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Post by Tom Dolan on Aug 12, 2024 14:58:18 GMT -7
I'm willing to go either way on the broken car post but I just can't agree about loaning a car to another racer just because his/her car is slower than the loaners car. If your car isn't fast enough for you or doesn't handle quite good enough, take it home after the race and re-tune it. I just did it to 3 of my Ninco cars and my white Mercedes and they are all faster and better handling than they were at Colpar.
Tom
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Post by David Asbury on Aug 12, 2024 16:06:48 GMT -7
I have always thought if a racer has a car for the class they should run it and see what happens unless it is hopelessly non-competitive. With someone who doesn't have a car for a class they can borrow a car to compete and get a car for the next race if they can. As for cars that break, I think a replacement can be used but not a crazy fast or illegal car. Since usually they have lost a good deal of time trying to get the broken car going again it rarely effects the results. As for ringer cars loaned out to hot shoes in advance, I've never thought it matched the spirit of the Front Range vintage slot car and historical racing club.
David
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Post by chris on Aug 12, 2024 16:50:03 GMT -7
It seems that this topic is directed at me because I am the one racing a loaner car. Yes I have an Eldon slot car that I can race however as some have told me it is a toy car not a race car. I have worked with the Eldon car trying to improve it to make it more competitive however it was not in the cards for these type of cars which is why I decided to race the loaner car.
I have already explained my perspective of the Vintage class cars in my previous comment in this thread so I won't beat a dead horse.
I can certainly race the Eldon car and do my best to stay out of everybody's way.
Chris
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Post by Tom Dolan on Aug 12, 2024 20:23:00 GMT -7
It seems that this topic is directed at me because I am the one racing a loaner car. Yes I have an Eldon slot car that I can race however as some have told me it is a toy car not a race car. I have worked with the Eldon car trying to improve it to make it more competitive however it was not in the cards for these type of cars which is why I decided to race the loaner car. I have already explained my perspective of the Vintage class cars in my previous comment in this thread so I won't beat a dead horse. I can certainly race the Eldon car and do my best to stay out of everybody's way. Chris I wasn't directing the post to you directly Chris-it was directed at anyone who already has a car for the class but borrows from another racer because their car is slower than the car they are borrowing. I have to agree with David on this. Tom |
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Post by David Asbury on Aug 12, 2024 20:53:56 GMT -7
Chris, I too wasn't directing it at you. If it helps, I have used Aurora/K&B chassis under the Eldon bodies and been very happy with their performance. They usually fit right in by drilling a center hole in the back of the chassis for the Eldon body post. Mark put a Strombecker chassis under his Eldon Camaro but had to do some fancy fabrication to mount it. The Aurora cars are excellent on a home track like you have, in fact we were all planning to run them if you have an event at your house this season.
David
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Post by Tom Dolan on Aug 12, 2024 21:13:45 GMT -7
Chris, I too wasn't directing it at you. If it helps, I have used Aurora/K&B chassis under the Eldon bodies and been very happy with their performance. They usually fit right in and even have a center hole in the back of the chassis for the Eldon body post. Mark put a Strombecker chassis under his Eldon Camaro but had to do some fancy fabrication to mount it. David I have a Revell chassis under my Eldon Mustang and it fits very well. Tom |
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Post by Jim Weickum on Aug 13, 2024 18:23:56 GMT -7
Chris's Vintage cars were in his possession long before this race was run. He picked the cars without knowing their performance. He has run my Strombecker cars before, so he was given one to try. I didn't recommend the Strombecker Cuda, but he wanted to try it. He had three cars with him when he arrived at Colpar. I told him some things that he would need to do to each car to make them run for this class. I gave him the parts and he made the cars work for him. The Cuda required narrower axles and maybe the narrow nuts to fit the tires under the car. The tires were too tall for the body, so the fenders needed to be sanded to fit the tires. The Green Revell was also a car that I didn't think was a good running car, but Chris made the changes to the car to work for him. I didn't like the third car, and this was the best of the cars when I had used these cars before. When someone is trying to use a car that has a plastic chassis and plastic wheels from the 60's, I will have a talk with them to see what I can do to help change their mind on using a car that will be spending most of its time being put back on the track because of poor handling and the usual slow speeds of those cars. I have let Steve and Daryl use some of my cars in the past and they have turned the car into a podium finish. Something that I couldn't do with the car when I used it. I do get a Big joy out of someone that can take a car that I was using and show me that it isn't the car, but it is my slow driving of the car. I have no "ringer" cars for this Club, so if anyone uses one of my cars, good luck in the race.
I started in this Club with one Vintage car. It was my original Strombecker Jaguar, D-Type that has a gray chassis and is a front motored car. I think I was 11 or 12 when my brother and I received the set. Steve told me about a place called E-Bay and warned me about it. I bought a book on slotcars that BoB S had written in the 60's so I could learn a little about what cars were made back then.
Jim W
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