[KensRedZed]

Hi Bill,

Thank you for your generosity and kind thoughts.

From what I can gather. It comes down to this. I set the shoes up by the book. The AFX book. AFX power rails have gentle lead-ins where the track connects. Shoes are to be set as flat as possible to the rail.

I've never seen Micro Scalex track with my own eyes. But it looks like the power rails don't have a lead-in. I was not aware that there was enough height deviation to cause a flat shoe to butt up against it and get stopped. MS cars all have brushes and are very forgiving with the MS track.

Model Murdering and I examined a few videos of winning runs and could not figure out where the rhythmic clicking sounds were coming from. We thought maybe the guide was too long. Now we know it's the rails. This could have happened to any one of my cars with shoes.

The solution = Tip the front of the shoe up a little so as not to come to an abrupt halt.

The learning curve continues. Let my mistake be well known so others don't follow me.

I would really like my test track back up and running again. (mumble)

Andy had no way of seeing this coming anymore than I did. I am super thankful that he hosts these races.

Looking forward to a rematch.