Can-Am Proxy - Round #4 - Penguin Point

[kidvoltage]

Car #2 ran just fine. It was the second car to the track for qualifying. And since the track has magna-braid, any car set to have that help them out will gain a minor advantage here.

[ALS]

Thankyou very much for your time Q the cars. Good luck all let's go racing

[Z-carfan]

Wow, 9th for the 31 car! Must like magnabraid or it's finally breaking in. 8-)

[kidvoltage]

Mike, the #31 ran great here, it was a pleasure to rip around the track.

[kidvoltage]

Car Repairs:

Car #22 is heading home.

Car #51 required a body removal and rear axle remove/replace. The axle in the scratch built brass axle tube was frozen tight. It took a little working to get it free but once oiled and worked a bit it turned freely and ran a 7.325 so it will make the starting line. Can't access it's future, may reoccur.

Car #17 has had the exhaust removed. So that was a dual... Maybe not faster but quieter.

And finally... Car #33 has rejoined the race due to a little "engineering" to avoid body rub.

Looks like we'll be dropping the flag tonight. Stay tuned.

[Brumos RSR]

[Z-carfan]

[pzooc]

Probe, rattle, spit, rebuild. Whatever you are willing to do under the rules on the 51 is ok with me

[kidvoltage]

And the race has been run, and won.

First I'd like to thank the crew that came to help:

Jeff, Greg, Stan, Dave, Paul, Goose, Rico, Mitch, and Amy all helped keep cars moving around the track by either driving or marshaling while Victoria kept us fed. I ran the computer and did a little car fetchin' when required.

The #33 car was unable to proceed. I fixed the tire rub problem but in it's first heat it tossed a guide braid on the first lap. Stopped the heat, fixed the braid. Re-started the heat. It tossed the other one. We set it to the side and proceeded on. I just do not get this car...

The remainder gave us no problems.

We ran two minute heats at 10V. Here are the results:



Ties were stacked by Q-Times as a tie-breaker.

I'm out of town tomorrow. I'll post some pictures when I get back. Facebook users will probably find a video or two from Mitch online.

Cars should be ready to depart by Monday. Thanks to all the builders, your cars were fun, interesting or challenging. If you have questions like "what the freak happened to my car, dude"? I'll be happy to do my best to answer.

There were a few of them that everyone wanted to keep. If that Alfa fails to make the next race, well, I know nothing. Nothing.

May your future racing endeavors be successful.

[Rleog]

Well, one takeaway from this bizarre round is that the poor McKee cannot be helped.

[Audi1]

Congrats to Tony (Bov), Ron (Beast Lee) and Bob (Chappy) - Yeah Chappy! - on their podium finishes! :handgestures-thumbup: :handgestures-thumbup:

Great job guys!

And three different cars on the podium; a McLaren, an Autocoast Ti-22 and an Alfa Romeo. Nice!

And thanks to Monte and the entire assembled multitude for hosting Round #4 for us. :text-bravo: Sounds like you had a good time!

This concludes the US Rounds and the cars now head to Canada for the final four Rounds - it will be fun, I'm sure of that!

Allan

[arroldn]

Congratulations to the podium finishers and all who helped make this stop a success.
I see my Italian Race Horse was in a pack with 43+ laps. Must have been some close racing if they were on the track at the same time. Come on little pony you can do it. Maybe better luck next time out. 8-)

[alexis in greece]

[kidvoltage]

Right you are Alexis.

It can make a difference but not so much as we saw with the Porsche/Ford Challenge cars.

[Aloha]

Monte ... thanks to you and the team for the run. Congrats to the podium finishers, especially Tony B. Hmm what lyrics will he come up with...maybe something like “...on top of the world looking down on creation!” So happy for you mate. Some real interesting finishes up and down the field. Now onto Canada!
Aloha
Dale