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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
There can NEVER be TOO MUCH FOOD!!!!
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!!!
YEAH, GOOD CHICKEN!!!!
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!)...............
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!
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!
Thanks Dennis for a fun night of racing!
Thanks Charolette for that yummy chili !!!!
-------------Bill
Mystery solved.
John Gill made the flyer for Howie back in 2002 to advertise the very first race held at Rapid Raceway!
Does anybody know where this flyer came from?
Howie asked me about it, and I don't recall where I got it. Howie was not sure where it came from either!
Great video & pictures Dorothy!!!
My personal favorite is the piggy back cows!!!!
Rico, unsure on both counts.
Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting another slot car enthusiast. Steve Blegen had purchased one of my slot cars I had put up for sale on Ebay. Turns out he lives in Milwaukie, so he came by TooBad Motorplex to pick up his car. Steve lived in California and had raced HO cars with a group of HOPRA racers, some of whom we all know, or know of. Gary Beedle for one, and Andre Perra were just a couple of the people Steve knows from the hey day of HO racing! Steve like many of us old HO racers has migrated more towards the larger 1/32 scale cars, due in part to our reduced vision for things on the small side, and our quest to make things a little slower moving! It was great to meet Steve and hopefully we will see him at some of our racing events!
Here's a couple photos of Steve's Scalextric track currently under reconstruction, and his VERY COOL man cave!
My pleasure Rico!
I think I usually have more fun than anybody!
April 15th, Odd Thursday Racing on Tuesday Evening. It was a very casual evening of racing tonight. There was only six of us, so we kept it low key with no actual races, just a lot of practice, tuning, and fun!
Hey, I think we're getting the hang of this digital stuff!!!
Thank you Monte for another lesson in the art of racing digital slot cars. The team enduros on your digital track are always exciting and fun!
Thanks Victoria for those delicious pizzas!
And thank you Dorothy for all the fantastic treats!
Oh yeah, congrats on your win Dorothy!!!!
I spoke with Alan of 132slotcar.us today on the phone. I don't know Alan well and this was the first time I had an opportunity to really talk with him. We had a good discussion about the race in Tacoma. Alan has a real concern about any disappointment or issues I had with the race, as well as any issues any other racers may have had. We talked quite awhile about the details of the race, and he helped me understand why he decided to run the Team Enduro format. Alan put it very well when he said; "it's difficult to bring different groups of racers together, especially when they are used to racing under their group or club's rules and formats. Everybody does it a little differently". That's probably not an exact quote, but I believe it conveys Alan's message.
As I said before, I had a good time at Alan's race. NASTE runs out of town are always fun! It was great to see old friends in the Tacoma area, and to meet some new people. The BRM and Scaleauto cars were great performers, and the track was lots of fun to race on! So here's a couple things I now know for sure. After speaking with Alan I know his next event will be even better, and I look forward to getting to know him better! And...........I WILL GO BACK!
Thanks Alan! -------------------Bill
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.
Howie just put an order in for chassis. He will have them available for purchase at Rapid Raceway, along with parts.
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 format Howie!
There is some excellent racing going on at rapid Raceway! The atmsophere friendly and the racers are eager to help new enthusiasts! If you have thought about racing 1/24 you owe it to yourself to come and check out what's happening at Rapid Raceway! The Schoeler chassis cars Howie has introduced make building a car much easier than scratchbuilding, and the cars are proving to be competitive with the scratchbuilt cars. This NASCAR series should be lots of fun!
Great report Chris! Thanks!
List updated from Apr. 3, '14 race.
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