Crew Chief Challenge - Pick-Ups hauling Hot Rods

3rd - 4th Place

"R" Romanator vs #14 Dadvbal.

Two of the closest races of the night, with the "R" Romanator crossing the finish line ahead by a nose in each race. Congrats Romanator on a great third place finish!

The Bracket

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The Truck portion of the racing is complete. I've got to mess around with the few pics so due to the time and wanting to give you enough time to digest the just completed Rod racing I will post the Trucks results tomorrow night. 

jiffy pop is bout to explode... go dad go !

Truck Bracket

Top half of the bracket

Win To Get In - #64 Fastalker vs #29 UDC.  The winner to meet #36 Fat Mike.

#33 C10 vs #34 Romanator

#21 AMH 412 vs #60 Sloppy

#15 Dadvball vs #38 CNR

Bottom half of the bracket

#59 Sloppy vs #23 Rally Case

#62 Fastalker vs #17 Dadvball

#25 Stroller vs #18 Cortez

Win To Get In #27 Traction Event vs #39 B&G.. Winner to meet #31 C10

Good luck to all!

Top half of the bracket

Win To Get In - #64 Fastalker vs #29 UDC.  The winner to meet #36 Fat Mike.

#64 crosses the line first, winning both races by 1-1/2 CLs, moving on to meet the #36.

#64 Fastalker vs #36 Fat Mike

The #64 continues his winning ways, rolling to 1-1/2 and 2 car length victories.

#33 C10 vs #34 Romanator

#34 has a tough race on his hands, but takes the win by 1/4 CL in each race.

#21 AMH 412 vs #60 Sloppy

#21 squeaks by in the first race by 1/4 CL.  In the second race the #21 roars out of the gate, winning by 1-1/2 CL.

#15 Dadvball vs #38 CNR

#15, the hometown boy, takes the first by a full car length and manages to hold on in the second, winning by 1/2 car length.

Bottom half of the bracket

#59 Sloppy vs #23 Rally Case

#59 advances easily, taking the first race by 1-1/4 lengths and the second race by 2-1/2 lengths.

#62 Fastalker vs #17 Dadvball

In the closest truck race yet, the #17 hits the finish line a half car ahead, and then holds on in the second race to win by 1/4.

#25 Stroller vs #18 Cortez - a see-saw battle

#18 manages to squeak across the line by a nose.  Not to be outdone, the #25 takes the second race by about 1/3 length.  #18 says "wait a minute there sir", and again wins by a nose.  #25, Mr. Stroller, then asserts his seniority, taking the next two races by 1/4 CL and then by a nose.  #25 moves on.  This was the closest action of the first round by far!

Win To Get In #27 Traction Event vs #39 B&G.. Winner to meet #31 C10

The #27 wastes no time moving on, putting the pedal to the metal to win by 2-1/2 and 3 car lengths.

#27 Traction Event vs #31 C10.

The #31 hangs on to win by 1/2 car length.  The #27 however, now thirsty for more, moves into the next round, winning the next two races by 1/2 car lengths.

Round 2

#64 Fastalker vs #34 Romanator

#21 AMH 412 vs #15 Dadvball

#59 Sloppy vs #17 Dadvball

#25 Stroller vs #27 Traction Event

Round 2

#64 Fastalker vs #34 Romanator

#64 takes the first race by 1/4 CL, and then holds on to win by the width of the front tire.

#21 AMH 412 vs #15 Dadvball

#21 advances to the Final Four, rolling to 1/3 and 3/4 car length victories

#59 Sloppy vs #17 Dadvball

#59 Sloppy cleans up nicely in this race, taking the first by 3/4 and the second by 12 car lengths.

#25 Stroller vs #27 Traction Event

#27 continues his winning way, barely squeaking by in the first race by a nose and then takes the second race by 1/2 CL.

Round 3 - The Final Four

#64 Fastalker vs #21 AMH 412

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#59 Sloppy Jalopy vs #27 Traction Event

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The Action

#64 Fastalker vs ##21 AMH

#64 rolls past AMH by 1/4 CL.  The 64 then holds on to win the next race by a nose, putting him into the Finals.

#59 Sloppy vs #27 Traction Event

#59 says "I ain't done yet" and rolls to victory, winning by 1/2 and 1/4 car lengths.

The Final!

#64 Fastalker vs #59 Sloppy Jalopy

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Are you ready?

#59 Sloppy takes the first race, holding of the #64 by 1/2 car length.

#64 will have none of that though and takes the second race by 1/3 length.  In a close race fitting for a final the #64 then crosses the finish line 1/4 car length ahead of the #59.

#64 Fastalker is the Champion of the Truck race!  Congrats to Fastalker and to Smitty on taking second place.

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The race for Third-Fourth Places

#21 AMH vs #27 Traction Event

#21 AMH holds off the hard charging #27, winning the first race by 3/4 and taking the second race by 1/2 car length.

Congrats to AMH on taking the 3rd spot and to TE for finishing 4th!

The #64 Fastalker came all the way from the Win To Get In race.  The #27 of Traction Event also started in the Win to Get In Race and almost took it to the end.  Than would have been something to see both WTGI cars in the finals.  Great job both of you.

The Truck bracket

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two cars are claerly taking the lead in each class...that flamed bone shaker truck is looking untouchable...and C-10 showing his strength this weekend as well...

early winners are strugling to keep on task.

my truck got on the board, but both my entrants are having a rough go this series...Great racing all.

DVB, enjoyed the race call, and hosting. THANKS!!!!

POINTS

3 tabs at bottom, overall, hot rods, pick ups

1 point for each win

1 point for win to get in

1 bonus point for winning overall

double check my math and such

bonus point for winning 3rd

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZyB3-PZZBEZowPoq2HHPLYWm6wDA9YihLUFIfpTeQDg/edit?usp=drive_w...

Great job, Bill! I really appreciate you taking the time to run these races and post the results!

It's a busy time of year for everybody...and it's pretty awesome that we've been able to keep the racing going through the holidays!