MONDAY OT (Open Track) (Page 5 of 6)

I'll second that as Dave performed his magic on mine as well transforming it into something that could be raced hard, now if only I could drive it to it's potential...

Thanks again Dave, much appreciated!

Monday OT - November 1, 2021

'Niler racing on Mondays (SE-niler that is). Yes us old retired guys are dominating the Monday racing right now. With the exception of working man Daniel (Doc), us old farts have taken over Inslot's Checkered Flag on Mondays! The evening crowd has yet to exceed our numbers or enthusiasm!

The first WOMP race started at approximately (did I mention we're retired?) high noon. The WOMP races are 10 lap heads up sprint races. Points are used for scoring, and driver's point totals determine the winners. The first qualifying round of racing is round robin driver rotation. After the first round elimination rounds are held with either the top, or top two drivers advancing. We had 6 entries for this race.

WOMP Qualifying Round Results:
Doc 13 points
Bill 13
Dave 12
John 11
Al 7
Mitch 4

WOMP Semi Round Results:
John 16 points
Dave 10
Al 9
Mitch 5

WOMP Final Results:
Bill 14 points
Doc 11
John 8
Dave 7

After the WOMP races we moved right into the Flexi race. For the Flexi races we run one round with the standard round robin rotation with 4 minute heats. We had the same 6 participants for this race.

Flexi Results:

Doc took the win in the Flexi race by 4 laps. John Gill was second and I finished third. Doc got to add another hash mark to his signature on the coveted PASER WEENER (weekly-winner) CUP!

Thanks for hosting Bill, a very close race indeed, but I prefer the computer results.

that pic has to go bye bye....

but I look so sad. must off been just told no more cookies your going  ruin your dinner...

may need to have a choke award cup made up.....

really???? I wondered  were i miss placed my sanity...

In the Womp race I had 12 points, you and Dave both had 11. You took second by having the best average lap time. Rob was fourth with 6 points.

Yes, I believe I even bumped the break out penalty at least once. The track was really hooked up!

The traction was really  hooked up on Monday.  Even body was  playing dangerous  close to the breakout time with everybody  tripping it at least  once. Some more than once....  Thanks for hoisting  Bill.

Open Track Day on Monday November 29th. We had seven racers participate in the Womp race. We are still using the 20 lap heat race format with point scoring to determine the winner. Normally we use a 5.5 second lap break-out in an effort to keep the field close. I wanted to try and validate the break-out time during these races because in the previous race we had experienced quite a few break-out penalties. So, for this race we ran three rounds of round robin races and eliminated the break-out spec for the first two rounds. The third round was raced with the break-out of 5.5 seconds in place.

Here's what we found out. In the first round of racing one driver had one break-out penalty in the red lane, and three in the blue lane. During the second round of racing two drivers experienced break-out penalties. One driver had one penalty lap in the white lane, and the other driver experienced a total of seventeen penalty laps, nine in the blue lane and eight in the yellow lane.

During the testing one driver had a fastest lap of 5.408 seconds, and another driver had a fastest lap of 5.393 seconds. With that documented I will say that both of the cars posting those fastest laps appeared to me to have more straight line speed than my car. My car is fitted with a Professor Motor 25k motor, but I will say it is getting old and has slowed significantly. As set up, my car handles very well but is short on straight line speed. I can push it as hard as I possibly can and stay within the 5.5 second break-out. Every once in awhile my car will break-out, but it is pretty rare. I had no beak-outs in this particular race. I will replace the motor with a new one and do some testing on my own. All this leads me to the conclusion that the 5.5 second break-out time seems appropriate to me for the Womp class of cars under the current rule set. We can revisit this break-out rule as the racing progresses if needed.

In the end Doc took the win in the Womp Class, followed by John.

Here's the results:
1st Doc = 41 points
2nd John = 39
3rd Bill = 38
4th Dave = 29
5th Rob = 25
6th Al = 19
7th Mitch = 18

What I like about the 20 lap format we use for the Womp races is; 1. Each heat race is an individual race between the four cars on the track. The points for each finish position are tallied to determine an overall winner. If you have a bad heat or even two you still have a good chance of coming back and competing for an overall win. 2. The break-out penalty evens out the field, keeping the car's performance levels in check without the need of a thorough tech inspection or more detailed rules.

It was a fun day. Maybe need to do some spot height checks. Before we race next time. I WAS at fault with my flexy car. There were some  womps that may be getting close also..