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Started by MSwiss , Jan 17 2013 10:21 PM

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Posted 19 November 2013 - 09:52 PM

WTG Pablo !!!! :victory:


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Posted 19 November 2013 - 10:17 PM

Hey...you Juan, Pablo! :)

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Posted 19 November 2013 - 10:24 PM

Well done Pablo, Ray, Dave, and Bob. :)

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Posted 19 November 2013 - 11:27 PM

Steve King won the King race by 2/3 lap over Pablo, both with 132.

Bob Israelite was 3rd with 131.

 

Race sheets will be posted shortly.


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Posted 19 November 2013 - 11:33 PM

Great run Steve,  :victory:

 ... Mike's track had your name on it. :huh:

 

Pablo overall too !!  :victory:  :victory:


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Posted 20 November 2013 - 12:21 AM

Wow... I'm pretty happy with that.
Well done again Pablo, Ray and Dave.

Obviously a very close race with spec cars.
Way to go.... :)

Thanks to Mike, all the drivers and helpers for running the event.

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Posted 20 November 2013 - 12:56 AM

The overall standings are on the bottom sheet.

 

More tomorrow.

 

I'm beat.

 

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Posted 20 November 2013 - 02:24 AM

Thanks Mike :)  That was fun to watch :D

Have any of the cars lost, bent, or broke any body parts yet, like knockoffs or exhausts ?

Lots of crashing going on in the King race  :shok:  :D


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Posted 20 November 2013 - 07:57 AM

Grats to Pablo and Steve for the wins! Grats to the other pod-people! Grats to all entrants! Grats to Mike, the drivers and anyone else who made the proxy race possible!


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Posted 20 November 2013 - 02:23 PM

Thanks to ALL of the Drivers and Marshalls that made this Proxy Race a success. Congratulations to Pablo on the Flat Track and Steve King on the King for your wins.................Most of all Congratulations to Pablo for the Overall Win. His was the best of the Lightweight Cars. The "Rear Steer" Chassis worked well on Both Tracks.

I'm sure Mike will post some additional pics later. :victory:


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Posted 20 November 2013 - 03:14 PM

Race was a fun time. Pretty sure all the cars survived intact. Some were quite a handful on the King but everyone handled them well. Congrats to Pablo :good:


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Posted 20 November 2013 - 03:36 PM

Congrats on a very cool event!


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Posted 20 November 2013 - 04:59 PM

Congratulations Pablo and Steve and Pablo again for the overall win  :good:

 

Great event I hope that the drivers had fun and I would like to thank them and Mike for making it all happen.

 

I am not totally sure how those papers work but it seems I am last or second last.
All good for me it was more for the participating and wanting to test idea's.
I noticed my car was a handful and I hope I can get some constructive criticism on where I wen't wrong and what if any worked for my build.

 

The more the better this way I can learn for the next build.


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Posted 20 November 2013 - 06:19 PM

It was a great time. I'm particularly happy that so many jumped on this train. I always

thought I was a little weird in that I had an interest in the early open wheeled Indy and Sprint

cars. But all the entrants and the volunteer drivers made this the fun event I hoped it could be.


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Posted 20 November 2013 - 06:57 PM

Wednesday is my regular race night.

 

I'm not sure if I'll get more info up tonight.


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Posted 20 November 2013 - 07:39 PM

That was FUN !!!. :D

Thank You everyone  ..Of course ... you ALL made it into a happening. :dance3:

 

Pablo kills the field .. WTG :victory:

King comes a long way to beat up on a Fast US King :treaten:

Shout out to Ray for super low 6.444 TQ and the great job finishing and keeping cars on the track. :clapping:

 

The result was more than expected ... a Big thanks to all you guys for the inspiration to build a chassis that "worked" in the race. :good:

 

"The orange #9 Kurtis bodied, tonyp team tribute car had sump-in for-um today"  "them boys got five 17s out of her" :mosking:


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Posted 21 November 2013 - 08:29 AM

Good job by all. It was fun building the kit and maybe tere will be more races like this to come.
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Posted 21 November 2013 - 10:18 AM

:shok:  :crazy:  :wacko2:  :laugh2:  :good: 


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Posted 21 November 2013 - 10:53 AM

I think Ray had the best race lap as well, his car was real nice to drive. It lost some speed during the King Track race, but Gambo bounced it off the wall and the car came alive again! The Pablo car was great on the flat track considering how light it was. The Israelite and Crevie cars were also very good.

 

I don't understand this from the builder side, but the driving was fun.

 

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Posted 21 November 2013 - 11:26 AM

Wow ... Good Job .... All the cars survived the King.

I thought for sure there would be some bent badly front axles at best.


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Posted 21 November 2013 - 11:46 AM

Thanks again to all make this happen!!

 

One question to you experienced drivers and builders: what made # 17 so slow? :pardon: 


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Posted 21 November 2013 - 12:10 PM

Jens, unlike Mike I cannot remember the cars by owners name, but was your the Blue car with the red detail around the grill opening. Is so I think the car was unpredictable, sometime at was loose, sometime it was tight, you could not get a rhythm going. 
 
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Posted 21 November 2013 - 12:28 PM

Jens, don't forget the cars were races as delivered. No changes were made, I don't think any of the cars were really bad, 20 mins in the hands of a local racer and the field would have been a lot closer. Ray and Crevie had a major home track advantage, so it's even more amazing that to out of town cars were 1st and 2nd.

 

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Posted 21 November 2013 - 12:54 PM

Graham,

 

seems to be a typical car for me as a lawyer!

 

:laugh2:  :D  :sarcastic_hand:  :dance3:  :victory:  :good: 


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Posted 21 November 2013 - 12:55 PM

George, the driver impressions are important feedback .. Thanks. :good:

 

Jens, Mike got your car down to 6.95 on the King. So the car was not that slow ... just not easy to drive. If you had fun and learned something it's all good. Glad you had decided to join in....  

 

BTW: didn't you beat me in the last proxy at Mike's ?  :shok:  :laugh2:  :victory:


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