Race Report, 2021 50/50 Series, Round 4 (Road Course)

 
Round 4 took us back to the road course and the usual 50/50 racing program. We ran three IROC races and one Builder’s Class race prior to a delayed lunch break. All races featured 20-lap heats and 25-lap fuel allocation.
 
The big story of the day was Russ Toy’s winning of the “inaugural” Jag Hobbies NC-2 “Lite” race. Yes, we finally raced one of the new car platforms in the series and everyone seemed to enjoy driving the NC-2, especially Russ, of course.
 
The NC-2 race was very competitive with Russ besting “Rookie of the Year” candidate, Brad Sandahl, by just one lap, finishing with a 78-lap total. Home Cook’n was not too far off with 75-laps, and Ian Douglass rounded out the top three podium spots with 73-laps in third place.
 
In the end, Ian Douglass took the overall race-day victory by just one point! Brad Sandahl finished the day in 2nd place overall with 60 points, and the Gravity Master, George Peters, rounded out the podium in third with 50 points. 
 
Overall Results Round 4:
Place Name Laps Points Total Time
1 Ian Douglass 458 81 2779.278
2 Steve Stewart 467 80 2731.469
3 Brad Sandahl 444 60 2844.253
4 George Peters 438 50 2815.976
5 Russ Toy 412 43 2801.712
6 Kevin Webster 396 34 2786.317
All in all, it was a hotly contested race day and a fun—but very fast—group of drivers. 
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OS3 TFX “Lites” IROC

Race 1 was an IROC set from George Peter’s IROC stable, OS3 TFX “Lites.” These cars started the day out relatively slow but hectic as everybody got a taste for what this exciting new class of car has to offer. The TFX Lite car is basically an out-of-the-box OS3 TFX car with OS3 Black Dragon magnets in place of the stock Gray Dragon magnets. This minor upgrade gives the car a bit more downforce and a whole lot more drivability.

PlaceNameLapsPointsTotal Time
1Steve Stewart8016618.206
2Ian Douglass7913626.874
3Brad Sandahl7811652.523
4George Peters767625.739
5Kevin Webster696601.274
6Russ Toy665604.991
Race 1 – TFX “Lites” IROC
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Retro-Viper

Race 2 was another challenging “gravity” car, the Viper Scale Racing’s Retro-V. This car is a hoot to drive at 12 or 15-volts. We opted for 12v and Ian Douglass quickly redeemed himself for accidentally missing Round 3 and handily won the race with 79-laps. George took the final podium spot with a nice run at 76-laps.

PlaceNameLapsPointsTotal Time
1Ian Douglass7916606.141
2Steve Stewart7713606.259
3George Peters7611614.283
4Brad Sandahl717666.491
5Russ Toy676630.507
6Kevin Webster635599.467
Race 2 – Retro-Viper (IROC)
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Race 3 was another exciting and very competitive race with Ian continuing to his redemption tour. This race only had at most a 3-lap spread between each finisher–way close racing! Thanks, Kevin for the great IROC set!

Mega-G+ 1.7 Indy/F1 IROC
PlaceNameLapsPointsTotal Time
1Ian Douglass7816382.821
2George Peters7813395.802
3Steve Stewart7611381.912
4Brad Sandahl747374.833
5Russ Toy726392.028
6Kevin Webster695389.196
Race 3 – Mega-G+ 1.7 F1/Indy IROC
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Jag Hobbies NC-2 “GT-40” Lite

Race 4 the very first Jag Hobbies NC-2 “Lite” event of the season. As mentioned, Russ Toy cemented his place in slot car history by besting Brad Sandahl by just one lap in this hotly contested inaugural race. The consensus was that the NC-2 is a keeper car and showed great promise for continued interest and even a Modified class at some point. Nice driving, Russ!

PlaceNameLapsPointsTotal Time
1Russ Toy7816395.347
2Brad Sandahl7713378.681
3Steve Stewart7511390.573
4Ian Douglass737400.123
5George Peters696395.047
6Kevin Webster615396.872
Inaugural Jag Hobbies NC-2 “GT-40” Lites
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VIper-Jets

Race 5 was another Builder’s class race utilizing the venerable Viper Scale Racing’s Viper-Jet. Home Cook’n may have stole some valuable points in this one but the rest of the field battled fiercely for the last two podium spots with Kevin Webster very narrowly missing his first podium visit of the series.
Great driving guys!

PlaceNameLapsPointsTotal Time
1Steve Stewart8016440.277
2Ian Douglass7013472.101
3Brad Sandahl6911472.347
4Kevin Webster697493.387
5George Peters676475.878
6Russ Toy655489.762
Race 5 – VSR Viper-Jet Lexan
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Race 6 capped off Round 4 with Viper Scale Racing’s V-Spec Lexan cars. We gradually ratcheted up the speed so we were all ready for these speedsters. This race was scorching battle for the top spot on the final podium of the day. Ian Douglass was intent on finishing his Redemption Tour on top but Home Cook’n had other intentions. In the end, the two drivers tied on laps but Ian’s Total Runtime was 3-seconds less, cementing his overall victory in Round 4. Equally impressive was Brad Sandahl’s fourth visit to the podium with a solid 3rd place!

Viper V-Spec Lexan
PlaceNameLapsPointsTotal Time
1Ian Douglass7916291.218
2Steve Stewart7913294.242
3Brad Sandahl7511299.378
4George Peters727309.227
5Kevin Webster656306.121
6Russ Toy645289.077
VRS Viper V-Spec Lexan

Thank you all for supporting Stewart Raceway and spending your Saturday racing little cars with me. Stay tuned for “Official” Series Standings after Round 4.

Round 5 is currently slated for November 20, 2021 and will feature the road course but maybe with a chicane added to the inside straightaway, we’ll see.

Please register for the Round 5 Finale here.

2021 50/50 Series Points Standings After Round 3

The 2021 50/50 Series
2021 50/50 Series Points Standings After Round 3
Race #1#2#3Appearance PointsTotal Points
Steve Stewart7981903253
George Peters5945663173
Ian Douglas67.259602165.25
Brad Sandahl051802133
Jordan Walker27.2537493116.25
Kevin Webster33.751338387.75
Russ Toy35.5360273.5
Greg Kondrek56.7500157.75
Mike Andrews5500156

Race Results: Round 3, 2021 50/50 Series, a Day on the Oval

Round 3 of the series was all IROC and all fuel management races. House and racer supplied cars made for a very fun day on the oval.


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The first race of the day was house provided OS3 TFX box-stockers with 1968 Camaro bodies from Jag Hobbies.

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Second race was with the house Viper Scale Racing Retro-Viper IROC set. Another very zippy platform ideal for oval track racing.

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Up third was another IROC race using box-stock MegaG+ 1.7 chassis’ with Tomy F1/Indy bodies from Kevin Webster’s stable of IROC cars. Everybody enjoyed this set a lot.

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The fourth race of the day was yet another IROC set of box-stock MegaG+ 1.7 chassis’ but this time with 1970-ish Camaro hard bodies. Again, from Kevin Webster’s stable of way cool IROC cars.

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Race 5 was yet another IROC set of house Jag Hobbies TR-3 chassis’ with un-kitted Augoran hard bodies. Jordan Walker landed a 3rd-place podium spot in this hard fought race.

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The last “official” series of the day employed another IROC set of Wizzard Storm gravity cars with dual-compound rear tires courtesy of Kevin Webster. Very exciting cars but unpredictable offs due to the choice of rear tires.

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The last race of the day was a fiercely competitive finale using the house Tyco-Jet IROC set. This was a very close one with George Peters besting Brad Sandahl by just three laps and Kevin Webster pipping Jordan Walker by the same number of laps.

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Overall results for Round 3, a day on the oval.