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Here we are in Grants Pass this morning. Weather is iffy at best and cold. Found a cool antique mall yesterday. I picked up a bunch of old books yesterday, 1960s and 70s vintage. In the group was a 1967 pocket size Ford Racing soft back pocket book, a 1960s famous racing drivers hard back book, and a hard back 70s Camaro book. There were SO many old books I just had to cherry pick what I liked the best. There must have been 30 or 40 old books about cars and or racing. I also bought a set of Revell track curves still in the original box. I just couldn't pass it up, the box art is beautiful! We have Diane's new lap top with us so I will try to keep up with what's going on this trip. Lastly I got a text from my daughter who's staying at our house for us while we're gone. She was wondering why there were slot car tires in the fridge!

Thomas might want to reconsider what nickname he decides to use!

I was really pleased with how well the Womps held up and performed. They survived two full rounds of racing with 27 racers, which works out to over 3 hours of continuous running, including the pre-race practice session. At times they were submitted to EXTREME use! But we had no breakage other than the one pickup braid issue in practice. I didn't notice any drop off in performance of any of the cars. If anything I think one of them improved some!

In regards to the practice session, I thought the timed practice session worked well. Any comments?

Also, the turn out for the Sunday race was excellent! Anyone feel like maybe we should switch to Sunday races instead of Saturdays?

A Gearloose GT-1 at the Apr. 4th. 2015 race.

List updated from April 4, '15 race.

You're welcome, my pleasure Mitch!  Thanks for coming out!!!   ========Bill

Have fun in Vegas you two!!!

Sweet!

Now here's a pile of stuff I probably did pay too much for.........

But hey, there's some NASTE stuff in there!!!

Bringin' this one back home after 18 years!!!

We missed you and those good looking cars John!!!

Odd Thurdasy Night March 19th.

A dozen racers in attendance and Bob, a new visitor from Hood River. We started the night's racing with the Trans Am Class race. Greg Petrolati and Bryan Trachsel tied for first in this race. Greg has shown the ability to consistantly place at the top of the podium in this class. This is one of the most competitive classes we race on Odd Thursday's. In this race there were only three and a half laps separating first from eighth! Glenn Heath raced his Scalextric Mustang with a traction magnet just as a test and comparison to his other car. His finish is shown as a DQ.

Trans Am Results:
1st tie  Greg Greenman Petrolati 51.7 laps
1st tie  Flyin' Bryan Trachsel 51.7 - Fastest Lap of the Race 9.655 + New Class Record
3rd  Gary Goose Gossett 50.9
3rd tie  Bill Bostic 50.9
5th  Rico 'chet Locati 50.4
6th  Monte Smooth Saager 49.0
7th  Bryan Dickerson 48.7
8th  John Fisher 48.2
9th  Al Christiansen 47.4
10th  Mitch Brooks 47.0
11th  Amy Fields 44.5
DQ  Big Glenn Heath 56.0

John Fisher's awesome GT Class car was at home in the shop getting a new paint job. This left the door open for The Goose to come in with his R390 Nissan and take the win. Goose's Slot.It Nissan dominated the field, running lap times almost a full three tenths of a second quicker than the other competitiors! he was hooked up and fast! It will be interesting to see how it performs against John's Audi! The rest of us were involved in tighter battles!

GT Class Results:
1st Goose 59.8 laps - Fastest Lap of the Race 8.681
2nd Flyin' Bryan 56.7
3rd Bill Bostic 55.5
4th Greenman 54.7
5th Smooth 54.6
6th 'Chet 54.2
7th Big Glenn 54.2
8th Bryan Dickerson 53.7
9th John fisher 53.2
10th Mitch Brooks 49.9
11th Al Christensen 46.1
12th Amy Fields 44.0

The Over 50 Class has quickly become a popular class. It is great fun to race those old, sometimes ill handling cars around the track! Rico'chet crushed the competition with his super fast Gar Vic grand Sport Corvette, winning with a three and a half lap margin! Gary Goose Gossett and Bryan Dickerson tied for second, but Goose suffered car damage that retired another car! Goose's Strombecker Ford J suffered damage to the nose of the car that almost separated the entire front end of the car from the rest of the body! This does not seem to be a lucky class for the Goose! Glenn Heath raced his newly completed scratchbuilt vintage NASCAR as a test run in this race. Glenn's finish is shown as a DQ.

Over 50 Class Results:
1st Rico Locati 54.7 laps - Fastest Lap of the Race 9.389 w/voltage @ 10 volts
2nd tie Gary gossett 51.2
2nd tie Bryan Dickerson 51.2
4th John Fisher 48.9
5th Greg Petrolati 45.8
6th Al Christensen 45.4
7th Mitch Brooks 44.5
8th Monte Saager 43.3
9th Bill Bostic 43.0
DQ Glenn Heath 46.7

And lastly we raced the ever popular BRM Porsche 962 cars. These cars are so much fun it is almost beyond description! These races are as much a show of force as they are a contest of speed! The Goose muscled his way to first place with 'Chet only three tenths of a lap behind him. One tenth of a lap separated third from fourth. This is some good racin'!

BRM Porshe 962 Results:
1st Gary Gossett 59.7
2nd Rico Locati 59.4 - Fastest Lap of the Race 8.172 + New Class Record
3rd Bill Bostic 58.2
4th Bryan Dickerson 58.1
5th Glenn Heath 53.8
6th John Fisher 51.3
7th Mitch Brooks 50.3
8th Al Christensen 45.1