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[MSwiss]

Greg,
Sorry, I couldn't leave that great straight line just sit there.

But seriously, of course Rick is a great racer.

So are Ron, Matt, Jay, Chris, Ed, Cap, Howie, Tom, etc., etc.

No one is winning big Retro races that isn't real, real good.

That said, coincidentally, the best finish at a major race by someone who wasn't very good at all, was with Z-Rail F1 car #001.

[Greg VanPeenen]

I understand you were primed and I lit the fuse .

Lots of great racers in Retro that's for sure. I don't to know who the wasn't very good racer was, Let me think was it me . No I never ran that car. Best let sleeping dogs lay.

Greg

[MSwiss]

Coincidentally, his first name was (and still is) Greg and originally hails from Michigan.

Here you go, from Sano 4, ever hear of him?

A Main
laps - fast time
1. Ron Hershman - 284 laps - 4.824 secs
2. Jay Kisling - 283 - 4.800
3. Matt Bruce - 281 - 4.866
4. Terry Watson - 280 - 4.902
5. Mike Iles - 272 - 4.878
6. Greg Wagensomer - 270 - 4.915
7. Ralph Thorne - 269 - 4.886
8. Guillermo Suar - 259 - 4.942

TQ - Jay Kisling - 4.685 secs


I race directed and watched as he managed to not get passed, the whole heat, by the race winner,Ron, while they both were on the middle lanes.

He was an ex-Speedworld, GTP/ Wing racer, that had just gotten back into slots about 6 months earlier.

He is a great guitar player, but will be the first to admit, not a very good, non-downforce, slot car driver.

Before that Sano, he tried to put #001, both through my window, and wrap it around the conduit, hanging down
beyond the Deadman wall.

[Cap Henry]

I have the pan's figured out, I'm using a metric strip that measure's .236 wide and .040" thick

Rick, where did you get the metric strip from?

[MSwiss]

Cap,
K & S has aMetric line now.
I'm thinking the .040" Rick M has is their 1 MM x 6MM.

I'll post the sheet here, later on, when I get to the shop.

You'll have to whip out the calculator on your phone to decipher it,
but if you find something, I'll pick it up at K & S, when I take a trip to my Aunt's house.

[MSwiss]

Or go here;
http://www.ksmetals.com/retail.html
and go all the way to the bottom of the page and click on
Metric Rack 9800 Information .

[Cap Henry]

If you could pick up 3 strips of the 1 mm X 6 mm that would be great Mike! Just let me know

[MSwiss]

300 ft.,got it. Will do.

And I'll get some extra for stock. Lol

[Cap Henry]

I dont think I could use 300 ft of brass in 5 years! LOL

[MSwiss]

Then we'll get you 3 pcs.

[Rick]

1mm is about .040 thick, 6mm is .236. Or Cap you could just order my narrow F1 pans which are .050 thick and .235 wide with bend ups for pin tubes, tapered in the front and narrowwed in the rear for tires. DONE! Mucho easier...............

[Cap Henry]

I already have cars built with brass strip pans so I'd like to match the body locations to those.

[ejgehrken]

Where can I find examples of Z-Rail Can-Am chassises?

[MSwiss]

Go here:
http://slotblog.net/...10-sano-v-pics/

IIRC, Sano Dave Fiedler ran one in Can-Am Flat track, Ray Price ran one in both Can-Am Flat & King,
and I ran one in Can-Am King.

[MSwiss]

Eric,
Here's some prototype pics of the the back pc. I will be coming out with shortly, to make building
a Can-Am Z-rail chassis based on the X25R, fairly easy.

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[MSwiss]

To go along with Rick Davis's win at the ROC in July with a Z-rail F1 , I just noticed along with TQ, 4 out of the top 7 ran Z-rail F1's
at the Retro Summit this past Saturday. ( including the B and C Main winners )

[MSwiss]

If you could pick up 3 strips of the 1 mm X 6 mm that would be great Mike! Just let me know

Was in the the city today and picked up the brass strip.

And the 4 piece breast & wing from El Pollo Loco.

BTW, it's a $1.25 a pc.

[MSwiss]

For the brass.

[Cap Henry]

I could really go for some Chicken... LOL

Thanks Mike!

[MSwiss]

I only mentioned it because it's the only El Pollo Loco that appears to have survived in the Chicago area.

And my wife had gotten addicted to the flan at the 2005 Buena Park Nat's and our 2008 honeymoon out that way. LOL