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Practice session.

RICO-Quit Mocking Me-CHET...

A little coaching for the new guy Josh from Resident Fast Guy Zack...

Here's some videos of the wild BRM Group C action last night. There's nothing like racing 1/24 Group C cars on a short tight track!
https://youtu.be/7VBv4CwscfA

https://youtu.be/SfjvnBAFSSg

https://youtu.be/uiVO23-zHJQ

https://youtu.be/AluWEo6MY3U

https://youtu.be/VYPYE0PNrOQ

https://youtu.be/FQgeD9HszcQ

Thanks Zack. I am now finally at a point where I can start going through all the stuff I had to stash upstairs.

All the Strombecker, Eldon, Gilbert, and A/FX track is GONE!

Thanks to Bob Nakamura I did not have to take it all to the dump!

========Bill

Thanks for taking the time to post this Zack!

SOLD!

Results from the May 23rd race:

Can Am Class
1 Zack  81.9 Laps
2 Al 77.9
3 Jeff 76.4
4 Mitch 75.2
5 Mark 74.5
6 Bill 73.7
7 Rico 68.0
8 Greg 62.1

Over 50 Class
1 Mitch 70.8 Laps
2 Zack 66.2
3 Greg 64.0
4 Al 62.3
5 Rico 59.2
6 Mark 56.3

BRM Class
1 Rico   75.3 Laps
2 Al  72.6
3 Mitch  67.6
4 Mark  66.1
5 Zack  63.7

Awesome night as usual at Meat's place! I'll get the results posted tomorrow, sorry for the delay!

And..like Rico said thanks for the loaner Zack! Your Shadow Can Am car was awesome!.....me as a driver?.....not so much!

Back in the day you'd be known as "MR. Hertz"!

Chris, max track width sounds like a good solution (sidewall to sidewall).

Let's look back at the original intent of the Classic Sports Car Class and the path that got us to here. I established the Classic Sports Car Class for the small sports cars from the '50s and '60s that would have raced in SCCA type races. Cars like the Ninco Classic cars were the class models. Originally there was no cut off date or year of manufacture, it seemed simple enough to me to interpret what qualified as a classic sports car. Silly me, mistake one! It didn't take long for the racers to start modifying the cars for better handling and more speed, and eventually realizing the Slot.it Ford GT fit the definition of "Classic Sports Car". This was a game changer. Add to that the availability of aftermarket chassis with motor pods, and some really well built "scratchbuilt" cars and it was time to reign in the class a little. So I established two divisions of the class. Division I retained the 7mm wide rear tires and non-podded chassis with no articulation allowed. Division II was established to allow the Slot.it Ford GT40, articulated scratchbuilt chassis, and the aftermarket chassis that were hitting the marketplace. The rear tire width was bumped up to 8mm on division II cars to further enhance the improvements of an articulating chassis. The third revision was to adopt a spec motor for each division, 14k in division I to bring the car's speed down, and 18k to allow the division II cars to be the faster of the classic sports car. This is where we are today.

I think one thing that would improve both divisions is for each to be defined by specific years and the cars raced within those time periods. We have discussed it and I think the cut off for Division I cars should be 1964 to allow the inclusion of the Ferrari 250 GTO. In addition I think there needs to be a maximum body width spec for Division I. I like the idea of Corvettes being eligible in Div.I but I think the extra width of the Grand Sport Corvettes might give them an advantage over the narrower cars. I feel the Grand Sports should be in Div.II with wider cars being allowed. I would set Div.II for the years 1965 through 1975 and change the rear tire spec to 10mm. Let the Division II cars rip, but reign in the Division I cars.

My thoughts...............