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We had a good turn out for Monday Open Track on December 13th, with 7 racers competing. We raced 3 rounds of 20 lap sprint heats to determine the Womp Class winner.....er WEENER. Everybody seems to be getting their Womps dialed in as everybody was running very close to the break-out lap time. Rob was the only one to actually break-out in any of the heat races. He actually exceeded the break-out in 3 of his heat races, which I'm sure cost him some positions overall.

Here are the Womp Race results:

1st Dave 45 points - fastest lap = 5.540 seconds
2nd Doc 39 pts. - fast lap = 5.543 sec.
3rd Bill 33 pts. - fast lap = 5.549 sec.
4th Rob 31 pts. - fast lap = 5.502 sec.
5th Brian 24 pts. - fast lap = 5.978 sec.
6th Jeff 15 pts. - fast lap = 5.665 sec.
7th Mitch 13 pts. - fast lap = 6.124 sec.

The Flexi Class race was the standard 1 round of 4 minute heat races. But four of the racers volunteered cars to be raced in an IROC style format. Here are the results of that race:
1st  Bill 185 laps - fast lap = 4.395 seconds
2nd Dave 184 laps - fast lap = 4.663
3rd Doc 179 laps - fast lap = 4.660
4th Mitch 176 laps - fast lap = 4.640
5th Jeff 171 laps - fast lap = 4.647
6th Brian 170 laps - fast lap = 4.785
7th Rob 157 laps - fast lap =  4.494

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.

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

"Anything goes, if you are going for an ultimate absolute track record, right?"

Let's do it Dennis! Would be fun!

"I am definitely NOT a fan of inline,  but have to follow the 50 year tradition of OSCAR"

Personally I am a sucker for tradition if you haven't noticed! I appreciate your participation Dennis!

I am perfectly satisfied with the speeds of the cars we are currently racing! Our Can Am cars are about as fast as I am interested in racing. What I was really looking for was some method of comparing similar types of cars raced in different areas or on different tracks. When I see posts that talk about how fast a particular car is based on lap times at a certain track it doesn't mean anything to me. Variables such as track lap length, how technical a track is, and driver skill will all affect that lap time. And although the cars speed in feet per second does not eliminate those variables, I feel it does give me a more concrete figure to base a comparison on.

Dennis, the next time you come down please bring one of those cars with you. Let's set an absolute track record on Inslot's Checkered Flag!

Congrats on the WIN Rico!

Here are the race results from the Odd Thursday Race at Rippin' Ridin' Raceway on December 9th:

Look how close the finish was in the Open Class race!

In the Flexi race following the Womp race Dave Smith cleaned up again for a sweep of the midday racing!

With traffic a total mess getting into and out of Vancouver, we ended up with enough racers still around to run the 6 PM Womp race. This time around Doc had made some improvements to his Womp and came back to crush the field!

6 PM Womp Race Results:

At least with that pink motor I may be able to keep up with you!

The Flexi Class was raced after the completion of the Womp race. John Gill was the winner of this race followed by Dave in second, and with Mitch finishing a strong third!

Here's the results:

For the Flexi Class races we use a standard round robin format with four minute heats.

After the racing we had quite a bit of discussion around what's next for Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway. We discussed racing different types of cars, and track schedule as far as what days and times work best for those currently involved. We discussed the possibility of going to a twice a month schedule instead of every Monday (every other Monday instead). We also discussed rotating the classes of cars to be raced on each race day. There are just three more Open Track Mondays scheduled for the remainder of this year. Keep an eye out for changes after the first of the year. One proposal already in the planning stage, is an IROC race sponsored by the PASER Club!

I need to apologize to both Rico and Zack for closing up early Monday. Evening attendance has been light lately so I started closing around 5:30 PM or 6. For the remainder of this year I will be sure to keep the doors open at least until 6:30 PM. However is planning to attend is normally on site by then.