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This year's Patriot 500 will need a minimum of 12 entries in order for it to run. Here is the current pre-entry list for the Patriot 500 on September 10th, 2022. Cutoff date is September 3rd, 2022
1. Bob Nakamura
2. Gearloose
3. Mitch Brooks
4. Hersh Huddlesten
5. Bart Ouchida
6. John Gill
7. Bill Bostic
8. Gary Tipton
9. Gary Klein
10. Doug Sinsical
11. Al Christensen
12. Stuart Wall
13. Craig Rieland
14. Dennis Cook
Springwater Raceway will be open for practice on August 15th from 11-4. Opportunity to prepare for the Patriot 500.
This is to verify the race reediness after water damage repairs.
Thanks to everyone that came out to test. Everything went well.
Track is good to go. Looking forward to the Patriot 500.
What a day! The opening race of the 2022-2023 NWTS Season, The Patriot 500 was everything one could hope for. With 16 racers taking to the track for 48 minutes of door-to-door racing, there was never a dull moment. From the drop of the green flag to the checkered flag, anything that can happen, did. Blown motors, bad crashes, broken bodies and some good old side by side racing kept everyone on their toes. A HUGE THANK YOU! to those who helped fix broken cars, corner marshaling after falling out of the race and just hanging around for fellowship. Firehouse Sub sandwiches didn't hurt either. A HUGE thank you to my wife, Teri, who picked and delivered the Firehouse Subs. After all was said and done, here are the final results:
1st - Gary Tipton - 485.6 laps
2nd - DC Dynamo - 464.4 laps
3rd - Craig Rieland (Fly Racing) 463.4 laps
4th - Racerbob 461 laps.
5th - Scary Gary - 442.3 laps
6th - Al Christensen (meat) 440.9 laps
7th - Bartman - 438.9 laps
8th - Stewmeat - 409.8 laps
9th - Rob -394.3 laps (also won Racer's Choice)
10th - Rico - 377.3 laps
11th - Hersh - 332.6 laps
12th - Doug - 320.2 laps
13th - Gearloose - 295.8 laps
14th - Mitch - 261.2 laps
15th - Bad Billy - 161.0 laps
16th - Herb - 27.9 laps
Gobs of fun ... especially with the side by side battles and close car performances and lap totals and not knowing the results till the last heat.
Yet another thrilling race at Springwater Raceway!
Thank you Bob for hosting and opening our racing season with the Patriot 500!
Here's some photos I took at the event:
Left side of track at the Donut. Denni8s standing and Douglas seated at his pit area.
With controllers in hand, Gearloose and Gary K. get in some practice. Seated behind, left to right: John, Al, Gary T., Mitch.
Our host Bob N. holding the driver's meeting. In rear left to right: Gary T., Rico, Hersch, Dennis.
Racers paid close attention during the driver's meeting! Left to right: Gary K., John, Al, Mitch, Rob, Herb.
The field for the 2022 Patriot 500.
Drivers get ready for the first heat. Left to right: Rob, John, Al, Bart.
You can tell this was taken early in the race. It still looks really good!
Al servicing his car between heat races.
The calm between rounds.
Douglas cooling his car down between heat races.
This guy is THE up and comer! He is no longer the "new guy". He is now fast and consistent! (Plus he brings AWESOME cookies!).
A big thanks goes out to Herb (pictured right)! He broke early in the race but stuck around and turn marshalled all day long! Thank you Herb!
Craig came all the way down from Seattle to compete. He is FAST!
Gary T. and Bob waiting on the start of the next heat race.
So this is how my day finally ended. I battled problems all day long and thought I would be able to at least finish the race.........uh..........NO........Three wide in the bank ended badly for me!
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