[Johnno]

Race Wrap
3 May 2023 
Shenanigans Raceway

In order of racing, the group classes run this week were: 
- Ninco 1, 
- Ninco Porsche Cup, 
- Trans-Am, 
- GT International,  
- Revoslot, 
- Slot.it LMP Modern, 
- Fuel 1:32 cars provided by Paul, Ian, Ray and Johnno, 
- Slot.it Can-Am, 

From the get go there was an issue, which turned out to be a controller issue, which with this controller it doesn't surprise me at all, it's a relic having seen many, many past and present repairs and modifications by many people LOL. 

Kicking off the day we had the Ninco 1's. These cars can be very forgiving, one deslot and your race is on the line so you best not deslot. Ray and Johnno had a very close race, pushing each other harder and harder. 

The second race was the Ninco Porsche Cup, this race was split into two races with Johnno and Paul racing each other and Ian and Ray, this was the real race here as the end was very close again. Great racing Ian and Ray.

Next class up was the Trans-Am, Johnno took this one out with his Camaro, a nice car to race, it needs to be controlled, not wrestled or tamed, just kept in line LOL, this race again contained two races, Johnno and Paul & Ian and Ray, who both had another very close race. One lap in it people!!!! My oh my how things are heating up within the group ;)

We move onto GT International class, this class starts the shenanigans and chaos for the day and starts seperating racers out of their groupings into individual racers. We run the GT class with the Ninco 5 motor (NC5) Johnno's NSR is fast (the car likes to be driven hard and responds well to the controller). 

The GT class again can be seen to be split in three groups this time with Johnno and Ray both racing their own race while we see Ian and Paul having a very close race, with rounding Ian and Paul tied 2nd... this was great to see Ian pushing hard and up against a real top notch racer Paul he has done very well and needs to take the whole race as a whole as exceptional, well done Ian.

We took a break for lunch, tea, coffee and chit chat then back into racing. 

Returning from lunch we hit the track fast with the Revoslot class, we can see everyone out on their racing their own race, these cars require to be raced hard and fast so in turn the deslots are harder but these cars just keep taking the beatings, great product Revo.

The Revo's pile-on to the shenanigans and chaos, especially with Ray and his Viper, the pair are entertaining to say the least LOL. 

Next up we hit the black top with the Slot.it Modern LMP's. Johnno;s LMP tossed a braid so he had to grab his backup car, which is just as fast, if not faster. 

Again we see this class sending all the racers out on their own race with the times showing considerable gap times, interesting. These Slot.it LMP 'shovel nose' cars come with their own headaches related to the guide system, once you can tame this the cars can be great. 

Paul wanted to change up things some and asked for the Fuel race to be brought forward, this race Shenanigans has the racers providing a car of their choosing, the cars stay in the lanes and the racers move through the rostrums, at Shenanigans we usually run the 1:24 BRM Mini Coopers but the 1:32 Fuel makes it a lot more interesting. 

With the Fuel races Johnno hides the Heat Screen so the racers can not see what is happening, no one knows what's what until the screens are displayed on race end. 

A fast car such as the NSR Mosler isn't necessarily makes you the winner, it will burn through the fuel requiring more fuel stops so costing more time while the slower cars can nearly double the Mosler laps and halve the fuel stops and gain the laps lost because of being a slow car. 

Many different fueling and racing strategies could be seen being played out and in the end the results show only one lap in it for 2nd, 3rd and 4th. 

Up next are the Slot.it Can-Am's. Pocket Rockets are released and the chaos intensified. This was another race that was seperated with Johnno and Paul racing each other while the other racers all racing their own races. 

Robyn appeared after several races in with her brother, Peter, great chap indeed and he raced well on the track, again same thing with Robyn's friend Laren from few weeks back, I loaned Peter the track DS controller, terrible control, swapped the DS out for my backup TruSpeed PWM II controller and what an immediate improvement with control and racing by Peter. I've thought about having decent track controllers, can't justify the money, seeing the improvements instantly with two people that have never been on a slot car track has got me thinking even more on this. 

Off Topic
Controllers? For those people that have multiple brands of controllers, for the love of this hobby / sport, your racing and other's racing, pick a controller and stick with it, learn this controller and how it interacts with the cars and stop messing about with the controller settings all the time, set the controller to the defaults as manufacturer recommends and go from there, slowly. If another racer has the same controller, ask them for their controller settings.

Leaderboard, podium and heat photo's attached. 

Ninco 1 Leaderboard
1st Paul 95.53
2nd Johnno 94.41
3rd Ray 94.30
      Ian 90.13

Lap Record: Johnno 8.735
Current Race Record: Johnno 9.352
   
   
   


Ninco Porsche Cup Leaderboard
1st Paul 94.71
2nd Johnno 92.65
3rd Ian 90.57
      Ray 90.14

Lap Record: Johnno 8.562
Current Race Record: Paul 9.225
   
   
   


Trans-Am Leaderboard
1st Johnno 95.81
2nd Paul 91.98
3rd Ian 90.82
      Ray 90.08

Lap Record: Johnno 8.120
Current Race Record: Johnno 9.077
   
   
   


GT International Leaderboard
1st Johnno 109.47
2nd Ian 105.04
3rd Paul 105.01
      Ray 101.55

Lap Record: Johnno 7.660
Current Race Record: Johnno 8.065
   
   
   


Revoslot Leaderboard
1st Paul 106.81
2nd Johnno 104.79
3rd Ray 100.96
      Ian 94.99

Lap Record: Paul 7.761
Current Race Record: Paul 8.339
   
   
   


Slot.it LMP Modern Leaderboard
1st Paul 110.85
2nd Johnno 103.08
3rd Ray 89.07
      Ian 67.15

Lap Record: Johnno 7.345
Current Race Record: Paul 8.017
   
   
   


Slot.it Can-Am Leaderboard
1st Paul 109.39
2nd Johnno 108.61
3rd Ray 106.41
      Robyn 102.55
      Ian 96.78

Lap Record: Paul 7.326
Current Race Record: Paul 7.716
   
   
   


Host Fuel Mixed Class Leaderboard (cars provided by Paul, Ian, Ray and Johnno)
1st Paul 90.000
2nd Johnno 88.000
3rd Ray 87.000
      Ian 86.000
      Peter 74.000
   
   
   


Run What Ya Brung (that you haven't run today) Leaderboard
No photo's for Leaderboard, Podium and Heats, sorry
   


NSW Slot Car Group (NSWSCG)
   

Australian Slot Car Group (ASCG) - all things Slot Cars

MrTrax Slot Car Track Owners Group



#shenanigans
#slotcartrack
#shenanigansraceway
#shenanigansracewaytaree

#nswslotcargroup
#mrtraxownersclub
#australianslotcars
#australianslotcargroup
#xena
#slotcars

#mrtrax
#mrslotcar
#mrtraxhybrid
#mrslotcarhallam


#MyRentedHome
#MakeRentingFair