by Retro Racer 44 » Tue Nov 15, 2016 9:28 pm
One of the entrants posted on one of the forums that he would like to know where we are all from. So here is a list based on the positions currently held on the leaderboard.
Entrant Country
Dariusz Pawlowski Canada
Keith Hines Canada
Adrian Pawlowski Canada
Dennis Samson USA
Bob Chapman Canada
Luf Linkert Canada
Barbs Hills Isle of Man
Daniel Heald Canada
Mike Buss Isle of Man
Steve Morrow Isle of Man
Dave Capelen Isle of Man
Bill Beggs Canada
Mike Dove Isle of Man
Alan Schwartz USA
Chris Walker Canada
Ron Todhunter Canada
Steve Williams USA
Andy White Isle of Man
Allan Jarvis USA
Leon Luke Canada
Bob Goulet USA
Russell Sheldon South Africa
Dale Carstensen USA
Brian Samson Canada
Perry Roussy Canada
Christian Mayer Canada
Tony Bovard Australia
Tony Palmer USA
Jon Grainger UK
Mike Gatey Canada
Robert Bance UK
Leo Capaldi UK -Scotland
Keith Wells UK
Canada 15, UK/Isle of Man 10, USA 8, South Africa and Australia 1 each.
The two cars that have gone home are included in the above tally, one from Canada and one from the USA.
Tires are still a bit of a mystery to me. In the 60s we all ran either foamies or sillies. When I came back to slot racing 44 years later, everyone in our club used urethane tires made by Luf. Most Canadian slot racers use tires made by Paul Gage in Winnipeg, Luf's or Art's from DArt Hobbies. From talking to many of you, I know that most of the racers in the UK/Isle of Man normally run rubber tires only, and I also know that a lot of US racers also run silicone tires on their tracks.
From our experience, urethane and silicone don't play well together, as the one type causes weird traction issues for the other, and silicone tires need an immaculately clean track.
Since we run only urethane tires we can set up our cars for them, which may or not give us the advantage. Also there is strength in numbers, and entrants from all participating countries are spread throughout the standings.
So there is the latest tidbit to mull over as we await the final two events.
Cheers,
Keith