Copied from NTSR site Jan. 8, 2017
2,976 January 9, 2017 12:27 am
Re: Track Records and Yearly Points (14 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
2,977 January 9, 2017 12:26 am
Re: Northwest True Scale Racers - Rules (13 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
Copied from NTSR site Jan. 9, 2017
2,978 January 9, 2017 12:22 am
Re: more pictures from the past couple seasons (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
2,979 January 9, 2017 12:20 am
Re: more pictures from the past couple seasons (2 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by beaufrazier » Sun Jul 29, 2012 2:27 pm
That's a "motley" looking crew! Looking forward to the new season and seeing all of you again....
2,980 January 9, 2017 12:16 am
Topic: more pictures from the past couple seasons (2 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by howie » Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:06 pm
Looking forward to next season.
myself, John and Beau
a night at the track
Lined up and ready to go
my old GT-1, a Nissan sponsored by Harley Davidson!!
2,981 January 9, 2017 12:14 am
Re: Some of the racers at the Sept. 8th. practice. (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
2,982 January 9, 2017 12:10 am
Topic: Some of the racers at the Sept. 8th. practice. (1 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by howie » Sun Sep 09, 2012 10:08 am
We had a pretty good turnout ( about 10 racers ) for a sunny day. Thanks to those who came and warmed up their cars and the track for the upcoming season.
2,983 January 9, 2017 12:08 am
Re: Daytona Prototype (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
2,984 January 9, 2017 12:04 am
Topic: Daytona Prototype (1 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by ftest821 » Mon Dec 24, 2012 6:49 am
This project sat on my bench for quite some time. The problem was that 1+inch rear wheels didn't fit well and the car ran poorly with them. After looking at the Tifosi chassis, I noticed that there were two sets shims that determined the wheel height. I removed one set of shims and viola - The wheels still look "scale" and the car looks and runs much better. Here are couple of images. To see more images click on the photo section of the Electron Raceway Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ElectronRaceway/ and then look at the album entitled Rich's Cars. (you must be a member to look at this section - it takes only a few minutes to join!)
2,985 January 9, 2017 12:03 am
Re: Electron Raceway - True Scale Rules!!! (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
2,986 January 9, 2017 12:02 am
Re: Electron Raceway - True Scale Rules!!! (2 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by howie » Wed Dec 26, 2012 10:08 pm
The rules section covers Can-Am and all the classes that we run here at Rapid Raceway. Can-Am and NASCAR are open chassis, you can build it or buy it any way you want. angle winder, side winder, in line.
Through out this site are pictures of the Scholer chassis, and some home made chassis. The early Modified is a copy of the Bob Hanna Econo chassis.
We are trying to keep it simple and as inexpensive as possible.
2,987 January 9, 2017 12:01 am
Topic: Electron Raceway - True Scale Rules!!! (2 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by ftest821 » Sun Dec 23, 2012 7:55 am
Hi,
We have been running at Electron Raceway in Roseburg on a fairly regular basis for the past several months. My focus has been True Scale. Many of the other locals have built cars - GT1s. I've started a group on Yahoo that will have race announcements, results, Photos and more. I have posted nearly 150 images, some going back to the Slot Car Convention in 2005. I've also posted an article about the Trans Am written by Sam Posey in the Files section of the site. Here is the group address http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ElectronRaceway/ (you will have to become a member to view the images and files but you can look at messages and the home page even if you are not a member. It takes a few minutes to become a member and I encourage you to do so).
I'll be contributing to the threads here as appropriate.
BTW - We might be interested in your Can Am Class. Any images of chassis, building instructions, tuning tips etc. would be greatly appreciated. I'd like to see the Scholer, more detail on the Flexi Chassis and other alternatives.
Happy Slotting
Rich V
2,988 January 9, 2017 12:00 am
Re: Lexan 962 (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
2,989 January 8, 2017 11:59 pm
Re: Lexan 962 (2 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by howie » Thu May 23, 2013 10:49 pm
I think that is an excellent idea as the stock headlight buckets are pretty weak. I installed the stock ones and installed a piece of plastic after cutting out the headlights then glued in the lights. I believe your idea is better as I think the first hit may do some damage.
2,990 January 8, 2017 11:59 pm
Topic: Lexan 962 (2 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by racerbob » Mon May 06, 2013 4:33 pm
Hey racers,
Here is a suggestion that I tried and it worked well. I have an old hard body 962 and I cut the headlight buckets out and put them in the lexan 962. They fit perfect and they give protection for the lights. I just used filament reinforced tape to hold them in.
Racerbob
2,991 January 8, 2017 11:58 pm
Re: The Beginning of Rapid Raceway (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
2,992 January 8, 2017 11:57 pm
Re: The Beginning of Rapid Raceway (4 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by howie » Tue Sep 24, 2013 8:51 pm
The track has been up and running since Nov. 2002. The Silky brothers did the routing and bolted it together and left it as you see it in the first two pictures with Kirk and I. The Silky brothers were doing some track work at Raceway U.S.A. for Howard and did this job while here, I think they were from Minnesota. John Gill and I spent about every other Sat. during the summer finishing it up. I wound up re-routing it as the guys did not rout it deep enough, but all I had to do was follow their lines.
2,993 January 8, 2017 11:57 pm
Re: The Beginning of Rapid Raceway (4 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by monte » Tue Sep 24, 2013 11:20 am
Great stuff but when are the pictures from? How long has the track been up and running?
2,994 January 8, 2017 11:56 pm
Re: The Beginning of Rapid Raceway (4 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by wb0s » Thu Aug 29, 2013 7:58 am
What a lot of work! You sure did a nice job on the track Howie!!!
2,995 January 8, 2017 11:53 pm
Topic: The Beginning of Rapid Raceway (4 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by howie » Sat Aug 25, 2012 12:43 pm
Under construction. Kirk Smith and myself talking matters over!!
2,996 January 8, 2017 11:52 pm
Re: Random pictures (3 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
2,997 January 8, 2017 11:47 pm
Re: Random pictures (3 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by howie » Sat May 31, 2014 9:00 am
More random pictures.
2,998 January 8, 2017 11:41 pm
Re: Random pictures (3 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by howie » Thu Sep 20, 2012 5:48 pm
More random pictures from the past.
2,999 January 8, 2017 11:37 pm
Topic: Random pictures (3 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
by howie » Thu Sep 20, 2012 5:20 pm
Here are a few pictures from my picture file.
Beau, Gearloose, Gary, Randy in the heat of battle from last season.
3,000 January 8, 2017 11:35 pm
Re: Chassis Building Day - June 7, 2014 (3 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