Outlaws Slot Cars Circuit Racing

[Tony.A]

Sunday 3rd March saw the first circuit race meeting at Victoria’s newest Slot Car Centre,Outlaw Slot Cars in Mulgrave.The class was Carrera GT3 box stock with only a change to MJK tyres allowed.Racing was held over 8 x 3 minute brackets.The results were the following:

First: Tony 150 Laps

Second : Hayley 144 Laps

Third: Leah 138 Laps

Fourth: Tommy 128 Laps

Fifth: Rod 126 Laps

Next race is on 17th March at 11:00am

[Tony.A]

Sunday 17th March saw Round 2 of the Carrera GT3 Challenge.

1st Tony 151 Laps

2nd Hayley 148 Laps

3rd Tommy 129 Laps

4th Dave 121 Laps

5th Rod 115 Laps

Next race Sunday April 7th 11:00am

[Vinno]

On 3/17/2024 at 5:31 PM, Tony.A said:

Sunday 17th March saw Round 2 of the Carrera GT3 Challenge.

1st Tony 151 Laps

2nd Hayley 148 Laps

3rd Tommy 129 Laps

4th Dave 121 Laps

5th Rod 115 Laps

Next race Sunday April 7th 11:00am

Why don’t you add some photos to your report to get some interest? Everyone has space up to 49mb.

Just shrink them down to around 100kb or so and you won’t run out of space for years. 

[Tony.A]

Today saw the third round of the Carrera GT3 Series and we had 7 entries. Results were as follows:

1st Tony 151 Laps

2nd Ben 146 Laps

3rd Tommy 138 Laps

4th Leah 135 Laps

5th Dave 135 Laps

6th Greg 132 Laps

7th Rhys 107 Laps

Next Race Sunday 21st April @ 11:00am

[Vinno]

Nice looking track. 

[Tony.A]

Sunday April 21st saw the Fourth Round of Carrera GT3 and we had a full field of 8 racers with a couple of new racers.Qualifying was up first with the following results:

1st Tony 8.4585 secs (new qualifying record)

2nd Hayley 8.7849,3rd Ben 8.9953, 4th Leah 8.9966, 5th Tommy 9.3111,

6th Dave 9.6519 ,7th Fred 10.0914, 8th Phil 10.2095.

The race was 8 x 3 minute brackets.The results are as follows:

1st Tony 153 Laps (new record),2nd Hayley 141,3rd Leah 138,4th Ben 138,

5th Dave 139,6th Tommy 134, 7th Phil 123,8th Fred 110.

Next race 5th May

[Tony.A]

Last Sunday 5th May saw the latest round of Carrera GT3 racing with 9 entries.Qualifying was close with a father and daughter 1-2 and only half a second separating the top 5 cars.First Tony 8.6274 seconds,2nd Leah 8.7538,3rd Hayley 8.8538,4th Craig 9.0483,5th Tommy 9.0620,6th Ben 9.3842,7th Luke 9.5465,8th Dave 9.5782 and 9th Fred 9.9684..Running a Round Robin with everyone having a bye made for an interesting race with the winner being decided in the last 30 seconds and only 5 laps covering the first 3 cars.First Tony 146 Laps,2nd Tommy,143,3rd Hayley 141,4th Leah 138,5th Craig 137,6th Dave 134,7th Luke 132,8th Ben 130 and 9th Fred 120..The attached photos show the field and the first 3 place getters.Upcoming Races at Outlaw Slot Cars are as follows.

Thursday 9th May,BRM Group 2 Sedans on the 4 lane track,

Sunday 12th May NSR Fiat Abarth and NSR GT3

Sunday 26th May NSR Fiat Abarth,NSR GT3 and Carrera GT3

[Tony.A]

Last night during Happy Hour(3 hours track time for $15) four of us who had BRM Group 2 cars had a couple of races on the 4 lane track.It was an absolute blast,real old school rubbing doors racing and everyone had a lot of fun with a lot of laughs.This is now going to be a weekly event and everyone who Is interested is welcome to join in on the fun.First race results were 1st Tony 125 Laps,2nd Ben 117,3rd Leah 104 4th Fred 96.Second race results were 1st Tony 130 Laps,2nd Ben 117 ,3rd Leah 101,4th Fred 99.

Next race meeting is this coming Sunday 12th May @ 11:00 am for NSR Fiat Abarth and NSR GT3

[Tony.A]

Mothers Day saw the first round of NSR Fiat Abarth.Dave was Top qualifier with 8.7520 seconds,second Tony 8.8123,third Hayley 9.2055,fourth Leah 9.2995,fifth Ben 9.4937 and sixth was Fred 9.7876.The race was a 3 way battle for the lead until Tony slowed with a motor issue.The midfield battle between Ben and Leah was close and Fred who is a rookie continues to improve.First Dave 151 Laps,2nd Hayley 149,3rd Tony 144,4th Leah 138,5th Ben 135,6th Fred 123.Next race for this class is on May 26th at 11:00 am

[Tony.A]

Mothers Day saw the running of NSR GT3,with the voltage turned down to 10 volts.Some grip issues in qualifying threw up mixed results with Dave top qualifier with 8.4754 seconds,2nd Plucka 8.5420,3rd Tony 8.8252,4th Ben 8.8263,5th Leah 9.0382,6th Fred 9.4195.Grip issues continued to cause some problems for some people in the race but in the end it was a comfortable win to Tony with 155 Laps,2nd Dave 143,3rd Leah 138,4th Plucka 137,5th Ben 134,6th Fred 115.Next race for this class is Sunday 26th May at 11:00 am

[Tony.A]

Last night we held another fun race for BRM cars on the 4 lane track.Although the track has a short lap length it produces some awesome racing and it is a lot of fun and lots of laughs.First Tony 117 Laps,Second Leah 104,Third Ben 98 and Fourth Fred 85.Next race for BRM is Thursday 23rd May.

[Tony.A]

Last night during Happy Hour,we held another fun BRM Group 2 Sedans race.The small 4 lane track is a perfect track for these cars as it provides some close side by side racing for lap after lap until someone crashes.Usually at the donut is where most crashes happen and as there is no marshals we have an agreement that whoever is on the the two gutter lanes do the marshalling at either end of the track.It’s all about having fun and doing something a bit different other than just testing all night on the 8 lanes.First was Tony 123 Laps,Second was Leah with 109, Third was Ben with 104 and Fourth was Fred with 84. 
This Sunday sees the 2nd round for NSR Fiat Abarth and NSR GT3 at 11:00am.All welcome and loan cars available for those that may not have a car.

[Tony.A]

Today saw the running of the second round for NSR Fiat Abarth and NSR GT3 held on the big 8 lane track running at 10 volts and there were 9 entries in both classes.We also had Travis( That Slot Car Guy) join us for both classes.First up was the Fiats.Qualifying was very close with half a second separating the first 5 cars.Dave was top qualifier with an 8.5115 secs,second was Hayley with 8.6006,third was Tony with 8.7924,fourth was Leah with 8.9808,fifth was Fred with an excellent 9.0138,sixth was Ben with 9.1371,seventh was Luke with 9.2602,eighth was Travis with 9.6387 and ninth was newcomer Rhys with 10.0672.

The race was a cracker with only two laps separating the first four cars with Luke winning on 147 Laps bu only a couple of metres from Dave also on 147.Third was Tony on 146,Fourth was Hayley on 145,Fifth was Leah on 138,Sixth was Ben on 134,Seventh was Travis on 132,Eighth was Fred on 121 and Ninth was Rhys on 120

[Tony.A]

The NSR GT3 class was up next and again only half a second separated the top 5 cars with some scintillating lap times.Travis was top qualifier with 7.9284 seconds with Paul second on 7.9580.Third was Tony with 8.2079,fourth was Dave with 8.2697,fifth was Luke with 8.4259,6th was Leah with 8.7321,seventh was Ben 9.2110,8th was Rhys with 9.4702 and 9th was Fred with 9.4491.

The race ended up a bit of a crash fest and it became a matter of trying to avoid the carnage and try and put in some good laps.The battle for second through to fifth was very was very close with only two laps separating those four positions.It was an easy win in the end for Tony with 159 Laps,from Dave in second on 150 with Travis in third on 149.Just missing out on the podium was Luke on 149 and Paul on 148.Leah won the midfield battle in sixth with 134 with Ben seventh on 127,Rhys was 8th with 119 and Fred was ninth with 105.

Upcoming races are Thursday 30th May with BRM Group 2 and Sunday 2nd June with Carrera GT3

[Tony.A]

Last night saw the continuation of our BRM Group 2 sedan races during Happy Hour and with the fuse problem from last week we were able to have 2 races towards the end of the night.The first race started off evenly with only a couple of laps separating the field after the first heat.After that heat it started to spread out a bit but there was some great action where for lap after lap there would be three cars side by side for nearly the duration of the bracket.With no magnets in these cars they provide some great old school tail out door to door racing.First was Tony with 124 Laps,second was Ben with 115,third was Leah with 109 and fourth was Fred with 98.The second race was much the same as the first although midway through the race there was the spectacular scene with all four cars side by side for half the bracket and with everyone getting accustomed to the track there is only half a second difference in lap times across the field.First was Tony with 121 Laps,second by a foot was Leah with 115 and Ben also on 115 with Fred fourth on 104.

Next race at Outlaw Slot Cars is Sunday 2nd June with Carrera GT3,starting at 11:00

[Tony.A]

Today saw the next round of Carrera GT3 with a healthy entry of 12 racers.Qualifying threw up a surprise with Leah top qualifying with a new qualifying record of 8.4513 seconds.Ben was second with 8.5721,third was Tony with 8.6575,fourth was Paul with 8.7060,fifth was Tommy with 8.8047.Hayley was sixth with 8.9034,seventh was Dave with 8.9643,eighth was newcomer Craig with 9.0000,ninth was another newcomer in Noel with 9.3250,tenth was Luke with 9.3627,eleventh was Fred with 10.0780 and newcomer May with 10.3953.With everyone having four byes the race was going to be interesting with all eyes on the predicted lap total column to keep track of your progress with the race result up in the air until the last heat.The race got off to a good start until the start of the second heat with motor problem causing Tony to miss half a bracket and dropping 11 laps.The middle stages of the race became a bit of a crash fest with some of the earlier front runners getting caught up in the carnage and setting the stage for an exciting finish.Unfortunately for May in her first race she got caught up in a major crash and ended up with a motor failure.Tommy was the leader heading into the last bracket but having completed his 8 lanes had to watch and see if he had done enough but unfortunately it wasn’t enough as three drivers swept passed him in the last bracket.Leah won with a personal best of 148 laps,Ben was second with 144.Tony stunned everyone by storming back to third with 143,Tommy fourth with 141.Fifth was Craig with 140,sixth was Hayley with 139,Luke was seventh with 138,Dave was eighth with 136,ninth was Paul with 134,tenth was Noel with 130,eleventh was Fred with 118 and May with 78.

[Tony.A]

Last night saw another great night at Outlaw Slot Cars with a great turnout for Happy Hour.The BRM Group 2 on the 4 lane track was a cracker as everyone gets to grips with the track and the gap between all four cars now down to 3/10ths of a second.Ben and Tony spent one whole bracket side by and Fred is getting better with at times all four cars running in a pack made for some exciting racing.Tony was first with 124 Laps Leah just edged out Ben for second with 115 to Ben’s 114 and Fred on 105.

[Tony.A]

Last night during Happy Hour we had another great BRM Group 2 race on the 4 lane track.There was some great racing with plenty of times where all 4 cars lapped the track in a group and there is not much difference in straight line speed across the 4 cars so it comes down to corner speed and not crashing.The difference in lap times across the four car cars has come down to just over 2/10 tenths of a second.Even the difference in bracket laps has come down to 4 laps across the four cars.Tony was first with 121 laps,Ben was second with 113,Leah was third with 110 despite feeling crook and Fred getting better each week with 106.

Next race at Outlaw Slot Cars is this Sunday at 11:00 am with racing for NSR Fiat Abarth and NSR GT3

[Tony.A]

A big day of racing at Outlaw Slot Cars with NSR Fiat,NSR GT3 and BRM Group 2.Fiats were up first Dave top qualified with 8.503 seconds from Hayley on 8.7401 and Tony on 8.7457.Leah headed up the midfield battle with 8.9214 from Fred with 8.9869 and Luke with 9.0991.Ben was seventh with 9.2979 and Wayne who just bought his car before qualifying started with 9.9253.The race was a close battle between Dave,Luke,Tony and Hayley with only 5 laps separating these four.Dave won with 153 laps from Tony on 150,Luke and Hayley with 148.Wayne’s car got quicker the longer the race went and was fifth on 145,Leah was next on 140 followed by Ben on 138 and Fred on 123.GT3 was up next and Tony top qualified with a new qualifying record of 7.8294,Paul was next with 7.9166 also under the previous record.Wayne was third with 8.2791 followed by Dave with 8.3372,Luke 8.5065,Leah 8.6209,Ben 9.0831 and Fred 9.4845.The race was a cracker with the first three cars all finishing on 154 laps and separated by six seconds.Dave won from Wayne and Tony.Fourth was Luke on 149,one lap ahead of Paul on 148,Leah was next with 135,Fred on 120 and Ben on 106.BRM Group 2 was up next on the 4 lane track with Tony winning with 113 Laps,Leah just beat Ben to second with 104 to 103 and Fred on 99.

[Tony.A]

Two great BRM Group 2 races last Thursday night and with the track having been cleaned and prepared well saw close racing and record lap times.Tony won the first race with 122 Laps by 1 lap from Ben on 121,Fred had a personal best race with 111 ,1 lap ahead of Leah on 110.

The second race was blistering with everyone breaking the 5.00 seconds barrier with the fastest times around the mid 4.7 to mid 4.8 seconds.Tony won again with 116 Laps,from Ben on 111,Leah 106 and Fred 104.

[Tony.A]

Last Thursday night saw another great BRM Group 2 race on the 4 laner.An experiment with a slight increase in voltage made for interesting racing as the cars were a bit of a handful and although there was still some great side by side battles we all agreed that the lower voltage makes for better racing.Tony won with 119 laps with Ben second on 110 after a great battle with Leah on 108 and Fred improving week by week with 103.
Tomorrow at 11:00 am is the next round of Carrera GT3

[Tony.A]

8 entries for today’s 7th round of Carrera GT3.Qualifying was close with the first five drivers separated by 3 tenths of a second.Leah broke her qualifying record with 8.4186 seconds only for Tony to break it with a new record of 8.3520 seconds.The race was close for the first half before Tony broke away to win with a new race record of 156 laps and a new fastest lap record of 8.616 seconds.The battle for the minor places on the podium was a ripper in the second half of the race with Hayley,Dave and Leah in a 3 way battle for second with Leah winning that battle by 1 metre from Dave and Hayley a further half lap back all on 144 laps.The battle for the midfield places was just as close with only 4 laps separating the remaining drivers.Ben winning that battle with 138 and Plucka just beat Luke on 137 and Rod on 134.

Next Race Sunday 7th July at 11:00am for NSR Fiat Abarth and NSR GT3.

[Tony.A]

Today was the next round for NSR Fiat Abarth and NSR GT3.NSR Fiats we’re up first and the results were a bit mixed up as some people struck car problems during the race.Hayley had an easy win with 155 laps from Luke on 147 and Leah on 140.Tony was next on 139 from Ben on 134,Dave on 132 and Fred on 120.Conditions improved for GT3 and although some people had a some niggles it was a much cleaner race.It was an easy win for Tony with 153 laps from Plucka on 144 and Luke on 141.Ben was fourth with 138 from Dave on 134 just in front of Leah on 133 and Fred on 117.

Next race is for Carrera GT3 on Sunday 14th July.

Next race for NSR Fiat Abarth and GT3 is Sunday 21st July.

[Tony.A]

Today saw the running of the 8th round of Carrera GT3 at Outlaw Slot Cars and we had a healthy 12 entries.Qualifying was close with the first 5 racers separated by 3 tenths of a second then another 4 in the midfield separated by a tenth of a second.In the end it was a father and daughter 1-2 in with Tony just pipping Leah for pole by 4 hundredths of a second.The race was fairly straightforward for both Tony and Leah with Tony winning with a new record of 159 laps,7 laps ahead of Leah who in turn had a six lap break over the six way battle for the last step on the podium.Tommy won that battle for third,two laps ahead of Luke with Hayley , Dave and newcomer Chris just separated by a lap.ThatSlotCarGuy was next from Noel,Digger and Fred.Plucka had to pull out to serve customers.Tony also set a new race lap time record of 8.451 seconds.

Next Sunday is the next round for NSR Fiat Abarth and NSR GT3

[gref]

what are there most popular Carrera GT3 cars, does everyone seem to drive same model or is there a big variety?