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El Piloto Series Round 5 Race Results

Ary threw everyone a curve with Round 5 of the El Piloto Series, held last Thursday, May 19; he decided that we should race in the opposite direction!!  However, difficulties in the setup precluded the race being run in such an unconventional manner.  We resorted to the more familiar, if prosaic, race format. Nonetheless competition…

2011 El Piloto Series Leader Board – Race #4 Update

It was a balmy Thursday, Cinco de Mayo evening. The Pilotos eagerly awaited the 4th round of competition, but due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control,  Round 4 would be run with only 3 Pilotos, Roy, Russell, and Jim. Ary was present to run the race, but that meant only 4 people in total. It was decided we would run all…

2011 Trans-Am Series – Round #2 Update

The second round of the Trans Am Challenge was held this past Saturday the 23rd following the Slot It Challenge race.  The first round of the Trans Am Challenge was memorable for the amount of time the cars spent on two or fewer wheels and by the frantic actions of the few marshals to keep…

2011 Slot.it Challenge Q2 – Round #2 Update

Everyone was at the track early making sure they had time to get the track and the their cars prepared for what was promising to be a great day of racing.  The entrants consisted of Ary and his Porsche 956KH, Brian and his Porsche 962KH, Shawn and his Porsche 962KH, Russell and his 956KH, Jim…

2011 Trans-Am Series – Round #1 Update

The first round of the Trans-Am series was frought with peril for our intrepid drivers.  Reliability became an issue very early in the race for the two Mustangs. Ary had a motor wire break at the pickup solder joint and a bit further into the race Marty’s car started to sound like a 1:1 Mustang…

2011 Slot.it Challenge Q2 – Round #1 Update

The first race of the second quarter of the Championship series saw racers testing and tuning right up to “lights out.” Several new liveries debuted this weekend, all Porsche 956 and 962’s.  We saw a Warstiener 956, the new Marlboro “Bar Code” 956, and a custom 962 Shell livery take to the track.  (A new…