announcing Hank's April Fools Fun Run

APRIL FOOLS FUN RUN
Saturday April 16 2011


Classes:
1) TJ/S 100% stock t-jet copper bottom chassis, original axles, stock 16 ohm unbalanced arms only. Narrow original stock wheels and tires. NO hotrod or truck wheels or tires. No wheelie bars or any anti lift devices. Original stock copper pickup shoes and pickup shoe springs. NO added weight to chassis or bodies. Any injection molded hard plastic screw mounted bodies allowed. NO resin, vacuum formed, cardboard or paper bodies. Minimum weight 18 grams. Maximum weight 21
2) TJ/M t-jet modified Modifications are 5.5 ohm armature. Any ceramic magnet allowed. One traction magnet, any motor brushes, any gears, any wheel and tire combination. Weighted front wheels allowed No braids or shunts. Copper or silver chassis allowed. "NO QUADS"'. Now including Johnny Lightning and Auto World Ultra-G chassis. Minimum Weight 20 grams. Maximum Weight 25 grams.
3) AFX/S AFX & MagnaTraction Stock armature, per (i.e. 14.5-ohm for magna-traction, 5.5 ohm for non-magna-traction). Slip on silicone tires of stock diameter. O-rings may be substituted for front tires. Stock magnets according to specific chassis. Johnny Lightning and Auto World cars allowed. NO Ultra-Gs.
4) AFX/M A/FX modified 5.5 ohm armature allowed. Any ceramic magnet allowed.. One (1) traction magnet, any motor brushes, gears, wheels and tires. No braids or shunts. UltraG chassis allowed.
5) 4G/S+D (Specialty/4-Gear Stock and Dragster) Stock armature and magnets per chassis. Slip on silicone tires. Auto World chassis allowed with traction magnets REMOVED. Bodies limited to those issued for specific chassis.
6) 4G/PS Specialty/4-Gear Pro Stock 3.5 ohm armature allowed. Polymer magnets allowed. Pickup shoe braids allowed. Shunts allowed. Two (2) traction magnets, any motor brushes, gears, wheels and tires. Any body allowed. Now including Auto World 4-Gear chassis.
7) I/S Inline Stock This includes any inline car readily available with a stock motor, magnets, and gearing. Slip on silicone tires allowed. Tyco, Tomy, AFX, Lifelike, etc. NO Wizzard or SlotTech cars.
8) D/S Door Slammer 5.5 ohm armature allowed (hot- stock motor). Polymer & baked NEO motor magnets, pickup shoe braids allowed. Shunts allowed. Any motor brushes, gears,
wheels and tires. DIE CAST BODY minimum of 57 grams.

BLUE COMET MC
4042 Mensch Road Skippack PA 19473
Doors open 8 am, Qualifying at 10:30 am
1/64 scale 1/4 mile 40' overall length, WIZZARD drag strip
all stock classes must use bodies intended (designed and manufactured) for the specific chassis. other classes may use modified body set ups within already established guidelines.

I am hoping all the misconceptions, misgivings, and misscommunications were cleared up yesterday, Sunday March 27th 2011 at the slot show in Aberdeen MD. I think I can speak for Hank, Scott and everybody else planning on attending that we just want to have a stress free, fun day of friendly drag racing on April 16 2011 at the Blue Comet Motorcycle Club in Skippack PA. we welcome everyone and practice is free. it would be nice to get some RSVPs here so I can tell Hank that his plans are successful. I know a few people have done so, but I am asking for another round of check ins from those planning on attending. keep em green, al.

okay guys lets here some noise for the april fools race.
like al said lets get a head count. we gotta keep this thing going.
hey joe everytime I ask the speed zone about their track the say soon. soon I will be old wait a minute I am old. it is not like we have alot of options twice a year is better than nothing. hope to see some new faces on the 16th.

mac

joe I race 1/24 drags every wed. at the speed zone and ask all the time about the ho drag track and all I get is soon. I even told them we just need to test cars no need for e.t. or m.p.h. just power to make a pass. tonight I am going to race and see if there is any progress. I will keep you posted.

mac

News April Fools Fun Run

12 racers and numerous spectators, 109 entries in 8 classes of FUN drag racing H O 1/64 scale style.
I would like to thank, in no particular order:
Joe S, Eric H, Tom L, Dave M, MAC, Jim P, Eddie P, Mike C, Sgrig, Hank G, Scott D.
Also Dave M donated one of his original unique styrene C-cab Hot Rods as an award for the first .400 reaction time in eliminations and Scott D took those honors.
Mike C really dominated the day to take a nice pair of threaded aluminum 4 gear wheels with slip on silicone tires as an award for Top Eliminator.
Sgrig once again dominated this event with his building prowess, as many of the cars in the finals were built by him or at least had his custom Yellow Jacket motors in them.
Srig, Eric, Eddie, Scott and others provided excellent skilled advice and assistance to all racers to help keep the event running smoothly.
Eric, Hank and Sgrig donated some nice armatures and magnets for 4 raffle drawings which allowed 4 winners to upgrade their parts boxes for little cost, Thank You all.
There were various bodies awarded to all winners and runner ups along with nice stick on plaques (which will fit nicely on race boxes) denoting their accomplishments on this fun day.
Hank, Scott and Sgrig kept everything moving smoothly with assistance from Eric, Eddie and the infamous Joe Skylark!
There was a moment of prayer and silence for a fallen comrade, Bruce aka TRAX who has left us to race in the big sky.
After pledging allegiance dutifully to our flag and country there was a lively and meaningful discussion about changes to the structure of our race classes and rules. Many good ideas were discussed reasonably and most adopted which will be reflected in other posts, threads, sites and flyers.
These changes will help streamline and simplify our races and should make many people quite happy with the outcome of the decisions. We held this procedure before the race this time to include everyone because some people have to leave early and cannot be part of such a discussion after the event. Again, I think many people will be pleased the results and changes.
On another note, I took an informal poll and had people check off their 5 favorite classes from a list of all the classes which we have ever run (soon to change significantly, so stay tuned for that information). Out of the 14 classes we have rules for, TJ/S and TJ/M tied with 9 votes each, AFX/S got 8 votes, AFX/M got 7 votes, 4G/PS got 4 votes, TJ/PS, I/S, and D/S each got 3 votes, AFX/PS, 4G/D+S and I/M each got 1 vote. TJ/O, I/PS and I/O got no votes. Along with the expressed desires of the racers, these results and the decisions of the race directors, Hank and Scott, future race classes will be determined. Again, there are changes which will be posted soon and reflected in the choices and desires of the racers. Requests that have been made in the past that weren’t carried were reconsidered and some adoptions including those suggestions carried favorably this time.

I would like to personally thank everyone on behalf of Scott D, Hank G and myself for the support the racing community gives our attempts at providing occasional venues for fun H O 1/64 scale drag racing, THANK YOU !

also to note, Dave M took a lot of notes, kept track of the 1/4 finals of every class along with total wins for each racer all the while documenting every final pairing with his cool camera which takes stills and short videos. it Takes Dave a long time to edit that media, so don't be clamoring for those pics too soon.
THANK YOU Dave for your support and documentation of this event.

Results April Fools Fun Run 2011

8 classes of fun run leaves us with new champions and new low ETs.
12 racers and a total of 109 entries plus some real upsets.

TJ/S 18 entries TQ- Mike C 55 Chevy(no stripe) 1.776 .543
1st Mike C 55 Chevy(no stripe) 1.762 .565
2nd Jim P Camaro 2.109 .495
Low ET Mike C 55 Chevy(no stripe) 1.729 .509

TJ/M 15 entries TQ- Mike C Willy .859@ 21.70 .479
1st Eric H Dodge .878@ 18.55 .414
2nd Mike C Willy .903@ 20.25 .312
Low ET Mike C Willy .859@ 21.70 .479

AFX/S 16 entries TQ- Mac Nomad .971@ 19.13 .454
1st Mike C Camaro .915@ 20.89 .504
2nd Joe S American Flag 55 .990@ 20.39 .501
Low ET Mike C Camaro .912@ 21.01 .569

AFX/M 12 entries TQ- Joe S Turbo .751@ 25.32 .544
1st Joe S Turbo .825@ 23.72 .470
2nd Mike C Camaro 6 .798@ 22.61 .369
Low ET Joe S Turbo .751@ 25.33 .544
______ Mike C Camaro 3 .751@ 25.23 .508

4G/S+D 13 entries TQ- Mike C Vega 1.055@ 17.15 .569
1st Mike C Grand Am 1.055@ 16.96 .651
2nd Mike C Vega 1.152@ 16.22 .604
Low ET Mike C Grand Am 1.041@ 17.29 .490

4G/PS 12 entries TQ- Joe S Yellow Rail .658@ 28.78 .632
1st Mike C Rail .800@ 23.30 .373
2nd Joe S Orange/White Vega .655@ 29.47 .362
Low ET Joe S Orange/White Vega .655@ 29.47 .362

I/S 13 entries TQ- Eric H Mustang .664@ 26.11 .544
1st Eric H Mustang .675@ 24.98 .468
2nd Eddie P VW .780@ 21.01 .428
Low ET Eric H Mustang .655@ 26.37 .504

D/S 10 entries TQ- Hank G 57 Chevy .712@ 28.06 .439
1st Joe S Starliner .730@ 24.78 .387
2nd Mac McDonalds .705@ 27.71 .375
Low ET Mac McDonalds .703@ 27.42 .462


thank you all,

alpink