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Post by Daryl Payne on Jul 19, 2024 19:02:00 GMT -7
I want a race in september,, that is the only assurance that the weather will be ok,,,, please thro out some dayes,, the earlier the better\
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Post by amiatanut on Jul 20, 2024 16:59:23 GMT -7
Daryl, you agreed to Sept 21 in the post for Race #2. Is that currently not good?
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Post by grenade101 on Jul 22, 2024 10:05:33 GMT -7
Since we are less than three weeks out to our first race August 10th at Colpar, The Thursday Night Practice Race will be this Thursday July 25th at Marc G's Track 6th Street Speedway in Mead. I was told the track open at 5:00 and racing to start at 6:00. Classes to be run are all the current 2024/2025 Vintage Cars. I know I will have several Ninco, DTM cars and Muscle Cars to play with. None of my Muscle Cars will be painted and only a few have interiors yet, as they are still works in progress.
Mark W
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Post by Daryl Payne on Jul 29, 2024 12:46:26 GMT -7
date is ok
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Post by grenade101 on Jul 30, 2024 8:14:09 GMT -7
With the weather not working to run at Marc G. 6th Street Speedway on the 25th. Fred has accepted to host the Thursday afternoon group on August 8th for a test and tune for the upcoming classes. Track opens at 1:00 thru 4:00 no food at this event.
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Post by chris on Aug 10, 2024 8:19:10 GMT -7
Whoop whoop, let's go racin! 😃
Chris
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Post by grenade101 on Aug 10, 2024 19:14:40 GMT -7
Whoop whoop, let's go racin! 😃 Chris Chris you were running fast today in two classes and if you would have run the car you finished with you would have been there as well. Mark W |
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Post by chris on Aug 10, 2024 19:30:11 GMT -7
Whoop whoop, let's go racin! 😃 Chris Chris you were running fast today in two classes and if you would have run the car you finished with you would have been there as well. Mark W Thanks Mark! That was a fun time, nice job with the Vintage car for you as well! Chris |
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Post by Tom Dolan on Aug 11, 2024 20:17:13 GMT -7
So no other opinions?
Tom
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Post by Doug Logston on Aug 12, 2024 5:13:04 GMT -7
I agree with Tom’s opinion.
Doug L.
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Post by grenade101 on Aug 12, 2024 7:44:46 GMT -7
My take on race #1. 1. A Corvair is NOT a muscle car. 2. If you bring a car that isn't up to your expectations, don't use someone else's car--use yours and then make it better for the next race or bring another car. Exceptions should be for someone who doesn't have a car for the class. 3. If your car breaks (like mine did), oh well that's racing. If you can fix it during the race great- if not, your race is done. Just my opinions, yours may vary and I'm sure they will. Tom And congrats to Steve for the win in the vintage class!! Tom, I am sorry that I had brought the Corvair with me to the race. I have a strong connection to these, as it was the first car that I ever rebuilt while I was still in High School. That body will not be used until there is a 1960's road racing class where I hope that it will be allowed to compete. I will move the chassis over to something more appropriate. But in the same conversation, Pony Cars as we called them would not have been allowed if they were not in the rules and what the competition committee was telling racers would be acceptable. This would apply to the Mustang, Camaro, Firebird, AMX....... In the long run let's not get hung up on what we call a class. Let's have the competition committee do a better job on listing what cars are acceptable. And again, I am sorry that I was pushing to allow the Corvair it truly is an Orphan. On your comment about running a car you did not build. I disagree. Particularly with the vintage cars but that also applies to any of the brands that have gone out of business or even moved away from cars that are 35 years or older as our rules call for. These are getting expensive to purchase and get parts to make run well. I will continue to loan cars that I have for others to run. Last year Chris ran cars from either myself, Jim or David in the Vintage Open Wheel Class, based on the event. I enjoyed seeing how much faster he could make my car go. I also look forward to having him at all events he can make. He just has much more self-control on purchases than I do.... On your last comment about if your car breaks your done. I also disagree. This club has always since I have been involved, loaned cars to racers when something breaks so you can finish the lane and use again to complete the racing. Cars were offered to you when yours broke, but you declined as it is your choice. Both of these items applied to Steve Saturday. I don't know him as well as the rest of you, but he was pitted next to me, and he borrowed one of my Mercedes DTM. He did not purchase a car to race which is just fine, then while running his car was hit very hard on the straight where it broke. I believe he finished that run, but know he finished the lanes with a car that Jim provided for him. My personal feeling is that if we can't allow this to continue, I have to question why I would want to continue to participate with this group. We are here to have fun, challenge our self with building and racing skills but the bottom line is we are here to enjoy a group of others with similar interests and have some fun. Mark Wernimont |
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Post by Tom Dolan on Aug 12, 2024 7:58:49 GMT -7
We will have to agree to disagree--respectively.
Tom
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Post by chris on Aug 12, 2024 8:06:04 GMT -7
I understand Tom's opinion however, I tend to agree with Mark's statements.
We have always helped others out in this club be it letting another racer borrow a car to race from the start or if there car breaks during the race because if we don't have racers on the track we don't have much of a race.
I also agree that this is what we do for fun, we aren't racing for money just to get together with some of our racing buddies and race our cars.Yes we are racers and are kinda competitive but show me racer that don't want to win and ...
In regards to the vintage cars yes I do hope to use a car from one of my racing buddies because these cars are hard to come by, are kinda pricey, and I think it takes a special skill set or experience which I don't have to make these cars right on the track.
Thanks, just my opinion!
Chris
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Post by amiatanut on Aug 12, 2024 8:24:04 GMT -7
I’m going to side with Mark and Chris on this. When I started in Vintage I borrowed cars because I knew nothing about these vintage slot cars. I’m a little more knowledgeable now but still can’t find parts very easily. If my car is totally uncompetitive then I would probably ask to borrow one to be in the race. I see nothing wrong with that. If there was money on the line for these races, that’s one thing but where it’s just bragging rights then I think some leeway is needed to HAVE FUN, which is what this is for.
Marc
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Post by Steve Burkey on Aug 12, 2024 9:21:26 GMT -7
I think everyone above has some very good points, esp. about having FUN, a key foundation when the club was founded 27 years ago (!!). I am wondering, Tom, if you mean when the heat is over: Jim insisted I take his car in the midst of the accident when I already felt bad about Marc's car.
As to semantics, I think I commented out of confusion on my part. The entry above for the results is titled "pony car class" while in the rules string it is titled "60' vintage muscle" or some such. When I started to build a few months ago I was operating on the latter title; i think i even commented to someone at the time that this was going to be difficult to fill out a field of these, as by the time the 1:1's were rumbling around our streets, the slotcar industry had tanked. So it's good the ponies were included for our race, so we could at least have one!
Now on to perceptions on my part as to what a traditional muscle car is: (for what it's worth)
plymouth Roadrunner
plymouth superbird
plymouth GTX
pontiac GTO
olds 442
Chevy Chevelle SS
my Ford Torino Cobra
Dodge Charger
and others I'm sure I've missed. A few ponies definitely bridged into this category with their HP ratings, Cuda 440's and Shelby 500's, but I will always remember those larger mega-HP monsters.
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