Last night Goose scored his 74th Odd Thursday Night win! With Rico's two wins last night, and Chris' win in the new Le Mans class, Rico and Chris are tied for second in Odd Thursday Night wins with 41. And for extreme consistancy, Bryan Dickerson placed fourth in all three of the races he entered last night!

Lists updated as of May 5, '16 races.

Thanks for coming out to race guys. I had a lot of fun! We did have a good turn out with 15 racers to start the night. We still had 10 racers in the BRM race which started after 9:00pm!

The new LeMans Class was a big hit. The racing was very close with finishes like we are seeing in the ever popular Trans Am Class. We tried something new in the Over 50 Class. We used IROC style controllers with one old style Cox thumb plunger controller at each driver's station. One of the controllers was one for hotter motors and had a lower resistance resistor in it. That one was a little touchie, but the other two were pretty similar. The controllers made the racing "interesting" to say the least, not to mention making the race a true over 50 year old event. On a side note, two racers were disqualified for not meeting the "official" over 50 rule. Both racers were under 50 years of age.................Just kidding, we didn't disqualify them, we just made them race in diapers!......OK, just kidding there too..........

Results:

LeMans Class
1st Chris Kouba  55.3 Laps - 9.36 sec. fast lap
2nd Gary Goose Gossett  53.5 - 9.767
3rd Rico Locati  52.3 - 9.539
4th Bryan Dickerson 52.0 - 9.597
5th tie Jeff Fields 51.5 - 9.692
5th tie John Morse 51.5 - 9.938
7th Monte Saager 50.1 - 10.237
8th Bill Bostic 49.9 - 10.183
9th Dan Fritz 49.6 - 9.947
10th Al Christensen 48.1 - 10.591
11th John Fisher 47.7 - 10.566
12th Stan Smith 47.6 - 10.516
13th Amy Fields 47.4 - 9.956
14th Alec Vandehey 41.9 - 10.775
15th Jeff Burns 39.7 - 11.434

Trans Am Class
1st Rico Locati 54.9 laps
2nd tie Chris Kouba 53.4
2nd tie Monte Saager 53.4
4th Bryan Dickerson 53.3
5th John Fisher 52.1
6th Gary Gossett 51.2
7th Al Christensen 50.9
8th Bill Bostic 50.8
9th Jeff Fields 50.6
10th Stan Smith 48.9
11th John Morse 48.2
12th Dan Fritz 46.6
13th Jeff Burns 42.5
14th Alec Vandehey 41.7

BRM
1st Rico Locati 62.0 laps
2nd Chris Kouba 61.7
3rd Gary Goose Gossett 60.3
4th Bryan Dickerson 59.0
5th Bill Bostic 57.8
6th Stan Smith 57.7
7th John Morse 57.6
8th Al Christensen 56.7
9th Jeff Burns 49.8
10th Alec Vandehey 45.5

Over 50 Class
1st Goose Gossett 52.4 laps
2nd Bill Bostic 50.4
3rd Al Christensen 49.2
4th Rico Locati 47.6
5th Chris Kouba 43.2
6th Jeff Burns 37.4

3,629

(7 replies, posted in Slot Talk)

Thanks Stan!!

3,630

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WOW, that is WAY cool!!!

I like it!!!............. a lot!!!.............I want it!!!!

3,631

(2 replies, posted in Events)

A BIG part!

3,632

(8 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)

AH HA! I knew it! A conspiracy!

3,633

(8 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)

Oh that sounds so Chet'-ike!!!

3,634

(8 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)

WHAT NEW TOY, WHAT NEW TOY????!!!!!!!

3,635

(306 replies, posted in NASTE)

UPDATE: This morning the NASTE Gravity Team Racer was successfully and officially entered in the 2016 Portland Adult Soap Box Derby. Team members arrived at the sign up location at 4:00 am. We were FIRST in line to register! Our team leader and captain Dennis Hart represented us well. The Hawksbill Flyer will be sporting the number 39!

If you have not yet signed up to be a member of the team, do so! This is going to be a great experience for all those involved!

Don't forget to mark your calendars, the next work session is next Saturday May 7th at noon. Dennis wil be BBQ'ing lunch for all those that show up. If you plan to attend please let Dennis know! There is still plenty of oppportunities to offer your expertise and assistance on this project! + We NEED to recruit a PUSHER for the start line the day of the race!!! A big, young, strong, FAST, studly kind of guy would be ideal! (Or girl that fits that descritption!).............

3,636

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Yesterday I ventured over to Howie's Rapid Raceway for some Early Modified racing. There weren't a lot of racers in attendance so Howie decided we'd race without turn marshals using a "track call" format where the track power was shut off if a racer deslotted. To be honest I don't remember ever racing under this type of format, although maybe I have and just don't remember (old guy thing you know!). Anyway I experienced some REALLY great racing! The Early Modified cars are very challenging to race. With the car's open wheels passing can be difficult to say the least, and with the "track call" racing format the field was kept tight for the entire race! You had to be on your toes throughout every heat! It was a very exciting race and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Thanks Howie!

Congrats Stan! That was a great run!

Lists updated as of Apr. 21, '16 races.

April 21st - We had some fun racin' at Al's last night! Ripin' Ridin' Raceway is rubbered in, fast and challenging! The Goose got back to back wins in the GT and Classic Sports Car classes, but Stan and Mitch were the stars for the rest of the night. Stan scored his first Odd Thursday win in the BRM Class and Mitch took the Over 50 Class win.

Great racin' Al, thanks!

Results -

GT Class:
1st Gary       71.5 + fastest lap 7.082 sec.
2nd Bill       68.7
3rd Daniel  67.1
4th Al       66.2
5th Monte  66.1
6th Stan       62.5
7th Mitch   62.1
8th Glenn  57.7

Classic Sports Car Class:
1st Gary     63.9
2nd Al     60.8
3rd Mitch     60.0
4th Bill     59.8 - fastest lap 7.882 sec.
5th Daniel     58.8
6th Stan     58.3
7th Glenn     53.9
8th Monte     40.2

BRM Class:
1st Stan    71.1
2nd Bill    68.7
3rd Al    67.9
4th Gary    66.7 - fastest lap 7.038 sec.
5th Mitch    65.5

Over 50 Class:
1st Mitch    64.8 + fastest lap 7.704 sec.
2nd Al    63.1
3rd Bill    55.7
4th Glenn    45.9

3,640

(16 replies, posted in NASTE)

Thanks for the photos Dorothy!!!

3,641

(42 replies, posted in For Sale or Trade)

Thanks Mitch. We're still learning, but the tires are coming out better with every new run. We have figured some things out for sure!

I'll have the tires with me at Al's race.

3,642

(16 replies, posted in NASTE)

YES, it was an excellent and fun race! I love those Puntas!!!!

Thanks Rico & Kelly!!!!

3,643

(42 replies, posted in For Sale or Trade)

You are one fart smeller!!!

3,644

(42 replies, posted in For Sale or Trade)

HEY!  Is that an OLD guy referrence???

3,645

(42 replies, posted in For Sale or Trade)

Smooth, you are slick!............

3,646

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Monte and I are pleased to announce we have increased our inventory as well as the list of tires we now make. Although we have over 400 tires now in our inventory, some of the more popular pairs are somewhat limited in quantity due to the fact we make tires to fit over 30 different types of cars,. But fear not, we are just getting started and will have even more tires within the next 3 weeks! We are also still interested in knowing what types of cars we should be adding to our list for future tire molds!

Here's the list of replacement urethane tires we now make:

Carrera Ferrari 512BB
Carrera AC Cobra
Carrera Porsche 917 Coupe
Carrera DTM
Carrera Stock Car - Torino
Carrera D Jag
Carrera 1/24 Corvette Grand Sport
Fly Porsche 906
Fly Ford GT40 MKI
Fly Ford GT40 MKII
Fly Ferrari GTO
Fly Porsche 908/3
Fly Porsche 917
Le Mans Miniatures (these tires come out with weather checked/cracked sidewalls)
MRRC Porsche 910
MRRC Porsche 911
Ninco Classic - Jaguar XK120
Revell Trabant
Reprotech Fiat
Reprotech Fiat Abarth
Revell Cobra GT
Revell Lola T70
Racer fronts for wire wheels
Racer rears for wire wheels
Slot.it McLaren M8D
Slot.it Group C Porsche 962
Scalextric Trans Am '69 Camaro
Scalextric Trans Am Slick
Scalextric MGB
Scalextric Cooper Climax Vintage F1
Scalextric McLaren M23
Scalextric Ford GT40
Vintage 1/32 Revell
Vintage 1/32 Eldon
Vintage 1/24 Classic
Vintage 1/32 for flanged wheels

The info you have for the Slot.it Pro axle conversion kit for Fly sidewinder cars looks correct Doc.

I wanted to give racers a chance to get their new Le Mans class cars up and running before I put the class on the schedule. How about the May 5 race for the first Le Mans Class race?

3,648

(306 replies, posted in NASTE)

Dennis took some pictures, but I haven't seen them yet.

3,649

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We had the first work session at Dennis Hart's shop in Warren yesterday. With Dennis, Jimmy, Mitch and Al in attendance we got a lot accomplished! The bottom flat portion of the car which supports the axles and is the main piece of the car, was cut out and laminated together. The axle trees were also cut out to fit over the axles. This was all accomplished in under 4 hours! Great job guys!

The rules for the Le Mans Classic Class have been posted under the Race Rules section of the forum. They are listed in the Odd Thursday Night Racing section.