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Weather started out stormy for Austin Slot Car Club folks coming down from Austin to Sisterdale this past Sunday to visit Spottswood motor park, my 2 lane routed track. By early afternoon, the clouds had mostly moved out and temperatures were pleasant enough to open doors and windows in the track room.
Russell M was first to arrive, with his pit box filled with a bunch of interesting cars, including a totally custom shorty Dodge Sportsman surf van, and a couple tiny Birdcage Maseratis from CG Slot Cars. Russ really should do a build thread on the van, the workmanship is incredible, as always.
Next to pull up was Brian H, and new ASCC member Melvin. Melvin came equipped with his day-glo green slot.it GT40, and Brian with a variety of cars from the current Group C and Ford v Ferrari club race series. It was very gratifying to see the track populated with fresh cars and drivers.
Randy A arrived with another Birdcage Maserati, a Policar March F1, and a club controller for Melvin as well of plenty of stories. John B was close behind with his Group C and Ford v Ferrari cars. Mark L took a wrong turn and showed up a little later, ran some laps with a slot.it Skyline and got a tour of the workshop.
It was really interesting to see people getting the hang of the track. I got some valuable feedback. The main trouble currently is the guardrail behind the long sweeping curve at the back. I’m going to look into a couple solutions to minimize scuffing cars as they hang their tails out. Driver stations seem good where they are, but I may swap positions of the yellow and green stations for better visibility. We ran only practice laps, so it remains to be seen how to handle corner marshaling during a race. I do hope the club can come out for a actual event, even if it is a non points race.
I really enjoyed having folks out to the track, to visit and run our little cars. Let’s do it again sometime!
Photos by Russell and John
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-Warren ZevonHello, all, I figured I would wake this thread up in order to start a discussion about having a track day out here in the near future. Here are the basics on Spottswood Motor Park
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So the questions are when? (Late January? Later?)
What would you like to run? The track is shorter and narrower than the club track, so bear that in mind 🙂Would like to hear your thoughts.
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-Warren ZevonThanks to the understanding of you guys, I will be entering the # 81 Zender Scirocco
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-Warren ZevonI’d like to run the 412p #11/Mairesse & Beurlys. Spa 1967
Two questions.
About tires, I have the stock fronts on currently which are 9.3mm wide. Are they not legal?
About guide: Is it legal to alter the shape of the guide (rounding sharp corners, etc.)?
Thanks!
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-Warren ZevonThe Monte part 2 is official!
I will be updating-revising rules from the 2022 Monte.
Some changes-clarifications on tap are:
Rear tire width to distinguish class A from class B (8mm cutoff, rather than 9mm)
One entry per club member per class.
No duplicate liveries.
Plastic chassis only.
What do you think of 30 laps rather than 40, to speed things along?
Thoughts?
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-Warren ZevonDo we know who theories manager is yet? The Mk1 Scirocco, Mk1 Escort and Mk1 Capri overlap production dates.
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-Warren ZevonMarty, I just saw this car list for the BRM after ordering the Scirocco 🙁
I was not able to weigh in on this.Is it final?
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Understood re the U2.5 Trans-am, good points.Marty,and all
I could continue the IROC style theme on my track with this pair of Skylines:
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-Warren Zevon“I am a strong proponent of a 1/32 TransAm race with 3d chassis. Maybe limit to less than 25k motors for slightly more realistic speed”
Heck, limit it to 18k to cut down on de-slots and rollovers.
Would this also include an under 2.5L class?
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-Warren Zevon“Marc – I love the idea. I would be up for running just about anything on your track. I think it might be best to run something we have already run so there is no additional cost to members to build another car for this one-off event.”
Marty:
Something we have already run is a great idea. Perhaps even a non-points race of a current series.Really like the IROC idea.
Frantically ironing out kinks on the track, LOL
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-Warren ZevonSo,to elaborate a bit on the offsite race discussed at the Sept 25 meeting,
My thought is that we could have a one-off event out here in the sticks at my wood track. It is two lanes, yellow is 34.33 ft, and green is 33,5 ft. It can be run in either direction, and each lane has its own variable power supply.My suggestion was for a one-off race with the Policar vintage F1 cars, but it could be something else. I’d like to invite club members to make the trip down, run some laps, and give some input on what might be fun for you to run. Just let me know if you are interested, and we can set up a time.
I see the race happening in the spring so if there is a good turnout we can overflow into the carport and have a cookout
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-Warren ZevonWould love to see another decade of the Monte 🙂
I have also been having fun with the Policar vintage F1. They look great And can be made to run well without breaking the bank.
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