You guys are most welcome! I'm glad we are getting good use out of the track, and it's great to be able to race and have fun with so many good people! This month completes our third straight year of Odd Thursday Racing at TooBad Motorplex! I'm looking forward to much more!!!!
3,851 July 11, 2015 4:11 pm
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (2,134 replies, posted in NASTE)
3,852 July 11, 2015 4:00 pm
Topic: Look What I Found! (14 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
Diane and I went to the Antique & Collectible Show at the Expo Center today. Saw a few slot cars and track sets. I only picked up on the best deal I found. I got this little box of stuff for $20.
Best of it all was this Aurora 1/32 Mercury Comet. It is missing the windows and rear bumper assembly, but the body is uncut and as close to perfect as you can get. 
And the other half of the best is this Aurora 1/32 Corvair. It is missing one headlight and the rear bumper assembly, but this body is also uncut and nearly perfect.
3,853 July 10, 2015 8:56 pm
Re: Mitch: what are you building (53 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
Darn........I'd buy it if it was 4 lane!!!!............................ok, maybe not..................
3,854 July 10, 2015 7:16 pm
Re: !Mitch: tail dragger F-1 (2 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
That'll make 'er loose!!!!
3,855 July 10, 2015 2:49 pm
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Winner's List (93 replies, posted in NASTE)
Lists updated from July 9, '15 race.
3,856 July 10, 2015 2:34 pm
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (2,134 replies, posted in NASTE)
July 9th race results -
In the very closely contested BRM Porsche 962 Class it was Chris Kouba posting the win.
BRM Porsche 962 results:
1st Chris kouba 58.8 laps
2nd Goose Gossett 58.5
3rd Rico Locati 58.2
4th Bill Bostic 57.5
5th Al Christensen 54.7
6th John Morse 51.7
7th Mitch Brooks 48.9
3,857 July 10, 2015 2:29 pm
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (2,134 replies, posted in NASTE)
July 9th race results-
Chris Kouba finished first in the Over 50 Class with his Cox Ford GT40 Roadster.
Over 50 Class results:
1st Chris Kouba 54.0 laps
2nd Rico Locati 53.1
3rd Goose Gossett 51.4
4th Beau Frazier 51.3
5th Al Christensen 50.8
6th John Morse 47.0
7th Bill Bostic 45.5
8th Mitch Brooks 45.3
9th Howie Howard 45.2
Chris' winning Cox Ford GT40 Roadster "Custom"......
3,858 July 10, 2015 2:23 pm
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (2,134 replies, posted in NASTE)
July 9th results -
The Goose also drove to the overall win in the F1 Class with his Scalextric Eagle.
F1 results:
1st Goose Gossett 54.6 laps - First Overall + First in SVD.
2nd Rico Locati 51.1
3rd Monte Saager 49.1
4th Greg Petrolati 48.3 + First in SND
5th Bill Bostic 47.6
6th Dennis Hart 46.9 + First in SHD
7th Mitch Brooks 46.2
8th Beau Frazier 45.3
9th Cash 44.1 + First in MD
10th Howie Howard 44.0
11th Jimmy Jones 43.8
12th John Morse 43.3
13th Al Christensen 39.9
Cash, in his first Odd Thursday Night race at TooBad Motorplex was first in the F1 Modern Division (MD).
Dennis Hart finished first in the Scalextric Historic Division (SHD).
Greg Petrolati was first in the Scratchbuilt Narrow Division (SND)
3,859 July 10, 2015 2:02 pm
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (2,134 replies, posted in NASTE)
The racing was very close last night as the lap totals show in the results. There were many good close on track battles in all of the classes! Here are the results from last night's racing - July 9th.
Gary "Goose" Gossett was first in the Classic Sports Car Class with his Ninco Corvette.
Classic Sports Car:
1st Goose Gossett 50.5 laps
2nd Rico Locati 50.1
3rd Greg Petrolati 49.4
4th Monte Saager 48.8
5th Dennis Hart 47.3
6th Chris Kouba 46.8
7th Al Christensen 46.6
8th Mitch Brooks 46.4
9th Gary "Howie" Howard 45.9
10th John Morse 45.7
11th Jimmy Jones 45.3
12th Beau Frazier 36.5
13th Cash 34.5
3,860 July 10, 2015 1:49 pm
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing (91 replies, posted in Race Rules)
Rules updated July 9, 2015. Additions/changes to rules in Class 5 F1 Cartrix Division, + redesignation for other divisions.
3,861 July 10, 2015 7:15 am
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (2,134 replies, posted in NASTE)
Thanks to everyone that came out to race last night! We saw so really good close racing! I'll get the results posted later today.
=========Bill
3,862 July 6, 2015 6:18 am
Re: Planning and Scheduling for the NASTE 2016 Season (14 replies, posted in NASTE)
Now THAT IS a serious concern!!!!
3,863 July 5, 2015 9:17 pm
Re: Planning and Scheduling for the NASTE 2016 Season (14 replies, posted in NASTE)
My thought would be to schedule around Monte's First Sunday events.
3,864 July 5, 2015 12:57 pm
Re: Planning and Scheduling for the NASTE 2016 Season (14 replies, posted in NASTE)
All the feedback I have received so far favors a switch to racing on Sundays.
Is anybody against racing on Sundays?
Track owners, what do you think?
I am going to start working on a race schedule Tuesday. ============Bill
3,865 July 4, 2015 7:17 am
Topic: Planning and Scheduling for the NASTE 2016 Season (14 replies, posted in NASTE)
It's time to start planning for next season. The 2016 season will be the 20th consecutive year of NASTE racing!
Last season we held a couple races on a Sundays. We had a very good turnout for those races which generated some discussion as to whether or not we should switch our race days from Saturday evenings to Sundays. If we were to switch to Sundays, my thought would be to follow Monte's lead and open the doors at 10:00am, with racing to start at noon. Our normal Saturday evening races have doors opening at 4 or 5 pm with racing at 6:00 pm. I'd like to get some feedback to see how many racers would rather have the races on Sundays.
TooBad Motorplex will continue with the Odd Thursday Night Races in addition to the NASTE weekend races.
Thank you! ===========Bill
3,866 July 3, 2015 11:51 am
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing (91 replies, posted in Race Rules)
You are indeed correct Rico. So far everyone seems to be having a good time, and the last thing I want to start doing is tech inspections! The obvious deviations seem to be curtailed by relentless ridicule and public embarrassment!
3,867 July 2, 2015 4:57 pm
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing (91 replies, posted in Race Rules)
That's part of the beauty of our Odd Thursday Night races. Yes there are some rules, but they are very basic. You can pretty much run most anything in a couple of the classes. If you've never won a race at an Odd Thursday race you can run a traction magnet in a magnet free class, or even a hotter motor. But once you've on a race, in order to be credited with a win your car must fully comply with the rules for the class it falls into. It's as close to run-what-you-brung racing as I've ever experienced in the slot car world!
3,868 July 2, 2015 10:08 am
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing (91 replies, posted in Race Rules)
Rules edited and updated - no rule changes 7/2/2015
3,869 July 2, 2015 7:57 am
Re: The Bull Ring is For Sale - SOLD (2 replies, posted in For Sale or Trade)
I think it is the guy I sold it to. Unfortunately I don't remember his name (old guy thing). I di remember he had been racing with Bob Hanna's group in Roseburg.
Even though it is pretty short in lap length, that is one very fast track!
3,870 July 1, 2015 9:28 pm
Topic: The Bull Ring is For Sale - SOLD (2 replies, posted in For Sale or Trade)
The original TooBad Motorplex track affectionately known as The Bull Ring is for sale. The track is currently in Roseburg Oregon.
3,871 June 30, 2015 7:50 pm
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Winner's List (93 replies, posted in NASTE)
I have inverted the Winner's List to make it easier to reference winners of the previous race (last race winners are now at the top of the list). I probably should have done it that way from the start! =========Bill
3,872 June 28, 2015 8:08 am
Re: Vintage Trans Am Race at The Gorge (16 replies, posted in Events)
The first Trans Am Race for stock Scalextric cars at The Gorge Raceway in Troutdale was an outstanding event! The plaque on Bob's trophy pretty accurately summed up the day!
3,873 June 28, 2015 8:04 am
Re: Vintage Trans Am Race at The Gorge (16 replies, posted in Events)
Al Christensen had an excellent drive with his new out of the box stock Scalextric Cougar finishing in 6th place.
Rico Locati blew two motors, switched to my of crappy Camaro, performed some quick massage work, and still managed to post a 5th place finish!
Jeff Fields drove a perfect heat in the Red Lane scoring 32 laps, a new record for the Trans Am cars at The Gorge! Jeff finished in 4th Place.
John Gill drove a consistant and fast race to finish in the 3rd spot.
Monte where-did-he-come from Saager drove an outstanding race, overcoming a multitude of obstacles to finish in 2nd Place!
Bob Nakamura, race host and director, and just plain FAST racer finished in 1st Place. A well deserved win!
3,874 June 28, 2015 7:48 am
Re: Vintage Trans Am Race at The Gorge (16 replies, posted in Events)
The Gorge Raceway has a nice long front straight!
Everyone had a really good time!
Racers prepare for the start of another heat. The race consisted of 4 rounds of 4 minute heats. Everyone got plenty of track time!
At the end of it all it was time for Bob to announce the results.
3,875 June 28, 2015 7:43 am
Re: Vintage Trans Am Race at The Gorge (16 replies, posted in Events)
I was able to get a few photos at the race -
Bob provided plenty of practice time before the race.
Left to right at the driver's stations are Jeff Fields, Mitch Brooks, Al Christensen, and John Gill.
Bob looks ready to race!
Nothing but concentration.