kalbfellp Posted August 13, 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 Tank I apologize if I have offended you.I certainly did not mean to. I only commented on the limited information that was on this thread. You obviously have plenty of experience with RC. I will not comment on this thread anymore. 1 Quote Phil https://www.hobartminiaturecarclub.com/ Email Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Racer Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 Guys, it's your proxy, run it whatever way you want just as long as my car wins. Cheers Paul PS. I built my car heavy so anyone could drive it fast, even oldman. Quote May the downforce be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesx Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 (edited) Hi Sports Racer. I am with you but think you may have some good local opposition. Just look out for my sheep. Regards Charles Le Breton (charlesx) PS. to Shaynus, Oldman or Tank. 1. Appreciate you guys have been very busy but some photos and stats of all the entries would be interesting. 2. Some more action shots would also be great if you can manage. 3. Can you also advise which track each round is raced on and direction. Edited August 14, 2022 by charlesx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldman Posted August 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 Hi Charlex, Very busy with the new shed almost ready.The first 2 rounds was on my track 3rd maybe Tanks track. Both tracks direction is frontwards Oldman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldman Posted August 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 Hi Sports Racer. I haven't driven your car yet but thanks for thinking of me Oldman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesx Posted August 14, 2022 Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 Hi Oldman. Thanks as my car at least is not fitted with reverse gear. Some tracks can be run in either direction (forwards) Good luck with new shed. Sounds like all is going well. Regards from NZ. Charles Le Breton (charlesx) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Racer Posted August 15, 2022 Report Share Posted August 15, 2022 17 hours ago, Oldman said: Both tracks direction is frontwards That explains why the WA cars don't do well in my proxy. Your cars are set to run in your loopy direction, not ours. Quote May the downforce be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaynus Posted August 15, 2022 Report Share Posted August 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Sports Racer said: That explains why the WA cars don't do well in my proxy. Your cars are set to run in your loopy direction, not ours. You should have realised by now, we do most things differently over here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted August 16, 2022 Report Share Posted August 16, 2022 WA stands for Wait Awhile or Wildly Alternative……… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaynus Posted August 28, 2022 Report Share Posted August 28, 2022 We should be holding another round, this Friday, 2nd of September . Oldman's track has been successfully relocated and is up and running again. Results, photos, comments, etc will be posted as they come to hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesx Posted August 28, 2022 Report Share Posted August 28, 2022 (edited) Hi Shaynus, Oldman, Tank and the other competitors. Looking forward to it. Some photos of the new venue when finished would be good too. Hope that Camaro of mine holds together for another 4 rounds. Regards Charles Le Breton (charlesx) Edited August 28, 2022 by charlesx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted September 4, 2022 Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 (edited) HI All, Please find the Results of the Latest Heat of the Bathurst Proxy held on Friday 02Sep22 Edited September 4, 2022 by Tank error Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted September 4, 2022 Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 (edited) and an Update of the Leaderboard Edited September 4, 2022 by Tank error Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepsi62 Posted September 5, 2022 Report Share Posted September 5, 2022 Battle of the bottom feeders, Ron's Jag, Tony's Torana and my Torana. Both are faster than my car so I have to be favourite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Racer Posted September 5, 2022 Report Share Posted September 5, 2022 (edited) 2nd fastest lap time 3rd in heat 1, 2nd in heat 2, 7th in heat 3. Heat 3 killed me, did something go wrong with my car? Edited September 5, 2022 by Sports Racer Quote May the downforce be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldman Posted September 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2022 Winning is not every thing ....Being one point in front of Sports Racer is 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted September 5, 2022 Report Share Posted September 5, 2022 7 hours ago, Sports Racer said: 2nd fastest lap time 3rd in heat 1, 2nd in heat 2, 7th in heat 3. Heat 3 killed me, did something go wrong with my car? I wasn't available as a Driver for this Heat of Racing - 2 weeks after a Knee Replacement and an Afternoon Sleep pre Friday Night Racing took on a life of its own...... As we are aiming to keep the Competition completely Random (or as Random as it can be with 14 cars and up to 6 Drivers) some results will vary from Week to Week. As an Example, your First 2 Heats results may have been Favorable due to the Opposition Cars that you competed against - It is very clear to see that there is a considerable performance difference between the 'Top Cars' and those towards the bottom of the Table. You must also take into consideration that all Drivers are not created Equal. The combination of these 2 variables alone would easily explain the Heat 3 Result of your Car - if you look back to Heat 1, my Cars' Results are just as bad. As we are Racing over a Total of 8 Heats, these things will even themselves out and a Mean or Average consistency will be the resultant. Tank PS Lets just try and go with the flow and have faith in the Concept - we don't want to make this another War and Peace - any queries or questions to me offline please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaynus Posted September 5, 2022 Report Share Posted September 5, 2022 Hi All Some photos of the last round. Not many action shots I'm afraid, combination of available hands (cant' use the phone while racing slot cars, I save that for when I'm driving my car! ) and poor technique resulting in blurred shots... In no particular order (named should be from yellow to blue lane): Charlesx, Oldman, Alek and Tank: Macca, Tony, Pepsi, Oldman: Oldman, Ron dman, R Oldman, Ron, Shaynus, Shaynus2 Patti, Gazza, Tony, SportsRacer There are some more photo, but i will post them up later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaynus Posted September 5, 2022 Report Share Posted September 5, 2022 As promised, more pics of the 3rd round: My cars: Shaynus, Sportsracer, Oldman and Gazza: SportsRacer, Pepsi, Ron, Alek: SportsRacer, Shaynus, Charlesx, Gazza Tank & Gazza Tony, Tank, Patti and Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted September 6, 2022 Report Share Posted September 6, 2022 Awesome Photos mate, Very Well Done!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldman Posted September 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 BATHURST PROXY we are running the 4th rnd this friday afternoon...It might be 2 or 3 weeks before the 5 rnd so we can get the new extension up and running BUT as we all know the best plans allways go to crp the quickest. We will post some photos as we go ...Good luck to all........thanks Oldman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesx Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 Hi Oldman. Very happy with the progress of the proxy to date. You have certainly made up for the late start so nobody should have any complaints. Recent photos were great but can we have one of the whole of each track so we can get a better appreciation of the conditions our cars have faced. Sounds like we are going to get first go on the new extension too so that should add to the fun. A new experience even the locals. Regards Charles Le Breton (charlesx) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Racer Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 On 9/5/2022 at 9:40 PM, Tank said: your First 2 Heats results may have been Favorable due to the Opposition Cars that you competed against. Are the race results based on the cars you compete against in the heat??? This is a very strange way to do it. If so, what's to stop a midfield performer getting a great result because it raced against 2 much slower cars, and 3 top cars scoring low points because all 3 finished close together? This won't be negated by "average consistency" because when the midfield car races against better cars it will finish where it should have in the points, not a long way down to balance out it's great result from the previous heat. Please correct me if I'm wrong but your scoring system seems to favour midfield cars. Yes it rewards the fastest cars but nowhere near the points lead they should be getting and therefore they risk being positioned down the field. Paul Quote May the downforce be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bov Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 Hey Paul -it's WA's unique way of describing things. Where they say Heat, we'd say Round. So far this series has held 3 Rounds. In the last ( 3rd ) Round, even though your entry completed the same 40 lap total of the 4 x 10 lap heats ( aka brackets ) run on the night - it's placings in those 4 heats ( I'm guessing 3rds or 4ths ) scored less points than others... So for that night you scored less series points compared to the first two rounds ( that WA calls heats ) of the Proxy. Does that make sense? On the upside, your entry clearly ran the fastest lap of the event ( or Round or Heat ) I think I like our way of running proxies better - but to each their own, and clearly the WA group like running their's in this manner... Quote Cheers, Tony. There's only two questions: 1. What direction do you go 2. What's the Lap Record? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlesx Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 Hi all. I am not quite sure how this proxy is being run but it appears nobody has won all their races as the highest score is 91 (I assume 4 wins would have accumulated 100 points). Apart from Round 1 when 2nd and 4th only completed 39 laps the first 9 (2/3rds of the field) have all completed the full distance of 40 laps. It is therefore being closely contested so what more can you wish for. Keep up the good work W.A. Regards Charles Le Breton (charlesx) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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