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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?
Dennis took some pictures, but I haven't seen them yet.
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!
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.
Lists updated as of Apr. 7, '16 races.
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
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
Sure glad you located your car Rico!
Last night's race was a lot of fun!
Will do!
Make it when you can Rico. We can always make "test" time!!!
Monte, I believe the Eagle and Lotus use the same tire. Dimension-wise anyway.
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!
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.
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?
Sorry I haven't been able to make it over to your Monday race yet Doc. Howie at Rapid Raceway has had a few Monday night races scheduled lately and I am well vested into his season. I think his last Monday race for the season is tomorrow, so after that one I plan to make it to your place!
==========Bill
Sorry guys, I've been side tracked with the swap meet and my computer being possessed.
Anyway I have updated the calendar to reflect the Odd Thursday Night Races through June.
===========Bill
Hey Doc, Monte and I should have urethane tires for that particular car within 2 weeks, or by the next Odd Thursday from tomorrow.
Hey Doc, I'm out at the Portland Swap Meet this week, but I plan on swinging by for the race after I leave the track. There should be plenty of racers and cars there, probably even one or two you could borrow to race. ==========Bill
The first Gravity Racer work session is scheduled for Sunday April 10th from Noon to 4. Interested people are welcome to come if they want to HELP, but please this is not just a BS session, we have work to be completed. RSVP to Dennis Hart please.
I'm OK with wherever you guys want this class to go. From the looks of the dialog, it looks to me like you're the class sponsor on this one Chris!
On the subject of the Scalextric Sport Motors. I have a couple new in the box and the RPM rating on them is higher than what their rating of the "stock" motors. I also had one of these motors in a Trans Am Camaro and it was indeed faster. I suspect the Sport motors have a hotter armature in them. Same can just different arm. We could verify this with a simple check with an Ohm meter.
On the subject of tires, yes Monte and I are making urethane tires. We should have some available for the Fly cars within a couple weeks. We are currently selling tires for $2.00 a pair.
On the subject of "Goose Hunting", I hear it is open season!!!
I am in agreement with Stan. Fly cars can be pretty disappointing without a rear axle and gear changes. From my experience racing these at Monte's a few years back, they don't make very good "box stock" racers. I think allowing rear axle and gear changes will put all the different makes on more equal ground.
Dan, if you get a chance you should check out a race at Howie's Rapid Raceway. They race some very interesting 1/24 scale cars, not the average clear body type flexi-cars. The cars they race are more like 1/32 cars, nice models only in 1/24.
I have one of the new Difalco Neo controllers. I like it a lot. It seems a little smoother and more comfortable than my Professor Motor. The Difalco has built in circuit protection to guard against incorrect wire hook ups or reverse polarity. The polarity on the controller can be easily changed to suit reverse polarity tracks. Difalco has been around for many years building controllers, including controllers for the 1/24 pro racers. Difalco's service and support are excellent! If you have questions or problems you can email them or call them on the phone and they will respond. Upgrades and repairs can be easily made by the owner without a need to send the controller back to the shop. I also have a Difalco for 1/24 racing that they built for me with options I requested. Yes, they will custom build a controller to suit your needs.
I also have three Professor Motor controllers. Two older original versions and one of the dual potentiometer styles. All have been used extensively over the years. One of the older ones served as my 1/24 race controller for many years, and I now use it for my Over 55 Class 1/24 controller as well as for 1/32. The Professor Motor controllers are very dependable! Professor Motor also has excellent service and support, and parts are readily available for their controllers.
DS controllers are relatively new on the market. I have used other racer's DS controllers from time to time and they are also very nice. They are very smooth and control is very linear. However I question their durability as mentioned by Mitch above. In addition their service and support is not good, and I know of no available repair or replacement parts.
When it comes right down to it they all work very well. From my experience I would rate the Difalco's the highest mostly because of the level of the service provided by the company, and the ability to make repairs or upgrades myself. Second on my list is the Professor Motor, for many of the same reasons I like Difalcos, plus they are dependable and tough! Bringing up the rear for me is the DS. They feel good in my hand and they are very smooth, but as of right now they just don't seem reliable and the service and support from the factory is not there. Maybe I'll change my mind some day.........
Thanks to Bob Nakamura for an excellent day of racing at The Gorge Raceway!
Thank you to everyone that brought out food and snacks!
NICE TRACK!!!
Can't wait to try it out!!!!
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