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Pancake Power Match Racing - Round Two

Starting this time with the independent front axle Funny Cars...

   

Nico's Vega had another rapid run, but all the cheers were for Kev's 'Cuda, which was a little smoother and almost half a second quicker this time. The winning margin was 0.614 and the ETs 0.643 and 1.204.

   

The second T-Jet round was a close one - just 0.026 of a second at the line. Iain had the quicker ET - 1.208 to 1.214 - but a massive holeshot gave victory to the Cheetah. That should have wrapped up the match 2-0, but Clive rather generously offered Iain a winner-takes-all third run. The two T-Jets were straight back on track...

   

It was another close one, but Clive took advantage of his superior grip - winning by 0.085 seconds, the ETs 1.211 and 1.235. How fast were they going? Clive topped out at 3.289mph and Iain 3.409mph. Congrats to Clive on winning the match!

I reckon this could be something a little different for our pancake match-racing and maybe a new class for Pancake Power 2023. For our oval racing on the Rock County Raceway bullring oval, we ran a 'Nostalgia' class for T-Jets with original skinny wheels or Vincent size B replacements - fully stock Aurora (or Dash chassis), with a minimum 16-ohm armature and strictly ceramic motor magnets. The class gave very different racing to the Tuff-Ones T-Jets.