Posted 19 January 2018 - 04:40 PM
Tim,
A minor aside.
When we approved the Retro Hawk, it was because we needed a new hand-out.
Falcon 7s had not been available, and all the info we were getting on their future availability, was "mañana."
The first Premier race that the Retro Hawk was legal to use, in all classes, R4, Puppy Dogs still won.
The Retro Hawk became popular because it was a $12 chance at a bullet, instead of a $51 one, and regardless of price, the yield was better, at that day in time.
It also eliminated the temptation to invest another $18, hoping a new $51 dud would come back a stud.
The most ridiculous claim, in the 576+ post thread, on FB SCRT, is that we had more entries when the Puppy Dog was the motor of choice.
When R4 was getting 60-70 entries, may they rest in peace, Jim Bostrum, Sano Dave Fiedler, Jay Kisling, Rande Marshall, Bob Oaks, Manta Ray Price, and probably a few I may have missed, were all still walking the earth.
Racers like Ray Price, a good friend of mine, raced Retro, because of the building, and all the excitement generated here on Slotblog.
He could give a flying F on the motor we used. He would have raced it whether we used a Puppy Dog, a Falcon 7, or a twisted rubber band.
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Tim Neja, Samiam and glueside like this
Mike Swiss
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