Yes, there are updates.
First, that was a long day. They had some technical glitch that killed a lot of time. This event has some real potential, due to the premiere venue in the world if nothing else.
Gotta tighten things up, though.
Anyway, there were 270+ cars, I believe. Long time to check them in.
Check in was fine...they didn't like our inner wheel covers because they couldn't see into the wheel very well, even though they were clear. The super glue does react with the plastic and murks it up a bit. Got through that, no problem.
Check in guy put a magnet on our axle heads (John's new axles) and didn't like that they weren't steel. Asked for a ruling, they let it go. I did mention that their rules clearly state you can buy axles if you like and don't say a thing about the magnet test.
John mentioned some "stealth" 2g wheels going to this race. Don't know who had them, but I decided to go with Rages which are perfectly legal. Could have easily slipped some lighter wheels through (Cheetahs for sure) if we had the notion, with the wheel covers. Might not be able to next year, though.
Lighter wheels wouldn't have caught that one kid, though.
My son ran Pro Stock. He won the "world championship" for Webelos 2. Enormous trophy that we had to lug around NYC the rest of the day, lol.
Made the top 15, went down to the last 4. Car slowed up during that part of the event for some reason. He should have been 2nd or 3rd, but wasn't. There was a Tiger cub who had the fastest (by far) car overall. I knew he was going to win the overall, and he did. Would love to know what was in his car or what he did so much better than we did.
Our fastest time was 3.0000. It was a fun time. Hot, but fun. NYC is just another world.
There were people from 20 states. Cali, Texas, etc. It was a nice way to end his Scout racing career.
