Some notes from Hagerstown this weekend

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Although my son Corey & I were there this weekend to get his feet wet in his "new" AMX as part of the T&T and Footbrake events, it was a blast to see a bunch of the WVa AMC friends I've made over the years for the first time in w-a-y too long. Elmer & Kathy are first-class people with a nice facility well worth our 3-hour drive. Mike did a great job w/ his race, had a record turnout, and when you throw in the great weather, the weekend couldn't have been much better.

Looking forward to 2012...

-Don Bangs

[ken robinson]

That track has a very differtant tool / way to scrape the track . It worked very well . They are on to something , it did the job very quickly too . Thanks again Mike & your Mom too .

[Mike Carr]

You all are welcome.

Here are the race results from each day last weekend...finally got my notebooks and clipboards back from the track.

Saturday's race, 41 cars
Round 1:
Dave Camploito R/SA '96 Caprice def Jeff Ross F/SA '72 Cuda
Dan Fahey G/PS '96 Impala def Chris Bowman K/CM '84 Mustang
Larry Miller SS/FA '70 Cuda def Zach Ross A/FCM '00 Sebring
Kevin Anderson H/SA '69 Camaro def Luke Morris N/SA '82 Malibu wagon
Jeff Jewell SS/PAA-1 '67 Corvette def Doug Chervanik GT/LA '86 Camaro
Al Ross SS/KA '72 Challenger def Carroll Morris SS/IA '71 Mustang
Terry Knott H/CM '73 Dart def Mike Ross F/CM '72 Duster
Bobby Fazio G/PS /90 Mustang def Jack Matyas E/SA '04 GTO
Nick Scardelli GT/KA '85 Capri def Tommy SHeehan GT/IA '00 Sebring
Brad Ross B/FCM '00 Sebring def George Yago G/SA '85 Camaro
Augutus Adkins SS/B '69 AMX def Russ Linke Sr SS/IA '73 Corvette
Rick Golliday C/PS '95 Camaro def Eugene Chipps SS/PAA-1 '70 AMX
Roger Resse SS/DA '70 Chevelle def Danny Henderson SS/FA '70 Challenger
Jeff Roell GT/GA '88 Mustang def Tom Losket C/SA '69 Roadrunner
PJ Ballog SS/I '67 Camaro def Ronnie Proctor GT/GA '86 T-bird
Craig Tarbucco GT/CA '86 Camaro def Marc Labrecque GT/TC '01 S-10
Doug Linke GT/LA '97 Firebird def Bob Bender O/SA '69 Kingswood wagon
Ken Robinson D/SA '67 Camaro def Robert Brinkman SS/CM '62 Corvette
Aris Asdourian SS/C '69 AMX def Byron Worner SS/IA '96 Camaro
Brent Darroch B/FI '94 Camaro def Bill Taylor B/S '69 Camaro
Jeff Gardiner S/GTC '85 Cutlass bye run

2nd round:
J Jewell def Miller
Fazio def Knott
Trabucco def Scardelli
R Golliday def B Ross
Fahey def Darroch
Campolito def Anderson
Roell def Gardner
D Linke def R Reese
Robinson def Ballog
Asdourian def A Ross
Adkins bye run

Round 3:
R Golliday def J Jewell
D Linke def Fahey
Robinson def Campolito
Trabucco def Roell
Adkinds def Asdourian
Fazio bye run

Round 4:
R Golliday 12.53 (12.49 dial) def Adkins 9.12 (9.15) (Red)
Robinson 11.11 (11.07) def Trabucco 9.98 (9.83)
Fazio 13.53 (13.52) def D Linke 10.77 (10.78 (R)

Round 5:
Fazio 13.55 (13.53) def R Golliday 12.51 (12.51) (R)
Robinson bye run (11.85)

Final:
Robinson 11.089 (11.08) .013 RT def Fazio 13.496 (13.55) .052

Ken Robison wins the 2nd Annual Mason-Dixon S/SS race over Bobby Fazio. It was to pay $900 winner and 400 R/U, but they elected to change it to 800 and 500. Not bad for a $50 entry. Semi paid 200, 1/4 paid 100 and 3rd round paid 50. The 41 cars was about as big as a normal Sunday race for car count.


Sunday's race, 63 cars ran
Round 1:
Luke Morris def Bob Schmalz E/SA '69 Camaro
Nick Scardelli def Patrick Fox SS/IA '69 AMX
Mike Cashman HF/SA '95 Escort def Chris Bowman
George Yago def Wallace Dent C/SA '00 Camaro
Chris KIlraine H/A '67 Fairlane wagon def Terry Knott
Bobby Fazio def Larry Pappas B/SA '00 Firebird
Roger Reese def Eugene Chipps
Ronnie Dicks H/SA '69 Camaro def Dan Lattimore D/SA '70 Cutlass
Bill Taylor def Steve Klacik H/PS '89 Mustang
Shelby Hurley Q/SA '55 Chevy def Doug Chervanik
Vic Guilmino D/SA '71 Mustang def Garret Reese SS/KA '64 Nova
Brian Fain SS/M '69 AMX def Bill Eyring I/SA '87 Camaro
Dan Henderson def Bob Bender
Bubba Linke SS/JA '73 Corvette def Bob Cupp SS/KA '65 Malibu
Marc Labrecque def Brad Ross
Jack Matyas def Carroll Morris
Holgar Kurshner F/SA '71 Duster def Rick Golliday
Nicole Dimelar H/CM '72 Duster def Ryan Horensky A/SA '67 Shelby
Ken Robison def Jeff Gardiner
Ed Newton SS/AX '80 Monza def Bart Kilraine D/SA '69 Cougar
Larry Miller def Ron Urquhart E/SA '68 Camaro
PJ Ballog def Marty Flegal Sr I/SA '88 Camaro
Craig Trabucco def Byron Worner
Doug Linke def Dave Campolito
Jeff Ross def Augustus Adkins
Robert Brinkman def Mike Ross
Larry Jewell def Jim Evanuik GT/A '02 Escort
Carl Schodde Jr GT/HA '93 LeBaron def Aris Asdourian D/SA '69 AMX
Tommy Sheehan def Kevin Anderson
Larry Mohar SS/IA '69 Camaro def Gene McBean SS/FA '69 Mustang
Jeff Roell def Jeff Jewell
Harry Golliday SS/F '67 Camaro bye run

Round 2:
Guilmino def Cashman
L Morris def Matyas
Dicks def R Reese
Sheehan def Ballog
Roell def Henderson
Brinkman def B Linke
Mohar def Yago
Labrecque def Robinson
Dimelar def Fazio
Schodde def Fain
Kurshner def Hurley
Miller def Scardelli
H Golliday def Trabucco
L Jewell def C Kilraine
J Ross def Taylor
D Linke def Newton

Round 3:
L Morris def Guilmino
Roell def Labrecque
Schodde def H Golliday
L Jewell def Dimelar
Mohar def Dicks
Miller def Sheehan
J Ross def D Linke
Kurshner def Brinkman

Round 4:
L Jewell 9.49 (9.48) def Ross 11.14 (11.16)
L Morris 12.54 (12.54) def Kurhner 10.88 (10.89)
Miller 9.87 (9.84) def Schodde 10.37 (10.35)
Mohar 9.97 (9.95) def Roell 9.98 (9.97)

Round 5:
Miller 9.84 (9.83) def L Morris 12.54 (12.53)
L Jewell 9.50 (9.48 def Mohar 9.96 (9.95)

Final:
L Jewell 9.479 (9.48) .034 def Miller 10.17 (9.84) -.018 Red

Larry Jewell, who won the Dutch Classic three weeks earlier, caps of the season with a win in the 11th annual (named) Lee Sherman Memorial S/SS race and takes home over $2K for the win. Larry 'Bunk' Miller, who won this race in '04 and was R/U in '09, just missed the tree, and takes home $1K for the r/u.

We had 73 total cars for the weekend; several broke on Saturday or Sunday morning. Weather was great; sunny, a bit breezy, and air that, most of the weekend, corrected to numbers at or below sea level. The track, which was a bit suspect at times Saturday, was much better for Sunday.

I thank everyone who came out this past weekend (and to all the racers who attended our events in 2011). 2012 should be a better year with possibly some money/sponsors coming on board. So if you don't get caught up in the usual 'spending 3-4 days at a track chasing a Wally' kind of stuff, come out and race with us next season. It's the only way our series will be able to continue beyond next season.

Look forward to seeing you in 2012!!