One of the changes that has occurred is that the hosting track owner is now running the race. He can decide what entry fee to charge and collects it, does signup, qualifying and running the race. I will be there to assist with any organizational problems, lend advice as does any of the other experienced racers. I feel this allows myself and Paul to be free to help others with their racing and somewhat offsets hometrack advantage.
Here is the current schedule as agreed upon by the track owners. We will keep to the standard schedule of meeting every two weeks on Friday nite with qualifying to start at 7pm. That time is flexible due to distances traveled, traffic, work etc. So bear with us if the program runs a little late. A hint about the schedule, it is setup alphabetically by the track owner’s first name. In other words the sequence is Marty, Paul, then Zane. Check it out and mark your calendar!
| Jan. 12th | Marty’s |
| Jan. 26th | Paul’s |
| Feb. 9th | Zane’s |
| Feb. 23rd | Marty’s |
| March 8th | Paul’s |
| March 22nd | Zane’s |
| April 5th | Marty’s |
| April 19th | Paul’s |
The first race of the 1996 season will be at Marty’s new track with his sano computer. It will be a pot luck and it sounds like it will be a lot of fun. Now that we have a “longer” track to race on the discussions of creating other classes has been coming up a lot. So far in my talks I’ve heard racers who want to race faster cars. There are different ideas about what we should do so I’m going to throw the ones I’ve heard out there for your consideration. These are not set in stone. I hope that after the race at Marty’s we can have a little group talk about what we want to do. One of the things I would like everyone to bear in mind when thinking about these is to consider that some of the racers have some of these cars now from racing at Deals on Wheels, etc. With that in mind here are the classes that are being considered:
| 1. Open Super Stock (maybe Stronts) | Tyco Super Stock with Polymer traction magnets Tomy Super G+ Super Stock Panther Super Stock (all ceramic) Patriot Super Stock (all ceramic) |
| 2. Restricted Open | Standard HOPRA Polymer rules |
| 3. Modified | Same as Open Super Stock but with any armature |
| 4. Indy Modified | Same as above but with Hard plastic Indy/F1 body |
I will have the National rulebooks at the race but there is nothing stopping us from creating our own rules also. Give it some thought and write down any ideas you have for the group meeting.
One thing I have avoided since I’ve been writing the newsletters is promoting my business. I didn’t feel it was necessary and any special deals I tried to let everyone know about it. But I have come up with a couple of deals I feel should know about. I am creating a lease program for Super Stock cars. The cost of the car is $45. It will have all the latest trick stuff on it. Legend armature, measured magnets, Wizzard silver kit, BSRT independent front end, a body of your choice reasonably painted to your style, etc. For a $10 nonrefundable deposit you can place an order for a car. The car remains in my posession till the $45 is paid. Every race you want to use you paid a minimum $5 towards the balance and you can race the car. After every race I will clean and tune the car for the next race. When you reach the $45 mark it’s yours. I will be at the race to adjust and tune the car for you. So for $45 you get a maxed out Super Stock, cleaning and tuning at and in between the races with technical support for you. Rich worked on a similiar deal and he won a race with one! So if your interested let me know.
Tech Tip: Probably the one area I have trouble with is getting .012” pickup shoe springs to work on a Tyco Super Stock. According to Bob Lincoln of Wizzard and many other pros that is the hot ticket to speed. I have tried them and found that the speed down the straights was vastly improved. A car that was so-so becomes a missle. But my problem is I couldn’t get the car to handle with my driving style. Now stock pickup shoe springs come in .010” and you can get these silver, gold plated, left and right. You can also get .011’ springs as well as .009” So the amount of adjustments you can make is a lot! Even though this Tech Tip is one that I’m having some problems with, I felt I should pass it along. Some racers bend the .012” so that they find the line between the car going fast down the straight and getting handling. This theory is the East Coast bury the rear. Running large front tires and heavy pickup shoe springs with smaller than normal rear tires the car is setup high in the front and low in the rear. This is to go over bumps and rail height variances while still maintaing traction at the rear. So think about your setup and if you’re not happy give some thought to .012” springs!