HWRL Championship Series
Did the FOTF and K&O cars show up today? They were supposed to be there by Friday.
- Picked them up today. Pics are up on the team pages at http://hwrl.leaguerepublic.com/l/fg/1_58638837.html — Diecast64
- Cool--I had a look at them. Thank you. — FOTF
- 18 teams already...impressive — Traction-Event
working on my Baja Track entry...not sure, but I like where this is headed...62g
http://i1070.photobucket.com/albums/u495/Squiggy799/IMG_0103.jpg
- Are you going to use those wheels?? This could get interesting.... — KandORacing
- The man said high clearance....that's the plan....bit top heavy, but ya gotta start somewhere — Traction-Event
- Looking good! — Diecast64
I've been building the baja track in pieces. Hoping it will start to come together this week. Here are some pics of some of the features. This one is going to be a fun one...and challenging!
- Really creative track, nicely done! — cliffordshaw
- Holy Smokes!!! has anything you own made it down that monster yet? — Traction-Event
- Haven't put the whole thing together yet. I'm Sure I'll have to make some adjustments. ???? — Diecast64
- Wow. Just wow. — HappyCamper
- Is the area in front of the "Cont.: 4 Sheets" sign the finish area, or do the cars have to make it over that as well? — FOTF
- Finish is at the end of 2nd pic. — Diecast64
That course looks brutal... I'm thinking I'll have to take some inspiration from TE's build to get this thing done!
That's incredible! I'm really looking forward to videos of the action on that--and I have an idea of what I'll be entering (if I can find it).
Traction Event, what kind of wheels are those? Awesome Hummer, by the way.
Are you ready for some racing! The first race in the HWRL Championship Series is set to get underway on Saturday night. I'll won't get to racing the cars until late Saturday night after I get the kids to bed, so results and video won't be posted until Sunday. I'll try to get pictures up soon. Still waiting on a few cars.
This race is all about speed. No luck of the draw. No going out early. This will be a timed event. Each race will be a random match-up with each car getting 4 runs, 2 in each lane. The slowest time will be thrown out and the other three will be averaged together. Let's see who has the fastest cars!
Here are pics of the team entries in the first race in the HWRL Championship series on the King of the Hill track. There are a few more cars on the way.
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a563/Robby_Comeford/Tractions%20Event_zpsy1owq7yx.jpg
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a563/Robby_Comeford/USA%20Bull%20Crushers_zpsynqfvxjd.jpg
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a563/Robby_Comeford/Rhino%20Racing_zpsmrfvobw6.jpg
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a563/Robby_Comeford/K%20amp%20O%20Racing_zpszohifrst.jpg
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a563/Robby_Comeford/Rally%20Case%20Racing_zpsohji2jw4.jpg
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a563/Robby_Comeford/Red%20Rock%20Racing_zpsqz56asnm.jpg
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a563/Robby_Comeford/Raptor%20Racing_zpsrukb21l4.jpg
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a563/Robby_Comeford/G%20Force%20Racing_zpsze4jsn4k.jpg
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a563/Robby_Comeford/Happy%20Camper_zpsbkbg0414.jpg
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a563/Robby_Comeford/BC%20Racing_zpstozaxic3.jpg
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a563/Robby_Comeford/DFTBA_zpse7igmc3v.jpg
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a563/Robby_Comeford/Color%20Country_zpsl1qezrht.jpg
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a563/Robby_Comeford/9.81%20Racing_zpsuaow5key.jpg
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a563/Robby_Comeford/Weber%20Cabin%20Racing_zpsdo7b0syh.jpg
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a563/Robby_Comeford/FOTF_zpsqjshsxx2.jpg
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a563/Robby_Comeford/2seven_zpsfihfo5wx.jpg
- So cool to see all these classes together - stock HW, Stock JLs, FTE mods and whatever TE is cooking. This should be very interesting! — cliffordshaw
Just to wet your appetite...I took the cars I have so far and had a little "unofficial" distance contest last night just to see what kind of rollers we have.
Official race tonight with results tommorow. Hope this will tide you over till then. :)
- Some impressive rollers there. Are Happy Camper's cars modified? Or just stock with graphite? — KandORacing
- Yeah, TE's cars blew me away. No drilled rivets on Happy Camper's cars. Pretty impressive. — Diecast64
- Wow... — KandORacing
- Don't go counting chickens just yet.... More slope will have the heavier cars in the mix — Traction-Event
The results are in!
First let me say that this was super fun! There were some really fast cars entered in this race and track records were falling like crazy! Traction Event finished in the first two places scoring 10 points in the overall standings. FOTF had a great showing with a 3rd and 6th place finish scoring 8 points. K&O Racing had both cars finish in the Top 5 scoring 7 points. Rounding out the top ten were G-Force Racing, 9.81 Racing and Red Rock racing, scoring 4, 3, and 1 point respectively. Here is a pic with the complete breakdown and team standings can be found at http://hwrl.leaguerepublic.com/l/fg/1_58638837.html (scroll down and click on the standings tab next to the results tab.)
http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a563/Robby_Comeford/Results_zpsag0tf5ql.png
I'm not quite done with the video. Hopefully soon!
(Just a note about the team standings page. The "results" page may look a bit funny. The way I have to record them to make the site work for me is to match up each team with a track. So the "score" that you see is how many points you scored for your team verses 0 for the track. Mostly I'm just using the site for team pics, and standings, but "match results" show up first on the home page. Just scroll down and click on the standings tab next to the "results" tab right above the list of match results. Hopefully that makes sense.
Also remember that only one car scores points for your team, but the second car still takes a place, so nobody gets those points. For example, TE took 1st and 2nd, so he scored 10 for his team for the first place finish, but nobody got the 9 points for second, so by taking that place, he stretched out his lead a little.)
- Thanks CC! Hard not to notice A) the roll test was pretty predictive and B) those stock JLs are trouble — cliffordshaw
- Is King Kenny a JL? — cliffordshaw
- Thanks for the results, CCR! And for the roll test--that was cool. Glad FOTF did well--TE was right about the weight and ramp. — FOTF
- Nope, those King Kennys are Hot Wheels. I have one that is beastly fast! — KandORacing
- The series that Kenny came in is interesting; the wheels are built rather like JL wheels (hubcap separate from tire and covering axle). — FOTF
My two stock entries are two of the most famous stockers..... a JL BWF '69 Camaro, and a JL purple '71 Challenger R/T. As for mods, I am going to get my 83g Aeroflash sent out (still tinkering on the other mod).