Can I just talk about a few cars?

 I've been going back and forth between cars like crazy. 20 laps here, switch cars. 20 laps, switch again. Next. Right down the line. But there are a couple cars I keep coming back to for reasons. 

The Porsche 962C Leyton House

If you went back and looked at results of this car in previous races, you'd find a lot of middle-to-back of the pack racing. It was not a very impressive car for quite some time. It was tail-heavy, tended to be slow through tricky parts and didn't have much in the way of instant throttle. It also weighed more than the other Slot.it cars, and was the only inliner of the bunch as well. I wanted it to perform well. I worked on it. But it wasn't until this latest batch of slot cars upped the game. Adding the weight was a huge benefit to the car. But what really helped was the Ortmann tires. This car took to them and it's been solid racing ever since. Gone is the fishtailing, gone is the slow technical stuff. Now the car drives like it's supposed to drive; high up in the power band almost steamrolling its way through the track. It makes sense now that it's got the right equipment on. 

The 962C shown here with the Ortmann tires on the rear. Mighty fine looking set.

So naturally this has me excited about the future and the tire situation. And it may not benefit all the cars. We'll have to find out about that. I suspect it will help almost all of them. And no, the tires haven't arrived yet. They're sitting in a box somewhere between the shop and the shipping hub. I'm expecting something tomorrow, but it's not tires. It's other tools and parts. 

But if any of the other cars respond like the 962 has, then that's going to be pretty great. Hopefully they'll all take to them and we'll live happily ever after. If a car doesn't like them, I'll run a/b comparisons on that car to get an answer on whether it'll make the switch or not. Ultimately, I want all cars on urethanes now that I'm invested into it. 

I did mention that there were a few cars I wanted to talk about. This one's easy...the Gulf Porsche

Tuning and testing these new cars has been a lot of fun, with some being handfuls while others came together like a sweet symphony. This car is that opus. It has gotten faster, smoother and quieter every day, and is the first car I start a race session with. It needs very little special attention. And since giving the tires the fine sanding yesterday after doing a rough sanding yesterday, it is handling extraordinarily. Very well balanced race car. 

Special notice should be given to the Sunoco 908, which is running a very fine lap time these days. It handles so well I'm pretty sure it's got glue in the tires.