OFFICIAL HINTON RESULTS

[Matt Dagostino]

Thanks to Aimie Pond, Abby Pond and Joyce Golley for providing me the official summary sheets so we can all share in the official results from Hinton, WV...................

Saturday
BSR
1. Dylan Runne
2.Spencer Davidson
3.Peter Lauer

125cch
1.Will Augustine
2.John Maddrell
3.Big Dave Augustine

850mr
1.Jimmy Warren
2.George Luce
3.Grant Hearn

850mh
1.Austin Vanover
2.George Ford
3.Jimmy Warren

750mr
1.Jimmy Warren
2.George Luce
3.Jerry Davids

750mh
1.Jimmy Warren
2.Austin Vanover
3.Eric Vanover

500mh
1.Eric Vanover
2.Jimmy Warren
3.Jerry Davids

350cch
1.Jerry Davids
2.Jimmy Warren
3.John Mauck

AXH
1.Rylan Chew
2.Noah Romberg
3.Victoria Chew

AXR
1. Becky Nichols
2.Rylan Chew
3.Kelsey Bennett

ASH
1. Abby U.S. Pond
2.Kelly Shane
3. Max "The one heat wonder' Acierno

ASR
1. Dave Bennett
2.Peter Lauer
3.Pete Nichols

BSH
1.Dylan Runne
2.Ryan Runne
3.Joel Kiddy

CSH
1.Scott Reed (Pond Cup Winner)
2.Herb Lamphear
3.Matt D'Agostino

CSR
1.Jesse Swain (Mike Cook Cup Winner)
2.Adam Allen
3.Howie Nichols

20ssh
1.Dylan 'SMOKE' Runne
2.Val 'Cupcake' D'Agostino
3.Casey Carr

SUNDAY RACING

AXR
1. Kelsey Bennett (1st win)
2.Rylan Chew
3. Becky Nichols

ASH
1.Max "One heat wonder" Acierno
2.Grant Hearn
3.Abby U.S. Pond

ASR
1. Peter Lauer
2. Pete Nichols
3.Grant Hearn

BSH
1.Joel (Team Hearn) Kiddy
2.Ryan Runne
3.Abby U.S. Pond

CSH
1. Matt D'Agostino
2.Herb Lamphear
3. Austin (TEAM MEL) Vanover

CSR
1. Jesse 'Mr CSR' Swain
2.Scott Reed
3.Howie Nichols

BSR
1. Dylan Runne
2. Peter Lauer
3.Ryan Runne

850mr
1. Spencer Davidson
2. Jimmy (TEAM DUNN) Warren
3. King George Luce

750mr
1.Jerry Davids
2.Jimmy Warren
3. Val D'Agostino

350mh
1. Jimmy Warren
2.Bugsy Davids
3. John Mauck

Special thanks to George Luce for the 20 pound prime rib for Friday nights cabin party. A good time was had by all. PATRON ROCKS!!!

[dholt]

How many entries you think you had Saturday?

[Matt Dagostino]

Dana........Abby or Joyce will have to chime in but i would guess around 120 on Saturday. BSH and CSH each had 8 entries and were the largest classes. 20ssh had 7 enteries.

[bmitch1]

Hi Matt... Referencing your recent lively post on motor parity in J class you should initiate another discussion about competitiveness.... I understand that 20ssh was won by a Sidewinder by over 15 seconds both heats? (discuss)...

[G Stillwill]

one boat and one race does not set the scale for parity in a class

[Matt Dagostino]

Brian..........i have the summary sheets and the Sidewinder you reference won by about 7-8 seconds over the second place Yamato 80 both heats (my daughter). My position on the 20ci Sidewinder in a Yamato class is well documented as both a SORC Commissioner and supporter of the Pavlick/Allen petition last year to get the Sidewinder out of 20ssh. But the drivers supported it being in the 20ssh class so i will have to live with it and compete as best i can with my Yamato.

[bmitch1]

Hi George - agree on your point - except let's call it "one motor and one race does not set the scale for parity in a class".

Hi Matt - understand your situation and appreciate you posting the results as well as sharing the specific details. If a trend is a general direction over time and a pattern is a recurring, recognizable form we will just gather a few more data points to adequately understand how this goes.

[G Stillwill]

Matt glad to see the results posted great going getting them up was a great weekend of racing

[rumleyfips]

Herb Lamfear, Matt D'gastino, Scott Reed . I think I ran at that race in the 70's.

[csh-2z]

Dylan stole both starts by 3 seconds. It was embarrasing.

[vdagostino]

Dylan did not steal both starts, I crossed the line first in the second heat and beat everyone to the first turn. Adam Allen posted it to Facebook, I dont know how to post it on here. Dylan had speed on us but his starts did not give him an advantage.

[rball82]

Results for 500MR?

[Matt Dagostino]

Sorry Mark.............Saturday 500mr
1. Austin Vanover
2.Tim Weber
3. Mark O'Brien

Sunday
1. Austin Vanover
2.Tim Weber
3.Mark O'Brien

[Matt Dagostino]

Apologizes to the 25ssr drivers..........i forgot to post the results. Thanks to Chuck Zolkoske, Patty and also Doug Martin for making the long trip from Wisconsin. The weekend results for 25ssr are:
Saturday:
1. Scott Reed (Yamato 302)
2.Chuck Z. (Merc 25xs)
3.Ryan Runne ( Sidewinder 20ci)
4.Tim Weber (Yamato 102)

Sunday
1. Chuck Z.
2. Ryan (team runne) Runne
3. Tim Weber

Again, sorry for the oversite. ))

[csh-2z]

Matt, Didn't Val run your rig on Saturday? What boat were you in?

[vdagostino]

I was in dads rig. Dad was going to run one of Gary's rigs.

[Matt Dagostino]

Val is correct.........i ran Gary's Ultralite in 20ssh that he promptly sold to Herb Lamphear as soon as i got out of it. Ugh. I am still looking for my commission!!

[Big Don]

So after our divisionals I made a comment to Donny that it may be time to switch to 302 for the 20 class to run with Dana and Joe.

Matt did you have your best stuff on the water with Val driving?

[Matt Dagostino]

Big Don...........Val had my BEST Yamato 80 and prop on our B&H. I ran a Arlt Ultralite that Pond had just bought . Gary and i tested it the previous week at Lake Anna. It is 86 pounds and ran well testing and i had to add 20 pounds of lead!!!!. Val was still a little faster than the Pond Ultralite that had a good Pond Yamato 80 on it. I got down to the first turn with the pack but started to overheat and pulled off the course to save the motor. In my opinion Hinton is at so much elevation (1450ft) and the weather was hot in the 80's. The Yamato's and the Merc's back in the day always lose like 2-3mph. We GPS'd 63.5 with Val driving on weight with the Yamato 80 on the race course. I know for a fact that the Sidewinders (both the 15ci and the 20ci) do not lose hardly any speed at altitude and hot weather!! My guess is that since the Sidewinder is a modern state of the art racing engine it is not prone to weather and altitude like the 'Stock" Yamatos and Merc;s and OMC's. When i won CSH and 25ssh Nationals at Hinton in 1987 i was down almost 3mph in both classes but i guess everyone else was down 4 mph as i won both classes that year. Sooooo, i am not sure Hinton is such a good place to judge 'parity' between the Yamato's and Sidewinder since Hinton is such a hard place to maintain speed for the older motors.

[csh-2z]

That sounds very scientific, above my pay grade. Air density, elevation, fuel mixture and all that other crap doesn't know how old your motor is. Did you bother to retune your carburators, spark plugs or timing to compensate? I know we did.

[dwhitford]

I agree with that notion. Simple physics, chemistry, air density, and such other factors do not include the age and crankcase configuration of one brand of engine compared with any other brand of engine, regardless of race-site location and altitude. And according to my GPS, Lake Bluestone is at only 1400' elevation above sea level, not 1450' ... not that the 50-foot difference in elevation would make much power-producing difference in speed anyway.

[David Weaver]

[QUOTE=Matt Dagostino;n434487]Thanks to Aimie Pond, Abby Pond and Joyce Golley for providing me the official summary sheets so we can all share in the official results from Hinton, WV...................

850mr
1.Jimmy Warren
2.George Luce
3.Grant Hearn


Looking at the above, what is the minimum age to run 850 MR? Perhaps, Grant is older than I realize.

[Matt Dagostino]

Dave..........no wonder you are a good banker. There were only two finishers in that race (Luce and Warren). I must have not had my 2nd cup of coffee when i copied off the summary sheets. But then again Grant would look good in one of those stout Luce Runabouts don't you think!!

[David Weaver]

Matt, never, ever a banker...but on the look out for a capable driver for the new 250cch. Figure if he/she can handle a 750MR that a 250ccH would be no issue! Meantime,I will do my best.