2006 USRA Scale Nats - OWH "Almost Live" Coverage

**Quickerthanu** · 04-19-2006, 12:18 PM

Congrats Zach!!!!!!!!!First your brother, now you!!! Good Job Dude, and good luck in the rest of the races!

Josh B.

**oldweirdherald** · 04-19-2006, 12:48 PM

Hey Gang!!!

Follow OWH's "Almost Alive" coverage of the 2006 USRA Scale Nats - here in the Race Results Forum - and help to support OWH's ever-bulging bandwidth and server needs, as well as costs involved in covering events like this.

I'm not even racing this time out (let alone sleeping) - way too busy getting photos, video, results, & info - to share here for all those who couldn't make the trip, as well as for those who did make it and want to see the results.

This is where to find the Nats coverage gang, as there are no print magazine publishers here this year (for the first time in ages).

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**big tim daddy** · 04-19-2006, 02:28 PM

congrats zach. and james and chris rodrigez for there great finishes just wait till the nascar classes there gonna kick butt cause i tought james and zac every thing about nascar !!!!!!!!
lol

come on forsyth u can do better than that what happend to duran

**oldweirdherald** · 04-19-2006, 06:24 PM

Wednesday - April 19 - Cobalt-12 Eurosport - 18 Entries

To be run as 2 - 9 man round robin mains

Qualifying

TQ - Kevin Kosir - 3.0402

Concours - ???

B Main

1 - Alex Mole - 631
2 - Brian White - 567
3 - Art White - 563
4 - Zac Grinstead - 558
5 - Dave Bunn - 542
6 - Harold Rowe - 522
7 - Greg Doesburg - 444
8 - Raymond Batchelor - 427
9 - Bill Bugenis - 9

A Main

1 - Sebastion Alioto - 642
2 - Kevin Kosir - 625
3 - Marc Graessle - 622
4 - Tim Hould - 598
5 - Ron Southern - 598
6 - Jason Hooper - 575
7 - Mark Manion - 519
8 - Henry Burnside - 508
9 - Thomas Burnside - 434

C-12 Euro - Overall Results

1 - Sebastion Alioto - 642
2 - Alex Mole - 631
3 - Kevin Kosir - 625
4 - Marc Graessle - 622
5 - Tim Hould - 598
6 - Ron Southern - 598
7 - Jason Hooper - 575
8 - Brian White - 567
9 - Art White - 563
10 - Zac Grinstead - 558
11 - Dave Bunn - 542
12 - Harold Rowe - 522
13 - Mark Manion - 519
14 - Henry Burnside - 508
15 - Greg Doesburg - 444
16 - Thomas Burnside - 434
17 - Raymond Batchelor - 427
18 - Bill Bugenis - 9

**oldweirdherald** · 04-19-2006, 06:26 PM

Wednesday - April 19 - 1/24 Eurosport - 25 Entries

To be run as 3 mains - 8 in C, 8 in B, and 9 in A.

1/24 Eurosport Qualifying

TQ - Paul Gawronski - 2.7256

Concours - Raymond "Slapshot" Batchelor

C Main

R - Raymond Batchelor - WA
W - Jason Burnside - FL
G - Tim Hould - SoCal
O - Adam Shaw
Bl - Chris Radisich - SoCal
Y - Harold Rowe - NorCal
P - Lou Pirro - NY
Bk - James Grinstead - SoCal

Heat 1

1 - Lou - 85
2 - Chris - 83
3 - James - 79
4 - Adam - 77
5 - Harold - 74
6 - Jason - 73
7 - Tim - 70
8 - Raymond - 53

Heat 2

Heat started... went for about a min... and then the power went off. Overloaded circuit breaker apparently.

Computer had to be rebooted... reset to beginning of 2nd heat, and restarted from there....

Everything recovered ok. (Thanks to Raymond "Slapshot" Batchelor for getting the computer back to where it left off).

1 - Chris - 165
2 - Lou - 158
3 - James - 153
4 - Adam - 153
5 - Harold - 150
6 - Tim - 148
7 - Jason - 142
8 - Raymond - 115

Heat 3

1 - Chris - 249
2 - Lou - 241
3 - James - 237
4 - Adam - 229
5 - Harold - 227
6 - Tim - 224
7 - Jason - 220
8 - Raymond - 184

Now I'm caught back up and will go outside to upload....

Heat 4

1 - Chris - 331
2 - James - 320
3 - Lou - 309
4 - Adam - 307
5 - Tim - 299
6 - Jason - 297
7 - Harold - 295
8 - Raymond - 255

Heat 5

1 - Chris - 417
2 - James - 396
3 - Adam - 380
4 - Tim - 371
5 - Jason - 366
6 - Harold - 366
7 - Lou - 334
8 - Raymond - 324

Heat 6

1 - Chris - 499
2 - James - 474
3 - Adam - 457
4 - Tim - 451
5 - Jason - 439
6 - Harold - 438
7 - Raymond - 395
8 - Lou - 334

Heat 7

1 - Chris - 577
2 - James - 559
3 - Adam - 530
4 - Tim - 528
5 - Jason - 521
6 - Harold - 520
7 - Raymond - 433
8 - Lou - 413

Heat 8 - 1/24 Euro C Main Final Results

1 - Chris Radisich - 658
2 - James Grinstead - 635
3 - Adam Shaw - 607
4 - Harold Rowe - 597
5 - Jason Burnside - 596
6 - Tim Hould - 578
7 - Raymond Batchelor - 482
8 - Lou Pirro - 443

1/24 Eurosport - B Main

Red - Jason Hooper - NV
White - Peter Verdo - WA
Green - Joe Carr - NorCal
Orange - Frank Sarkela - NorCal
Blue - Kevin Kosir - WA
Yellow - Jonathan Forsyth - SoCal
Purple - Fred Hood - Nor Cal
Black - Jason Stone - SoCal

Heat 1

1 - Frank - 83
2 - Fred - 81
3 - Jason H - 78
4 - Kevin - 77
5 - Joe - 77
6 - Peter - 74
7 - Jason S - 64
8 - Jonathan - 61

Heat 2

1 - Joe - 166
2 - Frank - 165
3 - Jason H - 161
4 - Kevin - 151
5 - Jason S - 146
6 - Peter - 145
7 - Jonathan - 143
8 - Fred - 133

Heat 3

1 - Joe - 247
2 - Frank - 247
3 - Jason H - 246
4 - Kevin - 228
5 - Peter - 226
6 - Jonathan - 226
7 - Jason S - 218
8 - Fred - 133

Heat 4

1 - Frank - 335
2 - Jason H - 332
3 - Joe - 315
4 - Jonathan - 313
5 - Kevin - 312
6 - Peter - 310
7 - Jason S - 295
8 - Fred 133

Heat 5

1 - Jason H - 414
2 - Frank - 414
3 - Peter - 389
4 - Jonathan - 388
5 - Joe - 384
6 - Kevin - 380
7 - Jason S - 350
8 - Fred - 212

Heat 6

1 - Jason H - 500
2 - Frank - 497
3 - Jonathan - 475
4 - Kevin - 464
5 - Peter - 462
6 - Joe - 432
7 - Jason S - 420
8 - Fred - 282

Heat 7

1 - Jason H - 578
2 - Frank - 575
3 - Janathan - 556
4 - Peter - 545
5 - Kevin - 542
6 - Joe - 519
7 - Jason S - 491
8 - Fred - 297

Heat 8 - B Main Final Results

1 - Frank Sarkela - 659
2 - Jason Hooper - 656
3 - Jonathan Forsyth - 635
4 - Peter Verdo - 625
5 - Kevin Kosir - 623
6 - Joe Carr - 591
7 - Jason Stone - 568
8 - Fred Hood - 297

1/24 Eurosport - A Main

Red - Tracy Chin - NorCal
White - Brain Saunders - UK
Green - Greg Gilbert - SoCal
Orange - Alicia Gilbert - Wash
Blue - Herman James - NorCal
Yellow - William Burnside - Fl
Purple - George Russell - NorCal
Black - Mike Stahl - Oregon

Sit-out - Paul Gawronski - NorCal

Heat 1

1 - Brian - 91
2 - Greg - 89
3 - Herman - 88
4 - William - 87
5 - Alicia - 85
6 - Tracy - 84
7 - George - 81
8 - Mike - 72
9 - Paul - 0

Heat 2

1 - Greg - 181
2 - Herman - 171
3 - Tracy - 167
4 - George - 155
5 - Alicia - 155
6 - Mike - 147
7 - William - 128
8 - Brian - 91
9 - Paul - 88

Heat 3

1 - Greg - 270
2 - Herman - 255
3 - Tracy - 254
4 - Mike - 219
5 - William - 206
6 - George - 172
7 - Paul - 172
8 - Brian - 169
9 - Alicia - 155

Heat 4

1 - Greg - 349
2 - Herman - 342
3 - Tracy - 313
4 - Mike - 299
5 - Paul - 267
6 - Brian - 253
7 - George - 252
8 - Alicia - 234
9 - William - 206

Heat 5

1 - Greg - 434
2 - Herman - 431
3 - Tracy - 374
4 - Paul - 360
5 - Brian - 344
6 - George - 337
7 - Alicia - 322
8 - Mike - 299
9 - William - 286

Heat 6

1 - Herman - 518
2 - Greg - 493
3 - Tracy - 460
4 - Paul - 450
5 - Brian - 432
6 - Alicia - 412
7 - William - 369
8 - Mike - 343
9 - George - 337

Heat 7

1 - Greg - 553
2 - Tracy - 548
3 - Paul - 545
4 - Brian - 522
5 - Herman - 518
6 - Alicia - 494
7 - William - 455
8 - Mike - 423
9 - George - 421

(Greg & Tracy both have been in the pits, but have not sat out yet..)

Heat 8

1 - Paul - 637
2 - Tracy - 625
3 - Brian - 614
4 - Alicia - 580
5 - Herman - 561
6 - Greg - 553
7 - William - 536
8 - George - 513
9 - Mike - 506

Heat 9 - A Main Final Results

1 - Paul Gawronski - 726
2 - Brian Saunders - 698
3 - Alicia Gilbert - 670
4 - Greg Gilbert - 633
5 - Tracy Chin - 625
6 - George Russell - 605
7 - Mike Stahl - 592
8 - Herman James - 561
9 - William Burnside - 560

1/24 Eurosport - Final Overall Results

1 - Paul Gawronski - 726
2 - Brian Saunders - 698
3 - Alicia Gilbert - 670
4 - Frank Sarkela - 659
5 - Chris Radisich - 658
6 - Jason Hooper - 656
7 - Jonathan Forsyth - 635
8 - James Grinstead - 635
9 - Greg Gilbert - 633
10 - Peter Verdo - 625
11 - Tracy Chin - 625
12 - Kevin Kosir - 623
13 - Adam Shaw - 607
14 - George Russell - 605
15 - Harold Rowe - 597
16 - Jason Burnside - 596
17 - Mike Stahl - 592
18 - Joe Carr - 591
19 - Tim Hould - 578
20 - Jason Stone - 568
21 - Herman James - 561
22 - William Burnside - 560
23 - Raymond Batchelor - 482
24 - Lou Pirro - 443
25 - Fred Hood - 297

I would like to give a BIG thanks to Al Chuck - aka "Owl Chump" for his help typing the results of the Eurosport mains!
With Owl's help, I was able to catch up and take tons of pics during the race, and even eat my "Mr Pickle's" sandwich.

Owl helped me start up the OWH "Almost Live" Nats coverage back at the 1998 RGeo Nats, and has helped many times since then.

**Ron Hershman** · 04-19-2006, 10:38 PM

Good Job Paul and Brian!!!!! A BSP Sweep!!!!!!!

**Ron Hershman** · 04-19-2006, 10:39 PM

Any sneak peek of any rules proposals??????

**Chubby** · 04-20-2006, 02:49 AM

Congrats to mark G, On Gettin 2007 Div Nationals and the New Div2 Director, he just called me and its 5am, Congrats mark

Chubbie

**WellsnWood Arms** · 04-20-2006, 02:58 AM

Nice one Shorty
Wells

**oldweirdherald** · 04-20-2006, 03:31 AM

There were 37 rules change proposals voted on, plus another 2 pages of Eurosport rules proposals.

I'm not going to attempt to cover them all here, as all the results will be made available on the USRA web site soon enough anyway.

But I will share the results of the officer elections and the 2007 Scale Nats host site selection.

Scale Div Director: Mark Greene

Scale Tech Director: Bill Vanderziel
Assist Tech Directors: Herman James, Lou Pirro, John Emmons, Steve Forsyth, (and a 5th person whom I can not remember right now).

Scale Comm Dir: Greg Wells

The 3 raceways bidding for the 2007 Scale Nats were:

The Track - Gaithersburg, MD
Gerding King, Lou Pirro's UK Black

Keystone Raceway - Palmyra, PA
Ogilvie King, New Gerding custom flat road course.

Slot Zone - Nanuet, NY
King Track, Engleman, Lazy 8

The first vote was to narrow down the selection to 2, and then go to a 2nd vote for the final winner.

After the first round it was narrowed down to The Track and Keystone. Slot Zone gave an excellent presentation and has an impressive facility, but the main drawback voiced by racers was that the lazy 8 Windsor track was not sufficiently technical to host Eurosport races.

The 2nd vote was very close, with Keystone Raceway winning the bid to host by just 2 votes over The Track.

Congradulations to Mark Greene, who will not only be the USRA Scale Div Director, but also will be the 2007 USRA Scale Nats Host Site!

**Tmoore** · 04-20-2006, 03:43 AM

Boy Mark .. you're going to be one busy person next year. I'll be talking to you real soon.

Tony

**oldweirdherald** · 04-20-2006, 05:01 AM

I uploaded more pics from the fun & frolics at the Scale Nats...

2006 USRA Scale Nats Photo Gallery

**Multiracer II** · 04-20-2006, 05:21 AM

brought to us by " KOLFORD ENGINEERING " ???????
Ron

BTW... what happened with the King of the hill cars ?

**flea** · 04-20-2006, 09:55 AM

Congratulations Mark Greene!!! You da' man!

I guess now I'll have to work on my scale program... or lack there of...

**oldweirdherald** · 04-20-2006, 12:09 PM

After an extremely long day of intense racing, the King of the Hill race was much more like a big party then a competition.

For those who don't know - the King of the Hill race is basically a "run what ya brung" qualifying competition on the King Track (it was originally held on the old Hillclimb). Entrants ponied up cash per try, and winner took home the pot.

Everyone was laughing their heads off as they basically tried to destroy their Eurosport cars pushing them way over their limit on the clean and slick King Track.

When the cars got loose, they launched into some wild cartwheels, and when they got traction they made some loud THUDs when they crashed - followed by a room full overgroan kids laughing their heads off as they abused their $500 cars for a shot at the cash prize pot.

I didn't get a printout of the results... not sure if there was one... I'll ask Race Director Harold Rowe today...

The winner was 13 year old Zac Grinstead - who had the top time in the first round of 3.2, and then improved it again in the 2nd round to 3.1 to seal the deal with the top 2 times, in spite of Frank's valient efforts.

It was a lot of fun, and a great way to wind up a long day of racing.