ChuckLicata Posted June 7, 2003 Report Share Posted June 7, 2003 Hey gang... Ok, here's some of my notes on the ROMCO race...please keep in mind: some parts of these notes MAY BE WRONG...I had a few disadvantages while trying to jot down notes (for instance, the scoreboard kept posting the #113 car as "3", the #51 car as "1", and so on....if any fans/crew members/drivers can add to this or correct me, that's fine--just don't jump my case for being wrong! Christy Ganem was a BIG HELP--She was sitting next to me with a scanner... Here are a couple things to keep in mind before I get into the race: 1) The race started at 4 P.M., and it had a 1 hour, 15-minute time limit; the race HAD to be over by 5:15 p.m. so the IRL could start practice on time...The full race, if run, was scheduled for 70 laps 2) Pit road speed limit was 45 MPH 3) Any lap on here with a YELLOW means it was a yellow-flag lap 4) ALL CARS WILL BE IDENTIFIED BY NUMBERS ONLY...FOR A COMPLETE RUNDOWN TOMATCH DRIVERS W/CAR NUMBERS, PLEASE SEE MY "ROMCO QUALIFYING" Ok, here we go.. 4 p.m.--GREEN FLAG---LET'S GOOOOO RACING!! Lap 6) 14 smoking (tires or engine? don't know); 15 into the pits; 33 passes 96 for the lead Lap 8) Top 10 is 96, 33, 113, 44, 13, 52, 50, 59, 51, 19 Lap 9) Cars 73 & 16, being told they're too slow; 99 & 39, 1/2 lap off pace; 96 (leader) draws near lapped traffic Lap 10) 14 car ignoring black flag from lap-9, scorers have stopped scoring 14 car Lap 11) Cars bunched 3rd thru 8th position; 16 onto pit road; 29 given black flag Lap 12) GOING YELLOW (#1) FOR 14 CAR IGNORING BLACK FLAG 33 has dropped to 4th place; 49 car is 3/4 lap off pace Lap 13) YELLOW Top 10--96, 113, 44, 52, 50, 59, 13, 33, 51, 19 14 into pits; radio chatter saying he's not allowed back on track; 14 goes back out on track Lap 15) YELLOW 73, 16, 2 cars being told they're too slow, if they get passed in 4 green flag laps they'll have to leave the track; 49 into pits, sounds like he only has 3rd and 4th gears... (later, same lap) ROMCO officials calling for 14 to be put on trailer; direct quote "Tell (14) spotter that he can go home, too!" Lap 18) YELLOW 14 pulls into pits and off track Lap 19) RESTART Top 5--96, 113, 44, 52, 50 Lap 20) Top 9 cars racing in "packs" of 3 Lap 21) 96 & 113 have 5-car length lead on 44 car (3rd place); 151 into pits Lap 24) Here's the field as I had it--96, 113, 44, 52, 50, 13, 131, 59, 8, 19, 32, 51, 00, 47, 99, 39, 07 Lap 25) 96 & 113 have 8-10 car-length lead on 44, who's out "on an island" between 1/2 and 4th place car Lap 27) YELLOW #2 99 car, 1/2 lap off pace; 19 & 8 having GREAT race for 9th-10th places Lap 28) YELLOW 66 into pits; Top 10--96, 113, 44, 52, 50, 13, 131, 59, 19, 8 Lap 29) RESTART, THEN QUICK YELLOW #3 Reports that #13 car had a cut tire, yellow comes out before they complete a lap Lap 31) YELLOW 13 into pits; 151 out from behind fence and back into race; Top 10---96, 113, 44, 52, 50, 131, 19, 8, 51, 13 Lap 32) RESTART Lap 33) 13 being called back into pits b/c of groove in tire; 66 car crawling around Turn 4 into pits Lap 34) 96 & 113 pull 5 car lengths ahead of 3rd; 3rd thru 8th cars running tight in pack Lap 37) Top 10--96, 113, 44, 52, 131, 59, 50, 19, 8, 52; 96 car being reeled in by 113 car, both are 12 car lengths ahead of 3rd place car Lap 39) 13 into pits; total of 25 cars on the track Lap 41) YELLOW/SMOKE OUT OF 00 CAR COMING OUT OF TURN 4 00 driver climbs out of car; goes to Infield Care Center; 00 car is stopped right at pit entrance, pits are closed; reports of fluid on the track Lap 44) YELLOW 00 car towed away; officials checking 49 to see if he can get up to speed running on 2 gears Lap 49) RESTART 131 and 44 get great jump on restart (maybe TOO good?); 52 sandwiched b/t 131 & 44; REAL SLOW car out of Turn 1, is the 99 car; 19 car has right fender flapping in air, loose from car Lap 50) YELLOW FOR 99 CAR Tow truck sent out to get 99 car; 19 being called into pits to work on right-front fender, crew works on it and 19 goes back on track Lap 54) RESTART 50-44-52 cars 3-wide on restart; Turn 3, 3-wide battle for 2nd place (52-113-131), 4 cars right behind them Lap 55) 96 pulling away; Turn 4--8 CAR SPINS ON LOW SIDE, SLIDES BACK UP IN TRAFFIC AND GETS HIT IN REAR BY 51 CAR, OTHER CARS TRYING TO AVOID MESS..51 CAR SMOKING BADLY, DRIVER JUMPS OUT OF CAR...8 CAR STOPS ON HIGH SIDE OF PIT-ROAD ENTRANCE, RACE IS RED-FLAGGED ON LAP 57...Reports that 64 car is out of fuel; Both drivers (8 and 51) reported okay and taken to Infield Media Center for precautionary measures...THIS OCCURS AT 4:55 P.M., 20 MINUTES BEFORE TIME DEADLINE.. 5 P.M.--PIT ROAD CLEARED; 64 CAR BEING PUSHED INTO PITS 5:01 P.M.--CARS RE-FIRE FOR FINISH OF RACE; TOP 10--96, 52, 131, 113, 50, 44, 59, 32, 39, 47 LAP 56) YELLOW 19 into pits 5:06 P.M.--RACE RESTARTED ON LAP 57 Battle for 2nd, 113 moves ahead of 52, 44 moves up in field Lap 59) 44 high-side on 52, overtakes him for 3rd place; 50 challenging 52 from behind Lap 60) 96 with a 2 car-length lead on 113; 44 2-car length lead on 52 for 3rd place Lap 61) 113 starts bearingdown on 96 for lead; both are 12-car lengths ahead of 44 car Lap 62) 50 passes 52 on inside for 4th place; 113 goes high on 96, still about a car length behind but closing in..113 running a high line on track Lap 64) 113 closer to 96 for lead; 5-car race for 4th thru 8th (one lapped car in the mix) Lap 65) 5:10 p.m. 30 CAR SPINS OUT ON BACK STRAIGHT IN FRONT OF LEADERS, LEADERS AVOID THE CAR; YELLOW FLAG COMES OUT; OFFICIALS SAY, "Let's try and finish this race!" Lap 66) YELLOW 30 car into pits; SOMEHOW, IN RACE TO START/FINISH, 44 CAR, WHICH WAS RUNNING 3RD, GETS PUT BACK TO 7TH PLACE--NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED HERE, BUT 44 IS 7TH ON RE-START Lap 66) RESTART @ 5:13 P.M. FIELD GIVEN WHITE FLAG ON LAP 67; 96 car remains 2 car lengths ahead of 113 out of Turn 2 on last lap; 96 holds that lead out of Turn 4 in race to checkered flag; FINISH UNOFFICIAL TOP 10 FOR YOUNG CHEVROLET 100 96\113/52/50/59/131/44/32/47/39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted June 7, 2003 Report Share Posted June 7, 2003 Thanks Chuck. Felt like I was there! Nick Holt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelracewriter Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 Man-o-man, am I gonna have teach you how to write a race recap???? LMAO But hey it beats a poke in the eye w/ a sharp stick. Why did they take an injured driver to the media center??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckLicata Posted June 9, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 Funny, Reb! Hey, it says clearly..."these are my NOTES".. Knowing it would help the web site, I started taking notes...someone behind me (no names) said, "Hey, quit taking notes! You're supposed to enjoy this, like you're on vacation!" I told him I had to put SOMETHING on the web site... Once a media member, ALWAYS a media member...and please, no kudos for doing it--this web site has helped me (and my show) a TON, I feel that sending you some notes from TMS was a way for me to pay y'all back... There you go, Mr. 2-Minute Media Man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SASPEEDRACER24 Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 Uhoh isnted of 4 min. he's only gonna get 2 now...... hahahaha Thanks for the recap Chuck hope you enjoyed it up there.... Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tqj3 Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 What happened to H. E. Naumann was that his spotter called the caution and H. backed off, but the officials didn't call the caution until after four cars went by, and they elected to leave H. E. in seventh instead of giving him his slot back. By the way, H. E.'s Dodge was running a Chevy restrictor plate motor from Joe Cantrell for the TMS race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckLicata Posted June 9, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 TQ, Thanks for the explanation. Everyone in the stands wondered what happened with H.E., as he certainly had the 3rd-best car out there and showed it the entire race! That's too bad... Marc, As you know, going to ANY race at TMS is a blast! Woulda been better if you coulda been up there taking pictures! And.....yah, Reb is down to 2 minutes on his next appearance in the MZone (we may give him 4 minutes again ONLY if he brings his Hooters' girlfriend!).. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchellracer Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 H should have been third. #14 was penalized for not having radio communication and #44 was penalized for having radio communication. Where is the moral of this story??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickHolt Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 mitchellracer, Chis was blackflagged for having a smoking car. H.E. was not penalized. He simply remained in the spot he was running when the yellow came out. But I get your meaning. Sometimes having radio communications works in your favor and sometimes it doesn't. Nick Holt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar2248 Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 Yes i only had 3rd and 4th gears, and during the second practice we had a cracked base plate on the carburator, during the race the car started bangnig out real bad so i pulled in and we changed jets again to lean it out, (before race we richend it up , didn't help), went back out on the track during the race and it still was banging out so i dunno... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchellracer Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 Thanks Nick, yes I do know about the information regarding both cars. (was scanning the entire race) I do know that the officials did call yellow WAY BEFORE the yellow actually came out. Thanks again, and keep up the great work, love this site!!!! Christy Mitchellracer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SASPEEDRACER24 Posted June 9, 2003 Report Share Posted June 9, 2003 Chuck I would have loved to go but no one asked me if I wanted to go and take pictures. Next year I hope to be able to do it. Maybe I can talk Reb to try to get me into the WoO show next year and maybe have a sliver of a chance to do the NASCAR race. (Crosses fingers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelracewriter Posted June 10, 2003 Report Share Posted June 10, 2003 Damn, down to two minutes now. Me and my big mouth!!!!! LOL But if I didn't have an obnoxious personality, I'd have none at all!!! LMAO My biggest suggestion would be to replace numbers with names. numbers are so impersonal. SASpeed, Good luck on TMS, I don't even get the perks through RAT Traxx. I use my contact w/a small Kerrvile paper for NASCAR and my friend that does all the WoO video or my TMS contact to get in the Outlaw show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckLicata Posted June 10, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2003 Me and my big mouth!!!!! LOL But if I didn't have an obnoxious personality, I'd have none at all!!! Reb, You and I definitely have these "qualities" in common! Marc, we'll see what we can do for you for the race at TMS in October... Reb, you still good for the June 21st show? (okay, we'll give you 3 minutes!) LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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