Sports Racer Posted May 16, 2022 Report Share Posted May 16, 2022 We're back to racing - Wednesday night on Bob's track. Nice long straight for those cars that like to stretch their legs. 2 Quote May the downforce be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BARacer Posted May 16, 2022 Report Share Posted May 16, 2022 (edited) That's a bit different to others on the roster. Can't see that it has been used on this proxy in the past couple of years. Edited May 16, 2022 by BARacer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Racer Posted May 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2022 It's a track we rarely race on. Bob's other track is his preferred choice but it's plastic. 2 Quote May the downforce be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesx Posted May 16, 2022 Report Share Posted May 16, 2022 Two great looking tracks. Why not run one round on each. Nothing wrong with plastic (apart from initial cost). Regards Charles Le Breton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Racer Posted May 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2022 Most of the proxy cars have guides too deep for classic Scalextric track. Quote May the downforce be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesx Posted May 16, 2022 Report Share Posted May 16, 2022 Pity. Scaly Sport track would have probably been OK. Regards Chas Le Breton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Racer Posted May 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2022 (edited) Last night was a great night of racing with some real surprises on the night. It started with Curef’s car breaking its guide in practice. Luckily I had a spare at home (100 ks away) so I quickly rushed home to fix his car while Bob and Alvaro waited patiently. I left them to talk about the weather and politics whilst sipping their chardonnays and merlots. Back a few hours later and the little blue Renault was ready for action but all the caviar and lobster was gone. (C’mon, would I lie? OK, pizza and 5 min to replace the guide with one I had with me but I did scratch a fingernail.) In what proved to be the norm for the night all the cars were a pleasure to drive, even Shaynus’s which suited this track and gave him his best finish in the proxy. Well done on getting 8th place! Aloha and Nonfractual also finished in the top 10, both cars loving Bob’s track. On the flip side Jimmy’s Renault with its high rear wing kept clipping the fence on the bridge giving Jimmy his worst result so far. You’ll see it on the video. There were only 3 of us racing (Alvaro, Bob and me) but we’re probably the most experienced racers in Canberra so very few deslots. I know I could have driven all the cars harder but the last thing you would want was a deslot it the other end of the loooong straight which would have lost a lap. Here’s the post-race review, race videos to come. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO76rjeb9eQ Cheers Paul Edited May 20, 2022 by Sports Racer 2 1 Quote May the downforce be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Racer Posted May 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2022 (edited) 32Coupe left everyone else for dead with fastest lap and over a lap ahead of 2nd place (first loser ). The first 4 places were local cars despite us rarely using this track with the 2 Hawaiians very close behind. Aloha, Nonfractual and Shaynus all had their best results with Peter Gunn and Jimmy rounding out the top 10. Name Total Points Points, worst round dropped Round 7 Laps Round 7 Lap Time Round 7 Points 32coupe 155 141 59.28 5.678 25 Sports Racer 166 144 58.05 5.791 24 Alvaro 137 122 57.33 5.868 23 DP201 139 123 57.19 5.834 22 lancelot 154 136 57.10 5.851 21 Aloha 93 83 57.04 5.842 20 Nonfractal 79 72 56.20 5.947 19 Shaynus 65 59 55.97 5.955 18 Peter Gunn 102 92 55.94 6.189 17 jimmyslots 1950 139 123 55.61 6.186 16 ArroldN 64 59 55.40 6.159 15 Nev 113 100 55.25 6.191 14 bov 119 107 54.97 5.970 13 Dixie 111 100 54.59 6.027 12 Brooksy 132 121 54.10 6.237 11 sticks 104 94 54.06 6.279 10 BrumosRSR 75 64 53.60 6.194 9 old man 72 68 53.49 6.399 8 Supercharged 79 72 53.24 6.362 7 JohnnieE 62 58 52.02 6.477 6 BARacer 36 33 51.98 6.510 5 ALS 33 30 51.83 6.511 4 curef99 21 19 50.15 6.503 3 Pepsi62 19 17 50.11 6.573 2 Edited May 19, 2022 by Sports Racer Quote May the downforce be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nonfractal Posted May 19, 2022 Report Share Posted May 19, 2022 7th. My girl's still got legs AlanW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaynus Posted May 19, 2022 Report Share Posted May 19, 2022 Wow! Best result ever! Thanks to all involved in running the event Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curef99 Posted May 20, 2022 Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 i was hoping that the guide failure was my silver bullet and i will top the ranking after... nope. Thanks a lot for the 100k drive to fix the frog.... I owe you one. In fact, i may buy you a drink if i make it to Canberra in July for my son state rugby competition! selection to come in 2 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Racer Posted May 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2022 You now have a very exclusive 3D printed guide that I use in a lot of my cars. A lot of research and testing went into that design which I think is version 8. Would be good to catch up with you if you make it to Canberra - keep me posted. Cheers Paul Quote May the downforce be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DP2O1 Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 oh, You three were definitely “the most experienced racers in Canberra” there on the night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Racer Posted May 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2022 With age comes experience. And now, the much awaited videos. Apologies for the angle on some of these videos, I didn't realise the clip holding my phone had dipped down. Pepsi, curef and old man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpp7Zf48ek4 ALS, JohnnieE, BARacer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYaA2TNnT30 Arrold, Shaynus, Supercharged https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f_zV6ChnZ8 Nonfractual, Aloha, Peter Gunn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo4q_fvjLSM 32coupe, Dixie, sticks. Easy to see how dominant 32coupe's car is in this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fbxm43KV9M Nev, DP201, Alvaro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hPm88B6hnA Brumos, Brooksy, bov with bov proving you have to paint your car a distinctive colour to make it stand out in the videos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGHWZI5Uql0 Jimmy, Lance, Sports. Lance making my car work hard for the win, it was close. You can see where the high rear wing on Jimmy's car catches on the border above the bridge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdlj_nh9szc 2 Quote May the downforce be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumos RSR Posted May 24, 2022 Report Share Posted May 24, 2022 Thank you for the video and of course, running the round. I love the Touring proxy and the excitement it provides around the world with these cars. On to the next and good luck to all of you on Raceday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curef99 Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 thanks a lot for running the event and providing us the video... looks like my car did not like one of the corner and is completely loose in exits. I need to get some yellow dog next year, or move to different rims with the MJK tyres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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