aastes Posted July 25, 2008 Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 (edited) I feel more comfortable moving the date forward one week as I expecting ( but not hoping for ) call from Pommieland any day now telling me I'll have to go there at a days notice for family reasons :( So New date is Saturday 30th July So I'll ask for offers of help again please This way if I get the call we have a weeks extra time to sort through date Plus I get to race V32 if I don't get the call :( Edited July 31, 2008 by sidecar steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aastes Posted July 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 Geez wheres my head - Meant Saturday 2nd August NOT Wednesday ( thanks for pointing out my brain fade) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espsix Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 I'm in Steve. I may be able to rustle up another drive/marshal, i'll let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aastes Posted July 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 I'm in Steve.I may be able to rustle up another drive/marshal, i'll let you know. Help please yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espsix Posted July 27, 2008 Report Share Posted July 27, 2008 send me you details and what time you want me there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aastes Posted July 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 (edited) Cars arrived safe and sound this morning All being well I shall get qualifying done late tonight - if not it will definately be done tomorrow during the day. So you have a guide as to lap times the fastest to date round my track has been a 6.910 sec by a Slot It Jag which as just about equalled by a box standard Ninco Porsche 997 (on standard tyres) with a 6.921 Through the Speed trap the fastest has been Slot. It cars recording 16.98kph across the start/finish line (compared to my V32 V8 Ford which never gets faster than 13.8 kph - mid 7's) so it will be interesting to see what these Sports Sedans throw up. One things for sure - the fastest cars don't always set the quickest laps as the Porsche runs in the low 15s for kph whilst I have a Scaley Jag Gt which again never reaches 14 kph yet will lap happily in the very very low 7's just tad slower than the fastest lap As usual PK has supplied the cars all tidy and prepped If there is anyone out there wanting me to check screws etc on there cars please PM me else they will be run 'as is' Edited July 29, 2008 by aastes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidecar steve Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 Hi Steve, as discussed, I will be available for marshalling duties. Quote cheers! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espsix Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 See you Saturday Steve, and Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalbfellp Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 I hope I have set the cars up the way they should be. I did check them all when they arrive and a few body screws needed sorting,some were almost falling out! Phil Quote Phil https://www.hobartminiaturecarclub.com/ Email Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitlane3 Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 Hi Brett, was planing to get to your place on Friday evening, just read all this, I may come to Steve instead, and lent a hand. I call you before Friday. Christian Quote "If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself." Ferdinand Porsche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aastes Posted July 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 (edited) Qualifying all done Edited July 29, 2008 by aastes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aastes Posted July 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 (edited) Qualifying all done Sprints car in dry dock cos the guide mount broke after travelling less than 30cm Shall write up notes/reasons/what ifs and publish them later today In the mean time results show best lap and top speed across start/finish line. As can be seen the top two place getters were streets in front in both time and speed. The main reason cars lost time was their inability to take the loop fast enough. This effected some more than others ( McGregors, Scar plus Hellraisers and ESPSIX so God knows what times latter two would have done if I could get them quicker over the bridge) The top 16 cars went quicker than anything I had achieved before Anyway more notes later Edited July 29, 2008 by aastes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallnails Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 wow.........what a difference a round makes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aastes Posted July 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 wow.........what a difference a round makes! Some cars you can tell will keep lapping at the same speed lap after lap whilst others will give good times from Banzai laps. Yoours falls into the former so will move up - however it was another of the cars thatdidn't like the reverse camber over the bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMR Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Just a reminder - my car had a body screw that would work loose , it would be a good idea to drop in a bit of platicine or a bit of tape over the screw hole , just to be sure the screw doesn't end up in the slot and harming someone elses car accidentially . If you feel like doing it - a little bit of silicone in the thread hole , left to dry and take up the excess space in the thread hole may fix that screw loosening problem , I will leave it up to your judgement if its within the rules , I don't want any advantage , I just wouldn't like to see someone elses car loose there flag or worse breaking their chassis by hitting a screw lodged in the slot . Hope you can get Sprints car going again - I think that one has been fixed a few times now ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aastes Posted July 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Just a reminder - my car had a body screw that would work loose , it would be a good idea to drop in a bit of platicine or a bit of tape over the screw hole , Already done As for Sprints - still waiting for the fix to set Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalbfellp Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 BMR The screw did fall out down here and I used some more resin in the rear holes. phil Quote Phil https://www.hobartminiaturecarclub.com/ Email Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMR Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 BMR The screw did fall out down here and I used some more resin in the rear holes. phil Cheers Phil , Thanks for that . I thought to bring up the loose screw thingy again because I would hate for someones car to be put out of the Proxy because of it . The guilt would kill me - then again if it was one of the 18 cars above me in the qualifying shoot out , my guilt may not run as deep as it probably should :mosh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aastes Posted July 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 Updated qualifying with Sprints car included - boy he must be happy so far Note whilst positions are the same there was a small error in one lap time - this has been corrected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aastes Posted July 31, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 OK - rather than go through the whole "your handles like this" or it handles like that I thought I would just show pictorial statistics of sorts As for chassis used - listed are whether the chassis was solid (motor and rear axle form part of the chassis) or independant of the chassis ie in a pod mounted style POS. DRIVER 1st ESPSIX SOLID 2nd Sprint PODDED 3rd Hellrais PODDED 4th magoo SOLID 5th bitman SOLID 6th devious PODDED 7th sidecar PODDED 9th antony SOLID 8th Oswald SOLID 10th sportrac SOLID 11th imugford SOLID 12th aastes PODDED 13th kalbfell PODDED 14th mannimal SOLID 15th gazza SOLID 16th fangio PODDED 17th McGregor SOLID 18th scar SOLID 19th old slot SOLID 20th BMR SOLID 21st MANIC35 SOLID 22nd Newso PODDED 23rd HMCSAT SOLID 24th smallnai SOLID 25th imkouwel SOLID 26th Mopardev PODDED 27th eno SOLID Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espsix Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 (edited) Hi Brett, was planing to get to your place on Friday evening, just read all this, I may come to Steve instead, and lent a hand. I call you before Friday. Christian Christian, as you may already know, no racing friday, i'll bring your car to Steves on sat just incase. WooHoo!!!! 1st in qualifying, who needs a "floating pod"! hope it translates to racing. Edited July 31, 2008 by espsix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMR Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 My cars not heavy , Im just running on a different fuel strategy to the others . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports Racer Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Why does it not surprise me that Hellrazors car is the fastest. Best comment so far about Jan's car is "I was afraid for my scenery" Quote May the downforce be with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aastes Posted August 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 Round 10 has been run and won. I am only glad that series co ordinator Sidecar Steve was present to see such a close finish to a race. The winning margin was just 1/100th of a lap from second place. In fact the first 6 cars were covered by less than a lap. Major congratulations to Oswald who jsut scraped in for a very tight victory from kalbfellp followed by Hellraiser Just going through some photots and will post more info/hard luck stories shortly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallnails Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 whoot 10th! Thanks for that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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