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[Metalflake King]

The Race Place celebrated its 50th year in business this past weekend !!! Big thanks to Jerry and Jacky Herbert for giving us a top notch place to race!!!

 

Check out more at http://www.raceplaceinfo.com/

 

 

 

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[Metalflake King]

Thank you Kurt and Jerry for sending pictures and results since I was unable to attend this weekends races.  Looks like I missed a good one too ! 

Here are this weeks results...

 

1  Joe Emm                   Pink Porsche

2  Andy Sr                     Lotus 30

3  Charlie Schlotfield     Red Porsche 917

4  Tyler D                      Ford grp 5

5  Chuck Malave           Orange Porsche 917

6  Kurt Mansfield           Purple Skyline

 

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[Metalflake King]

May 2016 marks one successful fun filled year of Hardbody racing at the Race Place.  Big thanks to everyone that comes out to race and has helped this class grow.  In hopes to better and further Hardbody racing there will be new rules put into effect May 1 2016.  Don't worry, the only change in the rules will be that the body is no longer restricted to 1985 and older model year.  The revised rules opens up body choice to any model year.  All other rules remain the same.

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[Metalflake King]

Congrats to Andy.  His Lotus 30 finally broke into the 6 second lap times.  Tyler and his Corvette took the win this week.  The track was nice and clean, giving the shorter wheelbase cars the edge. 

Here are this weeks results...

 

1  Tyler D                     Stingray Corvette

2  Andy Sr                    Lotus 30

3  Kurt Mansfield          Purple Skyline

4  Max Mohring            Olds 88

5  Chuck Malave          Porsche 917

6  Mike H                     Yoda Corvette

7  Tom Spellcheck       Plymouth

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[Metalflake King]

Sunday evening Hardbody racing always leaves smiles on our faces.  This Sunday the open model year body rule change went into effect.  Mike came with a new Corvette and Kurt his new red Nissan.  Some very close racing shows the progression in both driving and building across the field especially with such a variety of different body sizes and styles.

 

Here are this weeks results...

 

1  Tyler Donzella                   Stingray Corvette

2  Kurt Mansfield                   Nissan GReedy

3  Max Mohring                     Olds 88

4  Andy Sr                             Lotus 30

5  Glen Orban                       White Porsche

6  Chuck Malave                   Porsche 917

7  Mike Hastings                   Silver Corvette

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[sportblazer350]

close racing as seen in the 3rd-7th place finishers as we were within 2 laps of each other at race end. And now it seems that the 7.00 lap time is close to becoming the average speed. this is fun!

[Joe Mig]

That looks like an H&R chassis is that the only chassis you guys are using or could you use other ones as well?

[Metalflake King]

For this class rules only allow the H&R chassis.  It helps keep a level playing field and the racing close.

Here are a copy of our rules...

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[sportblazer350]

The H&R Racing chassis is a great platform to work with, and is easily used for all types of bodies, long, short, wide, and narrow. Lots of options for body mounting and tuning to race well. From out of the package to blueprinted, you can build a great running car.

[Metalflake King]

My apologies for the late posting...

Chuck Malave had a weekend of firsts.  Friday he won NASCAR "A" for the first time and Sunday he won Hardbody for the first time.  Good work Chuck!  I believe it was also his first time running a sub 6 second lap time in a Hardbody race.  We had a small turnout but the racing was great.  Top three finished within one lap of each other.

 

Here are this weeks results...

 

1  Chuck Malave           Porsche 917

2  Kurt Mansfield           Nissan GReedy

3  Max Mohring             Yellow Porsche 692

4  CJ Malave                 Orange Porsche 962

 

 

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[rvec]

Max,
Looks like some very close racing. I thought that the 917 would be a tough competitor. It is the quickest and best handling ride in my collection.
Rich

[Metalflake King]

It is definatly a fast car now that Chuck got all the bugs worked out.  Its low and light weight.  We have found that the short wheel base cars work best when the track is clean and lower grip.  When the track has more rubber and grip on it the longer wheelbase cars drive smother and the shorter cars hop around more.  So far the fastest lap in the class is held by a Porsche 962 bodied car in the low 6.7 second range. 

[crazyphysicsteacher]

And today is the return of the truck. I got a new motor and some chassis mode to go with it. I have some other mods too as I add sway bars to the cars to help tune out that tipping. Max, I think you will be surprised at some of the ideas. Just hope it works.

 

I also have some ideas on headlight systems. See you later unless you have a better offer.

[Metalflake King]

Unfortunately I missed this weekends race.  Thanks to Kurt and Jerry for the pics.

Here are this weeks results...
 

1  Tyler D.               Red ford Grp5

2  Glen Orban         Red Lotus 70

3  Kurt Mansfield     Nissan GReedy

4  Chuck Malave     Porsche 917

5  Chris Wendel      Ferrari 308

6  Mike Hastings     Jaguar XJ220

7  Alex Wendel        Petty Plymouth

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[rvec]

Mike's Car is a 1/24 Jaguar XJ220. This car is extremely wide and I have selected it as one of my True Scale GT1s shown below. The Jag body is very light and as a result, flimsy and subject to massive carnage. Below are a couple of images of the car. One before and after a shark bite. Fortunately a bit of plastic welder put humpty dumpty back together again.

[Metalflake King]

Thanks Rich!  That looks like a good handling body.  Too bad it cracked like that, its nicely done.

[rvec]

No probs. We can never get too attached to pristine rides - all are subject to carnage and as I said, the repair turned out well. The wreckage is hardly noticeable.

[sportblazer350]

well I finally raced my red Tamiya bodied Lola T70. This car was built to rules before this group started, but all I had to do was to change out the rear axle ball bearings to oilites. However the pinion gears I am using are horribly noisy, so all of my cars need new angled pinions so I can sneak by without anyone noticing! lol!! You can sure hear my cars coming! As I continue to unpack from moving I now have my power strip, power supply, and tire truer back up and operational. With car projects lined up, time to start building and painting again. Some will be built with the intention to race, some for fun- lots of vintage era hot rods, rat rods, trucks, and more! Yeah, this is fun    

 

 

 

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[Metalflake King]

Looking good Glen!  That car is fast.  I'm happy to have you racing with us again and look forward to seeing the new builds.

[sportblazer350]

me too Max, glad to be back. Notice this car broke into the high 6 second bracket in it's first race!

[crazyphysicsteacher]

Alright, I heard the grumbling. Alex has gotten too fast. He picked up about 30 laps from his last race. Time for that new body to be mounted on my special system. Glenn saw the system in the 308, it works but it broke at some point in the race, probably after blue because the car was slower after that lane.

I am also working on that Camaro of mine, longer wheelbase chassis that needs some swaybar tuning to help it tame the curves. It too may become a Pinatubo baby, but I need to test without the body first to see how much it helps.  Alex's and my long car will be dieting in the meantime to try and get faster. However, my controller is going in for some tuning and repairs so I will be out for a little while. Then we will be back and I may need to become the blocker as I think the boy may be faster.

[Metalflake King]

I have been traveling the last couple of weeks.  Its time to catch up.  Thank you Jerry for pics and results.

 

Results for June 5...

 

1  Kurt Mansfield 

2  Tyler Donzella

3  Chris Wendel

4  Mike Hastings

5  Andy Sr.

6  Glen Orban

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[Metalflake King]

Here are this weeks results...

 

1  Tyler Donzella

2  Andy Sr

3  Glen Orban

4  Kurt Mansfield

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[sportblazer350]

Good to ave you back racing Max. My son wants to join in for the fun! He has not raced slot cars with me for approx. 14 years, and this will be his first race on a "big track" and his first time racing a Hardbody car. Should be interesting.....

 

more projects coming together: Porsche 917, Audi R8,

[rvec]

Hey Glenn,

Many Dads, me included, have fond memories of slot car racing with our kids. During the 80s, I lived in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. I remember that every single Saturday we would pack up our gear and we would ride out to Slots of Fun in Dallas to race flexi cars. The owner, John (can't recall his last name) ran a fun program. He divided the group into to advanced and beginner for the races so that parents and kids of all levels could race. I think he had a Drag track as well and I recall building some pretty hot cars for the kids to play with.