RESULTS INAUGURAL RACE ON KING WILLYS "SCALE" TRACK 18/12/11

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FJ'S

1st GEOFF LITTLE 97 Laps

2nd ANDY STRINGER 92

3rd BRUCE BATTEN 78

TQ: GEOFF 5.419


RETRO CAN AM:

1st GEOFF LITTLE 110 Laps

2nd ANDY STRINGER 101

3rd BRUCE BATTEN 100 Laps

TQ: GEOFF 4.524


To round off the day we ran a Formula Libre race (for those of you old enough to remember a mixture of open wheelers, sports cars and sedans)


1st GEOFF (F1) 95 laps

2nd BRUCE (Sports) 91 laps

3rd ANDY (F1) 91 laps

Thanks to those who attended those who didn't you missed a very enjoyable afternoon's racing.

Geoff

[Pontiac Jack]

Here are a couple of pics from King Willy's scale track races.

The starting line up for FJ's:


The Aussie Retro/D3 line up:


The Formula Libre' line up:


I should explain the wings on the F1's. Only Geoff and I had F1's with us and they didn't like the "green" track surface at all. Just for a laugh,I pulled a spoiler off a wing car body,stuck it on,and to everyones amazement it worked. My car picked up 3/10's and Geoff's picked up 4/10's. This put us into the D3 time zone. The only person brave enough to take us on was Bruce. As you can see from the results posted above,it was bloody close at the end.

Thanks to King Willy's for a great arvo of racing and a heap of thrills.spills and chuckles!!

Cheers,PJ

[Pontiac Jack]

I should add that this was the first real outing on the smaller track,dubbed "The Williamstown Brown",and during the afternoon we tried running all sorts of stuff on it.
Standard flexi sedans/V8 tourers made for some extremely close,fast racing on the tight layout. Lapping in the 4.3-4.5 second range.
My prototype Aussie Retro Pro/Post '70 Can-Am was in the 3.9-4.0 range.

With the upcoming adjustments to KW's Blue King,the Williamstown Brown will make a great alternative for a few weeks over summer.

Cheers,PJ

[Bruce]

Thanks Geoff and all the others for a great afternoons entertainment.
A real retro track that I don't have to travel to with a packed lunch.
With my winnings in KW dollars can you order a container of ability ( a BIG container)
See you Wed night for the last super race before Xmas
Happy Motoring

[stoo23]

Glad you guys had a good night's racing on the New Track.

Any chance of some pics that Show the Whole Track ?

[Pontiac Jack]

Here are a couple of pics of the "Williamstown Brown".



Sorry I couldn't cut and shut it into one pic,I'm a bit crap with that kind of thing!

Cheers,PJ

[stoo23]

Hey !!,..great stuff, thanks.

Atleast it gives one an idea of the 'Shape' of the track,...

Have a good Christmas & new year !!

[SlotBaker]

Nice track.

Which way do the cars go past the driver's panel?
Either way looks like fun.

[Pontiac Jack]

Cars run from left of pic to right. Down the front straight into the sweeper.
The radius on the sweeper tightens up as you go through it.
The camber in the donut goes from slightly negative as you enter to flat at the crossover.
It makes for a deceptively tight and tricky little track.
Thanks for the cut and shut on the pics.

Cheers,PJ

[Pontiac Jack]

Here's another view:


Cheers,PJ

[John G]

Hey, that L&M Porche 917 painting is from Quikslot !!!

[Pontiac Jack]

Yep!
Geoff saved the Porsche,Brock XU-1 and the other one....er ....(Jack BareBum?) many years ago.
They are very delicate as they were painted on chipboard almost 40 years ago. I think the Brock is OK but a bit tatty,but the third is a real mess.

Are you going to come and run Retros at King Willy's on Sunday John?

Cheers,PJ

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Andy/John,

Garry Lyons got the three paintings when he bought the Quickslot King Track, btw the "other one" is a Ferrari.

They were all at his raceway in Temple Drive Thomastown and when he closed down around 1983 I acquired them and have had them ever since.

Geoff

P.S. hope to see both of you at KW on Sunday.