ROAR Proxy - 1st Round - The River Run

[TuscoTodd]

I could see them all....
And boy - it looks like my two cars are a HANDFUL compared to some of really smooth runners in there... :oops:

Thank you for sharing the videos - it definitely helps show how well (or in the case of my cars how poorly) the cars were getting around your track!

Team Chappy - looks like it is going to be up to you other guys to carry the banner for us! :doh:

[chappyman66]

Dave and Todd,
At least you guys didn't lose a wheel. That was my MGA missing what looked like the right front. Interesting, as I thrashed it pretty well on racer1h's track but never had that issue. Still, it's a bit of a handful with the tall tippy wheels/tires. I knew the Porsche would be easier to drive, it's just underpowered and that's going to show up big time on the larger tracks.

Very fun to see the cars run. I know Steve (Gameover) did a simulcast of the proxy runs here in MN........any chance of seeing some of that for ROAR? It would be longer......many more cars to run.

[dge467]

That was a fun day of racing everyone's cars! Thanks again to Allan and his wife's great hospitality!! Chappyman66, I was running your car when the wheel popped off! I just put on a tiny drop of glue on it and it was good to go for the rest of the race!

Jeff

[chappyman66]

Jeff, thanks for the maintenance!
Looks like you had to tiptoe in the corners.......those wheels are pretty tall.

[manchvegasracer]

[manchvegasracer]

One more slow-motion video:

[chappy]

Very cool , thanks for taking the time to run them, picture them, video them, and post them.
All, your efforts are very much appreciated. And the results are great too.
Cheers
Bob

[Audi1]

Hey, what happened to all my hair..............???? :o Is that a new form of photo-cropping............?? :lol:

Allan

[chappyman66]

Dang.....that slo-mo video was pretty cool. Notice all the wheel hop.....under deceleration going into the turn, and acceleration coming out of the turn.
We say the cars are "smooth" ....this was pretty interesting to watch.

[studioRS]

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Cheers, Thompson

[chappy]

Thompson my 2 T shirts and 2 posters arrived on Friday. Very nice, especially the art work .

Allan you arent losing your hair, you are just getting taller and growing through the top of it
Bob

[Audi1]

[Audi1]

Don't miss the video of the #20 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR doing a barrel roll (it's link is right under the pic of the #20 silver car in Josh list of pics).

So appropriate considering what happened to the real 1:1 #20 car in 1955 at Le Mans. By the way, that roll was on the final second of that particular heat; what an ending! If you watch the video of that heat, you'll hear a big, collective "Whoa!" at the very end........that was for the barrel roll........spectacular! Bill, your car is going to be up for an Oscar in the Special Effect category!

On a more serious note, Bill, I really like the #20 car; particularly in view of the 1955 incident; thanks for doing it for the ROAR proxy.

Allan

[Gameover]

This is fun to watch and i didnt even build a car for it! Great job to all that had a part in this one!

[McLiams]