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Odd Thursday Night October 1st, 2015 marked the first race for the new Can Am/USRRC Class. In addition to the usual classes of racing we ran two races for Greg Greenman Petrolai's Last open Road Proxy. We got the proxy races started early and completed both races by 6:45pm, just 45 minutes later than we normally start the Odd Thursday Night races. We welcomed two new racers to TooBad Motorplex, Jane Lapointe and Mike Daily. We hope they get a chance to come back and race with us again!

The first Odd Thursday race was with the new Can Am Class. There were 11 racers with 3 entries in the USRRC Division and 8 in the Can Am Division. Rico Locati scored the win over Monte Saager by just 1/10th of a lap. Gary Goose Gosset scored the USRRC Division win with his MRRC Cheetah less than five laps behind the overall winner. The top four overall finish positions were less than two laps apart. It was a very close race!

Next up were the Classic Sports Cars. The competition in this class has become very close as racers refine their cars and improve their skills on the track. Jeff Fields thrilled the crowd by throwing enough wheels from his car during his heats to keep three NASCAR pit crews busy! Rico Locati lead the way with Gary Goose Gossett just 1/10th of a lap behind. Another extremely close finish for the evening! In this class just three laps covered first through seventh!

By the time we got to the BRM Porsche 962 Class a few of the racers had left. With that said we still had an outstanding BRM race! Monte Saager took the win by a mere 5/10ths of a lap! Yes, another very close finish!

Last but not least was the Over 50 Class race. Rico Locati got out front and stayed there with his awesome Classic chassied Corvette Grand Sport. Monte Saager finished second two laps back.

Thank you to all that made it out to race, and a special additional thanks to those that brought goodies, and especiall to Jeff & Amy for bringing ICE!!!

Results:

Can Am Class Results:
1st Rico Locati 55.7 laps
2nd Monte Saager 54.8
3rd Jeff Fields 54.7
4th Bryan Dickerson 54.4
5th Glenn Heath  53.0
6th Greg Petrolati USRRC 51.6 n/c car change
7th Goose Gossett USRRC 51.3 - First in Division
8th Amy Fields 49.2
9th Bill Bostic 47.8
10th Mitch Brooks USRRC 46.9
11th Jane Lapointe 35.4

Classic Sports Car Class:
1st Rico Locati 52.3 laps
2nd Goose Gossett 52.2
3rd  Monte Saager 51.0
4th tie Bill Bostic 50.3
4th tie Greg Petrolati 50.3
6th Bryan Dickerson 50.1
7th Amy Fields 49.2
8th  Jeff Fields 47.8
9th Mitch Brooks 47.2
10th Mike Daily 44.4
11th Glenn Heath 42.6
12th Jane Lapointe 40.7

BRM Porsche 962 Class Results:
1st Monte Saager 59.0 laps
2nd Bill Bostic 58.5
3rd Mike Daily 55.9
4th Rico Locati 53.8
5th Mitch Brooks 51.4
6th Goose Gossett 46.7

Over 50 Class Results:
1st Rico Locati 53.2 Laps
2nd Monte Saager 51.0
3rd Goose Gossett 47.7
4th tie Mike Daily 47.5
4th tie Bill Bostic 47.5
6th Mitch Brooks 45.4

*N/C = non-compliant

Chris, Maybe we should call you Chip?......................fits well with potato Chip also!!!

Lists updated from Sept. 17, '15 race.

In preparation for the 2016 season I've been reading over the rules and format. I like the way it all looks, and we have tracks scheduled for all but one race on February 21, 2016, which I believe Bryan said he would take. There is one possible exception to that, and that would be if possibly Al Christensen's new track is up and running before then.

Secondly I have been giving the point series format some additional thought. I like the plan to have the top seven in points compete for the championship in the final race. However I think the race winners of the previous races leading up to the shoot out should get some kind of credit for their wins in regards to the shoot out. In the NASCAR series bonus points are awarded for driver's wins. With that in mind I was thinking of some sort of "bonus" system for a racers's wins to be added into the shoot out. Instead of a points system to make the final shoot out race easier to score, racers will receive 1/2 (.5) lap to add to their Shoot Out Race total lap count, for each win they have scored leading up to the Shoot Out. This would provide more incentive for racers to go for the win at each race, and would give them credit for those wins towards the championship. We have 11 races scheduled for the 2016 season. Three of those races are not included in points accumulation, The Halloween race, digital enduro, and the final shoot out. That leaves 8 races to gather points going into the shoot out. A racer's top 5 races count for points towards the championship shoot out.

Racers are only elligible for the 1/2 lap bonuses on non-hosted tracks. In other words, racers can only receive the 1/2 lap bonuses on tracks they do not own and operate.

Good luck on that one John! I've seen a few of them go for under $80 lately!

Here's a scale model Dennis Hart built of the full size car he is planning to built to compete with next year:

Some photos from the Sept.3rd race:

Not sure what to say about this one! Goose & Mitch pre-race....

How about these beautiful Over 50 Class entries from John Morse!

Lists updated from Sept. 3, '15 race.

After more discussion at Thursday's race it was decided Slot.it cars such as the Ford GT40 would be allowed to compete in the Classic Sports Car Class. However, please remember the RTR or stock Slot.it Ford GT40 will require a motor change to an 18,000 RPM maximum motor, and a maximum rear tire tread width of 7mm to meet the class requirements.

==========Bill

I received this email from Beau:

"I saw the latest class addition to the Odd Thursday line up. Looks like fun! I found a source for fiberglass bodies in the UK . www.bettaandclassic.com . Under their listing, Classic Bodies, they have several CanAm bodies that would expand the style choices within the years provided in the rules. If you punch up the Home page you'll have several choices one of which is Classic Bodies. These are the fiberglass bodies. Some of them are represented in Poly for some reason. Most are in fiberglass".

If anyone is interested in putting together an order please contact Beau. He said he would wait about a week before placing the order.....Beau

Good observations and questions Mitch. Here's my take on the Slot.it issue in the Classic Sports Car Class. When I started the class my intention was to race the 50s and early 60s sports cars, which in my mind were the cars raced with the old narrow type wheels and tires. The list of car examples in the rules speaks to those types of cars for the most part. During one of the races about a year ago the question of elligibility for the Slot.it Ford GT40 came up. The arguement in its favor was that "street" versions were built, and it does loosely meet the definition of the classic sports car. So I decided the Slot.it Ford GT40s would be legal if the stock wheels and tires were replaced with the proper narrow rear wheels and tires. The big mistake I made was in not addressing the required motor change to an 18K motor to make them compliant with the motor rule. From there it became obvious that the Slot.it Ford GT40s could dominate the class. Rather than continue down that path I feel it is better to remove them from the class. racers who own them can still race them in the GT Class, and they are very competitive there also.

As far as the Racer Cars go, I have not addressed anything there. At least not yet. To date we have not seen very many of those brand of cars entered in races. In the GT Class we excluded both NSRs and Racers in an effort to keep costs down. NSR parts are allowed for scratchbuilt cars, so Racer parts being the same as Slot.it parts would also be allowed on scratchbuilt cars. Where that leaves us in the Classic Sports Car Class I'm not sure. One difference is Racer does make some older classic sports cars which are in line with my original vision for this class. I think the Racer issue will need more discussion.

============Bill