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Naste Odd Thursday August 7

A rather small group of 7 racers showed up tonight at Autumn Hills but boy did we have some fun close racing.  We had plenty of food and snacks thanks to Kelly. The wraps were sensational.  We raced two classes and first up was the Classic Sports cars.
The racing was close with former track owner bringing up Maggie's drawers with his decidedly grip less tires on the Chaparral.
The Ninco Vette's of Goose Gossett and Chris Kouba tied for second place but nobody could catch Rico's scratch built Ferrari on it's home track.

Next up was the Naste Trans Am's.  We ran all the cars together but we did have two 2 liter cars that did battle with the big Detroit iron.  In a battle of the Alfa's: the schoolboy's GOM GTV bested Greg's GTA.  Victoria pushed her SCX 'Cuda to 6th while the always fast Goose could only manage fourth.  Mr. Tie aka Chris Kouba once again tied but this time with Glenn Heath in their well matched former BSCC Mustangs for second place. In the end, home track advantage once again prevailed with Rico winning with a Scaley Camaro.

Classic Sports Car Class:

1st   Rico Locati 30.6 laps
2nd  Goose Gossett 29.6
       Chris Kouba 29.6
4th  Greg Petrolati 28.7
5th  Glenn Heath 28.2
6th  Victoria Saager 27.1
7th  Monte Saager 25.6

Trans Am Class:

1st   Rico Locati 30.8
2nd  Glenn Heath 29.9
       Chris Kouba 29.9
4th  Goose Gossett 28.4
5th  Monte Saager  27.4  2 liter
6th  Victoria Saager 25.4
7th Greg Petrolati 25.3  2 liter

Yes, Paul seems like a decent guy and he will give a club discount if we were to make a large order.  I inquired about it for a class at BSCC some time back and I believe he said he gave 10% on orders of twenty or more.  Might be worth checking into?

I've been doing some comparison testing between my 69 Scaley Camaro and my SCX "Cuda.  The Camaro has the stock 18K motor, gears, wheels with urethane tires  and no magnet with some weight added.  The 'Cuda has stock RX-42B motor, gears, wheels, tires with no magnet and a little weight in the nose. 
The Camaro started out quite a bit smoother and quicker and the 'Cuda was struggling for grip and sounded like a rock tumbler.  After some tire sanding the 'Cuda started sounding better and performed slightly better than previous.  Back to the sand paper several times finally got rid of the thumpity thump and the car now actually had a slightly faster lap time than the Camaro.  I then lightly sanded the Camaro tires resulting in a .03 second difference between the two cars. So it would seem that they are fairly equal at my track and we will have to see if this transfers to Too Bad on Thursday.

How'd you know? Just kidding it was $11.77

Goose,

I have the wing, what I'm missing is the grill and the headlight lenses.

The SCX motors may be rated the same RPM wise but there a couple of things to consider. One, they are heavier by quite a bit and two, they are relatively slower revving.  So, even though they are rated the same RPM wise they tend to be a little slower. On tracks with long straights this would be reduced but there are no real long straights at TooBad where the racing is being held.

Rico

I see it's ok to use aftermarket parts for gears, axles and bushings but what about gear ratios?  Open or stock ratio with upgraded parts?

Me?

I'm shopping for a Cartrix and Luf tires.

He gets to the the races all the time by boat with the land yacht: SS Super Duty.  Thanks for hosting another exciting night of racing.  I didn't realize it last night but I managed another trifecta!

Thanks again Bill it was an action packed evening for sure.  I'm very pleased with my result trifecta, especially after the last few disasters.

Rico