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(21 replies, posted in NASTE)

Another exciting race at Edgewater Raceway! Smooth pulls out the win without even taking one practice lap!!! AWESOME job Monte!!!

A big thanks to Art for letting us race on his beautiful track, Dave Smith for organizing the event and building the cars, and to everyone that took part in the pot luck (the food was fantastic!)!!!!

More Greenman goods! -

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One of my favorite Greenman creations! -

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Greenman showed up with some of his hardware Thursday evening -

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List updated from May 15, '14 race.

YES! GREAT ribs, THANKS John! I'm glad Diane cuts the doughnuts in half for us. Makes me think I didn't eat very many!...I mean hey,....I didn't even eat a WHOLE one!!!!

I sure had a good time last night!  Good people, good food, and even a little racing!!!

Oh yeah, here's how the racing all shook out:

Classic Sports Car Class:

1st John Fisher 51.9 laps
2nd Bill Bostic 51.3
3rd Greg Petrolati 50.7
4th Goose Gossett 50.6
5th Rico Locati 49.1
6th Monte Saager 47.9
7th Mitch Brooks 47.4
8th Tracy Flood 47.0
9th Bryan Dickerson 46.2
10th Glenn Heath 45.6
11th Perry Petrequin 40

GT Class:

1st Chris Kouba 60.2 laps
2nd Goose Gossett 59.4
3rd John Fisher 56.9
4th Bill Bostic 54.8
5th Glenn Heath 53.9
6th Tracy Flood 53.2
7th Greg Petrolati 52.1
8th Rico Locati 51.8
9th Bryan Dickerson 49.3
10th Mitch Brooks 46.0
11th Monte saager 45.2

BRM Porsche 962 Class:

1st Chris Kouba 60.4 laps
2nd Goose Gossett 59.4
3rd Rico Locati 59.0
4th tie Tracy Flood 58.2
4th tie Bryan Dickerson 58.2
6th Greg Petrolati 57.6
7th Bill Bostic 57.5
8th Glenn Heath 56.5
9th Mitch Brooks 54.0
10th John Fisher 52.2

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(9 replies, posted in Modifications)

The Corvette scored a second place in the Classic Sports car Class in it's first race on Odd Thursday. I think it may have some potential. A little tuning to come...................

4,283

(9 replies, posted in Modifications)

Thanks Rico. Initial test was pretty good. Much better than a stock Carrera anyway! I had a little body rub at the rear tires. I did some clearancing so I think it will be ok now. Made a cardstock interior tray for it this evening. I probably won't get a chance for another test run until Thursday evening..........

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(9 replies, posted in Modifications)

I posted some photos of my Carerra Corvette build in the Slot-Tech section on this site.

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(21 replies, posted in NASTE)

You're gonna miss the initial run of my Carrera Vette!!!

You can see the pictures in the Slot-Tech gallery.............

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(21 replies, posted in NASTE)

COOL kid stuff! ............BUMMER racing stuff!!!!

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(0 replies, posted in Modifications)

I just made wheel inserts using Carrera Corvette rally style wheels, to fit my BWA wheels. You can see the method I used in the NASTE Slot-Tech Gallery.

Here's the finished product:

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GREAT photos Dorothy, thank you!!!

I especially like these!

Look at these racer's faces. I think they might be having a good time!!!..........Well, except for maybe Monte!

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The NASTE '55 Chevy starting grid.

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The BRM Porsche 962 starting grid, complete with Chris Kouba custom liveries!

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(21 replies, posted in NASTE)

Dorothy,

I will bring paper plates and forks, spoons, & knives, and napkins. I will also bring my favorite potato salad (again!)........and thanks for organizing all this!!!

------------------------Bill

That's a good point Howie. Since the track prep was the same as the last time the '55s were raced, I was thinking the temperature might have had something to do with it. I was just happy the car's characteristics were pretty constant for all the racers. It would have been bad if the cars went from extremely loose at the beginning of the race, to handling well for the racers who raced them towards the end!

You're right Chris, it was a good learning experience. It seems that traction on a routed track without any traction compound put down, is a moving target. We all now how unpredictable traction can be at TooBad Motorplex on any given Odd Thursday! It would seem maybe the same held true at Rapid Raceway. Last year when we raced the '55 Chevys on a similarly prepped Rapid Raceway, that is totally cleared of of any rubber or traction compound, the '55 Chevys hooked up better than the even had. This year, not so much! I suppose we could have tape cleaned the tires before each heat, but I would think if dust were the issue the traction would have just gone away before the end of the heat, leaving the cars somewhat unpredictable. Then there would also be the issue of the cars performing much better for the later racers as the track cleared up. For the most part at least the car's performance stayed pretty consisitant throughout the entire race for all the racers!

I heard a few comments from some racers about how they felt this car or that car was not as bad as some of the other racers said they were. I think it was all a matter of a racers driving style. Years ago I raced Aurora Thunderjet 500 HO cars with a very competitive club. We raced the cars basically in stock configuration. Those cars were very challenging to race due mainly to limited available traction. When I designed and built the first NASTE chassised cars (same basic design concept as we use now, only not nearly as well executed!) I built those cars for racing on my very short (approx. 30 foot lap length) 3 lane 1/24 track. I was looking for cars that would slow down the action and still present a driving challenge. I was surprise by how well the NASTE chassis cars filled that niche! They really were just like BIG Aurora T-Jets! Those cars were never designed for large tracks like Rapid Raceway. However they have been fun and popular  every where we have taken them! So when you're racing the NASTE '55 Chevys remember, they are NOT supposed to hook up well!!! Some people just don't get that!!!.........And OH by the way, Dave Smith (the winner of the race at Rapid Raceway) was the T-Jet champion in that HO club I was speaking about!

Howie, thank you for hosting another super race! 

Chris, thank you for making it possible for us to race the BRM Porsches!

Dorothy, thank you for organizing the pot luck meal!

Thanks to EVERYONE that brought food along to the race!

The people that race with NASTE are what make NASTE great!  The racing was close tonight, and I really had a lot of fun!

-------------------Bill

List updated from May 2, '14 race.

May 2nd, Odd Thursday Night Racing on Friday!........Yes, you read that correctly. And it was a wild Friday evening! Terry Abbott made it out to take a first in both the Classic Sports Car and the GT Classes. After racing those two classes we beat the BRM Porsches to death in a shake down race before Saturday's NASTE Race featuring the BRMs in an IROC format. It was an exciting night of good close racing!

Here's the race results:

Classic Sports Car Class:

1st Terry Abbott 51.3 laps
2nd Goose Gossett 50.4
3rd Chris kouba 50.1
4th Glenn Heath 49.4
5th Rico Locati 48.4
6th Bill Bostic 48.0
7th Howie Howard 46.5
8th Mitch Brooks 44.0

GT Class:

1st Terry Abbott 61.4 laps
2nd Goose Gossett 57.3
3rd Glenn Heath 55.9
4th Bill Bostic 55.6 
5th Chris Kouba 55.4
6th Howie Howard 51.4
7th Rico Locati 49.0
8th Mitch Brooks 47.1

BRM Porsche 962:

1st Bill Bostic 59.1 laps
2nd Chris Kouba 59.0
3rd Goose Gossett 58.2
4th Rico Locati 56.5
5th Glenn Heath 55.0
6th Mitch Brooks 51.9

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(10 replies, posted in NASTE)

There can NEVER be TOO MUCH FOOD!!!!

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(10 replies, posted in NASTE)

Today I finishd up prepping 6 of the cars for Saturday's race. Bryan told me the other 2 cars are also ready for racing.

I talked with Glenn today and he said he was also bringing Keilbasa sausages and beans!!!

This is going to be a fun race!!!

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(10 replies, posted in NASTE)

YEAH, GOOD CHICKEN!!!!

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(10 replies, posted in NASTE)

I decided Hammer! I'm bringing my favorite devil'd egg type potato salad (a joint cooking endeaver with Fred Meyer. They cook it - I buy it!)...............

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(6 replies, posted in The NASTE Library)

I'll make you a copy of the flyer I have Howie.

And YES, I'd love to add some of your 962 Enduro flyers to my collection. I have some, but you probably have copies of them all. I can make more copies also!

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(5 replies, posted in The NASTE Library)

I remember when Aero's was on Glisan. They got heavily into RC off road cars and trucks. They even had an outdoor dirt track next to their building and parking lot. Aero's was owned by an older gentleman by the name of Leon I believe. I had heard he had a keen interest in RC airplanes, hence the name Aero's Sports & Hobbies. I also heard he had quite a collection of old RC airplane gas engines. I believe he either sold the business or had someone take it over some time after he moved out to the location on Glisan. It seemed after he had left the shop it went down hill and finally closed altogether. Sad. At one time it was a great hobby shop!