776 Reply by wb0s

(31 replies, posted in NASTE)

NASTE 2022 Point Series Championship Race No.7 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway February 17, 2022

Race Results - Classic Sports Car Div.1 Class:

1 Daniel 68.5 Laps - 6 points.
2 Al 67.5 - 5 pts.
3 Jeff 66.1 - 4 pts.
4 Mitch 65.6 - 3 pts.
5 Rico 64.0 - 2 pts.
6 David 60.9 - 1 pt.


Current Standings for the 2022 NASTE Point Series Championship After 7 Races:

1st Daniel - 43 points.
2nd Al - 40 pts.
3rd Rico - 26 pts.
4th Mitch - 20 pts.
5th Jeff - 15 pts.
6th Stan 12 pts.
7th - tie Zack - 7 pts.
7th - tie Greg - 7 pts.
7th - tie David - 7 pts.

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777 Topic by wb0s

(21 replies, posted in Track)

Rob Enders has purchased and moved Jeff Courtney's Hemi Heights Raceway to his shop space in north Vancouver. Rob's space is in the upstairs of a large shop building. It will provide space for some great racing as well as plenty of pit space in an adjoining room! This track originally built by Larry Cockerham and Dave Smith, was located in Larry's shop in Carlton Oregon. Jeff Courtney purchased the track and moved it to his shop in northeast Portland. Jeff recently moved and sold the track to Rob. It will now be located close to the Salmon Creek area just north of Vancouver. Rob has just started putting the track back together and perform some minor restoration work. I know of no one better at this type of work. Rob has done some awesome restorations of slot cars and vintage signage. He is well qualified for this task! This track has been host to PASER, OSACAR, and NASTE club races. It will be great to have this track back up and running!

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778 Reply by wb0s

(5 replies, posted in Springwater Raceway)

That's no beard....That's a COVID filter!

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779 Reply by wb0s

(5 replies, posted in Springwater Raceway)

It is great to see Lee Dundas Jr. making a return to the OSCAR racing scene. He was on top of the heap in the first part of the qualifying session! (There you go Lee, it has been documented!).

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Mitch came out in support for the event, and although he did not race he stuck out the entire event helping with turn marshal duties. Thank you very much Mitch!

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Bart ran a great race! This is one new comer that is coming up FAST!

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Here are your first place through third place finishers, and the winner of the Racer's Choice Award.

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Terrible Tommy's second place finishing car and trophy.

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780 Reply by wb0s

(5 replies, posted in Springwater Raceway)

The back room pit area was set up in remembrance of Bob McFarland.

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Bartman and ProZack discussing race strategy.

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Lee Dundas Jr. and Turing John discuss chassis set up.

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Steve Smith and Nak Nak talking about the old times.

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Stewmeat prepping for the start of the race.

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781 Reply by wb0s

(5 replies, posted in Springwater Raceway)

Thank you Bob for hosting the first race in the McFarland Memorial Track Tour! It was an awesome event, and congratulations on your first OSCAR win!

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The Super Stock Class cars looked great on the track!

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782 Reply by wb0s

(42 replies, posted in Events)

The McFarland Memorial Track Tour kicked off with an OSCAR Super Stock race at Bob Nakamura's Springwater Raceway in Gresham. It was an enjoyable day with good close racing and lots of conversations about Bob. The race itself was the usual OSCAR racing format at Springwater, starting off with a quick qualifying session. Four minute heat races were used with racing alternating between the inside four lanes and the outside four lanes of Bob's 140 foot eight lane Ogilvie hill climb track. Half way through the race we broke for lunch, having awesome Firehouse sub sandwiches (an OSCAR favorite!). By the end of the race each driver had raced for a total of 64 minutes. First through fourth were only separated by 14 laps, and it was just as close for fifth through seventh. It was definitely an exciting race, and a great tribute to Bob McFarland!

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The race results and more photos can be seen here: http://naste.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1326

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783 Reply by wb0s

(65 replies, posted in PASER)

After the 6 PM Womp race the Flexis were on the grid for the final race of the day. This time that pesky Doc showed his skill again by returning to the top the podium! We gotta do something about this guy! He seems to be winning everything everywhere he goes!

Results from the evening Flexi race:
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It was a great day for me as a track owner. The Open Track Mondays are a unique event. Participants come and go throughout the day and evening. Some come for the Womp and Flexi races, others come just for track time. On this Monday we met Hersch who is looking to return to slot cars after his experiences as a youngster. Ron who is a fellow track owner and member of PHOSAR participated in some bigger scale racing. Jeff and Stuart stopped by for some track time for practice and testing. Whatever the reason folks show up, I'm glad and appreciative of the fact they come! That's why we have these tracks. That you to you all!

Oh, by the way. That guy there off in the distance.....Yeah, he won three of the four races today! sheez..............

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784 Reply by wb0s

(65 replies, posted in PASER)

By the time evening had rolled around some people had left and others had arrived. We gridded eight cars for the 6 PM Womp race. This time the goal was to keep Doc off the podium. It was not an easy feat! This time around Doc was edged out by just one point! The Womp races are very close, all the way up to the finish of the last heat race!

This Womp race was shortened to just two rounds due to a late start. Here are the results from Round 1:
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Round 2 results:
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6 PM Womp Race final results:
1st Bill 31 points
2nd Doc 30 pts.
3rd Dave 27 pts.
4th Bart 22 pts.
5th Brian 15 pts.
6th Rico 14 pts.
7th Ron 12 pts.
8th Hersch 9 pts.

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785 Reply by wb0s

(65 replies, posted in PASER)

Final results for the high noon Womp race:

1st Doc 46 points - fastest lap = 5.501 seconds
2nd Bill 46 pts. - fastest lap = 5.511 sec.
3rd Rob 38 pts.
4th - tie John 34 pts.
4th - tie Dave 34 pts.
5th Lee 29 pts.
5th - tie Terry 29 pts.
6th Brian 24 pts.
7th Ron 23 pts.
8th Mitch 15 pts.
9th Gerry 13 pts.

And here's your Womp winner (PASER WEENER)!

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After the Womp race we lined up for the Flexi race. This was to be another close race with many door to door battles! The format for the Flexi races is a traditional round robin format with 4 minute heats, one round. Again Doc seemed to somehow stick with it and pull through to the win. What is up with this guy? Must be the beard thing!? Yet another squeak by victory, this time by just 3 laps!

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Yeah, yeah, he won again.....
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786 Reply by wb0s

(65 replies, posted in PASER)

We had a good turn out on February 7th with eleven entries in the high noon Womp race. Ron came up from Woodburn with Dave and Brian to take a run at racing some slightly bigger cars than what will fit on his Viper HO track. It was great to see Terry and Lee make it out, and Mitch also finally made it back to the track for some Womp and Flexi action.

We raced the now standard 3 rounds of 20 lap heat races for the Womps. Each heat race is scored individually with points for first through fourth, so each heat race counts. There is no holding back in these short sprints! The better you finish in each individual race, the higher your total score. After three rounds of racing there was a tie for first place. In this scenario the racer with the quickest lap time through all three rounds, breaks the tie and is awarded the win. In this case Doc's best lap was a 5.501 second lap, which by the way is only .001 second from breaking out (losing a lap)! His fastest lap time was .010 quicker than second place!

Round 1 results:
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Round 2 results:
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Round 3 results:
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787 Reply by wb0s

(11 replies, posted in Wanted)

........Still a mystery......could of sworn I saw a red one!............

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788 Reply by wb0s

(11 replies, posted in Wanted)

kidvolt wrote:

I have the blue and silver cars, no red.

Well that certainly helped clear that up!................maybe I still have the red one?.......somewhere?????

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789 Reply by wb0s

(11 replies, posted in Wanted)

ckouba wrote:

A slot car that Bill the Pusher doesn't have??  What?!??!!!

Well, to be totally accurate.......HAD, but sold.....I believe Monte probably got it.

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790 Topic by wb0s

(11 replies, posted in Wanted)

I've got a friend looking for the red Carrera Porsche 904. I don't have any. Anybody got one they want to sell?

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791 Reply by wb0s

(31 replies, posted in NASTE)

NASTE 2022 Point Series Championship Race No.6 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway February 3, 2022

Race Results - GFX Class:

1 Daniel 80.5 Laps - 7 points.
2 Al 80.3 - 6 pts.
3 Rico 77.2 - 5 pts.
4 Stan 75.5 - 4 pts.
5 Jeff 72.0 - 3 pts.
6 Mitch 71.1 - 2 pts.
7 David 68.6 - 1 pt.

Current Standings for the 2022 NASTE Point Series Championship After 6 Races:

1st Daniel - 37 points.
2nd Al - 35 pts.
3rd Rico - 24 pts.
4th Mitch - 17 pts.
5th Stan 12 pts.
6th Jeff - 11 pts.
7th - tie Zack - 7 pts.
7th - tie Greg - 7 pts.
9th David - 6 pts.

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792 Reply by wb0s

(6 replies, posted in InSlot's Checkered Flag Raceway)

We're missin' ya!

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793 Topic by wb0s

(0 replies, posted in Spare Time Raceway)

One of many McFarland Memorial Events will be held at Spare Time Raceway on 3/7/22. The Event will feature both OSCAR and True Scale Sports Cars running together in a mixed race. The event will be an informal and lighthearted affair celebrating the life of Slot Car builder and racing legend, Bob McFarland.

If you are not local and are thinking about attending, please contact Bob Hanna at 541-580-7268 or via email at bob@bcmetalart.com

Race information is as follows:
 Either OSCAR Sports Cars or True Scale Sports Cars are eligible to compete (No True Scale GT1s are eligible)
 Doors open at 4 P.M. on race day for practice
 Bring your own food and/or snacks. A refrigerator will be available for storage.
 Racing will begin promptly at 7 P.M.
 No qualifying or tech inspection.
 Race Director will seed participants.
 Race Format will be 2 times through with 2 minute heats (may be adjusted based upon number of attendees).
 Race will be stopped to allow a competitor to address a mechanical or other problem without penalty.
 Race Director will allow competitors ample time between heats

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794 Topic by wb0s

(3 replies, posted in Electron Raceway)

One of many McFarland Memorial Events will be held at Electron Raceway on 6/6/22. The Event will feature both OSCAR and True Scale Trans-Am cars running together in a mixed race. The event will be an informal and lighthearted affair celebrating the life of Slot Car builder and racing legend, Bob McFarland. If you are not local and are thinking about attending, please contact Rich via email (vecchio.richard@gmail.com)
Race information is as follows:
• Either OSCAR Trans-Am or True Scale Trans-Am cars are eligible to compete
• Doors open at 3 P.M. on race day for practice
• Snacks and Iced Tea will be provided
• Bring your own food and/or snacks. A refrigerator will be available for storage
• Racing will begin promptly at 7 P.M.
• No qualifying or tech inspection.
• Race Director will seed participants.
• Race Format will be 2 times through with 2 minute heats (may be adjusted based upon number of attendees).
• Race will be stopped to allow a competitor to address a mechanical or other problem without penalty.
• Race Director will allow competitors ample time between heats

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795 Reply by wb0s

(6 replies, posted in InSlot's Checkered Flag Raceway)

The 4.5 inch Flexi NASCAR race was run immediately following the Classic NASCAR race. The consisted of one round of five minute heats. John came back to take the win just two laps ahead of Bob and Howie, who were tied for second. Bob took second place by way of better lap average.

Here are the results:

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796 Topic by wb0s

(6 replies, posted in InSlot's Checkered Flag Raceway)

On Saturday January 29th 2022, Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway hosted a Northwest True Scale point race for the Classic NASCAR Class, and as the support race the 4.5 inch NASCAR Flexi Class. We had nine racers in attendance for the Classic NASCAR race, which is for hardbody (model car bodies) on Bob Hanna style Econo Car chassis. This is a very popular class with all the cars being pretty evenly matched, resulting in very close competition!

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We raced through two rounds of four minute heats. After the first round Zack was in the lead just three laps ahead of Bob, with John in third another six laps down. Results from Round 1:

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In the second round Zack stretched his lead by another three laps. Bob again finished right behind Zack. John dropped back with mechanical difficulties, and Al continued his great run finishing third in the second round. Results from Round 2:

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The final results gave Zack the win, followed by Bob in second, and Al finished on the podium in third!

1st Zack 366 laps
2nd Bob 359 laps
3rd Al 343 laps
4th Terry 327 laps
5th Bart 327 laps
6th Howie 293 laps
7th Rico 288 laps
8th John 202 laps
9th Bill 162 laps

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797 Reply by wb0s

(31 replies, posted in NASTE)

NASTE 2022 Point Series Championship Race No.5 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway January 27, 2022

Race Results - Classic Sports Car Div.I Class:

1 Daniel 67.8 Laps - 6 points.
2 Al 66.1 - 5 pts.
3 Jeff 65.7 - 4 pts.
4 Mitch 65.2 - 3 pts.
5 Rico 60.8 - 2 pts.
6 Stan 56.8 - 1 pt.

Current Standings for the 2022 NASTE Point Series Championship After 5 Races:

1st Daniel - 30 points.
2nd Al - 29 pts.
3rd Rico - 19 pts.
4th Mitch - 15 pts.
5th - tie Stan 8 pts.
5th - tie Jeff - 8 pts.
7th - tie Zack - 7 pts.
7th - tie Greg - 7 pts.
9th David - 5 pts.

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798 Reply by wb0s

(2,166 replies, posted in NASTE)

Results from the January 27th race:

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799 Topic by wb0s

(42 replies, posted in Events)

In February of 2020 the Northwest slot car community lost Bob McFarland. Since that time, due primarily to the COVID pandemic, we have been unable to properly show our respects and say goodbye to our friend and mentor. The track owners in the I-5 corridor, OSCAR members, and others have banded together to pay tribute to Bob with a series of races dedicated to his memory.

All American Raceway, Electron Raceway, Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway, Pelican Park Speedway, Rapid Raceway, Spare Time Raceway, Springwater Raceway, and Tom's World Raceway will all be hosting races. As of this date four of the races have been scheduled and are listed below:

February 12, 2022 - Springwater Raceway in Gresham - OSCAR Super Stock Class race.
March 7, 2022 - Spare Time Raceway in Roseburg - Sports Car Class race.
April 16, 2022 - Rapid Raceway in Portland - Porsche 962 Class race.
May 14, 2022 - Tom's World in Bend - OSCAR NASCAR Class race.
June 6, 2022 - Electron Raceway in Roseburg - Trans Am Class race.

Stay tuned for updates!

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800 Reply by wb0s

(65 replies, posted in PASER)

That's a good idea Doc! Awhile back Stuart offered to help us with a class. Next time I see him I'll talk to him about it.

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