Sure, ok by me!
1,427 February 16, 2010 1:03 pm
Re: Current Status (137 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
55 and sunny. Hurry back!
1,428 February 8, 2010 11:13 am
Re: Thank you Monte and Victoria (2 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
Two rounds of dinner? Maybe we better change that to Li'l Fill.
1,429 February 8, 2010 6:58 am
Topic: Penguin Point Lifetime Points Standings (6 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
Fly Classics:
163 Rico Locati
158 AJ Locati
157 Monte Saager
94 Victoria Saager
61 Mike Lombardi
47 Greg Petrolati
43 George Vriese
32 Dennis Hart
33 Kelly Locati
30 Tim Booze
24 Dominic Locati
20 Gabby Locati
16 David Harburg
15 Randy Stumman
14 Jack Gabbert
14 Bryan O'Malley
13 Thomas Cross
12 CeCe Locati
12 Mac O'Malley
11 Sean Vriese
9 Myrna Stumman
8 Jimmie Jones
3 Bryan Ellis
Penguin Point Lifetime Points are awarded at each race the format applies.
Last update:August 1, 2010
1,430 February 8, 2010 6:55 am
Topic: Penguin Point Raceway - First Sunday Race Results - February (0 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
A field of eleven racers showed up for the first race in the new Penguin Point Lifetime Points Series. The cars of choice were FLy Classics. The heats were 2 minutes in length.
Basically drivers earn points in each heat:
1st: 5 points
2nd: 3 points
3rd: 1 point
A perfect score for the afternoon would be 30 and two drivers were able to achieve the full 30 points - Rico and Greg. Congrats to all on a fine effort and especially Victoria for really getting her lunch on as well as all the other contributors. Food outnumbered racers by a tremendous margin.
Here are the official results:
1. Rico and Greg - 30
3. Monte and AJ - 26
5. George - 18 (won tie-breaker)
6. Mike - 18
7. Jack - 14
8. Timba - 12
9. Victoria - 10
10. Jimmie - 8 (First-timer)
11. Bryan - 3
1,431 February 6, 2010 4:27 am
Re: Gran Prix Cars in the spirit of Nuvolari (26 replies, posted in Cars)
Howdy Joel. We're still working our way through this class. Nothing has been started race-wise yet.
Yet...
1,432 January 25, 2010 11:17 am
Re: So I am trying to figure out which software is the best to use (2 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
All depends on what you want to do. All the systems have lap counters designed to work with them. They mostly just count laps but also integrate easily. If you want to move to a computerized solution then there are even more choices but you also may have to install sensors and do some wiring.
1,433 January 24, 2010 12:46 am
Re: ALOHA Y'all (9 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
Have a great time but remember, if you buy cars, you have to bring us each one too. New NASTE vacation rule.
1,434 January 24, 2010 12:45 am
Re: How I Spent My Weekend (8 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
Yes!
1,435 January 19, 2010 12:39 pm
Re: How I Spent My Weekend (8 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
All the joints got sanded smooth as glass. We'll find out if the slots need work once we start running cars again. And no, the debate is not open to public consumption. It's a matter of how solid the coloring looks. It might be just fine as it is.
Yes, as is, it is. The tape has been pulled and I'll probably give it a try a little later.
1,436 January 19, 2010 12:12 pm
Re: How I Spent My Weekend (8 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
No. First we need to debate a second coat. From what I read on the boards, it sounds like this is a good choice for standard rubber and urethanes which are my tire of choice anyway. Probably won't need to true up the tires any more either. The track should do that...
1,437 January 19, 2010 9:02 am
Topic: How I Spent My Weekend (8 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
Those of you that were at the First Sunday race noticed a few "rough" edges on the track, notably where the cars crossed over the connection areas. In fact crossed over is just about the fate that faced some of those cars. Head-on collisions caused by rough track was unacceptable. So we decided to do something...
On Friday night I got out some sandpaper and a few sanding blocks and went to work.
After a hard evening of sanding the supervisors show up promptly on Saturday morning to check progress. Finding no code violations, we were allowed to proceed.
The Spackle-Master at work!
Sunday
Spackled and sanded.
Making those creases go away... But what to do to make those sections blend?
Monday
Tape, tape and more tape. I got these corners down!
Monday Evening
A huge thanks to Victoria for her help in this project.
The paint is Ralph Lauren River Rock and it honestly feels about like sandpaper. Grip should be tremendous!
So what did you do this weekend?
1,438 January 14, 2010 8:42 am
Re: My brand new track should be up soon! (5 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
Don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions. Most of us have already been through that part a few times.
1,439 January 11, 2010 1:58 pm
Re: Racing at The Pen - Free for all (17 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
I'm sure you will find yourself winning heats. But if you like I can arrange a suitable heat for you. Maybe more than one.
1,440 January 11, 2010 11:50 am
Re: Racing at The Pen - Free for all (17 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
No, Rico, I will just let the computer do it in a random manner.
1,441 January 11, 2010 10:21 am
Re: Racing at The Pen - Free for all (17 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
At the current time you can run any manner of non-silicone tire. However, I am hopeful of getting enough pairs of urethane's to use as hand-outs and when I do we'll just use those.
Did you try to fit that test set I gave you? Rico?
1,442 January 11, 2010 9:33 am
Re: Jack's new contact info: (3 replies, posted in NASTE)
I don't know, he looked pretty fast to me.
1,443 January 11, 2010 9:14 am
Re: Jack's new contact info: (3 replies, posted in NASTE)
So who's this Jack guy? ;-)
Good seeing you the other night.
1,444 January 10, 2010 11:07 pm
Re: Racing at The Pen - Free for all (17 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
We're going to implement a new scoring system based on points. We will implement it for the Sunday race in February.
It works like this:
1st place in heat: 3 points
2nd place in heat: 2 points
3rd place in heat: 1 point
We'll score that way for each heat run. If we have ties, we'll break those based on lap totals.
This should give everyone an interesting chance at winning since the lap counts will only be used to break ties that result from the heat points.
Comments?
1,445 January 10, 2010 11:45 am
Re: NASTE Race #2 (2 replies, posted in NASTE)
It really was a good event and the scores show that. Byron, too bad you missed it. Thanks again to the in-attendance Stummans!
1,446 January 8, 2010 1:41 pm
Re: My brand new track should be up soon! (5 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
Absolutely, keep us posted! I have an SCX Digital track in Hillsboro.
1,447 January 4, 2010 9:01 pm
Re: Penguin Point Raceway - First Sunday Race Results - January (10 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
Actually, that is the same lane in two different directions. So those cars would never be that close. Bill's idea of a barrier has merit except it could still be one of the other two cars colliding with the car in the blue lane. I want to try filling the gaps first with some more magna-braid. That would fill the gap as well as eliminate the unintentional dead strips.
And yes, the results were quite close for a first race. Kinda fun wasn't it.
1,448 January 4, 2010 5:09 pm
Re: Penguin Point Raceway - First Sunday Race Results - January (10 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
How thin?
1,449 January 4, 2010 2:55 pm
Re: Penguin Point Raceway - First Sunday Race Results - January (10 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
Great idea, seems unlikely. We need to reduce the ability of the cars to float. I have some ideas!
1,450 January 4, 2010 2:54 pm
Re: Fly Classics Class Rules (16 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
Howdy George. I'm working on something very similar. Those are both good leads and would certainly be allowed regardless.