Quick Notes

The #8 GT40 is handling very nicely these days.

• Love the extension. So far cars are averaging around 8 seconds a lap, but I could probably push that number down a little bit over the next few days. I'm still running the temporary layout just to get the feel of adding an extension. I also found that if I stand a couple feet away from the table I have a better view of the entire track. 
• Since I'm messing with a temp layout, I got to thinking; why not do another championship series using various layouts again? It'll be awhile until I have a truly satisfactory layout, but until then I should take advantage of this sweet table and the lack of a permanent thing yet. So that's probably what I'll do, and I'll likely start with this current layout. 
• Curiously enough, the car that is handling this current layout the best seems to be the GT40. All three of them cruise right through everything, handling much smoother than the other cars. This is probably due to not many sharp turns and not many straights longer than three track pieces. That makes the Fords sled right through most of the track. Should be interesting. 
• I've been doing an informal poll of crashes and specifics around them. A large percentage of crashes occur going through the outside of a 1/60 turn. A huge percentage of the time a car won't roll over when it crashes, and rarely go more than a few inches from it's crash location. 

I ran the Alfa for a bit, but it needs a tuneup and a bit more attention.

• The more I race on larger radius curves, the less I like 1/60s. I've got a nice flowing curvy backstretch, but it's choked by sharp turns on either side. I'm going to need to pick up some more track.
• The grass is a huge success. It's much quieter than bare wood. I can race at any time, day or night and not bother anyone. I just need a few more rolls of the stuff to cover the rest of the table. 
• This leads to another question: what about the other extension? My original thought was to make two. As it stands at this moment I would have enough track to cover it. I have the wood, however. It's all cut and could be in in an hour. But I need to think about how badly I need it now. I suppose I could use that extension as my workbench for the time being. Now that I have the grass down I can't very well work on that. So maybe it'll be that before more track.