NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (Page 27 of 82)

Thanks Doc, I like that attitude! I think we do a pretty good job of self policing. When racing at TooBad Motorplex we have never been overly concerned in regards to to rule enforcement. With the addition of the point series championship it gives people something to compete for, nothing of great value or prestige, but something. My goal is to make the racing for that prize as equitable as possible. The weight placement infraction was my fault, I made the wrong call. I know the modification made to the winning car was not an intentional breach of the rules. Was it a big advantage, I don't know for sure. What I do know is in watching the winner throughout the race he drove exceptionally well and deserves that win!

I ran my Mustang for a long time and just couldn't come out on top. I finally switched to a Camaro. It turns out it wasn't the car.

If you look at the rules under "chassis", the allowable modifications are listed below. This class is based on "Stock manufactured chassis" so I would have to say if that modification is not listed it is not allowed. With that said, I would think if you glue in new non-adjustable axle mounts in the stock/original location, that would be considered a repair.

It my opinion when it comes to deviations in the rules (even when a racer feels there is no performance gain or real benefit) the real damage can be in the fact that other racers may consider it an advantage whether it really is or not. I have been club racing for many years and I have seen this played out time and time again! If a racer THINKS the reason you are beating him or her is because of a questionable modification you made (not clearly defined within the rules) it is going to create hard feelings!

That's just one of the things I like about you Doc!!!

I don't want to embarrass you!

Thanks Rico, I had an excellent time as well!

The crowd was a little light but the racing was just as exciting and close as ever!

We started the night off racing the F1 cars. Jeff Fields took the win with his Modern Division Scalextric Mercedes followed by Rico Locati and his Policar Ferrari. After the F1 race was finished we raced the Trans Am Class cars. This was the second race of the 2017 NASTE Point Series Championship. The racing in this class was extremely close as usual. Half a lap separated the top four cars. Rico Locati drove to the win and received the maximum points for the night.

Once the Trans Am race was over the crowd started thinning out a bit. There were still eight racers that stuck around to thrash some 1/24 BRM Porsche 962s. Chris Kouba had an incredible drive and somehow avoided all the carnage to finish first follwed closely by Dan Fritz. The field for the Over 50 class included six racers. Chris Kouba gain showed us the way to the finish line, this time with his beautiful Cox Ford GT40. Chris was follwed closely in this race by Beau Frazier and his gorgeous clear bodied AMT Grand Sport Corvette!

I had a lot of fun racing with ya'll last night! Thank you to all that braved the weather and made it out for a night of racing!

Here are the official results:

F1
1 Jeff Fields  55.1  + First in MOD Division
2 Rico Locati  53.2  + First in Division
3 Bryan Dickerson  53.0  + First in END
4 Dan Fritz  52.4  + First in SVD
5 John Fisher  50.9 + First in SWD
6 Amy Fields  50.7
7 Mitch Brooks  49.4 + First in CCD
8 Terry Abbott  49.2 + First in O50D
9 Bill Bostic  49.1
10 Chris Kouba 48.7
11 Beau Frazier 46.3

Trans Am - Official NASTE Point Series Championship Race - 2017 Season - Race No.2
1 Rico Locati 53.6 laps - 9.656 fastest lap - 11 points
2 Chris Kouba  53.4 - 9.584 fastest lap - 10 points
3 Bryan Dickerson  53.3 - 9.691 - 9 pts.
4 Jeff Fields 53.1 - 9.495 - 8 pts.
5 Bill Bostic  51.4 - 10.008 - 7 pts.
6 Beau Frazier 51.3 - 10.024 - 6 pts.
7 John Fisher  50.8 - 10.048 - 5 pts.
8 Mitch Brooks  49.8 - 10.036 - 4 pts.
9 Terry Abbott  48.9 - 10.422 - 3 pts.
10 Amy Fields  48.7 - 10.347 - 2 pts.
11 Dan Fritz  47.4 - 10.118 - 1 pt.

BRM Group C
1 Chris Kouba    61.0 Laps
2 Dan Fritz  58.8
3 Rico Locati    57.6
4 Beau Frazier   56.0
5 Bryan Dickerson  54.6
6 Bill Bostic    54.4
7 John Fisher  50.7
8 Mitch Brooks   49.9

Over 50
1 Chris Kouba  55.0 Laps
2 Beau Frazier  53.2 
3 Dan Fritz    52.5
4 Mitch Brooks   51.6
5 - tie -Rico Locati  47.7
5 - tie - Bill Bostic   47.7

I like McDonald's!

FAT MAC !

GROSS!!!!

We can change motors in the Cartrix F1 cars and still be legal?

No wonder mine are so slow. 

No Doc, it wasn't me or the wife as she was home with the kids. However, I did see a surprising amount of people sporting Oregon Duck colors.  Conversely, I was actually quite surprised how little "Hook'em Horns" (i.e. Texas) gear we saw considering the college is located downtown Austin.

We had some excellent racing at Al's Rippin' Ridin' Raceway last night! Eleven racers competed in the Can Am/USRRC, BRM Group C, and the Over 50classes, as well as the third 2017 NASTE Point Series Championship race with the Trans Am cars. Thanks to Al for hosting this fun race!

Results:

Can Am/USRRC
1 Monte    69.9 laps
2 tie  Daniel    66.2
2 tie  Al    66.2
4 Greg    66
5 Gary    65.3
6 Jeff    63.7
7 Mitch    61.8
8 Beau    60.7
9 Bill    57.9
10 Dick    55.8
11 Amy    55

Trans Am
1 Al    63.6 laps
2 Daniel    63.2
3 Bill    61.8
4 Jeff    61.4
5 Mitch    61.4
6 Gary    60.7
7 Beau    59.3
8 Monte    56.7
9 Dick    53.1
10 Greg    52
11 Amy    49

BRM Group C
1 Daniel    71 laps
2 tie Al    68.6
2 tie Greg    68.6
4 Bill    68.1
5 Mitch    64.9

Over 50
1 Mitch    68.6
2 Al    67.3
3 Daniel    59.7
4 Bill    56