Originally Posted by
Cone Wrench
Maybe they only race for 1/64 of 24 hours - which would be 22.5 minutes.
No, the hours are full scale. The race starts on Sat. at 1:00 PM and ends Sunday at 2:00 PM (the extra hour is eaten up by lane change time).
It's an eight lane track. 220 feet long, Le Mans (1973) replica, assembled on the floor of the basketball court in the Rolls-Royce Aero Engines Sports Hall, Victory Road, Derby, Derbyshire, U.K.
The race has been run since '92, and our team (Team USA) has won it six times. We have raced English, French and Chinese teams, with other drivers from Austria, Wales, Holland, Finland and Australia in years past. Team USA won the race in 2005, 2006 and 2007 . . . finished 3rd in 2008.
The controllers are all Parma or dirivatives so they're index finger (not thumb) driven.
Yeah, I know, for many of you that's TMI. But I thought the old slot car guys would appreciate it!
Rick / OCRR (and Team USA at H:O Le Mans)
The driver's platform is on the far right. The part of the circuit you're seeing here (if you know the Le Mans track) is the Ford Chicane, the twisty bit in the foreground, then a straight back to the Porsche Curves. The red blur on the straight bit is a car going past.
In the far left background (under the bloke in the white shirt sitting on a chair) is the Mulsanne Corner. The first part of the Dunlop corner is in the extreme foreground.
