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[Gator Bob]

Thank you Jens,
The track looks very fast...Oooo that bank.
Did you say kill?

Whoever hits the clock first........Wins

Can you please identify the drivers in the photo?

What kind of cars are they about to race?

[Jairus]

Drink lots of Jever tonight... for tomorrow we RACE!!!

[MantaRay]

No .............stay sober..............drink after the race

[Jencar17]

Bassem Yahya from ACE made me this for the Thingie Proxy Show:



More later!!

[Gator Bob]

Does that play music AND take your blood pressure while driving......

Thumbs up dude!

[HarV Wallbanger III]

I hope the new tires work on my car..... never tried it with natural rubber much at all... Have fun rac'in our piles!

[Jencar17]

Barney,

till now your car is the favorite of nearly all racers. We are thru with 3 of 4 heats and had to not finisher, one by a fatal accidend!

More later!!

[Jencar17]

We had some lunch and will continue soon with the last heat







Action:




More later!

[Jencar17]

Some more pics:









Last heat started 1 minute ago!!

[Jairus]

I'm on pins and needles.

[HarV Wallbanger III]

Race on Dudes!

[Jencar17]

Last news: We have 26 winners!

[Jencar17]

Cars in order of finishing:



The first three:



It was a real pleasure, - thanks from all happy drivers.

More later, Jens

[Jairus]

Wow!

Congratulations all and a huge thank you Jens for a wonderful race.
Thank you to all the drivers who took the time on a Saturday to drive our old sleds!
Glad nobody got hurt.

Next race will be Barcelona Spain!

[HarV Wallbanger III]

Wow I guess the new tires worked! Thanks Jens and "all da Boys" .... tell your Dutch friends my wife is first generation Dutch!

[don.siegel]

Thanks Jens, and all the other drivers!

And thanks for fixing my car Ralph - looks like it's back to its usual place at the top of the last final... unless that was at the end of it!

Looking forward to more photos & totals.

Don

[Jencar17]

The bad news first:

We drove all cars in the numerical order Edo gave the cars. In the first heat ran the cars 1 to 7. In round 38 car number 5, Mini - B # 44, deslotted in the fast straight to the banked turn and hit the back of another car. The first impression was that of a normal contact in a race as the speed difference of both cars was not great. But as # 44 was picked up and turned around the desaster became obvious: Clean fracture of the Dynamic tongue near the guide flag:









5 laps later car number 1, Bud from Ralph, lost dramaticaly speed by a bended axle.

Both cars had to be taken out of the race.

Fortunately we had no further incidents. Some smaller problems like loose motors have been solved by some of the very experienced drivers. The body of FutureThingieKingie had to be trimmed at the right rear wing, as it rubbed on it and blocked the forthcomming of the car. Pictures will follow soon.

Very sorry for the affected competitors. As the Minerva seemed to be challenging to the cars the race directors Frieder and me stopped action at nearly every deslotting. We are quite happy with the result. 24 cars survived nearly undamaged.

[Jencar17]

Pictures of FTK's cutting:

[Jairus]

Jens, Steve Kempson has volunteered to repair Ray's car. Is unknown if he has an extra guide tongue as I don't believe he included any extra parts. However, if you look into to Rays box I listed any extra parts on the data plaque under the lid just to be sure.
If one is not forthcoming... I know of at least one box there with two extra tongues in it.... (I'll pay him back)

[Mopar Rob]

How are the tires on all the cars? Do they need to be replaced?

[Gator Bob]

Jeez

I would have rather hit the clock......more fun.

[Jairus]

Rob, the track owners are suppose to do a quick tech of all the cars prior to the race. Tires that are critically worn are replaced and Jens mentioned that a few screws needed to be tightened so I assume he did check clearances too. I don't spell out all the details to the track owners.
Edit: Edo applied zip grip prior to boxing the cars. Jens mentioned when he received the cars the tires were still good to go and even used the same numbering that Edo established to determine the mains. Beyond that I don't know.

What's the matter Bob? You knew that "Dyn-Astro" doesn't do well on fast tracks.
Guys, this race is pretty much the same results we saw after Buena Park.
Minerva may be shorter but it has two long straights and that huge bank turn. It's fast and so the lighter quicker cars did well. The next two tracks however are flatter and tighter. I expect results for those two to be more like Melbourne or Lugano with the heavier cars doing better.

[HarV Wallbanger III]

Hey Steve or Jens whoever fixes Mini B I have a extra guide tongue in my spares tube if needed please use it to fix the wounded Thnigie!
Take a look at it to be sure it is not modified for my Create.... I can't remember...... (ain't old age fun!)

[HarV Wallbanger III]

I just looked at the pictures again and even if it's been modified for my car it will work as his is shorter than mine so go ahead and use it if you do not have another one guys.

[havlicek]

Hey congratulations Barney! I get a smile every time I see your car with that picture of Barney Rubble on there As far as the results are concerned, I'm stoked that my car still runs after 6 races and so many trips in between without a tuneup or even a set of brushes. I may be towards the rear/middle of the pack, but at least I'm consistent

-john