Jeff Albitz - The Badlands Raceway - 4-16-16

[TuscoTodd]

Had an opportunity to join a couple fellow HRW members for a race at Jeff Albitz's "The Badlands Raceway" yesterday - and to say that it was a great time would be an understatement!

Pictures of the track:






We ran three classes through the course of the evening.
First up were stock t-jets with NASCAR bodies. (the only mods to the chassis allowed were the upgrade to double flange wheels / tires with a max width of 1 1/8"

The field lined up for tech inspection... :)




First to the line was:
Red lane: Jeff Little and his white and red Pontiac
White lane: Jim Buffington and his white and blue Torino
Blue lane: my red Daytona
Yellow lane: John Egan and his red and black Torino




Rotating into the racing action on red lane through the course of the racing were the following racers:

Dave Wilson and his black Fairlane




Ben Hill and his light blue Daytona




Jeff Albitz and his white SPAM Torino




Tom Lauterbach and his red, white and blue Fairlane




Paul Allen and his blue Yenko Chevelle




Jeff Lauterbach and his red and white Fairlane




Terry Peterson (Slot Therapist) and his Wild Indian Pontiac




Tom DeLauder (gonegonzo) and his white Torino




The track with it's high speed banked corner, changing elevations, squiggle section, switch back loop and dogleg in the back stretch definitely kept everyone on their toes and made for some GREAT racing action with a number of positions coming down to just mere sections after 12 minutes of racing!
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Here are shots from the racing action!










































When the checkered flag fell - the finishing order was as follows:




The cars in their finishing order:




Definitely a FUN class on this track!
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[TuscoTodd]

The next class to take to the track were the Super Stock T-jets!
These cars were all built to either FRAY or ECHORRS rules, where the stock chassis and a 16 ohm armature are required - but aftermarket wheels, tires, gears, bodies, etc are allowed and the width can go up to 1 5/16".

Here is the field lined up for tech inspection. :)




First to the line was:
Red lane: Tom Delauder and his orange Corvette
White lane: Jeff Lauterbach and his red and white Mustang
Blue lane: Ben Hill and his blue Corvette
Yellow lane: Terry Peterson and his metallic blue Mustang




Rotating into the racing action on red lane through the course of the racing were the following racers:


John Egan and his yellow Corvette




Jeff Albitz and his orange Celica
(and then as his sub after a mechanical issue - black and green Corvette)






Jeff Little and his green Scion




Paul Allen and his orange Challenger




Dave Wilson and his green Mercedes




Jim Buffington and his orange and black Corvette




My white Challenger




Tom Lauterbach and his red, white and blue Celica






Shots from the racing action!






















When the checkered flag fell - the finishing order was:




Pics of the cars in finishing order (note - the cars in seventh and eighth were accidentally reversed in the series below)

[TuscoTodd]

The final class of the evening was NASCAR Magna-Traction!

Here is the field lined up for tech!






First to the line was:
Red lane: Tom Lauterbach and his White and Orange Chevelle (replaced shortly there after with a blue Daytona due to a mechanical issue)
White lane: Dave Wilson and his matching White and Orange Chevelle
Blue lane: Jeff Little and his Red Road Runner
Yellow lane: Ben Hill and his Red Charger






Rotating into the racing action on red lane through the course of the racing were the following racers:

Preston Ferris and his Red and White Magnum




Jeff Lauterbach and his Yellow and Black Charger




Terry Peterson and his Blue and White Mecury Stocker




Mark Ferris and his Black and Red Keystone Charger




Jim Buffington and his Green and Black Charger




Jeff Albitz and his Red & Blue Petty Charger




Paul Allen and his Orange Home Depot Stocker




My White, Yellow and Red Matador




John Egan and his Yellow and Black Charger





Pictures from the racing action (and boy was there some great action - including the last shot which is how the cars ended on the last heat - WOW!!!)
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When the checked flag dropped - the finishing order was:




Cars in finishing order:
















All in all - a GREAT day of racing!
:banana-dance:

[vabchrog]

Badlands is an appropriate name as that is one bad ass track and some great looking cars

[HomeRacingWorld]

WOW!!!! Just...yeah, WOW

[BIG E]

Looks like that was a great event! I especially like the Aurora based Thunderjet stockers and the A/FX Magna Traction cars.
Congrats to the promoter and all who participated. Enjoy! -- Ernie :>)