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Thanks Monte. It's nice to have this kind of data to help resolve issues.

We are lucky in that I see three possibilities for the Shoot Out venues where the home court advantage is pretty much eliminated. My first choice would be to ask Howie to host the Shoot Out race at Rapid Raceway. Howie typically does not participate in enogh NASTE races to be eligible for the Shoot Out. I would race the NASTE '55 Chevys, which are the roots of the NASTE organization. The BRM Porsche 962s would also be a good choice for the Shoot Out at Rapid Raceway. Another potential host track with no home court advantage would be The Gorge Raceway. Again Bob Nakamura typically does not run the full season with NASTE. Lastly we have the option of the race being held at TooBad Motorplex. What lessens the home court advantage there is the fact that there are routinely scheduled races throughout the year where racers can get experience and practice on the track. But the real breaker would be the fact I would run the Shoot Out with the track running direction reversed. We have only had one race on TooBad in the reverse direction, and I do not plan on holding any races with the direction reversed, except for the possibility of the 2016 Season Shoot Out.

Who holds the Run Off and where will be determined at the annual NASTE BBQ, or when I send out the notice for race scheduling to all the track owners. It will be part of the same system I use now to schedule races.

With our current scoring system a driver can win the championship without ever winning a race. In fact I believe I have done that. Some of the differences between the NASCAR system and this one are; only a racers best 5 races count towards their final total score. Only the top 3 are guaranteed a spot in the final A Main race. If I use last season's results as an example, the 7 racers in the shout Out would have been; Terry 97 points, Bill 96, Tracy 98, Monte 99, Rico 94, Dave Smith 98, and Flyin' Bryan with 99 points. Flyin' Bryan, Monte, and Dave Smith would have had the 3 spots in the A Main, with Dave's four wins to Tracy's three breaking that tie. Based on that example, I am quite confident that any one of those racers in the top seven, would be very representative of a NASTE championship driver. Any one of those drivers is capable of winning a race at any of our venues. I really doubt a racer will be able to make it into the top seven without winning at least one race during the regular season, but maybe it will happen. At least with the new system the driver that wins the series championship will have to win at least one race!

That would be Ricochet..............but it looks cooler this way!!!

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A ricochet is a rebound, bounce or skip off a surface, particularly in the case of a projectile (or slot car!).

Sorry about that Goose. I've been thinking about these for quite awhile. Right now I'm just looking at getting 3 or 4 up and running for the next NASTE IROC race here at TooBad Motorplex.

By the way, the part number for the Paul Gage urethane tires is PGT-22160.

Nice score Mitch!!!!

Did a little track testing this morning. Fun car to run!

Here's the assembled chassis.

My plan is to put three of these cars together for the next NASTE IROC race here at TooBad. I will be using clear Volkswagon bodies on the cars. Professor Motor sells the Parma Home Set clear Volkswagon bodies for $5.49.

So here's the cost to build this car: motor = $7.50, 7 tooth pinion gear = .45, rear tires = $8.99, clear body = $5.49, for a total of $22.43, less the intial cost of a complet Womp. If I had an initial car cost of $20 this project cost me $43.43 without figuring in the cost of shipping on the parts. Not really what I would call a CHEAP car! Looks like this one is a FAIL in the cheap category. Oh well, I hope it runs well!

....................On to the next car..................

I am re-using the Womp rear wheels with Paul Gage urethane tires. I removed the old hard rubber from the rear wheels.

I cleaned the inside of the tires and the outside of the wheels with Isopropyl Alchohol. Rubbing Alcohol has other ingredients and can leave residue when used for cleaning parts.

Paul Gage is making urethane tires to fit the Parma Womp cars. For $8.99 you get a total of four rear tires. Again you must add shipping charges to your cost, but it is still a great deal. And these tires last almost forever!

For this car I am also installing a seven tooth pinion gear. Pinion gears cost .90 cents for a pair at Professor Motor.

Here's an attempt to build a cheap slot car for racing here at TooBad Motorplex. For this car I will be starting with a Parma 1/32 car I picked up somehwere along the line in my many years of collecting slot car stuff. To get started, here's my work bench in its current stage of unorganized mess. It's a wonder I can get anything built in this mess!

This particular Womp started out as a cherry Corvette, complete with a nicely done interior. Somebody did a nice job on this car!

Probably a better candidate for a project like this would be something more along these lines. This Womp would probably have a much lower purchase price because it is pretty well BEAT!

Mitch - The first Scalextric F1 Eagle I had I only spent about 20 minutes prepping for race duty. Added some weight and did a little tire sanding on the Luff's urethane tires. That car was awesome! But then I traded it off. Big mistake. I purchased a replacement car and spent a few hours prepping it. Took time to do a better job of truing the rear tires and wheels. Glued in the rear axle bushings and performed the "super glue trick' to improve the axle to bushing tolerances. The car ran and handled like CRAP! So I ordered a new lower chassis and a new rear axle/wheel assembly. This time I'll just throw it together again and not over-think and try to "better-engineer" the thing!

Goose - Just got done looking around for Classic wheels. I did not find any! I thought for sure I probably had a bunch, but I sold a couple lots of 1/24 parts I didn't want awhile back on Ebay. The Classic wheels I had were probably in one of those lots because I never liked them! Sorry!