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April 5, 2022 5:08 pm

Very well stated Bob! Thank you for adding to the quality racing in the Northwest!

April 3, 2022 8:42 am

NASTE 2022 Point Series Championship Race No.10 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway March 31, 2022

Race Results - Can Am Class:

1 Al 80.9 Laps - 5 points.
2 Daniel 79.7 - 4 pts.
3 David 75.4 - 3 pts.
4 Mitch 74.5 - 2 pts.
5 Fernando 68.4 - 1 pt.

Current Standings for the 2022 NASTE Point Series Championship After 10 Races:

1st Daniel - 59 points.
2nd Al - 52 pts.
3rd Rico - 35 pts.
4th Mitch - 27 pts.
5th Jeff - 20 pts.
6th David - 14 pts.
7th Stan 12 pts.
8th - tie Zack - 7 pts.
8th - tie Greg - 7 pts.
10th Fernando - 1 pt.

April 3, 2022 8:35 am

Race results for March 31, 2022

March 29, 2022 1:59 pm

Here's a couple photos I took:

March 29, 2022 1:56 pm

Rob has completed the work on his track. I will be the first to say the finished product came out very nice! The track is smooth, runs well, and looks great! Nice job Rob!

We glued the track up just a bit, then Rob started laying down some good times with his Womp!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9RvDtTDz4U

March 27, 2022 7:18 am

It sure was good to see Gearloose back!

The race for me was fun, but my results were something much less than spectacular!

March 23, 2022 5:52 pm

docdoom wrote:

thank you for not bringing up the evening races. I rather forget that it never happened

You spoke too soon Doc!....Although lucky for you, I did not focus on your misfortune!

March 23, 2022 5:50 pm

The PASER Open Track Monday's popularity seems to be healthy!

We had 7 racers on hand for the 6PM Womp race. We ran 2 rounds of 20 lap sprint races for the 6PM race. None of the racers broke out in this race either, with Doc getting the closest with a 5.571 second lap.

Here's the results:
1st Bill 26 points
2nd Doc 25
3rd Dave 24
4th Brian 21
5th Bart 18
6th Mark 17
7th Hersch 9

Dave's VW Womp

After the 6PM Womp race the Flexis again hit the track. This time it was Dave leading the way across the checkered flag!
1st Dave 194 laps
2nd Bill 189 laps w/lap ave. 5.001 sec.
3rd Doc 189 laps w/lap ave. 5.062 sec.
4th Bart 177 laps
5th Mark 175
6th Brian 162 laps
7th Hersch 154 laps

PASER WEENER Flexi Class: Dave!

As you can see from the results the competition on Mondays has become tight! The races are very close, as the cars and driver's skills continually improve! Thanks to all that made it out to race! I'm looking forward to the next Monday here on April 4th!

March 23, 2022 5:35 pm

The "Bob Beard" was retired........didn't seem to hurt his driving skills any.........

March 23, 2022 5:28 pm

PASER open track Mondays resumed on March 21st at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway in Vancouver.

There were 8 racers on hand for the noon Womp race. We ran 3 rounds of 20 lap sprint races to determine an overall winner. Racers scored 1 - 4 points for their finish position in each sprint race. In the end it was Bob with a high score of 45 points to take the win. There were no minimum lap time "break-outs" in the race, although Bob came very close running a 5.504 second lap.

Here are the results of the noon Womp race:
1st Bob 45 points
2nd Bill 38
3rd Doc 35
4th - tie Brian 29
4th - tie Dave 29
5th John 26
6th Mitch 20
7th Mark 18

After the Womp race entries for the Flexi race took the grid. All the racers that competed in the Womp race stepped up to the Flexi race. Bob took the checkered flag once again sweeping both day races.

Flexi race results:
Bob 206 laps
Doc 198
Dave 189
Mitch 186
John 181
Mark 165
Brian 157
Bill 134

PASER WEENER Flexi Class too!

March 20, 2022 7:26 am

NASTE 2022 Point Series Championship Race No.9 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway March 17, 2022

Race Results - Le Mans Class:

1 Daniel 74.6 Laps - 6 points.
2 Al 72.6 - 5 pts.
3 Rico 71.2 - 4 pts.
4 David 69.0 - 3 pts.
5 Mitch 68.9 - 2 pts.
6 Jeff 67.6 - 1 pt.

Current Standings for the 2022 NASTE Point Series Championship After 8 Races:

1st Daniel - 55 points.
2nd Al - 47 pts.
3rd Rico - 35 pts.
4th Mitch - 25 pts.
5th Jeff - 20 pts.
6th Stan 12 pts.
7th David - 11 pts.
8th - tie Zack - 7 pts.
8th - tie Greg - 7 pts.

March 20, 2022 7:20 am

Results from March 17th race:

March 18, 2022 7:34 pm

GLUE!...Next week!!!!

March 18, 2022 5:11 pm

Bob Nakamura and I made a trip over to Rob's track today. Rob has done an outstanding job of setting up this track he purchased from Jeff Courtney. This track was originally built by Larry Cockerham and Dave Smith. Today we connected the wiring to Rob's new power supply to get the track up and running. We also connected the wiring to the computer to check the race program operation. I can verify all is good, and Rob is moving forward towards the first race day! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7120n9Xy3U

March 17, 2022 4:24 pm

When we first started racing 1/32 cars at TooBad Motorplex my goal was to make the rules and classes as simple as possible. Modifications were limited to keep costs down. As new cars were released from the ever increasing number of different manufacturers it became harder and harder to put classes together with equal competition as the goal. Car classes are usually established by type or style of car body, and chassis and motor performance. There are so many variations now, to me it only makes sense to base classes on 1. manufacturer/brand and 2. body style. If you want to race NSR F1 cars, the class should be the NSR F1 Class. The way it has become, racers have to buy a $40 to $80 car for a class, then add another $50 in parts to make it competitive. And then in 6 months or a year someone buys a NEW car some manufacturer just released and what was good is now obsolete.

For myself, my interest has shifted to 1/24. Not just because the track I now have is best suited for those cars, but also because I have somewhat lost my taste for 1/32. I'm tired of constantly chasing different classes and rules. With the local 1/24 racing I am still racing some of the same cars I was racing 20 years ago!....Literally!! I built quite a few cars for racing 1/32, but when I check my box for a car to run in the next race, I either have nothing that fits the class, or what I have that's close is nowhere close to competitive (and thanks, but I do not like borrowing cars). I'm trying to get rid of 1/32 cars. Not buy more!

March 17, 2022 7:54 am

I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for here Doc.

I am not a proponent of major changes to an existing class due to newly released cars with superior performance. Those changes legislate older cars out of competition. There may be a time when someone wants to race just the older cars and you would end up with a need to rewrite the rules for something you already had. I think if new cars are released or introduced which don't fit into the existing rules, new classes should be made just for them with specific rules.

What it looks like to me is that you are proposing classes for the newer style F1 chassis with motor pods? It looks like two of them, Class 2 and Class 3, based on the years the cars were raced? As far as all the other existing classes, why change them if you're not planning to race them anyway?

The existing classes were used to not only divide the cars by slot car performance standards but also by types based on the years they were raced. There are MANY types of F1 slot cars made with varying degrees of performance. That's why there are so many classes for them (something I really hate about 1/32 model car racing! Which is a whole 'nother story!).

March 13, 2022 8:18 pm

Here's a few more random photos I took during the event.

John (L) and Bart (R) at the driver's stations.

Mitch (L) and Susan (R) doing whatever people do with those flat things....

Tom (L) and Stuart (R) talking race stuff...

Bart's '55 Chevrolet (that's right, he raced a Chevy!) carried the Slo Poks car club banner.

There were some really cool cars in the field! John's huge Chrysler was the race winning car!

Tom's '56 Ford paid homage to our late friend Doug Haynes.

March 13, 2022 8:05 pm

OSCAR held a Vintage NASCAR Race at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway in Vancouver on Saturday March 12th. Although attendance was somewhat low, the competition was extremely high!

Stewart set the mark as the top qualifier with a 4.984 second lap, establishing a track record for the Vintage NASCAR Class.

Bob's '57 Ford won the Racer's Choice Award by way of a majority vote.

Once the green flag dropped this was about the only view I got of Bob's Ford!

John and Stuart had a close battle throughout the four rounds of 4 minute heats. After the 64 minutes of total race time for each racer, John had edged Stuart out for the win by just 9 laps. The battle for third was even closer with Tom beating Bob by just 1 lap! The rest of us just followed along. Bart was extremely fast and in contention until a hard crash and a bent rear axle sent him to the pits. That incident did however earn him the "Too Bad" Award, a carryover from a bygone era...Mitch also encountered some mechanical issues with a blow axle bushing. Mitch muscled through and got his car back into the race, which earned him the Iron Man Award. A special thank you goes out to Susan Street (Tom's wife), for turn marshalling during the entire race for us!

The Vintage NASCAR field.