The second race was changed at the last minute from Saturday to Sunday and to Zeppelin Raceway because of the snow storms Friday and Saturday on the East coast. We still had 11 racers enter and some real surprises.
Lou stepped in at the last minute to make his Hillclimb track available on Sunday for the second race. Zep is the home of East Coast retro racing and this was the first race in their new location.
John and Noose will be posting all the "official" results but here are some early pictures and info on the cars run as I know thats what you guys are interested in.
John Gorski destroyed the track record in qualifying with the same car and motor he used last time, but second and third qualifiers were the big news. Harry Boudreau (probbaly spelled wrong) and Rob Kurylo were second and third qualifers in their first races. Both of these racers worked for Trinity as kids. Rob has been running 1/32 for the past couple of years and Harry has fooled around with group cars but nothing serious for quite some time.
Rob's car on the left was a Gorski RTR he tried for the first time on Saturday afternoon. Harry on the other hand borrowed this unloved Tony P chassis on Saturday night, finished setting it up on Sunday morning, ran a few practice laps, and proceded to qualify second with it. Yours truly managed to land the final sit-out spot.
The field top and bottom. Most chassis were built by John Gorski with one Steube, two Pfieiffers, and two of mine.
John Gorski had problems breaking the front axle holder on one side but stil mamaged to finish second. Ray Carlisi drove a perfect race and covered the field by a couple of laps. Ray also won the semi-main easily. Yours truly was third. I finally am begining to to feel I am driving the car instead of the car driving me. Old age and not running a slot car for over 25 years will do that. LOL
Ray's winning car. Ray used a Mike Steube lightweight King-style chassis with weight added for the Hillclimb. The chassis has no hinges or plumber setup, the pans just flex on the wires front and rear that connect the pans to the center section. It is a mono-rail design using two rails of .073 piano and it used a full motor bracket. A simple but very effective chassis design. Plenty of traction and it runs good on all the lanes.
Ray was probably the only driver using an 8 tooth pinion in the main and the extra brakes let him overtake going into the deadman, the hardest turn on Zep's track.
Ray used a Lola body and JK rear tires. His car ran very smooth and Ray drove it punched the whole race and better yet almost never crashed of his own making.
This is John's second place and TQ car. This is the same car John used to win our first race. Its a two rail of .063 wire with 1/2" floppies. John likes to use the nose piece of a JK flexy car and a wide center section. John also doesn't use any motor bracket except for a part the motor screws into.
John also used a Lola body painted by Noose. Alpha rear tires were used and this is the first time they have been used in the series. John uses a solid front axle and likes to use a rear brace to hold up the back of the body.
Here is my third place car. Its a mono rail with a "Faux" plummer rail and floppies. I used a motor bracket but I cut it off and butted it up against the rear axle tube.
The body is a Champion McLaren and rear tires are Alpha's. Lead wire is Trinity Slotworks, I had to throw that in to keep Ernie happy. lol . . .
I liked my car better with coated front tires and and independent front axle set-up. We were short marshalls for the "A" main so I added so extra weight before the main to make the car easier for my 57-year-old finger to control.
Noose and John will be posting more pictures and the official results so stay tuned.
