Lists updated as of January 5, '17 races.

Odd Thursday Night Race January 5 2017. First race of 2017, cold, but the racing was hot! We started the night of racing with our F1 Class. Monte Saager placed first overall with his new F1 Policar, with Jeff Fields, Greg Petrolati, Terry Abbott, Mitch Brooks, Chris Kouba, Rico Locati, and Bryan Dickerson all scoring division wins. The second race of the night was the NASTE Point Series Championship race with the Le Mans Class cars. Dan Fritz finally made the jump from his normal second place finish to finishing in first place, a well deserved win for an excellent racer! Congrats Doc! After the first two races we ran the Carrera Scramble Proxy.

Here are the results:

F1 Class
1 Monte Saager  56.6  + First in Poli
2 Jeff Fields  53.9  + First in MOD
3 Dan Fritz  52.5
4 Greg Petrolati 51.6 + First in CCD
5 Terry Abbott  51.4 + First SWD
6 Amy Fields  51.2
7 Mitch Brooks  50.6 + First in SND
8 Chris Kouba  50.5 + First in MND
9 Rico Locati 49.8 + First in SVD
10 Bill Bostic 49.5
11 Dennis Hart 44.7
12 Bryan Dickerson  44.2 + First in END
13 Jimmy Jones  38.1
14 Rick Rutherford  37.8

Le Mans - Official NASTE Point Series Championship Race - 2017 Season - Race No.9
1 Dan Fritz 56.7 laps - 14 points
2 Chris Kouba  56.2  - 13 points
3 Bill Bostic  55.3  - 12 pts.
4 Rico Locati 54.5  - 11 pts.
5 Greg Petrolati  54.3  - 10 pts.
6 Jeff Fields 53.5  - 9 pts.
7 Bryan Dickerson  53.4  - 8 pts.
8 Terry Abbott  52.5 - 7 pts.
9 Mitch Brooks 50.6  - 6 pts.
10 Monte Saager  50.5 - 5 pts.
11 Amy Fields  50.0  - 4 pts.
12 Dennis Hart  48.4 - 3 pts.
13 Jim Jones  45.6 - 2 pts.
14 Rick Rutherford  45.5 - 1 pt.

TMI !

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OH CRAP.....you noticed!!!!

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Believe me, body work will be nothing more than an attempt to create more SPEED!

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Gravity Racer Facebook page in the works here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2398318 … nref=story

https://www.facebook.com/groups/DownhillGravityRacing/

Mike, I have some Parma Economy controllers but none with a good 45 or 60 ohm resistor. I'll let you have one of the controllers for free but you'll need to buy a new resistor and probably rewire it. Let me know.

==========Bill

Sorry about that Al, I forgot the Classic Sports Car Class ended in a tie for first!

I fixed the stats!

....I think you're a lot faster than Rodney was!!!!

=====Bill

You are correct Doc!

Jeff dropped two spots, from second to fourth.....

Rico also suffered problems and lost his 5 point lead, dropping to second trailing by 3 points.....

This is the closest/tightest point series we've seen in years! Lots of shuffling within the top 10....

Official Results NASTE Point Series Championship Race No.8 - December 29, 2016
Le Mans Class

1 Chris Kouba 55.7 laps - 16 points
2 Dan Fritz  54.6  - 15 points
3 Monte Saager  53.7  - 14 pts.
4 Greg Petrolati 52.5  - 13 pts.
5 Al Christensen  51.6  - 12 pts.
6 Bill Bostic 50.9  - 11 pts.
7 Terry Abbott  50.8  - 10 pts.
8 Jeff Fields  50.4 - 9 pts.
9 Rico Locati  49.5  - 8 pts. - 9.746 fast lap
10 Amy Fields  49.5 - 7 pts. - 10.205 fast lap
11 Dennis Hart  48.7  - 6 pts.
12 Mitch Brooks  48.2 - 5 pts.
13 Cailin Dunbar  44.2 - 4 pts.
14 Jane LaPointe  43.1 - 3 pts.
15 Rick Rutherford  36.6 - 2 pts.
16 Cash Shepski  35.9 - 1pt.

Lists updated as of December 29, '16 races.

Odd Thursday Night Racing on December 29th at TooBad Motorplex. We had a great turnout with 16 racers for the point race. Gone is the snow and ice, and temperature-wise the garage was comfortable with all the bodies providing some additional heat. Of course the racing was hot and close! The widest margine of victory in any class was 1.1 laps! Highlights included Dan Fritz scoring yet another second place finish! I believe he holds the record for the most runner up finishes in NASTE racing history! Maybe we should start calling him Doc 2?

Here are the results:

Classic Sports Car
1 tie Chris Kouba  53.7  + First in Division II
1 tie Al Christensen  53.7  + First in Division II
3 Monte Saager  50.4  + First in Division I
4 Bill Bostic 49.8
5 Terry Abbott  49.6
6 Dan Fritz  49.5
7 Mitch Brooks  49.3
8 Greg Petrolati  48.6
9 Rico Locati 47.8
10 Rick Rutherford 47.2
11 Jane LaPointe 45.8
12 Amy Fields  45.5
13 Dennis Hart  43.6
14 Jeff Fields  43.1
15 Cash Shepski  35.6

Le Mans - Official NASTE Point Series Championship Race - 2017 Season - Race No.8
1 Chris Kouba 55.7 laps - 16 points
2 Dan Fritz  54.6  - 15 points
3 Monte Saager  53.7  - 14 pts.
4 Greg Petrolati 52.5  - 13 pts.
5 Al Christensen  51.6  - 12 pts.
6 Bill Bostic 50.9  - 11 pts.
7 Terry Abbott  50.8  - 10 pts.
8 Jeff Fields  50.4 - 9 pts.
9 Rico Locati  49.5  - 8 pts. - 9.746 fast lap
10 Amy Fields  49.5 - 7 pts. - 10.205 fast lap
11 Dennis Hart  48.7  - 6 pts.
12 Mitch Brooks  48.2 - 5 pts.
13 Cailin Dunbar  44.2 - 4 pts.
14 Jane LaPointe  43.1 - 3 pts.
15 Rick Rutherford  36.6 - 2 pts.
16 Cash Shepski  35.9 - 1pt.

BRM Group C
1 Rico Locati    59.6 Laps
2 Chris Kouba 58.7
3 Al Christensen   56.3
4 Mitch Brooks   53.8
5 Bill Bostic  53.4

Over 50
1 Mitch Brooks  53.2 Laps
2 Bill Bostic  52.3 
3 Rico Locati    50.8
4 Al Christensen  50.7
5 Chris Kouba 48.5

Could that possibly earn Jeff yet another nick name? Let's see, so far we have The Kid, Sparky, Wrong Way, Loose Wheel, (I think I'm missing some), and now Lucille..............I'm kinda likin' Lucille!!!

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LIGHTS?...We don't need no freekin' lights!.............we'll run 'em anywhere anytime!

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AWESOME day today! Thanks Chris!

NASTE will be entering a THREE car team for the 2017 Portland Adult Soap Box Derby! The Hawksbill Flyer will be flanked by two cars from the Scuderia Kouba Shop!

And to you!

Terry & Dorothy, Thank you for the hospitality and track time today. I really appreciate the time to do some testing and to get the opportunity to play with Terry's great T-Jet cars! Especially the Isettas!!!!

You're close Dude....VERY CLOSE!!!!

You're right Doc, thanks! I forgot the point adjustment each driver received in race number one. I made the corrections.

Sorry about that!

========Bill

Lists updated as of December 15, '16 races.

Official Results NASTE Point Series Championship Race No.7 - December 15, 2016

Le Mans Class

1 Chris    68.5 Laps - 8 points
2 Daniel    67.5 - 7 pts.
3 Rico    66.5 - 6 pts.
4 Jeff    66.4 - 5 pts.
5 Mitch    65 - 4 pts.
6 Al    64.1 - 3 pts.
7 Terry    60.4 - 2 pts.
8 Michael    52 - 1 pt.

Looks like there was a good turn out of racers at Rippin' Ridin' Raceway considering the weather! Sorry I missed it.

Here are the results:

Classic Sports Car Class
1 Chris    67.3 Laps + 1st in Division II
2 Al    67.2
3 Daniel    63.4 + 1st in Division I
4 Jeff    62
5 Terry    60.1
6 Rico    59.1
7 Mitch    58.6
8 Michael    54.5

Le Mans Class - Official NASTE Point Series Championship Race - 2017 Season - Race No.7
1 Chris    68.5 Laps
2 Daniel    67.5
3 Rico    66.5
4 Jeff    66.4
5 Mitch    65
6 Al    64.1
7 Terry    60.4
8 Michael    52

BRM Group C Class
1- tie    Rico    73.3 Laps
1- tie    Al    73.3
3    Daniel    70.8
4    Chris     68.1
5    Mitch    65.5
6    Michael    56.8

Over 50 Class
1    Al    68.3 Laps
2    Mitch    67.4
3    Chris    63.1
4    Rico    59.9
5    Michael    56.1

The weather is GREAT here, sunny and about 74 degrees, so I'm a little out of touch. I won't be back to the arctic until late tomorrow night (Thursday). I'll shoot Al an email message...........

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It was cool yesterday. The locals were wearing coats!.....about 70 degrees.......

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Hmmmmmmmmm..............."chocolate balls".....................that explains a lot!