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Actually let's give thanks to the real heroes of the day: Bill, Len and George.  They battled heat and an ever-increasing accumulation of flying insects to give the new track some firm support.  George even cleaned up the wiring for the start/stop circuits and verified my schematic.  And that's good news for Rico.  The circuit is incredibly simple.

I did what I do best, get out of the way and hold things when asked.

This track's gonna need a name as woon as it gets a personality.  On the very positive side, the surface is very smppth and offers great traction.

No, that is not correct.  Anyone going to the final will need to provide their own FXX.

George, I've asked the question but I'm not sure we actually have much say in the matter other than deciding on motor and tire hand-outs.  More when I hear back.

Victoria will have a car too.

Yes, that looks like the current thinking.

The listing has been removed.  What did we miss?

I agree with Andre's approach with a team driving two lanes at the same time - then the fuel management isn't so much an issue of fairness.  Also with the fuel management, as Bill states, a little longer heat does seem in order.

I also agree that drivers need to use their own car since that's how they got to their seed in the first place.  Otherwise we're pretty much back to IROC.

The way to have "qualifying" without sandbagging is as described above - you just need to assign points to each segment - team and individual.  No one will sandbag with points at stake.

I would prefer a two-race format with a short sprint for qualifying - perhaps it's one heat each of two minutes and we draw for lanes or just go for random assignment with the computer - followed by a longer team race.

If there were 20 racers, the sprint portion would only take about 15 minutes to run.  We could spend more time than that bitching about the team alignment. 

Then you could run 10-minute heats with fuel set for about the half-way point.  Both drivers would be on the track similar to the Timba Enduro so each driver would only drive two lanes.

Score points for each segment.

I like George's idea better.  But how do you score the evening?  Do racers get points for each event?

So how are you going to even up the driving time with fuel management using either the same amount of fuel per lap or an amount based on speed per lap?  Neither will work.  What works is time.  If you take off the same amount per lap and racer A drives faster than racer B, then racer B still gets more time because racer A uses still uses less time to burn the same gas.  It's RELATIVE!

What will work is to have a timed swap point. 

I offer a reasonable solution:

[b]Each team runs one set of 12 minute heats.[\b]
For a 9 team race like last night that would be a total run-time of 108 minutes or slightly less than two hours.  Add 12 minutes for each extra team.

[b]Set a fuel change of 30 seconds at the 5:45 mark.[\b]
This way each driver gets the exact same amount of time - exactly 5:45.  And the races won't take any longer than they do now.

Wow, that was a day or two.  Get a rally stolen from us, get a new slot car track given to us and then get to spend a great day with good friends enjoying our hobby.  It was a lot of driving but the new track is tucked safely into the garage and it was a really great time.

John, your new track is super.  Way smoother than the old one and it must have been easier to drive too.  Why if only I could have smacked Tony once or twice...

Tell Derek and Chrissy thanks from Team Leader 2.  They did great.  Derek was just flying.  And anyone that can race and make all that food at the same time!  Amazing.

That Rico, he's a wynn-er.