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I've got a track I can give you... and you already know you like it!

If you get it assembled and tuned to your satisfaction by Thurs eve, I will happily send it in with my own creations if you bring it to Al's or otherwise connect with me before I send mine.  I am feeling somewhat inclined to get mine going, knowing how quickly the end of the month can arrive from out of the blue.

CK

Here's a news flash: Doc will come in second...

This just in...  Finals finish line pic from Dick Gehrke.  Holy crap is it cool!

THANKS Dick!!!

AWESOME shots:

And in the overall finals, the results have been posted:

All three cars won their first rounds, securing top a 10 for everyone.  Dennis had his off during his semi-final round and as a DNF for that round, would be classified in 9th.  Looking at the remaining times, it would appear that Jenny secured 5th place, missing out on 4th by only .21s, with a very impressive 78.80s run.  I sense the fight will build in her over the off season...  Look out Mt Tabor!!

Excellent work by the whole team and thanks again to all who came out to help!

Chris

Yeah, WOW, what a day!!

As Rico said, I did win the whole thing.  HOLY CRAP!!!!!

At the finish line with my VERY supportive wife:

An earlier heat, from Jeff Burns:

All three cars did do extremely well, with all of them earning spots in the finals.  Dennis won his first round final's heat but had his off in the semi's.  For my semi-final heat, I was lined up with two others, one of which blew a tire while just sitting on the start line.  They then pulled Jenny Burns in the MkII up to replace that entry, so one of the Scuderia cars wasn't going to advance that round, and it was her...  I grabbed victory in that round and waited for the final to see who showed up.

MkI & MkII, killing it in the semi's, unfortunately only one of us advanced...:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKHqBQGSvW0;t=2m34s

Setting up in the semi's for the Learning Curve:

It was Louis in that gorgeous canoe car and the third place winner from last year.  This was going to be interesting.

With the performance of all three cars, I figured whoever lead into the first corner was going to have a massive advantage, and whoever lead into the Learning Curve was going to take the race.  For this, I owe it to my pusher, Michael Davis, who gave me fantastic starts all day.  What did he look like in action?  Check out an earlier heat from the push cam (didn't capture the final heat):

https://youtu.be/bGjzLavia7o

For the final heat, Michael got me out ahead of the others with a fantastic start.

Michael (who's not visible) getting me out ahead of Louis in the canoe car:

I was first to get to turn one, a mild left hander, but Louis made up a little ground going into the right.  I saw his nose move up along side of me, but I stretched it out into the next left hander with a shorter line to the apex.  This got me far enough ahead to drift out onto the main straight in front of him and hope that I had built enough of a lead to hold him down the straight.

Exiting the S turns at the top and moving onto the straight, Louis just barely behind me:

Video from Howie shot about halfway down the straight:
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipM … 9FREd6dE9R

Turns out, it was EXTREMELY close heading into that final turn.  Someone else sent me this slow-mo video of our two cars nearing the turn in for the Learning Curve:

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipM … ZDLVlBZ1Jn

In the first 4 seconds of the video, you can see the nose of the canoe car within ~18" of the tail of the car- about halfway up the pushing tower we added for the start.  We were that close(!), BUT I WAS IN THE LEAD.  Louis in the canoe car was going to have to drive around me, and would scrub off energy trying to do so...  At the line it looked like this:

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipP … RZREpuXzNR

In the end, it was their closest finish ever, and THE FIRST TIME A ROOKIE EVER WON THE EVENT!  Don't me wrong, I wanted to win, and I was aiming to win, and made all my plans to win, but in no way did I ever actually imagine we would pull it off. 

To top it off, although she didn't make the finals, Jenny was the fastest in the Formula 8 class and took home the trophy for that.

Jenny heading for Formula 8 glory:

Check out the hardware!!!!:

Jenny with the Formula 8 trophy, me with the Numero Uno and Best Rookie trophies

Both Scuderia entries on track together:

A MASSIVE THANK YOU is due to everyone who helped get me (and Jenny and Jeff) up to the starting line and down to the finish this year.  I can't tell you how much fun I had and what a blast it's been.  I will also give a specific thanks to "Downhill" Bill Bostic for being the glue that held the team together.  I can honestly say that without his time, effort, energy, and enthusiasm, I'm not sure we would have even gotten entered in the event.  Next year, you need to RUN in the event!!!

I also want to specifically thank my wife Bethany for supporting the 12 year old within me, and allowing Bill and Dave to come over and play in the shop on Thursdays, and for all the evenings she got to spend without me while we played and tested.

THANK YOU B, BILL, and EVERYONE ELSE!!!!

Chris

More videos found on the internet:

The MkII, I believe with Jenny at the helm:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so6oOZBgPIw&t=4m30s

The Hawksbill Flyer, possibly with Rico at the helm (black shirt?):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqP4_HaEDaE&t=1m30s

Someone really liked us!  All three NASTE cars in a row, with appearing Dennis first:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suN81UDbLXs&t=22s

Then Jenny appears next at 44s as well, then I appear after her at 1m03s.

Dennis, not sure what run:

https://youtu.be/2CKKWR7Ir_0

Me, not sure what run:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzVgQX8GcFM&t=1m19s

Then Jenny and I appear at 3:11; then the final heat finish at 4:23

One for each car would be awesome!

Does anyone have one of those easy-up shelters which would be lend-able for the derby day?  It'd be nice to have a bit of shade to sit under while we wait between runs.

Thanks in advance!  I promise it won't end up white with red stripes (permanently...).

Chris

I have a wide variety of ratios, probably 31 to 36, and ratio and gear are free per the rules.  I can bring them next time and you can poke through them and grab what you want.

CK

Monte and I have entries to send in too.  Shall we send them all as a show of NASTE force.  Mine are getting close to ready but still need a little work.  I think mid-Sept is a good cutoff though and will shoot for that too.

I think the goal is to have slot classes which perform in a manner analogous to their 1:1 counterparts.  So yeah, if a sundial is needed, maybe that's the consequence of this action.  Let's not say we need to slow a class down and then complain that it's too slow!!!

I think the voltage argument has two things going for it:
1 - it allows box stock cars to play on a "level" field (at least in theory)
2 - if we do deem it too slow, we turn it up a little

Let's discuss...  Oh, but I'll be off the grid again for 10 days, so it will be without my input.