Round #10 Group 5 Proxy Chilliwack

The Group 5 cars made their way to the final round at the Killarney track in Chilliwack owned by “F1Fan” Chris. A great amount of work was done for this round as video was live streamed on YouTube for both the qualifying and race. Heli_ca from Edmonton had the fastest qualifying lap time of 3.815s and also won the race with the fantastic BMW 320i he built.
Kelowna’s results were:
2nd Rob
13th Leo
17th Lez … More Round #10 Group 5 Proxy Chilliwack

2017 Group 5 Proxy Kelowna

The Group 5 proxy arrived in Kelowna at the Quail Ridge Speedway track after a fantastic Calgary run round. Many thanks to Don, Richard, Henning, Randy, Lezlie, and Rob for the volunteer efforts to run a quality race. Everyone was very impressed with all the cars and especially how smooth the cars were, it was sure a pleasure to drive and to see each group of cars get better and better as the afternoon wore on … More 2017 Group 5 Proxy Kelowna

Group 5 Proxy Round #7 Edmonton

In early April the Group 5 cars made their way to the Edmonton club’s track. This track is a long 76 foot track with several long straights resulting in some cars really opening up and showing their speed. Our host Dariusz and the rest of the Edmonton crew did a fantastic job qualifying and racing the cars along with posting video. The Kelowna cars all raced well with good results. 4th Rob 10th Lezlie 12th Leo … More Group 5 Proxy Round #7 Edmonton

TransAm Proxy Round #3 The Riverside in Merrimac, MA

Round #3 of the TransAm Proxy was held March 26, 2017 in Merrimac, MA at the The Riverside track belonging to Austin. The Riverside track is a plastic slot car track modeled after the famous Riverside Raceway in California. The Kelowna cars finished 12th Rob 70 Camaro, 14th Randy 70 Cuda, and 25th Lezlie 69 Camaro. Lezlie’s Cortina in the U2 class finished 11th in the 13 car U2 field … More TransAm Proxy Round #3 The Riverside in Merrimac, MA

Race #17 Tronson Model Speedway

Our final race of the season was held at the Tronson Model Speedway where Lezlie prevailed and took home the Golden Cobra…..Congrats Lez! Lez captured all four fastest lap bonus points on route to an amazing 41 point day. Up until now, the Cobra’s home has been at Weixl Photography with Don winning the last three race meetings at Tronson. Don was not able to make it out on Sunday to try for four straight….he will need to start from scratch next season! … More Race #17 Tronson Model Speedway

Race #16 QRS

Race #16 at QRS found Rob finishing first, he is lucky all his cars do not handle like his Cougar! Don breaking his Lexus chassis after posting the second most laps on the yellow lane dropped him down to third overall. Henning with a bit of Nascar nudging on Lezlie’s F1 seemed to rattle Lezlie’s confidence. Shout out to Randy getting third in Trans Am…..and Henning for his third in the Open class! … More Race #16 QRS