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Judging by what we saw last night I don't think there will be much difference between the different cars that a magnet and good motor can't fix. They all looked pretty good to me.
I suggest we use rubber tires rather than silicon. I had a set of these on my Lancia and I thought they worked excellent for a no-mag car.
I'm sure it would have been even better with a magnet.
Howdy Gulf and welcome to the site. Please come join us for some racing. Check the schedule, you'll find ample opportunity. We'll use our SCX Digital track for one of the events this year for sure. So what's your plan for that SCX digi track?
Good luck to you Mike. Let us know how it goes.
My personal preference would be option C. And that's only because I have Lancia's sitting on the shelf. The question in my mind is should we allow the new EVO chassis or not. And it's only a question due to the fact that the EVO chassis though very cool is only available for some of the cars and not all the ones in the C class.
And maybe we should consider running rubber rather than silicone. As a minor test, I tried my Fly Lola the other night at Randy's using the NSR rubber tires rather than the IndyGrips. I think if hooked up as well if not better than my cars with the IndyGrips. Perhaps some testing is in order. It would certainly reduce the need to clean the track.
And he's had lots of practice....
Yup, these are my friends. LOL
That's right, there's nothing you can screw up that you can't redo. That's been my practice...
Those look great! Nice job.
Thanks to all my friends that came out to race and make it a very happy birthday for me. And the food was EXCELLENT! And plentiful. A special thanks to Dorothy for the wonderful cheesecake, that was a treat. As for the racing, here now the results:
Rico: 28
Dave: 26
Monte: 22
Bill: 20
Terry: 20
Dorothy: 16
Len: 14
Timba: 12
Victoria 10:
Mitch: 3 (only ran one set)
You should come out and race with us. We'll be racing here in Hillsboro this Sunday if you're interested. 1:32 and we have loaner cars.
Howdy Mike and welcome. Where are you located?
How soon do you plan to order?
Great choice Mike, you'll be happy with that one.
Where's Dave's old track? That would be perfect.
After the race last night I thought I'd see what everyone thought about these situations as well as offer my opinions - freely and gladly. 
Cars that don't start at the start of a heat
I think cases were the cars don't leave the start line at the start of a heat for a reason other than the car wasn't in the slot is cause for a re-start. We're not really running for pink slips here and miscues can happen. In my case last night, my controller failed to work for some so far unknown reason. Other times it has been someone didn't hook the controller up right, the car was in the wrong lane, someone didn't know they were up and so forth. I think everyone should get their fair shot.
After they leave the line, anything goes.
Which brings me to the second item:
Cars that stop running during a heat
We've all been there. A wheel comes off. A wire comes loose. A gear strips. Myriad possibilities here. I'm not sure the proper answer is to reach into the box for another car. I think the car you start with should have to be fixed or retired. And that IS racing. And car preparation. As well as luck. But to reach for another car seems like cheating those that can't or don't feel like affording or bringing multiple cars to an event. We've all done it, I've never felt good about it.
And my third topic is:
Ties - what to do
Nobody likes them but what's a fair tie-breaker? Or does there need to be one. Last night we had a 3-way tie for 4th. The tie was broken by fast lap time. Worked well for me but that's just luck. Might as well time who had the longest off. We've also had run-offs. My choice would be to award a tie and give them all the same points. They all ran the same laps. The guy with the fastest lap probably had the slowest too. And of course the average would be... well, the same. So I would vote that a tie is a tie.
Next up...
Lane Stickers
How can you not have a lane sticker on your car at the start of a heat? Someone needs to make a check at the start of a heat. It can happen for many reasons. Or worse yet, the wrong colored lane sticker. Perhaps we need to move away from the timed segment between heats and instead just hit the start button when everyone and everything is ready.
Remember, these are MY opinions. You are free to differ at any point except here:
Thanks Randy!
Since the junior member of the Stumman team has mostly given up the slot hobby in favor of girls and cars if I remember my teens, Randy is pretty much doing this for us. It's a nice track and a friendly environment. It's great to have a nice place to go play on a regular basis. So I just want to say thanks. I really appreciate it.
I don't think they will work on any of the other 1:32 scale plastic tracks without filing the guides. Scaley is even worse. The Carrera track has a wide slot and so their car guides are wider AND longer than others. I gave away one of my Carrera's because the guide wouldn't fit in my Scaley slot. I didn't feel like messing with the blade. However, contact Dave Kennedy and ask him about replacement guides for other tracks. I think he told me they were available.
Ya know, Carrera track is not a bad choice. On the other hand, Bill has a TON of Scaley track and I'm sure he'd be glad to make some of that available to you for a reasonable price.
You really need to make a trip on up here.
One thing to know is that plastic track will expand in the heat.
That really was a great group for a Wednesday night. We've got video here:
Thanks again to all the helpers!
Won't your track be ready by then?
Yes, I think there will be. Come on up, we'd love to meet you.
Ok, so I talked on the phone with Larry and here's what I have come to understand...
1. The class is to use the PARMA International 32 chassis.
2. Motor is the Falcon 7.
3. Bodies are to be LEXAN Vintage GT bodies from the 60's era. Bodies are available at Patto's and Larry recommends using the stick-on decals.
4. I'm guessing wood-track foamies will be the tires of choice.
Larry hopes to have a meeting in early October to discuss rules and possible venues for the proposed series. He estimates a running car should cost less than $50.
And that's what I know. We'll wait to see what comes from the meeting.
It was a hard-fought battle but the edge at this point clearly goes to the NSR cars. Of the cars entered, I counted 3 Slot.It, 1 Racer and 4 NSR.
Rico's NSR P68 was slightly faster than My 917 giving it the edge. It was great to see how well the NSR cars ran just by doing nothing more than pulling the magnet. Those are exceptionally nice cars and it will be interesting to see if one of the other brands cars can slip by them at some point.
Results:
24 - Rico Locati (NSR P68)
22 - AJ Locati (NSR Slot.It F40)
22 - Monte (NSR 917)
14 - David Harburg (NSR 917)
8 - Victoria (Racer LM250)
Italian Stallion Shootout:
76 Rico Locati
62 Monte Saager
46 Bill Bostic
42 Terry Abbott
32 Victoria Saager
30 Dorothy Abbott
28 George Vriese
26 David Harburg
26 Tim Booze
26 Dave Smith
22 AJ Locati
14 Len Gillen
14 Sean Vriese
12 Alex Vriese
3 Mitch
Penguin Point Lifetime Points are awarded at each race the format applies.
Last update: October 4, 2010
I followed the link to Patto's but not really sure what to go look at once I get there. Help!
Any progress to report?
Sounds good to me.
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