The Michigan Retro Racers held their third race on January 17, 2010 at TSS Hobbies.

Many new racers showed up for this one..retro is definitely on its way here...
Welcome to all the new guys from TSS, Skid Marks in Flint, & Boogie's in Jackson.

Once again, Bob Kurkowski drove up from Cleveland..thanks for coming again, Bob !
Bob had fixed his F1 car after the crash in December, and it ran good...



Once again, Nelson handled tech...



Here are some photos of the cars..










There were 16 entries for Can-Am. We started with qualifying.
This was my first time doing this..and it's really exciting...
Each racer ran for 30 sec, and the BLT is used.

Can-Am Qualifying - Rick D. showed the way. Racer X, Rick Rechonie, and Bob Foster also ran strong.

1. Rick Davis - 4.37
2. Ken Lawson (Racer X) - 4.52
3. Rick Rechonie - 4.55
4. Bob Foster - 4.56
5. Larry Langdon - 4.66
6. Bob Appelle - 4.70
7. Bob Kurkowski - 4.72
8. Nelson Swanberg - 4.75
9. Mike Chmielewski - 4.82
10. Mark Miller - 4.83
11. Mark "De Shark" Parus - 5.00
12. Boogie Man - 5.02
13. Randy Bussinger - 5.10
14. Mike Navetta - 5.37
15. Mr. Spove - 6.00
16. Mike Almond - Glitch - no time

Faster and slower racers were distributed into "A" and "B" mains.
All race heats were 2 minutes, so the lap totals are less than previous races.

"B" Can-Am Semi - My car wasn't on the line yet...





Bob Foster took the "B" win. He is one fast racer.

Can-Am Results - B Semi with laps completed and BLT

OVERALL PLACING AFTER BLT

1. Bob Foster 198 - 4.449 2
2. Bob Appelle 191 - 4.499 4
3. RacerX 185 - 4.448 6
4. Boogie Man 174 - 4.398 7
5. Nelson S. 166 - 4.621 9
6. Mike Navetta 148 - 5.331 12
7. Mike Almond - 135 - 4.827 14
8. Mark Miller - DNF/24 - 4.890 16

I ran an untested car with a McLaren body - not too smart !

Can-Am "A" Semi






In the A" Semi, Rick D. was behind, but drove a great race to take the victory. Rick Rechonie took a strong 2nd.

Can-Am "A" Semi - Laps/ BLT
OVERALL PLACING AFTER BLT

1. Rick Davis - 199 - Rider 1
2. Rick Rechonie - 196 - 4.449 3
3. Bob Kurkowski - 187 - 4.668 5
4. Mike Chimielewski - 172 - 4.672 8
5. Larry Langdon - 163 - 4.667 10
6. Mark Parus - 162 - 4.832 11
7. Spove - 144 - 4.999 13
8. Randy Bussinger - 41 - 4.94 15

We had 9 entries for F1, so this was run as a "round robin"

F1 Results - Rick won this one, despite being displeased with his F1 car.
Bob K. ran very strong to finish 2nd and Bob Appelle was third.

1. Rick Davis - 192 - 4.60
2. Bob Kurkowski 187 - 4.67
3. Bob Appelle 183 - 4.72
4. Bob Foster 179 - 4.76
5. Boogie Man 175 - 4.84
6. Nelson Swanberg 171 - 4.99
7. RacerX 166 - 4.87
8. Mark Miller 153 - 4.76
9. Mark Parus DNF/10 - 5.11

Thanks to our race director, our hard working corner marshals
Alyssa, Shelby & ? (Sorry..don't know her name) and to Bill Curtis
for another great race. Excellent turnout and racing.

Additional photos are on the "other" blog if you're interested.

The next race is scheduled for Feb 21. TSS will open at 9:00 and racing
will start at noon or 1:00 - TBD.

Thanks, Mark M.