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I want to take the membership’s temperature on the idea of having one El Piloto race next year. That would be one quarter (or half-year if we chose that series) of just showing up to race. Cars could be a surprise, we could vote, or draw one out of a hat.
The cars will be minimally prepared by a member to be as equal as possible. (To me that means basic tuning of a box-stock car.) Each member will race each car for one heat on race day. e.g. The cars are bound to a lane and just the driver rotates. Parc ferme’ rules will apply between races with only necessary repairs allowed before being sequestered. We can work all of those details out further if there is interest.
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(Leroy Grumman)In hindsight, I should have blamed excessive magnetic downforce! 😂
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(Leroy Grumman)The white-body kit to replace the one that had the “unfortunate incident” arrived Saturday. Thought y’all might be interested to see that all the parts come in the box to build the version of your choice.
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(Leroy Grumman)Lacquer thinner. The alcohol didn’t even phase the paint. Oddly, neither did the lacquer thinner, but it turned the body to rubber.
Fortunately, I have the Denny Hulme 42 car to campaign this week while I wait for a new M6A body to arrive. Of course, that means I’ll have to drive barefoot.Build it strong.
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(Leroy Grumman)Timing is working on the Rally Track.
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(Leroy Grumman)Found this great site dedicated to the Targa Florio. The collection of photos is the best I have ever found.
Main site: http://www.targapedia.com/
1966 Photo Album: http://www.targapedia.com/album_targa_florio/1948_1968/1966/
1967 Photo Album: http://www.targapedia.com/album_targa_florio/1948_1968/1967/
1968 Photo Album: http://www.targapedia.com/album_targa_florio/1948_1968/1968/
1969 Photo Album: http://www.targapedia.com/album_targa_florio/1969_1977/1969/
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(Leroy Grumman)I will be fielding this gal, the number 216 Lola T70 MKIII driven in the 1967 Targa Florio. (Assuming the Fly body meets the scale specs.)
Model: Fly Lola white kit.
Decals from: Le Mans Decals. They have a dedicated Targa Florio section
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(Leroy Grumman)Thanks. And yes, a bit louder than I like, but the Carrera track does amplify the noise some. I’m interested to see how the G25 compound does on the other tracks. It seemed to make the car a bit tail-happy on the plastic.
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(Leroy Grumman)The Viper has landed in the UK at Graham Edward’s track and had its shakedown run. Looks like it might be competitive.
Video here and numbers here.
https://slotracer.online/community/showthread.php?tid=4745&pid=42920#pid42920
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(Leroy Grumman)I’m torn on this one. My science-guy mind says, wow! Fun experiment! But then the practical side of me says 1) many of our deslots were, arguably, caused by the strong downforce, and 2) it can be controlled by tire diameter.
We could check for minimum ride height at the beginning and end of the race with penalties assessed for violations after the race, but that increases the burden on the race manager.
Like Russel said, a bit of a hole to go down.
I am interested to see what Kim’s Ferrari measures at…
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(Leroy Grumman)Riffing off of Steve’s work (to which I get an “Access Denied” message, but I’m sure that’s just due to my dysfunctional relationship with Google). I merged and deduplicated the cars and then created a table indicating which year(s) they ran. Image of that table below and attached the Excel workbook for those that want to sort and filter.
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(Leroy Grumman)I’ll be campaigning this race-worn little guy.
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Keep it simple.
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