SUNDAY
MAY 20TH 2012
LEMANS GROUP C HOUR ENDURO
Return
of The "Pinky Point" Cup
In
1989 at LeMans the Group C Teams were battling
for the race win in the 24 Hour Endurance classic just as we emulated in
our 3 hour endurance race. This Enduro on the 4 Lane Riverside
track featured 4 Teams with Mazda 787B, Lancia LC2/85, Porsche 956
and Toyota 88C cars battling for supremacy. Also in 1989, yours truly was master of
ceremonies at the scale slot racing world championship held in the Grand
Raceway in Chicago, IL. 23 countries provided their best drivers
for this event with all expenses paid by the event organizers including
$50,000 in real CASH money that was distributed in prizes. One of
the very special parts of that race was the awarding of the "Pinky
Point Cup" for the driver that amassed the most racing points
across all of the events that encompassed the championship. That
cup was won by one of the Italian contingent & the Italians as a
group won a complete hotel room full of trophies which they left in the
hotel since MUCH to difficult to take back on the airplane .. so as a
result I salvaged the special "Pinky Point Cup" which has now
been awarded as a "traveling" trophy for our annual Enduro
classic. Rumor has it that the cup was
stolen from the previous winning team to be presented again this year !
The
inscription :
The
"Wolf Pack Racing Team" will have this gracing their trophy shelf until
next year when it will again be pressed into service for the next major enduro ....
For more
information on the IMCA (International Micro Car Association) that organized
& funded the 1989 slot world championships event in Chicago please see their
web site :
The
Teams
Wolf
Pack Racing - Lancia LC2/85 Slot.it
- Scott Duthie, Jim & Jerry Walter & Mark Henderson
Cloverleaf
Racing - Toyota 88C Slot.it - Randy Bussinger, Mike Stott, Dave Wickham &
Paul Coppin
Out
4 Fun Racing - Porsche 956 Slot.it - Tyler Caponey, Ron Caponey, Paul Brotz
& Ken Buczek
SOld
Dog Racing - Nissan 787B - Andy Smith, John Allard, Mike Hastie & Nelson
Swanberg
Final Results
1.
Wolf Pack Racing - Lancia LC2/85 - 1,730 Laps
2.
Cloverleaf Racing - Toyota 88C - 1,722
Laps
3.
Out 4 Fun Racing - Porsche 956 - 1,592
Laps
4.
Old Dog Racing - Mazda 787B - 1,584 Laps