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Howie, Thanks for opening your track for us last night! I had a great time!!!

For those of you who couldn't make it, we held NASTE Thursday at Howie's Rapid Raceway last night. We did some testing with a variety of 1/32 "model" race cars to se how they would run on the 1/24 wood routed track. I must say I was surprised at how well most of the cars ran even "box" stock! Out of the box I would have to say the Slot.It cars seemed to be the best. However Monte's Ninco McLaren also worked extremely well!

I tested my SCX NASCARs I had set up for the BSCC Summer Series at Marshall Field. On Marshall Field's Scalextric Sport Track my COT NASCAR was not as good as my older style "aero" NASCAR. However on the wood routed non-magnetic track, my COT car was clearly faster and cornered much better!

Howie, Beau, and John Gill also had some of the GT1 Schoeler chassised cars on hand. This new GT1 class looks like it will be quite popular. The cars are powered by Falcon 7 motors and they're quite fast! The handling of the hard bodied cars is also much better than you would expect! These things flat fly!!!!

Terry Abbott came up with a great suggestion for an IROC class for NASTE's upcoming season! More on that soon!!!!  ------Bill

Hey Mike, I reviewed the photos...short memory on my part! Are you still running on the second layout pictured?

I'd like to hear more about your lift system for your track!   ------------------------Thanks!  -------------Bill

John, You have my attention!!!!......Can't hardly wait until the next enduro!!!  ---------------Bill

Good question about the tires George!!!

In that case I'll definately want the Pro wheels on the rear!!!  ------------------------Bill

Way cool!!!!.................although I do feel funny racing without bovine.........  ---------------Bill

I liked the cars George. They were fast, and the handling was good. I liked the Racer Ferrari 250LMs better, but they cost 3 times as much!!! Rugged......well we didn't break any! In fact they did not seem to have any issues that I noticed. As far as an IROC class one thing I always consider is cost. I think we could come up with something that handles just as well for less money. I think there are many Slot.It cars that would handle just as well for $20 to $25 less per car.  --------------------Bill

All right George!!!! You ARE da MAN!!!..............THAT is definately an enduro!!!!.............probably too tough for me!!!!  -------------------Bill

Jack - There is more weight in the rear than it looks like. That pocket where the original magnet sat is pretty deep, so you're only seeing the length & width dimesion of the lead. I didn't weigh the pieces of lead individually, but you maybe right. There maybe more total lead weight in the front than in the rear. I weigh the front and rear of the car separately to check bias. On this car the front weighed 2 grams less than the back (weighed with only the 2 front wheels on the scale, and then the 2 rear wheels on the scale, with the car on a level plane).  ------------------Bill

Jack - Here's the set up on the car I raced Tuesday night:

The car weighs in at 105 grams on Randy's Magnet Marshal scale. This is the top side of the chassis:

The BullRing is official gone from TooBad Motorplex in Fairview. By now I believe it is back in Roseburg.

My flag is at half mast...

A moment of silence.................................                       -----------------------Bill

Sorry for dragging you in George, but I thought you had some good ideas!

Here's one that still bugs me. An "ENDURO" is a LONG race......I mean a REALLY LONG race, not just a bunch of 5 minute heats linked together. If you are doing it any other way you are doing it wrong!

In no way does this current format resemble an enduro! You ARE running short heat races, and trying to work in pit stops where they don't fit! It's like a game, not a race. You're current format is just 8 heat races separated by lane changes and worthless pit stops.

I agree with helping the newer and slower racers become better and faster. As far as learning from the other racers, let me think about that one. Oh yeah,  the OTHER racers have always been there for them to learn from, for what the past two years? Not sure how having one person on your TEAM for one race is going to change that? And for the record I have noticed everyone has learned a lot, including me!

As far as input from a bunch of different racers, I've seen this in action, it will confuse them more than help. Everybody has their own ideas, not all of them good, and everybody uses what works for them! Some of the things I do work for me, but another racer may not like the way I do it. Art is right on base when it comes to modifications. You do ONE modification and then test to see how it works. You don't complete a whole buch of modifications at once or you'll get lost in the process of figuring out what works and what doesn't.

The scoring, let's look at that one. Let's see if I race by myself and come in last I get one point. If I race on a team and come in last I get 11 points. But the people that were faster than I was still get MORE points. So to win I still don't have enough points..........Kind of like inflation. I used to make $1 an hour, but a tank of gas was $3. Now I make $20 an hour, but a tank of gas is $60. I may feel ever so slightly better, but I am no better off.

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

I was thinking, if we establish teams, and keep the same team members, wouldn't that give the teams the chance to improve by developing their cars together and plan team strategies? I would enjoy having an established team versus a constantly changing team............I'm old. I don't like change much!  -------------------Bill