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[Mike Keely]

I was doing 6.3's with a stock motor.

[miketre]

Originally Posted by Mike Keely

I was doing 6.3's with a stock motor.

Mike, that's an awesome time!
Thank you, that's helpful.

[imxlr8ed]

Ok... you guys do know you're not supposed to be sharing that information, right? I know it seems harmless but the whole theory behind the series is to just race your best no matter what.

Now... I know there isn't going to be anyone shooting for 6.3 lap times every lap, but I'd prefer that the results were based on just an honest effort and not shooting for the goal of a certain time.

Hmmm... am I taking this too seriously once again?

See pg.3, item 16... and pg.4, item 3:

http://hfay.tinyrc.com/portals/0/fil...FAY_Manual.pdf

[fredchia]

Hi,

Atomic Collective singapore is in.

Can I just find out which other clubs are in as well?

Regards

http://atomiccollective.webs.com

[Hood]

I took the times back down, when I read Ed's comment.

Maybe we need a clarification on what we can post. I would assume that Laptimes were OK, but overall runs were not..

It takes alot more than one clean lap to put in a good 8 or 10 minute run with traffic and everything that can happen during a race. With every lap near 6.3 you could run 96 laps, I don't think anyone can come close to a time like that..

[arch2b]

i don't see how fast lap would make a difference. its possible to get a hot lap and finish horrible.

[hilldebrandt]

^^^True, but...

Ed is right, you cannot post anything...
No lap times, no results, not even a hint of anyone's fast lap.

I have never seen a result or lap time posted here until after the event took place in all the years HFAY has been going on, until now.

Whether one agrees or disagrees with the rule, it is what it is and should be followed...

JMHO

[arch2b]

thats a point that is hard to argue against

[Mike Keely]

Well I guess that I could take my time down but most of the guys have put the time in their posts also.

[imxlr8ed]

I would say it's not a big deal... if you're fast, and if you're the fastest, it's not gonna matter who knows it. If a racer finds out your hot lap time and pushes himself to drive just as fast, well then... good for that racer, right?

That is kinda the whole point of HFAY, to find out how fast each of us really are... where we rank with the whole Z community. If we don't know what everyone else is doing around the world, we have no idea how well our own skills will match up. Who is the fastest, and can I get my own skills to that level to challenge? That is the constant burning question that drives us all.

In the series, we've re-used layouts... we all knew what we ran before and tried to do better... no big deal.

So... a lap time before result release is not going to cause major calamity...

BUT...

I would rather see all of our racers go into each event with nothing but the knowledge of their own capabilities and the motivation to push themselves further. Kind of like an honest leap of faith.

Thanks all!

[miketre]

Well, I had the time today to get some track times for both stock and mod with a hotter motor. What i realized was that Mike's lap is really quick!
Having this knowledge really motivates me to work on my line and setup to shave off time, so thanks for that!

[imxlr8ed]

Do your best... it's gonna be tough!

Welcome Singapore! Will be great to see what you guys can do! How many are participating from your club miketre? I see you're back from about a 5 year break!?!?

[miketre]

haha. yes, i think it has been around 4-5 years. Mini-z kind of died down, and so did the clubs. But late last year, 2 clubs emerged out of the blue.
We're having a Mini-Z revival over here, and each of us is doing our part being Zee-vangelists.

I don't know how many racers we're going to have. We hope there's going to be more than 10. Some of the folks may choose to rest on our raceday, owing to the lack of sleep from watching the Fifa World Cup in the wee hours of the morning.
But there is definitely going to be at least 3 of us, so we'll definitely submit our times.

[tudor_47]

MiniZata has reported their times....

Thanks!

[chris130256]

Originally Posted by Mike Keely

I was doing 6.3's with a stock motor.

That is a mighty time Mike. I would love to see a video of how you achieved it? None of us at Stafford UK could get within .6 sec of it.
As a matter of interest, what tires, batteries and bodyshell were you running?
Sorry to all for discussing the undiscussable but I/we are in awe!