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Round 3 - March 6th 2004 - Buena Park Raceway

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The Sprayglue 12 field
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Pat Ularte race directed the 12 races early on in the day.
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Group 12 cars
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Sprayglue drivers
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The Scale Glue Monkey, Paul Sterrett was there and itching to wipe up some glue.
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Phil Larcom betwen heats
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Jim Swofford comes to the races prepared.
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Dale Garcia marshalls the deadman while sitting out.
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Sam Rackham between heats.
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Group 12 racers
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Group 12 racers during the race.
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Bill Taylor filled in race directing.
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Group 12 podium. L to R Wendell Smith (3rd), Sam Rackham (2nd), Jim Swofford (1st)
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Sprayglue 12 podium. L to R Mark Gonsalves (2nd with his first podium in his first SoCal Race), Cliff Kendirck (1st and his first SoCal Win) and Chris Radisich (3rd)
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The starting lineup for the 27 race.
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The 27 drivers
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The 27 cars on the starting line
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Pat Ularte looks for places to lay down some more glue.
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Forrest Watchers being watched by Dale Garcia
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Sam Rackham starts to change a motor during a lane change
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The new motor goes in place
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he gets it lined up
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Then tacks it in place
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Moves it a little to make sure it is exactly in the right place
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Checks it out again
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Looks from the other side
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He then solders the motor in at the back
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Runs some paper through the gear to ensure the clearance is right
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Checks it out again
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and finishes the job off
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Rich Curnutte comes over after gluing to make sure everything is ok.
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Meanwhile Forrest does a motor change as well
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and so does Jim
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While Bill Pinkston gets his glue set right
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1 Motor open field
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The crowd goes wild .... The best crashes were rewarded with high scores.
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This was a big one...
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John Tori pits between heats
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No action to score, the racing was way too clean
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The new and the old.
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Robert Park in one of his first 1 Motor Open Races, having abad hair day while Tori stays calm losing count of how many races he has been in.
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The crowd grows, but remains silent waiting for the next big one.
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Pat Ularte loaned his sound box to the race director which added atmosphere for the crowd.
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Meanwhile another crowd gathers.
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Robert does hs best Elvis impression
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and Sam spots it....
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1 Motor open Podium. l to R A welcome return to SoCal for Scott Fisher (2nd), Another win for Forrest Watchers (1st) and a solid 3rd for John Tori Andersen.
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The Big Dog Group 7 Open Field
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The crwd thins, but still goes wild for those sub 2 second crashes.
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Forrest removes some glue
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Phil Larcom tries to straighten out his car.
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Forrest is the early leader.
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Foamy gets ready to drag race.
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A new track record in G7. The podium. L to R Forrest Watchers (2nd), Carlos Aloise (1109 laps new track record 1st) and Pat Ularte 3rd.