race number four of the focar series is history. the weather looks like it was going to be ugly for saturday,but the weather gods smiled down upon us!

we had 81 entries for race number four and that keeps the 2006 average right at 80 entries per race! that number is way up from years past! awesome!

now onto the good stuff:

novice stock;
mr. hurricane brought the little hurricane down from jacksonville to take a hard fought win. nice run katelyn kent (katelyn proved you can look good and win r/c races) go figure. finishing on the same lap and less than half a second behind was mark lee followed by steve schowiak and MTR young gun tadpole! great job!

10th stock:
MTR legend mike dispenza shocks the crowd with a nice run to take the win followed by bob lee (the other brother) and jeremy kent. this race was filled with jacksonville racers and was stolen by a west coast racer,lol. nice run guys!

pro stock:
the pro stock class had a new entry or two. tom marlowe and harold(the mouth) briley tried to show they have what it takes to run with the big dogs.
but this race was tom pedano's to lose. tom was TQ and the race winner finishing on a lap of his own! tom was followed by billy bruce and tony padilla.on a side note scott(the human calculator)fillingham is starting to run some better lap times and his hard work and lot's of practice is showing on the track. nice job fellas

sportsman 19 turn:
shocking the field and coming out of retirement is the fireman himself steve(the hose)olson. steve ended a perfect year for greg walsh who was undefeated in the sportsman series. bud(the enemy)johnson took a hard fought third in his new dark side car. way to go guys!

brushless 4300:
this class has had three different winners could race four see yet another new winner? this was the dave and dave show...dave puliafico was TQ and the race winner, followed by dave butts and ronnie hames. those three guys are all just a point or two apart and all of them have won at least one focar race this year! the points are super close and this will be decided at speedline race number six i'm sure! side note: I allowed a friend who runs in the fsear series to run my car in brushless. He had the car to beat and the best equipment under the hood,but he couldn't seal the deal and wound up mid pack in fith place! you can lead a horse to water....well you all know the rest!

12th scale 19 turn:
the pocket rockets were back in force for race number four with 16 entries. could anyone beat the master mike bean? this was beans home track and come hell or high water he was not going to be beatin this day! mike finished on a lap of his own and took TQ homors as well! suprise local brian roebuck stole second place from joe mama who took third. side note: another fsear racer drove up from the deep south to take fourth place his first time running oval in a long time. congrats hector!

sprint car:
sprint car saw 6 entries with ocala hot shoe kip ellerbusch taking the win by three laps over second place chris brimmer and carl ross. this race had a few bad wrecks that took out half the field early. nice job guys.

factory 19 turn:
this class is the largest class by far with 27 entries and is always hard fought.

last years focar cup winner mike boylan was back to defend his race title with a vengance!mike was TQ and the race winner finishing on his own lap with a blistering 48 lap run! local racer rich boehmler took third followed by troy(i got ripped) merideth in third.rounding out the top five ...dave puliafico was fourth and MTR local gene connell was fith! the racing was close all day and i didn't see much give and take in the qualifiers or any of the mains. this is unusual for a focar event...was it racing under the lights that made everyone forget to lift? let's see what race five brings us...

hard charger winner: billy bruce he was dead last going into round three and made the A with a tough run!

dark cloud award: ray macduffie don't ask and i won't tell

custom works car kit winner: hector garcia WOW!

NEXT RACE IS SEPT 2ND AT SUPERIOR HOBBIES
RACE STARTS AT 11:30 AM

I WILL BE ON VACATION FROM JULY 15TH ----23RD I WILL NOT BE ON THE NET OR THE PHONE UNTIL I'M BACK!

MIN REG R/C CLUB WILL BE HAVING A ONE DAY INDOOR CARPET OVAL RACE SUNDAY AUGUST 6TH I WILL SEE YOU ALL THERE!

THANK YOU ALL WHO DONATED TO THE RAFFLE
THANK YOU MB RACING CREW FOR A GREAT TRACK
THANK YOU KENNY HOLMES FOR THE WORK ON THE MIC
AND THANK ALL 81 OF YOU GUYS WHO DROVE THROUGH RAIN TO RUN THE BIGGEST AND BEST OVAL SERIES IN THE COUNTRY! WITHOUT YOU GUYS IT'S AN EMPTY PARK!

WILLIAM SELL
WWW.FOCARS.NET (http://www.FOCARS.NET)
386-843-1477

Another great recap from a man of few words. Pat yourself on the back BIll. This series is alive and well, Although you have help from some great people also, It's you who started this thing. For that, I thank you.

STRICKLAND R/C PARK 07-08-2004

Race# 1 -- Novice - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id
1 1 35 4:01.01 Katelyn Kent 9
2 2 35 4:01.79 Mark Lee 76
3 3 31 4:02.35 Steve Schowiak 65
4 4 31 4:05.76 TadPole 55


Race# 2 -- 1/10TH STOCK - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id
1 4 40 4:01.78 Mike Dispenza 82
2 7 40 4:04.95 Bob Lee 75
3 1 39 4:03.70 JEREMY KENT 10
4 5 39 4:05.65 STONEY MULLINS 17
5 6 38 4:01.20 Roy Phillips 54
6 2 38 4:03.20 EUGENE BIALA 15
7 3 33 4:06.17 Steve Reid 14


Race# 3 -- ProStock - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id
1 7 44 4:02.54 TOM PEDANO 12
2 4 43 4:02.45 BILLY BRUCE 81
3 5 43 4:04.49 Tony Padilla 53
4 2 42 4:05.18 Scott Fillingham 8
5 1 42 4:05.62 STEPHEN PEDANO 18
6 3 42 4:05.84 TOM MARLOWE 1
7 6 40 4:04.27 Harold Briley 25


Race# 4 -- Sportsman 19 - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id
1 1 44 4:02.71 Steve Olson 67
2 3 44 4:05.40 Greg Walsh 66
3 2 43 4:01.49 Bud Johnson 63
4 5 42 4:04.74 Mike Dispenza 83
5 4 41 4:02.43 Tony Borruso 64

Race# 5 -- 1/12TH 19T - B Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id
1 7 43 4:04.98 RAY MacDUFFIE 39
2 2 42 4:04.26 Izzy Santiago 5
3 6 41 4:03.52 Chris Brimmer 59
4 4 41 4:03.84 Tony Viviano 29
5 1 40 4:05.69 Ron Hagan 35
6 5 3 0:18.81 JEREMY KENT 11

Race# 6 -- 1/12TH 19T - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id
1 1 45 4:02.98 MIKE BEAN 38
2 2 44 4:01.76 Brian Roebuck 61
3 5 44 4:02.30 JOE MAMA 69
4 8 43 4:01.14 Hector Garcia 20
5 4 43 4:01.40 Russell Smith 27
6 0 43 4:03.14 Mel McCoy 32
7 6 42 3:55.89 Curt Sanderson 37
8 3 39 4:03.72 John Maher 7
9 9 23 2:12.98 Bob Husted 21
10 7 22 2:07.94 TOM MARLOWE 2

Race# 7 -- BRUSHLESS - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id
1 1 46 4:04.00 DAVE PULIAFICO 24
2 3 43 4:02.99 DAVID BUTTS 33
3 4 43 4:05.36 Ronnie Hames 78
4 5 42 4:02.06 Michael Gitchell 30
5 2 42 4:03.84 Jeff Flassig 74
6 6 41 4:00.89 Carl Ross 47
7 7 41 4:04.89 George Ramos 42
8 8 38 3:36.94 Tim Koivu 71
9 9 4 0:38.26 Ross Bartuccio 26
10 0 1 0:07.90 EUGENE BIALA 16

Race# 8 -- SPRINT - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id
1 1 40 4:00.48 Kip Ellerbusch 51
2 3 37 4:04.74 Chris Brimmer 60
3 4 36 4:03.15 Carl Ross 48
4 5 13 1:34.17 Michael Gitchell 31
5 2 3 0:16.99 Christian Ginter 73
-- 6 --- DNS --- Russ Smith 45

Race# 9 -- 1/10TH 19T - C Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id
1 7 45 4:00.46 Johny Dye 79
2 5 45 4:03.95 Rick Curtis 4
3 1 44 4:00.36 Bob Husted 22
4 6 42 4:01.09 Bob Dingley 6
5 3 42 4:04.38 Jim Terry 3
6 2 39 4:02.91 Armon Beckom 56
7 4 39 4:08.37 Mark Abbott 34

Race# 10 -- 1/10TH 19T - B Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id
1 9 47 4:02.73 DAVID PRESTON 57
2 1 45 4:00.66 Christian Ginter 72
3 3 45 4:02.22 Tony Padilla 52
4 6 45 4:02.39 Eddie Shaffer 40
5 8 44 4:03.82 Phillp Owen 62
6 5 44 4:04.28 Keith Russell 68
7 0 43 4:04.91 STEPHEN PEDANO 19
8 7 41 4:00.37 Scott LaFoe 36
9 2 41 4:00.43 Jeff Irish 44
10 4 5 0:26.43 Ronnie Hames 77

Race# 10 -- 1/10TH 19T - B Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id
1 9 47 4:02.73 DAVID PRESTON 57
2 1 45 4:00.66 Christian Ginter 72
3 3 45 4:02.22 Tony Padilla 52
4 6 45 4:02.39 Eddie Shaffer 40
5 8 44 4:03.82 Phillp Owen 62
6 5 44 4:04.28 Keith Russell 68
7 0 43 4:04.91 STEPHEN PEDANO 19
8 7 41 4:00.37 Scott LaFoe 36
9 2 41 4:00.43 Jeff Irish 44
10 4 5 0:26.43 Ronnie Hames 77


Race# 11 -- 1/10TH 19T - A Main --
Pos Car Laps time name id
1 6 48 4:00.64 Mike Boylan 49
2 9 47 4:02.72 RICH BOEHMLER 41
3 4 47 4:03.92 Troy Merideth 70
4 8 47 4:05.16 DAVE PULIAFICO 23
5 2 46 4:03.86 Gene Connell 43
6 0 46 4:04.17 BILLY BRUCE 80
7 5 45 4:00.21 Chris Lawson 58
8 3 45 4:00.47 Troy Schafer 46
9 7 45 4:01.28 Kip Ellerbusch 50
10 1 45 4:02.20 TOM PEDANO 13