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More photos from the February 9, 2017 Odd Thursday Night Race

L to R; Chris Kouba, Dan "Doc" Fritz, Al "Meat" Christensen

L to R; Greg "Greenman" Petrolati, Mitch Brooks

L to R; Mitch Brooks, Fernando Carvalho, Bill Bostic, Terry "The Mailman" Abbott, Greg "Greenman" Petrolati

Official Results NASTE Point Series Championship Race No.11 - February 9, 2017

Le Mans Class
1 Rico Locati 55.7 laps - 9 points
2 Chris Kouba 55.4  - 9.019 fast lap 8 points
3 Terry Abbott  55.4  - 9.288 fast lap 7 pts.
4 Dan Fritz 54.57 - 6 pts.
5 Bill Bostic  52.9  - 5 pts.
6 Greg Petrolati 52.4  - 4 pts.
7 Al Christensen  52.2  - 3 pts.
8 Mitch Brooks  49.9 - 2 pts.
9 Fernando Carvalho 44.7  - 1 pt.

I had a lot of fun racing at last night's Odd Thursday race! Although the turn out was somewhat light, the enthusiasm was just the opposite! We had some very close racing and we also had the pleasure of meeting a new racer Fernando, who quickly adapted to the Too Bad Motorplex course.

We started the night of racing with the Can Am Class. Chris was the winner, followed by Terry, and Doc. Next up were the Le Mans Class car which was the NASTE Point Series Race of the evening. The top four cars in this race were all within one lap of each other. Rico posted his fifth point series race win of this season! Chris and Terry were in a tie for total laps, with Chris' faster lap breaking the tie for second. Everyone stuck around for the BRM Group C race which made for a near record setting number of entries.  Chris again raced to the win followed by Dan in second and Rico in third. The Over 50 Class was raced with a field of eight, again another great attendance mark for the last class race of the night. Mitch was back up to speed and returned to the first place spot on the podium. He was followed closely, just 1/10th of a lap behind, by Al. Bryan ran a great race to finish third.

Highlights of the night's racing included Chris beaking the total accumulated laps record and the fastest lap time record in the Can Am Class. One of the closest finishes in a points race with Rico just 3/10ths of a lap ahead of Terry and Chris who were tied for second. Chris' 1/4 of a second quicker lap time over Terry secured the second place spot. In the wild BRM race Dan's Porsche made contact with the inside wall imbedding his car's front diaplane in the wooden structure. That was definitely a first at TooBad Motorplex! Earlier in the race Rico had taken an off-table excursion which destroyed the back end of his Porsche 962. Nobody ever said the BRM class was easy! In the Over 50 Class we saw three California Sportsman cars entered finishing fourth, fifth, and seventh. It really was a fun night! Thanks to all that made it out!

Here are the results:

Can Am Class
1 Chris Kouba  62.1 
2 Terry Abbott  57.0 - 1st in USRRC
3 Dan Fritz  56.6
4 Rico Locati 55..4
5 Al Christensen  55.3
6 Bill Bostic  54.8
7 Mitch Brooks  53.0
8 Greg Petrolati  51.6
9 Fernando Carvalho 43.3

Le Mans - Official NASTE Point Series Championship Race - 2017 Season - Race No. 11
1 Rico Locati 55.7 laps - 9 points
2 Chris Kouba 55.4  - 9.019 fast lap 8 points
3 Terry Abbott  55.4  - 9.288 fast lap 7 pts.
4 Dan Fritz 54.57 - 6 pts.
5 Bill Bostic  52.9  - 5 pts.
6 Greg Petrolati 52.4  - 4 pts.
7 Al Christensen  52.2  - 3 pts.
8 Mitch Brooks  49.9 - 2 pts.
9 Fernando Carvalho 44.7  - 1 pt.

BRM Group C
1 Chris Kouba   60.4 Laps
2 Dan Fritz 58.7
3 Rico Locati   58.5
4 Greg Petrolati   57.2
5 Al Christensen  57.1
6 Bryran Dickerson  56.2
7 Mitch Brooks 54.2
8 Bill Bostic  52.5
9 Fernando Carvalho  50.0

Over 50
1 Mitch Brooks  54.4 Laps
2 Al Christensen 54.3 
3 Bryan Dickerson   52.4
4 Dan Fritz  50.8
5 Rico Locati 50.2
6 Chris Kouba  46.3
7 Bill Bostic  44.9
8 Fernando Carvalho  43.9

I'll have to think about my Porsche 917 in the "ROC "(Regreting to Offer Car) part............

Can't use silicone tires for molding. I've found the original tires work best.

I'm not sure either, but I'll make a mold if you'll let me borrow them.

A long way out but looks good for me at this point anyway.

I flunked english........twice!

Be sure to include Howie in the discussions!

The plan for the bike is to leave it at the bottom of the run and use it to run back up the hill to get the racer transport vehicle. That way we can still go racing even if we don't have enough people to drive the racers and the transport vehicle. One plan is to set my trailer up with some sort of rack to haul at least two cars, with the possibility of Dave Smith's car, maybe three.

That's what some of us (ME) do best.....TALK!!!!

This is the front of the Mark II with the removable nose cone framework.