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The lower chassis in this picture is interesting to me because of the way the wire motor bracket rails are positioned inside the square tubing. Although this chassis does not have separate side pans, this way of attaching the motor bracket rails to the center section is a design element of the later "Hanna" style chassis. Could this chassis be a forerunner of the "Hanna" style chassis?

I have a few stainless steel chassis in my collection of old PASER chassis. Larry Cockerham commented that Lee Dundas liked building chassis out of stainless, so I wouldn't doubt if he was the one that started the trend. Here are some examples of stainless chassis and chassis parts using typical PASER design elements.

One dead give away to a PASER style chassis is the use of brass angle on the outside edges of the side pans for body mounting.

I believe this lap counter was built by Hugh Ellsworth to replace his original design that was mounted to the original track timer box. I have yet to verify this as there was a period of time in the late '80s through the early '90s when I had dropped out of the racing scene. If anyone can confirm the details of this lap counter, please let me know! But to the point this is an early design of an LED lap counter.

Seeing this device as I walked up to all the stuff John had laid out really got me excited! I immediately remembered this as the track timer Hugh Ellsworth built in the mid-eighties for use on Lee Dundas' tracks. As originally built, there was a second piece that was an LED readout lap counter. It was attached to the timer section by two hinges which allowed it to swing up into position atop the timer. The hinge locations can be seen in the top of the timer's box. The latches that held the top lap counter section in place for transporting are still in place.

Hugh built many devices for the club's use, as well as building some great cars! Hugh helped me wire my first 1/24 routed track, which is now the Pelican Park track in Eugene. Hugh designed the original controller station hook-ups using copper tubing that I still use today! Hugh and I also experimented with rewinding 5 pole armatures when PASER was using 36D motors in the NASCAR class. Sadly Hugh has passed, but many of his devices and cars are still in the club's possession. He is greatly missed!

Originally I thought this might be a home-made magnet zapper. After conferring with my resource (Gearloose), who by the way remembers this device, and informed me that it is a de-magnetizer. It was used "back in the day" to demagnetize the "steel" magnets of the early motors used for slot cars (long before permanent ceramic magnets were used for slot car motors). The early motors used mainly for model trains, would substantially lose their magnetic field when disassembled for "tweaking" to become fast slot car motors. After this device was used to de-magnetize the reassembled motors were then remagnetized using a magnet zapper device. My source went on to tell me the magnet zapper they used was stolen.

Here is a photo example of one of the motor types that would be de-magnetized and then zapped after being rebuilt.

I am IN!

So, after all of that, here are the FINAL Results:

1st John "Turing John"  724 Laps
2nd "Captain" Kirk       714
3rd Bob "Nak Nak"       706
4th "Howie"                697
5th Bill                        694
6th Bart                      691
7th Al "Meat"               678
8th "Gearloose"           650
9th Rob                       560
10th Douglas               523
11th Hersch                 445

Some of the racers were overcome by the excitement in the air!

NASTE 2023 Point Series Championship Race No.13 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway April 27, 2023

Race Results - Trans Am Class:

1 Daniel 70.0 Laps - 6 points.
2 Al 68.5 - 5 pts.
3 Mitch 66.3 - 4 pts.
4 David 63.3 - 3 pts.
5 Greg 62.9 - 2 pts.
6 Rico 59.7 - 1 pt.

Current Standings for the 2023 NASTE Point Series Championship After 13 Races:

1 Daniel  - 71 pts.
2 Al  - 67 points.
3 Rico - 39 pts.
4 tie - Greg   - 24 pts.
4 tie - David  - 24 pts.
6 Mitch - 20 pts.
7 Chris Kouba - 19 pts.
8 Zack - 15 pts.
9 Bill  - 14 pts.
10 Stan - 7 pts.
11 Mark - 4 pts.
12 Hersch - 2 pts.
13 tie - John G. - 1 pt.
13 tie - Elliott leonard - 1 pt.
13 tie - Josh - 1 pt.

That was a great race Bob! Thanks!

You have all heard us "old guys' Talk about the "good old days' racing with PASER and OSCAR at Lee Dundas' track in the barn in Wilsonville. Tom Street is hosting his NASCAR hardbody race at his place in Bend on Saturday May 20th. Tom Street's track in Bend is one of those iconic club tracks that MUST be experienced! It took me years to finally get out to a race at Tom's track, but once I finally got there I have not missed one since! The OSCAR races at Tom's are some of the absolute premier races to be hosted in the Pacific Northwest for hardbody slot cars. If you have not yet experienced racing at Tom's, and are new to the 1/24 hardbody scene here in Oregon/Washington, you owe it to yourself to attend one of these races! I will be attending again, leaving for Tom's on Friday to attend the Friday evening practice. I have done the Saturday turn-around, but as an older racer I now need my sleep! You younger guys have NO excuse!..........Valley racers; we may not be able to beat them on their home track, but we CAN out-number them!!!! Make your calendars,.............Saturday, MAY 20th!  See you there!.....If you don't have a car...let me know.....