NSR 2009 NATIONAL FINAL RESULTS
The 2009 NSR National Finals were run Sunday 3/28/10 at Great Traditions (aka GTSLOTS) in Philadelphia, PA. The finalists came from a group of 10 qualifying events held across the country, where the top 4 finishers from each event made the final. Here's the breakdown of car models used in the finals:
(10) Porsche 917k
(8) Ford P68
(8) Ford Mk. IV
Handout NSR 20k motors and Slot.IT silicone tires were installed during tech inspection. Each driver was then given a few laps to ensure their car was functional, then they each ran 10 laps to get their best qualifying lap time. Top lap times and lower lap times were grouped together in the race starting sequence. Dave Davis was the top qualifier, followed by Robert Holt and Joseph Rosales.
Paul Coppin from Michigan was first to finish the 4 segments, setting the mark to beat at 308 laps. Next up was Paul Pearlman of NJ, who set high lap totals to that point of 79 on the yellow and blue lanes, putting him in the lead with 312 laps. Michigan's Art Roberts had the honor of putting up the first 80 lap lane runs, doing so on 3 of the 4 lanes to take the lead with 321 laps.
Not long after, Sam Barbose, who was beating everybody on the straight, rolled up a 323 lap total, featuring a couple of 82 lap runs. Right after Sam, Joe Pierzynski was the first to do 81 laps in the red lane, high lap total of the day on that lane. He had consistent runs the rest of the way, taking the lead with 326 laps. Robert Holt followed Joe, and finished with 330 laps.
But 2 of the 3 top qualifers had yet to finish, Dave Davis and Joseph Rosales slugged it out, finishing with the identical lap total of 324, Joseph finishing ahead of Dave by track sections to break a tie. As the race continued, Mike Stott from Michigan was able to run at least 80 laps on each lane, good enough for a third place finish with 324 laps, track segments ahead of Dave and Joseph.
So Holt's lap total held up, and the top finishers (Robert Holt, Joe Pierzynski, Mike Stott, and Joseph Rosales) won trophies and a limited edition (only 140 made by NSR) Sunoco livery of the Porsche 917, made especially for Great Traditions for this 2009 series, see picture below:
Rich Shanfeld, owner of Great Traditions also gave away a few more NSR Sunoco Porsches to participants who could answer random trivia questions, or who had the best 'poker hand' using the digits on drivers licenses, currency, etc. This car has sold for over $300 as far as I know, a very nice prize. Dave Davis, who had some very unfortunate racer's luck in the prior day's Racer Resin final, had a good combination of drivers license numbers, and serial numbers on his currency, to walk away with TWO Sunoco Porsche 917s, and fell just short of placing in top 4 to get a third one for that day. Nice haul.
Rich gave away several other cars as well, and Dave Kennedy from SCX provided additional cars that were awarded. Thanks Dave, appreciate your support of racing, your insight as a racer helps represent our wants/needs to SCX, who continue to produce cars that get better and better. Once again, Thanks to Rich for everything, the hobby is much better off because of his support. It was a fun event as usual, Thanks for the dedicated marshalls, and all the drivers who came from several states to participate, you all contributed to a fun atmosphere, no whining or moaning, lots of laughs, and sharing of tech tips.
Final results:
1. Robert Holt........330, Porsche 917k
2. Joe Pierzynski.....326, Ford P68
3. Mike Stott.........324, Porsche 917k
4. Joseph Rosales.....324, Porsche 917k
5. Dave Davis.........324, Ford P68
6. Bob Kuss...........324, Ford P68
7. Sam Barbose........323, Ford Mk. IV
8. James Drayton......321, Ford P68
9. Art Roberts........321, Porsche 917k
10. Adam Mashike.......320, Porsche 917k
11. Dutch Cloud........315, Ford Mk. IV
12. Carl Bergen........313, Porsche 917k
13. Paul Pearlman......312, Ford Mk. IV
14. Andy Smith.........312, Ford P68
15. Bryan Thomas.......311, Porsche 917k
16. Baden Copeland.....310, Ford P68
17. Reggie White.......309, Ford Mk. IV
18. Paul Coppin........308, Porsche 917k
19. Mike Grigsby.......308, Porsche 917k
20. Dean Kirkpatrick...307, Ford Mk. IV
21. Dan McCollum.......306, Ford P68
22. James Cook.........304, Ford Mk. IV
23. Tony Easley........300, Ford P68
24. Lawrence Jordan....300, Ford Mk. IV
25. Nick Zuk...........295, Porsche 917k
26. Dave Kennedy.......295, Ford Mk. IV
More pictures to follow...meanwhile get ready to participate in the 2010 NSR Regionals, which will be starting up shortly. If your group/club/raceway wants to participate in running a regional race in your area, give a phonecall to Rich Shanfeld of Great Traditions, at (267) 250-1735. Rumour has it another very limited edition car specially designed for this series may be made by NSR, and awarded to winners and lucky participants...stay tuned. And, events held at GTSLOTS are always fun, regardless of prizes awarded.
See below for video from the race...
