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[slotbaker]

Congrats to Steve, Pablo, and Andy for the podium.

 

Nice line up of 50's sports cars.

 

Thanks to Lowrider, the drivers and helpers at North London SME for putting on the event.

[Jairus]

Okay, this has been a long time coming, but here are the entries currently in The Driftin' Fifties proxy race in no particular order.
18 total at this time.  As information comes in, I'll make changes. 
If you are a builder or want to help with identification or add details, please send me a private message and I will update.  That way we can keep this thread clean. 

#70 Old Yeller II by Steve King.
Weight: 135.6g

 

 

 

#97, AC "Ace" by Rose Devonshire. (Built by Steve Kempson and I suspect Rose is actually Kate who is from Devonshire.)
Weight: 120.5g

 

 

 

#1 Ferrari 857 Monza by Jairus Watson
Weight: 134.9g

 

[Jairus]

#15, Jaguar XK 120 by John Secchi (edited)
Weight: 139.7g

 

 

 

#26, Lister Jag by El Pinku (Ron Kiyomura)

Weight: 113.9g

 

 

 

 

#17, Maserati 450 by Steve Kempson.
Weight: 147g

 

 

[Jairus]

#10, Scarab by Dennis Samson.

Weight: 117.4g

 

 

 

#57, 1957 Ford Thunderbird by Tony Davey.

Weight: 116g

 

 

 

#12, Mercedes 300SLR by Graham Walker/Sam Stephen Weldon.
Weight: 117.7g

 

[Jairus]

#3, Maserati 450 by Paul (Pablo) Wolcott.
Weight: 111.2g

 

 

 

# 69, 1958 Chevrolet Corvette by Andrew Brown-Searle.
Weight: 132.6g

 

 

 

# 4, Ferrari 750 Monza by Greg Gilbert.

Weight: 120.8g

 

[Jairus]

# 5, 1957 Chevrolet Corvette by John Streisguth.
Weight: 140.2g

 

 

 

# 6, Lancia D24 by John Dilworth (Whom produced many of these bodies btw.).
Weight: 133.1g

 

 

 

# 31, Porsche spyder by Niels Elmholt Christensen.
Weight: 103.3g

 

[Jairus]

# 28, Lister Jaguar by El Misterioso Estadounidese (Actually the surprisingly prolific Sir Ron Kiyomura.).
Weight: 112.4g

 

 

 

# 18, Aston Martin DBR by Jesus De La Pena.

Weight: 105.5g

 

 

 

# 26, Lister Jaguar by Ron Kiyomura.
Weight: 111.8g

 

[Jairus]

Updated some information and added the weights for each entry.
Information provided by Sir Steve Kempson, the proxy director and heck of a nice guy.
 

[slotbaker]

this is a summary of the cars, entrants, and results from Round 1, North London SME.

 

 

I'll do a new one for each round, then overall results after the checkered flag falls.

[Jairus]

Thank you Steve, excellent concise outline of all entries to this point!  Thank you. 

[slotbaker]

Round 2 is on this weekend.

 

I've put a simple website together with Steve Kempson's blessing, as I thought it might be a good thing to get all the stuff in one place, to make it easier to find.

 

Check it out and let me know if you think there is anything that is wrong, and/or could look better.

Driftin Fifties Proxy Race, 2018

[Bill from NH]

Steve, I'm not participating, but  your website's format is good. There is a lot of good information in one place.

[MattD]

All outstanding builds.

[Jairus]

Results of the Second round that happened June 9 2018.
Thank you to Steve King for the brilliant layout.

[slotbaker]

Look at those Maseratis go.

 

Jairus posted the progressive laps total for the first 2 rounds.

 

These are the results for round 2'

 

Congrats to Steve Kempson, Pablo, and Greg Gilbert for the podium.

[Pablo]

Thank you. As always, I'm tickled pink with silver

[slotbaker]

Round 3 is over, the dust has settled, and here are the results.

 

 

A Ferrarai has split the Masers, but not by much.

 

Congrats to Steve (again) for the win, and to Greg and Pablo for getting on the other 2 podium steps.

 

The standing sheet after 3 rounds looks like this;

 

Next round is on Wednesday, 22nd August at the Highland Slot Car Club, Ross-shire.

 

Driftin Fifties website.

[Jairus]

Well done Steve, thank you for the work to clarify! 

[Pablo]

Thanks, Steve

 

Ol' Yeller is doing good

[slotbaker]

Round 4 was run and won Wednesday evening in the Old Dart, and we have a new face on the top step of the podium.

Ferrari #4 by Greg Gilbert, eased out Maseratti #3 by Pablo, knocking Maseratti #17 by Steve Kempson down to third.

Congratulations guys on the podium.

Ron Kiyamura pushed his way up the field with two of his entries running 4th & 5th. Well done Ron.

 

The Standing Sheet to round 4 looks like this, with one round to go;

 

No photo's posted yet, but with a bit of luck we will get to see some of the fun after the boys get a good night's sleep.

 

Round 5 is a little while off, happening on October 20th.

 

Don't forget that you can check out previous rounds, and the cars on the Driftin Fifties website.

[Pablo]

Thanks for the report, Steve.

I'm tickled pink to finish second, Déjà vu

Any time I'm on the heels of Greg Gilbert, I'm in my happy zone

[slotbaker]

The 5th and final round of the Driftin' Fifties, that was scheduled for this weekend, has been postponed and will now be run in November on the 25th.

Thanks to Lowrider on facebook.

[Pablo]

Thanks Steve

[slotbaker]

An update on facebook, from our MC, Mr. Kempson;

 

Driftin' Fifties update - at last!
The final round will take place this coming Saturday around the high speed banking of the Daytona track at Millstream Raceway. Yes, it's do or die time!
Those of you who receive a package that rattles like Lego pieces in a metal tin when their car is returned to them will know that their entry chose the latter option ...

All the cars have been serviced with cleaned braids, gear mesh checked and can bushing oiled. I'm hoping that Sandy Grant will be present again to record proceedings as at Rockingham.
Let the good times roll!

[Jairus]

Indeed!