We ran about 30 packs on the new track last night. The traction was slowly getting better. The favorite part of the track seemed to be the corkscrew coming out of the carousel leading to the 110 foot straight. Most of the drivers seemed to be moving up 1-2 teeth to deal with the bigger track (overall track dimension 110 x 70).
The fastest lap time was 18 seconds with most of the laps in the 20-24 second range. These times will probably drop 2-4 seconds once the traction come up. This will make 15-20 lap heats, which is about the same as RCCAR, allowing 10 cars to spread out some. Not bad for an inside track.
Cannot wait to see how everyone does on Friday.
Here are the other things on the todo list:
1. Lighting – more lights on dark parts of the track.
2. Hacking – a consistent compliant at this facility. I went to a race at Speedworld and they assigned a turn marshal to stand next to the race director calling warnings and stop and goes. Perhaps we can do something like this. Any ideas?
3. Using 1 main instead of 2 – I actually prefer 2 mains, it has been great fun this summer, but if there are more than 6 heats we get done too late. I have noticed that every time we get done latter than 11:00pm the attendance drops off. If we have less than 6 heats I would be fine with 2 mains, but any more than that and we should have 1 main with 2 qualifiers. I have asked for this twice with no luck, perhaps more of us can mention it to the race director.
4. Continue the points series – the attendance picked up considerably with the points series and the couple hundred dollars in gift certificates our group won was nice.
5. Getting more parts – the parts situation has gotten better with Steve’s help, but it would be nice to have a consistent stock of the basics at reasonable prices.
There is a core of very dedicated racers at this track who are very committed to making this a world class facility. This facility is not a club like RCCAR, which keeps many of us from stepping forward to help, but in the end anything we can do to help will allow us another great place to race during the winter. The track and organization has come along ways in the last couple of months. We hope you enjoy the results.