PCA Chesapeake Region Patter - March 2018

Chesapeake Region
Slot Car Night 2018 Recap—Terrell Williams
The Lady Racers filled 3 brackets of
competitors who all raced very
carefully. These weren’t the evenings
fastest races because the Ladies
proved to be very cautious
drivers. Being careful not to have
their slot cars leave the track,
many fans pleaded for the Ladies
to “Go Faster”. Nevertheless,
those ladies who balanced racing
for speed, with caution around the
sharp turns ended up in the championship
race. The Lady Racer
Champion was Kathy Ricketson and
2 nd place went to Vicki Saxon.
This year’s Men Racers filled out 4
brackets of entrants. The Men’s
field of racers was a little thin this
year totaling just 16 racers compared
to 35 last year. The Slots
Chair who is a two-time champion
decided not to race and keep his
talents under wraps this year leaving
the field wide open. The four
finalists for the championship race
included two first timers. When all
the racing had concluded, Sean
Ricketson repeated as the Men’s
Champion and Rick Merriken
claimed the 2 nd place trophy. Sean
has won the Men’s title three
times. His wife Kathy is also a multiple
Ladies Champion.
The Juniors Enduro team race of 20
laps were competitive early on, but
ultimately dominated by Team
Schultz consisting of Sadie Schultz,
Quinn Schultz, Avery Schultz and
Braden Hopkins. The Schultz’s are
the grandkids of Donna Brandt and
are clearly very talented as they’ve
won this race several times. Team
Vipers with Enzo Puopolo, James
Beavan, Bill Kearny and Ethan
Dashiell were strong second place
finishers and the Blue Hair team of
Lucas Rausch, Julien Rausch, Sophia
Alban and Maeve Geiger finished
in third place.
The Faster Team comprised of
Sean Ricketson, Rick Merriken, Lee
Raskin and Marco Alban completed
40 laps of racing to win the Adult
Enduro race besting Team 935,
Champions, Fast and Champions
Holiday Racing Teams.
Perhaps the highlight of the afternoon
for foodies was the Chesapeake
PCA Chili cook-off that
attracted 10 crock pots of tasty
chili. The variety of chili was so
awesome that we had more tasters
than racers. The Slots Chair often
found it difficult to find volunteer
lap counters because the room was
abuzz with chili connoisseurs. Participants
gobbled, sampled and
simply enjoyed a tremendous variety
of chili making it very difficult
to select the best. When the votes
were tallied, there was a two-way
tie for first place. The Chesapeake
PCA Chili cook-off winners were
Ellen Beck (one of last year’s winner)
and Brian Funk.
We again want to thank the
Parkville Family Y for their continuous
support and being a great
place to hold our annual Slot Car
Night. We thank all those who
attended and brought along several
family members to enjoy our
great event. After the trophy
presentations everyone stepped up
and helped break down the track,
tables and chairs, gathered trash
and cleaned the room. We can’t
thank enough all those great
PCA’ers. The Chesapeake PCA Region
members continue to set the
standard for social gatherings and
enjoying club events.
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