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More Greenman goods! -

Greenman showed up with some of his hardware Thursday evening -

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

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..........

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

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

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

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!

List updated from May 2, '14 race.

There can NEVER be TOO MUCH FOOD!!!!

YEAH, GOOD CHICKEN!!!!