Thursday - Aug 18 - Amateur G27

[oldweirdherald]

2005 USRA Wing National Championships
Buena Park Raceway
Buena Park, CA
August 12-21, 2005

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Thursday - August 18, 2005

Amateur G27 - 15 Entries

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Concours: Kenny Richins



Qualifying:



TQ - Kenny Richins - 1.7795 NEW WORLD RECORD!!!

(Amateur Group 27 World Record)

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Results will be posted following the end of each Semi


B Semi - Results

1 - Roger Schmitt - 338
2 - Bryan Struck - 321
3 - Earl Simpson - 314
4 - Ed Gibson - 312
5 - Wendell Smith - 290
6 - Bill Brown - 242
7 - Fred Kallen - 233
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Results will be posted following the end of the Semi

A Semi - Results

1 - Marcelo Triginelli - 348
2 - Mark Woday - 327
3 - Lyn Bunch - 307
4 - Kenny Richins - 281
5 - Darryl Atkin - 276
6 - Scott Smith - 257
7 - Mark Manion - 257
8 - Mike Peakes - 235

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Amateur Group 27 Main - line up at 4:30 PM PT

Red - Ed Gibson - Lynchburg, VA
White - Marcelo Triginelli - Jecaland, Brazil
Green - Kenny Richins - Moses Lake, WA
Orange - Roger Schmitt - Chicago, IL
Blue - Bryan Struck - Orange, CA
Yellow - Lyn Bunch - Louisville, KY
Purple - Mark Woday - Lemont, IL
Black - Earl Simpson - Atlanta, GA

Hit "Refresh" for heat-by-heat updates

Heat 1

1 - Marcelo - 89
2 - Lyn - 83
3 - Bryan - 83
4 - Ed - 81
5 - Roger - 78
6 - Earl - 74
7 - Kenny - 72
8 - Mark - 65

I don't remember seeing so many track calls in a heat ever.... a real crash-fest

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Heat 2

1 - Marcelo - 183
2 - Lyn - 179
3 - Ed - 178
4 - Roger - 174
5 - Bryan - 167
6 - Kenny - 161 (motor out)
7 - Earl - 149 (smoked motor)
8 - Mark - 129

Kenny's motor broke out and Joe (Chubby) ran it to the pits and had it back in seconds, even though he was pitting someone else - he just did it because he was closest. Nice to see such examples of sportsmanship - especially in such a crash-fest like this.

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Heat 3

1 - Marcelo - 274
2 - Roger - 264
3 - Lyn - 262
4 - Ed - 255
5 - Bryan - 234 (pinion)
6 - Earl - 231 (smoked motor)
7 - Mark - 216
8 - Kenny - 209 (motor out)

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Heat 4

1 - Marcelo - 365
2 - Roger - 359
3 - Lyn - 340
4 - Earl - 323
5 - Ed - 316
6 - Bryan - 291
7 - Kenny - 282
8 - Mark - 232 (broken, bent, etc.)

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Heat 5 - 5:26 PM start (mid-race tech)

1 - Roger - 459
2 - Marcelo - 453
3 - Lyn - 432
4 - Earl - 399
5 - Ed - 397
6 - Kenny - 355
7 - Bryan - 337 (pits)
8 - Mark - 232 (out)

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Heat 6 - 5:39 start

1 - Roger - 553
2 - Marcelo - 541
3 - Lyn - 521
4 - Ed - 493
5 - Earl - 431 (smoked motor)
6 - Kenny - 427
7 - Bryan - 337 (out)
8 - Mark - 232 (out)

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Heat 7 - 5:49 start (another tire tech)

1 - Roger - 644
2 - Marcelo - 616 (motor smoked near end of heat)
3 - Lyn - 615
4 - Ed - 593
5 - Kenny - 525
6 - Earl - 524
7 - Bryan - 337 (out)
8 - Mark - 232 (out)

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Amateur G27 Main - Final Results

(Official results after post-race tech)

1 - Roger Schmitt - 743
2 - Marcelo Triginelli - 721
3 - Lyn Bunch - 691
4 - Ed Gibson - 662
5 - Kenny Richins - 601
6 - Earl Simpson - 592
7 - Bryan Struck - 337
8 - Mark Woday - 232

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[John Emmons]

a nice looking car and a nice guy too. And apparently pretty fast as well.

Congrats.

John Emmons

[oldweirdherald]

After doing a bit of research - I have updated my post above.

It was not just a TRACK RECORD - but Kenny also set an AMATEUR GROUP 27 NEW WORLD RECORD as well!!!

And by the way.... with the concours winning car - also painted by Kenny (K3 Slotworks).

[meister340]

My father and I had to leave yesterday morning, did more people show up? Any more Europeans?

-jaeger

[Jesse Wagler]

Nice job Roger!

[UNCLE FRED]

Seemingly slow semi's........are they crash fests or is the foreign rubber build up making the track slick? Or both!

Fred

[meister340]

its the gears dragging after about 2:30, during the pro c-12 race just about everyone was dragging, and these heats are 4 minutes!!

-jaeger

[oldweirdherald]

Crash fest is an understatement.

I don't remember seeing this many track calls in a heat ever!

[UNCLE FRED]

Hey maybe the trick is to run .790 tires with a 36 tooth gear!

Fred

[R. Herrera]

bring it home bud.

Ron
congrats Rog yo da man
PS you da man too Tony!

[THOBART]

glad to see if I am not racing my car you can take it home to Chicago!!!

[Zippity]

Well done Kiddo

[Mike Whited]

Good run Lyn. Your first NATS, You did good buddy.

[mark g]

4 th at the Nats and a crash fest no less! See ya at the first mid-atlantic race

[MantaRay]

Congratulations.......You earned it

Be proud to bring the Plaque back to Chicagoland.