Name: 4th of July Race
Start: 2021-07-18T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2021-07-18T23:59:59-04:00
Location: Randy’s Raceway

1 of the historic ECHORR races each season is the Veterans Day Race. This year the race had to be moved and Little T stepped up in a big way to host the annual race. If you have not attended a race at Little T’s Speedway, It is a must see showplace. 1 of the largest HO Slot Car Speed Shops in business, Spacious Pit Area, 3 great tracks to race on and some of the best home made food you can eat. With CV19 rules in place and a much different racing season, 9 racers came to race today.

Tom Wenner wins SOS & Indy Car, Hiram Durant scores the Fray feature event wins

1st race of the day, Slip On Super Stock Tjet Chassis with Freddy Mac custom painted lexan vintage coupe or sedan bodies. The race was held on the 6 lane Little T’s Max Trax Oval. The race was held in traditional race type format instead of a timed event. Tom Wenner won 3 segments on the way to the feature event win. Dan Wirfel won 2 segments on the way to his 2nd place finish. Track Promoter Tim Bowers Jr. won 1 segment in his 1st Tjet start and kept the home field advantage in check with the podium score.

4. Jim Levan

5. Randy Jay Haydt

6. Hiram Durant

7. Shane Hiester

8. Sheldon Hiester

9. Toby Reinhard

2nd race of the day, 3:00 Minute Round Robin Tjet Style Fray Super Stock Chassis on the new traveling Red/Blue Maxx Trax Road Course. Hiram Durant left no doubt who is the best road course racer today, Hiram blasted to a convincing feature event win. 159 laps over 4 lanes. Dan Wirfel finished 2nd with 156 laps, Dan’s 2nd straight top 2 finish of the day. Dan had an incredibly fast ride. Rounding out the podium, Randy Jay Haydt with 155 laps. Randy is always a contender when we hit the road courses.

4. Tom Wenner

5. Little T – Tim Bowers Jr.

6. Jim Levan

7. Sheldon Hiester

8. Toby Reinhard

9. Shane Hiester

After 2 events lunch was served – Special Thanks for Tim and Rachel, They laid out an incredible spread of food. Sausage, Meatballs, Veggies, Mac Salad, with Snack and Drinks. All the necessary safety protocols were in place. Individual gloves for food handling, Hand Sanitizer, Social Distancing. Thanks to everyone for wearing masks and doing all the right things. We can continue to enjoy this hobby when we do all the right things.

The 3rd race of the day – 2:00 Minute Round Robin ECHORR Indy Cars on the Randy’s Raceway II AFX/Tomy Oval that is now residing at Little T’s Speedway. Indy Cars are a blast on this track. Fast and a handful. The Indy Car race was incredibly tight and close. Tom Wenner edged out the Indy Car Feature win by 15 track sections over Randy Jay Haydt. Randy finished 2nd, His 2nd podium finish of the day. Finishing in the 3rd was Hiram Durant. Hiram with his 2nd podium of the day and was less than a lap behind Randy.

4th – Little T – Tim Bowers, Jr.

5th – Dan Wirfel

6th – Jim Levan

7th – Shane Hiester

8th – Sheldon Hiester

9th – Toby Reinhard

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This year’s Anniversary ace was held under the Yellow flag due to the Covid-19 virus. All participants were required to wear masks. Durant Raceway was thoroughly cleaned an plenty of hand sanitizer and wipes were available.

10 races showed up for the event, although a light turnout, there was big fun, and all were glad to be racing!

Saturday was IROC day, always a fun time with close racing, this year was no exception. The totals at the end of the day reflected this.

Sunday, we had bracket bump up races with the ECHORR Slip on SS class. These cars have come a long way and are getting faster and faster. Again, some very close racing.

Hoping that next year we will be back to normal and can celebrate properly.