Matchbox 61st Anniversary Mail-In Series
DadvBall....make sure the parking brakes on my 2 cars are released. I think that was my problem.
Speaking of which--did something go wrong with Stawka's Challenger? I noticed it got much better times in the first round than when it faced my Nissan. Did a wheel get stuck or something?
went back and looked at #94's times... he did lose time in his 3rd and 4th passes...I don't know why... I make it a point to align every car at the start to the best I can... painted lines in the starter box for that... maybe dadvbal can take a peek at his wheels ?
The cars arrive yesterday. After work tonight I opened and inspected every one. Here are the few with issues.
Stroller - #97 gray panel - both axles are loose and the chassis bottoms out. I'll be happy to fix it.
#99 Jag - the weight is loose inside.
Nightstalker - #94 purple Challenger - the weight is loose inside
Morris Mini - #91 Lotus - the weight is loose inside
Delta 6 - #79 Audi - The rear wheels don't turn on the axle too well. I can look at it if you'd like.
Webber Cabin - #73 black Mini (I need to find one of these) - the weight is loose inside
Traction Event - #70 Mercedes 350SL - Windshield is off.
I can open the cars to re-glue the weights if anyone thinks it will make a difference in how it runs so please let me know quickly. I'll check back often to see if there are any replys.
- Mine is ugly, but fast...glass repair only if you have time and its easy, no interior to hold it in place... — Traction-Event
- I'll see what I can do TE! — Dadvball
- I would not object to you r fixing my car....Stroller — Stroller
- Stroller, I went ahead and secured both axles. Also glued and JB's the one weight that came loose in the Jag — Dadvball
- Delta, your rear axle was high on one side causing the top of the wheel to rub on the body. Hope you don't mind I fixed it. — Dadvball
- TE, windshield was glued back in place. Don't know for how long though. — Dadvball
- Nightstalker, Morris, and Webber, let me know if you want me to open your cars to fix the loose weights. — Dadvball
- Sure, go for it, maybe that slowed it down at Smitty's — Nightstalker
- Thank you DvB maybe that will help...Seems like the USPS was playing soccor with our cars.... — Stroller
Thanks for the offer, but no need to glue the weight in the Morris from Weber Cabin. Looking forward to the racing. Thanks for hosting
Good luck to everybody running tomorrow! Looking forward to the results!
Thanks for hosting DadVball!
My apology to everyone but once again I'm having problems with photobucket as it's not uploading my pictures. I will try again tomorrow but for now here is the bracket.
Drawing was random, but I made sure nobody had both entries in the same bracket.
Bracket A
83 Old Hen vs 71 Rally case
92 Morris Mini vs 73 Webber Cabin
95 72ChevyC10 vs 77 FOTF
79 Delta 6 vs 69 Traction Event
84 Fat Mike vs 80 K&O
86 Fast Fred vs 97 Stroller
94 Nightstalker & 88 Holeshot have the byes
Bracket B
93 Nightstalker vs 78 Delta 6
81 K&O vs 85 Fast Fred
96 72ChevyC10 vs 70 Traction Event
99 Stroller vs 87 Holeshot
72 Rally Case vs 82 Old Hen
75 Webber Cabin vs 76 FOTF
Brian (white Buick cop car) & 91 Morris Mini have the byes.
- Good luck K&O, looks like its me and you in 1st rnd. — FatMike
- go rld racers go ! — model40fan
- Photobucket is one of the most frustrating sites on the web, thanks for hosting DVB! — Traction-Event
- Good luck to you as well Mike, although you probably won't need it against my clunkers! — KandORacing
- Chris , I use Flickr instead. It seems alot easier. — KandORacing
- is a bye a win? — Stroller
- in real racing it is and this is real racing ain't it? JMHO — FatMike
- Yes Ed, a bye is a win. This is another reason I am going to leave this site. — KandORacing
- People do the racing the wrong way by not using singles. — KandORacing
Here we go!
Bracket A, round 1
#83 Old Hen's gold Caddy runs 2.278 over the 2.287 of #71 Rally Case pink buggy
#73 Webber Cabin's black Austin goes 2.271 over #92 MorrisMini's Capri at 2.358
#77 FOTF Datsun runs 2.237 against #95 72Chevy C10's F100 with a 2.291
#79 Delta 6 Audi runs 2.233 over #69 TE's Fisker with a 2.239
#80 K&O's Fisker rolls a 2.267 over the #84 Fat Mike Diego with a 2.349
#97 Strollers's gray Panel goes 2.279 over the #86 Fast Fred red VW Bus at 2.436
Bracket A, round 2
#94 Nightstalker's Challenger runs 2.254 over #84 Old Hen's Caddy 2.278
#77 FOTF Datsun rolls a 2.250 winning over #73 Webber's Austin at 2.279
#79 Delta 6 Audi has a 2.233 over the #88 Holeshot white London Taxi at 2.363
#97 Stroller's gray panel goes 2.277 against the #80 K&O's Fisker at 2.289
Bracket A, round 3
#77 FOTF Datsun runs 2.244 over the #94 Stalker Challenger with a 2.263
#79 Delta 6 Audi goes 2.237 against the #97 Stroller panel at 2.261
Bracket A, round 4
#79 Delta 6 Audi has a 2.220 over the #77 FOTF Datsun's run of 2.235
The #79 Delta 6 Audi moves on to meet the winner of Bracket B to determine the Champion.
big field, random pairings, lead to some relatively slow cars moving up the ladder and some quickies onto the trailer... gotta love diecast racing !.... see you in lane two, [well, 1st round anyway]...