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Let's see what everybody thinks at the next race. We can race the GT Class with the GT3 cars in it until everyone has one and is up to speed.

Here's a photo of the winning bidder Jeff Chochon at the Creative Science School fundraiser. A generous donation of $130 puts him in the driver's seat at Mt. Tabor in August for a run down the hill! He will also be participating in a test session at one of our undisclosed sites before the big race. He says he's ready and excited to go!

The new GT3 Class rules have been added to the Rules page here:http://naste.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=630

They are located in the Forum under Race Rules - then NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing

The rules are copied to the page as written in the post above. The class sponsor is Dan (Doc) Fritz. He makes the calls when it comes to rules interpretation and identifying what cars are legal to race in the class (same goes for all class sponsors in regards to the classes they sponsor).

==========Bill

Official Results NASTE Point Series Championship Race No.13 - March 9, 2017

Classic Sports Car Div.I Class

1 Chris Kouba 54.4 laps - 15 points
2 Dan Fritz 54.0  -  14 points
3 Mitch Brooks  53.0 - 13 pts.
4 Rico Locati 52.5 - 12 pts.
5 Bryan Dickerson  51.9  - 11 pts.
6 John Morse 51.3  - 10 pts.
7 Greg Petrolati  50.9  - 9 pts.
8 Terry Abbott 50.8 - 8 pts.
9 Bill Bostic  50.2  - 7 pts.
10 Al Christensen  50.1 - 6 pts.
11 Jeff Fields  49.9 - 5 pts.
12 Jimmy Jones  49.6 - 4 pts.
13 Amy Fields  48.9 - 3 pts.
14 Dick Gehrke  43.6 - 2 pts.
15 Fernando Calvalho  39.1 - 1 pt.

Excellent racing on Odd Thursday March 9, 2017 at TooBad Motorplex! First up were the GT Class cars. My old Strombecker Ford J (on a Slot.it HRS chassis of course) made a re-appearance and squeaked through for the win over Rico Locati by 3/10ths of a lap. Greg Petrolati finished third edging out Amy fields by 1/10th of a lap, who just slipped by Bryan Dickerson by 4/10ths of a lap. That folks is some close racing!

After we finished with the GT Class we raced the Classic Sports Car Division I cars, which was the point series race for the night. Again the racing was very close! Chris Kouba came home first scoring 15 points towards his series total. Guess who was second? Yup, Dan Fritz tied up yet another second place finish in the point series. Mitch Brooks did an outstanding job of preparing his car and then driving it to a third place finish half a lap ahead of Rico Locati. John Morse after a short slot racing sabbatical pulled out an impressive sixth place finish!

Then it was time! Time to get into some serious slot car whoopin's! The BRM Group C Class was set on the starting grid! In this race there were no punches pulled! It was time to man up and go get 'em! Dan Fritz slugged his way to first place followed closely by Greg Petrolati, with Chris Kouba in third. As usual, the action never stopped with the BRM 1/24 cars!

Thanks to everyone that was able to make it out and race! It was a most fun get together and reminded me of why we do this!!!

Here are the results:

GT Class
1 Bill Bostic  59.1 lAPS 
2 Rico Locati  58.8
3 Greg Petrolati  57.7
4 Amy Fields 57.6
5 Bryan Dickerson  57.2
6 Terry Abbott  55.4
7 Jeff Fields  54.7 - fastest lap
8 Dan Fritz  54.7
9 Al Christensen 53.5
10 Chris Kouba  52.8
11 Mitch Brooks  52.7
12 John Morse  52.6
13 Jimmy Jones  48.9
14 Fernando Carvalho  48.6
15 Dick Gehrke  41.4

Classic Sports Car Div.I - Official NASTE Point Series Championship Race - 2017 Season - Race No. 13
1 Chris Kouba 54.4 laps - 15 points
2 Dan Fritz 54.0  -  14 points
3 Mitch Brooks  53.0 - 13 pts.
4 Rico Locati 52.5 - 12 pts.
5 Bryan Dickerson  51.9  - 11 pts.
6 John Morse 51.3  - 10 pts.
7 Greg Petrolati  50.9  - 9 pts.
8 Terry Abbott 50.8 - 8 pts.
9 Bill Bostic  50.2  - 7 pts.
10 Al Christensen  50.1 - 6 pts.
11 Jeff Fields  49.9 - 5 pts.
12 Jimmy Jones  49.6 - 4 pts.
13 Amy Fields  48.9 - 3 pts.
14 Dick Gehrke  43.6 - 2 pts.
15 Fernando Calvalho  39.1 - 1 pt.

BRM Group C
1 Dan Fritz  61.2 Laps
2 Greg Petrolati 60.7
3 Chris Kouba 59.9
4 Al Christensen  59.3
5 John Morse  56.7
6 Bryan Dickerson  56.4
7 Mitch Brooks 55.8
8 Fernando Carvalho 52.0
9 Bill Bostic  50.0

Read more about The Fray here: http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/266-slot- … ndale.html

And here: http://www.slotcarillustrated.com/porta … ost1006286

On this trip to the Fray I spent much more time poking around the pits and observing. The attention to detail and time these guys spend on their cars is incredible! They take these toy cars that were mass produced in the 1960s and turn them into precission racing machines. No detail is overlooked, and every part is reworked into a precission piece. I have to give these guys credit, they know what they are doing!

So here's a few things I picked up on. Things I think are a must if you want to have a competitive car.

MOTOR MAGNETS - Dash magnets seemed to be THE motor magnets of choice. In addition you NEED the strongest DASH magnets you can find! The fast guys use a gauss meter to check and match all their motor magnets!

WEIGHTED FRONT END ASSEMBLY - A good weighted front end assembly is also a must. A tungsten axle also helps out. Wizzard makes one that seemed popular http://www.dynamicarmatures.com/. I was using an RTHO front end setup on my cars, one with the "rocker" setup and one with the standard weighted front axle. They worked well but I think the Wizzard setup is superior.

REAR AXLE - A good straight rear axle, either stainless or tungsten.

ARMATURE - I felt I would be OK giving up a little speed for good handling in the tight curves. Well, I was wrong! The fast guys are fast in the curves and even faster down the straights! You NEED speed, which means a good armature. Armatures cannot be less than 16 ohms across each pole. With a factory stock Aurora armature you need to be sure each pole of the arm measures as close to 16 ohms as possible. Aftermarket and Dash 2 laminant armatures are allowed in the team race on Saturday. Balanced armatures  are the way to go.

PICKUP SHOES - Wizzard pickup shoes seemed to be a good choice.

CROWN GEAR - With the extremely small diameter rear tires used on the Fray type tracks, the stock Aurora rear crown gear will touch the track. You need a smaller diameter 15 tooth crown gear. RTHO makes a good one http://rt-ho.com/gears.html

I also picked up a few tuning tips. For some of the tracks good brakes were a benefit. A little extra motor brush tension helps out there. When assembling your chassis work to eliminate every bit of friction you can. Even small improvements pay off! Be sure your front wheels rotate freely, very freely. Use spacers on the rear axle to ensure your crown gear and wheels maintain their position on the axle. The fast guys were running rear tire diameters of .322" to .326", front tire diameters were close to .300". Bodies should be mounted somewhat loosely, and the front guide pin should be glued in place.

I know there are many more tuning tricks, but these are just a few I picked up on. I'd like to thank Dave Smith for getting my chassis built for the race. Dave gave me four of the best running and handling Tjets I have ever owned! Even at that I was not competitive in the Fray. The level of performance these guys reach is just astonishing! I was definitely schooled!

After the team introductions the Team Race competition began around 8 A.M. The format was the same as the IROC race with each race consisting of 10 lap heats. All the teams raced each other head to head with 3 drivers from each team on the track in each heat race.

I apologize for not getting any photos duting the big race competition, but I was pretty busy all the time. There was no time for anything but driving and turn marshalling for the first 4 hours. If you weren't on the track racing, you were needed to turn marshal. You had to run to have time to take a leak!

There was a lunch break around noon. After lunch which was about an hour break, the second half of the race began. Same routine as the first half of the race. No time for anything but racing and turn marshalling! The race ended at approximately 6:00 PM. It had been a really hectic FULL day of racing and I was beat! I was wanting to get on my home so after the last heat race I loaded up and headed out the door. As I write this I still don't know how we finished. As soon as I can get the results I will get them posted.

We had dinner here at the Hotel Ivanhoe. The food was excellent and there was also live music.

I saw this cool display in one of the downtown store windows.

The Gingerbread Mansion.

Here's Rene White with Team Oregon getting in some practice laps. Although Rene did not actually race she was of great help to the team turn marshalling, helping get cars ready between heat races, and taking photos. thank you Rene!

This photo says it all!

Anthony and I still at it on the track. Anthony was in the top three and moved up. I was not and did not....

Turn marshalling in the Fray is stressful. The cars are fast and things happen just as quickly. Pressure added by the race director Richard Phillis watching on!

Mike Leech readies himself as the cars are lined up for another heat race.