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On the upside Doc, Chris is finishing several sewing projects and I'm finding cars in the back of drawers that I forgot I had.

It was a good time Bob

I posted something similar earlier on Naste's Facebook page then it occurred to me that not everybody does Facebook.

  Unfortunately there was confusion concerning last weeks PGE class, there was objection when all but one car entered was a "Can-Am" type of car. On close inspection of the rules as written these cars are legal for this class as they fall into the correct years and did participate in the listed races.
  That being said I don't think that a second Cam-Am class was intended, we already have one. That can be determined by the class sponsor at a later date. But racers being racers they tend to gravitate to the fastest type of car available in particular those racers where winning is everything. I think I fielded the only non Can-am car, a Ford P68 that ran very well finishing I think 7th behind you guessed it, 6 Can-Am cars 5 of which were built by the same guy.

It was expressed at the race that we created new classes so we could race some cars in more races. This is not correct. At the time we started expanding the classes it was because most of us had other cars at home that couldn't compete in the classes we were racing, and instead we found ourselves racing the same two or three cars week after week. Some of these new "stock" classes have become our favorites with some of the closest racing.

  On to next weeks race. GT-3 is pretty well laid out. the LMP class not so much. We keep referring to it as the LMP class, but it is actually the LMP era class and as written covers full fendered sports cars that raced from 1994 thru to the present. So if you haven't found an LMP car that you like you don't need one. Many other cars are eligible. Pictured below are some of them. All of these are capable of running below 6 seconds on my track except the 350Z (18K motor).
Two of these the Opel and Marcos are eligible for both GFX and LMP era classes as their years overlap.

For the new racers/builders/tuners I would recommend the Revoslot Marcos as out of the box it will run with my fastest cars with no tuning other than a light tire sanding. It could be a short cut to the front of the pack.

I have the Ford Escort, but I've seen a couple. I think Kouba and Petrolati.

I plan on getting the Alpha as soon as they come out, then maybe a mini just to make it a 3-some.

Well now, I've always been a rather ham fisted guy. Before I got a real tire truer I used sandpaper and a file on a powered up tech block.

I've not only melted quality rubber tires, I've also smoked more than one motor.

Eventually my truer may actually pay for itself.

You might be surprised at the little things that might affect your driving.

Sometimes it's something as simple are a prettier car than yours going by on the track... Ooohhh, look at that...

Mine has the traction control. For me that makes all the difference.
Rather than using two or three controllers I use this for everything.

Yeah,
What he said.

When we started F1 it was cars from the 50s, Ferrari 312s, Coopers, Maserati 250s, ect. 18K motors. Then the Gurney Eagles and Lotus 49s showed up with their tiny bodies and 22K motors. Now these are wonderful cars with true 18K motors but almost undrivable that way they come.
  But that still wasn't fast enough for some so more and more modern cars kept appearing until we got to modern F1, however most of us still had the older controllers which made the cars...difficult.
  I did at one point built a brass chassis for a Strombecker Maserati 250 and powered it with a Slot It 20K long can motor. Is was capable of going around as fast as any of the newer cars but I found driving it full tilt for 9 minutes to be stressful.

Personally I'm looking forward to what NSR is coming out with.

Wrecks and Breakdowns, there are always a lot of them whether you're there or not.

The only exception was a couple of races where Howie was having issues with his power supply and was stuck at 10 volts. Those guys bitched for 4 hours over how slow their cars were.

Terry and I on the other hand ran the best we ever had, and nothing broke.

It's great Doc. A nicely trued tire feels like it is glued to the track.

BTW all three lanes are taped now thanks to my wife Chris.

I'm spending time rebuilding old cars, probably my favorite part of the hobby.