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Hobbytown #5 Results and Points updates

Monster Truck Standings
1 Larry Soltysik        530
2 Kyle Martin            470
3 Nick Spedding        455
4 Justin Allison        371
5 Andrew Cremer        169
6 Robert Regl        166
7 Eric Seyler            88
8 Randy McCallicher    87
9 Eric Farr            81
10 Jesse Simpson        5
11 Zach Kropp        3
12    Ron Klopp        2
13 Donnie Murlatt        2
14 David Linthicum        1


Top Qualifier  Larry Soltysik    9 laps  5:14.53
Fastest Lap    Larry Soltysik    31.6

A Main Results
1     Larry Soltysik        26 lap        15:29.70
2     Kyle Martin            21 lap        15:09.65
3     Nick Spedding        17 laps    10:53.52
4     Eric Seyler            8 laps        05:49.18
Ron Klopp            DNS
Larry Lubyonne        DNS

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1/8 scale Buggy Standings

1- Aaron Heister            448
2- Derek Heister            375
3- Adam Shuker            350
4- Alex Tobias            327
5- Jack Steele            263    
6- Toby Tobias            212
7- Dean Fasnacht            201    
8- Donnie Murlatt            201
9- Ron Yoder                194    
10- Mike Cleary            139
11- Steve Dobisesky        139    
12- Mike Emig            103    
13- Joe Wojciechowsky        103    
14- Rich Diana            98
15- Glen Herczeg            87
16- Matt Wolfe            83
17- Gary Wright            77
18- Cowboy Risser            73
19- Drew Nosti            67
20- Gordon Bowers            58
21- Nigel Wunder            48
22- Shawn Bowers            42
23- Jesse Simpson            4
24- Melisa Good            3


Top Qualifier- Tony Dewit  10 laps  5:09.72
Fastest lap- Ed Bridges 30.4

A Main Results
1- Ed Bridges        27 laps    15:02.21
2- Adam Shuker        25 laps    15:05.39
3- Derek Heister        25 laps    15:35.36
4- Aaron Heister        23 laps    15:09.46
5- Alex Tobias        14 laps    8:38.27
6- Mike Cleary        11 laps    7:29.97
7- Zach Kropp        6 laps        9:55.90
8- Tony Dewit        2 laps        1:30.00
9- Preston Selfinger    —-DNS—-

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1/8 Scale Arena Truck Standings

1 Bob Heister     508
2 Larry Soltysik     405
3 Toby Tobias     402
4 Eric Tobias         357
5 Chris Mann     292
6 Jamie Sampson     264
7 Kurt Shreders     185
8 Dean Fasnacht     166
9 Ron Yoder Sr.     131
10t Gabe Glatfelter     108
10t Paul Snyder     108
11 Bill Miknus     97
12 Robert Mazzella 93
13 Matt Wolfe     73
14t Adam Shuker     2
14t Glen Herczeg     2
14t Ron Klopp 2

Top Qualifier        Bob Heister    10 laps    5:03.47
Fastest Lap        Bob Heister    29.2

A Main Results
1- Bob Heister        28 laps    15:19.50
2- Eric Tobias        26 laps    15:01.41
3- Larry Soltysik        25 laps    15:17.48
4- Jamie Sampson        20 laps    14:50.28
5- Toby Tobias        14 laps    14:03.79

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1/10 Nitro Stadium Truck

Standings

1- Eric Tobias 392
2- Larry Lubyonne 386
3- Barry Quick 306
4- Todd Firing 284
5- Gene Langdon 243
6- Eric Boyer 183
7- Chris Crammer 166
8- Ed Koropchak 166
9- Gabe Glatfelter 108
10- Zach Kropp 93
11- Gene Langdon 81
12- Eric Seyler 78
13- Chris Wittenberg 72
14- Jesse Simpson 69
15- Aaron Matson 3
16- Preston Selfinger 3

Top Qualifier         Eric Tobias        9 laps    5:35.84
Fastest Lap        Eric Tobias        34.3

A Main Results
1- Barry Quick        24 laps    15:20.72
2- Larry Lubyonne        23 laps    15:15.52
3- Eric Boyer            18 laps    15:07.41
4- Eric Tobias        17 laps    14:44.30
5- Gene Langdon        7 laps    15:24.07
6- Eric Seyler        2 laps    01:24.18
Preston Selfinger        DNS

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2wd Open

Standing
1 Barry Quick 427
2 Ed Koropchak 397
3 Matt Clevenstine 374
4t Dexter Brossman 93
4t Carl Pettinato 93
5 Jon Novak 3

NO race

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2wd Stock

Standings
1 Jason Sneddon 219
2 Jason Sneddon Jr. 194
3 Darrell Sneddon 193
4 Eric Boyer 187
5 Mike Sneddon 107
6 Evan Parvanese 88
7 Ed Miller 1

Top Qualifier        Jason Sneddon    7 laps    5:10.50
Fastest lap        Jason Sneddon    37.4

A Main Results
1- Jason Sneddon    7 laps    5:03.14
2- Darrell Sneddon    7 laps    5:15.52
3- Jason Sneddon Jr.    6 laps    5:03.68
4- Evan Parvanese    6 laps    5:59.38
5- Matt Clevenstine    5 laps    5:10.96

Hobbytown Points race #5

Unfortunately due to the manning issues in the store I wasn’t able to get too many photos of the races. I tried to get out and I did manage three times. The first time was during the first round of 1/10 stadium truck I believe. I got a dozen or so photos. The second time it was 1/10 scale stadium trucks again! So figuring I would get another chance I went back inside. The third and to be last chance and it was raining. Luck was not on my side today! Added to the fact is how crazy it was in the store.

I have the timing sheets from the race and I started getting the information ready and I will finish it and hopefully get it sent off Sunday. I will also try to get the few photos I got uploaded to Flickr tomorrow also.

Congratulations to the A main winners.

1/8 Buggy- Ed Bridges

Monster truck- Larry Soltysik

Truggy- Bob Heister

1/10 stadium- Barry Quick

2wd Stock- Jason Sneddon

As I said above the Hobbytown web site should be updated early to mid next week.

And a very special huge thanks to Mike Cleary and Gene Langdon for working the timing system! And also a big thanks out to Bob Heister for getting the timing system set up and working on the track, and Eric Tobias for his time getting the track ready. If I forgot someone, my apologies, all of the work on the track is very much appreciated by everyone!!

News and other stuff

News, I don’t know if it is news as such, but here we go.

The Heister family, Bob, Aaron and Derek are having a good year at Hobbytown! After four points races Bob is leading the Arena truck by a good margin, and Aaron is leading the 1/8 buggy. But the best news is Derek, he is in second place after a great day of racing on June 7, winning the B main and coming in 5th in the A main. Congrats to the Heister family!

On my end of life, things are weird as usual. I finally got a job. I am working at the Hobbytown in Reading. It is a good job, good people and it is low stress, and that is exactly what I need after the fiasco of my last job!

Related to that is a special give-away at the store. With the purchase of a truck or buggy at the store, a free 2007 Racing DVD will be given for free!

On a less happy note, because of the extended unemployment money is basically non-existant at the moment. And as a result I don’t have the usual internet access. I am sending this on borrowed Wi-Fi from a neighbor. I am not sure if we will be reconnecting the internet, after all it is $50 per month from Comcast. it is fast and it is really nice to have, but fifty bucks is fifty bucks!

I have video from June 7th at Hobbytown, I have been editing it and am about half finished. But the internet issue is making it tough to post it to YouTube at the moment. But I am working on a way around all the issues.

Thats it from here. It is good to see that the heat wave has finally broken. I am sitting out on the front step of the house at the moment and it doesn’t feel as if my skin is going to bubble off! It is a good thing.

Hobbytown June 7 point series race

It was HOT!

Unofficially it was 100 degrees and it was a miserable day to spend the day outside even with the canopies! The race day went well, the racing was really good and there was a great turn out!

One problem was with the electricity. A combination of the large turn out and the number of fans and other electrical stuff maxed out the curcuit.

Here is the link for the photos.

New track

For many years the area where i used to live has been lacking in RC tracks and stores for that matter. There were a few stores but they usually didn’t last very long. There was an Allied Hobbies at the Oxford Valley Mall for decades, but they closed a few years ago also.

When I was a kid, the owner of the Allied Hobbies used to run electric cars around the mall. It was pretty funny.

But anyway, there is a new store and track that has opened up. It is in a perfect location, right at 95 and business Rte 1 in Langhorne, Pa. It is only about 5 miles from the turnpike, a perfect location!

 It is called Action Hobbies.

I found out about them on Trinity, here is the link for that. Trinity Action Hobbies 

According to the Trinity thread they are having their first race on June 14. It is going to be a trophy race.

The forum on their web page doesn’t seem to work, or it just won’t work for me, I don’t know. Since that weekend is not a Hobbytown race, I am hoping to make it down there.

Plus it is literally fifteen minutes from where my nephew lives, so he can have a closer place to race!