Formula 1 Proxy - Round #1 - The River Run

[Radarek]

Allan

Thanks for your great reporting. Big thanks to all drivers.

Im not happy with my result, not at the expense of other guys. I would be fine if that was the result of broken car but track malfunction should have no affect to results.

Is there a chance that you will run this heat again and adjust the difference or do points with worst round off...


Any way happy to be part of this proxy.

Regards
Radarek

[GAS41T]

Well thank you Allan

Very happy with my result actually just happy to be in the field of great
Builders .....

Congrats podium getters

Rossko

[Aloha]

Allan and group another proxy run within two weeks. It looks as though the running was very tight. Looking at the snafu and those cars were running the faster laps it would have been great to have seen what the final results would have been. Completely understand understand the heat cannot be rerun. Adding laps seems simple but not necessarily the most accurate. Suggest drop one event may be the only solution. Will be neat to keep track of the different wheelbase placements
Aloha
Dale

[GTOking]

Thanks to Audi1 and the drivers for running the event and getting Round 1 in the books! Congrats to the podiums. As for the scoring hiccup, I would be for dropping each entrants worst finish during the season.

[Brumos RSR]

Thanks Allan for the run. Matt, Jeff and Bob, I Love it when you guys drive as you are super consistent with every car. Although I am surprisingly shocked with my finish, under the circumstances I'm ok with a one race throw out or which ever our host decides is best. Thank you again

[Old23]

Hey Allan. Can't see #23 in the results. Must be a typo? Would be great if you added the entrant names to future qualy/race reports. Who can keep all those race numbers in their heads? Congrats to the race winners.

Stewart

[Audi1]

[TuscoTodd]

[Audi1]

Based on the feedback to the track problem that we encountered in Round #1, we'll be running this series using a one throw-out format.

We originally had 8 races planned, due to concerns about the fragility of the Scaley F1 bodies, compared to closed-wheel cars. But, the results of the first Round showed that they're pretty tough after all. We had some pretty good offs, punts and crashes, and...…...no pieces.

In order to make a one throw-out format work, I felt that we needed to go to 10 Rounds instead of 8 and I reached out last night to some of the people who have tracks to see if we could add 2 more.

Fortunately, we have a great support community here at HRW and two more tracks materialized today; one in the US and one in Canada.

The US Round will become the new Round #2 and will be hosted by Josh (manchvegasracer) at Amoskeag North Racing Park in Manchester, NH. The Canadian Round will become new Round #9 and will be hosted by Chris (chrisguyw) at his track in Toronto. Both are routed wood tracks and will, I'm sure provide plenty of spirited racing for the contestants. We also had a third and a fourth offer today; one from Dale (aloha) in Hawaii (which is now an Australian possession - don't believe me? - just ask forum member "Camber"....) and the other from Mike (mikeinclover) at Cloverleaf Racing. It's really heartening to know that we have such great support for this series and I want to take this opportunity to thank each of the people who offered tracks to us today. :text-thankyouyellow:

I've also messaged back and forth with Todd (tuscotodd) today about scoring and he's working on integrating the one throw-out format into his reporting. It's looking promising at this point, so we should be OK with this addition to the usual scoring method.

So, we're on, gentlemen. Two more Rounds and one throw-out for this proxy series. Pick your top 9 and may the best car win!

Allan

[Audi1]

[AsbestosMcQueen]

Great 1st race!
Thank you very much for all the effort & coordination!
Looking very forward to more thrills & spills!

[GTOking]

Good plan to add two more races! :auto-driving:

[Audi1]

The cars went off to Josh (manchvegasracer) in this morning's mail; expected delivery is Thursday, so Round #2 is not far off.

Over to you, Josh.....

Allan

[Aloha]

Personal request from my driver is a new pair of thermal underwear, his board shorts are not cutting it. Checked with the engineers at NSR Rubber and they said atomic tires warmers are required at this time of the year. In all seriousness Allan, thank you for get this great proxy started. Look forward to the next round.
PS if it is any consolation we had snow on Maui at 5500 ft elevation, first time ever. Had an all time low of 47 degrees on Oahu with wind gusts of 60 mph and high surf of up to 60 feet. Guys and gals remember we do not have heaters here in Hawaii and over half the homes built are single wall redwood construction (7/8" redwood)...it has been dang cold even during the day :)
Aloha
Dale

[chappy]

Thanks Allan for getting the wheels rolling on this series.
It should be a good one. They are all fun afterall.
Bob