4,751 Reply by wb0s

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As most of you regular Odd Thursday Night racers know, thanks to Chris Kouba, we have been racing 1/24 BRM Porsches in an IROC format after the running of our two rgeular classes, Classic Sports Car and GT. These BRM cars have provided us with much more fun than anyone ever would have thought. So much so that we have added them as a third class to race on Odd Thursdays when there are enough participants (this would be at least 2!)...Anyway, they provide for extremely close racing, a lot of bumping and pushing, and they are just a blast! I have added the rules we will race them under to the first post here, which contains all the Odd Thursday racing Rules. The rules look a little complex at first glance, but let me asure you they are not. The intent is to keep the cars close to the BRM Challenge Rules, so if a racer wanted to compete in that series it would not be hard for them to alter their car to comply with those rules. Basically we race them BOX STOCK! If you don't have a car and are interested in sticking around to try them out, Chris Kouba has graciously made loaner cars available!

Thanks Chris!   ---------------------------Bill

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4,752 Reply by wb0s

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This morning I reviewed the Odd Thursday Night Winner's List. It is obvious by the number of laps the current winners are posting, the competition has somewhat levelled out. Therefore I have lifted all handicaps attached to previous winners. So, previous winners be aware, there are racers gunning for you! The gauntlet has been raised!.............

"Flying Bryan", let me introduce you to "Wingman"..........."Flyin'", I think we may have something for you!

-----------------------------Bill

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4,753 Reply by wb0s

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List updated from Dec. 19 race.

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4,754 Reply by wb0s

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December 19th Odd Thursday Racing.... Seven brave racers set out in the arctic cold night to race in Fairview......OK, so it wasn't quite that bad. I was actually pretty warm in my garage........

Anyway, eight of us had a pretty good time racing in the Classic Sportscar and GT classes. The BRM Porsche class is rapidly becoming a mainstay of the Odd Thursday Night racing program. These 1/24 cars are a blast to race on the somewhat tight confines of TooBad Motorplex, and the racing is VERY close! Look for the BRM class to stick around as a third class on Odd Thursday's. You can contact Chris Kouba for info on the cars. Diane set us up with some excellent treats and coffee, and some racers brought out some treats as well. The racing was very close with lots of side by side battles. Towards the end of the evening we had two new guests that Chris had invited show up. It's always nice to meet new people, and even nicer when they come back out to race again!

Here's the results:

Classic Sports Car Class:

1st Chris Kouba 50.8 laps
2nd Rico Locati 50.1
3rd Bill Bostic 49.4
4th Greg Petrolati 47.9
5th Bryan Dickerson 46.6
6th Tracy Flood 46.3
7th Jimmy Jones 38.1
8th Mitch Brooks 32.1

GT Class:

1st Bill Bostic 59.3 laps
2nd Chris Kouba 55.8
3rd Rico Locati 54.9
4th Greg Petrolati 54.0
5th Tracy Flood 52.7
6th Jimmy Jones 49.065
7th Bryan Dickerson 47.6
8th Mitch Brooks 46.7


BRM Porsche 962:

1st Bill Bostic 59.2 laps
2nd Tracy Flood 58.8
3rd Rico Locati 57.0
4th Chris Kouba 54.4
5th Bryan Dickerson 52.8
6th Rob 48.9
7th Jimmy Jones 46.0

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4,755 Reply by wb0s

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Thanks Smooth...........twer nuttin'..............

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4,756 Reply by wb0s

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I got the rest of my old NASTE photos uploaded into the NASTE Archive Gallery tonight. There's 275 photos in there of the old days!

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4,757 Reply by wb0s

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January 2002 - Vintage Modifieds on Jeff Courtney's NASTE 3 track. These 1/24 cars were powered by Radioshack motors and ran hard rubber model airplane rear tires.  They provided plenty of action on the five lane track!

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IM001700.jpg

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4,758 Reply by wb0s

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NASTE Point Series Race on Dave Smith's 4 lane routed HO track in Woodburn Oregon.

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IM002803.jpg

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4,759 Reply by wb0s

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The field for the NASTE 2001 Halloween Race at Jeff Courtney's NASTE 3.

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4,760 Reply by wb0s

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April of 2003 - a team enduro featuring NASTE NASCARs! Yes the Radioshack powered cars made it through an enduro run on Jeff Courtney's NASTE 3 five lane 1/24 track!

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IM002847.jpg

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4,761 Reply by wb0s

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Racing on the original NASTE 3 lane 1/24 track after it's move to Fairview. A young Colin Ivey in the photo, January 2002.

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4,762 Reply by wb0s

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In December of 2002, Dave Smith brought his HO dragstrip out to Fairview for a race. This track was very unique in that drivers had to make a simulated gear shift at half track to complete their run. The track featured electronic timing, and the lowest E.T.s were those with the best executed shifts.

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IM002385.jpg

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4,763 Reply by wb0s

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I completed the upload of a bunch of old NASTE photos into the Gallery section. You can see them all there under The NASTE Archives.

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4,764 Topic by wb0s

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Check out the photos of all the tracks that were part of the 2003 Fray in Ferndale. The photos are located in the Gallery section of this site.

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4,765 Reply by wb0s

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Thanks Dorothy, great pictures as usual!!!!

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4,766 Reply by wb0s

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Another scanned photo, this is where it all began.

This was my original NASTE track on N.E. Ainsworth in Portland. At the time all I had was a small single car garage, and this track was a good fit, as long as I didn't want to actually put a car in the garage. I was able to house my motorcycle along side the track. The track was originally built by Paul Painter. The track's footprint was just 4 feetwide by 16 feet long. The year must have been 1995 or 1996. Anybody remember?

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/2naste.jpg

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4,767 Reply by wb0s

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I scanned this photo some years back, not sure where the original is now, or if there are more.....

This photo was taken at the first NASTE Halloween race. Anyone remember the date? I know it was before September 1999, and before all our kids graduated from high school. The race was held at Tim Barnes NASTE 2 track in Fairview. Tim's track was a commercial 4 lane 1/24 track that was previously in the slot car shop in Lake Oswego. Tim bought it from the owner of the slot car shop. The original owner had reconfigured the track. It's original design, as it was in the slot car shop, was a double decker design. It was reconfigured to fit in a garage after it was taken out of the slot car shop when it closed.

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4,768 Topic by wb0s

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Here's some video I ran across. This is OLD footage, it was dated Oct. of 2000. Looks like a NASTE race at my place in Fairview shortly after we moved here. The race is being run on my 1/24 three lane short track I bought from Larry Cockerham in Carlton. That track was originally set up in my single car garage when I lived on northeast Ainsworth Street. Back then NASTE stood for Northeast Ainsworth Short Track Encounters. Things evolved from there!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwbFMN8vYw8

-------------Bill

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4,769 Reply by wb0s

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Thread updated on Dec.9th, 2013

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4,770 Topic by wb0s

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Monte & Victoria,

Thank you guys for another fantastic race night! I think I'm startin' to get the hang of this digital stuff................ok, maybe not...........

Anyway, I sure had a good time, and the food was great!!!!

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4,771 Reply by wb0s

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Here's some video of last night's racing taken by Bryan Dickerson:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EXum1wH … tion=share

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4,772 Reply by wb0s

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List updated from Dec. 5 race.

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4,773 Reply by wb0s

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Thank s Rico, it was a fun night!

Odd Thursday at TooBad Motorplex on December 5th, 2013 -

MAN, was it cold last night!...Outside, but in the garage it warmed up nicely with the twelve 98 degree heaters (racers) in attendance. We welcomed two newcomers, Rob Enders, and Doug Truesdail, and our friend Ruben DeGuzman dropped in from Canada. There was some very close racing and some well placed nerfs. Chris Kouba has a killer car for the Classic Sports Car Class (Flyin' Bryan - the challenge has been put forth). Chris just edged out Rico for the win in the Classic Sports Car Class. The finish in the GT Class was just as close. It sounded like everyone was having a good time! The results are listed below:

Classic Sports Car Class:

1st Chris Kouba 48.7
2nd Rico Locati 48.4
3rd Greg Petrolati 45.9
4th Bill Bostic 45.0
5th - tie Gary "Howie" Howard 44.5
5th - tie Dorothy Abbott 44.5
7th Terry Abbott 44.3
8th Bryan Dickerson 44.0
9th Ruben DeGuzman 39.9
10th Mitch Brooks 37.1
11th Doug Truesdail 36.6
12th Rob Enders 34.2

GT Class:

1st Bill Bostic 53.8 laps
2nd Terry Abbott 52.2
3rd - tie Rico Locati 51.6
3rd - tie Bryan Dickerson 51.6
5th Ruben DeGuzman 51.3
6th Gary "Howie" Howard 49.3
7th Dorothy Abbott 49.0
8th Mitch Brooks 42.5

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4,774 Reply by wb0s

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Shoot......we would have had at LEAST another 260 laps if the fast lap break out was higher!!!!!.....................................
........................ok, well maybe 2.........................

Cool finish!  Close race!

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4,775 Topic by wb0s

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Monte & Victoria - THANKS for another great race day and eating session! As usual the food and racing was first class!!! The new digital controllers make all the difference on the digital track! The improvement over the stock controllers was 500 percent at least! Thanks Dorothy for the treats! Sorry I had to leave early. And lastly, who won????

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