Thank you to all those who showed up for the second Track Day on SR3. We didn’t do any racing but we ran a whole bunch of laps and tested/tuned a few IROC sets to support the upcoming series.
We had a few new drivers show up to check out slot car racing also. Another neighbor, Jared Johnson, stopped by and ran a whole bunch of laps on the oval along with his two kids, Madeline and Mathew. Mathew is only about 2-3 years old but he managed to click off a whole bunch of laps. Madeline clicked off over 600 laps and always wanted to go faster. We’ll have to get the other neighbor kids and my grandsons over for a “Kids Race” sometime.
New driver, Jerry Pearson, made his second visit to SR3 and cut quite a few laps with various loaner cars. Jerry informed us he is planning to build a 4-lane Tomy sectional track soon. Sounds like Jerry’s interest is solid so hope to see him racing with us soon.
We did experience a technical glitch when three lanes suddenly lost power. Appeared to be one of the two Phidget 0/0/4 relay boards losing communication with the computer and had to be reconnected. Obviously need to investigate that and make sure it doesn’t happen again.
Round 1 of our new NASCAR MADness Series is on for next Saturday, May 28, 2022.
Round 1 will feature one “extended” race using the PR-5 “Lite” platform with a NASCAR-style hardbody, expect 50-lap segments and two full rotations for a 300-lap fuel event.
The track layout will be the SR3 Oval course as shown.
When: Saturday, May 28, 2022
10:00 – Gates open, track power on, open practice.
11:15 – Drivers Meeting/Announcements.
11:30 – Racing Begins (30-lap heats, fuel):
Race 1: Tyco 440-X2 Wide-Pan NASCAR Hardbody (IROC) 15v
Race 2: OS3 TFX “Lites” NASCAR bodies (if available) 18v (♣)
Race 3: Viper-Jet “NASCAR Lexan” 12v (♣)
Lunch Break
Qualifying: one warmup lap, then three laps under green. Average time of the three laps. The fast qualifier starts on the pole for the feature race.
Race 4: Jag Hobbies PR-5 NASCAR “Lites” 16.5v ***
Race 5: Jag Hobbies NC-2 NASCAR “Lites” 15v
Race 6: Tyco 440-X2 Wide-Pan NASCAR Hardbody 15v (Tomahawk rules)
♣ Denotes Concourse d’ Elegance Points
*** Denotes “Extended” Feature Race
Please RSVP for Round 1 here.
Okay, shut up and drive!
