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Here are some of Rich's cars:

This Shelby Cobra Daytona GT body is a resin casting made by Rich.

The results and report for stop number five were posted in a different place on this forum, and I forgot to get my photos from the race uploaded. Here are the details and photos from round 5 of the McFarland Memorial Track Tour at Electron Raceway in Roseburg:

Ten racers made it out for the Monday evening event. Seven local racers and three out-of-towners. Rich's beautiful track is tricky and challenging, especially for the out-of-towners (who came to be known as The Three Garys; Gary T., Scarey Gary, and The Turd Gary. I suppose you can guess who the Turd was....).

In addition to Rich being entered in the race, Bob Hanna was in attendance, which meant there were some seriously fast racers on hand! Rich allowed both the usual for Roseburg racing, big wheel style Trans Am cars as well as the OSCAR spec Trans Am cars to compete. The cars entered to race were beautiful to look at! All of them were very nicely painted and detailed! Once the racing began it was clear that Bob Hanna and Rich were the guys to beat! I couldn't believe how quickly they could get around that technical course! In the end it was Bob Hanna victorious over Rich Vecchio. Following those two were Ron Leuenberger, Lowell Buehner, and Mark Colby. The top five finishers received some very cool awards hand made by Rich.

In addition to the standard style of distance over time racing, Rich has a computer program he uses to determine finish positions by handicap. So at the completion of the race, some of us less skilled racers have a chance to finish a little higher in the secondary results, based on our actual performance average over our "handicap". It's an interesting system, and well to be honest, it worked out well for me! Thank you for hosting a great race Rich, and another tribute to Bob McFarland!

You can read Rich's full race write-up complete with more photos here on Slot Blog: http://slotblog.net/topic/100544-mcfarl … n-on-6622/

Congratulations to Doc, the 2022 NASTE Point Series Champion!

GREAT looking car Mitch!

The first race on Rob's Redline Raceway was held on Monday August 8th. After a few "issues" with the lap counting system (installer error), we lined up the Womps for the first race.

Womp race results:

The Womps were exciting on Rob's track! They ran very well and were well suited to the layout!

After the Womp race we put Flexi class cars on the start line.

Here's the results from the Flexi race:

Like the Womps the Flexi's ran very well on Rob's track. Lap times were blisteringly fast, even with a lack of grip on the new green track surface! Once the track is tacked up I am sure lap times will be even quicker!

Here are the race results from the July 21st race:

Trans Am Class
1st Daniel 71.4 laps
2nd Rico 70.4
3rd Greg 68.1
4th Al 65.4
5th Mitch 65.1

Can Am Class
1st Daniel 81.3 laps
2nd Rico 77.5
3rd Greg 77.0
4th Mitch 75.5
5th Al 74.1

Open Class
1st Al 82.6 laps
2nd Rico 79.8
3rd Daniel 78.9
4th Mitch 76.8
5th Greg 74.8

I probably won't go with that soft of a motor for my Flexi, but I will for sure change my gearing!

You mean "pass", like in "gas",........from the crack of his a*s?

I'm glad I left early!!!!

Since the first of this year, I've been working hard on selling "new in the box" 1/32 cars from the Goose Gossett collection. The last of them are shipping out today (well....except for the ones I kept for my own "personal" collection.....). For reference that's more than 500 cars I've shipped out since January 1st!

Now I've started sorting through the kits, parts, and "used" cars. I'm starting to get enough room upstairs in the shop to actually move around! My goal is to have the upstairs cleaned out of "excess" stuff, and every thing left sorted and organized!

Zack, "Big NASCAR" in Pelican Park terms does not refer to "big wheels". I'm not exactly sure why they refer to it as "Big NASCAR". The times I raced there with Bob, John, and Stuart we raced our OSCAR cars.

Pelican Park Speedway Big NASCAR Rules:

To provide continuity, construction ease, low cost control, and effective tech management, chassis development is limited to scratch built brass 90 degree in-line motor-gear mounting, utilizing stock, unaltered Parma 16D or Pro-Slot 2002 stock motors.
Chassis must at all times maintain a minimum of .055" track clearance. All tires shall be black, be no less than 3/4" diameter, and all must touch and roll.

Tires /rims shall not protrude more than 1/16" outside the plane of the wheel openings at any time when viewed from above. The plane of a wheel opening is located at the narrowest point on the fender when viewed from directly above. Guide flags shall not protrude beyond the plane of the nose when viewed from directly above.
No body mods, channeling, chopping, or body widening, or adding fender valences are allowed, and the body shall be stock thickness. Body configuration and roofline must be production stock. Front and rear windows supplied with the kit must be installed, though side windows may not be.

Entire heads of driver figures (injected or resin mold) must appear higher than the lower window frame, A Cockpit or cabin tray concealing the entire chassis is required, and for open cockpit cars where the prototype carried one, a roll bar must be installed.
All cars should bear race numbers and other markings reflecting prototype appearances.

NASCAR stock cars run with Parma Super 16-D motors to compensate for their additional weight of 9 to 10 ounces, about 1 to 2 ounces more than sports or GTO cars.

PPS/GCR - Rules for Big Nascar •    The Rest ...
• Big NASCAR :1980 to the present,
Cup Cars - Winston, Sprint, Nationwide, Nextel, Busch, COT series cars .
(Must use Super-16 motors.)

In addition to the Boilerplate Rules at the beginning of this book that all cars/classes must honor, these specific rules apply to all cars raced at Pelican Park in the Big Nascar class.

• Wheel openings - may not be modified in any way .

• Wheel arch requirements - With the body appropriately mounted to the chassis with a .055” track clearance, the highest point of the rear wheel arches must be a minimum of .900” (29/32”) above the track surface, and the highest point of the front wheel arches are a minimum of 1.0” above the track surface. In order to meet the wheel arch rules (above), a body may be raised, lowered, or the rake adjusted by altering the bottom edge (“rocker panel”) of the body between the wheel openings. If the wheel arches are legal after the above mentioned rocker-panel alterations but the front spoiler or the rear valance below the bumper are touching the track, the spoiler and/or the rear valance may be trimmed to meet the .055” clearance.

• Windows – The front, rear, and rear-side windows supplied with the model kit must be installed. The passenger-side main window and the driver’s side window netting are not required to be mounted in place. Excess window plastic may be trimmed off.

The “original” rules for Big Nascar state this:

“There are certain legal bodies that will not meet the minimum height at the wheel openings described above even though they are completely un-altered. Such bodies may be raced, but must remain unaltered with respect to the lower edge of the body between the wheel openings.” Check with the group of 3 to clarify.