6th-Apr-20, 08:13 AM
We've run a basic AutoWorld HO drag strip at WHO Racing a few times and had a lot of fun...
And we've also set the same strip at public events...
In those cases, it is all about the face-to-face combat, reaction time and the fun. The AW drag strip does not time the runs, it about who crosses the line first (or who makes a false start). When we run at the club, sometimes we use matched 'club' cars, sometimes we allow WHO-legal cars, so it is then about selecting - and perhaps tuning - one of your WHO race cars so it is good for a scale-quarter mile run.
I have also taken part in a couple of proxy HO drag races in the US. That was all about building a fast car to specific rules to run in a specific classes. Even the most basic classes see cars modified for the drag strip that would struggle to turn a lap on a circuit. These are two T-Jets and two Micro Scalextric cars I sent to a proxy in Kentucky...
They are sitting next to the start of my 1/8-ish mile AW strip. The orange Micro Scalextric Nissan (with the wheelie bar) made it to the semis in the Stock Inline class and the blue Georgia Shaker T-Jet managed to win its first round in the Stock T-Jet class...
The proxy group I raced with was this one: nitroslots.com - I am sure you can find similar groups for other scales with their own rules and formats. Most will be running the Track Mate drag timing system shown above. The Track Mate software is very versatile in that it allows you to set up bracket and handicap racing, so you can run different cars against each other - pretty much emulating all formats of 'real-life' drag racing from illegal street racing to NHRA Top Fuel formats.
For me, drag racing is about the fun, the community, the tongue-in-cheek smack-talk and building beautiful-looking cars that are very quick in a straight line.
And we've also set the same strip at public events...
In those cases, it is all about the face-to-face combat, reaction time and the fun. The AW drag strip does not time the runs, it about who crosses the line first (or who makes a false start). When we run at the club, sometimes we use matched 'club' cars, sometimes we allow WHO-legal cars, so it is then about selecting - and perhaps tuning - one of your WHO race cars so it is good for a scale-quarter mile run.
I have also taken part in a couple of proxy HO drag races in the US. That was all about building a fast car to specific rules to run in a specific classes. Even the most basic classes see cars modified for the drag strip that would struggle to turn a lap on a circuit. These are two T-Jets and two Micro Scalextric cars I sent to a proxy in Kentucky...
They are sitting next to the start of my 1/8-ish mile AW strip. The orange Micro Scalextric Nissan (with the wheelie bar) made it to the semis in the Stock Inline class and the blue Georgia Shaker T-Jet managed to win its first round in the Stock T-Jet class...
The proxy group I raced with was this one: nitroslots.com - I am sure you can find similar groups for other scales with their own rules and formats. Most will be running the Track Mate drag timing system shown above. The Track Mate software is very versatile in that it allows you to set up bracket and handicap racing, so you can run different cars against each other - pretty much emulating all formats of 'real-life' drag racing from illegal street racing to NHRA Top Fuel formats.
For me, drag racing is about the fun, the community, the tongue-in-cheek smack-talk and building beautiful-looking cars that are very quick in a straight line.
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