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[Sports Racer]

The first round of the IPS (International Proxy Series) was held in Canberra last Wednesday night and from a field of 24 cars from around the world Devious Dave took out 1st place with Phil Kalbfell equal 2nd. The Yanks, Canadians and Europeans filled most of the other spots. The event was held at Bob's very challenging 4 lane Scalex sport track which suited the cars down to the ground. If ever you get the chance to race on this track bring something that corners very well otherwise the locals are going to own you!





The proxy is for NC1, NC8 or BWA powered sports cars, pre 1964. Chassis can be anything you want except carbon fibre (it wasn't around in 1964) and must be inline. Of the 24 cars no 2 are alike when it comes to chassis design including some very clever brass or PCB or Slot.it pod designs such as this Chaparral






Or this 1938 Alfa




The Ferrari contingent are well represented




As well as the rest of the world




If the moderators of this site allow it go here for all the info http://slotcarillustrated.com/portal/forum...splay.php?f=101

Next round will be held in Tassie then on to England, Canada and finally USA. Wish the Aussies well!

[kalbfellp]

Here is my Vette. Revell body painted by Dave Bantoft for me.

this is The Stigs Ferrari that I painted for him.

[munter]

The cars look awesome...love the Chapparal Mk1.
How is the track for marshalling?looks like a couple of tricky spots?
John

[kalbfellp]

This series is limited to low powered motors and Ninco narrow tyres so I think there will be plenty of close racing,it certainly is a proxy with a difference. It was great fun building the cars and it will be great to see them it person and getting a chance to drive them, before they go off to Beejay.

Edited by kalbfellp, 14 April 2009 - 08:44 AM.

[MOPARDEVIL]

Congrats to Dave & Phil. Its great to see the Aussies are doing well. Go's to show Aussies can build great cars. So how did Sportsracer go?

[kalbfellp]

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Sportsracer go

behind Dave and myself

But he did manage to place 5th ahead of The Stig! Still pretty good with 24 cars entered.

[first corner crash]

Good to see the results. I am new to proxys and just posted my RAA entry off about an hour ago. I saw this race but I have absolutely no experience with this sort of car so let it slide. How is the idea of a brass Australian Proxy going Phil? It might be a good starting point and some fun. I saw Daves entry in the rally proxy at BMR and it was a beautiful handling rally car on a very demanding track so am not surprised to see him build a good handler.

Edited by first corner crash, 14 April 2009 - 05:19 PM.

[kalbfellp]

I have taken some pics of the brass chassis and will post in anew thread soon,just been busy with casting and trying to finish a body for Stigs NZ proxy car.

Edited by kalbfellp, 15 April 2009 - 02:28 AM.

[Ontheflipside]

first corner crash, on Apr 14 2009, 05:18 PM, said:

I saw Dave's entry in the rally proxy at BMR and it was a beautiful handling rally car on a very demanding track so am not surprised to see him build a good handler.

I'm not really surprised. IMO He is the master at building proxy cars. Bloody cagey and smart racer as well. With 3 decades of experience he should be good shouldn't he?

Onya Dave and Phil. (Is Tassie still part of Australia?)

Best of luck to all other Ozzie cars as well.

Flipper

[Sports Racer]

munter, on Apr 14 2009, 05:38 AM, said:

How is the track for marshalling?looks like a couple of tricky spots?

It's a very tricky track with quite a few corners to catch you out. Normally I like fast, free flowing tracks but this one is converting me to the more technical tracks.

[Sports Racer]

Round 2 was held a few days ago on Phil's Tassie track and Phil took out 1st place, narrowly beating the Stig.

Overall Phil is leading the proxy with Stig in 2nd. Not bad for a couple of Tasmanians.

[kalbfellp]

Here is some video of Race 2

IPS Race 2 Shelmore Park

Edited by kalbfellp, 01 June 2009 - 02:27 AM.

[Sports Racer]

Round 3 was held in England and the Stig took out the race. So far there has been a different Aussie in # 1 spot for each round, not bad when most of the 25 entrants are from overseas.

Goodonya guys!

Aussie Aussie Aussie!

Edited by Sports Racer, 16 June 2009 - 11:25 PM.

[Sports Racer]

Forgot to let you all know round 4 was won the other week by the Stig so that makes every round run so far won by an Aussie.

Here are the top 4 cars. That's mine in 3rd place, a podium finish at last!





Nice track, even though it suits high powered cars the locals were surprised that some of our cars broke the 20 lap barrier in the 3 minute heats, something that they normally associate with Slot-it powered cars, not NC1's! Just goes to show how well our cars are built.



Naturally I've been giving a bit of stick to the Yanks, Canadians and rest of the world about being constantly beaten by the "Downunder brigade".

The cars are currently on their way to Canada for rounds 5 and 6 then they go to America for the last 2 rounds.

Hope my car can take out a round as it's the only Aussie entry that hasn't won a round so far.

Cheers

Paul

[kalbfellp]

This race just shows that Aussies can build some good cars. With four rounds rub so far the Aussie entries have won all four. Not sute that it will continue BUT stigs car has been built like the US guys build their cars so should do well. Unfortunattly my car is build like a typical Tassie car TOO heavy and it seem that the motor may have a problem.
This event had created a lot of interest so I hope it runs again next year.
Thanks for Lenny Broke for comming up with the concept.

[Sports Racer]

Round 5 was run the other night and the Stig took out another win. That makes every round won by an Aussie. I think next year we rename this proxy the Aussie Invitational.


At least the Canadians know how to build a decent track.







The top 6 cars. Here's a sight you don't often see, Wet Coast's car on the 2nd row.

[kalbfellp]

Live feed today of Round 6 From Quebec City on now.
Round 6 Live Video

Progressive results posted at:
Results

Great coverage of this round.

[kalbfellp]

Great live coverage of this event and congratulations to Sports Racer on a win. Dave finished in secong place. Great effort.
The Aussie's are ceratinly showing the way with this event. That is the fourth Aussie car to win in this event. The Aussie cars have won all six rounds so far.

Edited by kalbfellp, 26 September 2009 - 12:25 PM.

[Ontheflipside]

Onya fellas. Now I know why I hired Devious as my consultant and engineer!

[Davnic74]

Was good to watch the event unfold this morning, welldone Sports Racer and Devious, Aussies RULE..