All the cars at the track have now been qualified. I would like to thank all of the builders for the great cars that were sent in. They were all fun to drive, and every one of them is a little jewel.
The Track is latex painted plastic and some teams did suffer from grip. In my opinion some cars were almost too light. The lighter the car the more trouble it had on the corner after crossing the bridge, and into the downhill run into the hairpin. This is the toughest part of the track, and it appeared that the heavier cars seemed better suited for this.
I had a couple of de-slots with some cars and a full fledged crash with the ARKAY Audi. This car can really move but like most of the smaller motors, a little weak in the braking effect. This fact caught me out at the end of the straight when I was pushing this car hard. Happy to say the car did not suffer at all from the event
So here is the current qualifying order with the two UK entries still to come. Top qualifier is the DF Porsche 962 with second and third going to the ARKAY entries. Congrats to Randy and Roland
The PDRT cars seemed light and I could not get the tires to hook up. However do not dismay as I believe the PDRT Rambler, and Cuda will be good on race day.
The Taskak Porsche also has some race left in it. Over the length of the race I am pretty sure I can get a rhythm going with this car.
The two top BARC entries finished qualifying with the exact same time, and I think the qualifying effort suffered, as I chose not to use max voltage. They were easier to drive, but in qualifying I should have been flat out with them
So can the UK car's knock the Dodge Farmer Porsche 962 out of top spot?
The DF Porsche is a Dslot bodied car with a Resin chassis. The weight and tire combo seemed just perfect for the track and I was able to drive this car with confidence this day. However all of the top half of the cars have the speed in them to race well. In addition qualifying was done on the inside lane, and the race will be run utilizing both lanes. This added variable may either help or hinder the cars, so the race outcome may be much different then qualifying.
In the race a de-slot will bring out a yellow flag. This means that your lap time will be affected by my reaction time to hit the call button and then again to restart your car. The times between these cars is not much, so any de-slot will impact the race result. I found the hardest cars to drive being the PDRT Porsche 917( poor grip), TaskAk Ferrari 512( Poor Grip) and the ARKAY DTM ( Weak brakes combined with lightning acceleration) The easiest cars to drive were the ARKAY Camaro, DF Porsche, PDRT Cuda, and my own Lexus and Camaro. So hopefully this feedback combined with the car specs will point to what seems to work best at Kleskun Hills.