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by howie » Thu Dec 01, 2016 9:57 am

The race of Nov. 30, 2016. Had a fun race on a Wednesday night! Congratulations to John Fisher for winning his first race at Rapid.
John also set a new track record for the Early Modifieds.

L to R: Bryan, John, Beau, Blake.

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by howie » Sun May 15, 2016 9:09 am

May 14th. '16. Bob Nak. wins the last points race of the season! We all have to wait 'till next season to get even with him!

L to R: Gearloose, Howie, Mitch, John.

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Beau has a burn down!!

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by howie » Sun May 01, 2016 7:31 am

Another fun race for these open wheel cars! Steady Bill is leading the points chase for this class!

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by howie » Sun Apr 24, 2016 9:05 am

Bill; I was a little down at the start of the evening with the low turnout, but when we got started, what a blast!! The race format does make for close racing. As long as we have at least 5 guys, we are good to go!

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by howie » Sun Apr 24, 2016 8:48 am

Low turnout, but what fun!! I would have liked to have on tape some of the action while I was at the computer! Four cars in the bank at the same time and coming out unscathed! And more than once!

Blake and Bill fighting for position! They battled the whole heat! A great night of racing!

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by wb0s » Sun Apr 24, 2016 7:56 am

Howie, As usual I had a great time racing the Early Modifieds at Rapid Raceway yesterday! The race format you used sure made for some CLOSE racing, and the Early Modifieds are so exciting to race with the open wheels! I don't think I've experienced that much wheel to wheel side by side racing before. We ran so many laps with cars grouped together, which made the passing really challenging! You had to keep on your toes through every heat! Anyway thanks again, it really was a good time!

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by howie » Thu Apr 07, 2016 7:45 am

April. 4 '16. Monday, another exciting race. Congratulations to Bill for a consistent race, taking his first win here. Bill now leads by one point over Beau for the Early Modified 2016 season points champ.

"exciting racing". Beau comes close to "hitting the pavement"! Later, Stuart did "hit the pavement" with the Holly Farms '39 Chev in this picture, no injury to driver or car!

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by wb0s » Tue Mar 29, 2016 8:52 pm

I had a great time racing at Rapid Raceway as usual! Those Modifieds are action packed and a blast!

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by howie » Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:13 am

Mar. 28th. '16. This race was on a Monday evening. Some more wild racing took place.

Left to right: Bill, Howie, Blake, Dayle.

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by howie » Sun Mar 13, 2016 9:23 am

Some wild racing of March 12, '16.

From left: Howie, Blake's new Early Modified, Bob N. winner of this race, Marty.

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by beaufrazier » Mon May 11, 2015 12:28 pm

Congratulations to Blake on his first race! He did a great job and has the potential to be a premiere racer. I hope he will consider joining the group this coming season. Again, congrat's Blake....

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by howie » Sun May 10, 2015 8:51 pm

Today on Mother's day, Blake asked me if I would build him an Early Modified. YES I will!! He already picked the kit out and wants to paint it when I am done building it.

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by howie » Sun May 10, 2015 8:36 am

Results of the season final, May 9, 2015:

1...Stuart..................185 laps................4.726557sec.............white
2...Ted.....................182......................4.827760.................blue
3...Marty...................181......................4.827614.................blue
3...Gearloose..............180......................4.984413.................white
4...Bob N...................178......................4.936993.................blue
5...Howie...................178......................4.882693.................white
6...Dwayne.................152......................4.984982.................blue
7...Beau....................150.......................4.773125................white
8...BLake...................142.......................5.375270................white.

This was 14yr. old Blake's first race. He did an outstanding job of driving. He drove his own race and kept up a steady pace and received an applause from the other racers. Hopefully he will continue racing. He enjoys R/C cars.

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by howie » Sun Apr 26, 2015 8:01 am

Race of April 25, 2015.
Results:
1st.......... Beau.................368 laps.............4.718353 sec...........yellow.
2nd.........Gearloose............356..................4.882902................yellow.
3rd..........Howie................350..................4.773052................white.
4th..........Marty.................349..................4.663987................blue.
5th..........John F................274..................4.999561................blue.
6th...........Stuart.............Disq.
Beau set a new track record, go to Pit Stop then Records.

Left to right: Marty, Dwayne, Beau, Gearloose getting ready to launch.

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by howie » Sun Apr 19, 2015 7:44 am

Race of Apr. 18, 2015. Results:
1st....Beau............182 laps......4.827434............yellow lane.
2nd...Gearloose......176...........5.046459.............yellow.
3rd...Bob N...........174...........4.952431..............blue.
4th...Howie...........172...........4.874110..............white.
5th...Ted..............166...........4.937483..............yellow.

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by howie » Sun Apr 05, 2015 10:17 am

Race of April 4th. 2015. For details of this night of racing go to the Can-Am page. These cars are a lot of fun and I hear comments from other racers about how these cars handle and how much fun they are especially in close proximity to another open wheel car.
Results:
1st. Beau..............365 laps............5.046155............white
2nd. Howie.............359 .................4.983789............red
3rd. John F.............357..................4.936839............blue
4th. Bob N..............348..................5.046350............blue
5th. Gearloose.........346..................5.211177............red.

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by howie » Sun Mar 22, 2015 7:05 am

Race of March 21, 2015. Very good racing, very cool cars!

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by howie » Sun Jan 25, 2015 9:31 am

If you want to get into an exciting race, try open wheel! The Early Modified is really a fun class to drive as you need to be cautious going into corners which makes for some exciting times! I really like open wheel racing and this class with the old cars ( like me!! ) is a great way to finish up the night! This class will be the runner up to the points class Can-Am starting on March 21st.

Marty's winning car. He made the decals to represent a 76 station his dad had in Idaho when Marty was in his youth.

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by howie » Sun Feb 23, 2014 12:16 pm

Race of Feb. 22, 2014. The Early Modifieds are gaining popularity! The entries are gaining ground as racers find that these cars are a lot of fun and handle great, not to mention the good looks. It was Gearloose's night as he won both classes. James set a new track record with Beau's car. Track records are on the News page.

Haven't seen Gary's car for awhile,

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by howie » Sat Nov 02, 2013 9:17 pm

Race of Nov. 2nd. 2013. Beau came through with a fine win. These cars are a fun class with wheel to wheel racing.

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by howie » Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:17 am

Race of Jan. 26th. 2013. Second race for these open wheel hot rods. Fun racing once again.

Kirk's '39 Chevy.

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Larry's '32 Ford. What else but a Ford for Larry!

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Results.

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by howie » Sun Oct 07, 2012 11:52 am

The race of Oct. 6, 2012. Small turnout for the night, but what a great race!! For those who shun open wheel racing: you are missing out! This was definitely to me the most exciting race I have had in yrs. You have to drive with skill and keep on your toes at all times, like a Grand Prix driver!! To go three wide into the bank and curves is thrilling, especially if it continues lap after lap. That was the way this race went more than a few times. We did not get done with racing 'till about 11:30pm and no one wanted to go for the track record so it is still open.

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Results of a great race.

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by howie » Thu Sep 27, 2012 10:01 am

Race results and posts pertaining to Early Modified will be posted here.

Early Modified chassis copied from a Bob Hanna designed Sportsman chassis.

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This is the body ( 1941 Plymouth ) that goes to the chassis.

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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

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by howie » Sun Dec 18, 2016 10:33 am

Dec. 17, 2016. A make up race. Bob N. showed us the way to the checkered flag once again with his fast and great handling '49 Ford.

An all Ford line up! L-R: Marty, Gearloose, Bob N., Howie.

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