3,751

(19 replies, posted in Track)

Al's track is better suited to the BRM Porsche 962s with its wider shoulders/aprons. Al used dimensions of 7" for turn aprons based on the length of the BRM Porsches. I ran my BRM 962 around for a few laps and although it was a little loose it was a lot of fun to run on Al's track!

3,752

(19 replies, posted in Track)

I made it over to Al's today to check out his new track. I must say I am impressed! Al did a masterful job building this track! It features beautiful stainless sheetmetal walls to keep the cars off the floor. Al used small colored paint dots to mark the lanes for a cool and unique look. The track features copper tape for electrical contact. The track surface is black laytex over a Rustoleum "Magnetic" Primer base, which provides down force more cars equipped with traction magnets. The power supply is variable and provides plenty of power for any 1/32 cars, as well as 1/24 cars! A Race Coordinator system provides lap counting and timing for the track through the use of a dead strip. This is going to be a FUN track to race on!

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These ESSES should prove to be quite challenging!!!

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3,753

(19 replies, posted in Track)

Yes we do, and I've been holding it for Al in the hope he would get his track done. Looks like it was worth the wait!!!

3,754

(14 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)

I am not only tone deaf as we have discussed in the past, but also lack rhythm.........................

3,755

(14 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)

I hear ya Mitch! I'm beginning to think I'm too old and slow for these cars, but then I look around and there's guys faster AND older than me!!!

3,756

(14 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)

In the first race I entered with Hugh Ellsworth's modified American Line car, I completed 256 laps after two rounds of four minute heat races. I DNF'd in the last heat race with a broken lead wire. I was completing around 36 laps per heat, which if I had completed the last heat I would have completed roughly 292 laps for the race. My fastest lap time was a 5.061 second lap in the blue lane. I finished eighth out of eight, or more commonly known as DEAD LAST!

I entered the second race with nothing more than a new set of rear tires and repaired lead wires. I completed 343 laps with a fastest lap time of 4.890 seconds. An improvement for sure, but still only good for seventh place out of ten racers. But I finished and I wasn't dead last!

After the second race Howie invited me over for some testing and tuning. Help I very much appreciated! After three or four hours of adding, subtracting, and moving weight around, changing multiple sets of tires, and a motor swap to a Hawk 7 from the Falcon 7 I had been running, things were looking better! By the end of the test session I had my lap times down to 4.3 second range in the blue lane. Chassis changes included locking the front end down to eliminate any movement of the front axle, and side pan movement had be limited.

In the third race I realized two things right off the bat. My car was now competitive, but it was much faster than anything I was used to and I hard a very hard time keeping up with it. I could run with the quick guys, but only for a couple laps before I started losing control, usually resulting in crashes. But the car performed well! I completed 373 laps with a best lap time of 4.280 seconds. Good enough for sixth out of the eleven racers entered.

I have a couple chassis tuning mods to try for the next race, but mostly I need to improve my driving skills. I have made progress with each race and I hope to improve in the next race. To date Hugh's car has proven to me that even the "old school" cars can still be competitive, even after all these years of slot car development!

3,757

(4 replies, posted in Slot Talk)

Happy Thanksgiving y'all!!!

The chassis mystery is solved!  It is a Vendetta '465' chassis, manufactured in 1965 or 1966. It sold as a bare chassis kit for $3.00 and was also available as a RTR.

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Here's some cars that made it out Thursday:

Rico's Ferrari
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Greg's Ferrari
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Greg's Alfa
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Chassis under Greg's Alfa
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Ooh, good point!

I don't know why, but it's just so much more fun with the BRMs!!!!

Oh yeah, and I set a record booting Kouba at least 10 times!!!! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,.....................truth be known, I think he lost more laps laying back waiting for me to initiate his "pay back"!!!!! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.............................man I love that class!!!!!

As it turned out, last night was a record setting night!

In Can Am: Amy set a new Traction Magnet assisted record lap at 8.449 seconds.
                  Goose set a new lap record at 8.913 seconds and a race record of 58.1 laps completed.
                  Greg set a new USRRC lap record at 9.773 seconds and a race record of 53.7 laps completed.

In Over 50: Goose set a new race record of 54.7 laps completed.

Lists updated from Nov. 19, '15 race.

You guys are very welcome! I love the Odd Thursday Nights, I really have a good time!!!

Chris, I am extremely sorry for the times I may have gotten into you a little and bumped you out.................................................
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!!! .............that even SOUNDS hillarious!!!!..........................
"gotten into you a little", "BUMPED you out", "SORRY"...........Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!!!  I crack myself up!!!!!

November 19, 2015 Odd Thursday Night Racing - We had a great turnout with a starting grid of 16 for the first race. We also had the pleasure of meeting a new racer from the Portland area, Jeff and his daughter Jessica. We hope they had a good time!

First up was the GT Class race. The racing was very close with only five laps separating first through tenth. The top four all had fast lap times under the nine second mark.

The Can Am Class was the second race of the night. Although Amy again showed us all the way to the finish line, her win was recording as a N/C (non-conforming) which gives the official win to The Goose. Amy's Slot.it McLaren is super fast and Amy can get it around the track very quickly, which she proved by setting a lap record of 8.449 seconds (traction magnet assisted). Greg Petrolati finished ffirst in the USRRC Division of Can Am.

The BRM Class race. Holly poop through the fan Batman! The BRM race was brutal! There were absolutely no holds barred in this race! The race deteriorated to the point of red neck destruction derby standards! Nobody won, but The Goose did manage to complete the most laps!

After we all regained some composure, we raced the Over 50 Class. The Goose pulled off his third win of the evening, winning the Over 50 Class by two and a half laps! It was a good night for The Goose!

I'd like to note here that we have been experiencing a lot of DS Controller failures. I believe the problems arise when racers use their DS Controllers to run the Over 50 Class cars. Many of the Over 50 Class car's motors can expose your controller to much higher current or amperage than the 1/32 cars. We have seen multiple brake potentiometer failures as well as damge to the controller's circuitry. I would recommend using a controller specifically designed for 1/24 cars to run your Over 50 Class cars.

Results:

GT Class:
1st Rico Locati 59.0 laps
2nd Chris Kouba 58.8
3rd  Greg Petrolati 56.9
4th Gary Goose Gossett 56.7
5th Dennis Hart 56.0
6th Terry Abbott 55.8
7th Bill Bostic 54.2
8th  Bryan Dickerson 54.1
9th  Dorothy Abbott 53.6
10th Amy Fields 53.5
11th Victoria Saager 50.6
12th Jeff Fields 50.4
13th Monte Saager 49.2
14th Al Christensen 48.7
15th Mitch brooks 48.6
16th John Morse 47.9

Can Am Class Results:
N/C Amy Fields 59.6 Laps -  w/TM
1st  Gary Goose Gossett  58.1 laps
2nd Chris Kouba 56.3
3rd Rico Locati 56.0
4th Monte Saager 55.3
5th Jeff Fields 54.1
6th Bryan Dickerson 54.0
7th Greg Petrolati USRRC  53.7 - First in Division
8th Mitch Brooks USRRC 51.9
9th John Morse 51.5
10th Bill Bostic USRRC 50.5
11th Dennis Hart 48.6
12th Victoria Saager 47.3
13th Al Christensen 47.0

BRM Porsche 962 Class Results:
1st Gary Goose Gossett 61.0 laps
2nd Rico Locati 59.9
3rd Bill Bostic 55.2
4th Al Christensen 53.5
5th Bryan Dickerson 53.2
6th Mitch Brooks 50.6
7th Chris Kouba 50.5
8th John Morse 50.0

Over 50 Class Results:
1st Gary Goose Gossett 54.7 Laps
2nd Rico Locati 52.2
3rd Bryan Dickerson 51.7
4th Al Christensen 51.6
5th Chris Kouba 49.2
6th John Morse 48.4
7th Mitch Brooks 44.3
8th Bill Bostic 42.1

*N/C = non-compliant

3,766

(1 replies, posted in NASTE)

Thanks for the report Chris! Sounds like it was another great time!

3,767

(17 replies, posted in NASTE)

You guys ROCK!!!

Thanks for the race report!!!

3,768

(17 replies, posted in NASTE)

Everybody is busy with the enduro in Tacoma this week/weekend.

3,769

(17 replies, posted in NASTE)

We missed you guys but we appreciate you not giving whatever it is to us!!!!

3,770

(14 replies, posted in NASTE)

I'm not sure what happened but it seems like a bunch of pictures I took didn't show up when I downloaded the camera. Terry's was not the only car that didn't show up on the download, there were others. I probably did something wrong, that's why YOU Dorothy are the Official NASTE Photographer!!!!

3,771

(17 replies, posted in NASTE)

Thanks for coming out and Womping me!!!!

3,772

(1 replies, posted in Race Rules)

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.

3,773

(17 replies, posted in NASTE)

I thought grouping racers by novice, intermediate, and expert provided for some good door to door racing. Anyway it seemed to me the races were closely contested. I saw many really good on track battles!

3,774

(17 replies, posted in NASTE)

I had a great time yesterday. Thank you to all that were able to make it out to do some racing! And thanks to everyone that brought snacks along!    =========Bill

Lists updated from Nov. 5, '15 race.