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Match Racing Round One

Four match races today - three of them with 3-Gear AFX pancake chassis and AW Xtractions, one with modified Harden Creek Tycos.

First up, Alan in the Bill 'Grumpy' Jenkins Chevy took on Andy's 'Dandy' Dick Landy Dodge Challenger - both new additions to the AutoWorld 'Legends of the Quarter Mile' range...

   

Alan won the first round by a comfortable 0.180 seconds - with a 0.702 second run and 8.283 mph, that Chevy is quick! Just out of the packet, the Challenger managed a 0.874 and 6.159 mph.

   

Noah and Dylan raced the Chesterfield Corvettes - Noah the car with red flames, Dylan the stars and stripes. It was the stars and stripes that got to the finish line first - the winning margin 0.058. Dylans' ET was 0.870 (7.231 mph) and Noah's 0.930 (5.682). These cars were running without braids and were nice and smooth.

   

Doug's cherry red Austin took on David's 'Back to Future' 48 Ford in another eye-catching match. Round One went to the Ford by 0.058 seconds, 0.899 to 0.945.

   

Finally, Andy dug out an old WHO Tyco dragster to take on Clive's exhibition car. Both were on 3.5 ohm Harden Creek-style Tyco chassis - Clive's with neo traction magnets and a hard body, Andy's with ceramic magnets, a lexan body and no braids...

   

Andy took the first round by 0.086 seconds - a 0.508 to Clive's 0.597 and 9.773 to 6.917 mph.