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Chime in Doc? Really?
First off this is great, I haven't seen a thread this active on this site since...forever.

As for Motors in any class  for the tracks we have we don't need anything more that 21.5K, $7.99 Piranha, keep it cheap, I mean affordable. 

Classic sports cars class 1&2, love them don't change a thing. Accept...

I wouldn't start a "Ninco" class I would take classic one and lower the motor RPM. I wouldn't set the NC1 or the BWA as spec as they are both out of production and basically a dead end. I would set a 14K limit which would include the H&R Jackrabbit motor which at $10.00 is the best bang for the buck in that area. There is a new company out there marketing a 16K motor but I don't have any idea how consistent they run or what RPM they actually turn. I've checked all of my H&R are motors with my tach and while slower than the Black stripe they all run very close to their rating.
By doing this it could include classic SCX cars some Fly Classics and some low budget scratch builds based on cheap, make that affordable PCS chassis.

GT class, there is nothing wrong here, If Rico wants to lap my souped up 962 with his soccer mom 4 door grocery getter BMW that's fine, it just gives me something to do till 1am when I get home from a good ass whoopin. Like working on my 4 door BMW grocery getter that is just slower than his.

Policar F1, they are fast and handle very well, but if the Polycar drivers are having a bad night I have a Scaley with a stock motor that can get around them, if that doesn't work I also have a Polycar of my own, so watch your mirrors.

Now we get to NSR and Thunderslot. My only experience with NSR is watching Rico take some very nice laps around Bills track with his.  After driving Chris's Thunderslot I bought one, well actually two.  These cars are something else. I do think that most of their magic lies in their rear wheels.  I bought some Slot It "air ride" wheels for my Slot It GT40 and while I haven't had it at Al's, it has run some very fast laps at my house.  I also have my Monogram bodied T70 on my Slot It chassis that is almost as fast as my Thunderslot.  I have extra Thunderslot wheels and tires I'm going to install which might put them on the same footing.  So whether or not these get a class of their own I'm more interested in building something to compete against them.

Carrera DTM? If we make a class, what am I going to enter in the next proxy? I'm not buying another one. Who am I kidding, sure I would. But if you want a DTM class let's not limit it to Carrera, let's open it up to any DTM cars.

That leaves us with Rally. I have an interior with two drivers already painted just waiting for somebody to spec out a car so I can give them a ride.

That's my 2 cents worth, well maybe 3 cents due to inflation or the Bourbon.

Happy New Year Doc, and to all the rest of you former Rug Racers too.

Fernando was going to run his Ninco until Monte offered his Thunderslot. I believe that Fernando has been taken by the dark side now.

Monte, I've been working on building a car that could compete against the Thunderslot. After driving Chris's I realized how far yet I have to go. I haven't given up though. When I ordered a new car I also ordered extra wheels and tires for my scratchbuilds.

I must be doing it wrong, every time I try it says to contact you, or Host

These both have after market chassis. This years 21.5K motor might be a bit much for the Alfa, they both run very smooth.

I guess I had better attach my wing and get it painted.

I'm still waiting for my chassis to get here, but I did just get my Pioneer Mustang back from the Trans Am Proxy. Last year the motor limit was 18K and I used the NSR 17K Baby King in an inline configuration and was solidly in the bottom third. This year the motor limit is 21.5K So I'll switch to a Piranha motor set up as a sidewinder.

I will set up the Scalextrics as sidewinders because I felt that during testing last year the Mustang felt better as a sidewinder but I thought I would try to take advantage of the "Magnetic" effect and extra torque of the NSR motor over the Black Stripe motor which didn't pan out.

Okay, so who won? Bill?, no seriously who? I brought my cars to work but just couldn't get away. I even had a brand new GT3 that I didn't get to use.

They are taking entries for the 2018 Trans Am proxy right now on HRW, 21K motors this year.

Monte until another chassis comes out, the HRS or the CG 3D universal chassis would work well for the Javelin.

I put an Olifer chassis under my Pioneer Mustang last year and sent it to the Trans Am proxy where it got beat up by the guys who built better cars. That was my fault though, it ran so much better with the new chassis that I foolishly sent it out with skinny tires, that cost me seconds every lap. Next year the specs change a bit and so will my Mustang.