[MSM]

A quick look at the various runners and riders starting with, not unexpectedly, Group A the Scalextric cars. They'll be the first cars to run tomorrow (Thursday 29th).
Click to zoom in:

[OXO cube]

prepping for when the cars get further north 
3d printed a start gate for photos 
   
will print off some stickers etc later
car size podium and a couple advertising hoardings next 

kev

[Graham]

 GOOD MORNING

We should be seeing some results from the MYST Raceway this afternoon 

I will issue the Final Stage results when all the cars in the 3 classes have been run.

Looking forward to an exciting afternoon  

[MSM]

Stage 3 at Myst, Weobley, Herefordshire
First up an FYI about my method of running cars in a proxy event. 
Whitehill Park fills the room it's in, so marshalling an 'off' on the far side of the track involves a long walk around the end of the circuit and back again. This takes about eight seconds. As the lap time is only five to seven seconds any off becomes a run-busting major problem. On the other hand, pootering round at a snail's pace to prevent any offs at all misses the point of racing. So what to do?
My solution is to drive 15 laps but only count ten fastest. That way I can get in a few 'banker' laps for each car first to learn how it handles, then progressively push it to explore its limits, without ruining anyone's day by racking up huge time losses spent marshalling — the laps with offs simply don't appear in the final time.

Throttle used today is an MBSlot 35ohm resistor controller with a homemade brake box. Brakes were set to around 60% for most of the cars.

Timing is by a home-made Arduino timer based on the Slingshot X device developed on Slot Forum. I also have the Slot.it 'speak your weight' Live Timing box for spoken laps times to an ear-piece.This is invaluable for giving feedback about how much to push each car.
Michael

[MSM]

Stage 3, Group A results
First up the Scalextric cars. Let's just say standard Scalextric cars are not my cup of tea and leave it at that. 
I ran the cars in random order - just picked up the one that I fancied next, taped the tyres and ran it. I tried not to look at the base to see whose car it was! The two slowest cars were the first and last I chose, not sure what to make of that!
It was surprisingly tight at the top with the podium covered by half a second.
The lower order was filled by cars that struggled to overcome the problems of the shallow Scalextric guide, rock hard Scalextric braids and huge Scalextric front tyres all conspiring to make sure the guide doesn't actually stay in the slot. 
   
Why Scalextric, why? 

Results sheet (click to zoom in):
   

And now it's time for lunch.

[Qman]

Stage 3 at Myst, Weobley, Herefordshire
First up an FYI about my method of running cars in a proxy event. 
Whitehill Park fills the room it's in, so marshalling an 'off' on the far side of the track involves a long walk around the end of the circuit and back again. This takes about eight seconds. As the lap time is only five to seven seconds any off becomes a run-busting major problem. On the other hand, pootering round at a snail's pace to prevent any offs at all misses the point of racing. So what to do?
My solution is to drive 15 laps but only count ten fastest. That way I can get in a few 'banker' laps for each car first to learn how it handles, then progressively push it to explore its limits, without ruining anyone's day by racking up huge time losses spent marshalling — the laps with offs simply don't appear in the final time.
Michael

Commendable, but could be counter productive, it would work if all the stages were run that way, what about cars that lost (what looked like) 20 seconds due to an off in stage one? they wont have a chance of catching that back up, but if the leader for instance had an off on your stage it could make a massive difference to the final results.

[OXO cube]

podium !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

another box ticked 

[Graham]

Qman, I think it is a perfect solution that Michael has implemented for this Stage. This is effectively a club track and is proportionally much larger and longer  than the stages which the other hosts are running, and as a consequence it would be a disproportionate disadvantage to those cars which came off compared to our normal Stage tracks which are normally within 2-3 strides of walking. So I am perfectly in agreement with this solution for this Stage.

Oh, and I see someone else is quite happy with the result

[Qman]

podium !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

another box ticked 

Guessing this must be Keith   if so (according to my maths) you are currently 2nd in class

[OXO cube]

hehehe didnt notice that 
you would be amazed how often i am called keith 
thought i must look like a keith .... obviously its something else 

kev