ROAR - Concours, Qualifying and Racing Results from Ohio!

[TuscoTodd]

Similar to the first venue, we started things off with the concours judging prior to starting qualification.

Since I had two cars in the running, I didn't feel it was appropriate for me to participate in the judging. Thankfully, those duties were graciously covered by - APalmer and track owner of Mark's Model World - Mark Kitto.
For judging, a 23 to 1 ranking system was applied to the entire field. Each judge's top pick received 23 points, second pick 22, etc. The points from each judge were then totaled to determine the results. :)

Cars unboxed, lined up numerically and ready for review by our judges!
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Definitely some great looking cars in this group guys!
:text-bravo:

(Qualifying info will follow tomorrow)

[Audi1]

Great job on the concourse judging, Todd! PIcs are just the best; particularly the low angle shots; very realistic! :text-bravo:

Congrats to the podium finishers! :clap: :clap: :clap:

You're right, there are some great looking cars in this ROAR field.

Allan

[chappy]

Super pics Todd, never get tired of looking at the builds.
Cheers
Bob

[TuscoTodd]

Due to driver available this last week, we changed up the track order starting the fun off with the oval verses the road course.

In order to provide the greatest diversity on the oval, both qualifying and the subsequent racing were performed in the white and purple lanes. (white is one lane in from the outside lane, purple is one lane in from the extreme inside lane.)


Putting the cars through their paces in an attempt to get the most out of them were:
White lane - APalmer
Purple lane - myself

Format:
- Prior to qualifying, tires were cleaned with tape, braids were check and a light drop of oil applied to the rear bushings of each car.
- Cars were rung out over a 10 lap dash in each lane
- Best lap time in each lane recorded and the values averaged to determine starting position in the grid





Please note - we did discover an issue with the #4 Chaparral during the qualifying process. The hot glue for the body mount had let go on one side, allowing the body to drop down and rub the front tires. A touch of glue resolved the issue and allowed the car to finish out qualifying in good order.

[TuscoTodd]

[TuscoTodd]

Series spreadsheet updated with concours and qualifying data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing
:)

[Audi1]

Thanks for posting the qualifying results, Todd. Some great pics in there of the cars on that oval!

Allan

[TuscoTodd]

[TuscoTodd]

Shots taken during the racing action...

[TuscoTodd]

:o
Apparently, Urbanwarrior's #5 Ferrari must be a distant relative to Knight Rider's K.I.T.T.!
It threw out the driver while powering out of turn four, half way through the run in white lane and then ran out the rest of the run without him! :lol:



What the heck?!? Where did the car go??? :confusion-scratchheadyellow:

[urbanwarrior]

WOW....guess the car was a little too fast for him!! Throw a little hot glue on him and stick him back in. Thanks Todd. Great job on the concours and the qualifying.
John

[TuscoTodd]

John - will do!
It was really funny to see happen as the car was on the opposite side of the track, so it literally looked like he was thrown out the door as he barrel rolled, bounced and came to a rest down by the infield fence half way to the finish line! :laughing-rolling:

[TuscoTodd]

More racing pictures... :D

[HomeRacingWorld]

This is a great report sir, just top notch.

Congrats to the Purdy car winners :)

[TuscoTodd]

And to show that we were doing our part to put these little roadsters through their paces, here are the shots of Rleog's #3 Jaguar that we drove the wheels off of! :lol:

(It was actually the inserts, first the right rear, then the left rear took their departure over the course of the two lanes!)