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[Tom Thumb Hobbies]

The webcast can be found at;

www.tomthumbhobbies.com/LiveTiming

If you are not using the above link, be sure to use a capital "L" and a capital "T" or you will NOT find the page.

The stats page is always up and the camera will be on as often as possible during practice. We will start the camera for qualifying each day of racing and try and keep it up all day.

Unfortunately, even with more bandwidth from a new ISP, we are having problems with the connection to Ustream. It does NOT affect the stats display. We do not have a dedicated person monitoring the feed so there might be some brief outages with the picture. We will do our best.

[Cheater]

Mike,

Your camera placement this year is perfect...

[Tom Thumb Hobbies]

Thank you. I also changed encoders and it seems to have improved reliability. We will soon see...

[Dave Reed]

Track looks great and the picture and sound are just perfect!

[Indiana Outlaw]

Black surface makes for a better contrast - easier to see the cars and follow than gray surfaces.

[TSR]

I see How-Wee walking by. Be afraid, be very afraid...

[Tom Eatherly]

The feed seems to be spot on; very good coverage.

Curious; what motors are you guys (and gals) running? Track voltage?

I agree with Doug, the black surface is really nice.

[Cheater]

Tom,

This race is being run using IRRA™ rules.

The IRRA™ was formed in October, 2007, to publish and maintain a national ruleset for Retro racing. It was meant to be a common "standard" for Retro racing, promulgated by a five member Board of Directors.

You'll learn a lot about the organization by taking a take a look at the IRRA™ WEBSITE.

[Tom Eatherly]

Roger that, Greg. Thanks!

[Tom Thumb Hobbies]

Most of what you watched on Thursday was, most likely, IRRA™ GT Coupe cars with a mix of Pro Slot PD and Falcon 7 motors. Racing for this class starts at 10:30 AM on Friday.

Thanks for watching and thanks for the compliment.

[Tom Eatherly]

Mike,

It's neat watching and listening to all the chatter. Gets me itching to race the Zimmerman event at BPR in two weeks. There will be some good racing that weekend also.

Good luck with your race this weekend.

[Cheater]

Tom,

You want to watch the Can-Am class on Sunday, if at all possible, as the level of competition in that class will be off the charts!

And Mike really doesn't need much luck, because over the last five years he's worked his tail off to make the R4 one of the top 1/24 slot racing events in the world IMHO.

[Hipsticker]

Awesome webcast, Mike...

The side-by-side lap deal is soooo sweet! Thanks for doing all that for us who could not be there.

Hip

[stoo23]

What absolutely Fantastic Entry Numbers for this event !!!

Wish we could generate that level of interest down here in OZ.

I was unaware this event was on, as I was racing Retro myself last night and then watched the Wing car race at Dallas as a local Sydney racer Cody Bramble was running.

Will Have to try and watch the CanAm race.

Great stuff,..