Gravitywerx Spring 2012 Qualifying

Gravitywerx Sunday, 4/22/2012

I've been waiting for my garage to warm up and maybe get a few more entries but today I vacuumed the track and qualified the 10 cars I have. I used the most race-like of the three methods I use for qualifying: A timed run down the track. It also tests the cars for suitability without revealing too much. A solo run is the most difficult to finish on this cruel track; They actually behave better in a pack.
To get a time, they must cross the finish line. If they don't, they wait until the next round of qualifying and will line up behind the first-round finishers in the first race (next weekend). Only two cars finished on the first try, the Model40 car (4th overall in Fall race) and the Gspeed2 car (5th overall). The model40 car had a scale speed of 254 MPH.
4 cars qualified in the next round led by the TLD car (260 MPH) followed by Gspeed1, Worpex, and Gspeed3. The fastest time was set by GRI2, (Goolz Jr) but took 3 tries to do it. It will be starting 7th.
The last 3 cars struggled, crashing every time in turn one and not sliding nearly far enough for a time. Finally the Fast Fred car righted itself and secured the 8th spot. Fred's penpal from Australia, hearafter named "Aussie" did the same thing in the next round. The other Goolz car would not make it through turn one without flipping but tentatively holds the 10th spot. The Fred and Aussie cars are a couple unused cars of Smitties sent for the fall race. The Goolz car and these two should be replaced if possible before the start (or whenever) because their race will be a matter of whoever can slide the farthest on their roof!
Still time to get entries in and congrats to Smitty for the #1 sticker!


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Gravitywerx 4/22/12

Wish I had enough entries to fill a B race. Having more than one gate insures a fresh lineup every week. With only an A race, the three crashers will be occupying the first three spots every week (starting Round 2). The better cars will be pushing three flipped ones for the first lap of every race! Possible backstretch parking lot. Never had that happen before.

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