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Here's Rene White with Team Oregon getting in some practice laps. Although Rene did not actually race she was of great help to the team turn marshalling, helping get cars ready between heat races, and taking photos. thank you Rene!

This photo says it all!

Anthony and I still at it on the track. Anthony was in the top three and moved up. I was not and did not....

Turn marshalling in the Fray is stressful. The cars are fast and things happen just as quickly. Pressure added by the race director Richard Phillis watching on!

Mike Leech readies himself as the cars are lined up for another heat race.

I think I must have tricked him into it!!!

The individual race was intense! The format was of a work-up type race. The bottom six qualifyers were on the track first in the Y Main. Each racer raced each lane in a 10 lap heat race. Points were scored for your finish position in each race. The top three finishers of each heat moved up to the next main. Here Dave Smith prepares for a run.

Monte Saager racing in his heat races.

Dave Smith and I were in this heat together.

Dave Smith at the Black Track during his qualifying run for the Individual Race.

Left to right in this photo, I believe this is Mr. Hurley of the South Bay Team, Mike Leech Team Oregon, Dave Smith, and Brad Bowman.

During qualifying and the Individual Race, racers that were not on the track in qualifying runs, racing, or turn marshalling had the opportunity for track practice on other tracks or for tuning their cars in the pits for Saturday's team races.

On Friday the complete IROC Race results were posted and racers could see how well they performed on an individual basis in the race. The race program Richard Phillis uses for the Fray races is very cool and captures a lot of data! Sorry about the sideways photo!

The qualifying order for the 83 participants was random and posted. I was set to be the sixteenth racer up to qualify. Each racer would receive one warm up lap and then four timed laps. Their qualifying time was the average of their four timed laps.

After each racer ran the qualifying heats their cars were inspected and placed in the impound area.

Cars were checked for compliance to width and magnetic standards.

Thursday evening after the Team IROC Race there was more time for tuning and practice before Friday's Individual Race. Much to my dismay it was announced the Individual Race was going to be contested on the Black Track. At that point a waiting line formed at the Black Track for practice time!

Dave Smith brought some beautiful hand painted cars to the Fray!

The Green Track was very difficult with the two sections of esses!

This was a very serious pit area!

The Black Track was one of the most difficult for me. The extreme elevation changes added another degree of difficulty in controlling the cars speed through the corners. With that said it is a very cool track and also a crowd favorite. the Individual Race and Time Trails were held on this track.

Here is Richard Phillis in the flesh in his pit area working. My spy cam caught him in action. So if you don't think this guy is serious about T-Jet racing, you may be mistaken!

Some of the teams represented manufacturers of T-Jet HO parts designed specifically for Fray type racing. The Slot Tech pit area had many high quality parts for sale and available to racers.