10/11/2026
Blind squirrel invitational great day of racing at beaver Frankie G takes home Wally and a grand Mark Santee goes home with $500 runner up Bob English wins consolation race and $250 John wise runner up gets $125 making John the only member to finish in the money all 3 years.
WOW A GOOD TURN OUT FOR 3RD ANNUAL BLIND SQUIRREL RACE.
WE STARTED WITH 24 CARS SIGNED IN 23 MADE TIME SHOTS.
ED KELLY HAD STARTER PROBLEMS, BRIAN WALLACE HAD ENGINE ISSUES AND DID NOT MAKE ELIMINATIONS.
ROUND 1 WE SEE BRUCE THOMAS , MARK SANTEE, BRYAN FEAGLEY, JARED WALLACE, PETE BOYER, BRIAN YARRISON, BOB CALIMER, BEN BAKER, CHRiS RIGHETTI, FRANK GIALLONARDO, AND RANDY CAMPBELL.
MOVE ON TO ROUND 2, FRANK GIALLONARDO, PETE BOYER, MARK SANTEE, BEN BAKER, RANDY CAMPBELL, AND BOB CALIMER, WENT ON TO NEXT ROUND.
ROUND 3, MARK SANTEE STOPS BOB CAILMERS DAY, PETE BOYER OVER BEN BAKER, AND FRANK GIALLONARDO PUTS RANDY CAMPBELL ON TRAILER.
ROUND 4, MARK DIALS A 10.70 GOES 10.71 WITH A .041 RT STOPPING PETE WHO WENT 10.70 ON A 10.73 DIAL IN. FRANK HAD A BYE INTO FINALS.
BEST 2 OUT OF 3 THE FIRST RUN MARK DIALS IN 10.70 GOES 10.72 WITH A .0443 LIGHT, FRANK GIALLONARDO DIALS 12.27 RUNS 12.27 WITH A RT OF .0706. I BELIVE YOU CALL THAT A HOLE SHOT WIN.
SECOND RUN MARK UP BY ONE FRANK DIALS 12.27 GOES 12.2798 WITH A RT OF .0297, MARK DIALS 10.70 RUNS 10.65 WITH A RT OF .0383 TIED UP AT ONE EACH. FRANK GIALLONARDO TAKES THE WIN. SECOND AND THIRD RUNS WERE WON BY .009 MARGIN.
ALL DAY THERE WAS GOOD RACING. CONSOLATION RACE ROUND 1, JOHN WISE, MERRITT SNYDER, JASON HECKMAN, BOB ENGLISH, AND BILL WERT MADE IT THROUGH 1ST ROUND.
JOHN, BOB, AND MERRITT GO TO SEMI FINALS. BOB ENGLISH STOPS MERRITT SNYDER, JOHN HAD BYE RUN INTO FINAL.
BOB DIALS 9.38 GOES 9.40 WITH A NOT SO GOOD LIGHT OF .1320, JOHN DIALS 11.63 RUNS 11.59 WITH A .0964 LIGHT GIVING BOB ENGLISH THE WIN.
GUYS HITTING LIGHTS PRETTY GOOD SATURDAY
1ST TIME SHOT BRYAN FEAGLEY .0147
2ND TIME SHOT BOB ENGLISH .0066
ROUND 1,
BOB CALIMER .0026
MERRITT SNYDER .0207
ROUND 3,
MERRITT SNYDER .0098
ROUND 4 FRANK GIALLONARDO .0072
ROUND 5 FRANK GIALLONARDO .0282
ROUND 6 MARK SANTEE .0443
ROUND 7 FRANK GIALLONARDO .0297.
WE OFTEN DISCUSS WHAT IS NOSTALGIA.
I SAY THIS, COME TO A MANDRA RACE AND FIND OUT.
OUR FINAL ON SATURDAY NIGHT UNDER THE LIGHTS MAIN RACE WE HAD FRANK GIALLONARDO IN A 1954 FORD GASSER GOING UP AGAINST MARK SANTEE IN HIS 1963 1\2 MERCURY COMET.
CONSOLATION RACE WE HAD BOB ENGLISH IN A 1957 MGA, RACING JOHN WISE IN A 1950 STUDEBAKER GASSER .
I WAS TAKING BACK WATCHING THIS WORKS OF CAR ART GO DOWN THE TRACK.
I THINK WE SET THE BAR WHEN IT COMES TO NOSTALGIA RACING .
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Ray Bloom
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