We had a great time too. And I think Victoria said they got in three games of Scrabble. That was quite the crowd!
1,327 December 6, 2010 6:37 pm
Re: Steel chassis (13 replies, posted in Modifications)
Man, now I wish I could do that.
1,328 December 6, 2010 4:34 pm
Re: Steel chassis (13 replies, posted in Modifications)
George, I should have shown you my scratch-built brass chassis. It uses thin brass and some side rails made from train tracks wrapped around a Slot.It pod. Very cool stuff.
1,329 December 6, 2010 7:41 am
Re: Penguin Point First Sunday Series- December (3 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
Congratulations to George who had the top score for this past Sunday. Rico could have possibly won all his heats had he not succumbed to peer pressure and swapped out his killer P68 for a different car. As for myself, I found out that my controller may not be the best for small hands as I found it set considerably different when I got back to it later in the day causing me some driving difficulties as I kept coming off right in front of Rico and I assure you it was not deliberate. A quick reset of the digital settings and it was back to normal - a little late to help in any of my heats. So it goes...
It was fun to see how well Alex and Sean did even though they were using magnet cars. I think that part worked out real well as they were able to hang in there and get a feel for some real racing action.
This event very likely puts to rest the Italian Stallion Shoot-Out for now and we'll move to a new class for the start of the next year. I'm thinking we'll move to Ninco's for a spell. I'll release an announcement soon when it becomes more clear.
I'd like to sincerely thank all those that came out, I thought we had a great time yesterday.
1,330 November 9, 2010 11:25 pm
Re: Getting Started in Proxy Racing (5 replies, posted in Events)
Howdy Mike. If you don't mind classic sports cars, I'd go with the IPS. The cars are a little slower and perhaps easier to get a handle on. Let's see what Rico and Greg have to say.
1,331 November 9, 2010 8:41 am
Topic: Getting Started in Proxy Racing (5 replies, posted in Events)
Rico, Greg and I have been having a good time with the Proxy races. Recently I've been talking to others that are interested in the proxy scene so this might be a good time to take a look at what that is.
A proxy race is one where you build a car to a spec and then send it off to do battle around the country or around the world on other tracks as driven by their local drivers. It's a lot of fun keeping track of the results and seeing how your skills match up with other slot racers around the globe.
As it turns out there are a number of them in a wide variety of formats. The three that I have become involved with most recently are:
SCX WorldWide Proxy Rally - an event for classic SCX rally cars that is just about to start - we expect the first event in January. Entry is now closed for this one.
International Proxy Series - the IPS is an event for classic cars using lower powered motors. We just completed round 7 here at Penguin Point. There is one more round to go and plans are already underway for next year. If you like classic race cars from the early 60's and previous this is the one for you.
World Challenge Touring Car Series - the WCTC is a series for coupes and GT's similar to the DTM cars that run in the current real world series. If you like Pugs, BMW's, Alfa's and Volvo's, then this is the class for you. This one is also winding down this season but is planning to start up the next one with not one, but two classes.
And as I say, there are many others. The Race Across America (RAA) has so many entries this year that they have moved to a general qualifier to get the field down to a reasonable size. Then there's the Fly Truck Proxy, The Last Open Road, the Cheetahs, many and varied.
It's a fun time so get in the swing. Got questions? Ask away. I just think a few more of the local members might want to give this a try. It's also a great way to get a handle on car development - a skill we can all benefit from knowing more about.
1,332 October 13, 2010 10:01 pm
Re: Winter 2011 Season ideas for a class of cars to run. (10 replies, posted in BSCC)
Did somebody say IROC?
Here's a pretty cool answer with at least 4 liveries planned.
1,333 October 13, 2010 10:53 am
Re: Winter 2011 Season ideas for a class of cars to run. (10 replies, posted in BSCC)
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.
1,334 October 9, 2010 7:41 am
Re: What do you have? (38 replies, posted in Digital Racing)
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?
1,335 October 6, 2010 2:20 pm
Re: Club Meeting (11 replies, posted in Events)
Good luck to you Mike. Let us know how it goes.
1,336 October 5, 2010 12:06 pm
Re: Winter 2011 Season ideas for a class of cars to run. (10 replies, posted in BSCC)
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.
1,337 October 5, 2010 10:06 am
Re: Pit Crew Figures (8 replies, posted in Track)
reek455 wrote:
And he's had lots of practice....
Yup, these are my friends. LOL
1,338 October 5, 2010 8:42 am
Re: Pit Crew Figures (8 replies, posted in Track)
That's right, there's nothing you can screw up that you can't redo. That's been my practice...
1,339 October 4, 2010 9:56 pm
Re: Pit Crew Figures (8 replies, posted in Track)
Those look great! Nice job.
1,340 October 4, 2010 6:11 am
Re: Penguin Point First Sunday Series- October (2 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
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)
1,341 September 29, 2010 1:55 pm
Re: HI I (5 replies, posted in Cars)
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.
1,342 September 29, 2010 6:17 am
Re: HI I (5 replies, posted in Cars)
Howdy Mike and welcome. Where are you located?
1,343 September 19, 2010 2:08 pm
Re: NASTE T-Shirts (4 replies, posted in NASTE)
How soon do you plan to order?
1,344 September 17, 2010 10:29 pm
Re: Power Supply (2 replies, posted in Track)
Great choice Mike, you'll be happy with that one.
1,345 September 15, 2010 11:34 am
Re: 3 lanes on 4' x 8' ? (8 replies, posted in Track)
Where's Dave's old track? That would be perfect.
1,346 September 15, 2010 11:31 am
Topic: Ok, it happened again... (9 replies, posted in BSCC)
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.
1,347 September 15, 2010 10:51 am
Re: Carrera Go cars on 1/32 track (7 replies, posted in Cars)
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.
1,348 September 15, 2010 5:36 am
Re: Attaching track (6 replies, posted in Track)
One thing to know is that plastic track will expand in the heat.
1,349 September 9, 2010 11:15 pm
Re: WCTC Proxy Race#7 (8 replies, posted in Events)
That really was a great group for a Wednesday night. We've got video here:
Thanks again to all the helpers!
1,350 September 8, 2010 2:12 pm
Re: NASTE for 2011 (61 replies, posted in NASTE)
Won't your track be ready by then?