First Annual Freedom 500

Well the dust has settled and what can I say other than thank you to everyone that came out and made the 1st annual Freedom 500 a complete success. There was 13 total racers with a couple of additional spectators that came and enjoyed the action. ( thank you to Tim and Mitch for stopping by and assisting with marshalling and the company as well ). Freedom Raceway is a new track to the circuit and for many people this was their 1st time over at my place to get a feel of what many refer to as a mini Springwater.

For this race we did the format of using a 1 time through race to help determine the "qualifying " order for the final 2 times through to complete the race.

In the 1st segment well call it, It was clear everyone brought their "A" game. We saw multiple people have 40+ laps per heat and it made for some close racing.  at the end of the 1st segment it came down to myself and Bart in the 1st/2nd slot with Flyin Bryan and Mike G tied for 3rd/4th.

1st segment results are as follows :

1st. Steven - 184 laps
2nd - Bart - 176 laps
3rd - Mike G. 176 laps
4th - Flyin Bryan - 174 laps
5th - Nak Nak - 173 laps
6th - Doug - 164 laps
7th - Meat - 162 laps
8th - Frank - 148 laps
9th - Geof - 145 laps
10th - Bad Billy - 144 laps
11th - Racin Greyson - 138 laps
12th - Gearloose Jr  - 130 laps
13th - Bazowie - 87 laps

After this segment we took a break for lunch which I am grateful that Leslie provided us with her home made Lasagna and Ceaser Salad.

After lunch and the re-shuffle we began the 2nd segment of the race which was a twice through with 3.5 minute heats. Yet again the racing would not let anyone down as everyone was side x side shaking up the run order. The final results came in as follows:

1st - Steven - 560 laps
2nd -  Mike G - 536 laps
3rd - Bart - 534 laps
4th - Flyin Bryan - 534 laps
5th - Nak Nak - 531 laps
6th - Meat - 507 laps
7th - Doug - 501 laps
8th - Bad Billy - 458 laps
9th - Geof - 448 laps
10th - Racin Greyson - 442 laps
11th - Frank - 441 laps
12th - Gearloose Jr - 436 laps
13th - Bazowie - 414 laps

Over their was over 6,000 laps laid down over the course of the day between practice and racing and what better way to finally give the track a proper break in. Aside from a few technical issues we had we the power source everything was a success.

I cant thank you all for coming out and checking the track out and I look forward to having many more in the future!!!