The previous posts to this topic were copied over from the Northwest True Scale Racers site with Howie's permission. The NTSR site is scheduled to close down at the end of this year. I will be copying over as much of the great information posted there as possible in the next few months. =====Bill
2,826 January 9, 2017 6:52 pm
Re: Northwest True Scale Racers Website (5 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
2,827 January 9, 2017 6:51 pm
Re: Northwest True Scale Racers Website (5 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by wb0s » Sun Mar 29, 2015 8:28 am
I agree with Beau. I find myself coming here more often just to check for new photos. Great job Howie!!!!
2,828 January 9, 2017 6:50 pm
Re: Northwest True Scale Racers Website (5 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by beaufrazier » Sat Mar 28, 2015 9:28 am
Love the changes to the home page. It does peak your interest to want to know more....Beau
2,829 January 9, 2017 6:50 pm
Re: Northwest True Scale Racers Website (5 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by marty » Thu Mar 26, 2015 7:18 am
I like the new look. Good work guys.
Marty
2,830 January 9, 2017 6:50 pm
Re: Northwest True Scale Racers Website (5 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by howie » Wed Mar 25, 2015 6:28 pm
Thanks to Bill for coming over here and setting this up and trying to get me up to speed on this system, while Monte was on the speaker phone with us to give us technical support. Bill was here for about 4hrs. or so. I tried to go through the steps last night and failed 'till Bill got on the web and showed me a step I was missing, so a lot of hrs. on this project. I think I got it now, maybe, well hopefully, I guess we will see! Thanks Bill and Monte.
2,831 January 9, 2017 6:50 pm
Topic: Northwest True Scale Racers Website (5 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by wb0s » Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:16 pm
The website upgrades are looking good Howie! Thank you for all the effort you are puting into your site!
2,832 January 9, 2017 6:48 pm
Re: New Late Model Trans-Am in 1-1 scale. (4 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
The previous posts to this topic were copied over from the Northwest True Scale Racers site with Howie's permission. The NTSR site is scheduled to close down at the end of this year. I will be copying over as much of the great information posted there as possible in the next few months. =====Bill
2,833 January 9, 2017 6:46 pm
Re: New Late Model Trans-Am in 1-1 scale. (4 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by howie » Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:43 am
Another cool picture of the TA2 races.
2,834 January 9, 2017 6:44 pm
Re: New Late Model Trans-Am in 1-1 scale. (4 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by howie » Fri Aug 29, 2014 8:18 am
The TA2 is now a full blown series with the addition of the Challenger.
Racers: this is a points series for the first half of the 2015 season, do you have a TA2 ready to go yet?
2,835 January 9, 2017 6:43 pm
Re: New Late Model Trans-Am in 1-1 scale. (4 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by howie » Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:53 pm
Finally; the Challenger gets into the action. This makes the series complete!
2,836 January 9, 2017 6:40 pm
Topic: New Late Model Trans-Am in 1-1 scale. (4 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by howie » Sat Jan 19, 2013 3:55 pm
A new Trans-Am series in 1-1 scale called: TA2. Larry sent me the news so I took a picture and posted it.
Wouldn't it be nice if Revell or some model company made these in 1/24th. or 1/25th!!
So far it is only the Mustang and Camaro, they are working on getting the Challenger in the series.
2,837 January 9, 2017 6:39 pm
Re: Rear tires for GT-1 etc. (7 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
The previous posts to this topic were copied over from the Northwest True Scale Racers site with Howie's permission. The NTSR site is scheduled to close down at the end of this year. I will be copying over as much of the great information posted there as possible in the next few months. =====Bill
2,838 January 9, 2017 6:38 pm
Re: Rear tires for GT-1 etc. (7 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by howie » Thu Apr 30, 2015 6:59 am
Update on these tires: I have had them in the freezer in a tire container inside a zip lock bag. I took them out the other day and they felt like they dried out somewhat. My conclusion is if you take the time and effort to make these donuts work, then use them up asap. I keep my production tires in the freezer with no problems and some have been in there for years.
2,839 January 9, 2017 6:38 pm
Re: Rear tires for GT-1 etc. (7 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by ftest821 » Mon Apr 01, 2013 7:30 am
Howie,
Thanks
Rich
2,840 January 9, 2017 6:37 pm
Re: Rear tires for GT-1 etc. (7 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by howie » Sun Mar 31, 2013 12:21 pm
Rich; I did not race with these tires last night, however I did put in a lot of practice with them on 3 different GT-1 cars and put in enough laps to constitute a race. I am pleased that these tires performed as well as the Pro Track tires. I did not see any difference at all other than I accidently cut these tires narrower than the Pro Track, there was no significant difference in handling, but I think if these tires were left wider, it would enhance my way of driving. Bottom line: I will use these donuts in competition and will order more to replace my worn out Pro Tracks.
In my opinion, a person should have a tire truer to mount these donuts. Also, I used double stick tape to mount the donuts and I am still looking for a glue to use, I tried super glue and it was a total failure as the glue dried too fast and ruined the donut.
2,841 January 9, 2017 6:37 pm
Re: Rear tires for GT-1 etc. (7 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by ftest821 » Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:24 pm
Thanks Howie,
I look forward to the results of the experiment
Rich
2,842 January 9, 2017 6:37 pm
Re: Rear tires for GT-1 etc. (7 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by howie » Tue Mar 26, 2013 3:27 pm
Rich; I have a set on and ready to go. I will try them at the next race coming up this Sat. Mar. 30th.They should handle the same as they are the same rubber compound and after using my tire truer to bring them down to size, I think they will work quite well. I will let you know after this race.
I have not tried ( other than this ) to come up with anything else yet.
2,843 January 9, 2017 6:37 pm
Re: Rear tires for GT-1 etc. (7 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by ftest821 » Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:34 am
Howie -
I agree tires are much too pricey. How is your experiment working out? Do your tires handle as well as the ProTracks? Have you come up with any other alternatives? Any other suggestions? Thanks
Rich V
2,844 January 9, 2017 6:36 pm
Topic: Rear tires for GT-1 etc. (7 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by howie » Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:44 pm
As we all know the tires are getting expensive. $10.40 for a pair of rears for the GT-1 and other classes, this is at cost!!
So I have been fooling around with tire donuts. I got a couple from John and by the time I got them all trued up, they were just a hair over 1.0". These donuts are better suited for the small wheels that OSCAR runs.There was maybe but one race and they would be wore out. I checked out PCH and ordered 5 pair of what I thought would be the ticket. The center hole is .610". Diameter is a whopping 1.325". Width is .725". The center hole is perfect, just a little stretching to fit the wheel. A lot of diameter had to come off. I mounted them so there was plenty of over hang on both the front and back side so I could true up the side walls (they needed it bad) after I glued them on the wheels. I ended up with 1.090" diameter (I wanted 1.100" but went too far). The width is just a tad skinny for my taste at .630". I am happy with the results and will definately use these tires. I will put a couple pairs of these donuts in the parts dept. for a racer to try. $3.99 and a little time is worth it to me.
These are natural rubber drag tires. PCH part # is SF70100. $3.99 a pair and they did not charge for shipping. I don't know if this free shipping thing is just during the month of Dec. as some merchants do or if this is always the case.
Here is another thing I found out, I found two bent rims that I was going to use, (probably a crash or two!!) so make sure the rims are true before mounting, I chucked them.
2,845 January 9, 2017 6:33 pm
Re: Tip of the day (1 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
The previous posts to this topic were copied over from the Northwest True Scale Racers site with Howie's permission. The NTSR site is scheduled to close down at the end of this year. I will be copying over as much of the great information posted there as possible in the next few months. =====Bill
2,846 January 9, 2017 6:33 pm
Re: N.A.S.T.E. Halloween race of 2015. (2 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
The previous posts to this topic were copied over from the Northwest True Scale Racers site with Howie's permission. The NTSR site is scheduled to close down at the end of this year. I will be copying over as much of the great information posted there as possible in the next few months. =====Bill
2,847 January 9, 2017 6:23 pm
Topic: N.A.S.T.E. Halloween race of 2015. (2 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by howie » Sun Nov 01, 2015 10:09 am
This is a fun and family friendly event. From what I witnessed every one had a good time and that is what this is all about. This "race" seems to be getting better every year! 21 racers entered this race, to me everyone was a winner, lots of fun. Click on the pictures for a full page viewing.
Bill entered and raced this car in memory of Hugh Ellsworth who built it.
Cailin's banana car.
Dominic who won the 'hard luck" award as his car lost a wheel right off the start line! Cailin who won best of show by popular vote for her Banana car.
Trophy for car voted on as best of the show.
"Hard luck" award.
Some of the participants.
Some of the cars.
2,848 January 9, 2017 6:18 pm
Topic: Tip of the day (1 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by howie » Tue Nov 17, 2015 10:12 am
Here is something I just discovered yesterday about removing rubber from the wheels: put your soldering gun against the back of the wheel and the heat will do the rest. The tires will be VERY easily removed!
2,849 January 9, 2017 5:33 pm
Re: What's up? (97 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
The previous posts to this topic were copied over from the Northwest True Scale Racers site with Howie's permission. The NTSR site is scheduled to close down at the end of this year. I will be copying over as much of the great information posted there as possible in the next few months. =====Bill
2,850 January 9, 2017 5:31 pm
Re: What's up? (97 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
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