Racing tomorrow Thursday 7th November

[gordon]

Hi Guys,

FRC will be open for practice/testing from 7:00 PM tomorrow Thursday (7th November). Scheduled classes are our Group C: Mini Challenge - 6 races @ 20 laps, Rally Car - 5 five-lap stages per car (1 car at a time). Note that to be eligible, rally cars must pass the 45º test. See these:

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Please bring your cars ready to go. Here's the usual schedule:

• 8:00 PM - Qualifying followed by racing. Drivers not ready when called to grid will be replaced by any standby drivers who are ready.
• After racing - Packing up and liming/old talk (but not too late!).

You can see all the class regulations here and the general racing regulations here.

Don't forget to bring along some refreshments.

Ice Brigade: Luke B.

Reality Checks

Mini Challenge:


Rally Car:


See you on the circuit...
Gordon

[steveaca]

Will be there for sure.
What a shot of the Citroen C4 WRC car: opposite lock in the air !

[Luke]

Alot of Minis racing here GG, I counted 19 rows and with 38 cars in this race - it must have been action right up to the last lap..!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltIvnyf_J7U

For the last lap, these top 4 Minis in this short vid, I think will help intensify our last FRC Mini Challenge event for 2013..!

Sure you'll are going to enjoy and dont forget to watch full screen

Luke

[RameshB]

Hi all Luke and i will be there to have an enjoyable slot car night out , the minis were fun to watch , but why he didnt win the race?

[gordon]

What a shot of the Citroen C4 WRC car: opposite lock in the air !

Knew you'd like this one Steve .

[gordon]

Luke, that Mini race at Bathurst was great! Bathurst is probably the most famous and difficult track in Australia. Matt Neal really gave it all away on that last lap... 1st to 5th in a just a few corners, all because of one mistake. Watched it all on our TV via the Apple TV which made everything real close up, almost as large as life!

[Luke]

Gordon & Ramesh - I told you'll, you will enjoy this Mini race..!

I found it was great & exciting race just to watch on PC monitor but could only just imagine how much better via a Apple TV Those shots from the air was probablly great looking for you GG - the track elevations with those blind S-bends must have been real cool to see also.

I really think Matt Neal did a great job GG, he gave it his all for a win but those (started with Scott) Bargwanna boys tagged team him big time into the last corner. If you watch it again you will see how Matt only just lost it on the last corner because of both of them. If that was anyone of us from FRC driving Matt's car - You would have heard person from inside the car bawling out: Drive Through!!! Drive Through!!!

That was really to much body contact but it seems thats how they race... I noticed the next race is later on this month & too bad we dont get it on local cable

See you'll at the circuit tomorrow

Luke

[Luke]

GG - In Rally Car class...

As written in regs ~ Any car found to stick (i.e. does not roll/move) to a standard section of Scalextric Sport track when the track is elevated to 45 degrees will be deemed to have failed and not be eligible for use. This can be referred to as the "45º rule".

A car sliding down track (wheels not rolling) may refer to as moving too - right... So would this car be eligible to race still with wheels not rolling..?

Luke

[gordon]

Luke, sliding down without wheels rolling is fine. Once the car does not stick.