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I don’t see a problem with where the Esses are placed as looking at it they are gentle Esses and there shouldn’t be any crashes there

A new track has arrived at Outlaw Slot Cars and for all you speedway fans it is an oval track and all being well it should be operational just before Christmas with plans to hold Sprintcar and NASCAR races on it.

After a bit of a break from racing the BRMs whilst concentrating on developing other cars we held a fun race last Thursday night during Happy Hour.The race was a handicap race with Fred getting a 10 lap head start,Leah had a 7 lap head start and Ben had a 3 lap head start whilst Tony was the chaser.The race was a cracker and the handicapping worked perfectly with Fred leading all the way until the last 30 seconds before being overtaken by Ben and Tony and the race was decided in the last 5 seconds when Ben crashed and Tony went on to win with 118 laps only a second ahead of Ben and Fred was third with 116 laps and Leah was fourth with 111.

Attached is a photo of a bespoke timing gantry that I have built and installed from Magnetic Racing

Today saw the running of the final round in the current series of NSR Fiat Abarth and GT3 and there were 5 entries in each class.The Fiats we’re up first and qualifying saw Dave TQ with 8.6408 seconds from Hayley 8.7365,Fred 8.9699,Tony 9.0268 and Leah 9.3107.Dave skipped away to a handy lead early on but Tony started to reel him back in with Hayley hanging in there.Leah and Fred were having their own battle.Dave went on to win with 156 laps from Tony 152 and Hayley 150.Leah was next with 139 and Fred 135.GT3 qualifying was very close with Tony getting the TQ with 7.8294 from Plucka 7.9397,Dave not far behind on 7.9652 and Leah had a PB with 8.0075 and Fred with 8.9986.With qualifying so close it promised a close race which unfortunately did not eventuate as Plucka and Dave throwing it away with too many deslots which allowed Leah and Tony to take advantage of the chaos.Tony ended up with an easy win with a new record of 163 laps well ahead of Dave on 153 .Although despite the huge margin there was some great side by side racing at times between Tony and Dave.Leah rounded out the final podium position one lap behind Dave with 152 10 laps ahead of Plucka on 142 and Fred on 129

Last Sunday saw the running of the penultimate round of the NSR Fiat Abarth and GT3 championships and there were six entries in both classes.The Fiats were up first and Hayley scored TQ with an 8.6648 seconds lap to narrowly beat Dave with 8.6650,Luke with a 8.9376,Fred 9.1214,Leah 9.1412 and Tony 9.2685.The race turned out to be a cracker with Hayley winning with 155 laps from Luke on 153 and Tony on 151.Dave had a shocker of a race and was fourth with 150 from Leah 138 and Fred 135.GT3 was up next and Plucka scored the TQ with an 8.0047 narrowly from Tony 8.0109.Leah was third with 8.4417 from Dave who had a shocking run with 8.4437 then Luke 8.9723 and Fred with handling dramas on 9.4116.What should’ve been a close race between Tony and Plucka ended up being an easy win for Tony as Plucka had a shocking race.Tony won with 160 laps from Luke on 150 and Plucka on 147 rounded out the podium.Dave also had a shocker and had mechanical problems and finished with 138 only two metres ahead of Leah and Fred had all sorts of dramas and finished with 113.

Last Sunday saw the running of Round 10 of the NSR Fiat Abarth and GT3 Championship and there were 10 entries in both classes.GT3 was first up and Dave was TQ with 7.9607 from Ash 7.9783,Hayley 8.2197 and Tony 8.2544.Leah was quickest of the rest with 8.5029 but there was only .03 seconds separating Plucka,Brad and Fred with Chris and Luke next.Dave converted pole to a win with 157 laps from Ash with 153 and Tony 151 filled the podium spots.Chris was best of the rest 8 laps back with 143 a lap ahead of Leah who was a lap ahead of Luke.Plucka was next with 137 from Brad 135 and Fred 130.Hayley missed most of the race serving customers.Dave was in a class of his own in Fiat’s qualifying and TQ with 8.3470.Hayley was next with 8.8668 from Tony 8.9901.one tenth of a second separated Ash,Brad,Fred and Plucka with Chris a further tenth of a second back from Luke and Leah.Dave easily won the race with 153 laps from Hayley with 146.The battle for the final spot on the podium went right to the last lap with Ash getting 3rd with 142 from Brad and Tony on 141.Luke was next with 138 from Chris 136,Leah 128 and Fred 125.Plucka didn’t race as he was serving customers.

Yesterday saw the running of the final round of Carrera GT3.There were 11 entries and in qualifying the first five were separated by 0.4 seconds with Hayley top qualifying with 7.8512 from Brett 8.0077,Dave 8.1712,Kev 8.1917 and Tony on 8.2327.With 11 entries there were 3 byes meaning race positions were constantly changing and it was a race long battle between Hayley and Brett which went right to the finish with Hayley winning with a new record of 165 laps,1.381 seconds ahead of Brett.Dave took the final spot on the podium with 158.The midfield battle was intense with only two laps separating fourth to seventh.Luke won that battle with 154 narrowly from Kev also on 154.Tony was next with 153 a lap ahead of Leah on 152.Tommy headed up the rest with 144 from Ash 142,Fred on 132 and Noel 129.Next series for Carrera will be GT3 and the new Nascars.

Yesterday was Round 9 of the NSR Fiat Abarth and NSR GT3.The Fiat’s we’re up first with six entries and Hayley set a new qualifying record of 8.0594 seconds. Hayley had an easy win with 155 laps from Dave on 152 and Tony on 150.Brad was next with 148 from Leah on 145 and Fred with 136. GT3 was up next with six entries and Plucka was top Qualifier with 7.9017 narrowly from Dave 7.9307 and Brad 8.0822.The race was a different matter with the three top qualifiers had too many crashes allowing Tony to race to a very handy lead and eventually winning with a new record of 162 laps seven laps ahead of Plucka,Brad and Dave who all finished on 155 laps with Leah was fifth with 147 and Fred with 126.

Today was Round 11 of the Carrera GT3 Championship and there was nine entries.Hayley top qualified with a new qualifying record of 7.8725 seconds from Plucka 8.0541 and Tony running in a new motor with 8.3823.The midfield qualifying was really tight with only hundredths of a second separating Dave 8.5287,Leah 8.5624 and Ben 8.5721.Tommy was next with 8.7224,Luke 9.4025 and Noel 9.4547.With two byes to allow for marshals it meant that race positions were constantly changing and would prove decisive in the final placing.Dave and Plucka took off to an early lead whilst Hayley took her two byes to start off.Tommy was running an early third from Leah and Tony until he struck trouble with the tight white and red lanes and started dropping down the order.Dave dropped way down the order after after his two byes and never really recovered.The close midfield battle that seemed promising after qualifying never really eventuated as Ben had a shocking run.Hayley was charging up the field whilst Plucka set the pace and with him sitting out the last two brackets with his two byes the challenge was set to catch his total with both Hayley and Tony passing him in the last bracket with Hayley winning with a new record of 164 laps from Tony on 155 and Pluck 154.Dave was next with 152 from Leah 149.Tommy was next with 142,crashing too often and ruining a better result.Luke fell away the last half of the race to being just being beaten by Tommy also on 142 Ben on 139 and Noel 127.

Today was Round 8 of the NSR Championship for Fiat Abarth and GT3. The little Fiats were up first and the pace was hot in qualifying with Dave breaking the qualifying record with an 8.2167 seconds lap,narrowly in front of Hayley with 8.2873.Leah was third with 8.5659,one thousandth of a second ahead of Tony 8.5669.Newcomer Ash was next with 8.8609 followed by Ben 8.9381 and Fred 9.2627.The race was a cracker with Hayley winning with 156 laps from Dave on 155 and Tony on 150.Ben and Leah had a race long battle with Ben winning the battle with 142 and Leah 141.Ash was next with 138 and Fred on 126.GT3 qualifying was even hotter with Hayley top qualifying with 7.8609,narrowly from Plucka with a 7.8681 and Dave with 7.9211.Tony was next with 8.1744 narrowly from Leah with 8.2996,Ash 8.3505,Fred with a personal best of 8.4637 and Ben 9.0092.The race was hot with a great battle between Dave,Plucka,Tony and Hayley which Dave won with 161 laps from Tony on 157 and Plucka 151.Ash and Leah had a great battle with Ash winning that battle with 144 from Leah 143.Hayley dropped back to sixth after having to serve customers with 128 just in front of Fred 127 and Ben struggled with tyre trouble on 112.

Last Thursday during Happy Hour we ran a different format for our BRM Group 2 race.The format was a handicap race where Fred had a 5 lap head start on the field,Leah had a 3 lap head start on Ben and then Tony started 1 lap behind Ben.The race was a ripper with Fred leading until midway through the third bracket when Tony took over the lead.Ben and Leah was having a great battle with them changing positions every few laps.Tony ended up winning with 115 laps.Ben finished second on 109 getting that position in the last 10 seconds and Leah just pipping Fred for the final spot on the podium by only a couple of metres,one lap behind Ben on 108.

Yesterday was Round 10 of the Carrera GT3 challenge at an early start to the day due to a car club arriving at the regular time.There were 8 entries and Qualifying saw Brett set a new record of 8.0075 seconds from Tony on 8.2265 and Kev on 8.3458.The race was a 3 way battle in the early stages between Brett,Tony and Kev before Brett skipped away to a healthy lead winning with a new record of 163 laps and a new race record of 7.963 seconds from Tony on 158.After a slow start Leah clawed her way back into the race and claimed the final podium spot with 148 just pipping Kev and Rod both on 147.Plucka was next with 137 from Tommy on 135,Hayley only completed 12 laps due to having to serve customers.

We held two fun races for BRM Group 2 sedans on the small four lane track during Happy Hour.The first race saw many close battles as at times all four cars were running in a group for lap after lap with old school door banging sideways action.Ben held the lead for most of the race only to be overtaken by Tony in the last minute in a close finish.Tony won with 120 laps from Ben on 118.Leah and Fred had a great race long battle which Leah won with 107 laps to Fred’s 105.The second race was a handicap race and Fred took off into an early lead being chased hard by Leah whilst Ben and Tony had a great battle of their own.The little kink off the back straight heading into the donut was the scene of some carnage during the race at times involving a battle pack of three cars.Through all the carnage Tony won with 125 laps followed by Ben on 120,Fred with 11 and Leah with 104.Each week the racing gets better and now all four drivers are able to complete 30+ laps for a 3 minute heat and getting under 5 seconds for a lap.If more people want to join in the Thursday night fun they are more than welcome and if we can get more people to race we will move the racing to the eight lane track.

Today was Round 7 of NSR Fiat Abarth and NSR GT3.Small fields in both classes but the racing was very close in both races.The Fiats were up first and it was a race long battle between Luke and Tony with Luke winning by two laps with 148 laps from Tony 146.Dave filled the last podium spot with 137 a lap ahead of Leah on 136,2 laps ahead of Brad on 134 and Wayne on 123.Hayley pulled out of the race to deal with customers.GT3 was next and this was an interesting race with Wayne skipping out to a four lap lead early on from Dave,Luke and Tony.Dave struck trouble with the handling of the car and dropped out of the battle.Luke was going well and then struck mechanical problems as well.Wayne then had a few deslots on Red lane which cut his lead to one lap starting the last bracket.It was all going well for Wayne until 30 seconds from the end allowed Tony to catch up and it ended up being a drag race out of the last corner for Wayne to win by 0.043 seconds with 155 laps.Luke held on for the final podium spot with 149.Dave just beat Leah for fourth both on 138 and Brad on 114.