I’ve updated the Driver Stats page and moved it from the Results page to its own wide-view page. Also updated it with current SR2 and SR3 statistics.
The new page provides the following stats for each track layout raced on:
Average Race Placing
Average Segment (Heat) Placing
Total Laps
Last Race Appearance
There are certainly more data points to dig out and list but this is a good start for now. If you can think of an interesting bit of racing information that would be helpful to know, please comment and I’ll get it on the list.
Added a new page to the site to support better access to track record data. The new page is much easier to view the data and allows for sorting and searching for specific information.
Screenshot of new data layout.
For instance, you can sort by any column in the table or search for records by Car Class simply by entering the term “TFX” (w/o quotes) in the search bar.
The best way to find, for example, the fastest laps for all V-SPEC classes would be to enter “V-SPEC” (w/o quotes) into the search bar. The page will produce all the entries for any V-SPEC class run on all track layouts.
To find the best laps for a Viper-Jet, you’d enter “Viper-Jet” (w/o quotes) into the search bar.
To find a more specific class of car, enter “TFX Modified” (w/o quotes) into the search bar. The page will produce all records related to the TFX Modified class. Of course, you can also enter a driver’s first or last name to see their collection of track records and related details.
Unfortunately, the search capability is very primitive right now. I’ll certainly try to find better ways to quickly query the data. I’m also working on both track databases to clean up bogus records, data inconsistencies, etc.
You can use your phone to find SR2 and SR3 track records as you’re testing or practicing simply by using your phone’s browser and going to HTTP://stewartraceway.org/track-records.
Next up is expanding the Driver Stats data to include both SR2 and SR3 with current data.
Round 2 of the 2022 IROC Championship Series is in the Slot Car Racing books. The 4-race schedule commenced at 11:30ish Saturday, October 29 on the SR3 straight road course. We started slow and loose with Box-Stock OS3 TFX TransAm Camaros running at 18v and finished off the day with super-fast, Super G+ Lexan F1/Indy cars running at 15v.
Short Story Round 2 Overall Results
Place
Name
Laps
Points
Total Time
1
George Peters
369
50
3344.134
2
Brad Sandahl
360
42
3331.948
3
Kevin Webster
335
26
3394.977
4
Eric Lane
321
22
3408.631
5
Jerry Pearson
171
18
1842.371
6
Steve Stewart
378
64
3289.529
Race 1:Â OS3 TFX “Box-Stock” Camaros (18.1v)
Starting slow and loose, the first race was OS3 TFX “Box-Stock” TransAm Camaros. These cars are way faster than the typical pancake car but still way loose compared to most cars we run.
Place
Name
Laps
Points
Total Time
1
Steve Stewart
80
16
938.946
2
George Peters
77
13
943.663
3
Jerry Pearson
76
11
1007.412
4
Brad Sandahl
74
7
919.638
5
Kevin Webster
70
6
980.669
6
Eric Lane
69
5
1015.717
This race was quite a surprise. Conventional thinking was that the more experienced TFX/T-Jet drivers would dominate this one. However, George Peters and Brad Sandahl would sit out the first heat, which gave rookie driver Jerry Pearson, an excellent opportunity to walk away with a nice win in the first heat. By the end of the race, George Peters would establish a solid second-place finish and Jerry Pearson would best 2021 ROTY, Brad Sandahl by just two points. Very impressive racing by Jerry driving one of the most difficult-to-drive cars we run. (Details)
Race 2:Â MegaG+ 1.7 “Box-Stock” Winged Super Modifieds (18v)
Race 2 was a bit faster utilizing stock MG+ long-wheelbase chassis’ with cool MTS 3D-printed winged Super Modified bodies. Typically fairly top-heavy, with traction magnets these cars actually go pretty well on a road course.
Place
Name
Laps
Points
Total Time
1
Steve Stewart
98
16
788.671
2
Brad Sandahl
97
13
783.274
3
George Peters
97
11
808.725
4
Jerry Pearson
95
7
834.959
5
Kevin Webster
91
6
788.261
6
Eric Lane
88
5
800.873
The Sportsman drivers seemed to really like these cars and Jerry Pearson, Kevin Webster, and Eric Lane would remain in the top three race leader positions up until the fourth heat. In the last two segments, experts, George Peters and Brad Sandahl would overtake them, finishing second and third overall. (Details)
Race 3:Â Viper-Jets with Lexan CanAm Bodies (12v)
This one was pretty much a battle of the Experts but Sportsman drivers, Kevin Webster and Eric Lane put their marks on it with two second-place heat finishes while the three Expert drivers battle it out.
Place
Name
Laps
Points
Total Time
1
Steve Stewart
100
16
819.166
2
George Peters
98
13
830.954
3
Brad Sandahl
94
11
848.308
4
Kevin Webster
84
7
838.387
5
Eric Lane
77
6
810.143
In the end, it was Home Cook’n with the top spot, George Peters second, and Brad Sandahl in third. Very close racing at all levels. (Details)
Race 4: Super G+ with Lexan F1/Indy Bodies (15v)
This race would be the fastest race of the day and a very competitive one at that. The big story was Kevin Webster leading the race after four segments, with a win in that segment and a second in the third segment–nice!
Place
Name
Laps
Points
Total Time
1
Steve Stewart
100
16
742.746
2
George Peters
97
13
760.792
3
Brad Sandahl
95
11
780.728
4
Kevin Webster
90
7
787.66
5
Eric Lane
87
6
781.898
In the end, only two laps separated George Peters in second and Brad Sandahl in third, and only three laps separated Sportsman drivers, Kevin Webster and Eric Lane. Close racing! (Details)
Top to bottom: TR3 Augorans, Webster MG+ Camaros & Mustangs, Tyco-Jets, Retro Vipers
All in all, it was a fun day of racing, and great to see our Sportsman drivers breaking through the Expert ranks and not only winning heat segments but also the top podium spot in the OS3 TFX race. Good driving all around!
Kevin Webster and Jerry Pearson are neck & neck in the series Sportsman standings while George Peters has a very solid lead over Brad Sandhal in the Expert standings.
Remember: It’s the best total points of three of the four events.
IROC Championship Series Points Standings After Round 2
Sportsman Class
Place
Name
Laps
Points
Total Time
1
Kevin Webster
578
58
5967.985
2
Jerry Pearson
419
57
4419.561
3
Eric Lane
550
47
5967.415
Expert Class
Place
Name
Laps
Points
Total Time
1
George Peters
634
105
5905.876
2
Brad Sandahl
360
42
3331.948
3
Steve Stewart
646
125
5829.804
Round 3 of the series is tentatively slated for November 12, 2022 and will be contested on the SR3 Oval Course. Stay tuned for details on ROund 3 and, hopefully, some video of this last round on our Youtube channel.
First crack at video recording on SR3. It’s a bit larger track and difficult to get one shot of the whole course. This is a qualifying session with a Viper V-SPEC car using a typical Indy-style qual session.
Some lighting issues to resolve but might work for recording races. If not, will have to do dual cameras to break the track into two sections and get a better capture of the action.
Those of us who have raced the MG/MG+ cars know of this problem all too well. Now that we’re racing Jag Hobbies platforms, this issue has come to the fore once again.
Some of you may have experienced a Mega-G or Jag Hobbies car suddenly stop, stutter, or otherwise display intermittent rail contact issues.
This is a well-known problem and actually has several solutions. The easiest of which is to simply change the bend profile of the shoe. Another is to install shunt wires or Tyco dual-lever shoe springs.
This bulletin provides some detail on addressing this problem by changing the shoe bend profile, which is probably the simplest and certainly the cheapest and quickest method to resolve.
The following link provides detail on how to modify the shoes to overcome this issue and maintain pick-up shoe continuity.
Courtesy of WHOSCAR ICT Facebook pages and author, Mike Linkous, who has done a great job of both illustrating and describing how to solve this issue.
WHOSCAR is a very active HO-scale slot car racing organization in Wichita, Kansas dedicated to the hobby of building and racing h.o. scale slot cars.
I’ve updated the Driver Stats page and moved it from the Results page to its own wide-view page. Also updated it with current SR2 and SR3 statistics.
Round 2 of the 2022 IROC Championship Series is in the Slot Car Racing books. The 4-race schedule commenced at 11:30ish Saturday, October 29 on the SR3 straight road course. We started slow and loose with Box-Stock OS3 TFX TransAm Camaros running at 18v and finished off the day with super-fast, Super G+ Lexan F1/Indy cars running at 15v.
This one was pretty much a battle of the Experts but Sportsman drivers, Kevin Webster and Eric Lane put their marks on it with two second-place heat finishes while the three Expert drivers battle it out.
This race would be the fastest race of the day and a very competitive one at that. The big story was Kevin Webster leading the race after four segments, with a win in that segment and a second in the third segment–nice!
Those of us who have raced the MG/MG+ cars know of this problem all too well. Now that we’re racing Jag Hobbies platforms, this issue has come to the fore once again.