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by Koford1
Thu May 12, 2011 9:44 pm
Forum: Vale
Topic: More Sad news
Replies: 2
Views: 6509

Re: More Sad news

Man, that is sad, and last October as well. Gone to join his girls.......
by Koford1
Thu May 05, 2011 12:38 pm
Forum: Australian Wing Car Discussion and Results
Topic: Power outages
Replies: 15
Views: 19293

Re: Power outages

The message from the unfortunate power outages is not the electrical aspect, anyone can work that one out. Its an aged application on an aged computer, great in it's heyday, but Peter if you potentially have 33 entries for the OMO race in the Brock,you not only want a failsafe system you will need a...
by Koford1
Thu Apr 28, 2011 3:30 pm
Forum: Australian Wing Car Discussion and Results
Topic: 2011 nats
Replies: 6
Views: 8539

Re: 2011 nats

Stewie Bach also needs a thankyou for finding the missing phase in the charger. :D
by Koford1
Fri Apr 15, 2011 8:02 am
Forum: Australian Wing Car Discussion and Results
Topic: 2011 NATS UPDATE
Replies: 5
Views: 7727

Re: 2011 NATS UPDATE

now should I tell Ivan that................
by Koford1
Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:41 pm
Forum: Australian Wing Car Discussion and Results
Topic: Youtube Video of Racing at G&D in the Eighties!! Wow !!
Replies: 15
Views: 20186

Re: Youtube Video of Racing at G&D in the Eighties!! Wow !!

Geoff also modified this track from the original configuration by removing the second set of Esses and the dogleg which led into the bottom corner. In those days race control was sandwiched in the esses and the main straight. And who can remember the infamous Varivac charging arrangement for the bat...
by Koford1
Sun Feb 13, 2011 1:51 pm
Forum: Australian Wing Car Discussion and Results
Topic: Youtube Video of Racing at G&D in the Eighties!! Wow !!
Replies: 15
Views: 20186

Re: Youtube Video of Racing at G&D in the Eighties!! Wow !!

Drivers Ready, Thumbs Down, Go.

I guess Garry was catering for Geoff Cowell.

Great to see this!
by Koford1
Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:51 am
Forum: Vale
Topic: Ken Macdowell has passed away
Replies: 0
Views: 3977

Ken Macdowell has passed away

This was posted on the OWH site, others may already know of Kens passing, he visited the Raceway at Hornsby in late 90's and remarked it was one of the best raceways he had visited .
Ken was the founder of Parma International.
11/24/34 - 12/21/10
by Koford1
Wed Oct 13, 2010 9:56 pm
Forum: Tech Stuff
Topic: Cobalt zapping
Replies: 5
Views: 7981

Re: Cobalt zapping

So, the H-field strength at any point inside a long solenoid wound with 79.57 turns per meter of a wire carrying 1 amp will be approximately 1 oersted. The preceding statement is exactly correct if the solenoid considered is infinite in length and the current evenly distributed over its surface. The...
by Koford1
Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:14 pm
Forum: Aussie Retro Discussion
Topic: Aussie Retro Nat's. Race Report and Pics.
Replies: 7
Views: 10906

Re: Aussie Retro Nat's. Race Report and Pics.

Stoo, Great Race Report as usual, I always look forward to reading them. Thanks again for the time you put into writing these events into the history books. Just wondering if James could supply the files for all of the races and you publish these rather than go to the trouble of making up another ra...
by Koford1
Sun Sep 12, 2010 9:50 am
Forum: Aussie Retro Discussion
Topic: Retro Nats 18.09.2010
Replies: 8
Views: 10461

Retro Nats 18.09.2010

This event is on next Saturday Nite at HSC.

Can we have a timetable/race format/confirmation of bodies to be used on the Can Am cars sooner than later.
by Koford1
Mon Aug 02, 2010 3:45 pm
Forum: Aussie Retro Discussion
Topic: Retro @ Mobile Raceways Sat 31st July 2010
Replies: 4
Views: 6706

Re: Retro @ Mobile Raceways Sat 31st July 2010

Hey Geoff, went out to see the Swans play the Cats on Saturday nite instead of going to HSC's Single mag 27 race, what a thumping! :oops:
Dighty would have been beside himself!
by Koford1
Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:02 pm
Forum: Model Car Racing
Topic: HSC's Big Plafit Bash. Report and pics
Replies: 7
Views: 11775

Re: HSC's Big Plafit Bash. Report and pics

Great to catch up with some old faces like Axton and Hassall. It came as a bit of shock when during seperate conversations with both of them that their respective ages was mentioned. :o I turned 54 this year and they had a couple of years on me when I started racing in my late teens at Waitara, G&am...
by Koford1
Mon Jul 12, 2010 7:50 pm
Forum: Model Car Racing
Topic: MODEL CAR NATS- WHAT'S WRONG?
Replies: 67
Views: 77783

Re: MODEL CAR NATS- WHAT'S WRONG?

Guess you missed the previous post about keeping it civil :cry:
Oh and you don't have to go far to find a plan of a scale track-try the ASCRA homepage
by Koford1
Fri Jul 09, 2010 8:35 am
Forum: Wing Racing Results
Topic: 600 LAPS IN SPRAY 27 @ MOBILE RACEWAYS
Replies: 8
Views: 10535

Re: 600 LAPS IN SPRAY 27 @ MOBILE RACEWAYS

Agreed, turning high laps in a crash free environment is the most pleasuarable facet of wing car racing. :D
by Koford1
Thu Jul 08, 2010 7:59 pm
Forum: Wing Racing Results
Topic: 600 LAPS IN SPRAY 27 @ MOBILE RACEWAYS
Replies: 8
Views: 10535

Re: 600 LAPS IN SPRAY 27 @ MOBILE RACEWAYS

Congrats on the 600 laps, was it a full field or just the 4 drivers listed in the results?