Here's the deal---

Please note all racing is 1/32 scale! Included:scalextric, slot-it, fly, and many other commercialy available.....so bring them on out!

Starting on Thursday at 7PM, racing trucks and Lemans cars.

Fridays we're still racing the following: F1, Jap Touring, Porshe Club, NASCAR, and Lemans.

All the rules and classes will remian the same as before.

So lets have a good turn out on Thrusdays and Fridays!

See ya at the track!

Henry

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Turn out was good for Thursday, could be more. Yes still racing this Friday, but I will not be there I have a function for work I will be attending.

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Dang Marc...
I was looking to get the 962 off of you.

The deal on the next series is in the works. Details are being worked out right now. Speedy is with the race team in New York this week and Utah next week and then California. And that will conclude the race season for the Grand American cars.

Gonzo and I are going to put on an Endro maybe next weekend on Saturday, the time and interest will be judged this evening. We would be looking to get everybody's input on this, any ideas? Also just to let you know that next month, there are some sponsored race or races coming. More details on this to follow.

If you can stop by this evening.

Lets have a good turn out this evening so we can run all the classes!

See everybody at the track!

So who's going tonight.The only car I've got left running is the Leman's car. My F1 is damaged beyond repair.It does have a new motor installed.

Well I got a new F1 last night and won a sloppy race.We also picked up two new drivers- one got a truck and raced last night. See ya'll next weekend.

Talked with Speedy last Sunday about the up and coming events. He got some great news coming and a great new sponsor. Get those cars ready..........

Where's the track located??????

Hobby Planet on Beach Blvd.Between the Madrid resturant and Pizza Hut on the left side going to the beach- just before St.John Buff Road.

Steve the track is located near the intersection of beach blvd. and Cortez rd. If you are headed east on beach, it will be on your left side.

Hopefully we can get everything finalized this weekend for the up coming points series and the sponsored race in October.

Last friday night action was good despite a light turn out. Bill took the F-1 class, JP took the Touring and Super trucks class, And Gonzo to the Lemans class. Lets have a good turn out for Super Turcks and Lemans tomorrow night (Thrusday).

Do not forget about racing this Friday! Classes will be F-1, Porsche Club, Nascar, Touring, and what ever else we can put in there, maybe Lemans, and Super Trucks again?

Also just a reminder we hope to finalize, the details for the up coming enduro race. The enduro will be on a Saturday, date and time TBD. Everything for the enduro will be posted here as for the rules abd types of cars being ran.

More later,........

Ok,..some great news about the up coming points series was made Friday night. The details still need to be finalized, so stay tuned for this!

Here are the results from this friday night of action.

F-1 Class
1. JP 150 Laps
2. Gonzo 139 Laps
3. Bill F. 109 Laps.

Touring Class Overall Finish
1. Kyle
2. Bob
3. JP

Lemans Class
1. Kyle
2. Erik S.
3. Gonzo.

Just a note, the was 2 heats of touring with 4 cars each for a total of 8. And the was a total of 7 cars in Lemans which was ran in a rotation format.

That the recap for this Friday.

Remember Wednesday is test and tune night.

Thursday night is Supertrucks, so for everybody who has a truck come let race the race. everybody loves the truck. Now where have I heard that one! Also we will run the Lemans class Thursday.

Friday nights we will have our normal classes of racing: F-1, Porsche Club, Touring, Nascar, and Lemans and Supertrucks if there is enough and interest.

SO lets have some more fun this week just like this past week!

Time for an up-date.

They recieved a collection of Scalextric Nascars this past Saturday. The cars they got are as follows:
Kellogs 5 Terry labonte
Interstate Batteries 18 Bobby Labonte
Valvoline 10 Johnny Benson
Lycos 10 Johnny Benson
Valvoline 6 Mark Martin
Phizer 6 Mark Martin
Exide Batteries 99 Jeff Burton
John Deere 18 (cant remember Driver?)
Motorcraft 21 Elliot Sadler
Number 2 Rusty Wallace
Those are the only one's I can remember at this time. I will up-date this again later on this week while I am the shop.

These Nascars will need new tires. All of the cars have been cleaned up and they do run. The following is made by Carrea:
2 F-1 cars and 2 of the older Dodges.

So if your looking for any of the older Scalextric Nascars, they have a few of them.
Today they recieved a order of parts:
magnets, braids, tires, slot-it motors, and other misc. parts.

Also Wednesday nite is test and tune, with Racing on Thursday, (running Supertrucks and Lemans) and Friday nite racing.

See you at the track......

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Its up date time!

Well race fans tonight we had a lite crowd. But we did race 3 classes. Here are the results from tonight:

NASCAR:
1. Erik S. 109 laps
2. JP S. 108 laps
3. Kyle P. 106 laps
4. Tom S. 87 laps

Touring:
1. Erik S. 120 laps
2. Tom S. 118 laps
3. Kyle P. 116 laps
4. JP S. 114 laps
5. Joe 111 laps

Lemans:
1. Kyle P. 127 laps
2. Erik S. 125 laps
3. Tom S. 113 laps
4. Bob P. 108 Laps
5. JP S. 108 laps

Thats the recap for Friday August 25, 2006.

Remember next Wednesay is test and tune.
Thrusday is SuperTrucks and Lemans
Friday is F-1, NASCAR, Touring, Porsche Club, Lemans and maybe Supertrucks (if there are enough).

So lets have a good turn out next week and keep this going! The race is fast and it was close so who will win next week? Can this weeks winners repeat next? Come on out and find out. And join in on the action.

See your around the track.

Marc---good luck with your carts! when you are done for the season, come on back. And Keep us posted on you and your son's cart racing.

Henry :wave:

Henry, that was fast posting! You did a great job as race director. Too bad Erik had to outrun the old man, but I'll get him next week!
Tom

Thought I'd use this reply as a chance to introduce myself to the forum. I'm the Erik S. listed above. The handle I chose has to do with my practices, and even more appropriately, the races I just went through tonight. I started racing at Hobby Planet a couple weeks ago, so I'm still pretty new to the 1/32 cars, but I like to think I'm getting the handle of it (the record for the races says that, I suppose).

Anyway... why "Wingless Wonder"? Well, for the Touring class I run a Toyota Supra. During one of the heats, my rear wing sheared off about half of the wing. The other half broke off after the heat. As a side note, I also had a wheel come off during another heat and had to glue that back on between heats...

During the Lemans race, one of the track marshalls accidentally put me down on the wrong lane (I thought I had somehow knocked myself over, but he took the blame, nice of him to be honest), and I reached down to grab my car. It was a Porsche 956C (Jagermeister colors), and I'd already broke both outer wing supports and popped off the wing in practice, but glued it all together with Tenax (which welds plastic). When I grabbed the car, the wing broke off along with one support. Then, in the next heat, I rear-ended a car that ended up in my lane, and the front wing flew off the car.

I started the night with three wings, and ended the night down three wings. In a few minutes I'll begin the process of repairs.

Luckily my NASCAR didn't have a wing. :p

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I've noticed the crashing hard part! I think that might be the draw of the NASCARs, they don't really break. The NASCAR race was a bash-fest, and more than a few times I found myself having to drive straight through a wreck, something I wouldn't do with my Lemans or F1 cars, and probably not if I could help it with my Touring car.

And of course, you're always going to have someone who believes the pieces are going to come off anyway and removes the mirrors, antennae, and rear wings from his cars (poor little TRV and Aston Martin...).

Well its up date time from Thursday night of racing action.

Turn out was light but we did manage to run to classes.

In the Lemans class this evening it went like this:

1-Joe 128 laps
2-Gonzo 123 laps
3-JP 119 laps
4-Erik S. 117 laps
5-Tom S. 110 laps

In the Supertrucks the finishing order was:

1-JP 105 laps
2-Erik S 96 laps
3-Gonzo 87 laps
4-Tom S. 76 laps

The action was good, and everybody had a great time. (IMHO).

Remember tomorrow night (Friday) will be a full slate of racing action. So have'm ready and come on out!

OK here is the beginning of the big race on OCTOBER 8th, 2006. We will be posting a PDF file with all the race details! Let me just tell you this race will be big in Jacksonville. One thing it will be only for 1/32 scale cars. (Scalextric, Slot-it, Revell, Ninco, ect.)

Next week I will be posting more details on this race, you will want to be at this race.

Until next time,

Henry :wave:

The poor driver of my Mercedes truck was so traumatized, I believe we will have to chain him to his seat next time! Something about being hit by a big yellow truck once too often, he keeps just saying, "It's big, it's yellow, and IT KEEPS HITTING ME!!!"

I will learn how to drive that truck... even if it kills the driver!

First off, here's some pictures of the track for those of you wondering what it looks like. This is an awesome track to race on, it really tests the drivers' skill. Click on the thumbnails to see full-size pictures.

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The whole track, from an angle, so you can see things in relation to each other and get a feel for the size of it.

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One end of the track, featuring a nice s-curve.

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The other end of the track, with the sort-of-circle. There's also a nice pit lane set up. The jacks are functional and find themselves doing all kinds of duty with cars at the track!




And here's a nice shot of the end of tonight's truck race. This doesn't tell the whole story, but hints at it. My truck is the yellow truck on the right, which you might have noticed isn't in a slot (and has a yellow lane sticker on it). Well, the reason for that is that on the last turn, both white trucks had a get-together, which caused them to be right in my lane. I slammed into this mess full-speed, smacking them apart, while JP, in the other yellow truck, skimmed by narrowly missing the carnage. The race ended right there, with power to the track going off immediately following the wreck. The turn marshall was in the process of clean up as the heat ended! We wanted the trucks to be left as-is, but he'd already gotten two in place. The picture of the carnage would have been awesome, but instead you get my driver taking a nice detour. Wasn't the first time...

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Sure would like to check out that slot car racing. It seems that I cant ever catch the Hobby Planet open though. When is a good time to catch some of the action???? I noticed peeking through the windows that there is wed night is test and tune from 7pm till 10pm. Then I looked down at the locked door and it says that they close a 7pm. Is the door wrong????

Bob Lee,
We are here from Wednesday thru Saturday. We are open right now. some if your not at HW racing RC come on over. We start racing on Thursday at 7:00 pm and Friday we race at 7:30pm. so if you are on this side of town,..stop on by. Be glad to see ya!

You can call the shop @ 904-998-0028

OK here is the Friday nite recap of action.

We had a good turn out this evening, with 6 classes running. The first class up this evening was the NASCAR bunch.

Here is the finishing order of NASCAR:
1-Kyle P. 115 laps
2-Erik S. 110 laps
3-Doc Duffy 105 laps
4-Tom S. 102 laps

The F-1 class ended up like this:
1-Doc Duffy 140 laps (this was the Doctor Duffy show!)
2-Erik S. 120 laps
3-Tom S. 105 laps
4 JP S. 51 (or a DNF)

Next was the Porsche Club:
1-Kyle P. 131 laps
2-Erik S. 122 laps
3-JP S. 119 laps
4-Doc Duffy 111 laps

Then we had the Touring class:
1-Erik S. 135 laps (today being Erik's B-day he got his hard fought win!)
2-Joe 125 laps
3-Gonzo 124 laps
4-Tom S. 119 laps
5-Bob P. 112 laps

Now we had the drivers class of the night SuperTrucks)
1-JP S. 110 laps (this kid has been running away with this class will anybody stop him?)
2-Erik S. 92 laps
3-Tom S. 88 laps
4-Kyle P. 35 laps (kyle ended up in the garage early rear gear trouble on his rig.)

Now the largest class of the evening was the Lemans and here is how it finished up:
1-Gonzo 130 laps (hey he had to make up 24 laps in the last heat to win great job!)
2-JP S. 128 laps (this was done with my Porsche 962 Your know rent a wreck ride)
3-Tom S. 120 laps
4-Erik S. 120 laps
5-Kyle P. 119 laps
6-Bob P. 114 laps

Well this wraps up this week racing action. I had a blast filling in for Speedy the regular Race Director. He is in Utah at the Miller motorsports park for tomorrows, make that today's Grand American race at 1:00 pm on the speed channel. He is with the Brumos Porsche Riley the 59 team.

Until next week have a blast! Remember wWednesday test and tune, Thursday Lemans and Supertrucks, and Fridays are always a full slate....

Cya!
Henry

Bob Lee,
We are here from Wednesday thru Saturday. We are open right now. some if your not at HW racing RC come on over. We start racing on Thursday at 7:00 pm and Friday we race at 7:30pm. so if you are on this side of town,..stop on by. Be glad to see ya!

You can call the shop @ 904-998-0028

Hey thanks for the info!!! I am going to try to make it in on saturday just to check it out. Ill use the number to call before I head that way. Are the store hours posted on the door accurate?? Also are they selling cars and parts there??

Bob,

Be sure to call ahead on the weekends the hours do vary. But most of the time somebody is there, when you go in be sure to ask for Gonzo or Speedy. They can help you out with what ever it is you need. They do carry the Slot-it, Ninco, Scalextric, Carrea, Fly and Revell. They do have a selection of parts for the 1/32 cars they carry. There is also a set but they can get more. All the car and track they carry is the 1/32 scale, the cars are detailed to resemble current production, or latter model race cars.

Hope this helps you out.

I felt pretty good about those races Friday night. I'm still learning the NASCAR cars, and I just got my Porsche Friday so I didn't have much time to learn it. The trucks are an interesting and new experience, very much unlike the cars, but even coming in second I managed to set a new track record for trucks (5.838s)... though I've already been told JP's gunning to knock that one down (that's what records are for, right?).

The Lemans race could have gone better, I had an abysmal showing on yellow because I'd forgotten to practice on it and get used to it, so the first heat cause me no end of problems and I hurt myself trying to catch back up. The F1 was also a disappointment. Why, when I took 2nd place? Because I was over a lap ahead going into the last heat, and my car quit just a few laps in. I found out after the race that the new Scalextric braid I'd put on was chewed up badly, so I've resolved to fix that issue by not using Scalextric braid on my F1 car.

The touring was certainly the most interesting race for me. Yeah, yeah, I know it's obvious I'd say that because I won. But mostly, it's because of the brands that featured in that race. Due to the Ninco Toyota Supras my dad and I had been running, there was a belief that you needed a Ninco to win the touring races (this resulted in a decent upswing in Ninco sales). Well, here's the order of the cars used in the race:

1. Erik S (me) - Scalextric Ford GT
2. Joe - Scalextric Aston Martin
3. Gonzo - Fly BMW M3
4. Tom S - Ninco Toyota Supra
5. Bob P - Ninco Honda NSX

Now, I do think that Supra could have done better, but it encountered some misfortunes during the race. But when all was said and done, there was no question left that Scalextric cars *can* compete, if you set them up right and drive them well. The biggest advantage they had was that they stuck to the track well (I think I came off maybe 2, 3 times total), and they're easy to drive. My Ninco Toyota can go faster, but only if I'm on the ball driving it, as the Ninco cars are more difficult to drive than Scalextric cars. I parked the Toyota, despite the fact it was a birthday gift and Friday was my birthday, to help prove that Scalextric can win. Next week the Big Blue Meanie comes back out.

I only got one picture this week because I was so pumped racing I forgot to get some shots (I'll get more next week, I promise!). I'll upload it later, but the picture is before the start of the Lemans race, with "Team Orange Crush" on the outside lanes, and Gonzo and JP on the inside lanes. A nice angle with good lighting, I think.

I'm also on the lookout for some banana stickers. Two of them - one for me, and one for JP. Chiquita banana stickers, to be precise...

Oh, and here's something new... I actually finished the night with all my wings! Granted, the Porsche had its wing pop out during practice, so I popped it back in and glued it in place. It was the only Porsche to finish the race with its rear wing!

On the Jagermeister Porsche 956C front, mine remained intact, but Kyle borrowed his dad's car halfway through the Lemans race, with its entire rear wing assembly gone pre-race (I think he cut it off), and my dad's 956C broke its front wing in the center.

My F1 Williams did end up snapping off half the front wing (I had glued it together so it broke elsewhere, of course). Not sure when it happened, but I did have some spectacular rear-enders in that race.

My touring, NASCAR, and, of course, truck vehicles had no wings to break or lose. Next week the Supra returns with its fully breakable rear wing. In its absence, my dad's Supra became the honorary wing-discarder... only this time it broke into three pieces and can't be fixed, so that little car has become a permanently wingless car.

As promised, the Lemans race picture:

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Well after a slight break in the posting action this will resume now. The track has been re-powered for the better! I think everybody will like the results and the outcome. After an all nite work session last friday its done. Read the post from Tom S. that will fill you in on all the details.

So remember this Thursday nite,..Prototypes (Lemans), and Supertrucks.

ANd Friday will be a full slate of racing action, so come on out and get those rides turned up for the October 8th race!

See ya at the track!
Henry

OK,.guys,..all of the track up-grading is done! New power and handle hooks up installed, power jumpers done, and the automatic power relay is in. So regular racing program is now back on for Friday nite!

Is anybody has heard or seen Marc, he seems to be MIA! I know its go-cart season at 103rd track. So Marc if you read this stop by when you have time or a chance.

So lets have a good turn out Friday nite, all classes will be running.

See ya at the track!

Henry

Last night, we held our first races since the track was redone. We raced Formula 1, Touring, and Porsche Cup.

The Formula 1 race was won by Doc Duffy.
Touring was taken by Tom S. (myself).
Porsche Cup was won by Erik S.

All the racers were turning in much faster times in their classes than we had ever had during our weekly races in the past. Most classes were faster by two to three tenths of a second or more. Everyone that raced had a great time, and we look forward to many more great races on Hobby Planet's much-improved track.

There'll be races tomorrow (Sunday) as well, any class we have enough entrants for, starting at noon if possible.

Tom

Here is the recap from Friday night.....

F-1 ended up with Dr Duffy, winning.
1-Dr. Duffy 143 laps
2-JP S. 131 laps
3-Erik S. 96 laps- Erik did have some cars trouble during this race, I think he
will be back next Friday.

The touring class when down like this:
1-Tom S. 127 laps
2-Dr Duffy 125 laps
3-Henry S. 112 laps
4-Joe 112 laps
5-Erik S. 107 laps

Porsche Clubended like this:
1-Erik S. 112 laps
2-JP S. 109 laps
3-Henry S. 101 laps
4-Tom S. 91 Laps

Thos where the only classes we ran due to a light turn out. Next Thursday and Friday will be regular racing programs for both nights.

ATTENTION: Next SUNDAY OCTOBER 1st, 2006 we will be running a Practice race using the format we are planning on using for the charity race on October 8th. We will start at 12:00 PM. SO come on out and join in on the fun!

That was some exciting racing!

The F1 class was a bit wierd, I had a hard hit early with my Williams and it knocked the front axle out of place. I had tape on the car holding the nose on and didn't realize it was holding the axle out of place, so I figured I was out until my dad told me to use his Ferrari as a backup. Having not tested it, there was no way to know that the same magnet setup as my Williams wasn't a good idea. I won the second heat, but pulled it right at the start of the third heat because it was obvious the car was underpowered. Pulled the body, and the motor was way too hot. I sat out that heat pulling some magnet and letting the car cool down, then got back out to test it. The Ferrari won the last heat, but the times it was turning dropped from the 4.4s range to the 5.0s range during the heat. The motor's been replaced and the tape on the Williams fixed, so both cars are good for next week.

The no-practice bug caught me on the Touring class too. Nincos are not easy to drive, so I wasn't well prepared for trying to drive an entire race with one, even if it is my favorite car. I've been doing a lot of testing with set up since then, but haven't got it where I'm comfortable with it, so I might be pulling out my Scaley Supra next week.

Porsche was really crazy! While on the yellow outside lane, I had a bit of a distraction to take some of my attention, and I ended up starting the final heat two or three laps behind JP. I figured I could probably beat him because he was on the then-infamous orange lane and I was on green. That patience worked out in the end (though I'm amazed I had any left after the Touring race).

This week I won't be able to count on any orange-lane shenanigans (though, granted, we were all having to run it). A little bit of TLC on the track has brought orange to a highly competitive speed, and after some testing there's no doubt that any car can keep up with the rest of the field on any lane, as long as the driver's good enough. This track is primed and ready to go, though it'll see some maintenance to ensure it's good to go for October 8th as well.

Just to let ever one know we will be runnning the Prototypes, and Supertucks this evening and Full slate tomorrow (Friday). And a Practice race this Sunday for the 1st annual Boggy Creek Charity Race on the 8th of October,...

So come on out and get your rides ready!

Erik and I will be there all three days for the racing!

Well tonite the turn out was on the lite side but, hey we did run the prototpye class...
Here goes with the run down for this evening only class:

1. Henry S. 122 laps
2. Dr. Duffy 120 laps
3. Tom S. 119 laps
4. JP S. 109 laps
5. Erik S. 16 laps Let it be known, Erik did have a few problems, I look for his
return, tomorrow nite in the Friday nite action.

It must be known that this only class tonite was more or less, a survivors race, there where alot of hard hits all the way around for everybody..


This evening was fun and a pretty good Pre-race tune up for tomorrow evening, and this Sunday's practice race.

Get the word out,..and lets have a good turn out tomorrow nite!,..

See you at the track,.............
Henry

5. Erik S. 16 laps Let it be known, Erik did have a few problems, I look for his return, tomorrow nite in the Friday nite action.

I had an interesting discovery during the race that wasn't exactly pleasant. Seems Slot.it sent all their Jagermeister Porsche 956C High Downforce cars from the factory with the guide wires threaded up under the chassis toward the front. This gave them the opportunity to slide out and get caught under the wheels, which ended up yanking one wire completely out of its eyelet. When I pulled the car apart to try to fix it, I found the problem with the wires and just assumed it was an accident made while putting the car back together. Unfortunately, fixing it would be too much work to rejoin the race.

My dad then suggested I try our backup Jagermeister. Problem with that car is that it wasn't reconfigured with the magnets to match my car's setup, which was specifically done to cope with the track's newfound power. Net result is a car sliding all over the place and rolling when I was trying to be gentle. I had no intention of seeing a car destroyed, so I took it off the track after about five or six laps, and spent the rest of the night turn marshalling (they needed the extra help!).

At home I cracked open all of our Slot.it cars to examine them for the guide wire problem, and came up with:

Jagermeisters - all 3 had the problem
Spirit of America 956C - nope
Lancia - nope
Nissan R390 Road Car - nope
Clarion Nissan R390 - both cars

It was a simple fix, pulling the wires out of the guide, sliding them from their position, and then re-threading them back through the front of the car and into the guide. But I would have preferred not to have to make that kind of a fix.

The race was exciting to watch, though. The first, third, and fourth place finishers all three entered their final heat with 91 laps, Doc was just slightly behind that. There was a lot of sliding cars, and Doc's Spirit of America even took a complete off-track excursion (tried to catch it, but I was a step behind it). It was particularly crazy watching my dad's Lancia having a problem with trying to pass Henry's Blaupunkt Porsche, because the Blaupunkt would slide its tail end out into the next lane over. I was watching them both going through the S's, and that tail end slid out right in front of the Lancia, causing the Lancia to deslot and jump into the wall. Similar tail wagging presented issues for the Lancia with JP's Sauber, and by the third heat that Lancia was being very tentative trying to pass either car. The Spirit of America gave the show of the night, rolling, jump, being batted around like a ball, and still coming out in the final heat to put in 34 laps and make 2nd place.

All five cars had issues. Henry's had some kind of problem in his third heat that he had to fix during his sit-out heat. Doc's car was all over the track, literally. My dad's Lancia had an issue in the first heat that I didn't catch, because I was working on my own Jagermeister's problem. And JP's Sauber was making a strange sound and finally, during the last heat, gave up the ghost, repeatedly stopping around the track until it finally came to a stop and wouldn't go.

It's just a precursor for tonight's racing, when we're looking to have even more racers, and an exciting show of it!

Well here is the up-date from last nights action.....its kind of late I had to work today.

The first class of racing was touring and the results where:
1-Tom S. 139 laps
2-JP S. 134 laps
3-Erik S. 131 laps
4-Dr Duffy 134 laps
5-Bob P. 123 laps

This class had some close racing down to the end.

Next up was the Prototype class,..also know as,...the demo derby!
1-JP S. 125 laps
2-Tom S. 125 laps
3-Erik S. 118 laps
4-Henry S. 116 laps
5-Kyle P. 77 laps

This ended up with JP beating Tom by only I would guess to say 6 or 8 feet at most, if the race lasted another 30 seconds Tom would of passed JP and took the win, but it ended with JP up front, I think this was JP first win in the Prototype class. Buy hey I could be wrong on that.

This race was the wreck fest, my poor 962 killed 2 drivers with the body flying off at speed in the third round,...not to mention others having trouble but nothing like I had. at least it ended bofre I could completely destory the car so I guess thats a good thing...

Next up was the Porsche Club race:
1-JP S. 135 laps
2-Henry S. 125 laps
3-Tom S. 114 laps
4-Erik S. 105 laps
5-Kyle P. 19 laps --Kyle pulled his ride in saving it for the Otcober 8th race.

This class could also quailfy as a demo derby....Tom's Dewalt Porsche during the race end up exploding apart after flipping over the scoring bridge and landing on the front stretch,..now that was COOL,...you needed to see that happen! Tobad that one wasn't video'd,..it would of been great,...Tom ended up bringing out his ride for next Sunday and using it as a test session,..,..Erik also brought out his back up in this one to......I am sure Erik will post more details from last night.....

So until next time I'll see you at the track this Sunday for the Practice race starting time is 1:00 PM! ! ! !

See ya at the track,...........

The Touring was exciting, that's about all I can remember there. It was just such a blur of cars going around the track a lot faster than they ever did before! We just can't beat that Mosler, but it won't stop us from trying.

The Prototype class was bad. Henry reminded us all of the horrible crash fest the night before, and it set us up to try for a repeat. I got the action started with my Jagermeister going over the rails in the loop and wiping out three spectators and their bikes. Then Henry's car went off-track and he attempted to get it back on, but the car fell apart in his hands! And then my Jagermeister built up too much speed and not enough braking in the loop and came flying out of the track, landing on the floor in front of the second driver from me. And that was just the first heat! The madness continued as Henry's car came apart again, Kyle bounced people off the track repeatedly with his stand-in (he used a repainted, re-winged Porsche 956C because his Ninco car wasn't working right), and it all went nuts. Through it all, JP's Sauber kept chugging along, making a horrible sound but keeping steady on the track. My dad's Lancia put up a valiant effort to come from behind after troubles of its own, and was reeling in the Sauber but just ran out of time. By the time this race was finished, my Jagermeister had also developed a "hinged" windshield. :rolleyes:

The Porsche class was more of the same! My car started off the mess by swinging its tail out a couple of times, which yanked the guide wires out (a constant problem with that particular car lately). I was trying to figure out what to do with it when I heard a "crack!" and then people shouting over the disintegration of my dad's Porsche (it was fixable, thankfully). Both of us got back out with backup cars, but in my dad's case it was Porsche for the October 8th race, so he was a bit worried about it getting wrecked as well. We all put forth the best race we could, lapping JP quite a few times, but it was too late. Our early misfortunes killed us all.


Death Race 2000 9-30-06 Results:
Henry: Two drivers
Erik: One driver, three spectators, three bikes
Tom: One driver

BOGGY CREEK PRE-RACE TEST RACE

Notes

We opened up the shop early, around 10:30am, to clean up the track and get it in top shape. This involved using an eraser and lighter fluid to clean the track braid, as well as a vacuum. We also used a special tool to run through the track braids and click things back into shape, which tends to help the track's consistency.

J.C. France, driver of the Brumos #59 Porsche, showed up early to get his cars set up and grab some time testing on the track. A lot of us got in some early practice time, checking our set ups and trying to figure out how to smooth out any weaknesses in our cars or driving. The track was opened up to the public for some time while we were doing sign ups for the day. Also during this time, Henry put together some 25 ohm controllers, and four 25 ohm controllers were hooked up to the track for the drivers to use. During this period, Tom and Erik set up J.C.'s Porsche 911 for him to use for the day (they also had already set up his special Brumos Porsche for October 8th, and are in the process of setting up a Slot.it Lancia for him).

Qualifying started at 2pm. I wasn't able to get the full qualifying results, just the race results. So, without further ado, on to the races!


Results

Super Trucks were up first. The trucks are a local favorite, fun to run, difficult to run, and when they deslot, they deslot big time! The race was exciting as always, with trucks coming off the track and going back on. "Team Chiquita Banana", as the two yellow Sisu trucks of JP and Erik are known, took the early lead and never looked back. They were also the only trucks to have no significant troubles during the race! Kyle's truck took a heavy tumble and lost parts of its body. Tom's truck lost a wheel and that spelled the end of its race. The only problems for the two leaders were a wheel popping off mid-race for Erik (it was easily correctable), and JP taking a roll down the main straight into the scoring bridge. The results of the race:

Super Trucks
1.JP 142
2.Erik S 137
3.Henry 125
4.Tom S 90 - truck problems
5.Kyle P 60 - destroyed truck

Porsche Cup was next, featuring the Porsche 911 GT3R's. This was also J.C.'s first race, with an older Scalextric Porsche 911. The Porsches looked fast, and there were a few tumbles. Erik took off right out of the gates, with a ridiculously fast Porsche and a lot of luck. The other drivers had a number of problems with handling and just plain bad luck, giving them an idea of the kinds of things to look for when setting up for next Sunday. This was a perfect example of the use of this practice race for the drivers. A few Porsches lost their wings, including Tom's wing going off twice, despite being glued in place. The end results were:

Porsche Cup
1.Erik S 180
2.JP 164
3.Tom S 157
4.Henry 144
5.JC 131

Next up was the NASCAR race, the closest race of the bunch by far! This race was survival of the lucky, and that's how it ended up. Erik looked slow in the early going, but kept his car out of trouble and was lucky enough to not be taken out too often. JC looked really strong, but ended up dropping out of the race with a shot gear. Bob and Kyle entered their final heat 38 and 41 laps behind Erik's final total, respectively, but both had some problems during the race. Bob ended the race just 3/4 of a lap behind. Tom's car had some small troubles and ended up finding a lot of other driver's wrecks, which caused him to drop a little behind, but he finished just seven laps behind, and should be set for a good run next Sunday. Henry seemed to have some handling problems, and played it safe as well as he could so he'd be able to keep his car for the big race.

NASCAR
1.Erik S 166
2.Bob P 166
3.Kyle P 165
4.Tom S 159
5.Henry 145
6.JC 116 - gear problems

Last were the Protoypes. The final racing order was the qualifying order. There was trouble early for Tom and Erik with loose cars breaking out. Erik's first heat on yellow saw him deslotting a number of times, especially in the loop. His Porsche 956C even wiped out the spectators in the loop twice during the race! However, Henry's 962C had a wire pull right off of the motor, and he had to solder it on mid-race, and JP had his crown gear move and destroyed itself. Both cars were repaired before the night was over, and both Tom and Erik were looking into getting their cars tuned up for maximum performance.

Prototype
1.Tom S 161
2.Erik S 160
3.Henry 148 - engine wire
4.JP 98 - stripped gear

It was an exciting day of racing for everyone, and a great way to test the cars for those who showed up. The rules worked well, and next weekend should be even more interesting for all the drivers participating. Hopefully, we'll see some of you at the track as well!

Racing this evening!...

Use tonight for Supertruck and Prototype tune-up for this Sunday's Boggy Creek Charity Race!

See you at the track!

I'll be there... once I repair my poor 956's wing again.... :freak:

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So what's the scoop for the Oct. 8th race? What times, format, cost?

Here's the information topic on HobbyTalk for it:
http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showthread.php?t=157802

To answer your questions more generally, though:

Time - Sign-up on the day starts around 10am, as well as practice, and qualifying begins at noon.

Format - All races will be a round-robin, 4 minutes on, 4 minutes off, with box stock cars that have only had magnets and tires changed. Classes being run are Porsche 911 GT3R, NASCAR, Prototype, and Super Trucks.

Cost - $20 for the first class you enter, $15 for the second, $10 for the third, $5 for the fourth (so you'll pay $20, $35, $45, or $50, depending on how many classes you enter). Proceeds are going to Camp Boggy Creek.

There's a lot of good info in that topic, such as all of the raffle items that will be there, guests, special cars for the event, and a lot of other goodness.

We all hope to see you back racing with us soon! Good luck with the karting.
Tom

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Racing chet

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