The end of the summer draws near and lots of great things are happening with our ever growing die-cast club. We continue to hold our racing events, raffles and have even introduced some other awesome giveaways. If you attend any of our events and aren’t able to find something that you are looking for and leave empty handed, then you’re doing something wrong.
Our resident Downhill Racing Run Whatcha’ Brung King, James Fortenberry, won a voucher for a free fountain soda just for signing our attendance sheet. We raffled off a gift certificate to MK Toys & Stuff, two Free Bowling Parties and a C4 vender certificate to purchase from any of the vendors at the show. Our two Downhill Racing Events were impressive and saw the return of some veteran racers as well as a few rookies. Oh, and by the way… there were a ton of trades made along with sales of many die-casts ranging from basic easy to find items to the less produced holy grails that collectors seek at reasonable prices.
The Downhill Racing Hot Wheels Stock Class ran first with 30 entries whittled down to 4 semifinalists… Newcomer George Miller and his Ferrari F40 eliminated the GRI sponsored Corvette in the qualifiers, knocked out the Team Raley Ferrari 308 in the heats and drove away from Owen Nesslage’s Ferrari F40 Clone in the quarterfinals. GRI’s Mustang GT entry had similar fortune in the top portion of the bracket besting Mark Starr’s Twin mill in the qualifier, Nathan’s Zubalic’s Studebaker in the heats and Wayne Heede’s Chevelle in the quarters. Ultimately the GRI Mustang would be no match for the Miller Ferrari F40 which would move on from the semifinals. In the lower portion of the bracket, Owen & Bruce Nesslage would meet and compete in the semifinals once again. We’ve seen this pairing before and it’s always interesting to watch. Owen’s Sol-Aire entry disposed of Team Raley’s CUL8R in the qualifier, then Team Raley’s Carbide in the heats and the GRI Sidekick in the quarters. Bruce’s Monte Carlo defeated Jon Issac’s Ford F-150 in the qualifier, Rookie Ian Greenberg’s Olds Aurora in the heats and the GRI Chrysler 300C in the quarterfinals to put him against his son Owen in a semifinal showdown. Unfortunately for Bruce, Owen would dust his off once again putting himself in a familiar spot… the Finals!!! This time Owen would test rookie George Miller’s chosen Ferrari F40 entry, but the outcome would be just as familiar. Owen Nesslage’s Sol-Aire dominated the Downhill Racing Hot Wheels Stock Class Bracket to win this September’s Event. Congratulations to owen Nesslage and his Sol-Aire Hot Wheel!!!
The final event of the day would be the Downhill Racing Run Whatcha’ Brung Class Races. James Fortenberry and his master modification creations would control this event all the way down to the final race. Fortenberry has been undefeated in every DRRWB Event that he has entered and his Blue Flame F-15o Pick-Up destroys all of it’s competition. Congratulations to James Fortenberry and the “Blue Flame” Ford F-150 Pick-up, winner of September 2015’s Downhill Racing Run Whatcha’ Brung Class Races.
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September’s Maryland Die-Cast Trade Show was great event and we would like to congratulate all of the winners and thank all of the members who donated prizes, time and items for the FoT. We look forward to seeing you again this time next month and hope everyone in attendance had a good time.
