3,902 June 27, 2015 3:52 pm
Topic: Trans Am Race June 27, 2015 (1 replies, posted in Gorge Raceway)
Thank you Bob for a great race today! Fun track and excellent food made for a wonderful day of racing in the gorge at The Gorge Raceway!
3,903 June 26, 2015 6:04 pm
Re: Truths of Slot Car RACERS (11 replies, posted in Cars)
There is ALWAYS one more car you NEED!
3,904 June 26, 2015 11:48 am
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Winner's List (93 replies, posted in NASTE)
Lists updated from June 25, '15 race.
3,905 June 26, 2015 11:36 am
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (2,139 replies, posted in NASTE)
It was great to have the track up and running last night, to see my friends, and to trade a little paint! Which there was quite a bit of paint trading last night! It was a very warm evening but the racing excitement seemed to keep everyone engaged (that and the FAN!).
Trans Am Results:
1st Goose Gossett 54.3 laps - Fastest Lap of the Race 9.580
2nd Greg Petrolati 53.9 - 9.688 fastest lap
3rd Bill Bostic 52.1 - 9.769
4th Rico Locati 51.9 - 9.684
5th Monte Saager 51.7 - 9.987
6th Chris Kouba 51.1 - 10.059
7th Mitch Brooks 51.0 - 9.855
8th Amy Fields 48.8 - 9.730
9th John Morse 46.1 - 10.120
10th Al Christensen 45.3 - 10.492
DQ - 1st Jeff Fields 54.9 - 9.102 (trac mag car set up for Sat's race at The Gorge)
GT Class Results:
1st Bill Bostic 60.4 laps - Fastest Lap of the Race 8.460
2nd Monte Saager 58.2 - 8.785 fastest lap
3rd Gary Gossett 55.5 - 8.738
4th Rico Locati 55.4 - 9.008
5th Jeff Fields 53.7 - 8.631
6th Chris Kouba 53.1 - 8.541
7th Greg Petrolati 53.0 - 9.389
8th Amy Fields 52.1 - 9.170
9th Mitch Brooks 51.8 - 9.625
10th Al Christensen 47.7 - 10.189
11th John Morse 46.6 - 9.642
Over 50 Class Results:
1st Goose Gossett 52.0 laps - Fastest Lap of the Race 9.398
2nd Al Christensen 51.8 - 9.576
3rd Monte Saager 51.2 - 9.882
4th Rico Locati 50.7 - 9.617
5th John Morse 49.4 - 9.922
6th Chris Kouba 48.4 - 9.775
7th Bill Bostic 47.9 - 9.518
8th Greg Petrolati 46.0 - 9.742
9th Mitch Brooks 45.6 - 10.351
BRM Porshe 962 Results:
1st Chris Kouba 60.8 - 8.446 fastest lap
2nd Goose Gossett 60.4 - 8.509
3rd Rico Locati 59.6 - 8.479
4th Bill Bostic 55.8 - 8.359 Fastest Lap of the Race
5th Jeff Fields 54.4 - 8.885
6th Al Christensen 54.2 - 9.167
7th Greg Petrolati 52.4 - 8.713
8th John Morse 51.1 - 9.396
9th Amy Fields 48.4 - 9.866
10th Mitch Brooks 47.4 - 9.828
3,906 June 24, 2015 4:59 pm
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (2,139 replies, posted in NASTE)
REMINDER:
TooBad Motorplex will be open for racing tomorrow night, Odd Thursday June 25th !!!!
===========Bill
3,907 June 16, 2015 8:12 am
Re: Greenman Creations (5 replies, posted in Cars)
This is the 1/24 scale version:
3,910 June 16, 2015 8:03 am
Re: Greenman Creations (5 replies, posted in Cars)
More photos of Greg's outstanding Jag;
3,911 June 14, 2015 6:51 pm
Topic: Greenman Creations (5 replies, posted in Cars)
Greg Petrolati AKA Greenman creates some of the most beautiful and well detailed models I have seen. When I say models, in this case I mean actual RUNNING slot car models! And the kicker is he is not afraid to race these beauties! I don't just mean run them, I mean REALLY race them! Greg is a tough competitor and he is not afraid to put a fender on you if the need arises!
Everytime Greg comes over I am like a little kid in a candy store, and I can't help my need to get out my camera. One race with Greg in attendance usually results in MANY photos of new cars and even more photos of some of his older creations. You will find many photos of his beautiful cars all throughout this website. So I figured it was about time I started putting some pictures in one place where all can see his work. Here we go:
3,912 June 14, 2015 6:41 pm
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (2,139 replies, posted in NASTE)
John Morse brought out a very cool tool for the club members to use here at TooBad Motorplex. John built a portable tire sanding station complete with an independent power supply and variable speed control. The components are housed in a beautiful handmade box. Features include brass inlaid contact strips for power to the car, and an inlaid machined aluminum block for sandpaper. The sanding station got plenty of break in time and it functioned perfectly! Thank you John!
3,913 June 12, 2015 9:26 am
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (2,139 replies, posted in NASTE)
The 2015 NASTE Challenge Champion - Mitch Brooks!
Nice trophy! Thanks to Bryan Trachsel!
3,914 June 12, 2015 9:24 am
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (2,139 replies, posted in NASTE)
Rico, Looks like there's a new "BEAST" in town, and it belongs to The MEAT!
3,915 June 12, 2015 8:56 am
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Winner's List (93 replies, posted in NASTE)
Lists updated from June 11, '15 race.
3,916 June 12, 2015 8:42 am
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (2,139 replies, posted in NASTE)
Odd Thursday Racing, June 11th - Back Up and Running!
Feels like I've been out of circulation longer than the actual month. But we were back up and running for last night's Odd Thursday race. Extra stuff has invaded my garage so we had to put the pit tables outside, but the weather cooperated and it worked out fine. We had a total of ten racers in attendance racing four classes with four different winners. John Morse added to his Winner's List total with his second (first non-mag) win, with his outstanding drive in the Over 50 Class. Score one for the Manta Ray! Other highlights included Mitch Brooks win in the Classic Sports Car Class, followed by a visit from Bryan Trachsel who awarded Mitch a handbuilt custom trophy representing the NASTE Challenge Championion for 2015! Congrats to Mitch for winning the Challenge Championship for 2015!
Results:
Classic Sports Car Class:
1st Mitch Brooks 52.8 Laps
2nd Bryan Dickerson 51.5
3rd Greg Petrolati 50.7
4th Goose Gossett 50.2
5th Chris Kouba 49.3
6th John Morse 49.1
7th Rico Locati 46.0
8th Bill Bostic 44.4
9th Al Christensen 44.0
Vintage F1 Class
1st Gary Goose Gossett 52.4 laps - First Overall + First in Scalextric Vintage Division (SVD)
2nd Bryan Dickerson 51.3 - First in Scalextric Nostalgic Division (SND)
3rd Rico Locati 51.0 - First in Scalextric Modern Division (SMD)
4th Chris Kouba 49.3 (SVD)
5th tie John Morse 49.2 (SVD)
5th tie Bill Bostic 49.2 (SVD)
7th Greg Petrolati 48.9 - First in Scratchbuilt Antique Division (SAD)
8th Mitch Brooks 48.1 - First in Scalextric Historic Division (SHD)
9th Al Christensen 37.3 (SVD)
* See Rules for Division Updates under Race Rules in the Forum.
BRM Class:
1st Chris Kouba 62.2 Laps
2nd Rico Locati 61.4
3rd Goose Gossett 58.9
4th Greg Petrolati 56.7
5th Bill Bostic 55.8
6th John Morse 54.9
7th Bryan Dickerson 51.2
8th Al Christensen 51.1
9th Mitch Brooks 50.1
10th Cailin Dunbar 40.3
Over 50 Class:
1st John Morse 51.4 Laps
2nd Goose Gossett 50.2
3rd Rico Locati 48.0
4th Al Christensen 47.9
5th Chris Kouba 46.4
6th Mitch Brooks 46.2
7th Bill Bostic 44.7
8th Greg Petrolati 44.4
Congrats to Al MEAT Chrsitensen of his fourth place finish in the Over 50 Class! Al races a KTM/Kemtron powered beast that he actuially raced in the 60s! Al has been massaging and tuning his Cheetah for the TooBad track and his efforts are paying off. When Al first started racing with us his Cheetah would barely get around the track. Now his beast is a front runner and contender evertime it's on the track! This is what the over 50 Class is all about! Great job Al!
Thanks to all that made it out last night! It was great to see you all and to be back on the track! =======Bill
3,917 June 9, 2015 1:36 pm
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (2,139 replies, posted in NASTE)
Race is ON for this Thursday, June 11th !!!!
3,918 June 7, 2015 6:17 pm
Re: Old Wheels & Tires (13 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
Neither of those is the exact same bottle, but it may be the same stuff?
3,919 June 7, 2015 5:11 pm
Re: Old Wheels & Tires (13 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
I did some searching on the web and couldn't find the stuff. Went to the company's site that manufactures the stuff and they don't list it either.
I did find these that look like the same or similar stuff:
3,920 June 7, 2015 4:56 pm
Re: Old Wheels & Tires (13 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
When I bought mine it was in with the household cleaning products.
3,921 June 6, 2015 7:46 pm
Re: Old Wheels & Tires (13 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
The first gentler cleaner degreaser I tried was Simple Green. It worked pretty well. Then I tried some Purple Stuff I got at an auto parts place. The Purple Stuff was stronger than Simple Green, but like Simple Green it did not damage the plastic even over long periods of soaking. I also used it in my ultrasonic cleaner with improved results.
I used oven cleaner for really tough jobs where the gentler cleaners did not have good results. I watched the parts carefully when using oven cleaner, constantly monitoring the progress. Oven cleaner did not take long, but like Goose said it's nasty stuff!
I'm really liking this orange stuff. It even smells good!!!
3,922 June 6, 2015 2:40 pm
Topic: Old Wheels & Tires (13 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
So I'm still pretty much still laid up and limited as to what activities I can participate in. I've been able to do some sorting through my large collection of slot car parts, which includes pairing up the old wheels I have. And I have a LOT of old wheels! Most of which have the old sponge rubber tires glued onto them.
Here at TooBad Motorplex we have found that urethane tires work very well, and specifically Paul Gage urethane tires. Well, Paul Gage now makes urethane tires for the old 60's wheels and other 1/24 cars. With the new Over 50 Class we have started racing on Odd Thursday Nights I figured I could use some of those old wheels and reshod them with Paul Gage tires.
First I cut and scraped the old sponge rubber off of a couple pairs of wheels. Of course the sponge rubber was old and hard and it half disintegrated in the process of trying to get it off the wheels. It was way too much work, and it left scratches on the wheels. I always have a covered plastic container filled with some sort of liquid cleaner that I use for stripping paint off of bodies close by. I have recently noticed with the newest cleaner I have been using the cleaner loosens up the glue on the car bodies where parts are glued on. It makes it easier to strip off those parts to restore the bodies. My idea was maybe this cleaner would loosen the glue bonding the old sponge rubber to the wheels?
For the first try I put two pair of wheels in the solution and left them in there for two days. When I removed the wheels from the solution I could easily cut the sponge rubber and then peel it off the wheels. Cool, I put another eight pair in the solution. These wheels I left in the solution for approximately one week. This time I was able to stretch and peel the sponge rubber right the wheels without even cutting them! In addition the solution seemed to bring the softness back to the old sponge rubber! Not only were the tires soft again, they were no longer brittle, and they came off undamaged! They did not tear or chunk apart. I am convinced once the tires dry out completely I could re-use them with just a little sanding to the running surface.
And here's another plus. In this most recent batch were some Mila Miglia wheels which are magnesium. You all know about the corrosion that takes place with those magnesium parts after a few years. I had heard sometime back that you could soak magnesium parts in citrus juice and it would remove the corrosion. This cleaner has citrus juice in it and it would appear citrus does remove corrosion on magnesium because the Mila Miglia wheels came out of the solution clean. The corrosion was gone!
So here's the part you've been waiting for. The most recent solution I have been using is called The Big Orange. It is listed as a cleaner and degreaser. I purchased it at Wallmart. It is great stuff! I strip painted plastic bodies and parts with it, sometimes leaving them in the solution for months with no damage to the parts. One disclaimed though, it will take the chrome plating off of parts!
==========Bill
3,923 May 31, 2015 10:16 am
Topic: NASTE 2015 Point Series Championship - Concluded (1 replies, posted in NASTE)
The NASTE 2015 Point Series Championship is officially over. The final race of the season was race no.14 on May 16, 2015 at Autumn Hills. Congrats to Bryan Trachsel the 2015 Point Series Champion, and to Mitch Brooks the 2015 NASTE Challenge Champion.
Due to my current family and medical issues I have been unable to provide the conclusion to our racing season I had originally planned upon. Rather than making repeated attempts to reschedule the final event, I have decided to conclude the series for this season. I will schedule the 2015 Shoot Out, which was to be the final event for the season, as the first race for the 2016 season. The Shoot Out format will be as originally planned, making the first race of the 2016 season a special event. Per the rule changes for the 2016 season, the Shoot Out will be scored for points for those racers participating in the Point Series Championship for 2016.
My deepest apologies to all for the interuption to the schedule and disappointing end to our season. I fully plan to make up for it in the 2016 season!
I plan to continue with the Odd Thursday Night Race schedule, but please check the calendar on the NASTE website for any updates I may have to make.
Thank you all! ============Bill
3,924 May 20, 2015 8:25 am
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (2,139 replies, posted in NASTE)
Hey y'all,
Just thought I'd check in. I'm feeling better. I go back to the doctor next Wednesday, so hopefully after that I'll be back up to speed.
Thanks to Monte for taking the Odd Thursday Race date for this Thursday the 21st. I'm sure everyone will have a great time running the proxy at Penguin Point, as well as our usual Odd Thursday classes.
Last note to John Morse. Thanks again for that way cool original Womp chassis! I don't think I've seen one that old and in as nice of shape! Original motor and all! I have a very nice old original Womp Corvette body I have had stashed away for some time. Next time you see that Womp I should have the body mounted on it, and it will occupy a spot in my display case!
3,925 May 20, 2015 7:37 am
Re: I have slot car stuff listed on Ebay (2 replies, posted in Ebay)
Nice stuff Rico.
5 watchers = John, Mitch, Tracy, Bryan, Terry?????