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Open Track Day Video: January 27, 2024

Another cool open track day on the 27th. We had a great turnout of junior and team drivers in the AM session and then another great turnout of Sportsman and Expert drivers in the afternoon.

We recorded a lot of the days action but only captured three of the fun races with the SlotTrak screens and these three were late-in-the-day and only three drivers remaining.

Still, for those interested, below is a link to those races on Rumble. I edited each video as much as possible but didn’t have time to reduce them to the nitty-gritty, so you’ll have to fast-forward through crashes or just grin and bear it. And, yes, we crashed a bunch.

The main reason for posting these particular videos is to show everyone a new video shooting scene setup. If you have time, please check it out. This setup utilizes two cameras above opposite corners of the track and switches between each view throughout the video, showing the SlotTrak scoring screens in one of the two whole-track scenes.

https://rumble.com/c/c-3364960

Please feel free to comment below. The next step in this video venture is to get some close-up video of various areas of the track and be able to produce slow-motion shots of the action.

Thank you all for showing up and supporting another very fun track day.

Next Saturday will be another open track day, if enough interest. Our racing season-opener will be February 10th. Stay tuned for more details on our first racing series of the 2024 season. It’s all open-wheel cars and probably three oval events and two road course events. Hopefully, one of the oval events will be held on SR2’s oval or road course.

Okay, shut up and drive!

Updated SR2 and SR3 Track Records

Since we have a new driver in the mix and we’ve changed the layout of SR3, I’ve updated the track records for both SR2 and SR3.

We also ran Round 5 of the last 50/50 series back in July on SR2, which resulted in several lap records being set or broken on the SR2 straight course layout.

When you’re testing and tuning, you can use this data to see where you are regarding lap times with a particular car or course layout. It’s a bit clunky but it works. Go to https://stewartraceway.org/track-records/ on your phone or other device and use the query bar to find a particular track record. Just type in “stewart raceway II (straight” for example to see lap records for SR2’s straight road course. I know, I need to work on the track naming to make this a lot easier.

The current Driver Statistics are also outdated. I’ll get those updated as soon as I can. I’m also working on a single table per track layout that lists the fastest laps on each lane.

If any of you are SQL query experts, please chime in, I’ll gladly let you have access to the databases to work on some other cool and helpful queries.

Have a great T-day!

“Official” 2023 Season Points Standings

Below is a summary of the current points standings for all “official” racing to date for the 2023 racing season.

Who will take home the Season’s trophy?

Place	Name	Laps	Points	Total Time
1	Kevin Webster	2773	735	26066.3
2	Aaron Castro	1015	401	8840.121
3	Jordan Walker	1980	385	15915.75
4	Jerry Pearson	1511	336	14395.3
5	Eric Lane	1440	183	12701.97
6	Shaylin Maddox	637	173	4788.795
7	Abe Maddox	550	153	4541.577
8	Fred Ebert	189	79	1658.412
1	Steve Stewart*	3382	1202	26227.38
2	George Peters*	2753	705	18209.27

* Denotes Expert ranked drivers.

The trophies shown are not the actual 2023 trophies.

With just one or two more races possible this season, it looks like Sportsman points leader, Kevin Webster (Webster Motorsports), has a very good shot at the 2023 Season Championship trophy.

Based on his performance in Round 3 of the 50/50 Xtreme Series, Aaron Castro has a mathematical shot at the trophy. However, Kevin would have to miss at least one remaining round and Aaron would need another stellar day like he had in Round 3 to pull it off. I guess we’ll just have to see if we can complete one or two more rounds before the end of the year.

Jordan Walker, also a championship contender, is expected to miss at least the next round, which, unfortunately, will take him out of contention for the championship win.

Okay, shut up and drive!

Current Top 10 Drivers for 2023 Season

Abe and Mom getting in some practice on SR3.

Below is a summary of ALL races ran to date in 2023, this includes kids races, dash races, official series races, and any other “unofficial” race completed throughout the season. Of course, it doesn’t necessarily reflect merit since some drivers show up much more than others, and some (me) show up for every event.

Place	Name	Laps	Points	Total Time
1	Steve Stewart	6041	2590	59631.24
2	Kevin Webster	4649	1546	51604.85
3	Aaron Castro	2711	1043	27476.9
4	George Peters	3066	860	21576.99
5	Abe Maddox	1272	765	14974.65
6	Jerry Pearson	1943	702	21632.81
7	Shaylin Maddox	1258	611	15360.7
8	Eric Lane	1456	502	15520.8
9	Jordan Walker	1633	351	14267.18
10	Grace Maddox	335	214	5017.043

Some of our junior drivers getting ready to race.

A few things to note from the 2023 season so far:

1. 1. The latest entry into our group, Aaron Castro is not long for the Sportsman ranks and will likely be the 2023 Rookie Driver of the Year and advance to the Expert ranks very soon.
  2. Abe Maddox is clearly the 2023 Junior Driver of the Year and can race with the “Big Kids” anytime.
  3. While I don’t believe there should be any distinction between male and female drivers in slot car racing, Abe’s Mom, Shaylin Maddox, is definitely our most active and possibly our best female driver in the group. It’s truly way cool to have women interested in racing and we have two adult women, Shaylin and Martha Elderon, who are very good slot car jockeys, for sure.

With just one more month remaining in the 2023 season, this summary isn’t likely to change much. We have two more “official” races to complete before the end of 2023. Hopefully, we can conclude them before the end of the year and give out some of these well-deserved awards.

Stay tuned for a complete summary of the “official” races of the 2023 season…

Prototype “Paper” SK Modified Body

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My first iteration of a “super-light” paper body for our MegaG+ Support Class cars. This one is made out of premium glossy photo paper and is mounted on a 1.7 MegaG+ chassis using 8 mil clear double-sided tape I got from George.

Kevin worked up this body using some sort of drafting paper and then laminated it with some other material.

Both bodies are pretty cool. Haven’t tested them on the track yet but I did run a regular paper prototype last Saturday on a Jag DR-1 chassis and it held up pretty well. These bodies are way light and the car feels and handles like it has no body at all.

Design ideas are limitless and very appealing. We’ll see how durable they are. I’m looking forward to coming up with a Midget car design and upgrading my SWB MegaG+ IROC set. Once you get the design set and printed, it takes about the same time to trim and mount as a typical Lexan body. And way, way cheaper than even a clear Lexan body.