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Race Reports can be found here: 2009 Slot.it Group C Le Mans Race Reports
11/28/2009
The final race of the 2009 OTHG Slot.it Group C Le Mans Championship was a night endurance race at Farrout Raceway. More than one and a half hours were run in darkness.
Starting with the lights on, each team ran one lane allowing the drivers and marshals to familiarize themselves with the circuit. And you had better have learned well, because with the lights off it was dark. There was a nearly full moon that night, but very little light made its way in through the open garage door. The Slot.it cars looked amazing as they streaked around the track with head and tail lights ablaze. Staying on became especially important, because the marshals could barely see the track. At times cars were mis-marshaled and circulated around the track two per lane, until someone finally noticed. Then it became difficult to sort out which car belonged on which lane. It was that dark.
Lights were restored for the fourth heat/lane and eventually a new championship result dawned. Michael Smalley retained the 2009 Slot.it Championship lead he had held all year, but amazingly my team's win boosted me to second, landing me above Daniel Snipes in third, and Terry De Los Santos in fourth. Newcomer Tom Giese finished fifth in the championship, followed by Thomas Lauffenberger in sixth, Bob Beck in seventh and JR Ewing in eighth. Chris Chan finished the year ninth and Eddie Shorer tenth.
Curr. | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | | | Mod | Raw | Mod | Rank | | 1/17 | 5/30 | 7/18 | 9/19 | 10/3 | 4/4 | 11/28 | Total | Races | Avg | Rank | Rank | | | 2 | 19 | 26 | 31 | 32 | 13 | 40 | | | | | | 1 | SMALLEY, Michael | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 133 | 7 | 20.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | WILLIAMSON, Craig | 13 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 108 | 7 | 16.6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | SNIPES, Daniel | 15 | 18 | x | x | x | 16 | x | 49 | 3 | 16.3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | DE LOS SANTOS, Terry | 16 | 16 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 20 | x | 86 | 6 | 15.8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | GIESE, Tom | x | x | x | 14 | 12 | x | 20 | 46 | 3 | 15.3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | LAUFFENBERGER, Thomas | 8 | 13 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 91 | 7 | 14.8 | 11 | 6 | 7 | BECK, Bob | x | x | 11 | x | 18 | 11 | 18 | 58 | 4 | 14.5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | EWING, J.R. | x | 11 | 13 | x | 16 | 9 | 20 | 69 | 5 | 13.8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | CHAN, Chris | 11 | 15 | 12 | x | 13 | 13 | x | 64 | 5 | 12.8 | 12 | 9 | 10 | SHORER, Eddie | 9 | x | x | 15 | 14 | 5 | 18 | 61 | 5 | 12.2 | 13 | 10 | 11 | DELUY, Christophe | x | x | 8 | 10 | 8 | x | 20 | 46 | 4 | 11.5 | 14 | 11 | 12 | SMITH, Stan | x | 8 | 10 | x | x | x | 16 | 34 | 3 | 11.3 | 16 | 12 | 13 | RICK, Nigel | 6 | x | 14 | 12 | 7 | x | 15 | 54 | 5 | 10.8 | 17 | 13 | 14 | FARR-JONES, Stephen | 14 | x | 15 | x | 5 | 3 | 16 | 53 | 5 | 10.6 | 18 | 14 | 15 | WOODS, Gary | 12 | 12 | 6 | 11 | x | 8 | x | 49 | 5 | 9.8 | 21 | 15 | 16 | TALAMON, Bruce | x | x | 9 | 9 | 4 | 16 | x | 38 | 4 | 9.5 | 22 | 16 | 17 | WISEMAN, Jim | x | x | x | x | 10 | x | 18 | 28 | 2 | 9.3 | 9 | 17 | 18 | PAWL, Mike | 7 | 9 | 5 | 7 | x | x | 15 | 43 | 5 | 8.6 | 23 | 18 | 19 | POLAKOW, Bill | 5 | x | x | x | x | x | 18 | 23 | 2 | 7.7 | 14 | 19 | 20 | SCHNIEDEWIND, Bill | 10 | x | x | x | x | 10 | x | 20 | 2 | 6.7 | 19 | 20 | 21 | BEER, Ed | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | x | x | 16 | 33 | 5 | 6.6 | 24 | 21 | 22 | SCOTT, Bob | 18 | x | x | x | x | x | x | 18 | 1 | 6.0 | 2 | 22 | 23 | WESTON, Tim | 4 | 6 | 4 | x | 3 | 8 | x | 25 | 5 | 5.0 | 25 | 23 | 23 | HAWKINS, John | x | x | x | x | x | x | 15 | 15 | 1 | 5.0 | 6 | 23 | 25 | BRACHER, Russell | 3 | x | 0 | x | 6 | 6 | x | 15 | 4 | 3.8 | 26 | 25 | 26 | WOLFE, Jim | x | 10 | x | x | x | x | x | 10 | 1 | 3.3 | 19 | 26 | 27 | BARNES, Opel | 1 | 7 | 1 | x | x | 4 | x | 13 | 4 | 3.3 | 27 | 27 | 28 | DELUY, Gabriela | x | x | 3 | x | x | x | x | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 28 | 28 |
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10/3/2009
Bob Beck uses a second place finish to vault from thirteenth to sixth in the 2009 OTHG Slot.it Croup C/Le Mans Championship. The top five remain unchanged with Michael Smalley leading Daniel Snipes in second, Terry De Los Santos in third. Your author, Craig Williamson, is fourth and Thomas Lauffenberger is fifth.
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9/19/2009
Bruce Talamon moves to seventh in the 2009 OTHG Slot.it Championship. Nigel Rick jumps to ninth and Eddie Shorer bounds to twelfth. Meanwhile, Terry De Los Santos inches just closer to Daniel Snipes, while I close on Terry. Tom Giese arrives with a raw rank of six and a chance to fill his three race minimum with two races still remaining. The next Slot.it race will be at Bruce's on Oct 3.
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7/18/2009
With four races complete in the 2009 OTHG Slot.it Group C Championship adjusted scoring takes affect. Michael Smalley leads. Daniel Snipes moves to second, lowering Terry De Los Santos to third. Craig Williamson rises to fourth followed by Thomas Lauffenberger in fifth and Chris Chan in sixth. JR Ewing is seventh and Stephen Farr-Jones eighth.
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5/31/2009
Michael Smalley holds the lead of the OTHG Slot.it Group C Le-Mans Championship. Terry' DLSs third place finish in the most recent event causes Bob Scott to bounce back into second with Terry dropping to third. Bruce Talamon and Daniel Snipes swap places, leaving Bruce in fifth with Daniel stepping to fourth. Craig Williamson holds firm in sixth but is now tied with Chris Chan.
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4/5/2009
Terry De Los Santos uses a win in the most recent round of the 2009 OTHG Slot,it Championship to move to second place behind championship leader Michael Smalley. Bob Scott is moved to third. Bruce Talamon elbows into fourth shoving Daniel Snipes down to fifth and moving Stephen Farr-Jones far from the top six.. Craig Williamson hangs loosely in sixth.
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1/17/2009
Moving from the slowest class to the fastest class, race two of the 2009 season was contested in the Slot.it Group C Le Mans cars. Michael Smalley leads this one too, but is followed by Bob Scott in second, and Terry De Los Santos in third. Daniel Snipes secures fourth, with Stephen Farr-Jones fifth, and Craig Williamson sixth.
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