I get
NO Respect!!!

Where are the updates? Dang do good and nobody knows. M00SE

Hey man! Don't get your antlers in a twist. :freak: http://hometown.aol.com/sheath9831/slots.html Great night of racing thursday. Raced 32 cars. Had a great time racing with you guys monday too. I think we better race those rally cars on a thursday night soon. Crank up the power so we can do some 4 wheel burnouts while we're at it. Seen Shane practicing with a new Lola B98 the other night. Car looked pretty fast. Nicks getting more Can - Am cars in any day. That was a great idea you guys had, cranking the voltage up makes the vanquish cars that much more enjoyable to drive. Now if Nick could just get some of those sillycones in. :rolleyes: See ya thursday.

Results from thursday march 18 are posted. http://hometown.aol.com/sheath9831/slots.html Sounds like the new type Indy grips silicones are really working well for the racers that are running them. A couple of new class records were set thursday by Ron Mullins in Sportscar & GT 1 (106.6 laps) and Joe Anderson in Sportscar & GT 2 (110.1 laps). :thumbsup: April 1 we will be having the enduro race, Gary should have a sign - up sheet ready by next week.

Hey guys. I seen Andy at the raceway friday night and he just got a slot - it car. Next time you see him check this car out, it is top quality stuff. Also RED ALERT! Nicks has got a few more of the new Indy Grips silicones in. Try to contain yourself and save some for the rest us moose. :tongue:

Wally,I special ordered all but one pair of the tires I got last week. Shane, Ron and Kris have all used the ones i bought,I share.M00SE. still gettin no respect

Hey moose! Loan me some tires too and I'll repect ya. You guys have a good time at the Chicago slotcar show. Tell that guy sellin 1/24 stuff not to forget my power supply. I heard Shane just got a black Can - Am Shadow. I seen those cars run at mid - ohio back in 71. Jackie Oliver crashed his the day before the race and they hauled it up 25 miles to Mansfield to completely rebuild it. The next day they drove it down the interstate at 90 mph under police escort and got to the track 5 minutes before the race started. He wound up finishing second in the race behind Folmer's Porshe 917 - 10!!! Imagine what that must have looked like to the other drivers who just happened to be on the interstate that sunday morning! :eek:

Here is a peek at my car...

Dale, I need to know if changing the motor in my SCX Formula one car with one from another brand or after market is legal. I was not impressed with the performance of that car after running the old Scalxtric Formula car I just purchased at the show. With a little trimming and some othe small mods the motor I bought at Professor Motors booth fits great. All I need to do is Shoe Goo it to the frame. It looks to have a lot more speed than the original setup, it needed it. No I won't share my tires with you. Respectfully, M00SE.

Moose and gang -

Great time with the Monday nite crowd!! :thumbsup:

And many thanks to Moose for:

a) the tips on making the SCX Audi run MUCH better and
b) for clarifying the lap count at the finish of the Sports 1 race.

See you Thursday,
David
My Slot Site (http://palmeter.com/SlotCarsW14P01.htm)

David and the gang.
Ron won't be racing tommorow so some one else will have a chance to win the Trans Am race,Go Camaro!!
Half the fun of racin is the people you meet that you share a pastime with. Not only do I enjoy a close race I also enjoy sharing ideas to make everyones cars work better. If everyones car is close to each other that makes the racing so much better. If you can get a competitors car to go around a corner without it looking like a rally car it makes it so much easier to RACE through the corners. M00SE

Wow! Great website David. Gary told me you have quite a model collection too. Moose, as of right now the rules state box stock with silicones for open wheel class but I believe for various reasons there will have to be exceptions made for certain cars if they also are to be competitive. I am always open to ideas and am willing to do what is necessary to make this happen if this is what the racers would like.

I had a great time thursday and looking forword to nest thursday

I would like to suggest the open wheel class run with magnets. If there is a class that should have magnets to replicate downforce, this one would be it.

Lucky
When the rules were written there was a discussion on the vast amount of differance between all of the brands of open wheel cars when the magnets were in place. In a magazine they had there(and still do) it tells of how parity can be induced into the class by eliminating the magnetic downforce. I have run several of my 1/32nd cars with and without magnets and alot of HO cars with magnets and the same thing happens. If you slide out of the sweet spot of adhesion you get into a more voilent crash than you would if you slid out without magnets. If you watch the magnet Trans Am race both cars are made by the same manufacturer and the Mustang has a distinct intangible advantage over the Camaro. JMO magnet cars are boring,M00SE.

I would say after reading that last comment that Mustang racers out there that have any hair on their chest will want to run the last two races of the Trans - Am series WITHOUT MAGNETS! What do you say Fomoco guys? Are ya gonna wimp out :confused: :( or show em Ford racers are built tough just like the cars! I also say forget the silicones and race these things on real rubber last two races like the real racers do. :thumbsup:

Check out the results: http://hometown.aol.com/sheath9831/slots.html Seems like the rivalry between David Palmeter and Joe Andersen continues to grow each week. Joe was able to pull out another very close vintage nascar race win over David while David's win in Sports & GT2 was only by less than 1 inch in front of Joe. Thanks for providing the rest of us with such great racing to watch. We put an asterick next to Moose (I get no respect) Wehnert in the open wheel class race in recognition of his accomplishment of setting a new class record. Also the results of the Trans - Am race series didn't get updated. They should read: Camaro 70 Mustang 78. A big thanks goes to Scott Heath for updating these results for us weekly on our website. Feel free to send him an e-mail if you would like to express your appreciation or have any suggestions for the website by going to our front page and clicking on summitrcraceway@yahoo.

I heve a new car I will be at the track monday.
Dale Ithink you will like it.
I heve a Indy car now it work's alot better with on magnet

Great job getting the March 25th results up!

David

Recently, Dale and I discussed "Kermit":
http://palmeter.com/SlotCa44.jpg
....the bilious green Porsche GT1 98 Evo 2 Fly Racing car with which I won the Sportscar & GT 2 race on March 25th. We decided that, although it is technically a legal car by our current rules, it could put scale cars at a disadvantage since it has non-scale features like a flat plate interior.

I am very much opposed to "thingie" racing and I don't want to be the one that starts us down that slippery slope with a car that is generally not in the spirit of running scale cars. The results of that evolution could be terrifying:
http://www.oldweirdherald.com/slotcars/camencar.jpg

Therefore, I will not race Kermit the Porsche again under our scale racing rules.

David

Keepin' it FUN!! ;)

Hillbilly, if it's the car I think it is I'll be looking forward to seeing it monday. Also I am finding it harder each time I walk by that crocodile car in Nick's to leave that thing on the shelf. Don't know how much longer I can hold out. :drunk:

Also the results of the Trans - Am race series didn't get updated. They should read: Camaro 70 Mustang 78.

Dale,

I don't mean to be picky, but I believe most of the car makes listed in the March 25 TransAm race results are wrong. I certainly didn't drive a Mustang. Also, does this mean the points need to be recalculated?

Vintage Trans-AM Position Driver Laps Car
1 Josh Monroe 130.3 Mustang
2 Shane Hockenberry 120.3 Camaro
3 Ken Wehnert 118.7 Camaro
4 Kris Wehnert 112.7 Mustang
5 David Palmeter 112.5 Mustang
6 Dave Tefft 112.4 Camaro
7 Cody Fairchild 106.3 Camaro
8 Walt Royer 104.2 Camaro

If I may be of further service, please don't hesitate to call or write. :D

David

WALLYWORLD I am to finding it hard not to buy the crocodile car to
great racing on monday I do like the 124 cars to
see you thuersday

Mondays results are on the Summit web site slotcar page now. First night for 1/24th cars went pretty good and we also had 8 cars for open wheel and Vintage Sports & GT 2 races. Don't forget the about the endurance race thursday. Walt Royer is looking for a couple of guys to run with him, plus there is still room for more teams. Seen Gary at the raceway practicing for three hours tuesday so I know he's ready for the enduro. :eek: :eek:

Someone asked about the PPR silicone tires that were on Kermit the Porsche. Here is the Prospect Park Raceway address:
Prospect Park Raceway - Silicone Tires (http://www.pprslots.com/)

I used the 1003 on Kermit - made for the Fly Corvette.

David

Hi all
The boys from Roanoke had a great time tonight in the enduro a four lap differance after 48 minutes is awesome. Next time 15 minutes per lane so we race an hour?? Ron and I decided on the way home next time we have an enduro we will be running our Panos cars. Wally can an enduro be a monthly thing??? I wish I could be there to see the look on Gary's face when he finds out his beloved MG Lola's do not hold the record for modern sportscars any more. I will be looking forward to seeing my name on the board on Monday at least this one will last a week. I will have the foam cut and ready to install before the race on Monday. What was put up so far has saved a few cars already. See you Monday,Moose.

I had a great time enduro lola's are good but not that good I wood like to run a enduro every month to. looking forword to monday

As if we didn't spend enough time on slot cars, here is a game to while away the hours and sharpen your slottin' skills at the same time:

Slot Game (http://www.tv4.se/lattjo/kojan/bilbanan.asp)

It has two challenges:

1. Figure out how to play it (instructions not in English but it does have lots of pictures)

2. Beat the chicken at Level 5.

For an "Old Tech" game, it really does do a good job of simulating a slot race!!

David :D :D

I really enjoyed the Enduro Race on Thursday night. Once a month might too frequent, but every six weeks or so wouldn't be be to bad, would it? I also like the possibility of an hour long race as Mmmoose suggested.
Hillbilly, what would you use rather than Lolas?

If anybody missed watching the 1st ever Baharain Grand Prix on Sunday, I have a copy on video.

How about doing an enduro right before the Le Mans race the first of june. We could run the same cars or maybe we could do a vintage Le Mans race with the old Ford GTs, Corvettes, etc. Some of the old guys like Moose and Gary would probably like that. Maybe before the Indy 500 and Monaco races do a special open wheel race. If you haven't seen the results from the endurance race yet do the left clicky thing on your mouse here: http://hometown.aol.com/sheath9831/slots.html Not included on the results is an asterick showing a new track record for Moose in Sports & GT1 with 112.3 laps set in a race after the enduro thursday.

Oh yeh! Congradulations to Team Mary Kay (Joe Andersen,Tom Mullins, and Gary Trump) for winning the enduro thursday night.

Lucky I do not no but next time I will try a fly car
wally I wood like to run some of the special race's you are talking about
MOOSE congradulations on the record

Holy cow!!!!

Who would believe the finish of the 1/24th race on Monday? Three cars after 16 minutes less than three feet apart. Thats great racin.
And the race for the GT40 challenge was close also. The guys who missed Monday lost out on some not so serious FUN.
I am looking forward to the no magnet Trans Am fender banging on Thursday, maybe the bowtie guys can make a comeback. M00SE

Great race and a lot of fun monday. Moose, when you had to switch to the red lane in the last heat and had a little problem being marshalled one time early in the heat I thought Tom and I had a good chance to reel you in for sure. Great driving AND keeping your cool probably won that one for you. Can't wait to have another shot at ya in 1/24th again! Hopefully the other Andersens (the fast ones) can make it next time. For the results go to: http://hometown.aol.com/sheath9831/slots.html Also Nicks got some Mini's and touring cars in ( got me a Mercedes ) and the new Indy Grips for most cars were shipped monday. When they come in Nick will call me and it will be posted right here on the forum.

Tires show up????

Had a lot of fun last night,still have not figured out what happened to the Toyota. It ran good untill it rolled backwards down the hill at the track call.
The braids look ok, any ideas? M00SE

moose yes the tires are in.
lucky go to home racing world

Hey moose, it looked like your tires lost a lot of grip that last heat in the open wheel race. What kind of tires did ya run? There has been some changes made to the website. When going to the slotcar part of our website http://hometown.aol.com/sheath9831/slots.html there will be a new front page showing pictures, our racing rules, and icons to the left. Click onto slot car results icon to get the racing results. On the results page we added everybody's fastest lap time for each race. Also the racer with the fastest lap time for that race will have an asterick next to their time. Soon we will be posting class records on the website also. On thursday night three out of the four races were decided by one lap or less and in Sports & GT2 we had four different drivers break the old class record. Also looks like some of the the new guys are really picking up the pace. Both races Walt Royer ran he set fastest lap of race and finished with lap totals close to what the winning drivers had.

Wally

I was running the new Indy Grips that I borrowed from Ron, I thought it had lost it's zip more than it's grip. M00SE

If you tried to look at the new pictures on the slot car page of the website, and it took a long time to load, check it again. I reduced the size of the stored pictures, so they should load quicker now. If you have any suggestions on the website, just drop me a line. scottaheath@comcast.net or just click on my name up there in the upper left of this post, next to Dilbert. That will give you an option to email me also.

The racing was fast and furious monday night. After losing another 1/24 Vintage Sportscar race by just inches again I was very detemined to win the second one and broke through the 120 lap barrier. It's becoming obvious these cars are going to produce a lot of close racing. These cars are big,fast and powerful but still are very forgiving so it's hard to gain much on another racer when he makes an error. Rules will be out soon for these cars and as of right now there looks like there will be a stock and a open sportscar car class. In Vintage Sports & GT2 Moose led most of the way in his Porshe 917-10 as that combination is looking very tough to beat. When you go to the results page now you will notice at the top of the page the class records. Also we will be putting astericks next to fastest lap time for each class raced that night and double astericks next to total race laps when new class records are set. Race number five results of the Trans - Am series will be deleted soon and the final two races will be postponed until silicones are in as the mustang drivers did not want to run the remaining races in the series on rubber tires ( talked to some of the camaro guys and they are cool with it ). After the remaining two races have been run in this series all vintage races will be run on mondays. On thursdays these cars will be replaced by open wheel, Go - Karts, Nascars, Rally, and other modern race vehicles. In the future we will be looking into reversing the track direction on certain nights, special event races, and doing other things to make the racing enjoyable.

Hi guysI found this cool site for building 1/24th scale race chassis,take a look.
Hillbilly this might give you some ideas. The guys back in the 60s look like they had a lot of time on their hands. Wally I will try to get some scketches made up for making a frame jig. Looking forward to tommorows mayhem,M00SE.
http://getyourwebsitehere.com/scratchbuilt/index.shtml

thank you for the tip moose
I amy having a great time with the 1/24 scale cars
wally I amy looking forword to races you want to host
looking forword to thursday

Moose, I'll help you build your own chassis jig but we can buy our own seperate lightweight chassis for around $18.00 from Nicks so I will just continue doing that for myself. For that amount it doesn't make sense to me to build my own. I also prefer to purchase my stuff from Nick's since he helped build and pay for the track that we race on and helps us pay the rent. http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/images/icons/icon6.gif See ya thursday.

some good racing on thursday guys
moose i have the tires i will be thair on monday

Looks like you guys had a really tight & fast race in the open wheel class last Thursday (April 15th). Good job

Hey Hillbilly,the tire idea worked super. I cut down a set of old TVR tires in about 5 minutes for the old 356. It worked great!! Try a set of the take off tires on the rims I gave you. See you on Thursday. M00SE

For all that havn't heard yet the rules have been changed for the Vintage Sports & GT classes to allow weight to be added to those cars. Also changes in the modern nascar and vintage Trans - Am classes are that magnets must be removed and that silicone tires are now allowed. Thursday will be the final race in the Trans - Am series. Camaro currently leads by just three points and with David Palmeter having to miss the final race it looks like the camaro drivers could have a hard time pulling this one out, I got a feeling the Boss Mustang guys are going to there in full force. Don't forget when the series is over this class will be run on vintage night only. I would like to mention another of the newer racers Pete Spangler had a real strong showing monday in the second Vintage Sports & GT2 race while Joe Anderson was setting another new class record with over 120 laps that race. Thanks goes to the Roanoke gang for the excellent track preperation the last few races.

Wally

We missed you tonight, don't worry Tom did a super job running the races.
We had a low turnout of 10 cars,5 in each class. Gary broke the 7 second barrier with his 24th scale 917. He had some trouble getting used to running on Summit's track as compared to the other place he runs it on . By the end of the night he was getting a handle on it and running well.
Scott had much better luck in the VSCII class with a little weight he kept it in the slot over the humps better. Hope you are having fun,M00SE.

Thanks Moose. I'm glad it went well tonight. I was hoping to read a post from somebody on how it went tonight. I'm enjoying my vacation with the wife but will be looking forward to seeing you guys when I get back.