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July 19th Race Results:

F 1
1 Daniel   69.7 Laps
2 Al    66.3
3 Rico    65.9
4 John Gill    61.4
5 Mitch  60.9
6 Greg    60.4

Can Am
1 Al    73.5 Laps
2 Rico    71.0
3 Daniel  70.3
4 Mitch  70.1
5 John Gill  65.4
6 Greg  62.4

Open Class
1 Al  77.6 Laps
2 Greg  75.8
3 Daniel  74.8
4 Mitch  73.1
5 Rico  72.8

Not yet!

I'll put you on the list for the bag Doc. You'll have to get your own shot!

Testing July 13th:

Our test site features a nice uphill climb following the long straight downhill section. This is a great test run with the steeper grade uphill portion aiding in the slowing of the cars. An important factor in the event of brake failure or brake fade. Without braking the cars will crest the top of the hill, but are slowed enough even if the brakes fail completely the car can be run off the road onto the shoulder and stopped.

Here's Chris MKV, and Jenny MKI at the end of the first run. This photo was taken from the bottom of the uphill shut down section.

We only had one slight mechanical malfunction during the entire day of testing. It happened during a tow back and resulted in a trailer back instead of a successful tow back. Jenny Burns did an awesome job of keeping the MKI out of the ditch! It was definitely a successful day of testing!

July 13th testing:

The MKV features brake calipers on both front wheels.

This setup designed and built by Chris Kouba resulted in excellent stopping power.

This is the steering system designed and built by Chris for the MKV. Due to the very limited cockpit space, the steering yoke operates on a horizontal push pull plane rather than the standard automobile type steering.

July 13th:

Mirror fairings designed by Jimmy Jones were installed on the MKII in time for the test session.

The mirror fairings were mage from small plastic funnels. Cost of this mod was $1.18....for the pair.

The brake upgrade on the MKII required some minor body modifications.

Test Session July 13th:

Jeff Burns designed and built rear tail section on the MKI.

Rear brake modifications on both the MKI and MKII feature motorcycle brake discs and Wilwood single puck mechanical calipers. The improvement in braking was awesome as reported by all drivers!

Chris Kouba not only designed and fabricated these new wheel covers, he built the vacuform table to manufacture them!

Scuderia Kouba had a great test session on Friday July 13th. The day started early at our normal meeting place, The Stagecoach Saloon. After Chris, Bethany, Jenny, Jeff, Jessy, Johnny, Dennis, Beau, and I had breakfast we all headed out on the long drive to our secrete (OK maybe not too secrete) testing site.

The MKI, MKII, and MKV all performed well. The speeds posted by the MKI were equal to or slightly better than the speeds posted during last year's testing. The MKII speeds were down but only by 1 mph. The big news for the MKI and MKII were the brakes. The new brake systems adapted to both cars vastly improved their braking ability, a welcomed improvement! But the star of the show was the new MKV! On its maiden run the MKV posted a speed 2 mph faster than anything previously posted by the MKI or MKII. That is impressive! The front braking system on the MKV also worked very well. There was only one minor incident throughout the day of testing. A slight equipment malfunction with one of the wheel pants on the MKI on the tow back from one of the test runs almost put Jenny into the ditch. Thankfully her lightning quick reactions kept the car on the tarmac and she got it stopped safely.

It was a hot day but we were blessed with a nice cool breeze for most of the day. We made over 6 runs throughout the day and recorded some good data. More car improvements were planned as well as a few minor repairs. That's why these test sessions are so important and one reason Scuderia Kouba performs well on race day! We test hard, we make adjustments during test and record the test data. We break stuff on test day hoping to eliminate breakage and poor performance on race day! And we have great team members helping out with the entire process! Without our awesome team members Scuderia Kouba would not exist. A great big thanks to Bethany, Jenny, Dennis, Beau, Jessy, and Johnny for all their help in making this test day a success! And of course, THANK YOU to Chris and Jeff for building us these awesome toys!

Unloading at the test site.

As a previous track owner and promoter of the NASTE Odd Thursday Night Races I scheduled the race rotation with input from the participating racers. The same goes for the classes raced in the NASTE Point Series Championship. Since I am currently absent from that role I post the schedule and class rotation according to directions I receive from Al. In my opinion it is up to whenever and whatever the racers and Al decides. Generally I would start the point series races in September. At this point in time I do not know what my level of involvement will be in the 2019 NASTE Point Series Championship. The one suggestion I have for the 2019 season would be to return to the series format we have used in the past that allow racers to throw out at least one of their worst finishes. For example if the series consists of 10 races a racer's 9 best finishes would be scored for points. In the event of a possible tie the 10th race would be used for the tie breaker.

In the meeting we held on February 15th it was decided Can Am and USRRC would become stand alone classes and as such raced separately. When I split the two I added USRRC as our 14th class. Other than that the rules for each class are unchanged.

Race results from July 5th race at Rippin' Ridin' Raceway:

Classic Sports Car 1
1 Jeff   65.1 Laps
2 Al    64.3
3 Daniel    63.8
4 Monte    63.5
5 Greg  63.3
6 Mitch    62.3
7 Gary  61.6
8 Rico  61.3
9 Stan   57.3
10 Jon  47.7

GT 3
1 Al    69.3 Laps
2 Rico    67.0
3 Jeff  65.9
4 Mitch  65.6
5 Gary  64.7
6 Greg  62.2
7 Monte  62.1
8 Stan  60.6 
9 Daniel  60.0
10 Jon  52.8

Open Class
1 Greg  79.0 Laps
2 Al 75.9
3 Mitch  74.4
4 Rico  73.7
5 Stan  72.3
6 Jeff  60.5
7 Jon  52.5

We'll be doin' the 4th thing here in the sac..........cul-de-sac that is. New neighbors are awesome! Always something going on, parties, BBQs, and just plain B.S.'n. Such is life in the sac!