drw21 Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Looking forward to Race 6, Craig your turn Mate - Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slotmadmac Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 I think you mean me. Quote Podiums are for short people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesx Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 (edited) Hi Mac. Hope you have as much fun as we did in Taranaki. Some great cars and others with potential with a bit more work. All the best for the running of the proxy. Cars went to Craig yesterday as per instructions via Fastway Couriers so he will no doubt bring out to you. I cleaned the pick-ups at least three times and gave all contrate/spur gears a light grease once. Did not redo before posting. All cars appeared to be running well motor and gear wise and nothing else broken except for minor bits reported. Regards Chas Le Breton Edited July 8, 2013 by charlesx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slotmadmac Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 10/4. Cheers. Quote Podiums are for short people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drw21 Posted July 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Yeah - what you said MAC (further up) If you have any issues at all (regarding CanAm stuff that is) let me know - Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesx Posted July 12, 2013 Report Share Posted July 12, 2013 Hi DRW21. Have the cars arrived OK in Napier? I have not heard. Regards Chas Le Breton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munter Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 (edited) Craig Smith tells me he has the cars and he is arranging qualifying this week with the race soon after. I got the impression the first HB round will be at Oakland Park Raceway rather than Thunder Road. Edited July 13, 2013 by munter Quote John Warren Slotcars are my preferred reality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesx Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Thanks Munter for advice re safe arrival of cars. Mac certainly seemed to under impression they were going to him first and so was DWR21. Looking forward to Round 6. Regards Chas Le Breton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlotsNZ Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Last I thought we said on Thursday was that we would run the round on Macs track this coming Thursday, but it Mac isn't around, or if no-one had objections, I wouldn't mind having it here first and getting it safely out of the way, because it's getting close to us going overseas and things usually turn yellow and liquid in the last 10 days. Quote Recovering Lapsed Slot Addict * Custodian of many used screws (mostly loose ) * Total kidder * Companion of other delusional slot addicts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slotmadmac Posted July 13, 2013 Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 I'd pefer it next week if possible. I am fried towards the end of the month. Quote Podiums are for short people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drw21 Posted July 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2013 Hu Guys, run what ever works best for your region and keep us posted as ya go - Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Will be at Macs Quote I'm addicted to Slot Cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slotmadmac Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Yep - we are qualifying straight after work this Wednesday with racing this Thursday night as part of our club roster. Thunder Road is a 95' gloss enamel, high grip track. Track will be run clean at 12v. TrackMate timing. I'm really looking forward to seeing the cars run - and to see why my Lola is performing like a dog after showing so much promise in testing! Mac Quote Podiums are for short people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munter Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 (edited) nothing Edited July 15, 2013 by munter Quote John Warren Slotcars are my preferred reality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitro0440 Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Good luck with the running of round 6 Mac ... Have fun .... Wazza . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesx Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Best of luck with qualifying Wednesday and racing Thursday for R6 Canam Proxy. Regards Chas Le Breton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drw21 Posted July 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 All the best guys, have fun and let me know the results - Cheers - Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvmyre Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Looking forward to the results. Quote 5 x National Champion 2 x National Enduro Champion 2 x HBMRC V8 Supercar Enduro Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slotmadmac Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Well qualifying was done a few hours ago. Since then I have been at our local wine bar drowning my sorrows so apologies in advance for errors or rash statements. As always, it was a mixed bag. Of all the cars only 2 or 3 really suited my track. Smithy will do his reporting bit in due course. Times were similar to last year apart from Stubbo who was quick. Here are the top qualifiers. Top qual was a sweet car. The big 917 whale and the Naki Alfa were faster than Usain Bolt after a steroid binge but were over motored and too much for my limited driving skills. I am sure that now, after 5 glasses of Class A Chardonnay, I would have their measure but, unfortunately, we will never know. Though I hate saying this, my car of the night was Chas le Breton's wee Macca. It loved my track. Chas, your response to this accolade is limited to a single sentence. Seriously. My car sucked like a cheap hooker. I had high hopes for my Lola but, as we say here in the Bay, Gloat Goeth Before a Big fall, As others (hopefully) will attest, that blue piece of shite was lapping in 6.3's before I shipped her off. I have no idea what happened to her. She's a dog now. Depite covert repairs while Smith wasn't looking, I still couldn't fix her. Oh well. Nevermind. Racing tomorrow should be interesting. The only really sweet cars I drove today belonged to Stubbo's and, gulp, Charlesx. All the others had issues. None more so than mine. Thanks for the chance to run your cars guys. Thanks to Smithy for running the cutter, Mac Quote Podiums are for short people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubbo Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Thanks Mac, I won't get too excited at the moment but I have to admit I am very happy with what I read. Good luck with the race. Cheers Quote Alan Stubbings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesx Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 Thanks for generous comments Mac. Regards Chas Le Breton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slotmadmac Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 Pleasure. It was hands down my favourite. Pretty sure that's the fastest 'small' car I have ever had on my track. Congrats. Quote Podiums are for short people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvmyre Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 Laptimes?? Anybody got the spreadsheet Quote 5 x National Champion 2 x National Enduro Champion 2 x HBMRC V8 Supercar Enduro Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slotmadmac Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 Smithy has the spreadsheet and was in charge of uploading it - or getting Dave to do it. I hope it's up soon. Times were similar to the better cars in recent years - though Stubbo was Q1 with a hot 6.5. Pretty sure that's the fastest Can Am proxy time on my track to date. Quite a few cars broke the 7.0 sec barrier. Charles' wee car did a 6.8 I think - bloody quick for a B class car. Here is the field - in no order - just to remind you what your cars look like: I left work early to look at my car which could barely get around the track without deslotting. It took me ages to figure it out but in the end I worked out it had a bent axle so one wheel would oscillate under power. Goodness knows how that happened - but them's the breaks. I replaced it and now the car is fine again. I am well out of this series so I hope no one minds me doing the repair Dave please give me whatever penalty that fix entails. Good luck one and all tonight. We have a good turnout so lots of marshalls and SlotsNZ is going to run the Spreadhseet so the results should be up fast. Quote Podiums are for short people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slotmadmac Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 Just noticed that Bunyips car had a rear tyre completely unglued. I've done the repair. Can't recall how it went last night but this should see a huge lift in performance. Quote Podiums are for short people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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