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Why were certain cars better than others...
Most entries performed quite well. Of the ones that did not, most of the problem was from poor traction due to inadequate tires. MacPinches two entries desperately needed silicone tires, and Mac will get one free set for each of his two cars, courtesy of Indy-Grip. Alan Schwartz tires arrived too late for the battle, and his cars skitted desperately through the races. Athina's Joest-Porsche also had traction problems as the tires used just did not have enough grip.
The second common problem was...too much power or brutal power delivery. It is obvious that the best choice was either a Plafit Cheetah or a Fox, or even a Slot-It V12. Kathryn's Porsche 908 had a totally stock FLY motor and still set the fastest lap time of any car there, but the car could have been a lot faster and still perfectly controlable with any of the aforementioned motors.
It leaves us with the rocketship motors expertly built by Russell Sheldon. No single doubt that using a controller with less resistance, his cars would have clearly dominated the show. But the rules were designed to control the escalation to exotism, as this was a prelude to the soon-to-be TSRF, the True Scale racing Federation which will use 1/24 true scale cars AND a limiting controller rather than a "spec" motor. A much fairer way to race with cost control, the way of the future in this writer's opinion.