Quick Thunderslot Head-to-head Heat Match

 So I had a little time this morning, and had taken the Lola and the Elva upstairs to run laps for a bit. I feel like I've gotten the Lola to a pretty good point regarding initial tuneup and setup. 

Since I had a little time, I thought I'd run a short race to see how close the two cars are running. I had to keep it short, so I did ten laps each. Here are the results:

Thunderslot Heat-to-head Heat Match [10 laps]

Car              Time    

Lola           1:00.60

Elva           1:00.85

Okay, so I guess you could say that the Thunderslot cars at pretty well matched. That's 2/10ths of a difference after 10 LAPS. That is so practically even that I can't even see a point in breaking it down by lap time. Pretty frickin incredible, I must say. I'd have to look back to see if any of my cars have ever run that closely together. I'm thinking probably not. This is the equivalent of winning the race by a couple car lengths.

I'm going to give both cars a going over, then move on to the NSR cars. I have two of the five running satisfactorily. The other three need to be worked on. I'll probably do the 908s first and then move on to the 917s. The Slot.it cars will continue to need work as well, and they will also be in the mix. 

I have so many possible race combinations that doing 1v1 racing can be between just about any car. I could race in brand, certainly in class, and even in model on many of the cars. So there are loads of comparisons that could be made. One of the advantages of buying matched cars. If the 908s can race with the Chaparrals, for example, then that's 5 cars that are race compatible with each other. Add the 917s [of which I have three] and the GT40s [also three] and that suddenly becomes a lot of cars that you could pit together in competition. And that's not including the other cars in the field that just happen to also run similarly. Matra, Alfa, 962C, etc. 

Having matched cars helps you understand them better faster. You might make an adjustment on one car that doesn't do much, but on another it might help. With matched cars you can get results quicker. Plus you have three cars that can absolutely compete with each other, and that's a win/win/win.

Moral of the story: buy matched cars, my friends.