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Come on guys, most of what Bill says is laughable.

Got any pics of that?  Sound like when there's a Barclay Hills V2, I will need to borrow.

Yay, Rico's back! Looks like they've kicked him out of the asylum!!

Looking good Mitch!  Will be interesting to see how the Racer 250LM does but I know that NSR P68 will be quick- or is that a Racer too?

Fly 250 is front motored and, uh... "interesting" to tune.  It's a good lesson and there is documentation out there on what/how to do it, but it may be more than you want to start with.  Granted, they are GORGEOUS and I understand why you'd want to, but as an indicator, I have 3 or 4 of them and don't run them in that class (or at all actually).  The front motored cars are just a challenge to set up.

The Scaley 250GTO might be a better place to start if your heart is set on a GTO.  I think Rico or Jeff (Fields) has one of these set up.  They are just about as good looking (the Scaley vs. Fly, not Jeff vs. Rico) and should be reasonably quick as well. 

The Fly 250LM is a different beast though.  Doc has a fabulously running one of these in his stable, although I am pretty sure he's worked on it a bit.

The Fly 906 and Ninco Vette are two very strong platforms which I would recommend.  I may have a Vette around and will bring if I get my hands on it for Thurs night.

Chris

Hey, I got mad painting skills...  I did a whole fleet of them!  There was Zack's plus these:

And yes, there were a couple of white and red combinations:

I have Luf's kit: a tape laying tool and a lexan strip with the nail holes drilled in it. It should make constructing a track super easy.

My track was quick and dirty- it was the first one I ever made and I built it in less than a week to fit a specific (small) space in the house using, um..., "experimental" materials for a router guide.  It worked OK but needed a bit of massaging to be presentable.  At this point I have tweaked it enough to host a race night or three and it has played to fairly positive reviews by the participants.

All the suggestions above are spot on- figure out your intentions (race hosting vs. tuning and development), think about your space available and the sight lines/marshalling requirements, commit to a layout, buy some lumber, borrow a router and track kit, and get to it.  Depending on its size and how much time you can throw at it, it's possible to knock them out in a reasonable timeframe.  They are actually pretty easy to build and they are super fun to run on.

As as Bill alluded to above, I am planning a new track build now that I have "finished" my basement and would be looking to pass along my current track to anyone who might be interested (keeping my power supply, driver stations, etc... though).  Odds are it will just get tossed, but if you're interested it would possibly re-shuffle my other domestic projects.

Chris

So, just now catching up on this thread so pardon me if I'm late to the party.

Yes, we have a lot of classes, but there is a reason.  We now have three different flavors of the class formerly known as GT because people (not random people on the internet, but US racers who are actually showing up and racing) wanted to have era-compatible cars running on the track at the same time.  We have the unlimited or open class because T-slots can outrun just about anything out of the box and we like T-70's and bought a couple.  We have the Le Mans class because we all have a bunch of slow and crappy Fly and Scaley cars which we could never teach to compete with Slot.It's or T-slots but wanted a class in which to run them...  There is a specific reason for just about each and every one of the classes we have, and I think that the group consensus which concocted them should probably be respected.

Instead of cutting back the number of classes or worrying about making sure a new participant has a car for each class, I think it'd make more sense to offer them some guidance as to which classes are truly in the regular rotation and which cars they should be serious about acquiring.  Then we help get them set up for success, and meanwhile, let them run whatever it is that they do bring if they've already bought something. 

And when we run a class where they don't have a car for at all, someone else reaches in their box and pulls out one to loan them. 

Like this group always has...

Don't care where you put the track but make sure there is enough space under it to store some of the Scuderia's gravity car fleet!

Looking good...  It's about time!!!!

I say the reward should go to the people who show up.  Odds are that dropping x round(s) from the tabulations won't make things all that much different. 

On the flip side, I can honestly say that if it meant someone who showed up and raced every time got beaten by someone who didn't based on the drop(s), I'd be disappointed.

Yes indeed, thanks Al for my quarterly fix of racing slot cars!  It was a fun night back in the basement.  It was good to see everyone who was there and even better to see Bill getting back on the horse with his reporter coverage.

I've been very busy as of late, but I do miss the racing immensely and will even get my cars legalized for the new class changes sometime soon.  It was fun to get to stretch the legs of that 908 and keep Monte in the mirror.  The group has upped its collective game!

Until next time, thanks again!

Chris