Fastest Mainline by Year/2012
I thought it might be interesting to see what people have seen as the fastest stock mainline cars, from year to year. Up Next-2012.
http://texashwcollectors.org/hwguide/2012.html
These are my top 10 cars, based on our cars and seeing what performs well in the racing league that we are part of. And yes, I will distinguish by color. I have seen too many differences from one casting to another with the same car/different paint job to not think that there is an impact. Maybe from different production runs?
1. 1967 Shelby GT-500-White
2. Dieselboy-Red
3. Eagle Massa-Green
4. Ford GTX1-White
5. Nerve Hammer-Yellow
6. 2011 Corvette Grand Sport-White
http://texashwcollectors.org/hwguide/im ... 2_162a.jpg
7. Ford GTX1-Red
8. 2010 Chevy Impala-Yellow
9. 1981 Camaro-Grey
10. Custom 69 Chevy Pickup-Green
Discussion
I have two (2013) Shelbys and an unopened (2013) dieselboy, but dont recall seeing any of your top ten before!
My fastest stocker from 2012 mainline is probably the same '67 Shelby GT500 Mustang, although mine is red with white pinstriping on it.
I didn't rate the Ford GTX1 FTEs higher than they are because I have never see one perform extremely well on our 50 foot league track. On my home track, mine do well and have won numerous races. But it don't transfer to that big track. There was one kid that would enter 24 of those Ford GTX1 FTE cars in the league races. He would win races, but would never advance to a final four with any of the his cars.
That Shelby, my wife races one that has probably 25 races on it. It has yet to lose on the 50 footer and has taken home the fastest car of the year in its class for two straight years. And it has gone up against some fast cars (69 JL B w/flames, all metal Nitty Gritty Kitty's, all metal Rodger Dodgers etc...)
The red Dieselboy is a beast on the league track and my home track. I think there were six different red diesel boys that won during the 2013 racing season in our league. I was really surprised to not see someone enter one in Brian's stock race. We had a pinks race in the league in September (2011-2013 cars only). My wife entered one of these red Dieselboys and took home 30+ cars when her entry won.
Oh and that kid that would enter all of those GTX1 FTE cars last year, switched to the red dieselboys this year.
The Ford GTX1 FTE gets my vote for best of `12. Several RLD members have used them a 'performance gauge', just like we did with the Ferrari 458 Italia FTE in `11.