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I can tell all my friends "I KNOW THAT GUY!!!"

Nice! If you need help, I'm willing to show up...

I've got the router bits to route the "gains" (space for braid on either side of the slot, if you're using braid).

Dates seem to be hard to come by. Most of our weekends through the summer are occupied with Airbnb guests; I don't have free weekends until October. Since I'm relatively far away from the Portland area guys, is a mid-week, evening date an impossibility? I have an EVEN Thursday open, 8/16, and an ODD Thursday, 9/13. Any thoughts?

SCX cars legal?

Okay, I have a question vis-a-vis the GT class. I have a couple of Panoz Esperantes that I love the look of, but as front -motored cars, they suck at performance. Olifer makes a 3D chassis for Slot-It pod (sidewinder) that fits with some interior modification. Stock motor can be used (18K), so it's not overpowered. Would a car set up like this be legal? If not, there is a thread on SlotCarIllustrated (http://slotcarillustrated.com/portal/fo … hp?t=99079) that shows how a fella from Oz modified his to take a sidewinder using the original chassis (no pod).

Thoughts?

But they light the corners of my mind. Misty watercolor memories...

I have some DTMs that I could race; think they're SCX. But I'm not sure. They ran pretty well in my last club. They should be competitive with the Carreras.

As far as NSR and Thunderslot being a separate class, I think that's probably wise. They just are too much for anything else. I'm still getting my head around all the other classes...we ran "box stock" everything in my old club, and that's pretty much what I have. So I need to see what works and what doesn't.

Despite the setbacks, it was still fun. A bit frustrating of course, due to the arbitrary handling of the light issue (we were dealt with palliatively, while the other teams were helped preventatively). A number of things (the handing out of motors and motor change done one team at a time; the power and light issues) left a bad taste in the mouths of a number of the teams, so things will have to be changed a bit for next year. Nevertheless, it's still slot racing at its most interesting, as it really makes setting up the car properly and driving in a way that's difficult for most of us (me, especially) to do: DON'T RACE, JUST DRIVE! The key to success in this kind of endurance race is basically to STAY OUT OF TROUBLE, and that requires disciplined driving. Those who tried to race usually ended up de-slotting, and on the floor sometimes. We pretty much drove carefully, and without the aforementioned issues would have finished pretty respectably.

It's still fun, even though I got about 40 minutes' sleep in 24 hours. Monte, please reconsider. We'll make Alan be sensible next year!

The car this afternoon; battery powered lights still on!

Is it everyone's opinion that these will be what we race in Tacoma? Or do you suppose the cars will be Revo Slots?

Chris, when are you planning on showing up? And will you have the same "lodgings" as previous years? If so, may I continue my guest status?

Stan

Thanks to Al for a great night of racing! And I made the podium twice—third in one race and second in another! Of course it helps to only have four racers for the night....