Those are great pictures Bill. Looks like a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing.
52 October 3, 2015 2:04 pm
Re: NASTE 2016 - Race 1 (7 replies, posted in NASTE)
Yes, Thank you Sherry and Bryan for hosting the first NASTE race of the new season. I had a good time. Food was terrific too. Sorry I forgot to grab that bag of goodies on the way out, but I'll see you at the next race and exchange my bag of goodies for you for the one you have for me.
53 October 3, 2015 2:02 pm
Re: NASTE Racing Pictures and Video Links (6 replies, posted in NASTE)
Hey! Those are my videos. 
Thanks for posting the links Bill! I'll get more done, but it's just been too nice this week to be cooped up inside at the computer.
54 October 3, 2015 2:01 pm
Re: The Road Home (6 replies, posted in NASTE)
Great job Monte! Know that must be an awful lot of frustrating work for you, but you did a terrific job on getting NASTE back up and running. I do agree with Chris, it moves much, much faster now! Thanks!
56 May 19, 2015 8:33 am
Re: NASTE Race No. 14 (6 replies, posted in NASTE)
Thanks for hosting the race Rico. Thanks to Kelly for the great food too. Wonderful Upwords games and Dom was terrific with coming up with words! Here are the pictures I took.
57 May 4, 2015 1:58 pm
Re: NASTE Race No.13 (6 replies, posted in NASTE)
Hi! Thanks to Victoria and Monte for a wonderful evening of food, fun and racing.
Here are the pictures from the night. Great to see all of you there!
58 April 16, 2015 12:38 pm
Re: NASTE Race No.12 at TooBad Motorplex (14 replies, posted in NASTE)
Nice photo bomb Goose and really good to know people are looking at the pictures! I thought I saw you in the background just after I took that shot! 
You're going to be as bad as Bryan eventually! 
Glad you enjoyed the candy. I need to come up with some new stuff for you all to sample. It's nice having you racers to be my guinea pigs with experiments!
Your car body is naked Mitch!!! 
59 April 16, 2015 12:34 pm
Re: Current Status (137 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
Nice! Sounds like you're having a terrific trip with good weather! It's sunny here and a bit cold, but good weather for working in the garden. You should have knee high grass to mow when you get home.
Oh! Books! At least they are small and won't take up much room. Old racing boxes are really fun to look at. Can't wait to see that curve box the next time we're at your place. Oregon Caves and Trees of Mystery are always fun too. Too bad about Paul Bunyan. How's he going to wield his ax? 
Enjoy the rest of your trip Bill and drive safe!
60 April 13, 2015 2:27 pm
Re: NASTE Race No.12 at TooBad Motorplex (14 replies, posted in NASTE)
What a great day of racing Bill. Thank you so much! Those cars were fun to race and Dave explained a great deal about them to me over the course of the afternoon. Thanks Dave and was great to see you again! Nice job on building them Bill!!
It was good to see so many people there and some we hadn't seen in quite a while. It does seem like a Sunday race was good for so many people. Know Tim told me he's usually working the latter part of the week, but was able to make it to your race. Know Sundays the mail never gets delivered, so unless there is a family engagement, we're usually free then. Saturdays are fine too though as long as it's a later start during the Christmas season.
Sorry to Dom about his last place finish. Believe me I know exactly how he feels!
Here are the pictures from the race. I had to delete a few more photos off my PB site to make room for these. Will have to keep deleting older albums to make room for the newer ones, but fortunately, most of the older photos are on DVD's that Bill has now. Video will be later.
61 April 13, 2015 2:20 pm
Re: NASTE Race No.11 at Hammer Time (11 replies, posted in NASTE)
Thanks Bill! Yes, it does seem to be making the rounds! For me, it's gone viral as I usually only get 5-10 views and this video has gotten over 150 so far!!
62 April 5, 2015 2:42 pm
Re: NASTE Race No.11 at Hammer Time (11 replies, posted in NASTE)
Thanks Bill. We had a great time in Vegas. Nice to come home, but so sad to leave all that sunshine there!
Here's the first video I put together of the Isetta cars going around the track. I'll have more when I get a bit more time.
63 March 29, 2015 10:30 am
Re: NASTE Race No.11 at Hammer Time (11 replies, posted in NASTE)
Oh and Terry says I won the final race of the evening! That was quite a shocker, but I was driving a yellow car!
64 March 29, 2015 10:29 am
Re: NASTE Race No.11 at Hammer Time (11 replies, posted in NASTE)
Thank you all for coming out for a fun night of racing! We enjoyed having you there. I'm glad you enjoyed the food and festivities! Those 'cupcakes' did turn out okay! If anyone was there that didn't get one, please let me know as there are a couple left to choose from. Fun cars to race!
Thanks to Terry for those great cars we got to run, June for the veggies, Jeff for the chips and salsa, Goose for the crackers, Amanda, Nick and Bob for all of their help and Victoria and Monte for those beautiful tulips!!! Thanks to everyone else if I forgot someone!
Congrats to Dana on winning the NASTE Challenge and to Bill for providing that super terrific PT Cruiser Trophy! Fantastic!
Here are the pictures. Thanks Tyler for taking a few of them too. Video will come after we get back from Vegas. I'm lucky to have gotten pictures uploaded.
65 March 10, 2015 12:35 pm
Re: NASTE Race No.10 at The Gorge (6 replies, posted in NASTE)
NASTE at Bob's place.
http://s737.photobucket.com/user/SlotCa … 207%202015
66 March 10, 2015 12:12 pm
Re: NASTE Race No.10 at The Gorge (6 replies, posted in NASTE)
I'm so sorry! I forgot about the race photos! They are uploading now and I'll post a link as soon as they're done. Thanks again Bob for a great night of racing!
67 March 8, 2015 3:33 pm
Re: NASTE Race No.10 at The Gorge (6 replies, posted in NASTE)
Thanks for a fun night of racing on your track Bob!
I'll have some photos and video as soon as I can get them uploaded.
68 March 8, 2015 3:31 pm
Re: First Sunday March 1, '15 (4 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
Thanks for a great day of racing. Yes, racing. Even though Bill says Terry and I weren't racing when we were side by side, we thought we were and had a great time. Food was enticing even though I couldn't eat and the company was terrific.
While looking at the pictures from last night, I realized I hadn't uploaded the First Sunday pictures. So I remedied that today. Here are the pictures I took from Sunday.
http://s737.photobucket.com/user/SlotCa … 201%202015
69 February 26, 2015 1:48 pm
Re: New Championship Rules for 2016 (46 replies, posted in Race Rules)
Bill, I'm sorry to disappoint you. You are one of the few people who's opinion I truly value. I only assigned the club to you as I thought it was you who started it and thought you made all the final decisions concerning racing in NASTE. I apologize for my misunderstanding. I have learned a lot about our club, racing in general and about some of the people in our club over the past couple of days. Thank you for allowing me to participate, both in racing and this great discussion. I didn't realize I had such an influence on the social aspect of the club and sorry if I sent you off on a different tangent than what you had envisioned for NASTE. I'm not really sure I follow on how I've had influence on rule changes though, unless it's just because I'm a female? I don't follow, but it's okay. I either apologize for that (if it was bad) or want to say I'm happy to have helped (if it was good). You've done a marvelous job of keeping things running smoothly over the years and it's been a pleasure to get to know you. Thank you for all you do and have done for us. Thank you can't be said enough to you.
I'm not sure I understand what Rico is saying about hosting a race. I thought that everyone who had a track has been hosting races, so I'm not sure who is hosting none of them. Since only a few of the races are going to count point wise, why would it be better to not host races? You would still get points at other venues even if host points weren't counted, so wouldn't it be better to have as many races as possible to choose from?
I understand about wanting to race on your own track also for races and I also understand about not counting the points for the host on their own races. That kind of seems fair since usually, not always, but usually the host does win on his own track. Bryan wins almost all the time, so that's kind of why I first thought these changes were all about. Even if it is only a one point difference in the totals, that one point could make a difference when it comes down to it. I haven't looked at totals, so I am probably wrong, but it is out there. If someone needs to win ONE race to be in the final, then maybe that one race would be at a place where the host mostly wins and if that race wasn't counted for the host, the second place person would be the winner and it might be their ONLY win. I don't know if that makes sense written, but it did in my head.
Howie~~Thank you for the offer of your track. It's always such a pleasure to race there, but you do realize that I am NOT one of the seven these people are talking about, right? If the final race comes down to racing on your track, I won't be in the final, so won't have a reason to be at the race. If I'm not there, you had better hope that one of the special seven knows how to make rum balls and will share with you. I will however make sure I have rum balls for the Halloween race if you are graciously hosting that again this year.
Thanks for allowing this discussion Bill. It's great to see other views and ideas. Some things I would never have thought of myself. Yes, it might be controversial this season, but at least most everyone seems to keep their tempers in check. I need to work on that myself as things jump out of my mouth before I think about them some times.
70 February 25, 2015 1:21 pm
Re: New Championship Rules for 2016 (46 replies, posted in Race Rules)
I think what you are saying Bill is very valid. I'm sure no matter what was decided, someone was not going to be happy, but it is YOUR club and you get to make the rules. That's life. Rules are made and changed all the time. Some times they help someone and some times not. We do have a very diverse and good crowd of racers though. It's nice that you're looking at it from all angles and wanting to make as many people happy as you can. Your track is still a viable venue for the championship race if Howie and Bob both decline because of conflicts. After all, someone did point out that you don't win very often on your own track. Thanks for clearing up the point races too. I already knew Halloween didn't count as it's just a for fun race with super funny and or scary cars, but glad to know team races won't be included too. Congrats again on almost 20 years of NASTE!
As for Monte and his comparisons, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!! You made me laugh out loud comparing Amanda to John and AJ. *snicker* A better comparison might have been three people who don't race very much and haven't won on their home track like maybe Diane Bostic, Kelly Locati and Amanda Abbott. Thanks for the laugh though! I'll have to let her know she was compared to two other VERY GOOD racers and even I haven't had that privilege before.
Looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday. Best get back to some goodies. Can't bring all leftovers.
71 February 24, 2015 12:41 pm
Re: New Championship Rules for 2016 (46 replies, posted in Race Rules)
Thanks Monte. Don't know Bernie, but according to him I guess I should. lol
Thanks too for the information. That gives me a reasonable answer and it is good to see it broken down.
Also, if you are taking just the top five finishes for racers to be included into this new championship finale, does that mean the team races will NOT count? It seems like it might be an advantage or disadvantage for some people depending on which team they get included on. Just curious.
Backwards on Bill's track would be a good choice and also Howie's and Bob's like Bill was mentioning. All of those tracks are fun to race on even for us non competitors.
72 February 23, 2015 4:32 pm
Re: New Championship Rules for 2016 (46 replies, posted in Race Rules)
I was fixing dinner and thinking about it Bill and was just going to suggest that maybe someone not in the race for the chase could host. You thought of it first though!
73 February 23, 2015 3:51 pm
Re: New Championship Rules for 2016 (46 replies, posted in Race Rules)
Read the new rules Bill and Monte. Thank you. Congrats on 20 years of racing.
Monte, Who's Bernie?
And why would you say hopefully not an HO track? Are not all tracks going to be considered when it comes to choosing who gets to host the most prestigious race of the NASTE season?
74 February 22, 2015 3:44 pm
Re: NASTE Race No.9 (9 replies, posted in NASTE)
Thanks for hosting such a great night of racing Sherry and Bryan. Pizza was terrific! Upwords was an awful lot of fun last night too and great job on those high scores! Nice to see so many people there.
I didn't get too many pictures as it's still kind of hard to get a good shot. I really don't like getting the backs of people. lol Here are the ones I took though.
Glad you like the sweets, but looks like there will be leftovers for the next race.
75 February 3, 2015 1:14 pm
Re: First Sunday Feb. 1, 2015 (5 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
Thanks for a fun day of racing Victoria and Monte. Food was good and company was too.
Yes, fun racing against hubby trading paint! That's how racing should be! What fun!
Sorry, a bit slow on photos. I was getting the video done from the last NASTE race on the digital track. I'll get to working on the pictures from First Sunday, but not today.
Thanks again!