12/06/09
Henry's holiday extravaganza certainly was. The drive to Henry's house put
everyone in the holiday spirit. An overnight snow storm deposited 3 – 4 inches
of snow, that nice wet stuff that sticks to every branch. It looked like a
holiday card. Henry, how did you put that together? Oh right, Hiram had to drive
through it!
Approximately 30 racers turned out for 4 classes of racing. I say approximately
as not all racers participated in all classes. Most of these racers have seen
the Brad Bowman Randolph Raceway and that original orange Aurora tub track, but
today Henry unveiled not one but 2 new tracks for 2 classes. One was the
beautiful TKO Garden State Doval, a D shaped oval for running Indys and an
Aurora lock `n joiner recreation of the qualifying track for the 1962 Ford
Aurora Grand National race, for IROC Aurora vibrators. For those that don't
know, the vibrator was the predecessor to our beloved Thunderjet. And in keeping
with that vibrator race we used original steering wheel controllers. To level
the IROC plating field Henry sat this one out.
Okay, I'm sure those not in attendance wonder how 30 racers can race 4 classes
in one day? We split into 2 groups and ran the vibrator and super stock classes
at the same time. The format was 10 lap round robin heats scoring 6,5,4,3,2,1
(Randolph) 4,3,2,1 (vibrator) for each lane. Then switched tracks and ran again.
Here are the Randolph Speedway Super Stock results
Chuck Schaeffer 34
Hiram Durant 33
Rich Schmidt 31
Paul Kniffen 31
Rich Lemence 30
Ron 29
Joerinn 29
Brian Bright 29
Don Auriema 27
Georgie 3 27
Randy 26
Vic Quinones 25
Steve Geduldig 23
George 22
Sydney Nilsen 21
Steve Nilsen 20
Butch 18
Big Mac 18
Jamie 17
Jeff Crosley 17
Jason 16
Kid Racer 15
Mark Williams 15
Dave Lockwood 14
Jim Hoar 12
John Gero 12
Tim 11
Chief 10
Pops 6
Rich and Paul raced the best 2 out of 3 10 lap heats to break the third place
tie. And yes it took 3 heats.
The Vibrator Results
Chuck Schaeffer 16
Big Mac 14
Paul Kniffen 13
Jim Hoar 13
Ron 13
Jamie 13
Tim 12
Joerinn 12
Chief 12
George 12
Randy 12
Butch 11
Paul Morreau 11
Don Auriema 11
Hiram Durant 11
Georgie 3 11
Rich Lemence 10
John Gero 10
Steve Nilsen 10
Jason 9
Rick Morrisette 9
Pops 8
Kid Racer 7
Vic Quinones 7
Steve Geduldig 6
Jeff Crosley 5
Sydney Nilsen 4
Brian Bright 4
Rich Schmidt 4
The four racers tied for third ran another 10 lap round robin to determine those
spots
Paul – 14
Jim – 11
Ron & Jamie – 8
As you can see there was a lot of close racing today.
We broke for lunch around 1 Pm with that fabulous New York style pizza showing
up right on time.
For ease of computer set up we kept the same groups and began the afternoon's
events.
The Garden State Doval Indy Results
Henry Harnish 35
Paul Kniffen 33
Hiram Durant 30
Dave Lockwood 28
Rick S 27
Tim 26
Chuck Schaeffer 26
Joerinn 26
Vic Quinones 25
Don Auriema 25
Jamie 23
Paul Morreau 23
Rick Morrisette 23
Randy 23
Georgie 3 22
John Gero 20
Jeff Crosley 19
Butch 18
Ron 17
Chief 17
Brian Bright 16
Jim Hoar 15
George 2 14
Steve Geduldig 12
Steve Nilsen 12
Sydney Nilsen 11
Kid Racer 11
Pops 11
No podium tie breakers needed here but a lot of close racing.
The Tub Classic class results
Henry Harnish 36
Jeff Crosley 31
Brian Bright 29
Don Auriema 28
Dave Lockwood 28
Hiram Durant 27
Paul Kniffen 27
Georgie 25
Jim Hoar 25
Vic Quinones 24
Rick Schmidt 23
Chief 22
John Gero 22
Ron 20
Joerinn 19
Steve Nilsen 18
Kid racer 18
Jamie 17
Chuck 16
Steve G 15
Randy 13
Tim 11
George 10
Sydney Nilsen 10
Pops 7
Dave and Donnie ran a best 2 out of 3 10 lap shoot out. Again it took 3 heats.
Good racing guys.
Ribbons and prizes were awarded and the racing finished by 4 PM!
Of course those lingering good byes took almost an hour. What a place to hang
out, 4 tracks and big screen TV. Not too mention all the "holiday shopping" that
went on. Thanks Paul and Hiram for all the great stuff!
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Happy Holidays to all.
Henry Thanks for a great venue and hospitality!!
Joerinn
11/22/2009
ECHORR Race at Parsippany Slot Car Show
This day turned out to be a great mix of racers and collectors at one great venue.
There was plenty of vintage stuff to be had from the numerous vendors that set up
at the show. ECHORR held its second race at this show and once I again it proved to
be successful, collector’s racing and racers buying collector stuff. Thanks to Pete for
letting us use his show as a race venue. Thanks to Henry Harnish, Paul Kniffen, Dave
Lockwood, Randy Haydt, Rich Schmidt, Joe Rinn and others that helped set up and
break down the Grey TKO track. Speaking of TKO, they attended this show and had
an awesome demo setup!
We ran two races, one the popular VHORS SS/FRAY cars and the other a special IROC
with X-Traction chassis set up by Chuck Sheaffer, under the new Corvette bodies being
manufactured by Tom Stumpf and Bob Beers, man these are awesome looking and handle
really well, their debut was very successful. Tom said the bodies should be available
within the next 2 to 3 weeks.
The winner of the IROC race received a complete prototype set of the corvette bodies
and all others on the podium received bodies as well, thanks Tom and Bob!!
We also had a cameo appearance by Dr, Oogan himself, Chris DeAngelis, and he donated
some of his great springs as prizes for the VHORS SS/FRAY race. Thanks Chris!
Race Results:
VHORSS/ FRAY:
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Dave L
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61.53
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Hiram
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61.22
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Bruce G
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59.04
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Henry
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58.47
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Donnie A
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58.06
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Greg
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57.54
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Ray K
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56.46
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Jim
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55.15
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Steve N
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55.13
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Randy H
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55.06
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Mike P
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54.04
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Jeff C
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54.02
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Jamie Nice
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53.04
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Rich S
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52.4
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John G
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52.33
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Scott D
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52.03
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Vic
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51.52
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Kid Racer
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51.44
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Mario P
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51.33
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Anthony Z
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51.18
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Joe L
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50.44
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Brian Bright
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48.41
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Bill Hance
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47.03
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Dave S
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46.32
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IROC Results:
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Henry
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27.29
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Greg
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26.36
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Don A
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26.19
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Mike P (I beat Hiram!!)
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25.13
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Hiram
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24.44
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Dave L
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24.34
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Vic
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24.33
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Randy H
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24.15
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Steve N
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23.19
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Scott D
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23.16
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Joe L
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23.05
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Bruce G
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22.35
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Jeff C
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22.17
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Jamie Nice
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22.04
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John
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21.15
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Mario P
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21.07
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Rich S
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20.5
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Bill H
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20.43
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ECHORR Veteran’s Day Race Report – 11/08/09 – Thornbury Court Raceway
A total of 18 racers made their way to Thornbury Court Raceway in Westminster MD on a beautiful Indian
summer weekend. The racers started arriving on Saturday afternoon. We ran some laps, shared some tips
and set up a third track in the garage.
Racing started at 10:00 AM on Sunday after practice and breakfast. We would be running three classes of
t-jets on three different tracks. The racers were randomly placed in groups of 8. We started the VHORS SS/FRAY
race on the Bowman road course, 4 guys on, 4 guys marshaled. After they were done, they moved over to the
Tub track to race the Classic cars, again, 4 on and 4 marshalling. This format really worked well as we had both
classes done by lunchtime. After lunch it was upstairs to the Garage to run Indy cars on the Six Pack, here we
ran groups of 6 and were done racing by 3:15 PM.
Here are the results:
VHORS SS/FRAY:
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Paul K.
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57.06
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Hiram
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57.05
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Dave L.
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54.12
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Henry
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52.61
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Derek S.
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52.17
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Chuck S.
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51.35
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George III
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51.19
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Jeff C.
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50.43
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Randy H.
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50.42
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Don A.
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50.36
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Derek W.
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49.61
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Ian
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49.46
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Joe R.
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49.45
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Scott K.
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48.58
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Vic
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47.41
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B2
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47.37
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George III
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47.11
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Steve G.
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46.45
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Classics:
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Paul K.
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68.38
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Dave L.
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68.18
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Hiram
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68.09
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Henry
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67.32
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Don A.
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65.20
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Derek S.
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63.42
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Chuck S.
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63.41
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Scott K.
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62.31
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Ian
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62.30
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Vic
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62.23
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Randy H.
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61.34
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B2
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61.34
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Joe R.
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61.20
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Steve G.
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60.27
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George III
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60.11
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George
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58.17
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Jeff C.
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55.31
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Derek W.
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54.37
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INDY Cars:
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Paul K.
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129.14
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Hiram
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127.02
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Dave L.
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120.24
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Don A.
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120.08
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Henry
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120
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Joe R.
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116.18
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Randy H
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116.01
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Chuck S.
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115.25
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Ian
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111.14
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Vic
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110.14
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Scott K
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109.05
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George III
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109.05
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Derek W.
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107.13
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Steve G
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105.14
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Derek S.
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104.08
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George
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103.23
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Jeff C.
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97.08
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B2
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89.01
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As the results show, there was some close racing, but in the end it was the Paul Kniffen show, congrats to Paul on
the Trifecta!!
Everyone had a great time and we are looking forward to our next race e on 11/22/09 at the Parsippany Slot Car
show.
Watch www.echorr.com for club events and highlights.
Hiram
Joe Rinn's Annual Hillsborough Race - 09/22/09
There was a nip in the air early Sunday morning as 19 racers made their way to Hillsborough, NJ for
some ECHORR Indy and Super Stock racing. It was in the forties, hinting that fall and The ECHORR
Challenge are right around the corner.
Racers arrived early to set up the room and haul in the red Max Trax from Henry’s motor home.
Everything was up and running by 7:30 as more racers arrived loaded down with race boxes and
Dunkin Donuts coffee and pastries as well as some home made chocolate peanut butter bars by Dr. Evil.
The format of the day was 3 minute round robin heats for Indys and 4 minutes for Super Stock.
Ribbons were awarded to first through fourth in each class and Plaques for the top three combined scores.
Pictures will be posted to the ECHORR Yahoo group site.
Indy Results
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Henry Harnish
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120.07
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Rich Lemence
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117.19
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Dave Lockwood
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117.09
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Kevin Price
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115.08
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Vic Quinones
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111.18
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Bruce Gordon
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111.06
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Mario Pisano
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110.15
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Don Auriema
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109.10
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John Gero
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107.18
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Anthony Zampelli
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106.14
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Ray Kurtz
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105.06
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Jeff Crosley
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103.04
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Joerinn
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100.11
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Paul Graziano
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96.12
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Kevin McEvoy
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96.04
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Scott Beyer
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95.19
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Brian Bright
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94.15
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Randy Haydt
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80.15
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Super Stock Results
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Kevin Price
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204.14
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Dave Lockwood
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196.15
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Henry Harnish
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194.13
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Bruce Gordon
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191.04
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Don Auriema
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190.18
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Rich Lemence
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188.05
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Randy Haydt
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186.09
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Anthony Zampelli
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184.11
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Joerinn
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184.09
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Mario Pisano
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184.07
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Paul Graziano
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184.03
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Vic Quinones
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178.18
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John Gero
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175.13
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Ray Kurtz
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174.11
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Jeff Crosley
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172.06
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Brian Bright
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168.08
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Scott Beyer
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155.09
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Butch Beyer
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152.07
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Combined Scores
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Racers
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Indy
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Super Stock
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Total
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Kevin Price
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115.08
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204.14
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319.22
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Henry Harnish
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120.07
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194.13
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314.2
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Dave Lockwood
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117.09
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196.15
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313.24
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Rich Lemence
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117.19
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188.05
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305.24
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Bruce Gordon
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111.06
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191.04
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302.1
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Don Auriema
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109.10
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190.18
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299.28
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Mario Pisano
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110.15
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184.07
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294.22
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Anthony Zampelli
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106.14
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184.11
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290.25
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Vic Quinones
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111.18
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178.18
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289.36
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Joerinn
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100.11
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184.09
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284.2
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John Gero
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107.18
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175.13
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282.31
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Paul Graziano
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96.12
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184.03
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280.15
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Ray Kurtz
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105.06
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174.11
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279.17
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Jeff Crosley
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103.04
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172.06
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275.1
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Randy Haydt
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80.15
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186.09
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266.24
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Brian Bright
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94.15
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168.08
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262.23
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Scott Beyer
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95.19
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155.09
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250.28
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Butch Beyer
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xx
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152.07
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152.07
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Kevin McEvoy
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96.04
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xx
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96.04
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It was a great day of racing and Thank you to everyone who helped set up, tear down and
brought breakfast.
It was also quite the birthday weekend.
Happy Birthday to Paul Graziano, Brian Kaplun (we missed you) and Henry Harnish. That’s if
from Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
I hope to see everyone in 2 weeks at the Challenge and drive safe.
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Chuck’s Invitational at Riverside Raceway – 06/28/09 – Race Report
First I would like to thank Chuck, Donna and Derek for their hospitality and great food!
A total of 13 racers from 3 states made the trip to Riverside Raceway, a unique challenging layout.
We raced three different events, VHORS SS/FRAY, INDY cars and a Smokey and the Bandit IROC,
oh yeah to make it even more interesting everyone qualified for the event running three laps with
a tractor railer.
Needless to say the day was a blast and a huge success for Chuck’s first race.
We ran VHORS SS/FRAY first and broke for lunch before the A main. Hamburgers and Hot Dogs were
the order of the day and there was plenty to be had along with a variety of drinks and adult beverages.
After we broke into Chris Mienke’s car to get his keys out, we went back inside to run the rest of the races.
Here are the results for the races:
VHORS SS/FRAY:
Hiram Durant 124.19
Chuck Sheaffer 123.49
Derek Sheaffer 121.50
Ron Schrader 111.26
Jay 107.47
George Bukovsky 107.38
Georgie Bukovsky 107.23
Bill Trotter 105.39
Chris (Where’s my Keys?)Meineke 105.29
Joe Hopkins 104.37
Jeff Crosley 101.45
Dan (The Man) Houck 89.48
Ben Schwarz 66.19
The main was decided with a 10 lap shootout and finished with:
Chuck and Hiram tied for first
Derek 2nd
Ron 3rd
Jay 4th
INDY Cars:
Hiram Durant 50.17
Chuck Sheaffer 50.07
Derek Sheaffer 45.46
Ron Schrader 42.22
Jeff Crosley 41.37
Bill Trotter 40.18
Georgie Bukovsky 40.15
Chris (Where’s my Keys?)Meineke 40.11
George Bukovsky 39.24
Joe Hopkins 36.07
Smokey and the Bandit IROC:
Derek Sheaffer 13 (The only segment won with a truck)
Hiram Durant 12
Chuck Sheaffer 12
Jeff Crosley 10
George Bukovsky 9
Ron Schrader 9
Jay 9
Bill 8
Georgie Bukovsky 8
Thanks to all that attended. It looks like this will be an annual, possibly a semi-annual race, so
watch out for the next one as it will be a blast!
Thanks again to the Sheaffer Family for hosting this race.
Hiram
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