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Rico, unsure on both counts.

My pleasure Rico!

I think I usually have more fun than anybody!

You're welcome Chris, and yes, Tracy uses the "biglog" address.

We have a NASTE race coming up at Howie's 1/24 Rapid Raceway. We should get together with Dave Smith and Bryan Trachsel to discuss what cars we would like to race there. Dave Smith has the 1/24 Parma FCR chassis cars we raced at Edgewater in Salem, and of course we have the NASTE '55 Chevys. I know the BRMs would run well there if we could swing it. I could put the pink motor back into my Bud car, so I could supply two cars to race.

It was really nice to see some of the Seattle/Tacoma area guys again, and to get the chance to meet some new people. The track was fun and challenging, and there were a lot of good cars and drivers. I should have made the trip up on Friday. I was really looking forward to racing my own car, as I had spent some time and money getting it ready. I was not expecting a "team" enduro type of event for the BRMs. It was fun, but I would have rather raced my own car in an individual race. I did not see where the race was advertised as a "team" race. I saw were rental cars were available, but no mention of a "team" race where only one car would be used. I understand there was some consideration for what was felt to be a "large" number of racers in attendance, although I do not feel 20 racers is a large number of entries to deal with. Overall I feel Saturday's events could have been better planned. As for our Oregon racers, I thought we all did very well on a track most of us were unfamiliar with. Had I known the races were going to be team events, I probably would not have attended or built a car to meet the class specs. Don't get me wrong, I had a very good time, just disappointed in the race formats.

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

Great report Chris! Thanks!

The swap meet is a lot of fun with a LOT to look at. If you've never been, you should really check it out!

Cool hot rod projects.

No so cool motorhome projects...............Diane said: "NO"...........

This Ford Econoline is a Portland Swap Meet Icon, and one of the most popular vehicles there! Terry receives compliment after compliment on The Ol' Trapper!

There's lots of cool things to see and purchase if you have the $$$

From cars to well.......most ANYTHING you can think of!

April 3rd, Odd Thursday Night Racing - The competition is heating up at TooBad Motorplex on odd Thursday nights! We had twelve racers in attendance, and we saw one new race record set. Chris Kouba returned this week with a new car to replace his Classic Sports Car race winning, record setting Slot.It Ford GT40. Chris' new scratchbuilt Ford GT40 not only won the race, it set a new race record beating his old record by 1/10th of a lap! In the GT Class, Gary Goose Gossett blew the field away with his Slot.It Jaguar XJR12. Gary ran this car with an inline motor set up, and it was tuned to perfection! Gary then came back for a win in the 1/24 BRM Porsche 962 class with another win that was just 1/10th of a lap shy of the class record! It was an outstanding night of close racing!

Here's the race results:

Classic Sports Car Class:

1st Chris Kouba 53.4 laps
2nd Goose Gossett 51.1
3rd Greg Petrolati 51.0
4th Tracy Flood 49.2
5th Bill Bostic 47.8
6th Mitch Brooks 46.2
7th Glenn Heath 46.0
8th Howie Howard 45.6
9th Russell Flood 44.2
10th Thomas Flood 39.4
11th Todd Flood 34.3

GT Class:

1st Goose Gossett 60.7 laps
2nd Chris kouba 59.6
3rd Bill Bostic 58.1
4th - tie Russell flood 55.9 
4th - ties Tracy Flood 55.9
6th Glenn Heath 54.9
7th Howie Howard 54.1
8th John Fisher 52.7
9th Mitch Brooks 49.1
10th Greg Petrolati 48.5
11th Thomas Flood 44.4
12th Todd Flood 41.4

BRM Porsche 962:

1st Goose Gossett 61.3 laps
2nd Bill Bostic 60.9
3rd Tracy Flood 58.9
4th Chris Kouba 58.4
5th Glenn Heath 57.0
6th Russell Flood 56.8
7th John Fisher 56.6
8th Howie Howard 54.2