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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?

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!

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

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

Will do!

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

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.

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

Hey Doc, Monte and I should have urethane tires for that particular car within 2 weeks, or by the next Odd Thursday from tomorrow.

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 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.

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.........