The 2017 Slant 6 Racing Season jumped off to a great start out in the corn fields of the Midwest the weekend of April 1st with Team Green Hot Shoe Rusty Heisten taking home all the marbles.

Second place in National points goes to none other than the founder, creator, publisher, editor and patriarch of the Slant 6 Racing News, Seymour Pederson!

There were a total of 10 racers competing in both 1/8 and 1/4 mile racing over the two days thanks to Team Green and new sponsor MAGOO Fabrication.

Here is the 2017 leader board:

Name	Points	Index	Wins	Rounds
Rusty Heisten	70	1.0000	6	6
Seymour Pederson	40	0.5000	3	6
Cassidy Soard (Rookie)	30	0.3333	2	6
Bill Barksdale	15	0.3333	1	3
Mark Goodman	15	0.3333	1	3
Jeff Strahl	5
James Soard (Rookie)	5
Denny Baierl (Rookie)	5
Austin Goodman	5
George Kelley	5

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Here are the MATS points.

Marcus Keltner (Rookie) - 35
Michelle St. Onge-Bohman - 25
Mike Keller - 15
Allen Dutra - 15
Denny Baierl (Rookie) - 5
Andrew Howard - 5
Scott Jones - 5
Terry Scott - 5

Here is the 2017 leader board:

Name	Points	Index	Wins	Rounds
Rusty Heisten	70	1.0000	6	6
Seymour Pederson	40	0.5000	3	6
Marcus Keltner (Rookie)	35	1.0000	3	3
Cassidy Soard (Rookie)	30	0.3333	2	6
Michelle StOnge-Bohman	25	0.6667	2	3
Miker Keller	15	0.3333	1	3
Allen Dutra	15	0.3333	1	3
Bill Barksdale	15	0.3333	1	3
Mark Goodman	15	0.3333	1	3
Denny Baierl (Rookie)	10
Andrew Howard	5
Scott Jones	5
Terry Scott	5
Jeff Strahl	5
James Soard (Rookie)	5
Austin Goodman	5
George Kelley	5

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Rob

I’m Mater
The Kentucky Poser

I am moving from Germany back to Kentucky this summer, so race reporting will likely be a little delayed from time to time. I will try to stay on top of things as best as I can. Slant on!!

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Rob

I’m Mater
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Rob,

On behalf of all of us, many thanks! No worries on any delays and best of luck with your move this summer. It'll be great to get together again in person.

Lou

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Thanks Lou.

For expectation management I've tried to guess on how delayed the reporting will be:

Mason-Dixon 20-21 May - Flying back to KY 22-29 May (Updated by 25 May depending on my schedule - house hunting)
Medford 3-4 June - Going on our last "European Vacation" 5-11 June (Updated by 13 June [unless I have some down time and decent WiFi])
Bristol and Woodburn 24-25 June - Flying back to KY for the move 27 June (Updated by 30 June I hope)
Samoa 8-9 July - Going to a school in VA 9-28 July (Updated once I get settled, maybe 11 July)
Knoxville and Woodburn 5-6 and 13 August - Going to AZ to see family, so depends on schedule - shouldn't be too late

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My apologies for the delayed points updates! Here are the updated 2017 Championship points with Redding and Mason Dixon races added.

Redding – May 13 & 14th 2017

Saturday
Glen Ambacher 25
Bruce Pine 15
Dana Prater 5
Wendy Pine 5

Sunday
Wendy Pine 25
Glen Ambacher 15
Dana Prater 5
Bruce Pine 5

Mason Dixon - May 20 & 21st 2017

Saturday
Ron Hamby-----35
Greg Ondayko--25
Rick Covalt------15
Lou Madsen------15
Derek Gordon----5
Brian Droschak---5
Phil Stoneback---5

Sunday
Ron Hamby-----45
Andrew shank---35
Rick Covalt------25
Ryan Covalt -----15
Derrick Sword----15
Lou Madsen------5
Brian Droschak---5
Phil Stoneback---5
Greg Ondayko----5
Ken Anderson----5

Here is the updated roster:

Name	Points	Index	Wins	Rounds	Over 5
Ron Hamby	80	1.0000	7	7	(0)
Rusty Heisten	70	1.0000	6	6	(0)
Glen Ambacher	40	0.7500	3	4	(0)
Seymour Pederson	40	0.5000	3	6	(0)
Rick Covalt	40	0.4286	3	7	(0)
Marcus Keltner (Rookie)	35	1.0000	3	3	(0)
Andrew Shank	35	0.7500	3	4	(0)
Wendy Pine	30	0.5000	2	4	(0)
Cassidy Soard (Rookie)	30	0.3333	2	6	(0)
Greg Ondayko	30	0.2857	2	7	(0)
Michelle St Onge-Bohman (Rookie)	25	0.6667	2	3	(0)
Bruce Pine	20	0.2500	1	4	(0)
Lou Madsen	20	0.1429	1	7	(0)
Mike Keller	15	0.3333	1	3	(0)
Allen Dutra	15	0.3333	1	3	(0)
Bill Barksdale	15	0.3333	1	3	(0)
Mark Goodman	15	0.3333	1	3	(0)
Ryan Covalt	15	0.2500	1	4	(0)
Derrick Sword	15	0.1000	1	4	(0)
Brian Droschak	10	0.0000	0	7	(0)
Phil Stoneback	10	0.0000	0	7	(0)
Denny Baierl (Rookie)	10	0.0000	0	6	(0)
Dana Prater	10	0.0000	0	4	(0)
Ken Anderson	5	0.0000	0	4	(0)
Andrew Howard	5	0.0000	0	3	(0)
Scott Jones	5	0.0000	0	3	(0)
Terry Scott	5	0.0000	0	3	(0)
Jeff Strahl	5	0.0000	0	3	(0)
James Soard (Rookie)	5	0.0000	0	3	(0)
Austin Goodman	5	0.0000	0	3	(0)
George Kelley (Rookie)	5	0.0000	0	3	(0)
Derek Gordon	5	0.0000	0	3	(0)

I'm Rob "Snagglepuss" Simmons, your International (Soon to just be national again) Slant 6 "Laff-A-Lympics" Drag Racing commentator, bringing you the latest (And I do mean LATE) race coverage for the 2017 National Slant 6 Drag Racing Championship!!.

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Thanks again Rob! You do a lot of behind the scenes work and we appreciate it!

Rick

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12.70 @ 104.6

My sincere apologies for not being able to get the points updated yet.

Long sob story about internet access, Windows subscriptions,... yada yada yada...

We are in the house now. I leave for my school in Virginia in the morning. I really do hope to get the championship points updated next week once I'm settled in and have some down time and halfway decent internet access. The class is three weeks long and yes, I have checked Mapquest to see that it is a 5 hour drive to Wilkesboro on 21 July...

There are two dragstrips within 30 minutes or less of the house.
Maybe I can convince Cookie to get his Little Red Piggy put together so we can finally do our Cookie versus Mater Grudge Race!!

Be patient. I promise I'll get the points updated soon.

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Rob

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The Kentucky Poser

Rob, welcome back!
Are you going to Eustis?
If so make sure you catch up with Will.

See you soon,Stan

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Hi Rob

Since you mentioned it are you planning to make the 5 hour drive on the 21st? Everyone would like to see you in person.

Ron

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62 Val, 66 Dart, 16 Ram 2500 Mega

Hey Stan,

I'm going to Fort Belvoir this time. If it were Eustis I would definitely reach out to Will.

Hey Ron,

I am going to try. It depends on how much homework I will have for this class and if I will be allowed to go that far during the school.
I really want to make it if I can. I won't have a Slant 6 to race, but I'd love to do some bench racin'!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnVnE-wOXJs

I am finally in position to spend some of my money on me. So it won't be too long before...I am you hucklebery!

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I have most of the points worked out for the Woodburn, Bristol and Samoa races. I just need to confirm things and I'll get the championship points updated.

I'm in a fairly intense school for the next three weeks, but at least I have decent internet access and a computer that sorta works...

I'm still hoping to make it to the Wilkesboro race on that Saturday. Then I can report on the race in person!

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Rob

I’m Mater
The Kentucky Poser

Thanks much, Rob! Welcome back to the US and I look forward to seeing you at a race soon (CC or M-D or...).

Hope the settling in and moving is going well!

Lou

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Here are the points earned at Woodburn, Samoa and the first day of the Bristol race.

Woodburn 25 June:

Mike Bjerklund = 35
Doug Powers = 25
Walt Skoczylas = 15
Dave Mueller = 15
CJ Stoakes = 5
Richard Bjerklund = 5
Ron Parks (Rookie) = 5

Samoa 8-9 July:

Saturday:
Andrew Howard Sr. = 35
Scott Silkwood = 25
Richard Bjerklund = 15
Doug Chow = 5
Andrew Howard Jr. (Rookie) = 5

Sunday:
Andrew Howard Jr. (Rookie) = 35
Andrew Howard Sr. = 25
Scott Silkwood = 15
Richard Bjerklund = 5
Doug Chow = 5

Bristol 24 June:

Ron Hamby = 35
Jack Everhardt III = 25
Rodney Hargis = 15
Jack Everhardt Jr. = 5
Sam Daugherty = 5
Dale Hamby (Rookie) = 5

I will add Bristol 25 June when I get those points.

Updated Championship points coming in a minute...

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I’m Mater
The Kentucky Poser