Expert Drag Track 500 tournament

redlinederby Saturday, 2/5/2011
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I finally got my act together and found some time to get some plans together for the Expert Drag Track off-season tournament!


Sponsored by Expert Drag Tracks

Closed: Complete tournament results
Prize: $45 worth Expert Drag Track upgrades

WINNER: Atlcelica
Winning car: Monte Carlo Concept Car

Race recap and highlight video

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HOW TO PLAY
Tournament cars will be pre-selected and seeded.
Players will only pick their brackets to earn points.
The player with the most points after results are posted on 2/20/11 will be declared the winner.

CONDITIONS
This tournament will be run on the Expert Drag Track playset, NOT the official Redline Derby track that has been used in past seasons. The track is 18-feet long with electronic starting gate and finish line. The winner of each race will be declared by the finish line only. The track has a lap timer but it will not be used in this tournament.

GRAND PRIZE
The player with the most points after results are posted will get a free Expert Drag Track upgrade when they purchase an Expert Drag Track playset at regular price. This upgrade is valued at $45! The upgrade includes extra track and a power supply, both of which are not included in the basic package. The basic Expert Drag Track playset retails for $80 from DragTracks.com. This prize allows the winner to receive $125 worth of race track for only $80!

OTHER
Player point totals from Season 3 will be cleared prior to this tournament.
Points earned during this tournament will NOT apply to the next active racing season
Achievements are ACTIVE during this tournament

MORE ABOUT EXPERT DRAG TRACKS
Get a complete review of the Expert Drag track over at the Redline Derby blog


Discussion

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Goolz11 2/5/11

What does the upgrade include?

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redlinederby 2/5/11
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The upgrade is a pack of extra track (4 pieces) and a power supply. The track sells for $20 and the power supply for $25 from the Drag Tracks site. http://expertracers.com/order.php

The set I got from them for review had the extra track and it was worth it. You know how it goes, the longer the better when it comes to race tracks. The power supply is a good addition too since you'd otherwise need batteries, and if you plan on using the track a lot then you'd probably go through batteries pretty quick.

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GrabberGT 2/5/11

Awesome set! I like the color matched black. Wish mine was all black.

Submitted my bracket picks. Interesting mix of cars. I have never looked at any of them.

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Jobe 2/5/11

Cool.

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Goolz11 2/6/11

Does the finish line cord, that runs from the starting block, reach to the finish line with the extra four pieces of track?

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GrabberGT 2/7/11

Does the finish line cord, that runs from the starting block, reach to the finish line with the extra four pieces of track?

I had to extend the cable on mine.

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redlinederby 2/7/11
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I didn't have any problems with my cord reaching the end with all the track, but you can extend it. And the smart thing is that it was designed with what is essentially a phone cord, so you can easily and cheaply by extensions...so if you get a lot more track or mod it to use your own, you can still make the finish line.

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GrabberGT 2/7/11

I didn't have any problems with my cord reaching the end with all the track, but you can extend it. And the smart thing is that it was designed with what is essentially a phone cord, so you can easily and cheaply by extensions...so if you get a lot more track or mod it to use your own, you can still make the finish line.

I may have a longer reach to my finish line because instead of just adding track to the end, I also shortened the track between the start line and ramp to just a single piece of track then added that track to the overall length. So I now have a short drop followed by a long run to the finish. My fastest cars are now taking more than 2" to reach the finish. Extending the cord was not so straight forward. I found that the individual wires in the extension cable do a crossover from one end to the next. I had to remove an end and crimp a new modular connector on in order to set the wires back to parallel.

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Jobe 2/8/11

I have had some interest from some of my racing participants about this track, supposedly it's being advertised in Jeg's Catalog! I've always wanted to keep my set up basic and not have any electronics but this have peaked my interest slightly...mainly for the foot start and timer.

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redlinederby 2/8/11
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The starter and finish line are really nice. I immediately started to think about how to mod that finish to make it worth with my existing track stuff......but I think I might talk with Wes at Expert Toys to see what's possible as a separate product. Would be cool and would sell good, I think.

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Jobe 2/8/11

Possible to just lay the orange track over the black plastic and extend the finish line as needed? That way you could have as long or short a track as you wanted....hmmmmm....

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redlinederby 2/8/11
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I don't see why that wouldn't work...but then it just gets into do you really want to spend $80+ on the full set when all you need is the finish line?

I mailed Expert Toys tonight to see if they're interested in design a stand-alone finish line product. Hopefully something might come of it and then all us DIYers will have a simple, reliable, affordable finish line. Keep your fingers crossed...


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