Fontana S/SS combo Saturday 10-17-09

[Greg Reimer 7376]

Hi. Real sorry I didn't make it this weekend. I was planning on going right up unil Monday morning when we got the news that my wife's mom passed away.The funeral was yesterday, I was asked to speak,(there's certainly easier duty to pull than that one), so my red Chevelle is on the trailer until Pomona,I guess. I'm really glad to see that it was a success, I plan to support it all I can next year. Tony Janes drove our red Chevelle wagon, hope he did well. Hint,hint.What about Fontana hosting a Div.7 grade-point earning National Open next year?There wouldn't be a problem with alcohol car noise, and it probably would work. Again, thanks to all of you who made it happen,meanwhile,I'm believing for better times ahead for us. Thanks again.

[Brett Brown]

SCEDA seemed happy with the turnout. I know we can do better in the future and hopefully a 6 race series next year will do the trick.
Other than having carb issues, I had a good time and it seemed most everyone else did too. I am certainly looking forward to having more races available in my backyard next year.
Thanks to all who helped put this together.

[Rick Kagawa]

Who won the Saturday event? How many cars showed up for Sunday and who won?

[Tony Janes]

The Saturday raced was won by Kyle Rizzoli over Mike Johnson. On Sunday there were only 17 car, there would have been more but at least 10 car had problems on Saturday. I left before the final Sunday. The 3 car left were Jaun Mendoza, Doug Lambeck and John Mason. There were 42 cars on Saturday. Here are some pictures from the race.

[Carl Battis]

Too bad about the Sunday car count. I would have stayed for Sunday but I had to work that day. SCEDA ran a nice event and I hope they put together a series for us next year.

Nice photos Tony - the only thing missing is a silver Camaro!

[Chuck Norton]

Congratulations to John Mason (GT/JA), Sunday combo winner, and Juan Mendoza (SS/AA), runner-up, for their respective performances on Sunday! Nice job, guys.

c

[GrapeApe7575]

As a "regular" SCEDA bracket racer, I was super excited about the S/SS combo coming to join us for the weekend. We got to see many of our "heroes" and race side by side with the legit cars from SoCal. I am also excited about the possibility of a 6 race series for next year. SCEDA is absolutely our favorite series to race simply because they are well organized, well run events and Brent and Staci Cannon go out of their way to make you aware how much they appreciate your patronage. Good people, good facilities, good weather, good payouts, great competition....what the heck else could you ask for.

One thing on my wish list is that some of you guys take the plunge and double enter those high dollar S/SS cars into the No-E class. You will benefit by the increased seat time and it increases purse opportunities for everybody. Trust me, you're not going to wear out your equipment and you just might go home with 2 paychecks instead of one.

I admire those who go to great lengths to extract the last bit of performance out of your combo. Bracket racers don't necessarily excercise the same diligence finding horsepower, but we work hard to see that equipment is in good shape, reliable, and that our driving skills are perfectly honed to repeat round after round. If I may speak for my peers, we would certainly enjoy looking over in the other lane to see Doug Lambeck, Tony Janes, Greg Luneack, Kyle Rizzoli, or any ot the other big names with which we were so fortunately surrounded this past weekend.

Hats off to SCEDA for bringing this to us and hopefully you guys and gals will come out in force next year to support this series.

[pro stock chuck]

A Big thanks to all the s/ss racers for the GREAT turn out. Staci and Bret Cannon, Beth Rice and her awesome crew we (all us racers) are so grateful for your help and support in makeing this race happen. Would also like to thank Our sponsors BRIDGEWATER EQUIPTMENT, REMAC TRANS.,CALIFORNIA CAR COVERS, PERFORMANCE WELDING HEADERS,
Lets do it again soon.
Chuck Echmalian

[GarysZ24]

I see that the entry fee for each days race was $40.00. How much was the "Additional Assoc. fees" spoken about in the advertisement about the race? Two races in one weekend on a semi-pro level with entry fees like that, just might get this Arizona racer to chime in on the fun as well???