Welcome to the first reports from this years ProNoMag - the proxy race on a wood track.
The Puddle Dude Race Team has to decide which cars will run on the Desmo this year. They have 2 classics on hold, the GT40 did not do really bad in the races of this year, but it could have been better. Using nearly the same construction methods also the Porsche 917 is lightweight and equipped with a 7.5V RS motor. The vac-formed body only held by some short post, the overall weight is very low. Will this help? Some more test laps are needed!
The next cars to be decided between are 2 MCAs, one with a styrene chassis, the other one features a printed chassis. Gearing seems to be longer on the printed chassis. Also the choice is between Ortmann and K&D, but they are quite equal on the track, the one with more grip and harder rip-off when overdriven, there one a little smoother. Both will need a little more tire trueing, there are some split seconds potential left there.
Tsooko´s team Canada is ready for the race. The McLaren has a title to defend - this car is holding the fast lap record on the Desmo. Will this record hold in this race?
The Porsche smoked it´s motor last time, this time the engineers invested some time and weights seems to have gone down. We will see how the ultrawide 917 will handle the scenery in the tight turns.
The third car from Tsooko is a nice Cuda. Based on the SCX compacts, it sits really nice on the track, the race engineers from the other teams only doubt the tire choice - stock tires on a race car? With good and repeated cleaning will see the possibilies in lap times. The last compounds have been not as bad. A little loosening of the tight body screws smoothed the car a little more ...
American Slot Car World entered this nice truck. Carrera Nascar chassis, Ranch-Design guide kit, some nice sticky tires and a SlotCarExpress motor - this car combines goodies from all major 1/43rd suppliers :)
Nice truck featuring a driver figure and a great flame-paint job. Straight line speed is awesome!
There are still prices arriving in the ProNoMag Race HeadQuater:
2 pairs of JelClaw tires for SCX compact DTM or tuners (fit both)
another price: 10 pcs. street lights made for 12V. they shine nice, but not for long but really add to the scenery!
Again i want to thank who donated prices for this race!
More news to come as the preparations for the race come along :)
cheers,
puddle dude
official ProNoMag race reporter on site