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No way Dude!....That there is blackmail material!

And then it was evening! Although the attendance for the 6PM racing was a little weak, the racing was not! There were 3 entries for the 6PM WOMP race. Here's how that one shook out:

1st Dave
2nd Bill
3rd Rico

The same racers participated in the Flexi race. The Flexi race was extremely tight with all three competitors finishing on the same lap! Here's the finish in that race!

Dave Smith won that race by THAT much!

Flexi Results- note that the Flexi race is distance over time. The computer results did not accurately reflect the correct finishing order. The photo shows the correct finish order as the cars sit:

Dave Smith added his signature and a hash mark to the PASER WEENERS CUP!

I know Mike in Cottage Grove will take good care of Penguin Point!

And it will be available for us to race on again!

.................Penguin BEAK?...............

I'm sorry for not remembering everyone's name. There were quite a few new racers for me to meet. The group was made up of some of Rick Phillis' regular California Fray racers, Serge (a Fray racer from Colorado), some of the local PHOSAR racers, and a few of us misc. guys. A great friendly crowd!

Although I did have to leave early, I was able to get some random photos throughout the day.

The final IROC race was with the Hot Rod Hardtops. These cars were RTR after market T-Jet replica (sort of) chassis with resin bodies. These chassis are fantastic! The cars were very fast and extremely smooth!

Here's how that race finished up:

Overall Results from the IROC Races:

What an AWESOME race! As good or better than the originals!

Ron Constantin was the perfect host! His track is beautiful, smooth, and challenging! Thanks to him for opening up his home to all us racers! Here's Ron's Viper track:

Dave Smith put together another interesting race format with lots of door to door racing. The IROC races were all heads up 10 lap heat races where beating the other cars on the track with you was the goal. It made for some very close racing! The cars themselves were all smooth and perfectly tuned for this event, typical Dave Smith style!

There were three different sets of IROC cars, the first of which were a tribute to the cars of the original Hear The Thunder races. The first Hear The Thunder races of the 1990's were Aurora Thunderjet chassis with Lionel Corvette Stingray bodies. For this race Dave again prepared original Aurora Thunderjet chassis but chose Johnny Lightning Grand Sport Corvette bodies. These chassis were equipped with narrow tires but had a wider stance which was an improvement in handling over the originals.

Here are the results of the first IROC Corvette Challenge Race:

So that's what the soft spot really looks like!

And of course there were race results:

First Place = Zack with 144 laps completed.
Second = Al 124 laps.
Third = Howie 121.
4th Bill 91
5th Terry 86
6th Dorothy 84
7th Rico 83
8th Mitch 70
9th Donna 52

Thank you Howie for hosting yet another NASTE Halloween Race! We really enjoy haunting Rapid Raceway every year!

Rico was out for some Halloween brutality in his usual disturbing way. Baby Head as we referred to it, was kind of unsettling to see lap the track even before the lobotomy! The lobotomy was required to gain a little underpass "clearance"! I think once Baby Head's skull was ventilated it picked up a little speed!

Rico, we need a photo of the "post" race Baby Head!

Dorothy brought out a dinosaur built by Terry that made some interesting growly noises during the dark session of the race. Not to mention it had some kind of rocking and kicking action going on!

In addition to Dorothy's new dinosaur build, Terry brought a new Lego build to race. It was fast and excellently crafted in usual Terry fashion!