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[Jairus]

The first results were posted at 7:00am PST on Facebook.
Aculeus took the first round with 83.83 laps.
The Needle in second with 82.71
Le Derrier in third with 81.04
Futurekingiethingie in forth 80.67
Mabuchi-Racha last 12.05 DNF

The word is that Pablos Classic motor with the burnt windings just couldn't finish. Sorry Pablo.
I will be watching Facebook all morning.
The track is only 5 lanes so the races are short and results will be in fives with the final results posted later today.

[havlicek]

How cool is this!? Not only does my car (pretty much) survive to race in London within a hop-skip-and-a-jump of Her Majesty...but I almost got a gig there too! Many thanks for the tour and the hospitality Steve (John Secchi) and to all our British cousins across the pond!

-john

[Pablo]

John H. I think they could pattern a shop in that area using the graphics on your car

[32Deuce]

J, I think you're missing the last part of the post. Here are the results I am seeing:

Group C results-

Ray F 93.64
Ralph 92.55
Bob I 90.58
Oscar 89.39
Dom Z 83.83
Jens 82.71
Don 81.04
Joe 80.77
phil 80.67
pablo 12.05 DNF

[Gator Bob]

Jairus, Thanks for relaying the round results.

[HarV Wallbanger III]

Wow Steve-a-roonie! I loved the "trip" around London! How far is Abby Road? I sent my wife my Orange Crate pic to the wife. I made it up to look like a postcard.....
Thanks!

(a little "play" on old Jimmy Buffett songs....)

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[Jairus]

I always forget to click that little "more" button. Thanks Mike!

[Jairus]

The B round results were just posted.
Brian 42.55 DNF
John H 78.89 DNF
Bob S 87.87
Manta Ray 95.28
SK2 95.53
John Austin 95.98
Miss K 98.71
Mike Z 103.19

[Gator Bob]

J, I think you're missing the last part of the post. Here are the results I am seeing:

Group C results-

Ray F 93.64
Ralph 92.55
Bob I 90.58
Oscar 89.39
Dom Z 83.83
Jens 82.71
Don 81.04
Joe 80.77
phil 80.67
pablo 12.05 DNF

Cool Z, the slow cars are fast today .
A podium in the C is a good day for Marvin. His spirits are uplifted and he is levitating much less...It must have been the trip to the planetarium
Sorry Pabro
John how about an opening act gig right here to celebrate KarnEvil being in town.

Roll up and see the show.....Lite up circus freaks and enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeQsZOQqO6I

[Jencar17]

Needle on the fast lane!!

[Jairus]

Okay, last results were posted moments ago from North London. This is the A main:
Last but not least here are the results for group A
Mopar Rob 49.26
Gary V 83.15 pits
Jairus 103.23
Howmet 105.40
Edo 108.41 DNF
Al Bond 108.74
Barney 120.31
Low 125.31

Seems "Wavemaker" did it yet again, congrats Low!
I am sure Steve will post (with pics) soon as he gets home and cracks a cold one. I will work on the final results scores and post shortly.

[HarV Wallbanger III]

Wow great run. Thanks Steve-a-roonie!

[havlicek]

Wow, I got my first "DNF"! Please tell me that "DNF" in race parlance means devastatingly, nuclear, fast I guess the old endbell gave up the ghost?

-john

[Jencar17]

Low 125.31
Barney 120.31
Al Bond 108.74
Edo 108.41 DNF
Howmet 105.40
Jairus 103.23
Mike Z 103.19
Miss K 98.71
John Austin 95.98
SK2 95.53
Manta Ray 95.28
Ray F 93.64
Ralph 92.55
Bob I 90.58
Oscar 89.39
Bob S 87.87
Dom Z 83.83
Gary V 83.15 pits
Jens 82.71
Don 81.04
Joe 80.77
phil 80.67
John H 78.89 DNF
Mopar Rob 49.26
Brian 42.55 DNF
pablo 12.05 DNF

[Jairus]

Seems Edo's car had something working for it that really pushed it up a notch to grenade status.
We wait for Low's race report to see what happened. But to DNF in 4th place is pretty darned cool!!!

[Edo]

DNF?
I PROTEST!

[Lowrider]

Hi guys.
i'm going out to play another gig in 45 minutes so I'll have to be brief.

Barney, Abbey Road isn't in the city centre. It's in a leafy residential area in the NW London inner suburbs. If you like I'd be happy to take a drive over there and take another shot of the Orange Crate and the famous pedestrian crossing?

It was definitely a race, and the four guys driving did me an incredible favour with their patience and lending us their combined skills for around five hours in all. The DNF count was far higher than I'd anticipated, certainly higher than a SunChaser round ever experienced but these cars are very different beasts. I'll be doing post-mortems on the casualties as soon as I have the time and the owners can take whatever decisions they choose in order to repair their cars before the Frank Elavsky Memorial Race.

Pablo's motor simply cooked. I'll show the ugly details later.

Rocket 88 had a lead wire detach itself in it's first heat but it was quickly soldered back and the car ran respectably in the other three heats. The motor got hot, warming up the entire body, but it survived.

Streamliner Cuc I'm not sure about. Probably another motor death. Sorry, Rob.

The Rem Raceway car had a good first heat but back axle problems stopped it's second run. The spur gear somehow loosened on it's hub and became very wobbly. This allowed the rear axle to tighten up. A quick fix was attempted but the same thing happened in the third heat so the car was retired.

John Havlicek's car had three good runs (the heat results will be published eventually) but got ridered into a wall in the first laps of it's last run. It was a serious impact and it dislodged the epoxied endbell bearing. I don't think Mr Secchi's repair can be faulted as the impact could have been fatal in any number of ways.

Edo's car had a fantastic result in one way. In the final seconds of it's last run an accident completely sheared the chassis central hinge (the Dynamic drop hinge) and the clock stopped with the Kingie's chassis in two completely separate parts. The luck of the Swiss, huh?

I unofficially pre-qualified the cars to put them into their three groups as Mike Swiss did (Hi, Mike!) in Chicago. Jairus' car top qualified in fact and I was expecting a tough battle between the two wedge cars. I can't offer any explanations for his slipping down the order other than his car suiting my driving style more than the styles of the 'real' drivers. Sorry for raising your expectations too high, J.

Time to pack up the axe.
Regards,

[Jairus]

Okay, that is it racers!
7th round is in the can and here are the official totals. As before, if anyone sees something wrong with my totals, please feel free to send me a PM and I will correct the numbers.
Steve will be posting further updates tomorrow and later on as repairs are made I am sure.


Some things of note are the fact that "edoTRON" has been steadily moving up in the ranks. Although it needs repairs, according to Steve, those should be fairly easy. I suspect "Streamliner Cuc", "REM Raceway" and "Mabucha-Racha" and "H-power" will be better suited repairing once they hit American Shores unless other arrangements are made.
"Vimanas", "Budweiser" and "Dyn-Astra X2" had their best showing here at N London finishing 12th, 13th and 14th places! (Way to go guys.)
"Scorpion" still remains in the number one spot by total points.... followed closely by "MantaRay" and then "Wavemaker" who only now displaces "Repelatron-Dynaslider" whom moves into forth overall.


Again, thank you to the drivers (Matt) for taking time out of your busy Saturdays to play with our cars. A big Thank you to Alex (Low's prodigy) for relaying car placement during the race.

Next race will be at Route 93 in Akron Ohio. This will be a Memorial race in honor of Mr. Frank who passed away earlier this month.
(Now... go play outside and get some fresh air kiddys!)

[slotbaker]

Excellent stuff SK1, and all of your mechanics and drivers.


Can you please check the pinion on old Dynogram?
I'm surprised that it has lasted this long against the metal Cox crown.

[Lone Wolf]

Pip Pip Cheerio and all that Rot. I remember those days at Oxford. Went all blotchy on the John Thomas. Must have caught it off a Loo, Wot? Enough of that nonsense. It may run like crap but that picture of the Titanic on the street is one of the coolest things that ever happened to me and one of my cars. Thanks so much for all the time you put into all of those pics. And thanks for soaking my tires, I appreciate the effort. Joe

[JohnnySlotcar]

You chaps are the masters of how an event should be run. Cheers for the 6T in 7th place.G.E. motor has proved itself. Next is a John H. special motor [hopefully]! Tebo eat your heart out!!!

[HarV Wallbanger III]

Wow Steve I'll pop for the gas, diesel, beer, Irish Whiskey or whatever it takes to get a pic of The Crate at Abbey Road Dude! Send me a bill and your PP addy!
Thanks to all who made this race happen!

I thought more motors would be in the dust in this Proxy to tell the truth.....before this... even mine is pushed as much as I dared and I'm surprised my first motor is chugging along!

I came in 2nd in the World Touring Cars 1/32 Proxy race today as well!

[Lowrider]

No problem, Barney. Something with Team Cort written on it might be a nice exchange?

I don't have many photos of the racing itself (I was busy!) but I did catch a few moments on video which I'll post on YouTube once the tedious moments have been edited out. I did catch John Havlicek's rider crash right on the corner I was marshaling which was a heart-stopping moment for sure, and also the moment when Rocket 88's lead wire came adrift. When viewed as a whole the videos should give a fairly accurate insight into the demands that a tight short track can make on both car and driver.



L to R: Legendary Bob Hallums, Matt Brice, Chief Engineer John Secchi and Steve Carter who deputised for the unavoidably absent Chris Musto.

Here's the track, shot as I was setting up the tripod for one of the static camera video shoots.



The Gladiators all lined up and ready for battle.



A WHOLE lotta Thingies goin' on!



Today I'm having a break from slot cars but the post mortems on the damaged cars will start tomorrow morning. Expect photos and more precise details to follow.
Regards,

[tonyp]

Nice track. Is that at someone's home or is it inaclub house?

[Lowrider]

It's in the palatial headquarters of the North London Society of Model Engineers, Old Bean.
Stop by and play with us any old time you like.