3,576 Topic by wb0s

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Yesterday I ventured over to Howie's Rapid Raceway for some Early Modified racing. There weren't a lot of racers in attendance so Howie decided we'd race without turn marshals using a "track call" format where the track power was shut off if a racer deslotted. To be honest I don't remember ever racing under this type of format, although maybe I have and just don't remember (old guy thing you know!). Anyway I experienced some REALLY great racing! The Early Modified cars are very challenging to race. With the car's open wheels passing can be difficult to say the least, and with the "track call" racing format the field was kept tight for the entire race! You had to be on your toes throughout every heat! It was a very exciting race and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Thanks Howie!

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3,577 Reply by wb0s

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Congrats Stan! That was a great run!

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3,578 Reply by wb0s

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Lists updated as of Apr. 21, '16 races.

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3,579 Reply by wb0s

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April 21st - We had some fun racin' at Al's last night! Ripin' Ridin' Raceway is rubbered in, fast and challenging! The Goose got back to back wins in the GT and Classic Sports Car classes, but Stan and Mitch were the stars for the rest of the night. Stan scored his first Odd Thursday win in the BRM Class and Mitch took the Over 50 Class win.

Great racin' Al, thanks!

Results -

GT Class:
1st Gary       71.5 + fastest lap 7.082 sec.
2nd Bill       68.7
3rd Daniel  67.1
4th Al       66.2
5th Monte  66.1
6th Stan       62.5
7th Mitch   62.1
8th Glenn  57.7

Classic Sports Car Class:
1st Gary     63.9
2nd Al     60.8
3rd Mitch     60.0
4th Bill     59.8 - fastest lap 7.882 sec.
5th Daniel     58.8
6th Stan     58.3
7th Glenn     53.9
8th Monte     40.2

BRM Class:
1st Stan    71.1
2nd Bill    68.7
3rd Al    67.9
4th Gary    66.7 - fastest lap 7.038 sec.
5th Mitch    65.5

Over 50 Class:
1st Mitch    64.8 + fastest lap 7.704 sec.
2nd Al    63.1
3rd Bill    55.7
4th Glenn    45.9

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3,580 Reply by wb0s

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Thanks for the photos Dorothy!!!

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3,581 Reply by wb0s

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Thanks Mitch. We're still learning, but the tires are coming out better with every new run. We have figured some things out for sure!

I'll have the tires with me at Al's race.

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3,582 Reply by wb0s

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YES, it was an excellent and fun race! I love those Puntas!!!!

Thanks Rico & Kelly!!!!

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3,583 Reply by wb0s

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You are one fart smeller!!!

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3,584 Reply by wb0s

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HEY!  Is that an OLD guy referrence???

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3,585 Reply by wb0s

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Smooth, you are slick!............

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3,586 Reply by wb0s

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Monte and I are pleased to announce we have increased our inventory as well as the list of tires we now make. Although we have over 400 tires now in our inventory, some of the more popular pairs are somewhat limited in quantity due to the fact we make tires to fit over 30 different types of cars,. But fear not, we are just getting started and will have even more tires within the next 3 weeks! We are also still interested in knowing what types of cars we should be adding to our list for future tire molds!

Here's the list of replacement urethane tires we now make:

Carrera Ferrari 512BB
Carrera AC Cobra
Carrera Porsche 917 Coupe
Carrera DTM
Carrera Stock Car - Torino
Carrera D Jag
Carrera 1/24 Corvette Grand Sport
Fly Porsche 906
Fly Ford GT40 MKI
Fly Ford GT40 MKII
Fly Ferrari GTO
Fly Porsche 908/3
Fly Porsche 917
Le Mans Miniatures (these tires come out with weather checked/cracked sidewalls)
MRRC Porsche 910
MRRC Porsche 911
Ninco Classic - Jaguar XK120
Revell Trabant
Reprotech Fiat
Reprotech Fiat Abarth
Revell Cobra GT
Revell Lola T70
Racer fronts for wire wheels
Racer rears for wire wheels
Slot.it McLaren M8D
Slot.it Group C Porsche 962
Scalextric Trans Am '69 Camaro
Scalextric Trans Am Slick
Scalextric MGB
Scalextric Cooper Climax Vintage F1
Scalextric McLaren M23
Scalextric Ford GT40
Vintage 1/32 Revell
Vintage 1/32 Eldon
Vintage 1/24 Classic
Vintage 1/32 for flanged wheels

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3,587 Reply by wb0s

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The info you have for the Slot.it Pro axle conversion kit for Fly sidewinder cars looks correct Doc.

I wanted to give racers a chance to get their new Le Mans class cars up and running before I put the class on the schedule. How about the May 5 race for the first Le Mans Class race?

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3,588 Reply by wb0s

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Dennis took some pictures, but I haven't seen them yet.

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3,589 Reply by wb0s

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We had the first work session at Dennis Hart's shop in Warren yesterday. With Dennis, Jimmy, Mitch and Al in attendance we got a lot accomplished! The bottom flat portion of the car which supports the axles and is the main piece of the car, was cut out and laminated together. The axle trees were also cut out to fit over the axles. This was all accomplished in under 4 hours! Great job guys!

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3,590 Reply by wb0s

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The rules for the Le Mans Classic Class have been posted under the Race Rules section of the forum. They are listed in the Odd Thursday Night Racing section.

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3,591 Reply by wb0s

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Lists updated as of Apr. 7, '16 races.

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3,592 Reply by wb0s

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Odd Thursday Night Racing at TooBad Motorplex on April 7th, 2016

We started the night of racing with two preliminary races to test out the new proposed Le Mans Class. Both race grids were filled with both Scalextric and Fly cars. Although the Fly cars proved to be superior in performance, they also experienced the most mechanical failures.

The night of official racing started with the F1 Class race. Chris Kouba's new car proved to be the car to beat, and well, nobody did. In the Can Am Class Chris again lead the way to the stripe with his Slot.it McLaren M8D. Finally in the BRM Class Rico put an end to Chris' run for the checkered flag. In the Over 50 Class it was Al leading all the way with his outstanding KTM powered Cheetah!

Results:

F1 Class
1st Chris Kouba  54.8 Laps - 1st Overall + 1st in MND Division
2nd Gary Goose Gossett  53.8 + 1st END Div.
3rd Mitch Brooks  52.0 + 1st SND Div.
4th Monte Saager 51.9 + 1st SVD Div.
5th Bryan Dickerson 51.5 END
6th Rico Locati 51.1 + 1st SWD Div.
7th Bill Bostic 50.5 SVD
8th Dan Fritz 50.4 SVD
9th Jeff Fields 49.4 MND
10th Al Christensen 48.4 SVD
11th Stan Smith 46.8 + 1st MD Div.
12th Greg Petrolati 42.7 END

Can Am Class
1st Chris Kouba 60.6 laps
2nd Rico Locati  57.3
3rd Greg Petrolati 56.7
4th Monte Saager 56.5
5th Gary Goose Gossett 56.2 + 1st in USRRC Division
6th Bryan Dickerson 54.9
7th Dan Fritz 54.2
8th Bill Bostic 54.0
9th Al Christensen 53.5
10th Stan Smith 53.3
11th Mitch Brooks 49.3
12th Cailin Dunbar 44.0

BRM
1st Rico Locati 62.4 laps
2nd Bryan CHET Dickerson 61.6
3rd Gary Goose Gossett 61.1
4th Chris Kouba 59.5
5th Greg Petrolati 57.5
6th Stan Smith 57.0
7th Al Christensen 56.6
8th Bill Bostic 55.7
9th Mitch Brooks 53.5

Over 50 Class
1st Al Christensen 54.0 laps
2nd Rico Locati 51.7
3rd Chris Kouba 50.2
4th Bill Bostic 49.0
5th Mitch Brooks 46.0

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3,593 Reply by wb0s

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Odd Thursday Night Racing at Al's Rippin' Ridin' Raceway on March 31, 2016.

Unfortunately I was unable to compete at this race, but here are the results:

F1 Class
1st Mitch Brooks  63.2 Laps
2nd Monte Saager  63.1
3rd Rico Locati   62.3
4th Stan Smith  62.2
5th Gary Goose Gossett 60.2
6th Jeff Fields  58.7
7th Greg Petrolati 56.0
8th Amy Fields 55.8
9th Al Christensen 55.5
10th Burns 54.6
11th Julia 53.9
12th Victoria Saager 52.2
13th Daniel 49.8

Can Am Class
1st Rico Locati 69.9 laps
2nd Amy Fields  68.7
3rd Gary Goose Gossett 68.6
4th Greg Petrolati 66.8
5th Monte Saager 66.7
6th Al Christensen 65.8
7th Daniel 64.7
8th Stan Smith 62.4
9th Jeff Fields 61.2
10th Mitch Brooks 60.7
11th Burns 60.5
12th Victoria Saager 58.6
13th Julia 54.6

BRM
1st Rico Locati 74.0 laps
2nd Gary Goose Gossett 73.7
3rd Al Christensen 71.0
4th Stan Smith 69.8
5th Greg Petrolati 68.9
6th Mitch Brooks 68.2
7th Burns 67.5

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3,594 Reply by wb0s

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Sure glad you located your car Rico!

Last night's race was a lot of fun!

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3,595 Reply by wb0s

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Will do!

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3,596 Reply by wb0s

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Make it when you can Rico. We can always make "test" time!!!

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3,597 Reply by wb0s

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Monte, I believe the Eagle and Lotus use the same tire. Dimension-wise anyway.

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3,598 Reply by wb0s

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Doc. I got you down for a pair of Trans Am tires. What Can Am car are you racing? We are limited as to what we have that fit Can Am cars.

Monte, Somehow the Scalextric Eagle & Lotus cars did not make the list. I just found a pair of stock tires to mold from. I think I better order more mold material!

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3,599 Reply by wb0s

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Sorry guys, the new tires will not be ready for tomorrow night's race. I also thought I had another week, I didn't realize this was one of those back-to-back odd Thursday months. But we did get the new molds poured today, so we will have Fly tires by the next Odd Thursday Race!

Doc, we do still have Trans Am and some Can Am tires on hand.

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3,600 Reply by wb0s

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Sounds good Chris.

Just a side note, we will be racing the same two classes we raced at Al's on the last Odd Thursday. I'm considering running the same classes at back to back races. One race on Al's track then one on mine with the same cars. For something different we could have individual race winners as well as combined race winners. 

Any thoughts?

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