The 30th Tom Nehl National was held at Roebling Road Raceway outside Savannah, GA on the March 1-2 Weekend.
Entry from all classes was down with only 137 registered. On top of the thin registration, there were additional no shows. The Registered 14 car grouping of F500-FF-FV was reduced to 11 when Clint McMahan and two of the 3 Fords were not able to attend. After the first practice session on Saturday morning the field was shrunk to 10 as Tom Manalio had engine problems that could not be fixed at the track. The Weather Steward performed his duties flawlessly! While the morning were cool, in the 40's, once the Sun arrived the temps improved to the upper 60's to low 70's. Very comfortable racing. The race was flagged off at approximately 10 AM with the lone Ford checking out. Wayde Alfarone and I were the lone F500's with me qualified on the pole. At the drop of the flag we both checked out from the FV field and for 19 laps Wayde filled my mirrors at nearly every turn until I had a heim joint break in the front suspension causing me to have a snap spin on the short chute between turns 4 & 5. That was the race as Wayde Alfarone won his initial National Race. Congratulations Wayde. Chuck McAbee SEDIV #16 ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
