I’m still the new guy so some of my ideas may be good for some laughs or at least an interesting debate!  For the meeting I will prep a PowerPoint with logistics, rules, and estimated costs (for any of these that other people seem genuinely interested in…)
RACE SERIES
—  OldSchool/Vintage/Scratch Built:   Members bring in their wing cars, Coxes, Revels,  MMRCs, etc.  New rubber (no glue) encouraged.  Cars will be qualified into brackets based on 4 qualifying runs.  We can adjust the volts up/down as needed per class.  An alternative event that we could do for fun – unless some of you veterans want to go balls-out against each other for a true series!
— 1/32 drag races, using existing race classes and tech rules, track (with tree and timers) will be rented;  maybe 4 to 8 races total, or perhaps just on an off-weekend when we can watch Daytona or Indy on the monitor as we are staging for our heat.
—  1/43 races – with the voltage cranked to 14v
—  H/O El Piloto drag-race using my track (and cars)  either on the floor or the south wall bench.  Again, may be for a special 1 or 2 times event just do have something different.  Members could also dust off their AFXs or Tycos or buy them from Autoworld for $12-22/ea.
—  Hot Wheel gravity races.   Could be a series in parallel with slot car races, from 3p-4p. Simple heads up, cross the line first tracing.

NON-RACING — CONCURS
On various weekends we can have displays of member’s collections:
—  Die-Cast race cars, crystal or plexiglass promo models, die cast movie specials (batmobile, ghost busters, munster mobile etc.)
—  Home-made static/plastic models  (incl. motor models, dioramas etc.)
—  Signed or repro Helmets, gloves, steering wheels, hoods, fenders, souveniors
—  Physical hardware souveniors (plugs, cables, bolts, pistons, injectors, disks, belts, butterflies, headers etc.)
—  Pictures and videos and posters
—  ….  oh yeah,  how about some HotWheels collections?!

PROMOTIONAL
— Kids races (what a concept?!)  …  bring your kids and their friends to race high-impact Scalies or their own Carerras, Nincos, Flys etc.     Kid HO Races …….

OTHER IDEAS
—  Visit the 1/32 // 1/23 club that has a track in the back of Houston’s Katy Slot Cars
—  R/C races in the parking lot of the dentist shop next to the locksmith shop.  Members can bring in their RCs or we can go El piloto with some $40 Toys-R-Us or radio-shack cars
—  As a group, go to the RC races at HobbyTown at Parmer/Mopac
—  As a group, go to the model train expo (in Jan/Feb at the Parmer center)
—  As a group, attend Austin model rocket launches in Taylor  (springtime)
—  As a group, race digital Nascar (rent the cars) at Races2U, then beer pizza and pool next door at the pool hall.

Scaley ‘Lightining’ hi-impact cars – Sept 25 Test Results

Static Weight:  69gm   Total Downforce:  255g   Mag D/F:  186g  (measured on club mag-marshall)

Rear Wheel Speed:  @11v = 6,400 @13v = 7,580  (measured on club tach) //estimated for 12v = 6,990rpm

Problems:

—  Rear tires are sloppy.   FIX: shoe-goo or clear nail polish on nub.

—  Guide and setup is for plastic tracks; at the rise after the esses the braids can lose contact, and de-lots can occur in the tight corners.   FIX:  2-3 guide shims and agressively fluffed braid.

CLARIFICATIONS

Guys, I never intended for my Non-Race ideas (and the off-the-wall-races) to be part of the agenda for the planning meeting.  I am trying to determine member interest in any of these events, and if there is enough, I will organize them for Non-Race weekends (or Sundays);  naturally I will coordinate with Mark at Kings and with the club leadership.

SERIES SUGGESTION TO BE DISCUSSED

Classic/old-school/scratchbuilt Races  –  Strombergs, Revels, static model conversions, etc.  Since we may have a motley set of cars that people have, create racing classes by weight, motor RPM, body style – whatever seems simple, fair, reasonable.  Or, if members only have a few cars, and none of them are like each other, just let anything run (except wing cars, and expensive collectors editions).

This is intended as a purely fun series, as a filler for maybe 4-6 weeks total.  We could score for separate categories such as: fastest lap, most laps completed, oldest car, coolest car (member votes), best condition (vote), worst condition (vote).