Time for a new Targa track

[oldslotracer]

Every track I've built had 3" spacing and squeezes, this time I thought I'd try 4" spacing and no squeezes. Most like it, but some of us miss the squeezes. Next track...

Anyone thinking of building a wood track, stay away from "ultra light MDF". It doesn't rout well.

[tonka500]

Looks fantastic Luf.

I was thinking of a squeeze section or two on my next track and have noticed you deleted them out of your most recent track. Any reason in particular for doing that?

[Giddyup]

Late to the game as usual...wow, great work Luf...fast'n'flowing like every race track should be!

[Sports Racer]

You're just saying that because the organiser is freakin' awesome.

[Wet Coast Racer]

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We now return you to your regularly scheduled routing. By now, you should know how to get there. Clever pun eh, Alwyn?

[SuperSlab]

Murray did a 6.9, I'm expecting you to get into the very low 6s while I'm comfortable with 7.5s

Good stuff: that is pretty quick for a brand new track! I just took a look: on April 7 last year you wrote about the (then new) Targa:

"Did about 100 laps tonight with a friend, using his 1/24 scale cars...best lap so far is 9.7 We'll probably knock a second off that tomorrow"

Now, just a bit more than a year later, bracket times on a fast race is frequently in the low 7 second range. Best lap that I have done on the now-gone track was 6.42 seconds. All this is a heck of an improvement from the first laps at 9.7 seconds!

Now Murray has done a 6.9 on the first sighting of the new track: a bit scary to wonder where we might be ending up lap time wise on the new track....

Fun times!

Alwyn

[oldslotracer]

Murray did a 6.9, I'm expecting you to get into the very low 6s while I'm comfortable with 7.5s

[SuperSlab]

And just a couple of added thoughts:

* If you see Murray "bobbling" on the same corner more than once, you just KNOW the track is green. Well, sort of a greyish green in any case....
* That is one long straight for a Luf track!

Luf: What was the best lap time of the evening and now that you have seen a few laps: what kind of lap time are you expecting us to get to?

[SuperSlab]

Oh, nice flow you clever man!

Totally agree: very much looking forward to running on it (tomorrow?). This is one of the advantages of being a slot car fan in the Vancouver area: you get to race on these incredible Luf creations.

Luf: you are the master, plain and simple. I will never cease to marvel at how you just seem to conceive and visualise these wonderful tracks and then build them in a few days. I believe you are some kind of freak of nature (in the best possible sense of the word of course!).

The way those cars are going around already on a green track

Methinks a) your monitor needs adjusting or b) you are suffering from colour blindness? The track is GREY, Paul!

Alwyn

[Wet Coast Racer]

How long is it?

Oh, nice flow you clever man!

The way those cars are going around already on a green track, it's brilliant!

[oldslotracer]

I tore up most of the Targa track and am now calling the new track the 2017 track, got a bit of video tonight testing the track. Still need to finish the scenery.

https://youtu.be/vEqCcSJKmN8

[Keld]

Hi Luf, always admired your tracks, is it possible to show how you make the buildings?

[oldslotracer]

If you want to see what a few laps look like, we just ran the Carrera Panamericana Proxy and put a video up on YouTube at https://youtu.be/IenSNJM1wXM

[Pinto_Girl]

If you let me turn a few laps on the track, we'll call it even!
:-)

[oldslotracer]

When you come up for a visit I'll autograph it for you for a nominal fee, but no pictures...