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How about a max track width instead?  Technically, track is centerline of tread to centerline of tread, but in the slot car realm, it usually gets translated into outer sidewall to outer sidewall.  That should equilibrate any width advantage and allow the era cars to run together appropriately.

I don't have a car in front of me but someone who did could probably make a suggestion for us to try.

HEADS UP - TEST DAY, June 13th.

Hey all,

The Scuderia is heading to the hills on Thurs, June 13th.  Yes, this is an Odd Thursday, but we have a tight schedule this year and it's our first opportunity.  A few of you who have helped us before already have an invite in you inbox.  If you don't but would like to help out, feel free to join us.

We will meet for breakfast at the Stagecoach around 8 and plan to head up to the first test site around 9.  The plan is to spend some time there making shakedown passes and potentially head to our other site above The Dalles if all goes well.  You'd be welcome to attend any or all of it, or as much as you can stand.

Things are going pretty well so far with the builds.  Fantastic progress has been made with the Mk II recently and it's now more put together than it is apart.  It has a new front end almost completely installed, just needs two tie rods and steering arms fabbed up:

In other news, the as of yet to run down the hill Mk III (originally built with Dave Smith) has been brought back into the Scuderia's care and will head down the hill with bodywork by Jess Burns' 3rd grade class and driven by the Buckman School auction winner.  It's liveried up as a tribute to Vanport and its flood.:

The 2018 winning Mk V should be ready for the hill with just a bit of maintenance and safety checks.  It sits in the shop as it came off the hill from the derby last summer, so hopefully it's pretty well sorted.

The Mk VI was run down our OC test hill last week and fared remarkably well- running speeds as fast as the Mk I and II in their comparable stages of development.  It's future and potential look fantastic!  Pics below and a little video link too:

Video clip:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/paRBEC1y5HEsCwv87

And lastly, work continues on the Mk VII.  We are taking what we learned from the Mk V and tweaking a few things to see if we can possibly go even faster.  It will be interesting to see how it shakes out!

If you can make the test day (and are interested), please come join us.  The event is on August 17th this year (3rd Sat in August) and it's a pretty crazy spectacle.  Come on down and check it out!

Chris

Tip of the hat to Bill, Beau, and Al for sacrificing their morning for the sake of the team!  Thanks gentlemen and well done!

Work has started on this year's new entry, the Mk VII, and we have some work to do on the Mk II to prep it for Bill.  We are in good shape though- knowing the Mk II can lay down good passes, with the Mk V returning to the hill, and the new Mk VII appearing to have comparable initial performance, we should be well-positioned through qualifying.

Thanks again for the team effort on registration!

Chris

Yeah, fun night- despite the classes being F1 and GT3.  I really need to buff out an F1 and replace my heap of a GT3.

Tip of the hat to Zack though.  He has built a crazy smooth fleet of cars, and while it may sound challenging, after a few minutes I was able to crack into the 5's pretty much at will.  They are CRAZY fast and super smooth.  He has certainly figured out the tuning game.  What a fun fleet to flog around the track!  Thanks for the loan!

That is excellent!  Will definitely borrow when(ever) the new track happens.

I'm in too.  The big cars are fun to run there too- BRM Gp C, Trans Am, GT, or Classics... or Scaleauto too.

Div 2 cars would be interesting up there, as would a Sportcar Era class I think.  Fly Classics too.  Actually just about any of our classes might be a fun entry up there.

It's been a pleasure having you along Zack even though I don't get around much these days.

It is a great bunch of people and you seem like you'll fit right in.  Based on what we've seen so far you'll probably be a force to reckon with on the track as well.  Glad to see we've got you hooked.  It's a great time.

Chris

That's correct.  Can Am cars are eligible for this category.

Yep...  I'd expect Gp C cars to be fairly dominant in this category.  Slot.Its are imminently tunable and extremely affordable and would be a great entry in this class.

Looking great Bill.  It feels like it won't be long before there's a car or four going around that track!