Hot Wheels World Race
sorry jiggy, sloppies are not going to be able to play in this one, being away for 3 weeks has left me behind...
hope i'll get my ducks in a row soon...
glad to have you back jiggs...
- Hey smitty don't worry about it man, I hope you get better from the surgery. Remember the event isn't until August, it will most likely be — Mcjiggles9
- One or two entrants. If you still don't find the time, I got some of you're gifted mods you've sent me, we can throw those I'd if you'd like — Mcjiggles9
- i do have a spiffyl '34 coupe i can send, fast ?... cool ? — fordman
- Sounds great smitty — Mcjiggles9
I'm really jacked up about this event. I just won my potential entry for $.01 on EBay, but will pay almost $4 in shipping. The kicker is that the seller is here in town.
Spent some time yesterday figuring out the 50-foot driveway drag track in preparation for this event. This is our first experience with Blutrack and found this seamless racing to be very fast and quiet - no click, click, click of track connectors every second. For those who haven't seen it, Blutrack lanes are a little wider than orange track, so if you've got a wiggler, it can really get squirrelly. Lane walls are more rubbery than hard plastic orange track, so they seemed to scrub off more speed from cars that roamed from wall to wall. No big mystery there, straight axels are always needed, but bad alignment will hurt you more than usual on Blutrack. This environment seemed to favor wide track, low profile cars, and long wheelbases ran smooth and silent. Just a few of the many factors to consider in choosing or making your car for this event! Next up, Cooper is going to start cooking up some open track scenarios. Once dialed in, we'll send description and tips.
Hey everyone just reminding you all of the deadline here in a month! 2 car limit entry, mod or stock!
We've decided on our fifth and final event, it will be a straight downhill open track drag in sizzler.
Again, you guys are not going to want to miss out on this action. It's going to be intense!
Still plenty of time for new entries. Tell your friends, kids, whomever and get them sent it!
- Two cars? (It still says one on the first post.) I'm looking forward to this one! — FOTF
- I'll make edits now to update rules — cliffordshaw
- Thanks; so it'll be two unless you get sixteen or more? — FOTF
- Gonna try to get a car out this weekend...just a stocker or two — redlinederby
Cooper took up half the garage last week to set up the open track curves course. It starts almost seven feet in the air with a long straight drag in separate lanes, then all lanes dump into a high banked Daytona type turn and it's all open from there. Three total turns with about 8 feet of straight track between them make like a series of switchbacks from the high start to a finish on the floor. Cars are all over the place, some go in high, then slide down to the bottom of the turn. Some get sideways. And every once in a while you get those moments when a car will ride the back bumper of the car ahead and then pull out for a perfect pass and you'd swear someone was behind the wheel. Slo mo test video looks great! Coop will post some teasers.
I know you did some photos elsewhere but can you include some in this thread too? Or a video if you have it :)
I gotta remember to find me some cars to send in soon. They'll just be stocks but it'll get me some skin in the game. Should be quite a site to see.
Sorry for the delay on this video, just a quick preview of the open track course. A lot of great racing and video action to come. Make sure to get your entrants in! Its going to be an incredible and memorable event!
- Nice work!!! — Traction-Event
- That's a mondo track...should be fun — redlinederby
- I like it! It reminds me of the track from the LeMans Series. — FOTF
Here's my entrys...Just finished the Z today. No open wheeled cars... I got scared.
http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u495/Squiggy799/IMG_0096.jpg
- Nice; from your comment, the Z must be modified--but is the F40 stock? — FOTF
- Don't worry the F40 is modded... — Traction-Event
- Of course it is — JDC442
- Drilled rivets or just graphite? I see I'll need something fast either way. — FOTF
- little weight, little polish, little JB qwik... as I try with all my rides...a little better than stock. :) — Traction-Event
So what I'm looking at is the number of car entrants each will send, if we are able to reach or exceed 16 entrants, we'll stick to 1 car each for sure.