Was Too Cold To Race - Must Shovel Snow

This is an edit. Originally I wasn't planning on racing today because it's really cold in the attic due to yesterday's snowfall, and I had to shovel snow. So I did that, and got acclimated to the weather and warmed up enough that I changed my mind and did a little racing today anyway.


50-Lap Sprint Race [all cars on urethane tires]:

Track Notes: I've started experimenting a little bit with elevation, turning the right section of the track into a hillier 4" higher, which starts after Turn 1 and reaches peak elevation by Turn 3, creating a downhill back stretch.


RESULTS:

Car         Time       Lap    Offs   Points
Shell     4:31.38    5.42                  14
Alfa      4:30.83    5.40                  16     
Gulf      4:38.09    5.56      2          6


Ford GT40 #8 Shell 1968

I flip between this car and the Alfa as to which one is more fun to drive. I drove the Alfa all last summer and had a blast with it, but now that the track has pretty much tripled in size, the Shell car just kills it. It set a wicked pace today, only to be slightly outdone by the Alfa. 

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Alfa Romeo 33/3 Targa Florio

This is the perfect choice for first car to buy that's not from a kit. There's no car faster than it on the smaller home tracks. Its short wheelbase keeps it well planted almost everywhere, and it's quick as can be. It can sure handle itself on the big tracks as well, as it proved today.

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Ford GT40 #11 Jacky Ickx

Since coming upon the revelation that I could just borrow tires from the other Ford for the time being, the Ickx car is making a massive comeback. It's running with two missing pod screws right now, so I'll need to get some more of those. The car requires a slightly different setup than the other Ford. It has also convinced me to get urethanes, so I'm going to be trying out Ortmann tires or SuperTires on my next outing. Then I'll have an actual tire war on my hands. That'll be fun.

The Gulf car was racing really well until coming off at the end of the back stretch, similar to the way the Alfa went off a few races ago and ended up coming in 3rd for it. It's pretty much the kiss of death if you come off in either corner on this track. The Gulf car suffered from another, much stranger crash not much later that ended up with the car under an elevated section of track. So even though it was closer, it took longer as I had to pry the car out from under the track. That won't be an issue once the scenic ground is laid. I'm not satisfied with the elevation yet. I think the plan needs to be probably a foot high at its highest point. Otherwise it won't feel like there's any change.

Speaking of plans, not sure what's going to happen coming up. I'm thinking there's at least one car coming, maybe two. Not sure what, but possibly Type-C cars of some kind. If that happens I'll order tires right away for all the cars. If it takes too long I'll go back to original rubbers until I can make that happen.
If there are additional cars, then this current season will be called off and restarted with whatever else shows up.