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[DOCinCanton]

I did some practicing tonight at Holly Hill. The track is in excellent condition, and is very fast. I hope that we have a good turn-out on Saturday.
 
Track opens at 8 AM Saturday morning.
 
The Race Place
1105 Cave Ave
Holly Hill, FL 32117
(386) 295-1371

[Jay Guard]

Hey Doc:
 
What tires seemed to be working? Also, what gear ratios were you using for the various classes. I'm "in town" and planning to make the race but I'm not going to have any time to test so I was hoping you could give me a tip or two (or ten) for the My Series classes.
 
Thanks!

[Danny Zona]

NASCAR will be run on the tri-oval. So try to set-up the lightest chassis you have. I'm running a .030" middle with aluminum pan. Put a 14 pinion on a Retro Hawk and a 35 spur. That is if your tire size is around .720-.730"ish. Use a treated big hub tire. JK or Kelly Retro. Kelly Retro is a hair faster and I'm not saying that because I'm a Kelly racer. Just a fact. LOL.

GT1 I would recommend JK med hub treated tire. Gear the car 13/36. Use the short .9mm middle with .025 pans.

GTP use the same chassis as GT1. If you're using big dog arm gear it 10/35 . S16D gear it 11/35. I'm using med hub Kelly Retros. If i was gonna use JK tire I would recommend med hub treated. O/S Bentley is fastest body.

Also make sure you set the front of the chassis clear at .050". It's a clearance rule only at Holly Hill because of the crossovers.

[dalek]

Also make sure you set the front of the chassis clear at .050". It's a clearance rule only at Holly Hill because of the crossovers.

 

Danny,

 

That .050 clearance is checked on a flat tech block insn't it?

 

If you were to set your chassis clearance at .015 when the guide was in the .035 recess, then you would have the .050 needed for tech, right?

 

BTW, I've only raced at Holly Hill a couple of times and don't remember the braid depth.  Is it .035?

[Danny Zona]

I'm not 100% sure on the braid depth. I never check any tracks I race.

The .050 clearance will be checked on a flat block.

The numbers add up on your .015 clearance with .035 recess. But I would check it on a flat block to be safe. Strange things happen in slot cars mathematics sometimes. Lols...

[DOCinCanton]

A car setup for Melbourne or Jacksonville will have the required 050 clearance in the front (at least that is my experience). I want to point out that the clearance rule includes the body and the chassis, not just the chassis. 

Also, MySeries has bumper rules. For example, the 4" NASCAR bodies must have 1/8" bumpers front and rear. For LMP, the bumper rule is 1/16" front and 1/4" in the rear.

[Danny Zona]

According to the My Series rules there is only an .050" clearance required at Holly Hill.

[DOCinCanton]

Danny, what I mean is that a car setup for Melbourne or Jax taking into account the .035" braid depth and 15 thou clearance will tech on a flat tech block at or above 50 thou which is required for Holly Hill.

[Danny Zona]

Gotcha, Doc.

[Jay Guard]

Thanks guys, great info!

 

Unfortunately due to some unavoidable circumstances I'n NOT going to be able to make the Holly Hill My Series race.  I was really looking forward to it but some things just came up and it's just not going to be possible.  However I'm definitely going to the Jacksonville GRRR and My Series races coming up in May. 

[DOCinCanton]

Jay, sorry that you could not make it. Two weeks from today we have the GRRR event at Jax. Then one week after that, its the MySeries event at Jax. I got to turn a lot of cars around for Jax.