. Terrible Tommy Street fought his way to the top to win the event. Zack Morgan battled his way into second, while Stuart and John Gill suffered mechanical issues which put them further back in the field. This race was so close it was not decided until the completion of the very last lap of the very last heat race! Here are the A Main results after 64 minutes of racing:

1st Terrible Tommy Street 764 laps
2nd ProZack Morgan 763 laps
3rd Bad Billy 763 laps
4th Bob Nak Nak Nakamura 761 laps
5th Gary Tipton 754 laps
6th Stuart "Stew Meat" Wall 749 laps
7th "Fly Racing" Craig Rieland 745 laps
8th Michael Mitchell 741 laps
9th JP 739 laps
10th Courteous Curt 686 laps
DQ Touring John Gill 759 laps
DQ "DC Dynamo" Dennis Cook 516 laps

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Re: OSCAR Late Model NASCAR at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway on Dec.11

Here's a few photos I took throughout the two day event:

John "TouringJohn" Gill
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Terrible Tommy Street
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