There was another very good turnout with eleven (11) racers present for Points
Race #2.
The temperature was abnormally COLD this time of the year with
a High of just 58 degrees and the wind was blowing at 10 miles an hour which is
about 15-20 degrees off normal. The Racers from other tracks up north were
throwing us a curveball and cursed us this weekend.
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It was good to see Art Roper back at the track for just his
2nd ¼ Scale race ever.
We continued our preparation for the QSAC NCS#1 and we ran a
timed qualifying session.
The top 3 in Timed Qualifying were 1st Scott Harper (TNT) @ 6.251
seconds – Bonus Point for TQ of Qualifying, 2nd Jerry Evans (TNT) @ 6.355 and 3rd
Mike Clark (TNT) @ 6.408 seconds. A TNT sweep.
For full timing and scoring go to http://www.lagoonparkraceway.org/p/2015-track-championship-timing-scoring.html
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Group 1 Heat #1 Racers were Tim Smith, Cliff Scales, “Fast”
Eddie McCray, Wayne Rogers, James Adamson, and Art Roper.
Heat Results:
1st
Tim Smith (Lightning)
2nd
Wayne Rogers - 0.337 back
3rd
Eddie McCray – 0.609 back
4th
Cliff Scales – 2.113 back
5th
Art Roper
6th
James Adamson
Lap Leaders:
Tim
Smith 1-50
Fast Lap of the Heat – Tim Smith (Lightning) in 6.650 seconds.
Tim Smith had this race well in hand until a late caution
bringing out a Green, White, Checker Finish, but he would prevail for the Win.
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Group 2 Heat #1 Racers were Scott Harper, Jerry Evans, Mike
Clark, Eddie Dunn, and David Popham.
Heat Results:
1st
Scott Harper (TNT)
2nd
Jerry Evans – 0.547 back
3rd
Eddie Dunn
4th
David Popham
5th
Mike Clark
Lap Leaders:
Scott
Harper 1-50
Fast Lap of the Heat – Scott Harper (TNT) in 6.293 seconds.
Scott Harper would just dominate this race with only Jerry
Evans able to stay on the lead Lap. A late caution kept Jerry in the race but
Scott had the car to keep Jerry in 2nd.
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Group 1 Heat #2 Racers were inverted and had Art Roper on
Pole.
Heat Results:
1st
Cliff Scales (TNT)
2nd
Tim Smith – 0.335 back
3rd
Eddie McCray
4th
Art Roper
5th
James Adamson
6th
Wayne Rogers
Lap Leaders:
Art
Roper 1
Wayne
Rogers 2-3
Eddie
McCray 4-7, 9, 17-32
Cliff
Scales 8, 10-16, 33-50
Fast Lap of the Heat – Eddie McCray (Lightning) in 6.664
seconds.
This was the Race of
the Day as “Fast” Eddie McCray & Cliff Scales battled each other very
hard with side by side racing, cross over moves and just some great racing. Tim
Smith was right behind them waiting for somebody to make a mistake. Eddie lost
his handling around lap 33 leaving Tim Smith to catch Cliff Scales. Tim Smith
tried to run down Cliff but would come up just short finishing 0.335 seconds
behind for 2nd.
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Group 2 Heat #2 Racers were inverted and had Eddie Dunn on
Pole.
Heat Results:
1st
Scott Harper (TNT)
2nd
Jerry Evans
3rd
Mike Clark
4th
Eddie Dunn
5th
David Popham – DNS
Lap Leaders:
Eddie
Dunn 1-5
Jerry
Evans 6-7
Scott
Harper 8-50
Fast Lap of the Heat – Scott Harper (TNT) in 6.366 seconds.
No one could stay with Scott Harper as he lapped the field
which is not something you see with the quality of completion that is here at
Lagoon Park Raceway. Scott definitely had his cold weather setup dead on.
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Group 1 Heat #3 Racers had Tim Smith on Pole.
Heat Results:
1st
Cliff Scales (TNT)
2nd
Wayne Rogers – 1.302 back
3rd
Tim Smith – 1.975 back
4th
James Adamson – 3.359 back
5th
Art Roper
6th
Eddie McCray
Lap Leaders:
Tim
Smith 1
Cliff
Scales 2-50
Fast Lap of the Heat – Cliff Scales (TNT) in 6.636 seconds.
Cliff Scales was the best handling car of this heat even
though there were 4 cars on the lead lap. A late caution tighten the field back
up but Cliff just drove away from everybody for the win. Wayne Rogers had a
great restart (which he is known for) did move up to 2nd on the late race
restart dropping Tim Smith to 3rd.
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Group 2 Heat #3 Racers had Scott Harper on Pole.
Heat Results:
1st
Scott Harper (TNT)
2nd
Jerry Evans – 2.050
3rd
Mike Clark
4th
Eddie Dunn
5th
David Popham – DNS
Lap Leaders:
Scott
Harper 1-50
Fast Lap of the Heat – Scott Harper (TNT) in 6.341 seconds.
Jerry Evans made some headway and got closer in lap times to
Scott Harper but was Jerry was about a tenth off over a long run.
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B Main Racers were Eddie Dunn on Pole, Eddie McCray, Art
Roper, James Adamson, and David Poham who DNS. Three (3) of the drivers would
Bump Up to the A Main.
James Adamson would drop out on Lap 17 leaving the other
drivers in the Bump Up positions.
Eddie Dunn would dominate and lap the field.
B Main Results
1st
Eddie Dunn (Lightning) - Bump Up
2nd
Eddie McCray – Bump Up
3rd
Art Roper – Bump Up
4th
James Adamson
5th
David Popham – DNS
Lap Leaders:
Eddie
Dunn 1-47
Fast Lap of the Heat – Eddie Dunn (Lightning) in 6.618
seconds.
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A
Main lineup
1st
– Scott Harper (Bonus Point for TQ of Heats)
2nd
– Jerry Evans
3rd
– Tim Smith
4th
– Cliff Scales
5th
– Wayne Rogers
6th
– Mike Clark
7th
– Eddie Dunn
8th
– Eddie McCray
9th
– Art Roper
Tim
Smith would have problems early and would drop out on lap 27 and would finish
9th.
Two
(2) laps later Mike Clark would drop out with mechanical issues on lap 29 finishing
8th.
Scott
Harper and Jerry Evans would run 1st and 2nd in order until the halfway fuel
stop at lap 75. Cliff Scales would be 3rd, Wayne Rogers 4th, Eddie Dunn 5th,
Eddie McCray 6th, and Art Roper 7th. Not much passing action going on. Art
Roper was getting some very valuable track time and was making improvement in just
his 2nd ever race in ¼ Scale.
Cold
weather was really causing track lap times to climb during the first half and
there were also two slight rain delays during the 2nd half of the Main.
But
in the 2nd 75 lap segment both Jerry Evans (6.332 on lap 117) and Scott Harper
(6.483 on lap 126) ran their fastest lap times. Everyone else also ran their
fast lap times laps of the Main.
A
late race caution closed the gap between the top 3 and there was a restart on
lap 145. However no one could catch
Scott and he would Win the Main and the Bonus Point that goes with winning the
Main.
A
Main Results
1st
– Scott Harper (TNT) (Bonus Point for Win)
2nd
– Jerry Evans (TNT) – 0.425 seconds back
3rd
– Cliff Scales (TNT) – 3.180 seconds back
4th
– Wayne Rogers
5th
– Eddie Dunn
6th
– “Fast” Eddie McCray
7th
– Art Roper
8th
– Mike Clark
9th
– Tim Smith
Lap
Leaders
Scott
Harper 1-150
Fast
Lap of the Main was by Jerry Evans on lap 117 with a time of 6.332 seconds.
2015 Points Standings Top 3
1st
– Cliff Scales (TNT) @ 375 points
1st
– Jerry Evans (TNT) @ 375 points
3rd
– Eddie Dunn (Lightning) @ 370 points
Complete
2015 Championship Point standings @
http://www.lagoonparkraceway.org/p/2015-track-championship-points.html
