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We had a good turnout for the first Monday in December with eight racers in the midday Womp race. It seems eveyone is getting their Womps dialed in. The racing was very close! After two rounds there were ties for first and second, so we had a runoff of the top five. Dave Smith again showed he is the Womp Whisperer!
Midday Womp Results:
Final Results of the Womp Race:
At least with that pink motor I may be able to keep up with you!
I spent more time in the pits yesterday than I did ALL of last season!
The Flexi Class was raced after the completion of the Womp race. John Gill was the winner of this race followed by Dave in second, and with Mitch finishing a strong third!
Here's the results:
For the Flexi Class races we use a standard round robin format with four minute heats.
After the racing we had quite a bit of discussion around what's next for Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway. We discussed racing different types of cars, and track schedule as far as what days and times work best for those currently involved. We discussed the possibility of going to a twice a month schedule instead of every Monday (every other Monday instead). We also discussed rotating the classes of cars to be raced on each race day. There are just three more Open Track Mondays scheduled for the remainder of this year. Keep an eye out for changes after the first of the year. One proposal already in the planning stage, is an IROC race sponsored by the PASER Club!
I need to apologize to both Rico and Zack for closing up early Monday. Evening attendance has been light lately so I started closing around 5:30 PM or 6. For the remainder of this year I will be sure to keep the doors open at least until 6:30 PM. However is planning to attend is normally on site by then.
Open Track Day on Monday November 29th. We had seven racers participate in the Womp race. We are still using the 20 lap heat race format with point scoring to determine the winner. Normally we use a 5.5 second lap break-out in an effort to keep the field close. I wanted to try and validate the break-out time during these races because in the previous race we had experienced quite a few break-out penalties. So, for this race we ran three rounds of round robin races and eliminated the break-out spec for the first two rounds. The third round was raced with the break-out of 5.5 seconds in place.
Here's what we found out. In the first round of racing one driver had one break-out penalty in the red lane, and three in the blue lane. During the second round of racing two drivers experienced break-out penalties. One driver had one penalty lap in the white lane, and the other driver experienced a total of seventeen penalty laps, nine in the blue lane and eight in the yellow lane.
During the testing one driver had a fastest lap of 5.408 seconds, and another driver had a fastest lap of 5.393 seconds. With that documented I will say that both of the cars posting those fastest laps appeared to me to have more straight line speed than my car. My car is fitted with a Professor Motor 25k motor, but I will say it is getting old and has slowed significantly. As set up, my car handles very well but is short on straight line speed. I can push it as hard as I possibly can and stay within the 5.5 second break-out. Every once in awhile my car will break-out, but it is pretty rare. I had no beak-outs in this particular race. I will replace the motor with a new one and do some testing on my own. All this leads me to the conclusion that the 5.5 second break-out time seems appropriate to me for the Womp class of cars under the current rule set. We can revisit this break-out rule as the racing progresses if needed.
In the end Doc took the win in the Womp Class, followed by John.
Here's the results:
1st Doc = 41 points
2nd John = 39
3rd Bill = 38
4th Dave = 29
5th Rob = 25
6th Al = 19
7th Mitch = 18
What I like about the 20 lap format we use for the Womp races is; 1. Each heat race is an individual race between the four cars on the track. The points for each finish position are tallied to determine an overall winner. If you have a bad heat or even two you still have a good chance of coming back and competing for an overall win. 2. The break-out penalty evens out the field, keeping the car's performance levels in check without the need of a thorough tech inspection or more detailed rules.
Daniel Fritz, or Doc as we like to call him, has not only been winning a lot of races, he has been building some very nice cars! Here's a look at a few he has recently completed:
Yes the track was really hooked up on Monday after all the rubber put down in Saturday's Northwest True Scale Race. Although we didn't have a big crowd we did get in some great Womp racing!
Here are the results from the final four:
Doc got another fence post!
Oh yeah! The rear enders too!..........We can add farm animals to any layout you can come up with!!!!
Yeah, me too....I'm going to miss those head-ons!!!!
We raced through one round of 5 minute heats for the Can Am cars. Here are the final results.
Can Am race stats.
After the completion of the Classic NASCAR race ten racers took to the track with their Can Am class cars. I got photos of just a few of the cars.
Howie's Can Am entry.
Al's Can Am entry.
Bart's Can Am car.
At the half way point in the Classic NASCAR race Zack had established a two lap lead.
After two rounds of 4 minute heat races, Zack was able to maintain that two lap lead over Craig to take the win.
Here are the final stats for the Classic NASCAR race.
Northwest True Scale returned to Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway on November 20th for a Classic NASCAR Race. There were 15 entries for the feature NASCAR race, and 10 entries for the Can Am follow up race.
In the days preceding the race, the track racing surface and braid was cleaned. The track was sprayed with a light coating of glue (traction compound mixed with Naptha) to prep the track the race the night before. The interesting thing about prepping a track with this method is that when the Naptha evaporates out of the mixture (which it does quickly) it leaves the glue compound almost totally dry on the track surface.
This is what the track looked like after spraying.
We were cramped for space but everyone seemed to make due.
In the Womp race I had 12 points, you and Dave both had 11. You took second by having the best average lap time. Rob was fourth with 6 points.
Yes, I believe I even bumped the break out penalty at least once. The track was really hooked up!
Today was mostly testing and tuning, but we did get in one Womp race. I was able to get my first fence post!
Doc, I found something for you!
Springwater Raceway can take its toll on equipment! Tom's car suffered some damage but fortunately in was late in the race and did not keep him from finishing.
The podium.
In addition to the three podium finishes, awards were handed out to fourth place and Concours (by driver vote).
Some of the local racers included:
Stuart
Mitch
Zack
John
Track host Bob
Here's some more of the entries:
Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble.............you had to be there........
Of course this is the track it all took place on, Springwater Raceway in Gresham Oregon:
There is plenty of pit space at Springwater:
There was a nice field of entries for the race that included just over an hour of on track racing for each car!
I took a few pictures at the OSCAR race. Here are some of our friends from Bend that travelled over for the race:
Curt
Tom
Korbyn
Michael
Jim
I think I might have a Camaro body Mitch.
NASTE 2022 Point Series Championship Race No.3 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway November 11, 2021
Race Results - GFX Class:
1 Al 81.7 Laps - 7 points.
2 Daniel 78.3 - 6 pts.
3 Rico 75.8 - 5 pts.
4 Stan 73.6 - 4 pts.
5 Greg 73.0 - 3 pts.
6 Mitch 72.0 - 2 pts.
7 David 71.5 - 1 pt.
Current Standings for the 2022 NASTE Point Series Championship After 3 Races:
1st Al - 18 pts.
2nd Daniel - 16 points.
3rd Rico - 12 pts.
4th Mitch - 8 pts.
5th - tie David - 5 pts.
5th - tie Stan 5 pts.
7th Greg - 4 pts.
8th Jeff - 3 pts.
Results from the November 11th Odd Thursday Night Races:
Ya gotta love a guy that brings a knife to a gun fight!
I'm really enjoying the Open Track Mondays! We don't usually get a big turn out at any one race, but it does seem to give a lot of my friends a chance to stop by, check in, and get in a little racing. It's not always the same group and I get to see a lot of different friends.
Yesterday we got in some testing and tuning for the upcoming OSCAR Trans Am race at Springwater Raceway this Saturday. We also held a Womp race and a Flexi race, each with 7 entries.
Womp race results:
1st John
2nd Doc
3rd Dave
4th Stuart
5th Beau
6th Bill
7th Mitch
In the end it was John Gill with a clean sweep for the day adding two fence posts to his signature on the prestigious PASER WEENER CUP! Nicely done John!
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