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Race results from 8/17/17
GT3
1 Daniel 68
2 Rico 67.2
3 Monte 65.9
4 Al 64.8
5 Mitch 64.2
6 Gary 61.6
7 David 57.4
F1
1 Daniel 67.1
2 Monte 66.1
3 Al 65.4
4 Rico 64
5 Gary 63.4
6 Mitch 59.9
7 David 52.2
BRM Group C
1 Rico 73.6
2 Al 72
3 Mitch 71.4
4 Daniel 70.4
5 Monte 69
HOLLY FREAKIN' COW!!! WE FREAKIN' WON!!!!
This was a TEAM EFFORT all the way, but we could not have made the journey without Dennis Hart's vision, and the skills and hard work of Chris Kouba!!!
Thank you ALL that helped make this happen! We obviously had THE BEST TEAM on the hill!!!
======Bill
Coming up with a time and date for a team meeting before the race has become quite a challenge. The best I can do is Friday August 18th evening after 6pm. I have determined a location yet, but I will do so after I receive confirmation from those that can attend.
Here's some points to think about before the meeting at which time we will assign some specific duties for our individual teams as well as all the teams collectively.
We need someone to be responsible for taking photos. This will be a duty covering all three teams.
We need someone to be in position at the speed bump located in the return tow route back up to the pit area. The speed bump is roughly 200 yards from the top of the hill or pit area. This person will responsible for unhooking our team cars from the tow vehicle, getting it safely over the speed bump, and then re-attaching it for the remainder of the two to the pit area. This person will not have to be at the speed bump through the entire race, only when one of our team cars is being towed back up.
If you would like to volunteer for either of those duties please let me know.
I would also like to get a contact number for each team member that will be on the hill. If you could email me the cell phone number you will have on you during the race that would be great. I will put together a list so everyone will have all the team member's contact numbers.
I would also like to make a list of all the team members planning to attend the after race party.
If you have any other concerns or questions please let me know.
Lastly, Dennis needs a small sized 12VDC "Boom Box" that will play single CD's REAL LOUD to install in the Flyer. He tried using one of those small round ones that kids plug headphones into and it didn't work. It has to be strong enough to drive real speakers. He will take it apart and set it up in the rear section to play appropriate crowd stimulating sounds as the Flyer flies by! Cheap would be good. Free would be better! He has an old Sony that works bitchin, but Char likes it and won't let him dissect it to fit. The crowd would LOVE it!
Again, the pre-race meeting will be on Friday August 18th at 6:30pm, location yet to be determined. I hope this date and time will work for most everyone.
May the force of gravity be with you.
========Bill
Race results from August 8th race:
GT Class
1 Greg 71.3
2 Al 69
3 Mitch 68.1
4 Daniel 64.2
5 Jeff 59.7
6 Amy 57.1
7 David 54.6
Le Mans Class
1 Daniel 68.4
2 Greg 66
3 Al 65.6
4 Mitch 64.6
5 Jeff 63.5
6 Amy 56
7 David 54.9
Over 50 Class
1 Mitch 67.5
2 Al 63.4
3 David 58.9
4 Greg 56.1
5 Daniel 53.6
New home stuff is dragging. Still no floors installed so no progress on getting settled. This sucks!
Dennis Hart is looking for a small sized 12VDC "Boom Box" that will play single CD's REAL LOUD to be installed in the Hawksbill Flyer. It has to be strong enough to drive real speakers. He will take it apart and set it up in the rear section of the car to play appropriate crowd stimulating sounds as the Flyer flies by! Cheap would be good. Free would be better! He has an old Sony that works bitchin, but Char likes it and won't let him dissect it to fit. The crowd would LOVE it!
May the force of gravity be with you.
Dennis
Info I received from Al regarding the classes for the next two Odd Thursday Night races:
F1 and GT3 on 8/17 and Classic Sport Cars and CanAm on 8/31
We got our cable service installed today so I am back up and running.
We're out, we're in, and what a freaking mess!
Thanks again to everyone that helped us with our move!!!
We won't have internet service at our new house until sometime next week, so I'll probably be out of touch for awhile.
=======Bill
Unloaded a BUNCH of stuff today at the new place. We are having the floors and carpet redone so everything has to go in the garage for now. What a MESS!
Three days left to be out of this place. TooBad Motorplex is just memories now. My HO track went into the U-Haul today. I have stuff scattered over three different locations.............it will never be the same!
Results from July 27th race at Al's Rippin' Ridin' Raceway -
Trans Am
1 Mitch 66
2 Rico 65.9
3 Greg 65.6
4 Daniel 63.7
5 Al 60.8
6 Fernando 60.8
7 Burns 59.6
8 David 58.8
9 Julie 53.2
Can Am
1 Daniel 72.1
2 Al 69.8
3 Mitch 67
4 Rico 66.7
5 Burns 62.4
6 Fernando 61
7 Greg 59.3
8 Julie 56.1
9 David 52.9
GT 3
1 Rico 68.5
2 Al 66.5
3 Greg 66.4
4 Mitch 66.3
5 Daniel 65.7
6 Fernando 64.8
7 Burns 61.4
8 Julie 59.5
9 David 52.1
BRM Group C
1 Rico 76.4
2 Al 72
3 Mitch 70.3
4 David 59
5 Burns 56.9
Looks like you guys had some close racing!
Thanks to Howie, the Scuderia Kouba gravity racers made it out to the Beaches Cruise In this evening.
I think we need to do some experimenting with some of the ideas suggested and see where it takes us.
I know Al's track has the capability of adjusting the track voltage, and the lap time breakout could also be experimented with.
Now THAT could be a possibility!
Just in case anyone was wondering, it is 3.3 miles farther to our new place in Vancouver than our current house in Fairview (as measured from the I-205 / I-84 interchange).
Time-wise that could be measured in HOURS depending on the day and time!
Probably no Odd Thursday Racing in the future at my place.............
Here's the interview that aired on prime time:
http://koin.com/2017/07/17/rookie-at-73 … box-derby/
Great job Dennis!
Now that I think about it, what's the performance of the NC-1 in the old Ninco cars going to be like at 9 volts? Especially compared to the NC5 Speeder in the newer versions of the same cars?
We got some TV time on Channel 6 News this morning!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNkxipZSTic&t=11s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmaKvZHqSSo
I like that too!
Been awhile since I voiced anything here, probably overdue for an update!
OK, I am officially an Old Guy! Today I pulled a muscle in my ASS! I have learned a lot throughout this moving process! Here are my latest 10 bullet points indicating old age: 1. Heavy boxes are MUCH heavier when you're old! 2. Part of being old is the practice of falling down, the older you get the better you are at it! 3. You should try to avoid falling down while carrying heavy boxes (this could result in pulling a muscle in your ASS!). 4. Some how the muscles in you ass are connected to the muscles in your leg. 5. Soon after pulling an ass muscle your leg will start hurting and the resulting limp will make you more likely to fall again! 6. It is possible to severely strain your neck muscles while tieing up a bush! 7. Your neck will hurt less once your leg starts hurting from pulling an ass muscle. 8. The actual wound or cut is at the top of the trail of dried blood running down your leg. 9. When you're old you have no idea where those trails of dried blood came from! 10. Bandaids are much cheaper in bulk!
Chris Kouba's final run of the day. A downhill run of 14.6 miles reaching a top speed of 62.3 MPH! He's not just fast with slot cars!
Here's some pictures Rico took of the testing session:
Here are the posted results from the test runs:
Test Run No.1
MKI 37.1 MPH - Chris
MKII 36.7 MPH - Jeff C.
Test Run No.2
MKI 38.0 MPH - Chris
MKII 35.6 MPH - Jeff C.
Hawsbill Flyer MPH 31.1 - Dennis
Test Run No.3
MKI 38.4 MPH - Chris
MKII 36.4 MPH - Jenny
Hawksbill Flyer MPH - 30.7 - Jeff B.
Test Run No.4
MKI 39.1 MPH - Chris
MKII 37.8 MPH - Jenny
Hawksbill Flyer 33.6 MPH - Rico
Test Run No.5
MKI 39.4 MPH - Jeff C.
MKII 37.5 MPH -Jenny
Hawksbill Flyer n/a - Dennis
Final Mountain Run 14.6 Miles
MKI 62.3 MPH - Chris
MKII n/a - Jeff C.
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