What an amazing day of slot car action!
The plan was to run all day exclusively on the 4-lane SR2 track. We started on SR2’s straight road course and did a bunch of hot laps before the usual suspects wanted to do some racing.
This was the first time in almost two years that we were running anything on the SR2 table. It took quite a few laps to clean the rails and get the cobwebs off the track. Due to a technical issue, we ran both practice and the only race on SR2 using Race Coordinator software, which did the job but had a couple of issues. Regardless, we were able to click off a race of six 25-lap heats using Kevin Webster’s Wizzard Storm Extreme IROC set.
| Finish | Seed | Driver | Laps | Score | L1 | L2 | L3 | L 4 |
| 1 | 1 | Abe Maddox | 87 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 16 |
| 2 | 4 | Steve Stewart | 94 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 13 |
| 3 | 3 | Martha Elderon | 91 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Shaylin Maddox | 88 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 16 |
| 5 | 2 | Jerry Pearson | 94 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
| 6 | 6 | Kevin Webster | 86 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 11 |
Just a fun race but it was very, very competitive. Abe won two heats and Martha Elderon won two heats. Only Kevin and I had experience on SR2 so it was quite impressive to see the new drivers do so well on the different course. Detailed Results
As seems to be the trend these days, Abe won on points and Martha bagged the final podium spot just three laps down on Home Cook’n. Not to be outdone by Abe, his Mom, Shaylin won the final heat with a perfect score of 25 laps.
Abe was eager to get back to the SR3 course and let his Viper car rip. After a bunch of laps on SR3 with a whole new slew of drivers, Abe continued his dominance on the day by winning the second race on SR3. It wasn’t exactly a level playing field since Abe was running a Viper V-SPEC rig against mostly less capable cars. But Abe remained focused as ever and managed to edge out his schoolmate, Dax Schwartz, by just two laps. Madeline Johnson was just three laps behind Dax. Dax’s brother, Julian Schwartz, was just one lap behind Madeline. Extremely close racing by our neighborhood junior drivers!
Visiting adult driver, Andrew Noske, from Australia, did very well in his first-ever slot car race posting the second-fastest lap of the race! Thanks for joining us, Andrew! Detailed Results
| Place | Name | Laps | Points | Total Time |
| 1 | Abe Maddox | 40 | 17 | 364.271 |
| 2 | Dax Schwartz | 38 | 13 | 369.306 |
| 3 | Madeline Johnson | 35 | 11 | 370.117 |
| 4 | Julian Schwartz | 34 | 7 | 372.34 |
| 5 | Andrew Noske | 32 | 6 | 369.146 |
Okay, there it is. A beautiful day in the mountains, with a fantastic group of slotheads, and some seriously competitive and fun racing.
Next weekend is the final round of the 2023 50/50 Series. Sportsman drivers, Jordan Walker and Kevin Webster are just eleven points apart in the series. Round 5 should decide which driver wins the series and moves on to the Expert ranks of our hobby. Best of luck to both drivers! The final round will be run on SR2 and will include at least two fuel races.
Okay, shut up and drive!
So FUN! Thanks for hosting a wonderful day of racing. Loved seeing all the littles racing away!
Yes, way fun day! Thanks for bringing Abe over and for joining in on the racing and marshaling. We’ll do it again soon.