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I do not have a BRM car now and with other upcoming purchases, I would rather not invest now, so I will not be running in the BRM series.
Russell
Guarded good news about Kubica; they brought him out of his induced coma and he talked to his father and was able to move his fingers. It’s still too early to tell how much functionality he will have; he will probably be out all year.
His codriver said they hit a section of armco, pushing it outwards. There was a gap to the next section of guardrail and they went straight into it. It pierced the engine compartment, all the way through the cockpit and out the hatchback. They were lucky as it was.Russell
Hi guys,
I would agree that the fewer rules, the better.
Carrera and SCX both have Trans Am cars but I don’t think they would be competitive.
T/A first would be fine.Also,I had an idea for another type of race; we take turns driving the same car. This could be an informal, run anytime, spur-of-the-moment deal.
Say, one person offers one of his cars to run. Everyone gets two minutes to practice and set their controllers, then does a two minute run for fastest lap and most laps run. This could be done in driver’s choice of lane or a lane could be specified that everyone would run. We could each make runs in all three lanes but it would be longer, especially for the guys not running. If we did that I would recommend each person gets one minute of warmup in each of the other two lanes, then their two-minute run. This would speed things up and keep the pressure on.
We could draw straws for running order, except that the person whose car it was would always run last.
This race would be like Monday Night Football was originally, where all the other teams would be watching, so the two teams were playing in front of their peers.
As I said, this would be informal and could be run any time a group of us were together, Thursday,Sunday,etc. There would be no entry fee.
What do you think?My favorite website (and the home page on my browser) is Autoracing1.com. I check it several times a day. It is a subscription site ($25/yr) but is well worth it. For the latest hot news and rumors it can’t be beat. They cover all motorsports with news, qualifying, race results, photos and so on. It is a news site and they do not do any streaming but they have links to sites that do.
Russell
Ary
I have a Vanquish M8B kit, not completely asssembled, and a RTR Vanquish Lotus 72D. I only ran them briefly but my recollection was that they were not fast, and were also slightly larger than 1/32. The Lotus does look very good and I think the Mclaren would look good too, if I were to finish it.
Russell
The car may be a Revell but I am not really sure. I have a Revell BRM body, same period, also slightly bulbous. I do not recognize the frome; most Revells came with an adjustable ladder frame, although some later RTR cars had a stamped frame. It could also be a Marx. Marx made cars and sets for Sears (Allstate tires???). It is not a Cox, Monogram, or Russkit. Neither is it a Strombecker which made a very accurate and desired Lotus 38.
Russell
Marty
Thanks for holding a controller for me; I had been thinking about getting one. I plan on stopping by on Saturday, but I will probably not be able to work. I still cannot be vertical too much.
Russell
Marty
If that’s the one with all the bells and whistles and knobs, I’ll buy one.
Also, do you know anything about the Slot.It telemetry box with audio output of lap times?Russell
Hi guys
The Grand Opening ideas sound good to me. I like Ary’s suggestion of having a line for the kids running 5 min at a time.
I now have a cast on my leg and I am getting around better; hopefully I won’t be out of action too much longer.
I have made DVDs of my Monterey photos–850 photos on a disc. The cars are in folders by race group and some of the groups have PDFs of the race results so you can see what the cars were. There is also an earlier entry list with all the race groups on it. I have made 5 copies and Chris and I may have a chance to run them up to King’s tomorrow so the next time you’re there you can pick one up. Enjoy!Russell
