Hey John, You need to be there at the next Odd Thursday. We will be racing the Proxy cars and it will give you an opportunity to see what other racers from all over the world are doing to their cars, plus be able to run them and see how they perform!!!
4,202 October 14, 2014 7:19 pm
Re: Halloween Race Pot Luck Dinner - Sat. Oct. 25th, 2014 (38 replies, posted in NASTE)
Ohhhhhhhh, things are looking good for another outrageous NASTE Halloween race!!!!!
4,203 October 12, 2014 7:45 pm
Re: Sat. Oct. 11th - the Second Race of the NASTE 2015 Season (9 replies, posted in NASTE)
Great photos Dorothy! All of them prove there is good reason you are our Official Photographer!!!!
4,204 October 12, 2014 7:38 pm
Topic: Halloween Race Pot Luck Dinner - Sat. Oct. 25th, 2014 (38 replies, posted in NASTE)
OK, who's bringin' what????
4,205 October 12, 2014 7:37 pm
Re: Sat. Oct. 11th - the Second Race of the NASTE 2015 Season (9 replies, posted in NASTE)
Thanks for the reminder about the pot luck Dorothy! I had already spaced it!!!!
===============Bill
4,206 October 12, 2014 7:29 pm
Re: New season kick off (16 replies, posted in NASTE)
Dorothy, that may just be your best video yet! AWESOME job capturing the roll over and recovery, very cool!!!!
Thanks again!!!! ==============Bill
4,207 October 11, 2014 10:37 pm
Re: New season kick off (16 replies, posted in NASTE)
Tonight I did a little research and review. It looks like the Carrera Grand Sport Corvettes were actually a little slower around TooBad than the NASTE '55 Chevys. When we ran the '55 Chevys at TooBad last season, most of the racers ran 2 to 4 more laps with the '55 Chevys than they ran with the Grand Sport Corvettes. Interesting..........
4,208 October 11, 2014 10:13 pm
Topic: Sat. Oct. 11th - the Second Race of the NASTE 2015 Season (9 replies, posted in NASTE)
Tonight's race at Penguin Point was a lot of fun! Everyone seemed to have a really good time!
Thank you Monte & Victoria for hosting another excellent NASTE event!
Thanks Dorothy for all the treats!!!
==============Bill
4,209 October 11, 2014 7:54 am
Re: NASTE Logo Contest (11 replies, posted in NASTE)
There are only 2 weeks left to get your entry in for the NASTE logo contest! Judging will take place at the NASTE Halloween Race on Saturday October 25th. Last minute entries will be accepted at the race but, they will need to be paper printed hardcopies for the judges. We currently have 5 designs submitted. I know there are others of you out there planning to enter. The time to get 'er done is now! The prize of a $35 gift certificate is up for grabs!
4,210 October 10, 2014 8:23 pm
Re: BRM chassis flatting fix (3 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
Done.
Take a look under 1/24 Cars in this forum for the info,
or look here: http://naste.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=655
4,211 October 10, 2014 8:18 pm
Topic: Straightening the BRM 962 Anglewinder Chassis (0 replies, posted in Cars)
Evidently the new BRM anglewinder chassis have issues in the area of being flat and true. Here is what Alan of 132 Slot Cars wrote to correct the problem:
"We have found for best Racing Results we need to straighten the BRM chassis, they are flat in regard to axles but when ejected from the injection molds it does bow the center of the chassis a little.
We pin down the chassis to a flat metal plate then place in a glass baking dish, we can do 2 chassis at a time this way.
Next one of two methods are used, if you have a kettle pour boiling water over the chassis until completely submerged and at least 1/4" over the top of all parts. Warm an oven to 275 degrees F then place the tray into the center of the oven and allow to sit for 15 minutes.
Turn off the oven and allow to cool overnight then remove, clean off the chassis and dry and you will have a flat BRM chassis.
Second method we have used if you do not have a kettle available pour hot tap water over the chassis till completely submerged plus at least 1/4" over all parts then place in an oven at 275 f for one hour, then turn off the oven and allow to cool over night.
Once done the chassis stay very flat, and it certainly makes the cars easier to set up.
We pay a lot of attention to the fact the cars sit on a tech block flat with all 4 tires touching, the fronts very lightly. Fine tuning can be done with the front axle adjuster, please pay attention to the position and adjustment of the grub screws and take caution to not over tighten as you can easily strip the threads on the uprights, metal grub screw, brass bushing and nylon chassis it is obvious that the first thing to strip or break will be the uprights.
We do not tighten the grub screw to clamp the front axle bushing leave a fraction of play and make sure the front axle turns freely.
Also if modifying the early Porsche cars the interior ears that rest on the front uprights of an inline chassis are ground off. Also we prefer to fit the latest guide with BRM guide spacers and you may need to lengthen the motor wires.
Hope this helps, questions please ask.
Die Cut weights are coming soon to tune the chassis, we find a minimum of 180 grams ( minimum legal BRM Challenge weight ) really helps, stock a Porsche will be about 160 grams.
If you run the Black motor then nearer 200 grams we find optimum, but every track, and driver will prefer a slightly different set up.
See you at the Races!!!!
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Cheers
Alan"
You can read all the info and forum entries regarding this topic here on Slot Car Illustrated: http://www.slotcarillustrated.com/porta … post867098
4,212 October 10, 2014 8:12 pm
Re: BRM chassis flatting fix (3 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
Definitely!!
I'll get 'er done!!!
4,213 October 10, 2014 9:23 am
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Winner's List (93 replies, posted in NASTE)
List updated from October 9th, '14 race.
4,214 October 10, 2014 9:12 am
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (2,134 replies, posted in NASTE)
Odd Thursday - October 9th, 2014
Attendance topped out at 11 for the night's racing. The Goose scored a decissive win in the Classic Sports Car Class. John Morse scored his first win and earned his spot on the Odd Thursday Winner's List by winning the Trans Am race, and set a track record for that class while he was at it! In their third bout with their Trans Am cars, Greenman and the Goose broke the two race first place ties, with the tie breaking run resulting in only a 2/10 of a lap margine! The Trans Am Class is turning out to be one of the most closely contended classes. Rico survived the crashing and bashing in the BRM Class to take that win by 1/2 a lap over the Goose. All in all it was another Odd Thursday thrash!
The Results:
Classic Sports Car:
1st Goose Gossett 52.2 laps
2nd Greg Petrolati 50.8
3rd Rico Locati 50.3
4th Tracy Flood 49.9
5th John Fisher 48.9
6th Terry Abbott 48.3
7th Glenn Heath 47.3
8th John Morse 45.2
9th Bill Bostic 43.9
10th Mitch Brooks 41.6
Trans Am:
1st John Morse 55.9 laps
2nd Goose Gossett 51.8
3rd Greg Petrolati 51.6
4th Rico Locati 50.3
5th Glenn Heath 50.0
6th - tie Tracy Flood 48.1
6th - tie Terry abbott 48.1
8th Mitch Brooks 46.2
9th Bill Bostic 45.8
10th John Fisher 43.9
11th Cailin Dunbar 33.6
BRM Porsche 962 Class:
1st Rico Locati 60.5 laps
2nd Goose Gossett 58.9
3rd Bill Bostic 57.4
4th John Fisher 56.3
5th Tracy Flood 56.0
6th John Morse 55.4
7th Glenn Heath 52.8
8th Mitch Brooks 52.1
9th Cailin Dunbar 33.8
4,216 October 7, 2014 8:05 pm
Re: T/A picture (6 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
The F1 photo is cool too!!! I really like that Michelin sign you have on your track!
4,217 October 6, 2014 7:14 pm
Re: T/A picture (6 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
Nice job Rico!!!!
Here's where you can see Rico's photo: http://homeracingworld.us/viewtopic.php … p;start=45
Scroll down to about mid-page.
4,218 October 6, 2014 7:09 am
Topic: PASER Update (0 replies, posted in PASER)
Checkered Flag Raceway will have it’s first race of this season this Saturday, October 11. For further dates check:
This season we will have several changes from the past format. The first change will be a new starting time. We will open the track about 3:00 and start the first race about 4:00.
The next big change will be that we will only run two classes of cars each race night so that it will be easier to compete and you won’t have to have cars for lots of classes like we have had in the past. The classes will be hard body 1/24th or 1/25th scale NASCARs with either small wheels or big wheels. (check N.W.T.S.R. for big wheel rules) All NASCARs will run together but will be scored separate.
New this season will be Beau Frazier’s CanAm class of cars. (once again check N.W.T.S.R. for the rules) Coupes like the Lola or Porsche up to 1972 will be allowed. Both kit cars and scratch built cars will run together but will be scored separate. All bodies in this class should be painted and detailed to resemble the full sized race car.
The race this Saturday won’t have a tech inspection since lots of these cars are new but next month we will have an inspection.
Hope to see ya’ll Saturday.
Bob McFarland
4,219 September 30, 2014 1:42 pm
Re: New season kick off (16 replies, posted in NASTE)
Thanks for taking the photos Dorothy, they are all great!
As far as deciding which photos to delete to gain space, I wouldn't be able to decide. I like them all! I would say we would all be ok with whichever ones you decide to delete. After all, it is your album!!!
We all really appreciate the effort you put into our photos and video!!! ===============Bill
4,220 September 28, 2014 8:18 pm
Re: New season kick off (16 replies, posted in NASTE)
Glad you had a good time at the coast with the family Rico! We all missed you!!!
OK Monte "Smooth" "Cobra King" "Kidvoltage" Saager...............for now..............
I'll be runnin' the red X Cobra again at the next Odd Thursday, tryin' to get back that 2/10ths of a lap!!!!
4,221 September 28, 2014 4:23 pm
Re: New season kick off (16 replies, posted in NASTE)
The NASTE 2015 Season opener was a FULL day event. Two races were run earlier in the day, prior to the NASTE Point Series Championship race, and the NASTE Challenge Race. The first race of the day was for vintage F1 cars. There were eight entries in four different divisions of the class. After a lunch break we raced classic sports cars as raced at the Odd Thursday Night races here at TooBad Motorplex. Here's how those two races shook out:
Vintage F1
Monte Saager - 1st place in the Scalextric Vintage Division.
Mitch Brooks - 1st place in the Scalextric Historic Division.
Victoria saager - 1st place in the Cartrix Division.
Greg Petrolati - 1st place in the Scratchbuilt Division.
Vintage F1 Overall
1st Monte Saager 47.6 laps
2nd John Fisher 46.2
3rd Greg Petrolati 45.6
4th Glenn Heath 41.4
5th Victoria Saager 41.3
6th - tie Mitch brooks 40.0
6th - tie Bill Bostic 40.0
8th Dennis Hart 35.5
Classic Sports Cars
1st Greg Petrolati 50.1 laps
2nd John Fisher 49.6
3rd Monte Saager 46.4
4th Bill Bostic 46.2
5th Dennis Hart 45.5
6th Goose Gossett 44.6
7th Mitch Brooks 44.5
8th Dave Smith 44.3
9th Glenn Heath 44.2
10th Victoria Saager 41.7
The racing was incredibly close all day long!!!!
4,222 September 28, 2014 10:08 am
Re: New season kick off (16 replies, posted in NASTE)
Action during one of the Classic Sports Car rounds of racing.
Sherry Trachsel, Mitch Brooks, and Todd Flood get ready for the start of the race. Tood Flood won the second round of the NASTE Challenge race. Mitch Brooks was the overall winner of the first NASTE Challenge Race of the 2015 season!
The Monogram Grand Sport starting grid for the first round of racing. These cars were prepped in a totally stock configuration, and raced at 9 volts. The cars held up very well throughout the race.
4,223 September 28, 2014 10:02 am
Re: New season kick off (16 replies, posted in NASTE)
I love this photo! This power nap may have been John's secrete weapon! John Fisher won the first round of the NASTE Challenge race!
One of many discussion, this one being lead by Dave Smith.
Greg Greenman Petrolati, Smooth Monte Kidvolt Saager (could you possibly have more nicknames?), Mitch Brooks, and Glenn Heath were all actively taking part in the discussion with Dave.
4,224 September 28, 2014 9:56 am
Re: New season kick off (16 replies, posted in NASTE)
Even with all my runnin' around and chasin' rabbits, I managed to snap a few photos......
Early in the day, Greg Greenman Petrolati brought out his new Carrera DTM sporting one of the new 3D printed chassis.
By early afternoon the sun was out. Victoria and Dennis spent some time at the Upwards Game board.
4,225 September 28, 2014 9:05 am
Re: New season kick off (16 replies, posted in NASTE)
Glad you guys had a good time! I know I sure did!!!