Redline National League [RNL] [Mail-in Event]
i'm with you W. bought a bone shaker 4 wheeler for fred... seems they would try and climb the sidewalls like the FTE IIs...
Happened to have two plastic treaded wheel trucks that i've had sitting in their package for like 11 years and after this conversation, I decided to give them a shot. Broke them out of their fancy final run packaging and sent them down the track. The first was a Gulch Stepper which had a lot of trouble just even making it to the bottom of the track. I think it had more to do with the wheels themselves as the one tire seemed to be rubbing against the frame. The second was a Mercedes Unimog which had no imperfections at all with the wheels. It ran straight and smooth - made it to the bottom of the track without issues. But it was slow as hell. Even some of my worst cars smoked it. These guys didn't do anything to change my opinion!
Well we'll have to see, frankly I'm getting a bit nervous that I'm having him as my starter, and that I wouldnt be able to switch him out till week 6 if he's failing to win. On the other hand I really want to leave him in to see if I can prove ya'll wrong
He's actually a Jeep Scrambler, all I did was add weight to the back. We'll see how he preforms
Ok, so here are 3 of my 5 entries. On the Stang and the Infinity I added weight and decals I had hanging around. Didn't think to ask if we could pick our own numbers so if it's a problem I can remove them. Both of these are Hotwheels. The Ford Lightning pickup is a Matchbox. I added a set of JL wheels from the parts box and the flame decals. Tomorrow I'll weigh them at work. The other two are still being put together and I'll post pics when they are done.
I actually wont be numbering cars for this event at all as there really isn't any need to. Since its a team event, the individual cars aren't being ranked - the team is. If there are duplicates, I have numbers on hand that smitty sent me so that I can keep the two separated by which owner it belongs to. Otherwise, I intend to be writing the car model in the results each week. I don't really like numbers much anyway, I feel like it sort of detracts from the experience when you don't really know what car lines up with what number.
Great looking cars dadvball! Can't wait to see them perform!!
Great looking cars. I'm liking what you did with the decals.
Didn't think to ask if we could pick our own numbers . . .
If this was a series where the cars were numbered to the help the different hosts figure out what was whos, your numbers IMO would be the same as tampos on a car. The only problem might be if two cars had the same number.
Maybe you guys know something that I dont then! All the plastic treaded tires i've tried have been godawful.. but then again, I don't buy them and have only tried a handful on my track.