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Hopefully some better fortune in the match races...

IFA Match Racing - Round 3

It is unusual to have all the matches go to a decider, but here we are...

   

A coin toss (a 1990 US Quarter, if you're wondering...) decides the lane choice for the third run - heads for 'Left', tails for 'Right'. Bill called heads, put together a good run to win by 0.221 seconds and wrap up his match against Kev 2-to-1. The 'Cuda seemed to tighten up during this run and managed only 1.036. Bill's 'Vette was on the pace at 0.821.

   

Bill called tails for his decider against Nico, putting the turquoise Vega in the same lane it'd had it's big accident yesterday. Nico showed no nerves and won by 0.163 - the ETs 0.646 and 0.794. That was Bill's fastest run. However, Nico won the match 2-1.

   

Nico called heads - and he was back in his nightmare lane... no problems though. A leisurely 0.663 was more than enough to beat an ailing 'Cuda by 0.360. Kev's ET was 1.010. Nico won a second match 2-1.

A big thanks to Bill, Kev and Nico for sending in their great Independent Front Axle cars. I would like to see this as our match-race class for the pancake and Nostalgia events in future. Stock Pancake rules - the option of third-party bodies (there are some available for T-Jets that I know of), but keeping that IFA vibe.

Usually, I will run similarly-paced pairs, but this did work quite nicely with just three cars... I'm also looking to resurrect a 'prize-money' leaderboard for match racing that I devised back in 2020. No money, of course - but it's an authentic 60s/70s way of scoring this fun competition.

And if you've got ideas of an inline match-racing class that isn't too obscure or too fast for the short strip, suggest it here on the thread. Just so you know, the leaves and button pick-ups of a Tyco-Pro do work okay on the Micro track...