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You're welcome Doc, my pleasure! & nice job on the 5.500 flat!

What gear set did you end up with Mitch?

The PASER Monday schedule also lists evening races. This Monday we had enough racers on hand later in the day to hold a 5 PM Womp race. This second race was just as close and exciting as the noon race, with four of the six racers posting lap times in the 5.5 second range!

Here are the results of the 5 PM Womp race:

1st Dave Smith - 38 points - fastest lap = 5.546 seconds
2nd Bill 34 pts. - F.L. = 5.524 sec.
3rd Doc 33 pts. - F.L. = 5.500 sec. (dead on the break-out!)
4th Brian 27 pts. - F.L. = 5.751 sec.
5th Lee 23 pts. - F.L. = 5.550 sec.
6th Dave Rothwell 5 pts. DNF - F.L. = 6.014 sec.

Dave Smith, winner of the 5 PM Womp Race!

The Monday schedule calls for a Womp race to start at high noon. This first Womp race involved some very close racing! The Womp races use a lap time break-out of 5.5 seconds. If you run a lap faster than 5.5 seconds, that lap is not counted. Setting up your car to run at that limit is the key, and easily accomplished as long as your car is built to the class specs.

Bob held the lead after the first round of racing by one point. Three racers ran laps in the 5.5 second range, but none broke out. The fastest laps ranged from 5.523 to 5.587. Rob came back to take the race lead after the second round, where three racers tied for the top spot of round two. In this round five racers were in the 5.5 second range, with the fastest laps between 5.529 and 5.578. Again no break-outs! The outcome of the race was not decided until the end of the third round of racing! After each racer completed a total of 12 heat races the winner had won by just 1 point! Second place was a tie, and third place was just 2 more points down. In the final round four racers ran in the 5.5 second range, 5.5o7 to 5.572, again with no break-outs! That is some close racing!

Here are the final results of the High Noon Womp Race:

1st Bill 40 points - fastest lap = 5.529 seconds
2nd - tie Bob 39 pts. - F.L. = 5.559 sec.
2nd - tie Doc 39 pts. - F.L. = 5.507 sec.
3rd Rob 37 pts. - F.L. = 5.566 sec.
4th Dave 31 pts. - F.L. = 5.539 sec.
5th - tie Brian 20 pts. - F.L. = 6.030 sec.
5th - tie Bart 20 pts. - F.L. = 6.014 sec.
DQ Mitch 14 pts. - F.L. = 6.105 sec.

The Checkered Flag Raceway track has been the home track to the PASER club since it was built in the early 2000's. It was decided at today's open track day, that the Monday activities at Inslot's Checkered Flag would be sponsored by PASER, and considered PASER events and activities. PASER is the oldest active slot car club in Oregon, first established in the early 1960's. Rather than having another group splinter off, I am proud to have Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway hosting PASER events on a regular basis once again! All of the Monday activities will now be reported under the "PASER" heading in this forum.

The Monday Open Track days will now be held on the first and third Mondays of each month. The NASTE Calendar has been updated to reflect the correct dates.

Oops......I thought you were looking for the Hudy......

It's getting worse..........

1.5 mm equals .059".

.055" is the standard most 1/24 slot car groups use in our area. I would even consider .047" on lightweight 1/32 cars. For now on my track, I'm sticking with .055" as the standard for all cars.

1 mm or even 1.5 mm are odd specs for me. I can get a piece of wire in .055" or .047" to use for tech inspection.

Damage caused by hard parts coming into contact with the track surface are clearly visible on my track. Some of the evidence is years old I'm sure, but I see damage to areas I know I have repainted since the track was moved here. Some marks can't be avoided when caused by de-slots and crashes. However the indications of marks caused by gears coming in contact with the track surface when a car is lapping the circuit can be avoided. The track surface is not perfectly flat in all areas. Please check and verify the clearance you have on your cars between the lowest point of the car and the track surface! On most cars the gear will be lowest point of contact!

"4. 1mm min ride height"

.039", that is lower than what I am comfortable with.

They're back up....

Sorry you had to endure that Rico! We did some racing for you! You were here in spirit!

Don't forget, NO racing on December 20th! Next Monday racing is on December 27th.

Here's a few photos I took throughout the two day event:

John "TouringJohn" Gill

Terrible Tommy Street

JP