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[DGRacer]

Mason Dixon Retro Pro will be again racing along with the local scale event at The Track , Gaithersburg Md.

Scale races are Group ten NASCAR , and Sports cars.

Last time we had 4 racers ,and record lap times. I hope to see more this race. It's a hoot.

[scaleuser]

My calendar is marked. My flexys are peaked and tweeked. Hopefully I'll have something for you Retro Pros.

[George Blaha]

Hey Dale,

I can't get off from work this Saturday Feb 16. I will try to hook up again with you on March 16 at SpeedZone. I had a great time last Oct 13. I will be using a new inline Retro Pro car and maybe it won't burn up! 

[DGRacer]

I saw that chassis, looks interesting .

[DGRacer]

Just soldered the motor in, ready to go. Will someone turn 400 laps? Very possible !

[scaleuser]

I'm still on track to be there for all three classes. At least two other Richmond guys are comming for nascar and GTs. 

[DGRacer]

George, how are you going to get to that 5.5 gear ratio. The biggest inline crown gear you will be able to use is a 30. Is a 6 pinion available ?

[George Blaha]

Dale,

I have a 6 tooth angle pinion and running it to a 29 crown and it runs cooler in the inline. At the Speedzone warmup race with anglewinder I ran 8 to 39  but it just got hotter and hotter til it cooked (smelled epoxy bad).  Chubby and Kenny ran similar chassis with 8 to 44/45 but still real hot after 5 heats. Tried the inline motor geared 8 to 44 in the sidewinder chassis and it gets real hot in 5 heats.  I know angle/sidewinder drives are more efficient but it develops alot of heat in the original sidewinder I made. I may open up the rear of the body to test if its air flow past the motor that is the nasty. Thanks for the response, George

[George Blaha]

Dale, Good luck Saturday! You have to finish to win it. Sometimes I need to slow down to go faster. George