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Race report of April 13, '24 race. 1 time through at 5 minute heats.
Congratulations to Rico for winning his first race at Rapid Raceway.
1.....Rico------------------------242 Laps--------------4.293 Fast time.
2.....Fly Racing-----------------240--------------------4.383
3.....Herb-----------------------231--------------------4.403
4.....Bart------------------------222--------------------4.463
5.....Tiny------------------------209--------------------4.711
6.....Marty----------------------207--------------------4.936
7.....DC Dynamo---------------204--------------------4.077
8.....Mitch----------------------195--------------------4.959
9.....Bomber-------------------192---------------------5.052
10...Beau----------------------178---------------------4.812
11...Skidmark-----------------156---------------------5.153
12...Doug----------------------155---------------------4.731
13...Howie---------------------56----------------------4.639
14...Hersche--------------------?--------------------------? I accidently did not enter Hersche in the race, sorry Hersche. He did
get some laps in when Mitch broke down and Hersche took his
place.
Picture below is Rico's first place car.
Race report of April 13, '24. 2 times through at 4 minute heats.
1.....Fly Racing--------------------385 Laps---------4.259 Fast time.
2.....Al-----------------------------379---------------4.844
3.....Howie------------------------367----------------4.604
4.....Marty-------------------------360---------------4.520
5.....Terry--------------------------359---------------4.347
6.....Doug--------------------------358---------------4.7??
7.....Bart---------------------------351---------------4.791
8.....DC Dynamo------------------339---------------4.659
10...Herb--------------------------336---------------5.064
11...Mitch-------------------------321----------------5.350
12...Tiny--------------------------311----------------5.067
13...Rico--------------------------304----------------4.572
14...Beau-------------------------299----------------4.976
15...Bomber----------------------228----------------5.282
It is not over yet Doc, one race to go!
Points update above as of April 13, '24.
Points have been updated ( post #35 on this page above ) as of March 24, '24.
Results of the NASTRUCK race held on 3-9-'24. 2 times through at 4 minute heats.
Laps. Fast time.
1.....Howie------------------------352---------------4.817
2.....Gearloose--------------------349---------------4.807
3.....Al-----------------------------344---------------5.066
4.....Marty-------------------------337---------------5.084
5.....Herb--------------------------315---------------?
6.....Tim---------------------------292---------------5.561
7.....Doug-------------------------288---------------5.398
8.....Beau-------------------------260---------------5.439
9.....Kealah-----------------------232---------------5.221
Results of the Slammer race held on 3-9-'24. 2 times through at 4 minute heats.
Laps Fast time.
1.....Gearloose---------------371-----------------4.768
2.....Howie-------------------369-----------------4.704
3.....Al------------------------355-----------------4.668
4.....Bart---------------------353-----------------4.883
5.....Marty--------------------349----------------4.886
6.....Rico---------------------339-----------------4.792
7.....Doug--------------------335-----------------4.819
8.....Tim----------------------312-----------------5.253
9.....Beau--------------------288-----------------4.985
10...Herb---------------------263-----------------5.159
11...Kealah-------------------244-----------------5.597
12...Hersch-------------------37------------------5.083 DNF.
Always fun times when you are in the hunt Bill. Sorry you had to miss this race.
NASCAR race held at Rapid Raceway on Feb. 17, '24. One time through at five minute heats.
Laps. Fast time.
1.....Bob---------------236-------------------------4.738
2.....Gearloose--------228-------------------------4.887
3.....Marty-------------226-------------------------4.866
4.....Al-----------------216-------------------------5.124
5.....Hersche----------183-------------------------5.476
6.....Scott E-----------164-------------------------5.745
7.....Doug-------------135-------------------------5.713
8.....Howie------------82--------------------------4.591 DNF
9.....Ken---------------25--------------------------5.229 DNF
Results of the Early Sportsman points race held at Rapid Raceway on Feb. 17, '24. Two times through at four minute heats.
Laps. Fast time.
1.....Bob-------------------362--------------------------4.632
2.....Terry------------------361--------------------------4.936
3.....Gearloose------------354---------------------------4.974
4.....Rico-------------------349---------------------------5.040
5.....Marty-----------------346--------------------------4.946
6.....Al---------------------346--------------------------5.025
7.....Bill--------------------335--------------------------4.727
8.....Howie----------------327--------------------------4.959
9.....Doug-----------------286--------------------------5.412
10...Scott E---------------272--------------------------5.540
11...Ken-------------------270--------------------------5.343
12...Hersche--------------216--------------------------5.284
As Bill said: Thank you much Monte, what you do for the slot racing group is greatly appreciated.
Results of the Early Modified race held on Thursday Feb. 8, 2024. 2 times through at 4 minute heats.
Laps Fast time.
1.....Howie..................355.................4.848
2.....Al.......................344..................4.971
3.....Bart....................326..................4.995
4.....Doug...................319.................5.166
5.....Scott O................287.................5.115
6.....Mitch...................286.................?
7.....Hersch.................276.................4.983
8.....Matt S..................202.................6.609
Starting line up L-R: Scott O., Al, Mitch and Bart.
Results of the Early Sportsman points race held on Feb. 3, 2024. Two times through at four minute heats.
Laps. Fast time.
1.....Bob.........................363...........................4.038
2.....Howie......................359...........................4.696
3.....Rico........................347............................4.916
4.....Marty......................346............................5.073
5.....Herb.......................318............................5.116
6.....Doug......................316............................5.235
7.....Bart........................298............................5.303
8.....Hersch....................296............................5.206
9.....Scott E....................258............................5.400
10...Bill..........................44..............................5.465 DNF.
The first race for the new Le Mans class was held on Feb. 3, 2024. This was a back up race. One time through at five minute heats.
Laps. Fast time.
1.....Bob.....................246.............................4.443
2.....Howie..................240.............................4.507
3.....Herb....................217.............................4.783
4.....Bart....................200..............................5.232
5.....Doug...................179..............................4.998
6.....Bill......................109..............................4.585 DNF.
7.....Marty...................DQ.
Rules for the Late Modified class: For chassis, tires, motor, tracking etc. follow the Early Modified rules. Any 1/25 or 1/24 plastic kit ( hard body ) from 1960 to present or an approved Modified kit. No convertibles or chopped tops. Can narrow body to fit the Early Modified chassis. Body height to be minimum of 1.550" from the bottom of chassis to the highest part of the roof. Numbers on each side. Kit motor up front with radiator. No fenders, hood optional. No windows. Front screen is optional. Full drivers tray to fill the inside of cab.
Rules can be added or modified as needed.
Note: picture coming.
OK, my slot car story is finally finished ( above )..............................for now!!!!
Ok, here goes: It all started about 1955/6. My friend ( Tony ) and I were into models, mostly building custom cars out of AMT kits. Then I got a few straight 1/24th. plastic track and we started building drag slot cars. I went to the '62 World's Fair in Seattle. Saw the AMT slot car display there and saw the "Cat" from AMT ( Bud Anderson ). The fever grew. Tony and I built a real Go Kart together. Then in Sept. '64 I joined the Air Force rather than be drafted. I wound up stationed at Ellsworth AFB in S. Dakota a few miles from Rapid City. A year later my parents got my draft notice!! While stationed there I ran into another guy ( nicknamed OJ ) who wanted to mess with slot cars. So we did home stuff. There were two huge commercial tracks in Rapid City at that time but we never raced there, after all there were girls in Rapid too!!! But we still messed with slot cars at home. Then we got out of the service in Sept. '68 and moved with our new wives to Portland, Oregon................to be continued. While in Portland we got into Harleys, big time, but still messed with slot cars at home. One day ( probably about 1976/7 or so ) we decided to see if there was a local track we could find. We went to a hobby shop in north Portland and the owner said he knew of one in Wilsonville. Somehow we wound up at Wilsonville at a barn! Lee Dundas's track. I don't remember if we raced there or not that day, but there was a race going on, but we took our home built 1/32nd. scale cars there. I only remember Gearloose that day. We decided that Wilsonville was too far to go, so we never went back, well OJ didn't! Then along about the mid 80's or so I went to a hobby shop to get supplies for my model building stuff and on the door was an advertisement for a commercial slot car track called Slot Car Central. I waited two years before I went to check it out as I knew I would get hooked. Well a friend at work ( Warn Industries ) said: "lets go check out Slot Car Central", so we did and I got hooked and he never went back! I raced there every Wednesday night. Then Slot Car Central announced it was closing up. Before it closed I was racing there and a guy ( Greg Virges ) came up and invited me to race where he did. Low and behold it was at Lee Dundas's track at his barn in Wilsonville!! So I started racing with PACER/OSCAR guys, I think this was in the mid 90's or so. Then I wanted to build my own track in my new shop. My track was named after Rapid City called Rapid Raceway, BTW: the neon sign that says: Welcome race fans is from Slot Car Central! My first race was held on Nov. 15th. 2002 and was still racing with OSCAR/PACER. Then I wanted to go into making slot cars more real looking so I started North West True Scale class of cars and that is where it is today and is going well and I hope it continues. My dream: to live to be a 100 yrs. old and still have all my friends and still racing True Scale slot cars!! Well my dream has more to it than that..........but that is a different story......
Points so far for the 2024 season: 2 times through at 4 minute heats.
First race on Dec. 9, '23.
Second race on Feb. 3, '24
Third race on Feb. 17.
Fourth race on March 9, '24
Fifth race on April 13
Points.
Fly racing..............30 +30=60
DC Dynamo...........29+23=52
Howie...................28+29=57+23=80+29=109+28=137
Gearloose..............27+28=55+30=85
Rico......................26+28=54+27=81+25=106+19=125
Marty....................25+27=52+26=78+26=104=27=131
Al.........................24+25=49+28=77+29=106
Terry.....................23+29=52+26=78
Bob......................22+30=52+30=82
Doug....................21+25=46+22=68+24=92+25=117
Tiny......................20+23=43+20=63
Hersch..................19+23=42+19=61+19=80
Herb.....................18+26=44+21=65+22=87
Bart......................17+24=41+27=68+24=92
Ken......................16+20=36
Scott E........................22+21=43
Bill..............................21+24=45
Beau......................22+18=40
Bomber....................20+16=36
Mitch.....................21
Skidmark...............17
Points for the 2024 season after three races: 4 times through at 4 minute heats.
1st. race at Rapid Raceway on Nov. 11, '23.
2nd. race at Redline Raceway on Jan. 6, '24.
3rd. race at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway on March 23, '24.
Al/Meat......................20+18=38+15=53 points.
Howie........................19+17=36+16=52
Bob/Nak....................18+20=38+18=56
Gearloose..................17
Bart..........................16
Bill............................15+12=27+17=44
Doug.........................14
Tim/Tiny....................13+16=29+12=41
Marty........................12
Skidmark...................11+13=24+11=35
John..........................19+14=33
Rob...........................15+8=23
Hershe.......................14
Capt. Kirk...................20
Zack..........................19
Beau..........................13
Kealah........................10
Scott E.........................9
Results of the first Columbia Gorge Championship race of the 2024 season held at Rapid Raceway on Nov. 11'23.
Laps Fast time
1st......Al..........................769.7........................4.536
2nd.....Howie....................757.8........................4.448
3rd.....Bob........................736.8........................4.656
4th.....Gearloose................736.3.......................4.838
5th.....Bart........................733.5.......................4.764
6th.....Bill..........................719.8.......................4.566
7th.....Doug.......................650.8.......................4.916
8th.....Tiny.........................624.9.......................4.799
9th.....Marty.......................582.6.......................5.828
10th...Skidmark.................445.8........................4.807
This race is the kick off for the 2024 season at Rapid Raceway.
1st...................Bob Nak..............757.2 laps.
2nd..................Zack...................739*
3rd...................Fly Racing...........739*
4th...................Howie.................726.7
5th...................Al.......................697.4
6th...................Bill......................673.3
7th...................Bart....................647
8th...................Tim.....................600.1
9th...................Doug...................586.8
10th.................Gearloose.............349.4...DNF.
11th.................Ken......................283.9..DNF
12th.................Hersch..................DQ.
* Tie breaker is the fastest time.
Bob, here is my take on this behavior issue: this is not your failure Bob, you provide a great place to have a fun time racing slot cars and you are a good host. The failure is in a racer taking this hobby way too seriously! As this known racer takes his anger out and yells at the person or persons that he has contentions with, it upsets the whole theme of the race and fellow racers who are out to have a good time. This kind of behavior is unexceptable and we as track owners need to get a handle on this. If we as track owners get together and come up with a plan to stop this nonsense, then the fun will be back at all the tracks that we control. I suggest we as track owners get together soon and come up with a plan. Let's get back to having fun no matter who or what track is hosting the race. If this plan does not take place, things will not change for the better. Note: this is just my opinion, but I am stopping this behavior at my track ( Rapid Raceway ) and it seems to be working as I believe the racers at my track are having fun, at least I have been told so by a few racers.
See ya.
Howie.
Are you going to put up speed bumps for more confusion for this trigger finger guy?
Project Classic NASCAR continues. Beings I am going to make Bob's Classic NASCAR race in Sept. I better finish this car. It needs all the running gear from motor to guide flag. I will have to get this car on the track and see if I can get it to run ok as it has the BIG true scale size tires/wheels! At any rate it should be a fun car. I thought I had a picture of the chassis, guess not. I will send Bill a picture to add to this page. I made the motor mount out of aluminum when I still had access to a mill at work.
Bill will install a picture when he gets time. Thanks Bill.
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