100 replies to this topic

[Tom Eatherly]

Thank you. Appreciated.

[Modelville Guy]

Now that we know the horse is dead.
 
1. I have not been to a Retro East race nor have I seen a sign-up sheet.
2. Racers are lazy and write badly.
3. How do these racers want a good report of the race to be written when the race report writer has to know what their name is and guess what they wrote?
4. Maybe everyone is at fault. The computer operator because they cannot read what you wrote. The racer for not putting down their real name. The racer for writing it badly. The race sign-up sheet for not giving a place for first, last, and nick-name.
 
I find it is sad that there is so much stuff about nothing and very little about the race and what can be done to make slot car racing better.
 
I hope everyone had a good time. No matter what your name is. But it would be nice to know your name.

[Tampabay racer]

Oh no, the results are posted on Facebook, not here!!!

[Cheater]

I find it is sad that there is so much stuff about nothing and very little about the race and what can be done to make slot car racing better.

I agree.

[Rotorranch]

Damn shame that a few keystrokes of the race director's keyboard denied many of us nearly live-coverage.
 
Rotor

[Rotorranch]

And it's a closed group!!! 
 
WTF??? This really helps promote the hobby??
 
Rotor

[Phil Smith]

I don't know...

It seems better to post whatever race results you've got rather than not post them at all.

[elinsley]

Here is Noose's post on FB
 
Alex Freund wins F1 and now is a made man on the list! Doug Bauer 2nd and Dale Yamashita 3rd.
 
And the new “Don” is Dominic Luongo!!! Chubby is the Underboss and Dale is the Consigliere!!!!

[Tom Eatherly]

Good job, Alex! Nice to see a handful of West coasters do good. They had some stiff competition there.

Thanks, Eric.

[Tim Neja]

Congratulations to Duran, Alex, and Dale!! Very nice showing from the West Coasters!!!  Congratulations to all the racers and the organizers for a great race!!

[Tim Neja]

The Facebook page is ridiculous--very poorly organized! Sad that the organizers can't see fit to simply let the world know WHO is racing at this great event through Slotblog.

But that's always been the problem with slot racers – localism and poor social skills make poor communicators. A simple cellphone picture of the final screen after the mains is EASY to post – but it takes someone doing it. 

Good you'se guys in the east had fun! Congrats to the import racers – West Coasters and the Tokyo crew!!

[eshorer]

Simple questions: In looking over the Final Results for the F1, I see that two guys in the B Main Tebu (Sato), and Edsel (Ed Sohl) got 351.05 and 350.11 respectively, which would have given them 2nd and 3rd in the A Main, behind Alex (Freund)'s superb 357.13 total. Are they only officially recognized for their B Main 1st and 2nd places, and NOT officially compared for lap totals in the A Main? And if so, is this considered "right" because they were racing a different group, and all kinds of different circumstances occur in separate races?

Great runs by so many. Perhaps an annotated version of the Final Race Results can be assembled with proper names, somewhere down the road. I've gotten a lot of 'em figured out.
 
Eddie

[MSwiss]

Each race has its own personality.

If there are move-ups, the lap totals of the final race are the ones that count.

How could the 3rd and 4th place finishers in the B Main, be credited with 2nd and 3rd, overall, when the two guys who finished 1st and 2nd, in that B Main, and moved up, had more laps than them?

Edit-PS: Eddie, maybe you weren't aware there was move-ups.

[eshorer]

Thanks, Mike. I was aware there were move-ups. I'm just spent from a day of racing myself and wasn't thinking. (Actually, it looks like Dom Luongo had the second-most laps in the B Main with 353.)

Eddie

[Jason Holmes]

Eddie,
 
We do it the same way out Here in SoCal.
 
jason

[Tampabay racer]

Swiss, that's not the case. I finished third in the B Main and ran more laps than the third place finisher in the A Main and wasn't credited third place overall. I finished in the ninth position.

[MSwiss]

I never said any non-moveup from the B should be credited with a finish higher than 9th.

Eddie did.

Last place in the A Main could have 1 lap, and he stills finishes 8th.(in races with moveups)

I was just pointing out that the 2 moveups from the B, obviously had higher lap totals than Tebu and Edsel.

[MSwiss]

Thanks Mike. I was aware there were move-ups. I'm just spent from a day of racing myself and wasn't thinking. (Actually, it looks like Dom Luongo had the 2nd most laps in the B Main with 353.)
Eddie

Yes, and Doug had 352 laps, the 3rd most overall.

That's why they both moved up to the A Main.

Like Jason said, that how they do it at BP, at the big races, and the monthly ones, with bigger turnouts.

[Don Weaver]

....and the lottery results?  Inquiring minds want to know...

[Eddie Fleming]

Just like ABC's Wide World Of Sports we will get to see the highlights and all will be revealed in a week or two when Noose comes out with his report PDF.
 
Thanks, Noose. I am looking forward to it.

[The Number of]

Where are the F1 results posted at? Thanks.

[CoastalAngler1]

What's a slot car?  No wonder...

[Cheater]

Where are the F1 results posted at? Thanks.

Bill,

 

All the automated results generated by the LapMaster system are HERE.

[The Number of]

Thanks.

[Jason Holmes]

In short, when you have move-up Mains, the A Main is the only Main that counts. When you race with no move-ups the total laps are used and you can win from any Main, like RetroPro, Can-Am, Stock Car, and GTC.
 
jason