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It's time for the Toys for Tots race at Steel City Speedway. It was great to see the supportive turnout for the race and the amount of toys collected was impressive. It's Saturday Morning and its cold. The original forecast said a high of 62 so figuring it is Fontana it may be a couple degrees higher...WRONG. By Noon it was 52 and 1:00 it was 54 and that is where it would stay. Some people even packed up and went home when the wind chill took effect from the breeze blowing. 54 Degrees...Not a good combination for getting grip with rubber tires.

In Q2 it was Kyle just making 27 with Victor at 26 and Craig and Phil at 25.
The Spec5 guys seemed to be having a little better time of it with their 4WD cars and Ken and Gary both running 26 laps.

In Q3 Kyle backed up his 27 with Craig running his best Q with a 26.
In Q3 the Spec 5 top two were right up there in times. Gary Kyes and Ken Gerberding both running 27 laps and Mike Braun (Track Announcer Extraordinaire) getting to run in this event had his
best run.


The mains are set an in spec5 Gary Kyes edged out Ken Gerberding for TQ by 1/10. Paul Smith, Chris Markley and Mike Braun would be your top 5. In STC Kyle Goodwine would get pole followed by Craig Kaplan, Victor Garcia, Phil Goodwine and James Stuard.

The SPEC5 Main had some great battles. A good tight battle for first for as long as it lasted (see video) between Gary and Ken and the group that couldn't get away from each other all race long ending up in a battle for second to the end. Chris Markley, Paul Smith and Mike Braun.

In STC it was the Kyle show. Kyle put on a clinic with his dominating performance over the field. The closest anyone got to Kyle was Craig Kaplan on the first lap in turn 4 where he was side by side on an inside dive pass that didn't work. After that Kyle just started to check out and won by a lap over Craig. Cedric Collins (finally finishing a race in who knows how long) finished 3rd with Victor Garcia in 4th and Quoc Nguyen in 5th.


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2 - Craig Kaplan         1 - Kyle Goodwine          3 - Cedric Collins

STC Race (Full)


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2 - Paul Smith         1 - Ken Gerberding          3 - Chris Markley

Early Battle for 1st

Mid Race tight Battle for 1st

End Race battle for second with Markley, Smith and Braun


 

 


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RAMS, Hint Hint Nudge Nudge, Keep this race for next year.

Oct 10-11 - The RAMS got everyone together and hosted a two day event. Their Halloween G.P. 1st Annual ???. Yeah they should keep this race. The weather was nice although it could have been hit and miss as there was rain predicted earlier in the week, that eventually changed. It was a pretty good turnout and some good racing as well. There were even some unexpected visitors as Tod Rizzo, Bryn and Tony Foskett showed up.

The event even dragged Tony Vega out who hadn't competed in 5th scale for nearly a year. We did miss seeing Sanchez and Drennen and the Soublet's.

Saturday was a good leisurely practice day with everyone getting the dust off their cars and getting some rubber down on the track. Times started off in the 20's and began to work their way down to a few low 17's by the end of the day. When practice was over we had a good get together at the Lazy Dog. All of the So Cal crew with some of the RAMS enjoyed some good food, chat and drinks. Thank you Jojo.

Sunday morning rolls around and a few more folks show up for a pretty good turnout for the race. Even Mr. F1 "Always Podium" showed up and Super Sport Champ Kurt. Even Tim (Gerace) got to run.

For F1 it was Fernando Jose Getting TQ and coming away with the win. In Sportsman, Tim Gerace got the win, Supersport had Steve Gerace as your winner and in STC John Burnett (TQ) was
victorious. 6 of the 8 running cars in STC were all in the mid 16's so that shows you were you need to be on this track to be competitive.

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STC

Once the flagged dropped John would never be seen again...lol. He ran a clean consistent race on his way to the win.

3rd -  Craig Kaplan   1st - John Burnett   2nd - Arnold Mercado

Opening Laps of STC Race

 

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F1

Its good to be on the pole. Fernando Jose had a clear shot into Turn 1 and missed what happened behind him. May have been an interesting race otherwise....Just saying.

3rd - Chuck Clendenen   1st - Fernando Jose   2nd - Hau-Ching Liao (Mr. Podium)

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Super Sport

Steve had a great run on his way to his win by 3 laps over 2nd place.

3rd - Hau-Ching Liao   1st - Steve Gerace   2nd - Chuck Clendenen

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Sportsman

It was good to see Tim get out from behind the mic and run, Congrats

1st - Tim Gerace   2nd - Al Gerace

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U.S. Nationals 2020

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Steel City Raceway - US Nats
Thursday saw the arrival of most of the out of town drivers and those that wanted some extra track time. The fast times of the day were as follows

Satoshi Takesako 19.661   STC
Fernando Jose 21.112   F1
Gary Kyes 21.693   SPEC5

But don't get too comfortable because the track is going to change Big Time.  Friday had more practice and the seeding round held later that day. After round 1 of qualifying was complete your initial top three per class were: STC: Satoshi Takesako, Kyle Goodwine, Robbie Cerrato, F1: Fernando Jose, John Burnett, Chuck Clendenon, Sportsman: David Blakeney, Chuck Clendenon, salvador Valle, Spec5: Paul Smith, Dana Smeltzer, Gary Kyes Spec5 Sportsman: Dereck Butterfield, John Keck, Salvador Valle.

By the time round 4 came around Satoshi was still holding strong on top of the leader board but you had some interesting names in STC still struggling to get in the show, Craig Kaplan, Luis Diaz and Cedric Collins who all qualified for the Main last year and Tony Tam, Rich Reybok and Ken Gerberding, who where expected to have good runs and be in the A.  Some brought their A game to the last qual and others failed. By the time it was all said and done here are the qualifiers for the class finals.

 

STC F1 STC Sports Spec5 Spec5  Sports
         
SATOSHI TAKESAKO JASON MARKLEY SIMON KAU PAUL SMITH CHRIS MARKLEY
KYLE GOODWINE JOHN BURNETT MARQUELL OSBORNE GARY KYES DERECK BUTTERFIELD
ROBBIE CERRATO RICH REYBOK CHUCK CLENDENON DANA SMELTZER SALVADOR VALLE
FERNANDO REQUEJO FERNANDO JOSE JAMES STUARD BILL JERIC JOHN KECK
LUIS DIAZ CHUCK CLENDENON GREG SHUM TOM PROKOP CARLOS FLORES
DAVID BLAKENEY MARQUELL OSBORNE JOJO BAYABO DON CEZAR  
CRAIG KAPLAN CEDRIC COLLINS SAMUEL BRONSON EUGENE OSBURN  
GEORGE VELAZCO   SALVADOR VALLE CHRIS NELSON  
TONY TAM (B)        
KEN GERBERDING (B)        

Mains Day did not disappoint with some exiting races. Spec5 Sportsman was won by less than 8 seconds, Spec5 had a great race also with the win decided by 1.229 seconds with Gary over the Gerberding prepared ride of Bill Jeric. Those two were just too consistent and your pole sitter Paul Smith after swallowing the inversion pill never got past 3rd. STC Sportsman had a good battle for 2nd between James Stuard, Greg Shum and Simon Kau. Down to the wire separated by 9 seconds and STC had a race long battle for 1st between Satoshi and Kyle with Kyle getting past late in the race and the battle for 3rd with Craig Kaplan charging hard to get past David Blakeney (8th Scale) was separated by 13 seconds. We spoke with David after the race and asked if this was a one off. He said he had a blast and as long as the track was like this he would race again.

It was a great 4 days of track time and the grip was insane, the setup you started with on Friday was not what you ran on Sunday. Everyone had a great time in this C19 era of racing. Thank you to the Goodwines for an excellently prepared track. As racers we couldn't have asked for much more, well the Food Stand would have been nice but we all understand that is not possible at the moment.

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STC

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2- Satoshi Takesako (TQ) 1- Kyle Goodwine  3- David Blakeney

Results

F1

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2- Rich Reybok  1- John Burnett  3- Chuck Clendenon  TQ-Jason Markley

Results

STC Sportsman

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2 - James Stuard  1 - Chuck Clendenon  3 - Simon Kau (TQ)

Results

Spec5

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2- Bill Jeric  1-Gary Kyes  3-Paul Smith (TQ)

Results

Spec5 Sportsman

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2- Chris Markley (TQ)    1- Dereck Butterfield  3- John Keck

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KO Propo GP 2020

By observing Thursday and Friday practice the one to watch looked to be new arrival to 5th scale (at SCS) Satoshi Takesako. But as qualifying started, the one to watch was Ken Gerberding. Ken ran some quick and consistent laps to take TQ for Friday just missing out on a 30 lap run by 1.7 seconds. Your top three for Friday all running 29 laps were Ken, Satoshi and Phil Goodwine. But we are missing a few drivers that could shake up the standings come Saturday. Come Saturday and the gangs all here, Satoshi found that speed he had been showing in practice and got a 30 lap run Saturday morning. He backed that up with another 30 lap run by Saturday afternoon (Round 4) and grabbed TQ in the points format. Craig Kaplan was able to get in a 29 lap run just short of Gerberding's time. Jason Markley was able to improved on his time and would grab the 3 spot on the grid. Your starting 5 for the main would be: Satoshi, Ken, Jason, Phil and Craig.

Satoshi got a good start while behind him there was a little bumping around for position. By the end of lap 1 the one who made out was Craig Kaplan, going from 5th to 3rd and the next lap into 2nd. By lap 10 Craig had taken over the top spot only to lose it back on lap 25, he would regain the top spot on lap 33 and not look back. Ken would finish in 2nd and Victor Garcia in 3rd.

Ken Gerberding             Craig Kaplan                    Victor Garcia

Results

For SPEC 5 the big news was that Joel Johnson was going to be running a Goodwine prepared car for the event. He ended up where everyone expected him to be after qualifying but not by a long shot. The top 4 drivers all had the same number of laps and separated by 11 seconds. At  the start of the race everyone got away clean until turn 1 when the prison break club was put on Joel and he went from 1st to last. He would make it back to 4th by lap 14 only to retire a short time later. Paul Smith would take over the top spot and never look back. Gary Kyes would take second and Kody Kilber in 3rd.

Gary Kyes             Paul Smith                    Kody Kilber

Results

 

 

 

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