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[Pablo]

Thanks Steve, very professionally done and we appreciate it

[Jairus]

Looks like I finally got "Team Lo Bucks" running better.  I knew the guide tongue was angled wrong!  Should be good for the rest of the series, but, too little too late to effect our position much.

 

Thank you to Steve King and all the drivers for their hard work.



By the way, I met with most of the drivers from round 10 and 11 last night at dinner.  They are still talking about how much fun it was running the races here in Salem Oregon. Anyone wanting to organize and participate the NEXT proxy... please put down Salem Oregon as a track willing to host a round (or two)!

[Lowrider]

You're ON, Mr W!

Thanks to Steve King, the pilots and the ground crew at the Sydney Society of Model Engineers for hold in a great round in this series.

Congratulations to John Dilworth on his long postponed win!

Series points after 12 rounds:

P1: 232 + 24 = 256 points - Team Lowrider (no change)
P2: 222 + 15 = 237 points - Mike Zimmerman (nc)
P3: 214 + 22 = 236 points - Team Weldon/Walker (nc)
P4: 201 + 18 = 219 points - Pablo Wolcott (nc)
P5: 187 + 23 = 210 points - Team WSC (+2)
P6: 185 + 20 = 205 points - Team REM (+2)
P7: 195 + 9 = 204 points - Andy Brown-Searle (-2)
P8=: 188 + 12 = 200 points - Team SSME (-2)
P8=: 179 + 21 = 200 points - Rod Morrison (+3)
P10=: 183 + 16 = 199 points - Jaak BK (-1)
P10=: 180 + 19 = 199 points - Team Evil Minnows (nc)
P12: 163 + 17 = 180 points - Team Lo Bucks (nc)
P13: 162 + 13 = 175 points - Ray Fellows (nc)
P14: 158 + 11 = 169 points - Team Last Minute Men (nc)
P15: 158 + 7 = 165 points - Tony Davey (-1)
P16: 134 + 25 = 159 points - John Dilworth (+2)
P17: 146 + 10 = 156 points - Ben Kernan (-1)
P18: 143 + 8 = 151 points - Al Bond (-1)
P19: 116 + 14 = 130 points - Jim Struckel (nc)
P20: 101 + 6 = 107 points - Gary Vogeler (nc)

In the Choti Challenge:

P1=: 80 + 6 = 86 points - Jaak BK (nc)
P1=: 78 + 8 = 86 points - Pablo Wolcott (+1)
P3: 75 + 10 = 85 points - Rod Morrison (nc)
P4: 68 + 9 = 77 points - Team REM (nc)
P5: 66 + 7 = 73 points - Team Lo Bucks (nc)
P6: 66 + 5 = 71 points - Team Last Minute Men (-1)
P7: 65 + 4 = 69 points - Ben Kernan (nc)
P8: 14 + 3 = 17 points - Al Bond (nc)

Onwards to Wellington!

Regards,

[Jaak]

oh snap things are really getting tight.
 

From my perspective place nr 10 up to 4th place are all one win away.

And in the Choti challenge it is really really close with the top 3 with 1 point difference    

[slotbaker]

This is a consolidation of all 3 heats.

Sorry about the reduced image size.
To see it more clearly, zoom in by holding the "Ctrl" key then "+" or "-" keys to adjust size.

Red lane is the toughest lane to get a good time on, and Yellow is usually the quickest.
We had our most experienced driver Ric on red, and Jimmy (who hasn't done much racing on our track in recent times) on Yellow.

I asked the drivers to nominate their favourite car from each heat.


A couple of minor adjustments to a couple of cars tonight, then posted off to NZ tomorrow.

[Jaak]

I see Ric has excellent taste 

[slotbaker]

Some photo's from the day.


Drivers, L to R - Mick, Jimmy, Gregg, Cam, Troy, Ric.


Cars for Heat 1


Cars for Heat 2


Cars for Heat 3


Checking out the times, and looking for the speed secrets.



Mick going back for more, with Troy and Darryl.


Cars after the round.

[Pablo]

They look really good after all they've been through !

[slotbaker]

Yeah, not too bad. There are a few chunks of body missing here and there, but as you say, pretty good for this end of the series.

[Lowrider]

It's all those careful drivers we've employed, Pablo.

Thanks for the great photos, Steve. November in the southern hemisphere looks ... nice.
Cars are due to go in the mail to New Zealand tomorrow last word that I had.

Regards,

[Pablo]

What kind of track is Wellington ? Just curious. In order to make podium I need to beat Steve - A - Roonie and I need a long track to do it

[Jairus]

Is this long enough for you Pablo?

Photo off their Facebook site.

[Pablo]

  Beautiful track !!! Wow !!

 

But, what I meant was, long straights   Steve will kill me on that track, as most of it looks like short bursts of acceleration and cornering speed. Am I right ?

 

That is the most awesome track I've ever seen !

How many turn marshalls does it need to run a race ???

[slotbaker]

I'm putting my money on Mr Dilworth...

[Jaak]

Are you saying John can marshal that alone?..a man of many talents I say.

[slotbaker]

I'm putting my money on Mr Dilworth...

to win the race.....

[Jairus]

Allright Steve..... what did you do to his car?

[slotbaker]

 Narrrthing....

 

Just that it was the outstanding performer on our track. Equally as fast as any in the field, plus went round corners incredibly well.

 

And seeing as there are so many corners in the Wellington track, I'm thinking it will have an advantage.

[Jairus]

It seemed to like our tracks too. Especially the long one in Albany.  John needs the points anyway...

[macman]

A technical track indeed... I would hate to have to learn to drive that... it would take me 3 years, & there would still be half a dozen locals who were faster than me... Quite happy driving on this...

 

[Zippity]

Paul - 7 marshals is a great starting point  

 

Hopefully we will be racing your cars this Thursday evening.

[slotbaker]

The cars have arrived in NZ.

[Zippity]

Follow progress on the WSCC Facebook page - click here courtesy of Allan Tucker - Club President

[Lowrider]

Excellent news. Thanks for letting us know, Ron. Regards,

[Zippity]

What a fun race/series.

 

Those cars sure are heaps of fun to drive

 

Thanks for the opportunity.