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That's RIGHT! OLD CRAP!

  For almost as long as I can remember I have been collecting slot cars. All kinds of slot cars, small ones as well as large ones. Although I have thinned out the collection over the past few years, I still have a few old 1/24 cars I have just not been able to let go of. Not that they're anything special or super rare, I just like them. I have always planned to do some racing of these old cars, but it seems I always jusy kept finding some reason to put it off. Well I'm hitting the 60 mark this January and it's high time to get these old crates on the track where they belong!

  Most of you that race here at TooBad Motorplex have at least one old 1/24 scale slot car sitting around. For those that don't, the prices on some of these cars have come down quite a bit on Ebay, and you can actually pick one up for less than the price of a new 1/32 car. As far as spare parts, I should be able to cover most everyone that wishes to race these beasts!

  So what are the rules you may ask? Typical for TooBad we are going to keep it simple. Cars elligible for the Over 50 Class will be cars with a mass produced chassis that was available in a kit or RTR (ready to run i.e. Cox, Strombecker, Revell, etc.). That also includes the chassis only kits, such as those manufactured by Dynamic. No modifications will be allowed to the chassis (as in the addition of weight pans or handling pans). Legal motors will be the 36D cans, as well as the motors that were used before the 36Ds became the standard (i.e. Kemtron, Pitman, Atlas, Tyco, etc.). I know what you're thinking; there is a loyt of disparity between those listed motors and chassis types. True. So what I see is a number of divisions within the class. The cars will be raced all together, but finish positions will be scored according to division. The cars motor type, chassis type, and body type (either clear plastic type or injection molded model type) will be factors determining divisions within the class. I will be recording and keeping track of each cars lap times as well as number of laps completed during the races. At some point we may have enough data to combine some of the class divisions based on similar performance. Phew! Oh yeah, the MAIN RULE; ALL cars must use Paul Gage urethane rear tires! Paul makes very nice replacement tires for the old 1/24 cars. MINIMUM rear tire diameter shall be 1 1/8 inch!

  So get 'em out and get 'em ready! Bring them out to the next Odd Thursday Night Race and get the lube warm! We race 'em on January 29th!!!!

Yes, it was Odd Thursday Night Racing at its best!

As Tracy put so well, "it was Odd Thursday in that it was odd that it fell on an even Thursday"!

To start the evening off, Chris let us take his new BRM McLaren around for some laps. Like Rico said, these cars are awesome! The Trans Am race was as close as ever, with just three laps separating first from eighth. There was another tie for first between Greg and Rico, as well as a tie for third between Glenn and Chris. Evil Jimmy Jones fought hard to keep the "loaner" it the game, but it just wasn't meant to be!

The GT Class was an exciting race. For the first few heats it looked as though Dennis Hart was going to walk away with it with his Slot.it Audi laying down some impressive lap times. John Fisher started out with a very loose car, but after cleaning his tires he proceeded to destroy the field. It was obvious had John cleaned the tires before the start of the race, he would have dominated! But at the checkered flag it was Rico taking the win,

The BRM race was as wild as ever! John Morse masterfully executed the best strategic nerf of the night. It was truly poetry in motion! 3/10s of a lap separated third, fourth, and fifth. Chris Kouba again showed us the fast way around TooBad Motorplex!

Here's the results:

Trans Am Class:
1st -Tie Rico Locati 50.7 laps
1st - Tie Greg Petrolati 50.7
3rd - Tie Glenn Heath 50.3
3rd - Tie Chris Kouba 50.3
5th  Bill Bostic 50.1                                                                     
6th  Bryan Dickerson 49.1
7th Dennis Hart 48.5 
8th Mitch Brooks 47.4
9th John Morse 45.9
10th John Fisher 45.2
11th Jimmy Jones 39.0

GT Class:
1st Rico Locati 59.4 laps
2nd Chric Kouba 58.0
3rd John Fisher 57.0
4th Bryan Dickerson 56.0
5th Greg Petrolati 54.5
6th Bill Bostic 53.8
7th Dennis Hart 53.6
8th Glenn Heath 49.7
9th Mitch Brooks 49.4
10th John Morse 45.1
11th Jimmy Jones 42.4

BRM Porsche 962 Class:
1st Chris Kouba 61.2 laps
2nd Rico Locati 60.6
3rd Glenn Heath 57.5
4th Bill Bostic 57.3
5th John Fisher 57.2
6th Bryan Dickerson 55.6
7th Mitch Brooks 54.6
8th John Morse 51.6

Bryan & Sherry - Thanks for hosting the race Saturday! It was an excellent time. The food was delicious and the racing was awesome! The new timing & lap counting system worked flawlessly. The cars you prepare are always fun to race!

A big thanks to Dorothy for all the snacks and snapping the photos!!!

I agree Tracy!  We may have to look into building some or something similar???