Monkey Wrench Invitational - Good times!!!
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 9:05 amI had the honor of being invited to fellow HRW member gonegonzo (Tom Delauder)'s home for an invitational race yesterday with racing on two of the three portable tracks that make up "Monkey Wrench Speedways" - to say that it was a good time would be an understatement!
After a an early afternoon "track opening" followed by a bit of practice action, we were all treated to some very tasty homemade chili and corn bread served up by Tom and his wife before diving into the racing action! :D
The evening's racing kicked off on the Monkey Wrench 4-lane road course:
The first class was stock T-Jet Tran-Am (using the original stock skinny rear tires).
Action in this class was outstanding! There was a lot of great door to door / cat and mouse type racing while everyone tried to keep the balance between smooth power application / drifting while not loosing any time to the competition! :)
After 3 minutes in each of the four lanes, it was track owner and host Tom DeLauder (gonegonzo) that grabbed the podium gold with his '63 Vette! This was followed by John Egan and his '67 Vette locking up silver, and my '67 Camaro in for the bronze. Nipping at the heals of the podium finishers were Dave Wilson's '70 Camaro, Bob Young's '63 Vette and Sumpy Stone's "Gray Ghost" '64 Pontiac. :banana-dance:
Unfortunately, I didn't think to start snapping pictures until this race concluded - but did get a shot of the field in finishing order :)
(I also have a video and as soon as I can get it uploaded will link it here as well)
Next up was Super Stock T-jet "Muscle Car" action - also on the Monkey Wrench 4-lane road course!
For this class - it was Dave Wilson's '68 Chevelle that was the car to beat - it charged to the front of the pack and staying there flag to flag netting podium gold! John Egan used his '71 Challenger to claim his second silver of the evening with Bob Young and his '71 Challenger coming in with a strong third place finish to lock up the bronze! The balance of the field was finished out with my '66 Nova, Tom DeLauder (gonegonzo)'s '71 Challenger and Stumpy Stone's '67 Chevelle. (again some great door to door action with some VERY close racing mid pack!)
Here is the finishing order - followed by a couple shots from the action!
After a an early afternoon "track opening" followed by a bit of practice action, we were all treated to some very tasty homemade chili and corn bread served up by Tom and his wife before diving into the racing action! :D
The evening's racing kicked off on the Monkey Wrench 4-lane road course:
The first class was stock T-Jet Tran-Am (using the original stock skinny rear tires).
Action in this class was outstanding! There was a lot of great door to door / cat and mouse type racing while everyone tried to keep the balance between smooth power application / drifting while not loosing any time to the competition! :)
After 3 minutes in each of the four lanes, it was track owner and host Tom DeLauder (gonegonzo) that grabbed the podium gold with his '63 Vette! This was followed by John Egan and his '67 Vette locking up silver, and my '67 Camaro in for the bronze. Nipping at the heals of the podium finishers were Dave Wilson's '70 Camaro, Bob Young's '63 Vette and Sumpy Stone's "Gray Ghost" '64 Pontiac. :banana-dance:
Unfortunately, I didn't think to start snapping pictures until this race concluded - but did get a shot of the field in finishing order :)
(I also have a video and as soon as I can get it uploaded will link it here as well)
Next up was Super Stock T-jet "Muscle Car" action - also on the Monkey Wrench 4-lane road course!
For this class - it was Dave Wilson's '68 Chevelle that was the car to beat - it charged to the front of the pack and staying there flag to flag netting podium gold! John Egan used his '71 Challenger to claim his second silver of the evening with Bob Young and his '71 Challenger coming in with a strong third place finish to lock up the bronze! The balance of the field was finished out with my '66 Nova, Tom DeLauder (gonegonzo)'s '71 Challenger and Stumpy Stone's '67 Chevelle. (again some great door to door action with some VERY close racing mid pack!)
Here is the finishing order - followed by a couple shots from the action!
