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[Jairus]

I love it when someone knows what they are doing!

[Pablo]

Swiss works very, very hard and is very, very dedicated to what he does.

[Mr. Frank]

Mike; How long are the races going to be??

[MSwiss]

Eight 3 minute heats.

[Bill from NH]

I crack a one liner and many get defensive and then a thread drift ensues, as a new "blogger" I am starting to see how this goes.

Please consider this an apology to those who are easily offended and those that only came to this thread to read about The Challenge.

Although I only know a few dozen words, Spanish is a beautiful language and intend to learn more of it with the Rosetta Stone disc that that I have.

Bob, I wasn't getting defensive at your one liner. But with you being newer than me, I was trying to give out some info on my buddy Pablo, who I've known since before Slotblog existed. No apologies needed or expected. I probably know a dozen of the same Spanish words you know, but I didn't learn mine from Rosetta Stone. Speaking of which, the Rosetta Stone discs are great. We've had their French program on a Win 98 computer close to ten years.

[Jairus]

Eight 3 minute heats.

Or four 8 minute heats for a four lane track...

[MSwiss]

Good news.

Cars look like they are on schedule.
From latest tracking info:

May 26, 2011 6:45 PM
Departed FedEx location
CHICAGO, IL

[Pablo]

A test car has been sent to Spain to ensure our type of tires will work on their track.

[Gator Bob]

Or four 8 minute heats for a four lane track...

Any 16v battery two lane tracks on the schedule? do the math

[Gator Bob]

A test car has been sent to Spain to ensure our type of tires will work on their track.

please translate...

[The Bugman]

Or four 8 minute heats for a four lane track...

how about 6-minute heats,so it turns out the same time (24minutes) for all the tracks,with 4 & 8-lanes,,
a 24 minute race is going to be wayyyy sufficient for these cars,and then 9 or 10 races,,,lotta minutes on them MOTORS/ARMS,

[HarV Wallbanger III]

I thought the heats were 2 mins. last year??? This is going to be a test..... Maybe I should get my Smoke Award out ...... (I'll probably need it!)

[MSwiss]

There was no set time last year.

I ran 8-2 minute heats last year.

The winner of the the track after me winning total was a little over 50 laps
so at 6.3 -7.3 sec a lap, they must of run about 6 minutes total (on an 8 lane track.

The power on my flat track is as mild as can be.
12.02V on 34 amps with 14 gauge taps.
Falcon 7's run 10-15 races before they run out of brushes.

[HarV Wallbanger III]

Just fun'in ya Mike!

[MSwiss]

No problemo.

I think with guys running all different cars, that last/3rd minute of the heat,
they should be all settled in and putting in the "hot" times.

[Jairus]

I thought the heats were 2 mins. last year???

Barney, last year each track director was in charge of the race so they each did it slighty different. About the only thing we ever specified was that the drivers rotate through the cars so there would be no favoritism. This year the only rule we added was keeping the power down to save the motors. Length of race is up to the track directors discretion.

This year I am also keeping track of the track length too, so with a little math one can figure out the total miles your car went (around the world)!

Long weekend... what is everyone doing besides waiting on race results?
Jairus is: Painting bodies, working on the 2-motor '55 chevy, drawing on two new t-shirt projects and listing stuff on ebay.

Go build something.

[Gator Bob]

Good news.

Cars look like they are on schedule.
From latest tracking info:

May 26, 2011 6:45 PM
Departed FedEx location
CHICAGO, IL

Good choice using FedEx.
I have used them and they know how to ship cars and coffee machines too.

Yes, this IS the Real one. 239.xx mph 962 beater.

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[MSwiss]

Both boxes just got here in terrific shape.

[Jairus]

[Gator Bob]

bump?
Is Today the Day?

[Jairus]

Mike has not announced the date yet. He said it might be today if they can get the drivers schedules together. But mostlikely Monday or Tuesday.

[MSwiss]

No,it is not.With my regular Saturday night racing,it would be too much to do today. I did run the cars around last night for a little bit and I'll report my findings a bit later.

[MSwiss]

I'll talk to my racers again tonight but I'm shooting for Wednesday or Thursday night.Tuesday night is out due to a series race at Mid-America.

[Gator Bob]

Thank you for this update and look forward to any and all in the future.

[HarV Wallbanger III]

UPDATE:

Astro X-2 - 80
MantaRay – 70

SIX-T - 70
Oscar Da Grouch - 60
Future King - 60
Dynogram - 60
Titanic - 60
Bud Car - 55
Derriere - 50
EDOTRON -45
Aculeus - 45
Scorpion - 40
REM Raceway - 35
Needle - 35
MabuRacha - 30
Roadkill - 25
MabuRacha - 30
Orange Crate - 25
Streamliner Cuc - 20
Rocket 88 - 20
ReplaTron - 20
Miss K - 20
Mini B - 20
H Power - 0
Blacklight - 0
Dyna-Rigg- 0