What next? (Page 1 of 2)

Hello me!

I just thought of another class that would be interesting.

We could run Ninco Japanese GT cars and leave them stock, but put silicone tires on them.  There are lots of cars, and all the chassis look nearly identical.

I also like the sounds of that.  Try out a few different cars and get some feedback thisway.. Maybe workout some bugs before the class starts up...Excellent 

And Frank is working on a IROC class of cars.  So that may be a possibility if it shakes out for the next season too.
Racin' Randy

I do like the Japanese GT series idea, either personal cars or IROC. I also would like to see what Frank will come up with. I just finished detailing the interior of my Saleen body that I will provide for this home-built class. I also would like a Scalextric Dodge Viper / TVR Tuscan class. There's quite a few different liveries available in those and if mixed and matched those cars seem quite comparable. Even at 12V they should run well.

The good thing about IROC is that you will know it's not the car that prevented you from winning....

On the other hand, if you run IROC every club night you must have a number of backup cars available in case a car crashes and breaks. I suppose we would need to start collecting dues to pay for a full set of cars, backup cars, and parts. I don't know if I just opened the proverbial can (or would van be more appropriate since we're talking cars) of worms. If we ALL have to pay, say $20 for the cars for one season, how would people that show up infrequently feel about this? I would probably pay it, but others may not see it that way. Would you charge the infrequent racers $5 per night (perhaps to a $30 maximum) they show up for the use of the cars?

Just some thoughts...

I still like the Scalextric GT/Touring car idea, which would not exclude the Japanese GT's per se. Are they sidewinder, inline or front mounted motors?  George- are the Vipers front motor like the TVR? If they are you could add the Scaley Corvette into the mix as well.  I'm pretty sure there are white Viper kits, the TVR has 4-5 liveries but are kind of hard to find, and the Corvette has several examples.  The front motor cars are fun to run and handle differently than sidewinders or inlines. (i.e more loose)  Depending on speed differential, the Fly Lister Storm & Marcos might also fit in and there are a bunch of versions of those.  Front motor might be the way to go.

why dont we run scalextric trans-am cars? they're easy to get, theres lots of different liveries, and even a few white ones here and there. i think camaros, mustangs, and the L88 corvettes would be a fairly even running class

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AJ,

The TransAm is fine with me, ONLY if this Mustang is allowed in the class.

http://www.scalextric-usa.com/index.php … ENT_ID=911

And I have first dibbs on this one, I don't want us all racing the same car.... ;-)

Any car that moves well along the track would make a good class in my opinion. We could even do a Classic F1 class. Would be hard to keep those on the track since most of us are magnet boys though....

Still I wouldn't write off the Japanese GT cars. I've seen some great looking cars there.

Back to your question Rico,  the Jap GT cars are all anglewinder setups.  We can bring out some at the next race or free race to play with and test out.

I think it would be a good idea to bring out whatever out you want to try for a class idea.  This way everyone else in the club can also see how they like the cars.
    I know Frank is working on his cars, which may not all be built for a while though.  But he does have one that I ran, and it was really nice.  Really smooth.

After the race last night, I got to test out Frank's car he made.  It was a modified International 32.  It handled really nice, and it seemed like a tough car.  I like the idea of an IROC series, and Frank's car looks like the best thing we have. 

Some people might have seen the Ninco Toyota Supra I brought out.  That is the ideal Japanese GT car I was thinking of.  It's handling was much less than the Slot.it cars, and was a shock to drive at first.  I think the car really needed silicone tires.  But other than that the car seemed nice. 

But just the idea of an IROC series (no prepping cars, no buying cars or parts, total skill-vs-skill competition) will be a nice break from previous classes that have been run so far. 

just my thoughts

I ran also ran Frank's car and I must say it was way different from what we are running and yet it was challenging and fun.  Four of them on the track would definitely be wild and wooly.  It was fun to hang the tail out around the curves, easily done, but quite controllable and it had decent power. I also witnessed the running of the Ninco and I can't say I was impressed much. Slow and not much grip.
That's all for now folks.................

I wanna race Monte's TCONY cars!!!!  ---------------------Bill