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Well, it's Christmas Eve and as usual I am just finishing up my shopping and present wrapping. I am at my best when the pressure is on.
I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!
And may the Santa of all things slot car be good to you all!!!!
===========Bill
Bob, Thank you for letting us break in your new track! What a fantastic turn out for the first running at The Gorge Raceway!!! 22 RACERS!!! It was NASTE racing at its best!! The track was awesome, and performed flawlessly!!
Dorothy, I've got the paper plates and utensils (forks, spoons, and a couple knives). Also bringing my famous almost homemade potatoe salad.
============Bill
YOU DA MAN Rico!!!!
Oh yeah, the MONEY thing!!! Gets me all the time!!! From racer to Ebay!!!
I think they'll work fine John. If necessary you can always turn them down a little.
AWESOME car!!!!
Thanks Dorothy!!!!
You're right Dorothy, doors open at 5:00pm not 4:00pm. My mistake sorry!!!!
Yes, posting on FB would be great if you don't mind!
That sounds cool Mitch. Bring it out to the next race!
Thanks Goose!
We will have IROC controllers. The doors officially open at 5:00 pm, but I'd like to get there just a little early to help Bob get things set up. How about we meet here at my place around 4:00 pm?
Monte, Victoria and I made a trip over to Bob's on Saturday morning for a little testing. The testing went well and Bob's track is a lot of fun! Bob's track is in a room he designed and decorated just for the track and racing. The race on the 20th will be exciting!
Don't forget, this will be a POT LUCK event!
See y'all on the 20th!!!! ===============Bill
Oh man..............I don't blame you!!!!
I inserted your photo for you Mitch.
That looks like a K&B or Aurora chassis to me. Although I don't think I've seen one that color before. All the ones I have seen were just bare aluminum. That one looks like it might be anodized?
Sure looks like it's in excellent shape!
Very COOL!!!!
Don't try to get away with using Turkey Feathers! We'll know!!!
I'm going on Amazon to see about buying a drone with an infrared camera to position over your place so I can find out how you are setting up your cars, and monitor how much practice time you're puting in!!!
List updated from December 11th, '14 race.
Odd Thursday Night on Decemeber 11, 2014.
First off, what wind???? Just the typical east county gusts here in Fairview!
We had seven racers for the evening, including one newcomer, Jeff Fields. We raced hard and heavy through the three usual classes of cars, then proceeded to bench race late into the night. I think I enjoy the bench racing just as much as the track racing! Must be because I'm an old guy!
Gary "Goose" Gosset was in top form and flew by us all for the wins in EVERY class! Well except for the Historic F1, only because he wasn't racing one! Jeff Fields placed first in the Historic F1 division. Rumors were also flying about bringing back the handicap rule. But I think it's just time for the rest of us to step up our game (pun inteneded). Next race I'm loadin' for goose!
Bring it on my feathered friend!!!
Results:
Classic Sports Car Class:
1st Gary Goose Gossett 52.5 laps
2nd Bryan Dickerson 50.1
3rd Mitch Brooks 49.1
4th John Morse 45.7
5th Bill Bostic 45.2
6th John Fisher 41.2
7th Jeff Fields 38.7
Vintage F1 Class:
1st Gary Goose Gossett 55.3 laps
2nd Bryan Dickerson 49.8
3rd Bill Bostic 48.2
4th Jeff Fields 45.0 - 1st Historic Division
5th Mitch Brooks 43.9
6th John Fisher 43.6
7th John Morse 41.0
BRM Porsche 962 Class:
1st Gary Goose Gossett 59.2 laps
2nd Bill Bostic 58.0
3rd John Fisher 52.9
4th Bryan Dickerson 52.1
5th Mitch Brooks 50.0
6th John Morse 49.3
7th Jeff Fields 49.0
More projects!!!! Don't you love it????
Have y'all checked out the posted finish results for this race?
I don't think it could have been any closer!!!!
Thanks for posting Monte!!!
I hadn't really given bodies much thought. I thought at least for now we'd go with run what ya brung......
" Maybe Flyin' Jr. should be his new name", or maybe just Piper Cub???
The next NASTE race is Saturday December 20th at Bob Nakamura's track in Troutdale. A NEW track to race on! Bob's track is a very nice Scalextric 4 lane track with computer timing and lap counting. Like all NASTE Point Series Races the cars and controllers will be provided for the racers.
Food for the event will be pot luck style, so please bring some kind of dish along. Feel free to post what you're planning to bring here. Bob will have water, soft drinks, and coffee on hand.
Doors open at the usual time, 5:00pm. The entrance to the track is at the rear of Bob's house. Access is around the left side of the house.
If you need Bob's address shoot me an email or give me a call.
Looking forward to seeing you all on Saturday the 20th! ==========Bill
I LOVE THE FICKLE FIATS!!!!
They fickled in my favor this time, instead of fickling me over!!!!!
What I'm thinking at this point Rico is; no alterations to the stock chassis. At 10 volts my Classic chassied car runs smooth without any added weight. I believe the motor to be stock, so you'll probably just have to test it out. Go ahead and leave the weight in for now and test it out next time you're over here. Those weight set ups Larry made are easily removed. I don't think they will be necessary at the lower voltage on my shorter track. We'll have to try it out and see.
My intent is to race these cars as they were designed to be raced when they were first introduced back in the early sixties. I do not want to try to modify them to make them better than they were initially. This way collector cars can be raced without destroying their actual or sentimental value. I see no point in modifying these old cars, as there are many other options for racing cars with superior performance.
==========Bill
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