Thanksgiving Invitational

Sam Sr., Tony, Chip and Mike T race in the 3rd heat

Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 marked by my count the 4th annual Thanksgiving Invitational at S&S Speedway. A little history for the race, it started as the Chicken Chucker 250 with JJ winning the event. Slot.it C class cars were used. The second year, Hines Spotted Dick came on board for the Spotted Dick 250, and they remained the title sponsor for 2013 as well. For 2013, the race class changed to the 1/24 scale H&R chassis IMSA GTO cars were used. With the economy not really flourishing in the American Bread Pudding market, Hines Spotted Dick brought another British favorite along to help sponsor the race for 2014. Mr. Brain's 4 Pork Faggots Thanksgiving Invitational presented by Hines Spotted Dick became the official name of the event. Along with the name change the race organizers decided to change the car class as well. This year the Racer Sideways Daytona Prototype cars were chosen to compete.

John, JJ, Bill W, Evan and Sean marshal

The race format was also changed this year to be a team race. Each team had to use both drivers cars 2 times each, for each driver to race a total of 4 times. The race consisted of 8 heats per team, of 5 minutes each. Teams will be chosen by qualifying with the fastest driver with the slowest driver, the second fastest with the second slowest, and so on.

Qualifying began around 7:30 with all 12 drivers completing 5 laps, with the fastest lap counting for scoring purposes. When it was completed, the six teams were set. Scott and Mike T, JJ and Tony, Chip and Sean, Clem and John, Sam Sr. and Mark and Bill Wand Evan were the teams.

The racing began, and team strategy became the discussion as teams were looking for the most opportune situation. At the halfway point, JJ and Tony were in the lead with Scott and Mike T behind. After 20 minutes of racing, the finish order looked like this.

Finishing Order, Bottom left to top right.
Tony & JJ, Mike T & Scott, Sam Sr. & Mark
Clem & John, Chip & Sean, Evan & Bill W

JJ & Tony --------------- 300 Laps
Scott & Mike ---------- 294 Laps
Sam Sr. & Mark ----- 288 Laps
Clem & John ---------- 287 Laps
Chip & Sean ---------- 287 Laps
Bill W & Evan ------- 283 Laps

Clem & John finished ahead of Chip & Sean by position on the track.

Racing this week, Nov 3rd - 9th

KRP will be open Monday night at 6:30 for practice. Racing will be at S&S Speedway Thursday. We are racing Racer Sideways Group 5 and Vanquish Can-Am. See you all at the track!

Race Recap

Finishing Order

1st Evan, 2nd Tony, 3rd Mike M,

4th Bill, 5th Mark, 6th Sean, 7th Mike T

This past week saw some great racing action! Thursday night had old and new with LMP and Vintage GT. Racing was close in both classes with Scott leading Dean by one lap in Vintage GT and Dean edging out Scott and Sam Jr. by one lap in LMP.

Sunday was the first annual Bottom Feeders Invitational. Seven racers were in attendance, and a fairly strong field at that! Evan flexed his driving muscles in qualifying to run a fast lap of 7.993 sec.

The racing turned out to be very competitive, with 2nd and 3rd place finishing on the same lap, as well as 4th and 5th on the same lap.

The only driver to advance ahead of his qualifying position was Tony, Q'ed at 3rd, finished 2nd.

After the BFI we ran an IROC race including everyone that attended the event.

Vintage GT
LMP

Bottom Feeders Invitational Qualifying
Bottom Feeders Invitational Race

Carrera DTM IROC

Update from Oval track, Information for this week

We had a good turnout for the first oval race night at Clem's. We were able to get in two classes, Scalextric INDY and modern NASCAR. The heat racing made things fun, and we even had a surprise winner in each classes. Clem won hist heat in INDY cars, advancing him to the feature along with JJ. Joe won his NASCAR heat, and advanced also. Those that did not advance ran in the consolation race. Scott and Dean transferred from the consolation to the feature for INDY cars while Dean and Bill qualified for the NASCAR feature race. The full score sheets can be found below.

INDY car race
NASCAR race

Thursday, October 30th, we will be racing at Kozo Raceway Park. Classes for this week are LeMans Prototype 18k motor and our Vintage GT class.

LeMans Prototype 18,000 RPM

• Any LeMans Prototype car, 1994 – Present
• Motor limited to 18,000 RPM
• Gearing is open
   

Vintage GT (pre 1966)

• Any GT car raced before 1966
• Motor limited to 14,000 RPM
• Wheels must be similar to RTR
• Tires must be rubber

On Sunday, November 2nd, KRP will host their 1st Annual Bottom Feeders Invitational. Bill W. will act as the organizing committee and will have already extended invitations to all eligible drivers. The BFI will consist of twice through 2 minute rotation. The cars are to be our Slot.it 18k motor class. Everyone is welcome, and if there is enough interest, we will do an IROC race afterwards. The IROC race will include all drivers.

Racing Thurs., Oct. 23rd

Bill W., Tom 2, Mark and John practice on the Oval

This week, for a change, we will race on the Oval at Warrior Run Raceway. This is a joint effort between Kozo Raceway Park and Warrior Run Raceway managing and promoting the event.

The races will take a different format from our usual system, with Heat races, Consolation races and a Feature race.

Racing classes this week will be Modern NASCAR, Revell/Monogram Grand National NASCAR and Scalextric Dallara INDY cars.

As always, rules can be found in the top red banner to the right side, Car Class Rules

The Oval track will be open Monday, October 20th and Thursday, October23rd at 6:30 PM.

Recap from Sept. 25th

The Carrera DTM cars used for the IROC style 3rd race

This week KRP introduced a possibility for a new class, the Carrera DTM series. These cars are great in stock form, even with stock tires. In testing at KRP they were consistently running in the mid to high 8 second range, with an occasional low 8. These cars were used for an additional 3rd race, due to the swift completion of the regular classes. Included in this series of cars (pictured left) are the AMG-Mercedes C-Coupe DTM (yellow/red), the Audi A5 DTM (blue) and the BMW M3 DTM (black). There is an additional livery for each model available in the US, others available in Europe only.

KRP will attempt to run 3:00 minute heats for all classes moving forward, and maintaining records for each class as well.

Trans-Am

This week was Stock class, allowing only tuning and tires. Dean brought his a game and finished 1st with 59 laps. Scott cam in 2nd with 57 laps, and Mark got a podium finish of 3rd with 56 laps. 1st through 6th had only a 7 lap difference.

NASCAR

The Modern class of NASCAR is usually a favorite of everyone. This week brought the best and closest racing of the night. With all 8 drivers within 5 laps and 2 3-way ties for position by laps! 1st was Scott with 59 laps, and Joe just edging out Dean and Tony for 2nd with 56 laps each. John had a strong finish in 5th with 55 laps, and Bill, Mark and Mike finished in that order with 54 laps.

Carrera DTM IROC

The IROC race was thrown together, and the cars were fast! 59 must have been the magic number for the night, with Scott in 1st place with as many laps. Dean and Tony for 2nd and 3rd with 57 laps, and John (55 laps) and Bill (54 laps) finishing out the top 5.

All scoring data can be viewed by following the links below.

Trans-Am - Stock
NASCAR - Modern
IROC - Carrera DTM

Next Week Racing

Racing will move back to S&S Speedway for the beginning of October. Classes being raced are from the Touring and Le Mans category. Rules can be viewed here. The Touring class will be SCX GT, which do have lights Dean, and the Le Mans class will be the 1965-1972 Vintage class. Hope to see you all there!

Racing Classes for Sept. 25th

Picture from GT Slots Scalextric North American Nationals2012

We will be racing the Trans-Am - Stock class and the NASCAR - Modern class.

Doors will open at 6:00, and racing to start around 7:30.

Rules can be found by following this link
Class Rules

Recap from Sept. 18th

The evening got off to a slow start with a few trailers pulling up in time to start the race. A new racer to KRP joined in the fun, and Mike had a very good first run on the track.

First race was the Slot.it class, Mike made a respectable finish for his first race with 54 laps. Tony J had a brand new car, just losing the tie for 5th with 58 laps. John and Sean tied at 59 for 3rd place.

Next up, was the Carrera Can-Am class. Scott had some car issues, and only was able to compete in 2 heats. We had a 3-way tie for 3rd with Mark beating out John and Evan at 56 laps.

You can check all the stats by following the links below.

Can-Am - Carrera Results
LeMans - Slot.it Results

1/24 Trans Am 3 Legal Cars

Trans Am 3

(American Muscle Group)

2010-2014       Chevrolet Camaro

2005-2014       Dodge Challenger
2005-2014       Ford Mustang

 

 

Trans Am 3

(International Group)

2009-2013       Aston Martin Vantage GT-4

1995-1999       BMW E36

2001-2006       BMW E46

1997-2004       Corvette C5

2005-2013       Corvette C6

2010                Viper ACR-X

2006-2011       Ferrari 430

1995-2005       Porsche 996 GT3 Cup

2006-2009       Porsche 997 GT3 Cup

Fall/Winter Season

First, Welcome back to all the racers! As the Fall/Winter Season begins to rev up, KRP will work with the management at S&S to provide the schedule as soon as possible.

Early season racing has begun at S&S Speedway last night, Thursday, September 11th 2014. The usual front runners showed their strength. The evening also included the return of some racers who had taken time away, Some longer than others, from the NEPA tracks.

The upcoming week, Thurs, Sept 18th will see competition at Kozo Raceway Park. The classes will be Slot.it 18,000 RPM and Carrera Can-Am. The rules can be found on the master list here. Gates to open at 6:00 PM, racing starts at 7:30PM.

KRP will also be open on Mon, Sept. 15th at 6:00 PM for a test & tune session. All classes of cars are welcome.