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[HarV Wallbanger III]

Cool beans guys! Thank you for the support.
Barney, can you tell me again where I can purchase the timing triggers and software again? Someone I can trust this time...

PM sent Jairus

[slotbaker]

I just had a chat with Steve C about the race, and it was postponed one day so will be run tonight (Wednesday).
Steve C will post the results as soon as he sorts it all out.

[Gator Bob]

Thanks Steve K, did he say how it will be run, heat lengths, etc.?

[slotbaker]

No Bob. I didn't ask too much as I had a bad connection to his mobile phone.

I'm sure Steve will give us all of the info pretty soon.

[Jairus]

He had better hurry. I have been wearing my 'Dynamic' t-shirt for two days now and even I can't stand it anymore...

[Pablo]

Sweat in Oregon ? No way.

[Jairus]

I work hard.

[One_Track_Mind]

Hey JHW,
the wearing of the t- shirt only works for Lowrider!

You can take it off and wash it good buddy!

[Jairus]

Well, I have to take it off now!
Heard from Steve Corneille and his message is as follows:

By now I guess you're all getting a bit hungry for news of the Melbourne round. Let me feed that hunger with a rice cracker. The side of ribs will come later.



Just to recap, the Melbourne round was originally planned to run on Tuesday, August 16th, and then quickly moved to Wednesday the 17th as it clashed with a 1/32 scale night at the raceway. I wanted to be very selective with the drivers so i sent out personal invites and got a suitable cohort arranged, but because a number of people had something else on that night I couldn't get any reserves. The inevitable happened: on the day someone had to pull out and I was forced to ring up and postpone when I couldn't find a suitable replacement. Wouldn't you know it, after I'd already cancelled one of the original invitees who declined called to say they had a change of plans and was there any chance they could come along and drive? !!! Too late.



So you'll all have to be patient a little while longer. The race will now run on Tuesday, August 23rd. I switched from a Wednesday back to a Tuesday as more people are available so I've got plenty of reserves now. - Steve C.

Patience guys. This is nothing compared to some of the other waits we have had in the past. The message was sent about midnight here on the west coast. I would have posted this earlier but was already in dream land. And now... it's just after Midnight in Melbourne. Steve works hard for his living so chances to race are difficult. We will now wash our shirts and wear them next Monday night.

P.S. The second run of t-shirts are at the printer. Not heard if they have been printed yet. Hoping to get them out in the mail next week.

[MantaRay]

What is going on with the race? Inquisitive minds want to know?

[Jairus]

Results were posted a while ago on Slot Forum but... not here unfortunately. I just checked... here is a link (scroll down). Tomorrow I will get an official post up after discussing the results with the track director.

[MantaRay]

I think these are the results..................

rank total laps owner
1 232.4 Edo Bertoglio
2 231.8 Rob Hansen
3 226 Bob Steere
4 224 Al Bond
5 222.6 Steve Kempson
6 222.1 Phil Smith
7 219 Gary Vogeler
8 218 Mike Zimmerman
9 216 John Austin
10 213 Jairus Watson
11 210 Kathryn Bartlett
12 209 Steve King
13 204 Dominic Zimmerman
14 203 Ray Fellows
15 202 Ralph Close
16 199 Paul Wolcott
17 196 Joe Lupo
18 194 Brian McPherson
19 193 Ray Price
20 192 Bob Israelite
21 189 Jens Graf
22 185.9 John Dilworth
23 179.9 John Havlicek
24 179.6 Oscar Morales
25 176.9 Don Siegal
26 176.7 Barney Poymor

[slotbaker]

Looks like Barney's new tires didn't work too well.

[Jairus]

Actually, my car from last season didn't do well on that track either because of the tires.

[Gator Bob]

Wow, that shakes things up a bit. What happened? ....some really good cars way in the back

[Jairus]

Smaller track and tighter corners Bob. One reason I wanted an equal number of short tracks and long tracks. Great to see Joe Lupo doing so well along with Edo and Phil Smith.

[slotbaker]

The track surface is unlike most of the other tracks.
It is painted with Dulux Ferrodor which has a surface similar to 600 grit wet/dry paper.
Also looks a bit like blackboard paint.

Ferrodor is the paint that our Sydney Harbour Bridge is painted with, and is a common surface down here on home tracks, and some commercial tracks.

[Mopar Rob]

For those like me who want to know where they stand overall


Car - Bonus Points - Race Points - Total Points


6T 70-56-126
Manta Ray 70-54-124
Scorpion 40-84-124
Dynogram 60-57-117
EdoTron 45-69-114
Future King 70-41-111
Oscar Da Grouch 60-46-106
Dyna Astro X2 80-24-104
Repli Dyna Slider 20-84-104
Miss K 20-81-101
Wave Maker XX-99-99
Orange Crate 25-73-98
Aculeus 45-49-94
Streamliner Cuc 20-72-92
Blacklight XX-92-92
Le Derriere 50-41-91
Road Kill 25-66-91
Bud 55-30-85
REM Raceway 35-47-82
Rocket 88 35-47-82
Titanic 60-19-79
Mubachi Racha 30-31-61
Mini-B 20-37-57
Needle 35-21-56
H-Power Q-Tip XX-55-55
Dyna-Rigg XX-24-24


Please check your points, I'm not sure if some cars bonus points have changed?

[HarV Wallbanger III]

I guess it needs to get sent home? It was not just tires that made it come in dead last!

[Mopar Rob]

Barn:

It sucks, but I can empathise with your finish. At least a 1 averages better than a Zero.

[HarV Wallbanger III]

Did the Zip Grip get lost that was in the box? Something called "shellite" was used not the Zip Grip.... I do not know why cars that were loose here at BPR had better tires than on my car when it was stuck at BPR??? Oh well send it home and I'll pay the expense please.

[slotbaker]

I guess it needs to get sent home? It was not tires that made it come in dead last!

I'm sure ther is nothing wrong with the car, it was going well in Sydney.

Did the Zip Grip get lost that was in the box? Something called "shellite" was used not the Zip Grip.... I do not know why cars that were loose here at BPR had better tires than on my car when it was stuck at BPR??? Oh well send it home and I'll pay the expense please.

No, the Zip Grip didn't get lost, I put some on the fresh tyres to condition them a bit, before I posted the cars.
Some track owners here don't like the use of tyre additives, and only clean the tyres to remove any build up of junk/dirt.

Shellite is like lighter fluid. It removes oil/dirt, and dries completely, so if the tyres are prone to slip, then they certainly will after cleaning with Shellite.

With the hot-ish motor in Orange Crate, I can well imagine it overpowering the track.

[HarV Wallbanger III]

I came in last so as Jairus said if so it can be fixed. How many tracks in the series will not clean the tires with zip grip?
I was under the impression since Jairus stated the tires will be cleaned with Zip Grip that is what would happen. Please ask Steve that it and my spares be sent home and I'll pay the $.

[Gator Bob]

Rob,
Please ad 1 race point to Dyn-Astro X2 for a total of 25.
Thanks Bob

Points per event:
2 Chicago
8 BPR
8 Sidney
7 Melbourne

[HarV Wallbanger III]

"With the hot-ish motor in Orange Crate, I can well imagine it overpowering the track."

Steve, it chunked a tire at your track and maybe needs some TLC after this race as well so I want to check it out and see if I need to run Natural rubber for the rest of the series. Is there any other tracks in this series that will not allow tire treatment??? If so I will have to use natural rubber to get more bite.....
Thanks