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So here's what's up for consideration:

1. Racing EVERY Tuesday night at one of many tracks in the greater Portland area. Currently BSCC races on Tuesday nights, races at other tracks would be scheduled for the Tuesday nights BSCC does not have races scheduled.

2. The various tracks will decide what car classes they want to race.  For TooBad Motorplex I am considering a GT Class, which would include GT cars from ANY manufacturer, with the exclusion of Slot.It and NSR to help keep costs down. The rules are simple, a. cars must retain their original manufacturer's chassis, b. bodies must retain their overall stock appearance (no major cutting or trimming), c. chassis are limited to one guide flag or pin only.

3. At TooBad Motorplex a list of weekly winners will be recorded and kept. Any racer who has not scored a win will be allowed to run one traction magnet in their car. Once a racer has scored a win they must race non-magnetic traction cars only.

What do ya'll think?     -------------------------Bill

From what I have seen on Ebay and sale or clearance items from online hobby shops, some Scalextric and SCX cars, and most Carrera cars are the least expensive to buy new. Some of the less popular cars like Fly Vipers (or Vipers of any brand for that matter), Fly Starter Series cars, and most brands of F1 cars can be purchased at reduced prices. I don't care much for the Carrera cars, they seem to require too much modification to make them perform well. I'd like to use cars that would be a good durable foundation to start on, that work well out of the box, but can be refined and improved. Cars that have performance parts readily available. I have had good results with Fly cars. Slot.It parts are readily available for Fly cars, and work in most cases without major modifications. I have some Fly Starter Series cars I am working on now. I picked up the Fly Porsche Starter cars for $17 new on Ebay.

I'm planning to have another open track day soon. We can see what types of cars people already have, and try out some different cars to see what looks good. I'll try to have a few different types of cars available to test. I'm looking forward to getting something going for the eastside.

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

Monte, Victoria, and Rico - GREAT event! That was a really fun day! Thank you!   ------------Bill

LOVE THAT VIDEO!  I am PUMPED!

Rally point for the NASTE Party Van, any suggestions?

We can use Rico's track as the pick up point if that works best for everyone, or..........?

Who is interested in riding in the van to all the tracks? I can seat about 9 to 12 adults.

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

AJ Locati was one of the driver's for the SCX Proxy Race at TooBad Motorplex in Fairview Oregon.  The head in the hole is Russell Flood, an up and coming slot car hotshoe!

These are some of the die hard NASTE Racers that were able to make it out, Terry Abbott, Greg Petrolati, Dorothy (AKA Hammer) Abbott, and Tracy Flood.

A photo of one of the Proxy cars headed for the upper section of the track.

Dorothy,  thanks for the pictures and video, proof that I finally got the track up and running!    -------------------Bill

Thanks Dorothy, sorry about the lack of track time. Diane and I were talking today and I think I'll do another open house soon!

And HEY, your treats were most excellent and greatly enjoyed again!!!! (I think I'm startin' to like the Kahlua better than the chocolate!).

Stayed turned for another open house!!!!    ---------------------Bill

I am happy to announce that as of today TooBad Motorplex is up and running again! I've spent the last three days completing the wiring and hooking up the Trackmate computer system. It has taken me two years to get this project to this point. I am pleased with how it operates. I tested all three lanes today, running a Scalextric non-mag Porsche at 11.0 volts. The best laps I turned were in the 11.4 second range. I haven't tried 1/24 cars on it yet. I think it is going to be too tight for most 1/24 cars, however I should be able to test my 1/24 cars in the center lane ok. Look for an open house day to rubber this baby up soon!   -----------------------Bill

Well that explains one thing!!!!!

I can't promise that this year's NASTE Points Champion Trophy will still be around for a new champion next year!

CORONAs, .............you got CORONAs?????