[Jairus Watson]

Couple more on Slotblog have said they are in. Not done an offical headcount yet but I am guessing from the interest, might have a bit more than 26 cars for the 2012 Choti "Balls Out" races.
One person of note is Tony P, who says he will be building and submitting a car!

Any interest in a T-shirt too?

 

[howmet tx]

Don't know about a T shirt but a good comfortable flak jacket would come in handy.

 

[lowrider]

I heard THAT!
L.

 

[Jairus Watson]

*Must be a Brit thing*

 

[Edo]

Gentlemen, if I may:

why not run a Thingie proxy with NO RULES for once! ANYTHING GOES!

Just one rule, actually: any Thingie body, vintage, re-popped or contemporary custom made!

Just pick the track venues which would dictate a performance balance, i.e fast track vs slow curves ones, so that you wouldn't get only Wing cars's like toys.

Actually a second rule could be: your car breaks down on a track? Ooops, out of the race for good!

Could be veeeery exciting (and we could resurrect the Parma track too!)

What do you think Jairus? Gentlemen?

E

 

[lowrider]

Hey! Jairus is a gentleman too, Sire.

Great idea for a series, but I think modern chassis are equally at home on fast tracks AND slow curvy ones. The gear ratio is all that changes.
I'd love to see more Thingies on that Parma track.

L.

 

[Jairus Watson]

I don't think Edo has much love for my 'Choti Aero' idea Low.

 

[gasowder]

Hi Edo,
I would expect you to require a third rule excluding pink gears

Eddie

 

[dgersh]

No swearing here Eddie!

I'll have to remove those naughty words next time, you've been warned.

Don

 

[lowrider]

Well I'm considering a proxy series for Thingies where pink gears are ABSOLUTELY MANDATORY.
Cox gears and similar will be accepted only if they pass the 'pink test'.

Stock 36Ds and 3" maximum width. Bring on the Heavy Metal!
L.

 

[Jairus Watson]

Really Low? I am IN on that one! (I love building these things and have a ton of 36D parts.)

Made some progress on my test mule Sunday night. Soldered up a perimeter frame for the Choti body.

Yeah, I know that it looks suspiciously like a 90's wire wing car frame... but that is what is needed to support the body while at speed. I think straight brass pin tubes will not be enough. The center section is straight out of the Mura hand book though and the front axle and pin-tubes go on next.

I contacted Bryan Warmack in L.A. and he volunteered to give it a test on Buena Parks "King track". All results will be posted here.

 

[draggon]

The thought of a commerative flask got me hooked in. Will it be filled? I would like to add my 2 cents, having been in the east bay at the Chotis best moments. We had a few rules, 1/16 clearance, 3" max width ( both enforced! ) 3/4 rear tires, must have front tires/wheels ( anything goes ) the guide had to be under the bodywork, a driver figure ( yea, right ) and 3 numbers. After that anything goes. This morphed into "open comp" when the NSRA/USRA guys got a foothold. I would love to see this, particularly if it comes back to NorCal. It might make me dust off my 40 plus year old skills.

 

[one27ray]

Hey

What about Pink Motors??????
I'm open for ?? Full Metal jackets

36-D would be OK, if we run Cox Nascar versions

I'll run basically anythingie you want

i-ray

 

[draggon]

I dont remember the Pink in 67. However in 69 I used it for an open comp. I may be way old school, but them Mura Pinks were the way to go. It gpt so heavy locally, that one race on a motor was good. Some guys even had a qualifying motor and a race motor. The 27-28 double was a good motor ,but the 25 single was a rocket as long as it lasted. I did have a 25 blow after qualifying. We ran for two minutes rather than one lap. My Dad scurried off to Mura and got me a new motor gratis.

 

[yellowbug1977]

Guys excuse me for saying this being new to this thingie thing.
But what kill the sperit of the a class is using the same old thing relying on Epay and parts every one might not have.
The 2nd thing is keeping the cost low so every one can have fun in building.
My suggestion to this is if you want to keep the sperit of th class going go back to the roots of making you own brackets,frame design from brass, set easy rules that every one can understand and go by in building there car and most of all find a source of bulk motors that are cheep have every o e pitch in who wishes to race and pass them out then do the same with the gears. Body well that can be up to the racer to build or buy but should be made from lexan and a set thickness to use.
I seen many clubs drive out new blood by $$$$$$ in the car classes they race and won't try any thing new.or I should say new old school.
I don't mean to offend anyone by this message but k.I.s. Seams to attract new blood and keeps the sperit of the class with less worry on the $ spent.
Paul

 

[one27ray]

I think the bodies should be made out of Brass and the frame should be made out of only LEXAN-same thickness of course- you know?? to keep the cost down!!
Just a thought??

 

[Jairus Watson]

This is not a suggestion for a new class Paul, but a proxy race to be run on two west coast tracks in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The participants of which will most likely have most of the parts on hand already. If not... we are all friends and trades "behind the scenes" happen all the time.

 

[yellowbug1977]

Got it.

 

[yellowbug1977]

Got one question for you, were are you digging up your info on thingie? From people I talked to there were only a couple of rule one being size in body, one being 1/16 high off track. Motor size I was told is what you brought. And the chassies were not presses precut and defiantly not shiney. Why are you changing to a wing design?Shanodas look a lot better. I still think you should go old school all brass builds let any one enter via postal proxy and not Catter to just a few. Has any one actualy race with any of the old racers who designed these thingies for are enjoyment and or actuly seen one of the org. Body's and chassies. Are the org. Molds being used in production or are they interpitations of the car or org. Designs? There is so much info but nothing seams to consistent to what I have been told by an org thingie racer from the 60's and 70's when thingies were in there hay day.
Very confused on this post being what they all about !
Yellowbug1977

 

[slotbaker]

When ever we try to hold an event that emulates earlier eras of any activity, and try to set guidelines to identify that period, eg before 1970, we need more rules now, than they had back then.

Back then, they didn't have all the stuff we have now, or the improvements in design like flexi frames, and all the aero used by today's racers.

Racers in the 60's didn't need many rules, because they were racing that latest and greatest available to them at the time, and when anything goes.

Like Jairus has said quite a few times, try to put yourself back in time when you were standing in front of the parts rack at your hobby store or track.
What materials and parts were available?
They are the ones to use.

Most of us probably couldn't afford the best stuff on the hooks back then, and now we can.

We need rules to remind us how it was.