by gascarnut » Sun Sep 17, 2017 11:44 am
Thanks for the feedback, Val! I noticed a few viewers, not as many as I had hoped, but if just one enjoyed it then that's enough motivation to do it!
I will split the total coverage into three "highlights" so that they will be available permanently for others to view at their leisure.
In the meantime, here are the overall results from yesterday's race. Ties in lap totals are split by best single lap time:
1. Car #63: 76.85 laps, best time 6.767
2. Car #45: 76.80 laps, best time 6.864
3. Car #54: 75.65 laps, best time 6.996
4. Car #2 : 75.00 laps, best time 6.897
5. Car #21a: 74.55 laps, best time 7.134 (Jaguar)
6. Car #44a: 74.35 laps, best time 7.065 (Ferrari)
7. Car #149: 74.05 laps, best time 6.876
8. Car #6 : 73.70 laps, best time 7.007
9. Car #21b: 73.55 laps, best time 7.084 (Mercedes)
10. Car #44b: 73.55 laps, best time 7.115 (Studebaker)
11. Car #152: 71.90 laps, best time 7.262
12. Car #4: 71.85 laps, best time 7.200
13. Car #33: 70.70 laps, best time 7.408
14. Car #23: 70.70 laps, best time 7.604
15. Car #356: 70.55 laps, best time 7.427
16. Car #77: 69.35 laps, best time 7.458
17. Car #171: 69.10 laps, best time 7.524
18. Car # 5: 69.05 laps, best time 7.363
19. Car #20: 68.95 laps, best time 7.173
20. Car #157: 68.25 laps, best time 7.142
21. Car #31: 66.90 laps, best time 7.784
22. Car #129: 66.15 laps, best time 7.786
23. Car #259: 66.10 laps, best time 7.781
24. Car #113: 65.15 laps, best time 7.775
25. Car #78: 64.65 laps, best time 7.852
26. Car #14: 64.40 laps, best time 8.093
27. Car #10: 63.60 laps, best time 8.169
28. Car #53: 62.10 laps, best time 7.944
29. Car #11: 61.05 laps, best time 8.481
30. Car #12: 60.95 laps, best time 7.965
Overall impressions from the drivers were that most cars drove very nicely and had mostly good grip. The cars that were on rubber tires suffered a bit from picking up some of the urethane dust from the rest of the field (notably #53 - this car was quite nice for two or three laps after a tire clean but then got real loose for the rest of the heat). Quite a few cars could have benefited from more horsepower on this track.
It was good to see a number of scratch-built cars in the mix, many with very interesting construction techniques. Also the number of Ninco frames with minimal tuning that ran very well was an indication of how good those cars are with lower powered motors.
All in all we had a blast running your cars, thanks for the opportunity.