[Johnno]

Enduro Event - Mid North Coast slotters vs. Sydney slotters

Been through and done the calculations for 1st, 2nd and 3rd podium placings.

   
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[Scuderia_Turini]

Nice one Johnno, will be good to get some input from guys "down under".

Leo

[Johnno]

Howdy Leo,

A huge thankyou goes to Andy first and foremost with the help to sort this out on the forums here, his input is greatly appreciated.

I am all new to this writing up and posting of results, I know I have a long ways to go, especially with my photography 

As I race at four tracks (including my own) the way I have added the individual tracks I think works (Andy agrees) I am trying to do what I can to keep the slot car industry and hobby moving along, I think posting results and a bit of a write up is a good start.

As for the Enduro Event, I thoroughly enjoyed the 12hours of racing on three tracks, unfortunately we did have to cut the last race short as the guys from Sydney wanted to head back that same night. We should have cut the races at the first track to three minute heats rather than four minutes, oh well, something for next time.

The spreadsheet I wanted to do to see who won and it is clear that the Mid North Coast slotters retained the Title for the second year running,, woohoo    looking through the times it was pretty well close all along the event, it feels great to take a few podium places myself against way better racers. 


Hopefully more events to come

[woodcote]

What a great format - I really like how you mixed up the tracks and the classes! Sounds like a perfect day of racing and socialising

[Johnno]

What a great format - I really like how you mixed up the tracks and the classes! Sounds like a perfect day of racing and socialising

That was the way we intended it to go, race all the same classes on each track that we normally do in the rotation with us four private track owners in the area. Made for a decent and long day, especially for the guys that drove up from Sydney, they left Sydney at 4am and then they drove straight back when we called it at 10:30pm, they didn't get back home until just after 2am... now that is dedication to the hobby.

Next event like this I think travelling needs to be done on Friday, spend Saturday and half Sunday racing with the return home Sunday afternoon, we shall drive that road when it comes around next.

A bit sad that more of the Sydney boys couldn't make the day though. At least from this event being my first in the hobby, I have some ideas now how it can be improved, well easier for all, such as pre-ordering food the night before ready for the lunch next day, have a few more class cars prepped for those inevitable failures on the day etc. it was great to see another person, veteran to the hobby, race with a few of my own cars such as the Revoslot Dodge Viper, this thing had been behaving up on and off so it got sent to the sin bin, when it was needed for a quick replacement, the damn thing never skipped a beat, John drove the wheels off it for the next 10 hours, showed me that it isn't always the car at fault, it is more so the nut behind the controller who is responsible for the cars' poor performance 

I thoroughly enjoyed watching my car being raced by a veteran, even he was impressed with it, I was loathed to replace the braids but they were completely shot before the racing, afterwards they were literally falling to bits, so we shall see how it goes next week under race conditions, so far it is behaving on my track, but that is today, come tomorrow it will have another attitude towards me 

I took a lot out of the day and hope to be involved again with another event like this. It is true that this hobby and industry have some bloody terrific people involved.

[Johnno]

This week's racing notification

This week we return to Shenanigans Raceway, Taree. I've sent out the text late yesterday 14th June and have got five racers saying they will be in attendance, with Joe unable to make it this week, Joe has one heck of a social life... so we will be running on three lane setup.

This will make the racers happy as that means we drop the Yellow Lane, the hardest lane with two 90 degree hairpins that everyone has a passionate hate for    

I've given thought to and mentioned a few times that perhaps I should add the Yellow lane and drop the Green lane to add some difficulty and different racing.

Racers in attendance this week will be:
- Charlie, 
- Jeffery, 
- Johnno (myself)
- Lindsay, and
- Paul, 

three racers and two marshals. For further information for this weeks racing, head on over to Shenanigans Raceway thread at: Shenanigans Raceway thread

   

#shenanigansraceway
#shenanigansracewaytaree
#slotcarsforlife
#nswslotcargroup
#mrtrax

[Johnno]

I'm changing things a bit with the weekly racing write-up that includes some house keeping, generation of Logo's for main club and addition of a new racing thread at slotracer.online forums.

During discussions with Andy, it was decided that our small group could be loosely called a 'Club' in general terms so I got our group listed and working, woohoo thanks Andy.

Under the default Your Club thread you will find: 
NSW Slot Car Group, this thread will contain general posts and discussions from other slot car tracks, currently you will see some random posts and racing results that were placed in there as a test to see how things would work, from 1st June 2021 the main thread will be as mentioned above. 

I welcome everyone to the Club Concierge ;) and hopefully some great, in-depth discussions, and there is no such thing as a silly question if you don't know the answer, so ask away. Any issues, please PM me so we can sort them out.

You can find the Club thread/s at:
https://slotracer.online/community/forum...php?fid=54

SlotRacer Forum / Racing / Your Club / NSW Slot Car Group under that you will find the individual tracks that will contain their racing results (as directly below) and other information that the track owner would like to post at their leisure, where you can ask the track owner questions about their track, their cars, etc. 

The sub-threads that you will see from there are:
- Bluehaven Raceway, Old Bar
- Old Bar Raceway, Old Bar
- Shenanigans Raceway, Taree
- Undara Circuit, Forster

In our small group, we race:
- small track, Old Bar Raceway, Old Bar
- large track, Undara Circuit, Forster
- small track, Bluehaven Raceway, Old Bar
- large track, Shenanigans Raceway, Taree

we then repeat depending on racer availability for racers and marshals each week. Such as today for Shenanigans Raceway we are one member down so we will be dropping the yellow lane and running on the other three lanes giving as two marshals.

Tentative Racing Calendar*:
- 16th June Shenanigans Raceway, Taree
- 23rd June Old Bar Raceway, Old Bar, 
- 30th June Undara Circuit, Forster, 
- 7th July Bluehaven Raceway, Old Bar, 
- 14th July my track in Taree

*dependant on racer availability.

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#mrslotcar

[Johnno]

New Class Rules and Regulations
Car Classes 2021
Car Classes 2021.pdf attached to this post as well for download: 

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Slot.it
GT Cars
Trans Am & Classic Aussie Touring Cars Pre 1976
LMP Modern
Ninco One
Ninco Porsche Cup
Revoslot
Can-Am
Ninco Classics
Other


Slot.it
Car

•  Any Slot.it car
  
•  Must have a wing if it has one
  

 
Wheels

•  Must not protrude outside the body when viewed from above
  

 
Chassis

•  Any Slot.it chassis
  

 
Motor
 Any Slot.it motors and motor mount i.e., Inline, Sidewinder or Anglewinder
 
Tyres & Rims

•  Any wheels and tyres
  

 
Gearing

•  Free Gearing Ratio
  

GT Cars
Car

•  Any GT car from Slot It, Ninco, NSR, Scalextric, SCX from 2000 onwards
  
•  Must have a wing if it has one
  

 
Wheels

•  Must not protrude outside the body when viewed from above
  

 
Chassis

•  Chassis as supplied by the manufacturer
  

 
Motor

•  Only a NC2 or NC 5 Motor
  
•  Motor mount either Inline, Sidewinder or Anglewinder
  

 
Tyres and Rims

•  Any wheels and tyres
  

 
Gearing

•  Free Gearing Ratio
  

Trans Am & Classic Aussie Touring Cars Pre 1976
Era

•  1964 to 1976 American Trans Am & Australian Improved & Production Cars
  

 
Car

•  Scalextric, Pioneer and SCX cars
  
•  Must have a wing if it has one
  

 
Wheels

•  Must not protrude outside the body when viewed from above
  

 
Chassis

•  Chassis as supplied by the manufacturer
  

 
Motor

•  Standard Scalextric, Pioneer or SCX motor
  
•  Motor mount either Inline, Sidewinder or Anglewinder
  

 
Tyres and Rims

•  Any tyres and rims however no low-profile modern style tyres
  

 
Gearing

•  Standard gearing as supplied with the car however plastic gears can be substituted for metal gears as long as the ratio remains
  

 

LMP Modern
Car

•  Any LMP car from any manufacturer refer to list of eligible cars
  
•  Must have a wing if it has one
  

 
Wheels

•  Must not protrude outside the body when viewed from above
  

 
Chassis

•  Chassis as supplied by the manufacturer
  

 
Motor

•  Any motor as supplied by the manufacturer
  
•  Motor mount either Inline, Sidewinder or Anglewinder
  

 
Tyres and Rims

•  Any wheels and tyres
  

 
Gearing

•  Free Gearing Ratio
  

 

Ninco One
Car

•  Any Ninco one car must be a Ninco One no other Ninco car allowed
  
• Must have a wing if it has one
  

 
Wheels

•  Must not protrude outside the body when viewed from above
  

 
Chassis

•  Original chassis as supplied with the car
  

 
Motor

•  Only the Ninco 11 motor no other motor allowed
  
•  Motor mount either Inline, Sidewinder or Anglewinder. Original configuration cannot be changed
  

 
Tyres and Rims

•  Any wheels and tyres
  

 
Gearing

•  Original gearing however metal gears can be substituted for plastic gears as long as original gear ratio is maintained
  

 

Ninco Porsche Cup
Car

•  Only Ninco 997, 934 or 996 Porsche, no other Ninco or other brand car allowed
  
•  Must have a wing if it has one
  

 
Wheels

•  Must not protrude outside the body when viewed from above
  

 
Chassis

•  Original chassis as supplied with the car
  

 
Motor

•  Only the NC1, NC11, NC8 (Thruster) or BWA motor allowed no other motor allowed
  
•  Motor mount either Inline, Sidewinder or Anglewinder
  

 
Tyres and Rims

•  Any wheels and tyres
  

 
Gearing

•  Standard gearing as supplied with the car however plastic gears can be substituted for metal gears as long as the ratio remains
  

 
 
 Revoslot
Car

•  Any Revoslot car other than cars which qualify under LMP category such as the Toyota GT1, Ferrari F333
  
•  Must have a wing if it has one
  

 
Wheels

•  Must not protrude outside the body when viewed from above
  

 
Chassis

•  Original chassis as supplied with the car
  

 
Motor

•  Original as supplied with the car no other motor allowed
  
•  Motor mount original as supplied with car
  

 
Tyres and Rims

•  Originals as supplied with car no tyres or rims from any other manufacturer allowed
  

 
Gearing

•  Standard gearing as supplied with the car
  

 

Can-Am
Car

•  Any Slot.it Car which qualifies as a Can AM car including Alfa T33, Chaparral, McLaren (Not the GTR) Ferrari 312.
  
•  Must have a wing if it has one
  

 
Wheels

•  Must not protrude outside the body when viewed from above
  

 
Chassis

•  Original chassis as supplied with the car
  

 
Motor

•  Only the Slot It Orange can motor no other motor allowed
  
•  Motor mount either Inline, Sidewinder or Anglewinder
  

 
Tyres and Rims

•  Any wheels and tyres
  

 
Gearing

•  Standard gearing as supplied with the car
  

 
 
Ninco Classics
Cars

•  Any Ninco Classic car up to 1966. No other brand of classic car allowed
  
•  Must have a wing if it has one
  

 
Wheels

• Must not protrude outside the body when viewed from above
  

 
Chassis

•  Original chassis as supplied with the car
  

 
Motor

•  Only the Ninco NC1 or NC8 (Thruster) or Ninco 11 motor no other motor allowed
  
•  Motor mount Inline only
  

 
Tyres and Rims

•  Rims as supplied with original car. i.e., if car came with wire plastic rims these rims must be used.
  
•  Tyres only either original Ninco slim tyres or substitute MJK tyres allowed
  

 
Gearing

•  Only standard plastic gearing as supplied with the car i.e., 9 27
  

 
PROBLEMS with this class

•  Ninco Classic cars are getting more difficult and expensive to find
  
•  My suggestion as per Can-Am let’s discuss
  

 
Other
The other possible classes are:

•  F1
  
•  Sideways Cars
  
•  Nascars
  
•  Aussie V8
  
•  Sports Sedans
  

 

[Johnno]

We had a informal discussion about the cars, classes, mods, upgrades etc last week along with a discussion about adding a new class heat to our group.

It was agreed that the new class would be the Slot.it Can-Am, we have had two events with this class already and it is now officially in the line-up.

The rules and regulations were agreed upon and the updated rules and regulations are attached to this post as a PDF document.

Thanks to Charlie for writing them and presenting them to us all.

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[Johnno]

Due to 'Stay at home' orders there will be no racing this week at Shenanigans Raceway

Happy slotting, scratch building or even you there, yes you    get out here and say g'day to all here 

Back to the track tweaking and testing, hopefully last coat of paint done today. Until the 25th August 2021 should see us return to last postponed Scheduled race at Shenanigans Raceway.


Johnno
   


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