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To date we have completed 2 Nak-Spec Trans Am races. The first one at Penguin Point and now the second here at TooBad Motorplex. I had purchased a new Scalextric Trans Am Camaro to race in this series because the existing cars I own have all been modified to some degree. I bought the Todco Camaro hoping it was going to have the newer guide set up, however it did not. In a discussion with Rico he mentioned he thought only the digital ready cars had the new guide blades.

After initially racing these cars at The Gorge Raceway I felt the hot set up was to have the traction magnet positioned in the rear most pocket. With my newly purchased car I moved the traction magnet to that rear most position, and I installed a pair of Paul Gage urethane rear tires, per the NASTE rules. When I raced this car at Penguin Point it was clear the rear most traction magnet position was not the optimal set up. I finished in the top 5 but the car was challenging to control in the tighter turns. In the second race with this car at TooBad Motorplex the car worked awesomely. It stuck like glue in the corners. I'm not sure why the car worked so much better here than at Penguin Point, but I am extremely happy with it. My plan is to leave it as is until I see how it works at The Gorge and Autumn Hills.

Stats - Totals - Wins By Division:

Vintage F1:

Cartrix Classic Division (CCD)
Monte Saager 2
Bill Bostic 2
Mitch Brooks 1
Greg Petrolati 1

Scalextric Historic Division (SHD)
Mitch Brooks 2
Dennis Hart 2
Todd Flood 1
Stan Smith 1

Scalextric Vintage Division (SVD)
Goose Gossett 7
Dan Fritz 3
Bryan Trachsel 2
Jeff Fields 1
Bill Bostic 1
Monte Saager 1
Rico Locati 1

Early Nostalgic Division (END)
Bryan Dickerson 6
Goose Gossett 4
Mitch Brooks 1

Mid Nostalgic Division (MND)
Chris Kouba 5
Rico Locati 2

Modern Division (MD)
Jeff Fields 7
Amy Fields 6
  Dennis Hart 1
Cash Shepski 1
Stan Smith 1

Scratchbuilt Narrow Division (SND)
Greg Petrolati 9
Mitch Brooks 5
Beau Frazier 1

Scratchbuilt Wide Division (SWD)
Greg Petrolati 3
Terry Abbott 4*
Rico Locati 2
John Fisher 2
Mitch Brooks 1

Policar Division (PD)
Rico Locati - Polistil 2
Monte Saager 2

*Vintage Monogram Cars in SWB as of 1/5/17

Can Am:

Can Am
Monte Saager 4
Goose Gossett 2
  Rico Locati 1
Amy Fields 1
Chris Kouba 1

USRRC
Greg Petrolati 3
Goose Gossett 3
Chris Kouba 1
Mitch Brooks 1
Terry Abbott 1

Classic Sports Car
  Goose Gossett 13
  Rico Locati 10
  Chris Kouba 8
  Greg Petrolati 6
  Terry Abbott 5
  Bryan Trachsel 2
  Mitch Brooks 2
  Larry Cockerham 1
  Tracy Flood 1
  John Fisher 1
  Jeff Fields 1

Classic Sports Car Division 2
  Chris Kouba 4
  John Fisher 2
  Al Christensen 1
  Bill Bostic 1

*Classic Sports Car Division 1
  Monte Saager 4
  Chris Kouba 1
  Dan Fritz 1
  Mitch Brooks 1

*as of 2/15/16
List updated as of April 27, 2017

November 5th Odd Thursday Night. The weather is turning cool, but it was hot racing at TooBad Motorplex on this Odd Thursday night!We had some very close racing in all the classes! The F1 grid was first up for the night. The field was pretty evenly split  between  five divisions. The grid was stacked to allow same division cars to race against each other. This provided some very close side by side racing.

Next up were the Trans Am cars. The racing in this class is always very close, but with the new motor rule in place the field tightened up even more! The fastest and average lap times varied no more than a few tenths between the top six drivers. After the Trans Am class the BRM Porsche 962s hit the track. The racing in this class is always close, tonight it was borderline brutal! This is not a class for gentlemen racers or the faint of heart! We finished off the night with the over 50 Class race. Racers have been massaging and improving theirs cars since the inception of the class. The performance of the OVER 50 cars has almost reached the level of the BRM Porsche 962s!

Here are the results:

F1 Class Results:
1st Amy Fields MD 53.8 Laps - N/C w/TM
2nd Goose Gossett END 53.7 - First in Division
3rd Bryan Dickerson 53.6
4th Bryan Trachsel SVD 53.5 - First in Division
5th Bill Bostic SVD 52.8
6th Jeff Fields MD 52.2
7th Greg Petrolati SWD 51.3 - First in Division
8th Mitch Brooks SND 48.4 - First in Division
9th Al Christensen SVD 43.2

Trans Am Class:
1st Amy Fields 54.5 laps - N/C wT/M
2nd Goose Gossett 53.6
3rd Greg Petrolati 52.6
4th Bryan Trachsel 52.4
5th  Bryan Dickerson 51.0
6th  Bill Bostic 49.9
7th  Jeff Fields 48.1
8th  Mitch Brooks 47.0
9th  Al Christensen 46.5

BRM Porsche 962 Class Results:
1st - tie Gary Gossett 58.2 laps
1st - tie Bill Bostic 58.2
3rd Bryan Dickerson 56.9
4th Al Christensen 50.9
5th Mitch Brooks 49.2

Over 50 Class Results:
1st Al Christensen 52.3 Laps
2nd Bill Bostic 52.2
3rd Bryan Dickerson 50.9
4th Goose Gossett 50.5
5th Mitch Brooks 47.1

*N/C = non-compliant

In addition to the great photos Dorothy took of this Halloween race,  check out the photos added in the "Gallery".

AWESOME racing tonight!!!

My family and I had a ton of fun!!!

Thank you to Howie for hosting another NASTE Halloween Race!!! And thanks to everyone who brought food and snacks!!!!

Goose - Alan is gonna wonder what we are doing to those controllers down here!!!

Rico - The legends of Chet live on!!!

Odd Thursday, October 29th. What a wild night of racing! Highlights included a BRM hole-in-one, John Fisher scoring 2 second place finishes, The Goose on the short end of the luck stick, and guys look out, Amy Fields is on fire!

The night of racing started with the Classic Sports Car grid. Greg Petrolati drove his awesome scratchbuilt Porsche 356 to a first place finish, but John Fisher was right on his tail finishing just 3/10 of a lap back. The Goose was just another 2/10 behind them, and John Morse finished fourth. By comaparison to the rest of the racing for the night, this was to be the end of the easy going!

When the green flag dropped on the Can Am race, Amy Fields flat left the field behind! Amy cut no one any slack posting an impressive win, setting two new traction magnet track records, and promoting herself into "No-Traction-Magnet" racer status! Make no mistake guys, Amy is a serious contender and she is getting better with each race! Congrats on your win Amy! Oh, and did I mention Jeff Fields placed second? So maybe it's the driver/tuner combination? The Goose finished fourth overall and first in the USRRC Division, with Greg Petrolati in the second USRRC position and fifth overall.

There are two things we know for sure about The Goose; 1. He is a VERY fast racer and, 2. His equipment is always well prepared! Well in the BRM race the Goose was rare (pun intended!).  The race was the typical NASTE Odd Thursday Night BRM bash fest, with one of the beautiful Porsche 962 taking a header through the track's lower access hole and onto the floor!  In true BRM Porsche 962 style there was no damage suffered. But in an almost unheard of Chet-Style turn of luck, The Goose suffered major equipment issues shuffling him back to last place in the BRM race. Yes that's right, Goose finished last!

In the Over 50 Class Al Christensen once again showed us the fast way around the track with his KTM powered Cheetah. Al's Cheetah has got to be one of the coolest cars to turn a tire at TooBad Motorplex! Al was racing this same car 50 years ago on the big commercial tracks! John Fisher pushed Al all the way to the finish but just couldn't quite get by the impressive Cheetah. And The Goose suffered mechanical issues again............

The Results:

Classic Sports Car Class:
1st Greg Petrolati 51.4 laps
2nd John Fisher 51.1
3rd  Goose Gossett 50.9
4th John Morse 49.5
5th Amy Fields 48.7
6th Mitch Brooks 48.6
7th Al Christensen 47.7
8th  Jeff Fields 45.2
9th  Bill Bostic 40.6

Can Am Class Results:
1st Amy Fields 57.5 Laps - w/TM
2nd Jeff Fields  53.4
3rd John Morse 53.2
4th Goose Gossett USRRC 51.9 - First in Division
5th Greg Petrolati USRRC 50.2
6th John Fisher 49.9
7th Mitch Brooks 49.4
8th Bill Bostic  48.8
9th Al Christensen USRRC 44.8

BRM Porsche 962 Class Results:
1st Bill Bostic 56.2 laps
2nd Jeff Fields 55.1
3rd Al Christensen 53.2
4th Amy Fields 51.6
5th tie Mitch Brooks 51.1
5th tie John Fisher 51.1
7th John Morse 46.3
8th Goose Gossett 41.0

Over 50 Class Results:
1st Al Christensen 51.1 Laps
2nd John Fisher 49.9
3rd Bill Bostic 48.4
4th Mitch Brooks 47.2
5th Gary Gossett 42.5

*N/C = non-compliant

That sounds great! I know the track sure looks good in the photos! Can't wait to try it out!

Rules revisions as of Oct. 21, 2015:

Classic Sports Car Class - Class separated into two Divisions to allow for readily available new chassis technology such as 3d chassis with motor pods. Division I cars identified by solid chassis construction and 7mm max. width rear tires. Division II identified by chassis utilizing any type of articulation, such as motor pods, hinged side pans, or front axle mounts with suspension or movement. Division II cars can use rear tire contact patch width up to 8mm.

Trans Am - All cars must use the Scalextric Standard "Black Stripe" 18 motor.