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It was an unusually rough night last night. I had four cars in the races, two loaned out and two that I raced, one needs a new motor, three need chassis repairs!

Results of the March 9, 2019 NASCAR race:

Thanks to Bill for the pictures and videos of the action.

Note: all ties are broken by the racer who turns the fastest lap.

1.....DC Dynamo.............378 laps.
2.....Marty.......................378
3.....Bryan......................376
4.....Gearloose................376
5.....Ted.........................375
6.....Bob........................367
7.....Howie......................355
8.....Beau.......................303
9.....Bill..........................273
10...Scott......................250
11...Mitch......................122

Good job Bill. Now if you throw on a little glue on the track for Dianne, she will get hooked and kick our ass!

I didn't see him much except at the NASTE races, but when I did meet up with him it was always a +, an up beat person and a fun personality. I know he will be missed.

Dennis;   You take the plans of the Sportsman chassis and copy them to fit the Early Modified body of your choice. Yes they are going to be narrower and probably shorter to fit said body, but it is a copy.

Your Sportsman chassis is a home built chassis made by you. It is not a copy of the Bob Hanna chassis that we are using for the Sportsman class. I can see why you are questioning my remarks as "a copy of the Sportsman chassis" because yours is way off the mark, it is legal, but not what I had in mind when I made my statement.

The chassis class will copy the Bob Hanna chassis.

I don't have any cars of Hugh's but I do have the track ( Rapid Raceway ) that Hugh completely wired up with help from Kirk Smith. Hugh also kept me going with the power supplies for the track through the years. He raced also and was a gentleman racer. Hugh was a nice guy and is missed by many.

It was suggested last night ( Jan. 26, 2019 ) during the BS session after the race to have a chassis building session with the Sportsman chassis.

If there is anyone interested we could schedule it during the off season.

The Sportsman class is a very popular class, I would not be surprised if it was voted in to race in the up coming 2020 season which will start in Oct. 2019.

Results of the Jan. 26, 2019 race:

1.   Ted...........................382 laps.
2.   Blake........................382
3.   Gearloose..................381
4.   Bob..........................373
5.   DCDynamo................370
6.   Terry.........................361
7.   Bill............................361
8.   Bryan........................339
9.   Rico..........................338
10. John..........................331
11. Howie........................276

I will throw in my .02 cents worth. I have been racing for awhile, I have been on all kinds of tracks. There are many things I have learned in my yrs. One of the big things I have witnessed is the home court advantage, in other words a hard track to drive with twists and turns and humps etc. designed by the track owner to his advantage, and he usually wins. The problem with that ( other than being boring to me as the track owner always wins ) is that it discourages new racers. You can still throw an S curve in for a little fun and excitement, but try to have an easy flow to the whole track. Racers come to Rapid Raceway knowing they have a chance of winning and it is a fairly easy track to learn, that to me is a + for the track, and that is what I wanted in my design.

Good luck to you.

To me this was a fun day over all. Yes there might have been a grunt or two, and maybe a little cussing ( I may have cussed a little when we let the track down at Bill's place and a track leg sat down on my foot! no damage! ) but I enjoyed the day. I would have wore myself out getting in and out of the truck at Bill's to see where I was at if it were not for the spotters!

You planned the move to perfection Bill. I don't think it could have gone any better.

Thanks for the Pizza Bill, it was great!

Great pictures!

Really looking forward to racing on InSlot's Checkered Flag Raceway!

For those of you who may want an Indy car ( or another one ) that we are racing at Rapid and probably at InSlot Checkered Flag raceway in the future, I have a new kit hanging in the parts bin. John Gill brought it over and wants $49.00. The price for a new one does not get any better than that. If interested give me a call: 503-252-7692.