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As per the norm there was LOTS of food on hand! A big thanks to Monte and Victoria for sending along Pizzas!
And in additional to all the food, there were the candies made by Dorothy! Dorothy's candies alone are an excellent reason to come to the NASTE Halloween Races!
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!
Mitch returned with his Chevrolet Hearse featuring a new chassis and motor combination. This car is a veteran of the NASTE Halloween Races and was extremely fast this year. 
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!
Next up is Al's coffin. This car was a work of art and very fast!
Let's take a look at some of the cars.......well, let's make that vehicles......
Zack brought out his newly built Camaro. This was based on a clear Lexan body. I thought it was a model car body until I actually touched it! Very nice job Zack!
We pulled it off! It was looking bleak there for awhile, but 9 racers made it out to Rapid Raceway to compete (well sort of) in the 2021 NASTE Halloween Race!
NASTE has gone through many changes in its 25 years, but one thing that has never changed is the Annual Halloween Race! In those 25 years the Halloween Race has only been cancelled once or twice. Describing the NASTE Halloween Race is difficult at best. Not your typical slot car race! Part race, part parade, with a little showmanship thrown in with some engineering and artistic interpretation, in what sometimes seems like a short enduro.........Got it?......Well maybe you just need to actually experience it!
Here's some highlights:
Here's the field.
I was SO impressed with Mr. Ivo! He is definitely a class act! It is not often you see such a famous figure in any sport take such personal interest in their fans! Not only does he keep his rail and trailer in show condition, he transports it to the these events, starts it up for the fans, and participates in the "Cackle Fest". The fuel alone for his rail is $15 a gallon. He goes way out of his way to please the fans at these NHRA events.
Actually the NHRA Hot Rod Reunion was totally AWESOME! The weather was perfect for a northwesterner for three of the five days I was there. Not too hot and not cool at all, around the mid-seventies. One of the days got pretty darn hot, and then Monday (the day we left) it rained a lot! Overall it was perfect weather-wise!
NASTE 2022 Point Series Championship Race No.2 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway October 21, 2021
Race Results - Classic Sports Car Div.1 Class:
1 Al 68.1 Laps - 5 points.
2 Mitch 66.6 - 4 pts.
3 Daniel 65.7 - 3 pts.
4 Rico 63.8 - 2 pts.
5 Stan 59.4 - 1 pt.
Current Standings for the 2022 NASTE Point Series Championship After 2 Races:
1st Al - 11 pts.
2nd Daniel - 10 points.
3rd Rico - 7 pts.
4th Mitch - 6 pts.
5th David - 4 pts.
6th Jeff - 3 pts.
7th - tie Greg - 1pt.
7th - tie Stan 1 pt.
October 21st race results:
Classic Sports Car 1 Class
The Womp class is definitely heating up!
Nice try Doc!....I'll update the calendar!
Congrats on your win!....Well deserved!!!
A couple of topics were discussed yesterday during Monday's Open Track.
1. I will be opening the track earlier, at 10:00 AM, so we can get to racing the first couple of classes by noon. The evening races will still have a tentative start time of 6:00 PM. The schedule will still remain casual and may vary slightly according to attendance. The key thing to take away from this is the doors will be open at 10:00 AM instead of 1:00 PM.
2. A rule change for the Womp class was unanimously approved. 3/32 rear axles may be used. This allows for a wider selection of crown gears and rear wheels and tires. Gears may be either 48 or 64 pitch.
Yesterday's Open Track Monday was eventful to say the least! As usual racers came and went throughout the day with nine of them competing in at least one of three races held. To date we have had casual races for either the Womp Class or the Flexi Class, or both when there have been enough participants. Yesterday we had enough racers to hold a Womp and a Flexi race starting at 2:00 PM, and another Womp race at 6:00 PM.
The racing in the first Womp race was very close! The Womp races are 20 lap heat races, starting with a round robin qualifier, followed by elimination heats. John Gill won that first race, decisively! Doc was second (of course), Dave Smith third, and Bob Nakamura fourth.
After the Womp race a Flexi race was run. The Flexi races are standard round robin timed heat races, with four minute heats for one round of racing (one time through all four lanes). In this race John Gill again took the win, although he first totally melted down his primary car! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJtWIdhDgGE It was quite the smoke show (best I've ever seen)! Doc was gracious enough to loan John his car so John could finish out his last heat race. These Monday Open Track races are low key and casual with our focus on fun! John was credited with the win based on driver performance regardless of using a backup loaner car. Here are the results of that race:
Both races were completed by approximately 4:00 PM. By 6:00 PM some racers had left but others had shown up. It was decided to run another Womp race. But before we dropped the green flag we decided to have some pizza! A big thanks to my beautiful wife Diane for ordering and picking up pizza for us all! The same 20 lap heat race format was used again for the second Womp race. This time Doc showed no mercy and took no prisoners! He ran an excellent race in a tight field and took the win! Yup, not second this time! To prove it the results are below:
Something new was introduced for the Open Track Monday races. The official PASER CUP trophy for the weekly winner. Each race winner of a Monday race event will have the honor of signing this beautiful and LARGE loving cup! This highly sought after award will be on display for ALL to see! John and Doc were the first two names to be added to the cup. A side note here; due to the fact that dry transfer lettering seems to be very difficult to find and the selection slim (finally sourced at Dollar Tree), and the fact that the size of the letters I found were slightly larger than what I really needed, the PASER Weekly Winner Cup actually came out as the PASER WEENNER CUP (WEENNER being kind of a contraction between Weekly and Winner....sort of...).
Here's a couple of photos of the first ever official Monday winners with the prestigious award!
That's AWESOME Rico!
Congrats to Dom!
Congrats Doc, you're racing wasn't bad either!
A short video from the race:
Here is a sample of the carnage from the day's racing!
Also involved in a majority of the mayhem was THIS guy! You may never see this again!
Zack's on track tribulations earned him this title!
John always seems to have a good time at Tom's World! Maybe because he's so fast there!
In this photo you can see the tight esses and the sharp right hand turn at the end of the bridge.
This is the challenging bridge section of the track!
The track and racers:
Left to Right: Bob N., Korbyn, Mike, Zack, Jim, Tom, back to you, Michael.
L to R: Jim, Tom, Michael, JP.
Here's some photos I snapped at Tom's Clubman race:
Starting grid for the Clubman Race.
Tom's World Raceway is normally a huge high speed course with lap lengths in excess of one hundred feet. But by utilizing an optional curve the course can be shortened to roughly seventy seven feet. This shorter course was the one chosen for the OSCAR Clubman Class race on Saturday October 9th. The Clubman Class is for 1/24 scale small sports cars.
The racing at OSCAR events starts early and runs through the entire day. Each racer races in a round robin rotation, heat races in each lane of the track for 4 minutes. This rotation is repeated four times for a total of 64 minutes of on track race time for each racer. It is grueling, especially on this short version of Tom's World Raceway!
A lap on this short course requires your full attention! From the start line you accelerate down the straight to the first left hand sweeper. The sweeper is the optional corner in the course and is placed about one third of the way down the normal front straight. Coming out of the sweeper you almost immediately hit the very tight kink to the left. This corner is a killer as it is right at the bottom of the bridge! The bridge is a hump style climb and decent over the top of a section of the track. It is extremely easy to carry too much speed and get too much air over the bridge resulting in a crash in the tight right hander immediately following the bridge! After the tight right hander you proceed down the short straight in front of the driver's stations into a decreasing radius right hander going under the bridge. Now you're on another short but fast straight into another right hander that leads into the tight esses. The esses end in a left hand turn that leads you back onto the the main or front straight. The fast guys complete this in less than 4.9 seconds!
There are always mechanical failures and damaged cars at races at Tom's World. Saturday was no exception! Racers tore up gears, broke chassis, and destroyed bodies! Man was it ever fun!
Here are the race results:
Ooooopss.................NOW I see MY mistake!!!
I'll fix it!!!!....Sorry about that!!!!
"need to fix the class name. There no way in hell that any thing that starts with the Carrea going run 80 plus laps at Al track .."
What is it supposed to be? The schedule says "GFX".....
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