Stubbo Posted June 22, 2018 Report Share Posted June 22, 2018 The final race of this years series will be a new venue, Manimmal's Masonite Mountain. Normally we race at Cheltenham but the track requires a few repairs that will not be done in time so Chris has come to the party and I am sure his track will be a great venue for the finale. The cars are already with Chris and we are just working on finalising the date for the race. Stay tuned. Quote Alan Stubbings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesx Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 Thanks Stubbo. Will look forward to a photo. Name sounds interesting. Is it a targa tyre ttrack like the one in Canada. Look forward to racing. Regards Chas Le Breton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdeamon Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 thanks stubbo and chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalbfellp Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 Charkes Check out the members track section for some pics. Quote Phil https://www.hobartminiaturecarclub.com/ Email Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manimmal Posted June 23, 2018 Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 The vic members home tracks thread shows my track in mark 2 configuration. It's now a few metres longer now in mark 3 configuration. The track is 20.20 metres long, with lane variation 8mm red to blue, and 20mm blue to yellow. I'll work on getting some fresh images onto the forum. Quote My mum says I'm an excellent driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubbo Posted June 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2018 Here is a more recent picture. Quote Alan Stubbings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenny broke Posted June 24, 2018 Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 That's an interesting layout with plenty of character. and it's grown somewhat over the years. Quote home track club racer Spitfire Raceway forum link https://www.facebook.com/groups/1753319218331240/?ref=bookmarks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manimmal Posted June 24, 2018 Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 We moved two years ago and the track was 5cm too long to fit in the 6x6 garage. The solution? Add another track section.... The lap length is 8 metres longer than the last time the track hosted a proxy. Quote My mum says I'm an excellent driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesx Posted June 24, 2018 Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 Hi Manimmal. Why not extend garage ha ha. Track looks great. Thanks for the picture. Look to running of round. Always good to see a new track introduced but hopefully Cheltenham will be repaired soon. Regards Chas Le Breton (charlesx@xtra.co.nz). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slo Posted June 24, 2018 Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 We moved two years ago and the track was 5cm too long to fit in the 6x6 garage. The solution? Add another track section.... The lap length is 8 metres longer than the last time the track hosted a proxy. I like your logic Chris. Good looking track! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slo Posted June 24, 2018 Report Share Posted June 24, 2018 (edited) Out of interest, whats the surface finish.... masonite? Edited June 24, 2018 by slo1quick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manimmal Posted June 25, 2018 Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 Ferrador. Good ol' Ferrador. Quote My mum says I'm an excellent driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubbo Posted June 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2018 Good morning all, The final race of this years series is going to be run this Saturday. Qualifying has been done but I wont be able to post up the results until later today or this evening. I can tell you the top three qualifying cars are #3 #8 and #12. Quote Alan Stubbings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 No surprises there Stubbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesx Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 Hi Stubbo. Who is 3. Was it Stu. Regards Chas Le Breton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenny broke Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 Hi Stubbo. Who is 3. Was it Stu. Regards Chas Le Breton Hi Chas yep #3 is Stu #8 is John Batich and 12 is sdeamon. Cheers Alan Quote home track club racer Spitfire Raceway forum link https://www.facebook.com/groups/1753319218331240/?ref=bookmarks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubbo Posted June 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 Here are some comments after a test drive of the cars by Neil who will be one of our drivers. Quote Alan Stubbings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubbo Posted June 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 And here is the qualifying. Manimmal drove the cars for qualifying Quote Alan Stubbings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdeamon Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 (edited) THANKS stubbo chris neil manimmal what are the stringers??????? Edited June 27, 2018 by sdeamon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenny broke Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) Hi John, In this case a stringer is a piece of wood that ties two or more pieces of the track surface together. From what I understand Chris's track is made from masonite sheet, hence the name The sheet usually about 1/4" (6mm) thick had the slot cut straight through and you would have all these loose pieces as you cut the slots through.The stringer was attached underneath usually as part of the base frame to tie the track pieces together. This meant that the slot didn't have a bottom and you could see all the way through to the floor. This method was fairly common in the 60's. The original Milluna Modellers club track was built this way too, One of the original members told me that they hand cut all the power rails out of brass shim instead of using copper braid. Each piece had to be individually cut to fit that piece of track and they pinned it down to the masonite. We were racing on that track into the mid 1980's. Alan Edited June 28, 2018 by lenny broke Quote home track club racer Spitfire Raceway forum link https://www.facebook.com/groups/1753319218331240/?ref=bookmarks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdeamon Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 thanks alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slo Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 Thanks Chris for hosting and qualy, Neil for comments and Alan for all his work too, Good luck with it on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manimmal Posted June 30, 2018 Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 Welcome race fans to the final of the Tasman for 2018. The weather for today is putrid. It's cold and wet, so we expect our drivers to be soaked through by the time they finish their stints. Grip will be down, so competitors who struggled for grip in practice are not expected to move up the order. Good luck to all our competitors, race hard, race safe, and enjoy yourselves. Quote My mum says I'm an excellent driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubbo Posted June 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 (edited) Good Evening all, Well the race is done and dusted. The drivers today were Chris, Neil and myself. Thanks to Neil's son for his help as well. This was my first time driving at this track so my times were quite a bit slower than the others but it was the same for everyone. A couple of surprises in the results. I think there may be a little bit of shuffling in the series standings but I will have to complete that tomorrow. WE did get some pictures and I will get to those as soon as I can. So here we go We lost the fastest time for #17 on lane 2 but the total laps was correct. Edited July 1, 2019 by Stubbo Quote Alan Stubbings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manimmal Posted June 30, 2018 Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 (edited) We apologise for the missing time �� (My bad) Edited June 30, 2018 by manimmal Quote My mum says I'm an excellent driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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