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Today I learned Beau Frazier passed away. Beau had been ill and was in the hospital when he passed this morning. Beau was a good friend to everyone here in the Pacific Northwest slot racing scene. He was a great builder and competitor as well as mentor. He was always available to lend a hand and or advice to anyone. He held a position of admiration, and his contribution to our local racing scene is beyond measure. He will truly be missed by all!

OSCAR held a race for their Late Model NASCAR Class on Saturday December 10th. We had 10 racers on hand to compete. Bob Nakamura was the recipient of the Racers Choice Award for his beautiful red #3 Chevrolet. That's right, Bob entered a Chevy!

Over the years I have come to really appreciate the OSCAR Race format. Races are held on Saturdays with a Friday night practice session preceding the day of racing. Doors open early on Saturday, with tech inspection at 9:30am. Racing starts at 10:00am with qualifying, which I like as it adds some formality to the event. Qualifying is a timed session where each racer tries to post their quickest lap. Racers qualify one at a time on the track for their timed session. Racers pick their race starting positions based on their qualifying position.

Saturday's race consisted of the OSCAR standard 4 minute heat races, with 4 rounds of racing (a round equals each racer racing all four lanes of the track once). What was evident early on in the race was how close the competition was! Eight of the ten racers were posting lap times under five seconds! Each racer got just over 2 hours of on track, head to head racing time. By 4:30pm we had a winner!

John Gill drove an exceptional race to take the win. On a side note John's motor died in his last and final heat race, with him coasting to a stop right as time ran out! Tom Street came in second 17 laps behind John, and Gary Tipton finished third just 7 laps behind Tom. Stuart Wall finished in fourth. The complete race results are posted below.

Thanks to everyone that made it out to make this race a success and extremely fun!   ======Bill

Race Results:
1st  Turing John              787 laps w/ 4.56 fastest lap
2nd Terrible Tommy        773             4.60
3rd  Gary T.                   766             4.65
4th  Stew Meat              760             4.71     
5th  Nak Nak (Bob)        756             4.82
6th  Scary Gary             737             4.84
7th  Korbynator             727             4.71
8th  Herbicidal Maniac    622             5.16
9th  Bad Billy                 510             4.77
10th Mitch                     451             5.37

After this current 2023 there will be changes to the Can Am Class. The biggest change to the existing rules is the requirement for ALL bodies to be manufactured by Team Bluegroove. They currently list 17 different Can Am style bodies for sale on their website, which provides plenty of selection! The new rules, which will take effect sometime in September 2023 for the 2024 racing season, are listed below:

CHASSIS: Any chassis design, inline, angle, or sidewinder. Scratch built, production, or modified production. No portion of the chassis should  be seen outside the body. Guide flag cannot stick out beyond the nose of the body. Chassis parts can be produced, guide flag tongues, motor mounts, axle mounts. 

BODY: Must use Team Bluegroove brand .030” thick body. Eligible bodies types are listed below.

BODY MOUNTING: No stretching of the bodies. If your body is 3.0" wide your chassis should be no wider than 3.0".

MOTOR: Hawk7, Pro Slot & Parma Super 16D (Chinese armatures).

TIRES: Fronts: minimum diameter shall not be less than .800”. Minimum tire width is .250" and flat to the track, no rounding of the tires. Tires must contact, and be flat to the track surface. May coat for hardness. NO "O" RINGS.  Rear tires are .900” minimum diameter. Tires may not stick out beyond body.

BEARINGS AND AXLES: Open

GROUND CLEARANCE: Not to be less than .055” as measured at lowest point.

INTERIORS: Must use a 3 dimensional interior tray. No printed interior. An option is to use resin arms and head. This is to promote a true scale look per our name: northwest true scale racers! OPEN COCKPITS - No cover over the cockpit.

BODY DETAILS: Bodies must be Team Bluegroove .030” thick Lexan and scaled after the Can-Am cars that actually raced in the Can-Am series. The following are highly encouraged but not mandatory. Wheel inserts, roll bars, injection stacks, exhaust pipes, and paint schemes that reflect the period. If a full wing was used on the real car, you may add one if it resembles the original in scale and proportion, but it is not required.

12/2/2022

Eligible Team Bluegroove Can Am bodies as listed on their website:

1/24 PORSCHE 908 BODY.
1/24 FERRARI PB4 LOLA VINTAGE LEXAN BODY
1/24 KING COBRA LOLA VINTAGE LEXAN BODY
1/24 CHARPARRAL 2G VINTAGE LEXAN BODY
1/24 PORSCHE 908 V3 LOLA VINTAGE LEXAN BODY
1/24 McLAREN M6 LOLA VINTAGE LEXAN BODY
1/24 FERRARI 312 LOLA VINTAGE LEXAN BODY
1/24 FERRARI 312/612 LOLA VINTAGE LEXAN BODY
1/24 FERRARI 612 LOLA VINTAGE LEXAN BODY
1/24 McLAREN M12 LOLA VINTAGE LEXAN BODY
1/24 LOLA T70 VINTAGE LEXAN BODY
1/24 LOLA ANTIQUE VINTAGE LEXAN BODY
1/24 FERRARI OPEN COCKPIT VINTAGE LEXAN BODY
1/24 HONKER 2 VINTAGE LEXAN BODY
1/24 LOTUS 40 BODY
1/24 McLAREN M8-A VINTAGE LEXAN BODY
1/24 FERRARI 312P BODY VINTAGE

Team Bluegroove website: https://teambluegroove.com/collections/1-25?page=1