slotcarmann Posted July 11, 2017 Report Share Posted July 11, 2017 (edited) Morning all Cars will be posted out from Wales on Wednesday....expected in the IoM by the weekend. Cheers Dave Edited July 11, 2017 by slotcarmann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slotcarmann Posted July 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 Box of cars arrived this morning....so, as it's club-night, will do a preliminary run/check on the cars down at the club later today. Aiming to start the first stage of first IoM Round over the weekend. Cheers Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
branco Posted July 13, 2017 Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 Sounds good Dave Quote 2019 NZ RTR Nationals Gt 3rd 2017 NZ RTR Nationals NSR Classic 2nd 2017 NZ RTR Nationals Group C 3rd 2017 NSR Classic Challenge 3rd 2015 NSR Classic Challenge 2nd 2014 NSR Classic Challenge 3rd 2015 Garden City Invitation Overall Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted July 13, 2017 Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 Thanks Dave Quote Quickly read this post before it is deleted or i turn grey again Gary http://www.facebook.com/Rallyproxy2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slotcarmann Posted July 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 G'day all Round 5, Stage 1 results will be posted shortly. Cheers Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 As Promised ........ Ballayorkley Quote Quickly read this post before it is deleted or i turn grey again Gary http://www.facebook.com/Rallyproxy2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Gunn Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 At least i lead the leaderboard for off's 3 of them chuckle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexis in greece Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 It looks as a Lancia stage,thanks Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slotcarmann Posted July 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 (edited) Hi guys Well there we go, Stage 1 of Round 5 completed...! It tended to favour the Deltas and RS200s, which in gerneral handled slightly better than the 6R4s and Quattros. It is the inside lane of our 3 lane race circuit, which has a couple of quite wide sweeping corners, so for those cars which did a bit of sideways skipping under acceleration, it was a bit of a struggle. Teamred's entry springs to mind.... . THis track is pretty quick, in fact faster than all our other rally tracks, so is a good test of the power delivery of the various cars. See the best lap time data, which also gives an indication of suitability for this track. But....other factors come into play on our other tracks.... @Peter Gunn....yes indeed, you are leading for the offs column . Your car is pretty quick, but can lull you into a false sense of security, which Steve found when driving it....and he is arguably the most consistent quick driver at the club. Hopefully, this was your "bad" stage.... @Alexis - you're correct, the Lancias seemed to have the right sort of chassis length and width to suit this track. Just a little bit of controllable tail out, unlike the 6R4s, which, being much shorter, were a bit twitchy at speed. Just under 19 seconds between the 19 cars, so no big favourites, nor any well-adrift "tail-end Charlies", which is good. All cars underwent a light service (oil, braids and tyres) prior to testing, whilst Alexis' car broke its guide post during the testing, so that was replaced by a new guide. Must have been some rough off-road tracks in Wales.... Other than that, no major problems were evident, although some cars were a tad noisy - gear noise mainly. However, I did note that a number of cars had front tyres that weren't properly round and some wheels weren't vertical, so this will affect the running. Most rear tyres looked OK, but again, a few were a bit "unround" and sat a bit "unsquare" on the track. All good fun eh...? Thanks to Steve Morrow for driving, Mike Buss and Mike Dove for marshalling and of course Barbs, for putting up with us and supplying hot tea and coffee, which kept us semi-sane...! Bye for now Cheers Dave Edited July 18, 2017 by slotcarmann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slotcarmann Posted July 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 Sorry folks I just typed in a report for Stage 1 - and I got kicked out by the forum after I tried to post it. So now I'm struggling to post with both my laptop and this PC, plus I have no Photobucket...! I will try to swap over a newer PC for this one, which is a bit long in the tooth (like me). I will be posting photos and video clips as soon as I can get these problems resolved. I will have some more stage results in the next couple of days. Cheers Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slotcarmann Posted July 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 Bugger me, the report is there now...! Technology eh...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slotcarmann Posted July 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 (edited) Just a test posting as a bit of an appetiser - this is a video clip from a previous year's WRP of the TT Grandstand stage - which will be stage 2 in Round 5. Oops....didn't work. Edited July 18, 2017 by slotcarmann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slotcarmann Posted July 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 (edited) http:// Just a tester from a previous year....sucess...! Video clip didn't work though. Will play a bit more Edited July 18, 2017 by slotcarmann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubbo Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 I like what I see so far. I particularly like Steve Morrow's driving. As we know however, the next stages may tell a different story. Cheers Quote Alan Stubbings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
branco Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 cheers for running this stage Dave and crew. Quote 2019 NZ RTR Nationals Gt 3rd 2017 NZ RTR Nationals NSR Classic 2nd 2017 NZ RTR Nationals Group C 3rd 2017 NSR Classic Challenge 3rd 2015 NSR Classic Challenge 2nd 2014 NSR Classic Challenge 3rd 2015 Garden City Invitation Overall Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquakiwi Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 Yep, thanks Dave and helpers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAS41T Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 Yah yah thanks Dave & helpers Rossko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexis in greece Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 All cars underwent a light service (oil, braids and tyres) prior to testing, whilst Alexis' car broke its guide post during the testing, so that was replaced by a new guide. Must have been some rough off-road tracks in Wales.... Thanks Dave for the repair,i think the car was fitted with an MB guide,if so it is the 4th or 5th broken its not due to the Wales tracks,its the lousy quality of this guide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slotcarmann Posted July 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 No problems guys, we always enjoy driving the visiting cars. Something a bit different to our normal stuff. @Alexis - I'll check what make the new guide was. Hope it wasn't MB...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slotcarmann Posted July 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 Hi folks Just to let you know Stage 2 Results will follow Friday. Cheers Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ontheflipside Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 Thanks Dave and Co. Well at least I'm ahead of the other Audi's Quote I can't believe that I wanted to grow up Mount Salt Panorama Track Combined Road and Rally Track built near Salt Pan Creek Padstow - Sydney A quick build rally track 2017 WRP Round 11 at Mt Salt Panorama https://i128.photobu...zpss7sqiwfj.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepsi62 Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 thanks for running the round, at least I'm in front of a couple of cars. I think mine would be one with out of round fronts as it had a badly bent front axle when I took it out of the box, did the best I could to straighten it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamredracing Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 Thanks Dave and to your mates for a good stage. Looks like there used to driving easy cars .Was gob smacked with my result but hey thats the way the ball bounces. Just got to look forward to the next stage and hope the heck that navvy of mine doesn't have his head back in the Playboy again . Mel , take it in boy . Your car finally found a track it likes .Will have to go to another photo site as well as lost all my previous pics due to Photobuckets greedyness. Cheers Craig Quote Craig "You can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted July 22, 2017 Report Share Posted July 22, 2017 Round 5 Stage 2 results ........ 1 & 2 Progressive results ......... Quote Quickly read this post before it is deleted or i turn grey again Gary http://www.facebook.com/Rallyproxy2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAS41T Posted July 23, 2017 Report Share Posted July 23, 2017 (edited) well I'm quite happy with that !!! It's looking like a FORD round ..... Thanks again Dave and helpers Is there another stage of this round ?? Rossko Edited July 23, 2017 by GAS41T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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