G'day Guys,
This is another car that we built for Nomad Raceway Show and Go class (1.400 breakout).
This is our clubs slowest class of racing, it is an "entry level" class, designed to afford newcomers a place to start in the Drag Racing side of the hobby with models of cars they are familiar with (i.e. street type cars).
"Show and Go" is also our clubs most popular class, with over 20 entries a regular occurrence at our club race nights.
Getting a slot car to run on the 1.400 breakout consistently is a bit tricky, at least I find it this way, I'd much rather run in a head to head class any day.....
The specification for our '55 Nomad is pretty tame by slot drag racing standards but it fits the breakout so all is good.
Body is courtesy of Bill Zaremba (Pennsylvania), chassis is Parma Edge, gears are Parma 48 Pitch, motor is a Plafit Pointer, wheels are Pro-Track.
I found a use for my spare Scalextric bar magnets in this model, they make perfect "ballast" in the Parma Edge chassis, a perfect fit between the chassis rails! The closest I could get our car to run to the index was 1.397, I added two Scalextric bar mags and ran 1.403, this is close enough for me :)
Please enjoy Bills handiwork......