Stubbo Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Well it looks like we are ready to go with the first race. All being well it will be held tomorrow at the Southern Loop in Cape Paterson. I will post up as much info as I can over the weekend. Stay tuned. Quote Alan Stubbings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumos RSR Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Good Luck everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mick2 Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 My first ever proxy race soooo looking forward to this Best of luck to all except those other SA buggers LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manimmal Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Have fun Quote My mum says I'm an excellent driver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesx Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Hi all. Yes best of luck to everybody. Look forward to the race reports and lots of pictures. Regards Chas Le Breton (charlesx) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauls Slots Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 The flag is about to fall, good luck guys. Quote Try Harder, if you dont fail your not trying hard enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubbo Posted April 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 I've been getting things ready this morning and when I was getting the cars out of the transporter and lining them up it came to me that we have been running electric cars for the last 50/60 years or so. I also seem to recall that some of the motors may emit Ozone when they are used. So if we want to save the planet and reduce the hole in the ozone layer then build more slot cars. If you want to encourage social interaction and face to face contact between people, build more slot cars. If you want to encourage innovation and ingenuity, build more slots cars. The possibilities are endless and the potential has no limit. If we could only get Scott and Bill to come and check it out????????????????? Good luck everyone. Quote Alan Stubbings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesx Posted April 12, 2019 Report Share Posted April 12, 2019 Hi Stubbo. Next year will mark 60 years since I started racing slot cars so I must have done a great service to the world in that time. Just imagine how much worse the world might be if I had not bought that first Scalextric track. Power to the slotties. Perhaps we should let Folau know that all slotties are set for heaven. Regards Chas Le Breton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mick2 Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 Hi Stubbo. Next year will mark 60 years since I started racing slot cars so I must have done a great service to the world in that time. Just imagine how much worse the world might be if I had not bought that first Scalextric track. Power to the slotties. Perhaps we should let Folau know that all slotties are set for heaven. Regards Chas Le Breton Folau wont like that I drink and fornicate for that matter too LOL ( he is a bit of a tool good fullback hope the Europe teams put up with him) 60 years my fondest wish is to live long enough to enjoy the hobbie as long as you have Chas, your participation in all types of proxy and the forum tells me just that you love the little cars. Power to the slotties Big Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondeo74 Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 Good luck to all the participants hopefully we all have a great series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalbfellp Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 Charles Rubber track, bloody hard to use spring clips and Lotus big head cars? Were you lucky enough to have a transformer, or used the Cardboard battery box? Quote Phil https://www.hobartminiaturecarclub.com/ Email Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubbo Posted April 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 (edited) The first round is in the book. John Batich claims the victory with a very nice car indeed. Plugger came in second with Phil a whisker behind in third place. Unfortunately Mondeo's car ground to a halt with a smoking engine just two laps in and was a DNF. Engine change will be carried out tomorrow. Slo1quick and I were the drivers today. We each drove two heats. The first was for 2.5 minutes and the second was for two minutes which gave every car a total of nine minutes. Stu will post up some comments about the cars in the next day or so. I'm heading back up to Melbourne tomorrow so I'll do the photo's when I get back to the office (better internet there). I'm sure someone will check my maths. It has been a long day so let me know if there are any mistakes. Mistake #1. The time for Brumos in heat 4 was recorded incorrectly. It should have been 3.264. Apologies. Edited April 13, 2019 by Stubbo Quote Alan Stubbings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubbo Posted April 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 Charles Rubber track, bloody hard to use spring clips and Lotus big head cars? Were you lucky enough to have a transformer, or used the Cardboard battery box? Father Christmas (that's what Dad told me) delivered me my first set in either 1960 or 61. Bighead Lotus's and the rubber track. We did have a transformer. I still have the cars somewhere. Quote Alan Stubbings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondeo74 Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 The first round is in the book. John Batich claims the victory with a very nice car indeed. Plugger came in second with Phil a whisker behind in third place. Unfortunately Mondeo's car ground to a halt with a smoking engine just two laps in and was a DNF. Engine change will be carried out tomorrow. Slo1quick and I were the drivers today. We each drove two heats. The first was for 2.5 minutes and the second was for two minutes which gave every car a total of nine minutes. Stu will post up some comments about the cars in the next day or so. I'm heading back up to Melbourne tomorrow so I'll do the photo's when I get back to the office (better internet there). I'm sure someone will check my maths. It has been a long day so let me know if there are any mistakes. Damn, well I guess it can only get better from here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumos RSR Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 (edited) Thank you for the run and congratulations to John, Plugger and Phil. I can only hope the #33 ran lane 4 last as it may be a sign of good things to come as it appears I ran the fastest lap of the race. Thank you Slo1quik and Alan for getting the most out of my car and hosting the round. Good luck to everyone in round 2. Edited April 13, 2019 by Brumos RSR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Micham Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 Thank you to everyone who made the race possible and congratulations to the the podium three. I thought my Ferrari was much better than last year; obviously not although it did manage 3 more laps than in 2018. I should have built something new and lighter. Best Regards David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Gunn Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 Thanks for the running and noticed a lot of the times are similar to 2018 , i should have used last years car, same track last years car did 156-30 laps and finished 8th this year the Lotus BRM did 153-15 laps and finished 9th , never stop learning do we. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubbo Posted April 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 Thank you to everyone who made the race possible and congratulations to the the podium three. I thought my Ferrari was much better than last year; obviously not although it did manage 3 more laps than in 2018. I should have built something new and lighter. Best Regards David Hi David, We felt your car was way better than last year. It had much better grip. We felt the car was sitting a bit too high. Stu took a couple of photo's to send you to show what we mean. Quote Alan Stubbings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubbo Posted April 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 Just a note for everyone to consider. The track at Cape can be quite variable from time to time due to the weather in that the track temperature can change a fair bit even over the course of a few hours. So comparing this year to last year is not always an accurate reflection of the performance of the cars. Quote Alan Stubbings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesx Posted April 13, 2019 Report Share Posted April 13, 2019 Hi Phil and Stubbo. Thanks for the great start to this proxy. Surprise I did not come last. Will look forward to comments when you can manage Stu. Will be interesting to see how the SRP 16's did against 18's. Must look at tech report. Re original Scaly set yes had battery box but as I had traded in Hornby train set got transformer from start. Yes definitely rubber track big head Lotus's, the loop braids and of course plastic guide pin. Do not think any of the gimble sets hit NZ. Actually only sold my set a few years back but cars were long gone. Spent a great night with Perth locals last night. Syd and the others always make visitors so welcome. They only use MJK Urethanes though so used their cars. Look forward to the rest of the series. Regards Chas Le Breton (charlesx) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenny broke Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 Hi Alan, Thanks to you and Stu for a quick turnaround for the opener. Congratulations to JB Plugger and Phil on the podium spots. I heard that John hada quick car under development a while ago That bl%dy customer car is still seeing off the works Brokespeed entry Not sure If I'm seeing double but are there two John Batich's from Tasmania 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...
kalbfellp Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 Charles. Hope you had a great night,Syd is not usually short on conversation! Thsnks to Stubbo and Stu for getting this Round completed. Happy with my result considering it had no development, No surprise with a Johns car it is bloody quick and easy to drive. Shame about the “ Mexican” getting between us. Yes two J.B cars,8 and 88. Quote Phil https://www.hobartminiaturecarclub.com/ Email Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdeamon Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 Congratulations to JB Plugger and Phil on the podium spots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
difinity Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 Wow. 3&a bit 10ths down and effectively last. Bugger. Close racing though. Well done to those who time to actually prepare a car this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesx Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 (edited) Hi Stubbo and all. I appreciate it is early days but after first round the T1790 motor took first 4 places with the best SRP 16 5th and the top SRP18 7th. The worst placed T1790 was 13th. While not conclusive for the T1790 it seems to suggest as assessed prior to rules finalisation that there is little between the SRP16 (5, 6 ,8, 9, 14, 17 19) and SRP18 (7, 10, 11, 15, 16, 18, 20). Interesting that all 3 types had almost equal entries. T1790 performance though might be just an indication of the quality of the entries/builders. Not sure what motor Mondeo had but as it blew up it does not matter. If he is allowed to replace however please let everybody know with what. Regards Chas Le Breton (charlesx) PS. 1. Up-dated based on correction from sdeamon. His motor is a SRP16 and not T1790 but this does not change my observations. 2. Mondeo's motor details also now known. Edited April 15, 2019 by charlesx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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