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Champ Race - 10/30/2005 8:33:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		After looking at the forums this weekend and wondering why there were very few post's, I realised that there was the Champ race and a Q500 race in Carolina. I was thinking about the great races that I had gone to in Texas and the Houston area in paticular. The Houston club has always put on GREAT races and has a wonderful facility for pylon. I know that all of the races have always been top notch with great turn outs. I am hoping that some of the older names in racing showed up for the champ race and everyone had a great time. I know that in past races you would see names like,, French, Cranfield, Tossi, Greer, Small, Hobbs, Stubblefield, Commer, The Ritches, Norman, Shadel, Jett, and many others that slip my mind at the moment. All of these guys have been racing for years and are very competative. I am sure that many others from all over the U.S. made the trip to Texas and have wonderful stories and Pictures to share with us. Like I said before, The Houston club has always put on wonderful races in the past and I hope that everyone had a good time.

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RE: Champ Race - 10/31/2005 6:09:19 AM   
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Status: offline 		It was a fun race, just got home about an hour ago. Great weather, fantactic food, and fun people.

Randy Bridge took 1st $1000
Dan Kane took 2nd $500
Travis Flynn took 3rd $250

Lots of great action, Several of the names you mentioned above were there. 3 Cranfields, Jerry Small, 1 Ritch (and the fuel worked great in my opinion (thank you)), Dubb, and I assume you meant Norm Johnson, not Me

The NMPRA had their raffle drawing and Pat G and Randy B. each one Polecats, and Chuck Anderson won a Quickee Jett.

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RE: Champ Race - 10/31/2005 2:06:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		To round out the rest of the top ten:

4th Mike Helsel
5th Gary Freeman JR
6th Rich Beers
7th Jacob Raquet
8th Gabriel T...
9th Dave Norman
10th Gary Freeman SR

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RE: Champ Race - 10/31/2005 3:16:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		It was by far the most fun I've had racing and if anyone's ever been up for a race at the NCPL you know that's saying something. ... Like Dave said the people were great and so was the food... This was the first "national" event I've attended and it was a great experience for me and I learned a lot.. I finished 18th out of 36 racers which was way above my expectations for the trip. Besides that, I took home my plane in one piece for the most part despite a mid-air in the last heat... In all it was a great time and I can't wait for Phoenix in Feb...

Thanks again to Dennis C. for putting on a great show and to everyone else who took the time to help me out in my first Q40 race.


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RE: Champ Race - 10/31/2005 4:24:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		In case anyone is interested, of the top 10 finishers, looks like:

7 Polecats / Little Mikes
2 Larson Vendetta's
1 Rusty Ashley

Most of the fastest times (Dan, Randy, Tom) were set with a Polecat.

If I got the numbers wrong above, please let me know. I think thats right.

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RE: Champ Race - 10/31/2005 5:17:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		My two fastes times were... 1:01.75 and 1:01.71 + three 1:02's.. Dan Kane went 1:01.69 and I forget how fast Tom's 1:01 was

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RE: Champ Race - 10/31/2005 7:23:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		What was the motor usage of the top ten and the race overall (Jett v Nelson)?

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RE: Champ Race - 10/31/2005 7:34:56 PM   
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Status: offline 		Looks like 3 of the top 10 where Jetts... At least from what I remember.


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RE: Champ Race - 10/31/2005 7:47:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		We were also in "Jett country", more Jetts at a contest than I had ever seen before.

Mike, Rich, and Jacob were all running Jetts.

At Friday during practice, they had a radar gun set up about 300 feet back of Pylon #2 with a large digital display that would catch the speed of a plane coming into #2. The display was large enough for everyone on the line to see. I watched and flew a lot of planes on Friday, and the fastest planes I saw were Rich Beers in the 192-194 mph range, Dubb Jett in the 190-192 range, and Norm Johnson with speeds in the upper 180's to the lower 190's (all were jetts). Most of the Nelsons I saw were in the low to mid 180's with a few in the upper 180's, but not many.

The radar worked pretty good, except when there were multiple planes in the sky. It takes about 2 seconds to reset after a pass. Great tool to measure race course speeds.

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RE: Champ Race - 11/1/2005 9:58:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		Dave, the Radar gun was set at about 150 ft from the #2 pylon. We usually set it at 200. You get the most consistent results from being back, rather than standing at #2.

We also carry wind meters to try and get real with the data. You get between 50 and 75% of the benefit of the wind.

I have forgotten that you beat me. In fact, I think I won.

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RE: Champ Race - 11/2/2005 12:05:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		Allright, looks like we got a mystery poster.

Considering the handle, my fastest time ever, a short memory, I can only assume its Dubb himself

Welcome.

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RE: Champ Race - 11/3/2005 2:45:38 AM   
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Status: offline 		Bruce Coffy set fst time with a Jett...dont forget about him!! Jacob gave me the low down today and sounded like a pretty sick race...wish i could of been there.

Great job to everyone

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RE: Champ Race - 11/3/2005 1:17:40 PM   
luv to race


 

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Status: offline 		Good call Cole. I don't think Bruce had anything much lower than a mid 1:06, up til late in the going on Sunday... Then he posted 1:01.19 and took the fast time mark from Danny Kane ( 1:01.69 ) ... Good job by Bruce.

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RE: Champ Race - 11/6/2005 1:08:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi Dave, Gabriel's last name is Tahhan. It was certainly a great weekend, a great show by our Houston friends and definately enjoyed the camaderie and good racing we had over there. Look forward to seeing you guys again soon.
Luis Ochoa

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RE: Champ Race - 11/6/2005 5:19:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks Louis, it was very nice to meet you also.

Had a very fun race with Gabriel.

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RE: Champ Race - 11/15/2005 5:04:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		Here are the final standings if you haven't seen them on the NMPRA site:

2005 NMPRA CHAMPIONSHIPS FINAL STANDINGS AFTER 10 ROUNDS
PLACE NAME POINTS BEST TIME
1 Randy Bridge 39 1:01.71
2 Dan Kane 38 1:01.69
3 Travis Flynn 37 1:03.37
4 Mike Helsel 34 1:02.19
5 Gary Freeman, Jr. 34 1:03.22
6 Richard Beers 34 1: 04.31
7 Jacob Raquet 32 1:05.00
8 Gabriel Tahhan 31 1:03.75
9 David Norman 29 1:03.75
10 Gary Freeman, Sr. 28 1:04.56
11 Bruce Coffey 27 1:01.19**
12 Jerry Small 26 1:07.00
13 Fred Burgdorf 24 1:02.30
14 Phil Zuidema 23 1:08.63
15 Thomas Scott 22 1:01.97
16 Dub Jett 22 1:03.57
17 John McDermott 22 1:05.69
18 Lee Lavalley 22 1:13.15
19 Michael Tallman 21 1:06.59
20 Randy Rich 21 1:07.59
21 David Doyle 19 1:09.53
22 Dennis Cranfill 18 1:03.81
23 John Welch 18 1:09.47
24 Mark Parker 17 1:03.59
25 Richard Oliver 16 1:02.70
26 Rickey Cranfill 16 1:03.78
27 Michael Hammett 16 1:07.25
28 Norm Johnson 15 1:07.56
29 Gerald Elert 14 1:09.50
30 Bob Brogdon 13 1:06.63
31 Patrick Galarneault 13 1:17.53
32 Mike Funk 10 1:22.00
33 Charles Anderson 6 1:11.09
34 Melvis Cranfill 6 1:19.50
35 Mike Walther 0 N/T
36 Joanne Coffey 0 N/T ** Fast time for the contest.

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