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I've watched these on Road Kill and You Tube. What a blast.

Just remember the 8mm rear tires. If you're running a slot it GT40 and don't want to change wheels the stock size tires can be sanded down to 8mm, Paul Gage also sells an 8mm tire with a 5mm flange that will fit the stock wheel.
I've set up three of them like this, they all run well.
Why three? I'm a junkie.

If you're thinking flat you should go out and see Monte's. It's flat with no overpass. Then see Stan's, it's mostly that with an overpass. Two more options, both lots of fun.

First look at your space, decide what you want and what you want it to be able to do. Don't forget "ease of Marshaling".
The next biggest this is a good drawing. Al made a very detailed drawing with all of the radiuses on it. Take a good look at it next time you are there. It really simplified things.
When we built Al's track I had some time off. We built the table and cut and routed all of the pieces in a couple of days. Then I returned to work and he spent a good part of the winter putting it all together.
Mine took longer because I was working 60 hour weeks so I had to do it all in the evenings and on Sundays, and since I had a stroke a lot of things aren't as easy as they used to be.
I'm using RC on mine and so far haven't had any shutdown issues. If I do I'll probably add the track-mate hardware.
I initially drew mine without an over pass  but was encouraged from several directions to include one so I se did it and am happy with the result. If you do, don't forget about blind spots, not only from your height perspective but look at it from a taller viewpoint and a not as tall viewpoint. If you're going to end up with a blind spot try to make that a strait section of track. At Al's track we were limited by space and ended with a curve under the overpass which can be an issue for some. Bill's had a blind spot under his that he built a raised platform for, but after a racer fell off of it, it became a shelf. The taller racers had a bit more advantage after that
Between us in the group we should have all of the tools you would need so don't buy anything unless you wanted them for other things.
If you can't decide between tape or braid, route it for tape first you can always reroute it for braid later but you can't go the other way.

Too Bad Bill. It is a nice track. Thanks Stan I tried to come the last time but something came up at the last minute, I'm glad I made it tonight. Congrats to Monte and Tracy on theirs respective wins. I won a couple of heats which is fun in itself. Looking forward to the next one.

How much weight do you need Monte?

I'm interested if I can get the time off (Building schools you know). Let us know when you iron out the details. I might have to rescue some group C cars from the parts bin.

Wow, looks like Howie's getting a great turnout. I've got all of the kits/chassis on my bench but I have too many other projects to finish here first.

I put a WBA 13K motor in my Bentley and added it to the grandkids cars where it was a big hit, it has headlights you know. It now races with a similarly motored Carrera DTM and a couple of Ninco DTMs with NC1s in them. They are all within 1/10th of each other and bring out the competitive beast in 7-10 year olds.

As a side note, after several racers left for the evening, the remaining six of us ran an open class where we set a new lap record of 6.22 seconds. It was a Thunderslot of course, However a couple of NSRs and a Slot -It during the evening were clocked in the 6.5-6.6 range, unheard of just a year ago. Whoever thought that 73 laps would be just good enough for a 3rd place finish?
I'd like to think we were finally getting the hang of this hobby, but it's probably just more rubber on the track.

Yes, happy new year to everybody. May you go fast and stay in the slot.