2025 - Mad Man Motoring (Triple M) Proxy - Group 5 - 1:32 & 1:43

[charlesx]

Ta Grant. Videos were fine. A least everybody got a good idea of how you conducted proxy. Regards Charles Le Breton (charlesx)

[ZeGas]

Some very very sad news.

Lloyds #1 car, was repaired and tyres sorted, tested, and all was humming along, so then came the TT, at lap 12 the damned pinion came loose again, I can't believe it, there was a tonne of epoxy around but that broke away from the shaft.
I'm really sorry Lloyd but I will have to retire the Mazda.
Fastest time was 9.161 this was up from the previous 9.447 but I think it had more.
 

Some a little bit better news.

Admiral Nelsons #87 car was also repaired and tested, I had to replace the pinion with a 9T 0.5M instead of his original 8T 0.4M as that was all I had access to, but it got it running.
The mesh isn't the greatest when turning the wheels by hand but it drives fine from the motor end, unfortunately, and I'm sorry Admiral, it is a bit slower due to the gear ratio.
Another quirk is it did not like one of the crossovers, forever popping out, I forgot to measure but I think it might be a shallow guide, I'll try to remember to measure tonight.

TT times recorded
Best 9.595
Median 10.259
Average 11.504
These have been added to the field data now.
 

 

 

[charlesx]

Hi Grant.

Pinions are normally a push fit or soldered. Pity you cannot fix but you have obviously done what you can. Regards Charles Le Breton

PS. Of only passing interest but for the first 10 years I raced slot cars I used to thread as many pieces of string through pinion and press fit. Never had one fail. I did not own a soldering iron or had to heat up in open fire.

[charlesx]

Hi again Grant. Any idea when cars will race at Mandurah. Would be great to be there. Regards Charles Le Breton (charlesx)

[ZeGas]

I'll be posting them off today Charles.

My daughter was rushed to hospital last Friday, been spending time with her, hence the delay.

Edited August 27, 2025 by ZeGas

[charlesx]

Hi Grant/Zegas.

Hope your daughter is going to be OK. A frightening experience for her and rest of family.

I am hoping to visit Shaynus and Oldman soon at Mandurah. I will be in Perth visiting family and expect to be able to hop train.

All the best Charles Le Breton (charlesx)

[ZeGas]

She'll be fine, op went well. 

Time it right and you might get roped in as a driver for the proxy.

[charlesx]

Ta Grant. As long as I am not driving my own cars. Certainly happy to marshal if time right. I will get in touch with Shaynus. C Le B

PS. Have never seen track in person but looks reasonably straight forward if I can arrange and am available. I will be in Perth for school hols. CLeB

Edited August 29, 2025 by charlesx

[charlesx]

Hi Grant Zegas and Shaynus. Re Mandurah round of Triple M Proxy I have asked son in Perth what other plans they have together with dates. Think we are down Margaret River way early October. Regards Charles Le Breton

[charlesx]

Hi Zegas and all. Looking forward to next round. I may even be there as I will be visiting grandkids in Perth. Not sure whether cars have arrived yet but hope they arrive safely. Must look to see if an expected timeline was outlined but with trips to Austria, Germany then back to Lithgow this would have been hard to predict. Regards Charles Le Breton (charlesx)

[ZeGas]

Cars have arrived in WA all safe and sound.

No real timeframe set, as you said it is hard with postage and I had some unavoidable delays to kick it all off.

Germany round has been cancelled, only Austria and then back to NSW for last round.

[charlesx]

Hi Grant/Zegas. Pity about Germany. Is it possible to arrange an alternative venue? Going all that way for one round must be expensive.

If not in Europe what about Melbourne or Adelaide. They both used to have keen proxy racers there. I might have also suggested Canberra but Sports Racer (Aussie Touring Car Proxy) has not been heard from for a while. Too busy with work I think. Another WA track might be Syd's but I do not think he is running his open nights there now. Also a Ferradore track so very hard on tyres. Another thought is Armchair Raceway where you might be able to run proxy yourself.

Would otherwise would have suggested NZ but nobody is interested in running proxies here now. Covid ruined what used to be a healthy proxy environment.

Regards Charles Le Breton (charlesx)

[Vinno]

8 hours ago, charlesx said:

Hi Grant/Zegas. Pity about Germany. Is it possible to arrange an alternative venue? Going all that way for one round must be expensive.

If not in Europe what about Melbourne or Adelaide. They both used to have keen proxy racers there. I might have also suggested Canberra but Sports Racer (Aussie Touring Car Proxy) has not been heard from for a while. Too busy with work I think. Another WA track might be Syd's but I do not think he is running his open nights there now. Also a Ferradore track so very hard on tyres. Another thought is Armchair Raceway where you might be able to run proxy yourself.

Would otherwise would have suggested NZ but nobody is interested in running proxies here now. Covid ruined what used to be a healthy proxy environment.

Regards Charles Le Breton (charlesx)

Armchair Racer are a shopfront only these days and don’t have tracks.

Slot Shop is the only Sydney shop that could possibly host a round but they would likely charge for venue rental.

I could ask around some of the Sydney home tracks but not many are on forums any more unfortunately. There are some tracks in the Illawarra where I am but these are 1/24 scale tracks and use tyre compound. I have tried my 1/32 cars on them and they don’t work, too much grip. 

I will come back to you.

[charlesx]

Just a thought Vinno so thanks for suggestions. You can only do what you can do. I appreciate Grant does not have the sort of time I have at my disposal. He has a farm to run. Regards Charles Le Breton (charlesx)

Edited September 11, 2025 by charlesx

[charlesx]

Hi again Vinno. Agree running on braided 1/24th metal car tracks not on. We ran the NZ RTR Nats at Porirua, Wellington track several times but they had to do a major cleaning job. While track can be cleaned getting glue completely out of braid is just about impossible. Remember also trying Henderson Auckland track many years ago after thorough clean but this was only partly successful. Made several cars go up in smoke although managed to resurrect most once back home. Cars are still going but would certainly not repeat the exercise. Regards Charles Le Breton (charlesx).

PS. If you have a viable suggestion for Zegas/Grant please let him know.

Edited September 12, 2025 by charlesx

[Vinno]

7 hours ago, charlesx said:

Hi again Vinno. Agree running on braided 1/24th metal car tracks not on. We ran the NZ RTR Nats at Porirua, Wellington track several times but they had to do a major cleaning job. While track can be cleaned getting glue completely out of braid is just about impossible. Remember also trying Henderson Auckland track many years ago after thorough clean but this was only partly successful. Made several cars go up in smoke although managed to resurrect most once back home. Cars are still going but would certainly not repeat the exercise. Regards Charles Le Breton (charlesx).

PS. If you have a viable suggestion for Zegas/Grant please let him know.

When is the track required? I am in the process of building a two lane track but it is going to be a couple of months realistically before I have it ready. If it is a while I could run it but it’s been about 20 years since I last hosted a proxy round. The track has 100mm lane spacing so I can run 1/24 scale cars but should be ok with the 1/43 cars.

[ZeGas]

I think leave it for this year, it is the first one run and (my fault) things have not gone as smoothly as I had hoped.

There are still 3 rounds to go and that should be fine for this year considering it was not initially going to be a series.

If there is interest next year I'll try to promote it more and maybe get some more tracks on board.

[Vinno]

12 minutes ago, ZeGas said:

I think leave it for this year, it is the first one run and (my fault) things have not gone as smoothly as I had hoped.

There are still 3 rounds to go and that should be fine for this year considering it was not initially going to be a series.

If there is interest next year I'll try to promote it more and maybe get some more tracks on board.

No problem Grant, maybe I can get a track or two in my area next year.

[fiery1]

On 9/12/2025 at 9:58 PM, ZeGas said:

I think leave it for this year, it is the first one run and (my fault) things have not gone as smoothly as I had hoped.

There are still 3 rounds to go and that should be fine for this year considering it was not initially going to be a series.

If there is interest next year I'll try to promote it more and maybe get some more tracks on board.

Grant you said right at the beginning this is supposed to be fun and it certainly is. Thank you for all your hard work especially with storms etc. you have had to deal with. I think you have done a great job.
I would be very happy to help and host a round next year with some guidance.
Thanks again
Fred

[Brumos RSR]

Check in with Roadrunners of  Elngand, he’s done an excellent job organizing  UK based proxies,  and if the cars are that close it may be an option for a race or two.  Additionally, you may pick up a few participants for next year in the process as the clubs are very active.  

[ZeGas]

Last weekend saw the running of Race 2 at Peel Slot Car Club in Western Australia.

All cars bar two were run due to some damage during freight.

These cars only require some minor repairs and in fairness to the competition will be run once reparied.

Aren't we a nice bunch 

Thanks to Shaynus for offering to repair.

Results & comments in due course.

[charlesx]

Hi Zegas.

I am back home now after a month in Perth but unfortunately missed running of R2. Did attend club meeting at Peel Slot Car Club last Friday night though and had a ball. 16 of us (4 x 4 teams) had a fuel race which was great fun. I had never done one before. Was great to try a track where I have previously run 3 proxies (2022-2024). Hope your daughter is fully recovered. Regards Charles Le Breton (charlesx).

[ZeGas]

I have put together the results for Races 2 & 3 as well as overall points.

Very interesting that both races provided exactly the same placement for the cars.

Also top of table overall is looking very competitive.

Please double check results are correct as I typed in from screenshot above.

Race 2
 

	Results Table
						Peel Slot Car Club WA
	Car Details					Race 2 - TT Red Lane
	Driver	Number	Scale	Make	Model	Total Time	Average time	Median time	Fastest Lap	Position
9	BrumosRSR	61	1:32	Porsche	934	-	6.1926	-	6.085	1
2	Charlesx	2	1:32	Nissan	Skyline	-	6.4286	-	6.285	2
4	Shaynus	9	1:32	Aston Martin	V8	-	6.5172	-	6.492	3
16	Shaynus	430	1:32	Porsche	934	-	6.8612	-	6.821	4
14	BrumosRSR	78	1:32	Ferrari	512BB	-	6.9542	-	6.823	5
3	Charlesx	5	1:32	Austin	Mini	-	7.374	-	7.312	6
10	Pfuetze	65	1:43	Lancia	Beta M	-	7.4732	-	7.353	7
6	Fiery1	12	1:32	BMW	320	-	7.828	-	7.791	8
7	Fiery1	38	1:32	Datsun	260z	-	8.0396	-	7.927	9
17	Fiery1	601	1:32	Trabant	601	-	8.107	-	8.078	10
11	Zegas	68	1:43	Aston Martin	V8	-	8.3028	-	8.224	11
12	Zegas	68z	1:43	Nissan	Skyline R30	-	8.5574	-	8.423	12
13	Admiral Nelson	71	1:43	Porsche	935	-	8.572	-	8.551	13
5	Pfuetze	11	1:32	Austin	Mini	-	8.9494	-	8.636	14
15	Admiral Nelson	87	1:43	BMW	320	-	10.389	-	10.241	15
1	Lloyd L	1	1:43	Mazda	RX5	-	-	-	-	-
8	Lloyd L	51	1:43	Lancia	Beta M	-	-	-	-	-

Race3
 

	Results Table
						Peel Slot Car Club WA
	Car Details					Race 3 - TT Blue Lane
	Driver	Number	Scale	Make	Model	Total Time	Average time	Median time	Fastest Lap	Position
9	BrumosRSR	61	1:32	Porsche	934	-	6.1988	-	6.077	1
2	Charlesx	2	1:32	Nissan	Skyline	-	6.2764	-	6.223	2
4	Shaynus	9	1:32	Aston Martin	V8	-	6.4434	-	6.402	3
16	Shaynus	430	1:32	Porsche	934	-	6.8462	-	6.809	4
14	BrumosRSR	78	1:32	Ferrari	512BB	-	7.0516	-	6.971	5
3	Charlesx	5	1:32	Austin	Mini	-	7.311	-	7.228	6
10	Pfuetze	65	1:43	Lancia	Beta M	-	7.4358	-	7.163	7
6	Fiery1	12	1:32	BMW	320	-	7.8812	-	7.814	8
7	Fiery1	38	1:32	Datsun	260z	-	7.972	-	7.792	9
17	Fiery1	601	1:32	Trabant	601	-	8.1814	-	8.078	10
11	Zegas	68	1:43	Aston Martin	V8	-	8.3106	-	8.113	11
12	Zegas	68z	1:43	Nissan	Skyline R30	-	8.4128	-	8.202	12
13	Admiral Nelson	71	1:43	Porsche	935	-	8.502	-	8.295	13
5	Pfuetze	11	1:32	Austin	Mini	-	9.1276	-	8.705	14
15	Admiral Nelson	87	1:43	BMW	320	-	9.8456	-	9.653	15
1	Lloyd L	1	1:43	Mazda	RX5	-	-	-	-	-
8	Lloyd L	51	1:43	Lancia	Beta M	-	-	-	-	-

Overall
 

									Pine Grove Circuit	Peel Slot Car Club
	Penalty Points	Car Details		Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Total
	One off	Per race	Driver	Number	Scale	Make	Model	Pre-race Point deductions	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Position	Points	Total
1			Charlesx	2	1:32	Nissan	Skyline	0	2	16	2	16	2	16		0		0	48
2		1	BrumosRSR	61	1:32	Porsche	934	-4	1	17	1	17	1	17		0		0	47
3		1	Shaynus	430	1:32	Porsche	934	-4	5	13	4	14	4	14		0		0	37
4			Pfuetze	65	1:43	Lancia	Beta M	0	4	14	7	11	7	11		0		0	36
5		2	BrumosRSR	78	1:32	Ferrari	512BB	-8	3	15	5	13	5	13		0		0	33
6		1	Shaynus	9	1:32	Aston Martin	V8	-4	12	6	3	15	3	15		0		0	32
7			Fiery1	38	1:32	Datsun	260z	0	8	10	9	9	9	9		0		0	28
8	1	1	Charlesx	5	1:32	Austin	Mini	-5	10	8	6	12	6	12		0		0	27
9			Fiery1	12	1:32	BMW	320	0	11	7	8	10	8	10		0		0	27
10			Zegas	68	1:43	Aston Martin	V8	0	7	11	11	7	11	7		0		0	25
11			Fiery1	601	1:32	Trabant	601	0	9	9	10	8	10	8		0		0	25
12			Zegas	68z	1:43	Nissan	Skyline R30	0	6	12	12	6	12	6		0		0	24
13	1	1	Pfuetze	11	1:32	Austin	Mini	-5	15	3	14	4	14	4		0		0	6
14		1	Admiral Nelson	87	1:43	BMW	320	-4	14	4	15	3	15	3		0		0	6
15		2	Admiral Nelson	71	1:43	Porsche	935	-8		0	13	5	13	5		0		0	2
16		1	Lloyd L	1	1:43	Mazda	RX5	-4	13	5		0		0		0		0	1
17		3	Lloyd L	51	1:43	Lancia	Beta M	-12		0		0		0		0		0	-12

[ZeGas]

for videos please refer to this link

https://www.slotforum.com/threads/2025-triple-m-proxy-races-2-3.219295/

[charlesx]

Thanks for the great report Zegas. I look forward to the rest of the videos and the next round of course. Austrla will certainly be something quite different.

Good driving there Shaynus as some of those cars seem like a bit of a handful.

Was good to see the other Mini running as well. Looked great.

Regards Charles Le Breton (charlesx)

Edited November 3, 2025 by charlesx