Saturday at the races! ICEMAN raceway & The Icehole!

[TuscoTodd]

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Slot Therapist invited a number of us to his home for some good times and great racing!
In addition to our normal group - Z-carfan made the trip up from Gallena, OH to join in the fun as well!

Apalmer was on site to complete an upgrade of the Icehole's timing system to incorporate a light bridge to allow use of the "Fuel Race" feature in Race Coordinator. To say this made for some great fun would be an understatement!
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The action started off with the open wheel / Whelen Modified cars!
The drivers and their cars were:
Our host - Slot Therapist and his blue flamed machine:


APalmer and his iridescent yellow #11


Z-carfan and his "factory White" machine (shown on the starting line):


Steve Reed and his yellow #55


Russell May running his yellow #24


And me and my black #8



Pictures from the racing action!



















To say that these cars were a riot to race would be an understatement!
In addition to the drifting, rubbing and racing fun - the added dimension of having to watch your fuel usage (which is on a curve, so the faster you go, the faster it burns it!) and co-coordinating making the stop under the timing lights to refuel ramped the fun another notch!
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When the smoke cleared - the finishing order fell as:


Definitely a great time!
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[vonsirius]

Looks fun!
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[TuscoTodd]

The next class to hit the track were the Friday Night Late Models!

The drivers and their cars were:
Our host - Slot Therapist and his yellow Shorty's #6 ride:


APalmer and his white Wally's Body Shop #7:


Z-car fan and his pink Joe & Sal's #3:


Steve Reed running his white #72


Russell May running his yellow #57 machine


And me running my blue #2 Miller Lite machine:



Pictures from the racing action!





















After all the nerfing, rubbing and drifting were done - the finishing results shook out as follows!
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[TuscoTodd]

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The final class on the Icehole for the afternoon were the Fairground stockers!

The drivers and their cars were:
Our host - Slot Therapist running his two-tone #7 Chevy:


APalmer and his red #9 Chevy


Russell May running his #121 English Motors machine


Steve Reed running green '57 Chevy


And me running my blue #5 Buick Riviera:



Pictures from the racing action!















When the dust settled - we had the closest result of the evening! With only 4 laps separating the entire field!
Talk about some great action! :D



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[TuscoTodd]

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The day finished out with a change over to the ICEMAN Raceway road course for some stock T-jet action!




The drivers and their rides were:
Slot Therapist running his high winding yellow and black Camaro:


APalmer stretching the legs of his newly acquired red & black Ford J


Russell May running his blue Yenko Chevelle


Steve Reed fielding his blue and white Grand Sport Corvette


Me taking my yellow Olds 442 to the track



Pictures from the racing action!





































This one was a wild one! With a whole lot of action on the track and then some wild action off the track when Terry's dog planted his paw in a mouse glue trap under the track and started fighting (unsuccessfully) to get away from it mid-heat! :lol: :lol: :lol:
(Track Call!) :)

When the dust (and fur) settled - the battle for first came down to segments with a lot of great racing going on throughout!


Definitely a great way to spend a Saturday!
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[Z-carfan]

I want to thank all the guys for welcoming me up for the races this weekend, and for the assist on spare parts and bodies! :banana-dance:

I am new to the Tjets and never understood why it is so popular. Well, I do now!!! This class of racing is inexpensive and wholly crap it was a hoot!!!
Sliding around on the oval was a blast, and the fuel option made the racing even more challenging.

I literally built this car before the event.
Original body:


Whelen Modified 3D Printed body:



It was my Auto World Chassis, a 3D printed body that Terry (slotherapist) sold me, and a set of front and rear wheels that Steve sold me from his massive goodies stash.
Some quick grinding to remove the magnet pocket with a borrowed Dremel so the car had clearance and that was it.
Within 15 minutes I was out competing and having a ball!!!
She will get some paint before the next event in two weeks (I Hope).

Well Todd, looks like I am coming back up on the 17th if you guys will have me. :banana-dance:

[TuscoTodd]

Mike - it was great having you up for the race!
These non-mag cars make for a WHOLE lot of fun racing - glad you enjoyed the action and look forward to seeing you at the next race!
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[HomeRacingWorld]

Ok ok, now Mr. Z is in this. What a great race event. And dammut boys! Look at the 57! Why am I singing "if I only had a brain" thinking of what Carrera could/should have done?

Have to say, the oval racing is pretty impressive. Should be considering the work on all the cars, not to mention the bodies.
As usual, I was really liking the Fairgrounds series.

Thanks for a great report.