GT3 Slot Car Proxy 2021 Round 3 : Woodland Trace Raceway

[Cgyracer]

I have received confirmation the cars are on route to Steve in North Carolina. Good luck to all!!

Rob

[Fast Co.]

The GT3 cars arrived at my place this morning. I will open them up tonight to inspect.

I should be able to qualify them one evening this week.

Round 3 will be held at Woodland Trace Raceway and Round 4 at SlotZuka.

Cheers,

Steve

[Brumos RSR]

Coo!!!

[Cgyracer]

That’s great!! Looking forward to Woodland Trace this round!

One note : Leadfoot46 at the end of the last round made a request to take a peek at his car as he had a concern. If you can please from the outside just make sure the wheels are not rubbing or anything visually wrong you see.

Rob

[Fast Co.]

I saw no issues with the car. Checked the tires at all four corners and there is no rubbing. I put the car on track for a few laps. His car will be competitive here.

[Leadfoot46]

I certainly hope so, consistant would be nice too! Qualy in 10th one round, finish in 25 th the next? Nothing loose on the axle, gear or wheel?

[Fast Co.]

No. Nothing loose. The car's running well. It should be competitive tomorrow.

[arroldn]

Glad to hear. Get that Lambo rolling

[Gascarnut]

Also, I had asked that my #44 Lamborghini be sent back to me for tire repairs, but two days I have no confirmation of that happening.

Steve, can you please check whether my car is in the box with the others or not? Thanks!

[Fast Co.]

Dennis,

Your #44 Lambo arrived here in North Carolina this morning in the shipping crate with the rest of the GT3 cars.

There is a hole near the center of the tread on one of your rear tires that measures several mm in length.

ModernSlots is coming by tonight to run qualifying and we may hold the race as early as Thursday this week.

I just ran your car for 20 laps at Woodland Trace and it is quick and smooth. The track is cold. Your car ran a fast lap of 6.233 sec with laps constantly in the 6.2s and low 6.3s. For reference, my car which just finished 4th in Round 2 and is currently 6th overall in the standings ran a fast lap of 6.225. Your car is much quicker than mine and has good grip, but it’s a little looser than my car. I may have been able to turn faster times if I had turned the brakes up a tad on my controller. And the car will definitely get better lap times tonight when the track is warmer. I have the space heaters on now in anticipation of tonight’s qualifying.

My recommendation - With qualifying and racing coming so soon, let’s qualify your car tonight and let it race with the others for Round 3 and see how it does. If performance is down, I can ship the car to you after Round 3 and we’ll postpone Round 4 until you’ve had a chance to make repairs. If the car performs well and the tear in the tire does not open further, then let’s also let it run Round 4 here at SlotZuka and I will ship the car back to you after Round 4 so you can make repairs while the cars travel to the next state for Round 5.

The decision is yours. Please advise…

Steve

[Cgyracer]

Thanks Steve for the inspection, let’s check it out after the rounds.

[Fast Co.]

Will do.

[Fast Co.]

Of course, I could stick some chewing gum in there. That should fix it. Is it Orbit that's guaranteed not to stick to dental work? Just kidding.

[Fast Co.]

Guys, Modernslots and I will qualify the cars tonight and I will post results before COB tomorrow. No firm date for Round 3 raceday yet, but it will happen within a week, possibly this Thursday, January 7th. The race will be live-streamed. Qualifying will not.

Good luck to all entrants, and especially to Dennis. Let's hope that gaping hole in your tire does not open further!

[Gascarnut]

There's a lesson to be learned here - don't assume that everyone reads all the posts in a thread! If you need something done, use PMs and/or email to get to the exact people needed to address the issue. I did not do that, so my bad.

[Aloha]

Thank you for your efforts to get the qualifying done. We are all hopeful that our cars will be easy for you to drive to their fullest extent. Good luck to all ... i hope not to see all of your tail lights...Aloha Dale

[Cgyracer]

Yes good luck to everybody’s Qualification especially Dennis tires!

There was also an email regarding contacting Dennis for his address along with the Round 2 post on the forum before Christmas re Dennis’s car so not sure what happened.

Rob.

[Audi1]

Looking forward to it, Steve. Good luck to everyone!

Allan

[Fast Co.]

Well guys, Round 3 Qualifying is in the books.

Rob (ModernSlots) came by on his way home from work and qualified and commented on your cars and I tended to the score.

By now I'm sure it's no surprise to anyone that Heli_Ca is on pole. Congratulations Leon! Congratulations also to Rob and Chris! Well done guys!

No firm date yet for the race, but it should be happening within the next 10 days or so. Good luck to all.

Here are the results of qualifying:

[Cgyracer]

Thanks Steve and Rob for running the qualifying. Reading the car comments is fantastic, this is what I love about Proxy racing and comparing how different cars react on different tracks.

Congratulations to Heli_ca for the top qualifying time and Chris W for the third fastest. Thanks for getting the GoDaddy Vette into second place.

Brumos, Audi, F1Fan, Jimmy......sound lightening quick too. Good luck to everyone in the race.

Rob

[Aloha]

Steve and Rob thanks for the qualifying. Very interesting to see the qualifying time versus the median times. Steve your car was very respectable in both. My hats off to the podiumites

[Courtney s]

Guys thanks for getting this done tonight.
The big tracks do not work for the 997 Thunderslot I need a little luck.

[arroldn]

Thanks Steve and Rob for the qualifying run. Um lacks speed4th fastest rear wheel speed in round 0. Have the tires gone away that quick?? Hopefully it will race better. Got to crack the top 10.

[modernslots]

Arroldn, my comment on lack of speed was definitely subjective. Your car handles really well and I was surprised the lap times weren't better. I expect it will race well.
Rob

[arroldn]

Thanks Rob. Time will tell.