Unbelieveably fast, as this video of the Unlimited Final Main at the HOPRA Nats in 2012 will prove. Sounds like a large swarm of very angry bees...
Alchemist posted a video here back in February 2011 showing some fast HO cars, but nothing like this!
Just how fast are Unlimited class HO cars?
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, Aug 13 2014 08:08 AM
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Posted 13 August 2014 - 08:08 AM
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Posted 13 August 2014 - 11:11 AM
Magnet cars?
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Posted 13 August 2014 - 11:13 AM
Without a doubt!
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Posted 13 August 2014 - 11:33 AM
Way harder to follow than a G7 car. It was a humbling experience to drive them even when I had better reaction times and vision.
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Posted 13 August 2014 - 11:33 AM
Scratchbuilt is allowed. I wonder if all the A Main cars are scratchbuilt?
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Posted 13 August 2014 - 08:06 PM
It depends on your definition of 'scratchbuilt'.
1st - Rick DeRosa - Thor
2nd - Chris Rondinella - Thor
3rd Matt Handy - Cheetah
4th Bill Macy - P3
The Thor chassis is a very short run machined chassis by HOST, the Cheetah is a short run production by Slottech, and the P3 is a production chassis by Wizzard.
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Posted 14 August 2014 - 12:59 PM
Some pictures of Bob Dame's unlimited winning car at this years Nats, now that is scratchbuilt!
Gravity cars are a lot easier to build.
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Gravity cars are a lot easier to build.
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Posted 14 August 2014 - 02:50 PM
Sure not the HO cars I remember as a kid (50-55 years ago). Tried them a couple of times. More or less a waste of time at the time.
Things have changed. Might have to check into this. AWESOME!
Things have changed. Might have to check into this. AWESOME!
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Posted 14 August 2014 - 02:59 PM
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A well known Nats-level wing car racer in the Atlanta area, Kerry Champion, abandoned wing cars to race Unlimited HO cars some years ago. As far as I know, he's out of slot racing altogether now, but the fastest HO stuff grabbed him in a big way. I'm pretty sure he raced nationally in HO for a while after he left the 1/24 scene.
A well known Nats-level wing car racer in the Atlanta area, Kerry Champion, abandoned wing cars to race Unlimited HO cars some years ago. As far as I know, he's out of slot racing altogether now, but the fastest HO stuff grabbed him in a big way. I'm pretty sure he raced nationally in HO for a while after he left the 1/24 scene.
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Posted 14 August 2014 - 07:45 PM
Actually, they are easy to drive...
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Posted 14 August 2014 - 08:04 PM
A well known Nats-level wing car racer in the Atlanta area, Kerry Champion, abandoned wing cars to race Unlimited HO cars some years ago. As far as I know, he's out of slot racing altogether now, but the fastest HO stuff grabbed him in a big way. I'm pretty sure he raced nationally in HO for a while after he left the 1/24 scene.
Kerry getting grabbed in a big way?
Surely you jest.
If tonight,he decided to get in involved in competitive nose picking, on Saturday morning by 9 AM, the would be parked in front of the best manicurist in a three-hour radius of Atlanta.
"Hey Bubba". LOL.
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