Diecast GT

by Ali Kidder-Mostrom

In 2021 here at Diecast Racing Report, we’re shining the spotlight on some lesserknown (or at least lesserfollowed) track channels. Each month, one channel will get a full month of race write-ups alongside our established tracks. With so many tracks, there is no way for anyone to catch all the racing action, but this should spread the net a little wider. Hopefully, one of these new channels will catch your eye and become a favorite worth following.

This month’s featured track is Diecast GT. (https:// www.youtube.com/channel/ UCmS5YTibqK_THSknJmy4w Eg)

Diecast GT is very new on the scene – only producing videos for about a month now, but they are putting out a lot of content and quickly gaining subscribers.

Since our last issue, they’ve held a one-off race and have begun their first tournament: Diecast Muscle Car Mania. They also posted two test drives, which highlight Diecast GT’s unique style: showing off cars not only on the track, but also in reels of video-game generated B-roll.

In a more traditional style, two weeks ago, “The Bet” aired. This race was a one-off race culmination of the (3DBotMaker mimic) two main characters’ earlier argument about which is better: Japanese or American muscle cars.

The race pitted four muscle cars – a Toyota Silva, ’64 Chevelle, Nissan S2000 GT, and Shelby GT500 against one another in a four lap face-off. It was a battle of the blue cars, with only the Nissan Skyline S2000 GT standing out in gold.

The race started off well for Japan, taking first and third. In lap two, the Shelby GT500 made a comeback for America; it took off in an impressive way and was the only car to finish – with the rest of the competitors piling up in the first turn. Japan responded with another great performance in lap three – swapping places, but again finishing first and third.

On the American side, the Chevelle was repeatedly left behind, recording a DNF for laps two through four, and finishing with a disappointing 3 points overall. The Shelby, on the other hand, put up a good fight(and was the points leader going into lap four).

However, Japan was taking no prisoners and put up a first and second place finish for the final lap. Amazingly, when the points were tallied, Ron Elliot in the Nissan and Harper Penn in the Shelby were tied at 10 points and there was nothing left to do but a race off!

Both cars seemed evenly matched out of the gate, but then the Nissan pulled ahead and left the Mustang in its dust.

Having landed on top, the Japanese muscle cars earned their own category in the Diecast Muscle Car Mania Tournament. This tournament will be four manufacturer-themed weeks of racing action.

The first stage of the tournament series aired this weekend, starting with Chevy. Walt Lund brought an orange Corvette C7 Z06 to race, Stone Botterill came in a green 2012 Camaro ZL1 and Timothy Hirschel showed up in a classic, white ’86 Monte Carlo SS.

Finally, standing out from the Chevy crowd, was Damon Barnett in a purple Pontiac Firebird Trans Am.

From the start of lap one, the Corvette led the pack and seemed set to win, but then Timothy Hirschel’s Monte Carlo pulled off an impressive pass in the curve and took the first lap win.

Walt Lund followed close behind, though Stone Botterill nearly passed him right at the finish.

The second lap was also full of order swaps. However, the manufacturer stand-alone Trans Am managed to maintain a lead and take first for the lap.

The Monte Carlo, having again passed the competition, took second and the other two muscle cars stalled out just before the finish.

For a bit of a half-time break, the Outlaw Pass was also hosting a car show of Hot Wheels favorites.

In lap three, Timothy Hirschel’s white Chevy had a surprisingly slow start and finally flipped, recording a DNF (and opening up the point standing for other competitors). On the other side of things, the purple Pontiac once again gave a solid performance and tallied yet another lap win.

With the points leaders starting in the back row, it was anybody’s race at the start of lap four.

Stone Botterill once again showed that his green Camaro had what it takes to pass the competition and, this time, managed to convert that burst of power into a lap win. All cars finished and added points to their tally.

Leaving the Chevy (and Pontiac) race, Damon Barnett was able to eek out a win for the week (with 10 points) and his Monte Carlo and Camaro competitors tied for second, with 9.

Having started the competition at the front of the pack, Walt Lund’s Corvette had a disappointing (but close) finish at the back, with 8 points.

Between the main racing events, Diecast GT aired test drive videos – a feature of the channel that stands out from others. Both recent videos featured Lamborghinis.

First, they showed off the Lamborghini Urus, taking it a little bit off road at the Outlaw Pass and then putting it through all the paces in both digital footage and closely followed track footage. Finally, we got to see all the up close and personal features of the beautiful yellow sports car.

Most recently, the Lamborghini Huracan LP 620 got the same test drive treatment, running on both the Outlaw Pass track and through exotic (digital) locations.

This channel is great for fans of:

– Getting in on something new

– Machanimation and video game graphics

– The 3DBotMaker style of banter

– Traditional downhill road courses