I'll start a new thread for Race Results just to make it a little easier to find each week.

Here are the results for Wednesday, November 29th.

Thank you to all of the Jacksonville drivers and Greg, Danny, and Kyle for making the trip up from Holly Hill. You made it a SCS&H record crowd and one of the largest weekly 1/24 racing programs in the state in a long time!


Amateur NASCAR - B Main (5.3 Breakout)
1. Steve S. – 156
2. Bob L. – 154
3. Mike S. – 153
4. John Parks – 148
5. Jeremy – 144
6. Lee “Pinky” – 141
7. Dave R. – 138
8. Austin – 120
9. Steve H “Hawk” – 120
10. Don – 109


Amateur NASCAR - A Main (5.2 Breakout)
1. Danny Z – 171
2. Buddy H. – 166
3. Chris – 164
4. Greg – 162
5. Kyle – 161
6. Tom M. – 160
7. Doug – 156
8. Ben – 151
9. John B. – 145
10. John “JT” T. – 145


Amateur GTP (No Breakout)
1. Danny Z. – 197
2. Buddy H. – 194
3. Doug – 188
4. Kyle – 187
5. John B – 183
6. Greg – 182
7. Chris – 176
8. John Parks – 165
9. Jeremy – 122
10. Don – 118

Next race is Saturday, December 2nd at 7:30pm. Bring the kids … first race of the night is Junior NASCAR!

Look at that moves all day and still gets third Go Doug Go!

Here are the race results for Saturday, December 2nd.

Some of us (me and Rick for example) had to make the not-so-tough choice between watching the Gators beat the Hogs or race slots. Great Game!!

Junior NASCAR 100
1. Hunter - 100
2. Austin - 97
3. Nathan - 92


Amateur NASCAR (5.3 Breakout)
1. John T "JT" - 170
2. Buddy H - 169
3. Chris - 165
4. Tom M "WFT" - 164
5. Jeremy - 160
6. Lee "Pinky" - 150
7. "Fast" Eddie Stilley - 147
8. Bob Lee - 139
9. Rollin - 94 (Go Gators!!)
10. Rick - 89 (Go Gators!!)


Amateur GTP (No Breakout)
1. John T "JT" - 195
2. Jeremy - 191
3. Chris - 189
4. John Parks - 169
5. "Fast" Eddie Stilley - 168


All in all another great night of slot racing combined with a great night for Gators Football. :D :hat:

Here are the results from Wednesday, December 6th at Slot Car Speedway & Hobbies.

Thank you to everyone who came out to race.


Amateur NASCAR - B Main (5.3 Breakout)
1. John Parks - 152
2. Lee "Pinky" - 149
3. James - 144
4. Steve "Hawk" - 139
5. Dave - 139
6. Austin - 135
7. Don - 127
8. Helen - 115

Amateur NASCAR - A Main (5.3 Breakout)
1. Tom M. "WFT" - 171
2. John T. "JT" - 170
3. Chris - 169
4. Bob Lee - 162
5. Rollin - 161
6. Mike Short - 159
7. Eddie Stilley - 154
8. Steve Short - 151

Amateur GTP(No Breakout)
1. John T. "JT" - 191
2. Eddie Stilley - 182
3. Chris - 178
4. John Parks - 163
5. Buddy Vitt - 160
6. Austin - 145
7. Don - 137
8. Rollin - 36

Next race is Saturday, December 9th at 7:30pm. Bring the kids ... first race will be Junior NASCAR!

I thought the "A" Main was supposed to have a lower breakout than the "B" Main? If not, then did that catch some of the top 3 guys and possibly affect the results, where they might have been different had someone not "broke out"?

Can we start a hobby planet/slotcar speedway thread? It's getting kinda crowded in here. lol j/k .

Anyways I just wanted to say that I had one of the best gtp races ever. It was really entertaining and I hope that all the races are that fun.

I hope to see everyone on saturday. Also anyone with mobility problems, we will get you in to race. just call ahead and let us know you are coming.

DF#3,
C'Wizzle

I thought the "A" Main was supposed to have a lower breakout than the "B" Main? If not, then did that catch some of the top 3 guys and possibly affect the results, where they might have been different had someone not "broke out"?


I think Buddy decided to keep the breakout at 5.3 this week based on who was in the building to race.

Tom M. might have had the only breakout other than my six or seven. I don't remember JT or Chris breaking out .... but I get confused easily.

I swear there were some laps that I blipped twice and still broke out. :confused: It was much more a function of a freshly cleaned track than anything else

The Track was cleaned Monday and it was not run very much on Tues so the track was still sticky and the times were not very low in practice but after the first race put 1,100 laps on the track it came around to just about perfect.
We had 16 racers so I decided to run two seperate races. I broke it up how I thought it should be. I've only lowered the Break Out once, and that was because more than 1/2 of the cars could break out with little effort. This week there were only a couple cars so I did not. Rollin prob had at least 6 break outs, I think 4 on one lane. I think Chirs had 1 and Tom had 1. So Rollin was affected the most by it. My goal is to have 2 classes of NASCARS one will not have a Break Out and you will be able to work on the motors if you want to. The other will have sealed motors and keep the Break Out.

I hope to see everyone Saturday.

I have Gift Certificates Now!!

"..... it came around to just about perfect...."

The track conditions were perfect!



".... So Rollin was affected the most by it...."

But it was certainly my own fault for running as hard as i did. I underestimated how much the car would pick-up with a fresh track. But it also proves that an absolutely stock motor (no spring or brush tweaks or changes at all) can run real strong.




My goal is to have 2 classes of NASCARS one will not have a Break Out and you will be able to work on the motors if you want to. The other will have sealed motors and keep the Break Out.

Look at the best times from Wednesday night, the races were split perfectly speed-wise. Just about everyone in the "A" ran a quick lap in the 5.3's and everyone in the "B" was 5.5's and higher. The easy answer is to do what you did last week .... 5.3 in the B and 5.2 (or even 5.1) in the A to allow for the faster ProSlot 16D motors. Remember .... the 5.3 breakout was established back when everyone was running a Parma Deathstar 16D.


Rollin

Race Results for Saturday, December 9th at Slot Car Speedway & Hobbies in Jacksonville.

Buddy had everything in great shape and we had a couple of long-lost racers make a return to the track ... Wesley Dean and his son Wes, Jr. (who we used to call Lil' Wes ... but he's grown into a High School Football player)

A few of you old timers might remember Wesley Dean from the old Florida USRA Series that ran at J&G Speedway in Jacksonville, at Gordy's Sunshine Hobbies in Tampa, and a bunch of other tracks that aren't around anymore. In fact, the only track (that I know of) that's still around from the early '90's is Greg Walker's The Race Place.

We were short on Juniors tonight so Nathan ran in the B Main and held up pretty well.

Amateur NASCAR - B Main (5.3 Breakout)
1. John Parks - 150 / 16
2. Lee "Pinky" - 150 / 2
3. Buddy Vitt - 148
4. Rick - 146
5. Lil' Wes - 141
6. Don - 118
7. Nathan - 116

Amateur NASCAR - A Main (5.2 Breakout)
1. Buddy Houser - 173
2. Rollin - 170
3. Tom - 169
4. Eddie Stilley - 163
5. Chris - 161
6. Doug - 159
7. Jeremy - 158
8. Bob Lee - 157
9. Wes - 145


Amateur GTP
I had to leave before the race started. I'll post the results when I get them.


Next Race ... Wednesday, December 13th.

Thanks for updating Rollin.

Saturday 12/09/06
GTP

1. Doug 190
2. Eddie 187
3. Wes 181
4. Jeremy 180
5. Pinky 168
6. Buddy V 161
7. L Wes 152
8. Don 136
9. John P 111

See yall Wednesday

Thanks for updating Rollin.

Saturday 12/09/06
GTP

1. Doug 190
2. Eddie 187
3. Wes 181
4. Jeremy 180
5. Pinky 168
6. Buddy V 161
7. L Wes 152
8. Don 136
9. John P 111

See yall Wednesday


Check out the Doug!!! :wave:

Here are the race results for Wednesday, December 13th.

Another fun night of racing. If you're in Jacksonville .... come out and join us!

Amateur NASCAR - B Main (5.3 Breakout)
1. Buddy Vitt - 153
2. Lil' Wes - 151
3. James - 146
4. John Parks - 144
5. Lee "Pinky" - 140
6. Rick - 139 (and he let all of the smoke out of his motor)
7. Austin - 134
8. Josh - 131 (first-time racer)
9. Don - 128
10. Hunter - 39

Amateur NASCAR - A Main (5.2 Breakout)
1. Tom - 176
2. Buddy Houser - 173 / 18
3. Rollin Isbell - 173 / 7
4. John T "JT" - 167
5. Jeremy - 165
6. Doug - 163 / 18
7. Chris - 163 / 10
8. Bob Lee - 161
9. Steve S. - 160 / 4
10. Mike S. - 160 / 1
11. Wes - 149 (and it just plain quit running ... no smoke ... nothing.)

GTP was just getting started when I left.

Wednesday 12/13/06

GTP

1. Jeremy 189
2. Doug 187
3. Chris 183
4. L Wes 162
5. John P 158
6. Tom 149
7. Austin 146
8. Don 125
9. Buddy V 117

This one was actually closer than it looks. Jeremy had a bad red lane but came from behind for the win. Tom WFT was at or near the front when a rider to the wall killed the car and broke the rear axle.

I hope to see everyone Saturday.

Remember if you want some thing good for Christmas send your wife, girlfriend or parents into the shop. Or you can get the regular old shirts and shocks like last year.

Buddy H

Shirts and shocks? Sounds like an interesting combo.

Shirts and shocks? Sounds like an interesting combo.


You don't wear shocks with your shoes? :freak:

You should try them .... they smooth out the bumps in the sidewalk. And they help you run faster, corner better, and promote even tread wear on your shoes. :tongue:

Rollin

Race Results for Saturday, December 16th.

Great to see Darin back at the track again .... and he picked up just about where he left off.

Amateur NASCAR - B Main (5.3 Breakout)
1. Darin - 143 / 18 - first time back to the track
2. Rick - 143 / 2
3. Dave - 139
4. Henry - 138
5. JP - 137
6. Don - 131
7. Nathan - 127
8. Helen - 122


Amateur NASCAR - A Main (5.2 Breakout)
1. Buddy H. - 174
2. John T. "JT" - 170
3. Eddie - 166
4. Doug - 165
5. Jeremy - 163
6. Bob Lee - 159
7. John P. - 151
8. Rollin - 87


GTP
1. John T. "JT" - 186
2. Jeremy - 184
3. Doug - 180
4. Eddie - 175
5. John P. - 159
6. Austin - 139
7. Don - 129


Thanks for making it another fun night at Slot Car Speedway & Hobbies.

Next Race, Wednesday, December 20th at 7:30pm

Thanks for updating the results Rollin.

Shop Hours:
We will have our normal race on Saturday 12/23 and a small Christmas party, we will have snacks out and Pizza (around 6:30ish).
We will be closed on 12/24 and of course 12/25.
We will return to normal hours on Tues 12/26.

Merry Christmas too all.
Buddy H

Another BIG night of racing at Buddy Houser's Slot Car Speedway & Hobbies. When you get the best racers in Jacksonville together with the best racers from Daytona/Holly Hill .... it's bound to produce an EXTRAVAGANZA of racing!

Thanks to Greg Walker from The Race Place for bringing five racers with him.

Greg and Buddy also took time out to announce the beginning of My Series Slot Car Racing - 2007. Details to come soon .... first race is Saturday, January 6th at The Race Place in Holly Hill and will visit five 1/24th scale tracks in Florida.

Amateur NASCAR - B Main (5.3 Breakout)
1. Darin - 155
2. Bob Lee - 153 / 18
3. Lil' Wes - 153 / 10
4. Buddy Vitt - 150
5. John Parks - 149
6. Lee "Pinky" - 148
7. Rick - 145 / 11
8. James T. - 145 / 9
9. Richard "Grandpa" - 136
10. Dave - 131
11. Dave Robinson - 130
12. Nathan - 122

Amateur NASCAR - A Main (5.2 Breakout)
1. Danny Zona - 176 / 18
2. Tom "World's Fastest Tom" - 176 / 7
3. John T. "JT" - 173
4. Buddy Houser - 170 / 13 (that's sections ... not breakouts :p )
5. Kyle JAR - 170 / 6
6. Jeremy - 168 / 7
7. Doug - 168 / 2
8. Chris - 164
9. Mr. Bill - 162 / 10
10. Greg - 162 / 8
11. Steve Short - 160

GTP Sixteen Man Over-The-Top- Rope Extravaganza
1. Danny Zona - 194
2. Kyle - 190
3. Doug - 189
4. Tom "WFT" - 183
5. Greg - 179 / 18
6. Buddy Houser - 179 / 16
7. Jeremy - 175 / 7
8. Mr. Bill - 175 / 3
9. Chris - 173
10. John Parks - 169
11. Lil' Wes - 164
12. Richard "Grandpa" - 159
13. James T. - 158
14. Nathan - 143
15. Dave - 139
16. Buddy Vitt - 137

Again, thank you for coming out to play with your toy cars.

Next race is Saturday, December 23rd at 7:30pm. Bring the kids ... first race of the night will be Junior/Novice NASCAR!

:wave:

I would never call 1/24 "toy cars". 1/32 maybe, but I've never seen a 1/32 become a deadly flying missile or tear someone's thumbnail off (and I've been hit by more than a few, my own included)! Well, Carrera's 1/24 cars maybe, also, but they're not just a flat chassis, a motor, two axles, two gears, four wheels, and a lexan body (occasionally with an interior inside too). :lol:

They are all toy cars- 1/24th-1/32th . Incuded in the list is R/C cars- planes and etc. If you can't get behind the wheel and drive it's a toy.Guess what Toys are as expensive as you make them.

Well, when I have plenty of money and can afford to replace cars willy-nilly I'll call them "toys". But since I have no problem with a toy breaking but I do have a problem with these things breaking, that makes them no longer toys in my view. It might still be a "game" and all, but that doesn't make these "toys".

They call R/C cars costing alot more than these cars toys.So why aren't these toys?

They call R/C cars costing alot more than these cars toys.So why aren't these toys?

It depends on your POV I suppose, but I don't like to call expensive things toys. Like I said, I'm fine with a toy breaking. When's the last time you saw someone pick up a pretzeled 1/24 scale car and shrug it off?

At least on the RC aircraft, there is a US federal agency (the FAA) that says they are not toys. The FAA classifies RC model aircraft as remote piloted vehicles and they regulate them. The Aircraft Modelers' Association is the largest organization with membership in the EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association). I also don't consider a Group 7 slot car that can actually kill somebody a toy.

Yes to those who have plenty of money everyting is a toy. I have a friend in N.C. that collects and restores historic race caps, he has ferraris, Maserati,s, Lancias, and several other marks from the 30s-70s. He calls his collrction toys, but then he inherited his wealth. I on the other hand live on my retirement. So it is a matter of POV.

And now .... back to our originally scheduled program .... errr ..... thread

Race Results for Saturday, December 23rd.

Buddy and Susan had a nice spread of munchies for everyone to enjoy during the Christmas Season. I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and gets a bunch of new toys to enjoy in the New Year.

Amateur NASCAR - B Main (5.3 Breakout)
1. John Parks - 162
2. Lil Wes - 154
3. Lee "Pinky" - 152
4. Rick - 151
5. Johnny Banks - 129
6. Nathan - 126
7. Buddy Vitt - 108 (mechanical elves)

Amateur NASCAR - A Main (5.2 Breakout)
1. Buddy Houser - 175
2. Tom "WFT" - 174
3. Fast Eddie - 168
4. Jeremy - 164
5. Doug - 146
6. Rollin - 144

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.


Next race ..... Wednesday, December 27th at 7:30pm

:wave:

Saturday 12/23 continued
GTP

1. Jeremy 190
2. Eddie 186
3. John P 184
4. Wes 183
5. L Wes 181
6. Nathan 148
7. Buddy V 147 (elves came back)

I hope everyone has a great Christmas.
We will reopen with normal hours Tuesday 12/26

Buddy

I see the names of a lot of old friends in the results, along with some new comers. Congrats on the sucess of the racing at SCS&H.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, AND A HAPPY AND SUCESSFUL NEW YEAR
Tom and Family

Thanks Tom.

Merry Christmas to you and all the other racers out there.

Merry Christmas everyone :roll:

I will update the Wed 12/27 results tonight, I forgot them at the shop.

Wed 12-27-06

5.30 Break Out NASCAR

1. Darin 160
2. Rick 152
3. John P 150
4. Pinky 135
5. Buddy V 134
6. Austin 125
7. Nathan 123
8. Randall 105

This was Darin's 3rd race since coming out of retirement and he has now won all 3.

5.20 Break Out NASCAR

1. WFT Tom 175
2. Buddy H 174
3. JT 170
4. Doug 164
5. Bob L 163
6. Jeremy 161
7. Chris 155
8. Mike 149
9. Steve S 112
10. Rollin motor came out

This was a close race Doug was fighting for the top 3 but had some body damage that cost him. Jeremy broke out atleast 4 times, maybe more. Everone else cars are about the same speed so it makes a deslot very costly.

GTP

1. Jeremy 190
2. Eddie 187
3. Chris 173
4. Nathan 147
5. Austin 145
6. Buddy V 105
7. John P 84

Join us for the last race of 2006 Saturday 12/30/06

Here are the results for the last race of 2006 ..... Saturday, December 30th.

Amateur NASCAR - B Main (5.3 Breakout)
1. Darin - 163
2. Lee "Pinky" - 156
3. Rick - 150
4. Johnny Banks - 142
5. Randall - 137

Amateur NASCAR - A Main (5.2 Breakout)
1. Eddie Stilley - 173
2. Tom "WFT" - 171
3. John "JT" Thompson - 170
4. Rollin - 167
5. Jeremy - 167
6. Buddy Houser - 117 (had a really "crappy" race )

GTP
1. Jeremy - 194
2. Dout - 192
3. John T. "JT" - 189
4. Rollin - 177
5. Johnny Banks - 143
6. Eddie - 114

Next race, Wednesday, January 3rd.

Here are the race results for the first race of 2007 .... Wednesday, January 3rd

Another BIG turnout for the Wednesday night program!

Amateur NASCAR - B Main (5.3 Breakout)
1. John Parks - 157
2. Lil Wesley Dean - 155
3. Rick Tomlinson - 153
4. Dave - 146
5. Taylor - 140
6. Evan - 140
7. Austin Houser - 133
8. Randall - 131
9. Josh - 126
10. Don - 126
11. Robby - 109

Amateur NASCAR - A Main (5.2 Breakout)
1. Tom "WFT" Marlow - 174
2. John "JT" Thompson - 170
3. Doug - 168
4. Jeremy - 167
5. Bob Lee - 164
6. Mike Short - 161
7. Steve Short - 160
8. John B. - 158
9. Lee "Pinky" Pinkstaff - 155
10. Darin Benson - 150
11. Helen - 131
12. Nathan - 120

GTP
1. Lil Wesley Dean - 160
2. Austin Houser - 142
3. Hunter - 142
4. Nathan - 127
5. Don - 125
6. Helen - 124
7. Jeremy - 75
8. Tom "WFT" Marlow - 175*

*Note: Tom DQ'd himself before the start of the race. Tom bought a S16D that ran more like a 16D and decided to remove the seal to see if it was even possible to make the motor competitive. The other drivers agreed to allow Tom to race just for the fun of it to see if his efforts had paid off. Tom's best lap was a 4.671 on Red which would be just fast enough to get you beat on most nights but better than the 5.1+ that it was running. Looks like Tom will be buying a new motor.

Next race is Saturday, January 6th.

Remember .... the first race of the 2007 season for My Series is Saturday, January 6th at Greg Walker's The Race Place in Holly Hill, FL.

Remember .... the first race of the 2007 season for My Series is Saturday, January 6th at Greg Walker's The Race Place in Holly Hill, FL.

Are there any details for this series? Rules, dates, times?

Are there any details for this series? Rules, dates, times?

I sent you the My Series guidelines via e-mail.

The website is up .... but not finished. Here's the link: My Series (http://www.myseries.org)

after playing it I must say, Though it does have good visuals, the gameplay became boring and repetitive pretty quickly.



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Hey Mods .....

Please get this SPAM out of here!

Edit: Thank you. It's nice to have Mods that take the time to clean up the board. Rollin 1/8/07

I will try to post Saturday 1/6/07 race results tomorrow. :)

Here are the race results for Wednesday, January 10th.

Amateur NASCAR (5.2 Breakout)
1. Florida Gators - National Champions
........ other finishers ........
1. Tom Marlowe - 177
2. John Thompson - 171
3. Rollin Isbell - 171
4. Jeremy Shumate - 165
5. Wes Dean - 162
6. Mike Short - 162
7. John B. - 161
8. Bob Lee - 158
9. Steve Short - 155
10. John Parks - 151
11. Wesley Dean, II - 148
12. Josh - 144
13. Austin Houser - 121
14. Doug Smith - 110

Next race .... Saturday, January 13th at 7:30pm.

Doug 14th? say it isn't so....



Coach
Doug Fan club chapter #1

Doug 14th? say it isn't so....



Coach
Doug Fan club chapter #1


Doug had an ill-handling car part of the night and missed most of three heats trying to get it sorted out.

Doug had an ill-handling car part of the night and missed most of three heats trying to get it sorted out.



Give it a shot of codiene and call me in the morning...he"ll be back.....

Doug had an ill-handling car part of the night and missed most of three heats trying to get it sorted out.

Hope he gets it sorted out!

Sorry for the delay in posting Saturdays results I will try to get them up tomorrow.

Sorry they are late and incomplete.
Saturday 1/14

JR Nascar
I could not find the results sorry but i was told there were 5.

5.20 NASCAR
1. Darin 168
2. Tom WFT 165
3. Bob 159
4. John P 158
5. L Wes 155
6. Rick 153
7. Pinky 152
8. Randall 135
9. Johnny B 134
10. Dave 131
11. Don 131
12. Eddie Broke in heat 1

GTP
I could not find the results but i was told there were 6.


Wednesday 1/17

5.20 NASCAR
1. JT 174
2. Jeremy 172
3. Tom WFT 168
4. Doug 163
5. L Wes 158
6. John P 157
7. Bob L 155
8. Johnny B 142
9. Helen 141
10 Don 135
11 Austin 128

GTP
1. Doug 194
2. Jeremy 190
3. John P 171
4. Johnny B 168
5. Austin 153
6. Don 148

See everyone Saturday

GTP
1. Doug 194
2. Jeremy 190
3. John P 171
4. Johnny B 168
5. Austin 153



and Once again the intrepid Doug bounces back from a rough race weekend to dominate the field.. Go DOUG!!! YAH!


lol

Coach

Doug was really fast. I think he had a 6 lap lead at one point.

Saturday 1-20

5.3 NASCAR
1. Lil Wes 160 :thumbsup:
2. Rick 159
3. Eddie B 157
4. Johnny B 141
5. Nathan 133
6. Bruno 118

Wes & Rick were fighting for the lead the whole race both had fast cars and very evenly matched. Wes's fast time was 5.4294 Ricks was 5.4295. Good run Lil Wes. It was good to see Eddie B back at the track, this was his 1st race in about 7+ years. Bruno came all the way from Brazil to race with us... ok well he was visting his brother in Gainsville and found out we were here so he made the trip over, bought a car and raced it. Which is a big change for him, he races gp27 with glue back home...

5.2 NASCAR

1. Bob Lee 169 :thumbsup:
2. Eddie S 168
3. Darin 167
4. Jeremy 165
5. WFT Tom 160
6. John P 159
7. Rollin 159
8. Pinky 155

This was a super close race. Bob took the lead in the last few seconds of the 1st heat and held it for the next 7 to win. Very nice run Bob. Darin had the fastest car but could not keep it under the speed limit which cost him at least 4 laps and the win. Rollin was fighting for the lead but was having issues with his new controller and dropped out of part of a heat to fix it.

GTP

1. John P 190 :thumbsup:
2. Jeremy 185
3. Tom 183
4. Eddie S 175
5. Johnny B 172
6. L Wes 170
7. Nathan 152
8. Bruno 152

This race was a lot closer then it looks but John had out his "A" car and it showed the car was fast and he was driving ahead alot. Good Run John. WF Tom kept John in sight until the last heat but could not pull ahead. Jeremy and Eddie were trying to catch up but ran out of time. WF Tom had a bad last heat which let Jeremy catch him and pushed him back to 3rd.

Hope to see everyone Wednesday :wave:

First ... big congrautlations to Bob :thumbsup: . Of course all that's left of what I originally sold Bob is the chassis (and maybe the guide flag and wires) but it was good to see an old friend visit Victory Lane again. (Kind of like my favorite old axe that has had the head replaced twice and the handle replaced three times. :tongue: )

"..... Rollin was fighting for the lead but was having issues with his new controller and dropped out of part of a heat to fix it. ...."


Second ... First impressions of the Ruddock DR-30. It took some getting used to, but I can see why guys like them. The brakes are real good (probably a hair better than the Difalco) and the throttle response is very adjustable (probably a wider gap from "mush" to "quick" than the Difalco.) And ... I did break-out once which the car had not done with the Difalco so I found some extra speed somewhere on the track.

The sensitivity settings are nothing like those on a Difalco. It feels like a much bigger range. On "full mush" the car seems to have almost zero response until well into the trigger which gives the sensation of going very slow and then suddenly going very fast as you get further across the band. On "full quick" the car jumps to life very quick and it can cause unwanted fish-tailing.

The bigger issue was that the original owner didn't have the wiper button properly aligned so it was not making contact on a couple of the bands and then made contact again on full-throttle. Bad combination. After some tweaking ... I made it a lot worse ... and then finally (in the middle of the second heat) I got it close to right. It still needs some fine-tuning to make it smoother.

Wednesday 1/24

5.3 NASCAR

1. Lil Wes 167
2. John P 156
3. Josh 154
4. Dave 138
5. Austin 136
6. Don 129

Lil Wes took the lead in heat 1 and never looked back. John and Josh had a tight race for 2nd and Dave and Austin had a good race for 4th.

5.2 NASCAR

1. JT 173
2. Jeremy 171
3. Bob 170
4. Buddy 168
5. Doug 165
6. Tom 159
7. Rollin 115

Everyone had break outs we will probably be lowering the break out to 5.1. Until the 6th heat 1st thru 5th were only 2 laps apart. Rollin turned his race into a Test in Tune Race for the Flexi 5, making changes and returning then making more. I think he got it to where he liked it in the 7th heat, now its fast. Tom had a new motor that he thought was going to come around but it never did.

GTP
Best time Lane
1. Jeremy 197 4.499 Blue
2. JT 191 4.616 Blue
3. Tom 186 4.609 Blue
4. Rollin 186 4.500 Purple
5. Doug 184 4.444 Red
6. Austin 167 4.882 White
7. Don 133 5.429 Orange
8. John P 127 4.718 Black

I Hope to see everyone Saturday