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Some one had a few fireworks in my driveway, I can see the residue on the pavement!

I went to the Fruit stand not far from the house to buy a gallon of milk for the grand kids yesterday. When one of them started pouring milk into a bowl of cereal he said: "oh crap, this milk is sour". Sure enough it was mighty chunky! Took it back and there was a sign on the outdoor refrigerators stating, "sorry, no milk is available, all the milk in these outdoor refrigerators is no good". They must have discovered after I bought my milk that the milk had gone sour. Beings they are closed on Sunday, I imagine the hot temps all day Sunday was too much for the units outdoors. A lot of milk inventory went to hell.

Sorry Bob, I screwed up the times on this race.

Ok, finally finished the Classic NASCAR. It is not perfect, when I clear coated it the paint wrinkled in a few spots, I have to tell my self: "Self, it is a slot car, it will get beat up, so get over it"! I mounted the body with home made pins. I soldered brass angle to the pans and bent it to contour with the body and taped the body in place and drilled the mounting holes and used .040" piano wire and bent it to fit the holes. Bill will post the pictures for me when he gets time. As always: Thanks Bill !!

Looking forward to the new season that hopefully will not be interrupted by some kind of pandemic! I am almost done with my Classic NASCAR. Bill and I are currently trying to get my email back which went away for some reason last weekend. So if anybody has emailed me lately and no answer back, that is the reason.

Very interesting history. I didn't move to Portland 'till late in '68. Moved from Rapid City, SD. Even as small as Rapid City was compared to Portland, they still had two huge commercial tracks. I never raced at either one, but I remember them. I do remember Petite Karts though. By the time a buddy of mine was interested in getting back into slot cars ( in the '70's ) there were no tracks left. We went to a bicycle shop to buy some slot car parts, I believe it was in N. Portland and asked if there was any slot racing around and he mentioned Dundas. We drove to the Dundas track in Willsonville, watched the race ( I remember Gearloose ) but we thought it was too far away to race. Years later while at Slot Car Central, ( who was closing down ) Greg Vergis come over to where I was playing with a slot car and I was invited by him to a track in Willsonville, I was shocked that it was the same track in the barn that I visited years before. That is how I got involved with PACER/OSCAR.

Beings Bob's new class called Classic NASCAR was voted in as the points class for the first half of the 2022 season I decided it was time for me to build a car. The first picture ( after Bill kindly adds the pictures ) is one of my pet peeves: oversize wheel wells or too small front tires or both! The second picture is .040" plastic that I used to fill in the wheel well. Third picture is the inside of the wheel well. I used Super glue. The model kit that I will use is the Monogram Olds that the project is pictured on.....................to be continued.

Wow, there is the real definition of True Scale! Really fine craftsmanship!

I didn't know him as well as most slot racers did, but he seemed like a nice guy. I remember Glen and Bill and I going to eat lunch at Spud Monkies on Halsey awhile back, good memory of him.

Track record updated, Zack for Early Modified set on Apr. 24, 2021.

The 2021 season was a good one other than the Covid that shut down a few races. A big plus for this year was good turnouts and new racers joining the fun. The competition was good and so is the atmosphere. I am REALLY enjoying this hobby with new and old friends. In my opinion it isn't about wining ( although I would like to do it once in awhile ) it is about friends having a good time. We have one more scheduled race ( the Grand Prix on May 15. ) and then it is on to planning the next season and I am really looking forward to it.