Heat Race - Car Display
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Having won our Feature Race last weekend, we had the option to Display the car in the spectator area instead of running our heat race. This is a great opportunity for the drivers and the fans to meet. The fans can also get an "up close and personal" look at the racecars and even sit in your favorite car.
Also on display this weekend were past racecars from the
Garden State Vintage Stock Car Club
photo credit - R. Buckridge
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Feature Race - 20 Laps, DNF - 20th Place
I started 13th in the 23 car field. As the race got under way I was stuck in the middle of a logjam. Everyone was running side by side and passing was nearly impossible. The car was very quick but there just wasn’t any room to move forward.
Then just as the field started to spread out the #73 hit me from behind. I spun exiting turn 2 and was hit by several other cars. I had no serious damage but my bumper was dragging, so I exited the track to have it changed. Unfortunately by the time we repaired it the race was already under way and we were 2 laps down. So I decided to call it a night and park the car. We’ll try again next week.
I watched point leader Rick Losh pick up his 1st win of the season from the grandstands. Congrat’s
See you at the track.
Bryan #14nj
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Post Scripts - Roy
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We were riding high coming off a win last week and knowing we would be starting well back in the pack in the feature race, due to Wall's handicap system, we still had high hopes for a good finish or a win. But that wasn't going to happen. While running deep in the pack, Bryan was hit from behind, spun around, hit again, bringing out the yellow.
We started running to our pit as Bryan exited the track. But then the comedy of errors started. The crew chief runs to the pit, Bryan drives to the track entry gate for us to assess the damage, and thinking Bryan may go to track entry gate and since Rich was well ahead of me getting to the pit, I cut my run short and go back to the track entry gate. By the time I got there, someone was trying to rip off Bryan's hanging front bumper. That not working and since you need a front bumper to race, someone else tries to duct tape the bumper to the car. Well that's no good either, so I sent Bryan to our pit area so we could change the bumper. This was my mistake, I should have sent him to the track welder to tack on the floppy bumper so he could rejoin the race.
Once back in the pits, we were ill prepared. I didn't lay out the bumpers like I normally do, and yea, I missed on the air hose too which sat neatly coiled around the compressor. Then struggling in the dark, lights, who needs lights, we were too long in changing the bumper. By then Bryan said to call it quits as we were now too many laps down and there was no need to rejoin the race with a car that was still in question. The grill was pushed in and the front end alignment was knocked out.
The comedy of errors was over and we quietly packed up our gear.
Posted On: Sunday, July 11, 2004
Author: Jeff Gravatt
Rich Losh of Joppa, Md. grabbed his first win of the year in the 20-lapper for the Legend Cars. Losh, the current point leader, battled in a tight pack for the lead most of the way with Polimeda and Jason Rochelle of Hacketstown crossing the line second and third. Jim Tomaino of Bayville and Ronnie Dunstan were fourth and fifth.
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LEGEND CARS FEATURE - 20 Laps - 1. RICH LOSH, JOPPA, MD.; 2. Frank Polimeda; 3. Jason Rochelle; 4. Jim Tomaino; 5. Ronnie Dunstan; 6. Bobby Baltera; 7. Mike Stull; 8. Mike Fulton; 9. Steve Stull; 10. Tim Stephan; 11. Rudy Rinderer; 12. Lamar Shaffer; 13. Joe Esposito; 14. Ron Poley; 15. John Hugate; 16. Buck Sixt; 17. Dennis Macri; 18. Beth MacFarlane; 19. Bruce Roslin; 20. Bryan Gardella; 21. Doug Maher; 22. Ricky Losh; 23. Chris Wramage
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