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by wb0s » Sat Jan 07, 2017 1:00 am

I'd like to echo what Beau said. Thanks Howie for all you do including your efforts with the Northwest True Scale Racers site! I will miss this site and all the great information that comes across the board here. Your "How To" and technical instructions are very helpful to me and I know to others as well. In an effort to save what has already be posted here I am attempting to copy as much of the information on this site onto the NASTE site for future referrence to anyone interested. The NASTE.org site has had a section in the Forum dedicated to Rapid Raceway for years. I will copy as much information as I can to that section for all to refer to. Howie you are welcome to update, change, or revise anything in there as you wish, and the Rapid Raceway regulars are welcome to use the forum for any information related to Rapid Raceway or Northwest True Scale Racers. =======Bill

by howie » Tue Nov 29, 2016 10:41 am

The wings that come with the Pattos gen. 6 NASCAR bodies leave a lot to be desired. So here is what Beau did: cut a slit in the back of the car and inserted a Lexan home made wing and glued it. Looks good to me, so I will follow suit. His wing is in the previous picture.

by howie » Mon Oct 03, 2016 9:16 pm

Pulled this NASCAR body out of the old body drawer, threw on some quick flares and will race it in the Rapid 500, then throw it away as we will be going to the late ( gen 6 ) Lexan bodies for the future.

by howie » Mon Sep 05, 2016 9:07 am

Due to the fact that some racers including myself either do not have or have ready a Lexan NASCAR body, we will race the hard bodies for the Rapid 500. I do not have the 2017 season schedule yet, but the Rapid 500 will once again kick off the season.

by beaufrazier » Sat Jul 02, 2016 7:12 pm

Hi Bob, I like the look of the Revell kits. Almost no fussing with the bodies and they really look true to scale. MIKES DECALS is producing a TOYOTA .He said the resin is pretty strong and would make a good slot car body. If we go in that direction we are covered with all the brands. Plastic or PETG? Witch way to go? I'm sure Howie will provide a vote on witch to go.

by racerbob9 » Sat Jul 02, 2016 3:45 pm

The news about the NASCAR bodies is not good. Revell has the Fusion and just released the Chevy SS. Just a thought to put in the mix is using this body as a option if the Pattos Place bodies do not pan out. I will make one of each that will work on the same chassis. Just for fun, the 97 Sharpie car is a Patto's Place body on a 4.5 inch flexi chassis.

by howie » Wed Jun 15, 2016 10:59 pm

The new bodies for NASCAR are on their way to the Bluegroove team to be done in .030" Lexan. These are all 2013 NASCAR bodies.

by howie » Fri May 20, 2016 2:02 pm

It was voted on that we do away with the outdated hard body NASCAR starting in the 2017 season. We will be using .030" Lexan for both the Sprint Cup and the Xfinity cars. The Sprint cup will run the Ford Taurus, Chevy SS, Toyota Camry bodies. The Xfinity cars will run the Mustang, Camaro and the Challenger bodies. The rest of the rules for NASCAR will stay the same. This will bring our NASCAR pretty much up to date. I am really looking forward to the change.
This means we won't have to build such heavy chassis for the Sprint Cup, we can also dig into our old chassis drawer and use an old chassis, maybe a Parma, JK or some other chassis and give it a re-birth!
Click on the News Page for more info.

by howie » Thu Apr 07, 2016 8:28 am

Check out the new Lexan bodies on the News Page. These bodies are .030" thick and not a flaw in them! These bodies are supplied by Bill. I grabbed one and will post pictures on the Projects page when I get started. These bodies should be strong and able to last longer than a .010" or .020" body. He is currently charging $6.00 for them, a very good deal if you ask me!

by howie » Fri Feb 26, 2016 8:42 am

The "News" page is now active. News items will be added and subtracted as news comes and goes.

by howie » Wed Feb 03, 2016 11:42 am

I am considering a change next season ( 2017 ). Here is what I have in mind: Still have the points races on Saturdays with the backup race to be a consistent class. So it would be a points race with whatever is voted in and then for the second race of the night, keep the same class all the way through the first half of the season. Then the next half of the season a points race for whatever is voted in with another consistent second race. I think that would make it easier on everybody. Then once a month have a race on a weeknight going through two times racing different classes each time. Perhaps have a different night of the week each month. That way we can get to some of our classes that are not on the Saturday schedule.