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[alexis in greece]

The race is in the books.Foolishly enough i forgot the memory stick containing the results at the track so you will have to wait until tomorrow for the complete results.As an apetizer here are some photos
CIMG6354 by alexisgaitanis, on Flickr

CIMG6353 by alexisgaitanis, on Flickr

CIMG6352 by alexisgaitanis, on Flickr


CIMG6351 by alexisgaitanis, on Flickr

CIMG6350 by alexisgaitanis, on Flickr

CIMG6349 by alexisgaitanis, on Flickr

CIMG6347 by alexisgaitanis, on Flickr

CIMG6346 by alexisgaitanis, on Flickr

There have been fireworks as you wll understand by the qualy results
Qualy by alexisgaitanis, on Flickr

There have been some pleasent surprises:
Pole for car #60
Top qualifying positions for cars 46,86 and 5
and were transformed into good race results from memory

and some bad ones:
cars #21,27,170 and 25 had absolutely no grip
cars #66 and 3 when their tires got warm got grippy leading to unexpected rolls

There have been casualties:
-one of the Lotii could not go around a corner as the guide which i had trimmed(obviouslynot enough) hit the bottom of the slot so it did not race that (penultimum)heat fearing chassis damage
-21 one of the lead wires got wrapped around the guide and broke ,i think it was during the last heat
-6 kept rolling and rolling and as a result lost driver and windshield ,both recovered and will be fixed in place before the next race.Also one of the rear tires got loose ,coming off every second corner drivers got instructed to take it easy,will be fixed before the next race.

I know you are craving for results so here is the race podium,thats all i remember
:first: 33
:second: 30
:third: 54

[alexis in greece]

More photos and video here:https://www.facebook...49622235445175/

[Peter Gunn]

Nice pictures Alexis but i,m not on facebook is it possible to see some of the pictures on there on here thanks mate.

[alexis in greece]

Just to show how close was the competition here are the results after the first series of heats
results 1 by alexisgaitanis, on Flicr

When i saw that #33 was on top after having run the 2 external lanes i was sure it go going for the win
results 2 by alexisgaitanis, on Flickr

Things changed a bit after the completion of the 3rd series
results 3 by alexisgaitanis, on Flickr

But after a poor final yellow for #54 and a top final blue for #30 here are the final results
results 4 by alexisgaitanis, on Flickr

Congratulations to Brumos,Neo and Pslacker for the podium , to DRW21,Nick and Double-b for the podium in slimline class and to Neo for the top front engine podtion

More to come stay tuned

[GAS41T]

WoW
Congrats podium getters...
Strange how things changed from shakedown
Can’t wait to get this field on my track...

Edited by GAS41T, 14 April 2018 - 09:37 AM.

[alexis in greece]

And i cannot find an explanation since it was not like that on shakedown and they were not on the same tires (21&27 Ninco,170&25 NSR ) while other cars on the same brands had lots of grip (#18 NSR #30 Ninco).It crossed my mind though it could be the interaction between different brands of tires,i will make some research.

Anyhow one of the entrants is shod the possible 2019 control tires and if it performs well,and in this race it did,that will be the end of the tire wars in this proxy.

[Peter Gunn]

Congrats to the pods especially Brumos got a very good car there and a all round performer looking at the times out on it,s own on Nicks track , close for the next 3 places then there comes the rest, do think the motor difference is quite telling looking down the field seeing most of us are on the same motor in the end can't beat horsepower looking at it, and there is to much variation in this BWA type motor.
On a personal note did hope i had put up a car to challenge the top spot but looking at last years results here i,ve gone backwards , i think mainly due to that motor as my cars seem to be smooth and handle well , long way to go and my money is still on 30 , i would like to congratulate all entrants some fine cars this year.

[ZeGas]

Looks like the chassis & tyre problems have taken it toll on #68, was the motor pod damaged as well Alexis.

[Peter Gunn]

9th not a bad start Grant when you look at the times of those around you very similar to quali and only the first race , do think differant tyres will suit differant tracks as the series go along , apart from no 30 which seems to go well everywhere

[alexis in greece]

Post race repairs car#21.
The damage was not serious but complicated.One of the lead wires got wrapped around the front axle braking as a result with side effect puling the motor towards the front.It is also a possible explanation to the complete lack of grip of this car.

20180415_113816 by alexisgaitanis, on Flickr

I think the way the wires were laid and glueing the braids on the gide was not a good idea.I removed everything and used standard MRRC braids
20180415_114347 by alexisgaitanis, on Flickr

but swapped the braids with thinner and softer ones.Theni clipped the lead wires,new ones, from the front of the guide

20180415_134124 by alexisgaitanis, on Flickr

Now everything moves freely

Still to do glueing tires of #6

Request permission to glue tires of #5 as now i undrestood why she was hoping during the last lap,right rear was loose

[alexis in greece]

Jag #6 back in shape and tires glued .I accidentally touched the guide and found that it was too tight so i ventured a repair.Passed a drilling bit of 3.45mm,quite a scary operation on an assembled chassis but now it works fine.I loosened the body screws by 1 turn and lets see how she behaves next round
20180415_175458 by alexisgaitanis, on Flickr

Note to self:in next years rules forbid the use of allen screws for mounting the body

Cars #5 tires glued

[alexis in greece]

Trying to understand why certain cars had no grip,here is a table showing after which cars they raced and with what tires ,please fill the voids
tire grp by alexisgaitanis, on Flickr

[alexis in greece]

Overall standings reflecting penalties applied to cars 3,20,23,32,65,66
cHAMPIONSHIP by alexisgaitanis, on Flickr

Concours voting
Concourse round by alexisgaitanis, on Flickr

And standings by class
cHAMPIONSHIP by class by alexisgaitanis, on Flickr

cHAMPIONSHIP sb by alexisgaitanis, on Flickr

cHAMPIONSHIP 3dp by alexisgaitanis, on Flickr

Edited by alexis in greece, 16 April 2018 - 11:17 PM.

[alexis in greece]

For those who are not on facebook the photos and videos are here:
https://www.flickr.c...157667733753418

Edited by alexis in greece, 16 April 2018 - 09:06 PM.

[ZeGas]

alexis in greece, on 16 April 2018 - 06:06 PM, said:

For those who are not on facebook the photos and videos are here:
https://www.flickr.c...157667733753418

Thats awesome, thanks Alexis.