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Here's some photos I snapped at Tom's Clubman race:

Starting grid for the Clubman Race.

Ooooopss.................NOW I see MY mistake!!!

I'll fix it!!!!....Sorry about that!!!!

Yesterday we have 8 racers on hand for the first run of Womp Class racing. The 20 lap heat race format seemed to be a hit. The format uses a point based scoring system with racer's average lap times breaking any ties. Using European Round Robin driver rotation it only took 45 minutes to run through the entire race. Bob Nakamura scored the win.

The Flexi Class race was run using the traditional 3 minute heat race format, and also European Round Round robin driver rotation. We had one driver drop out so the race was run with 7 entries. Dan "Doc" Fritz took the win in this class.

After Monday's races I have decided the Flexi Class for racing here at Checkered Flag will be for 4 inch chassis. Checkered Flag is a relatively short track and is better suited to the 4 inch chassis. Plus most racers have 4 inch chassis cars sitting around. If you're one of those that does not have a 4 inch flexi type car, i have plenty of used ones and can fix you up! The 4.5 inch chassis cars will continue to be raced at Bob Nakamura's Springwater track, which is more of a super speedway course. I have updated the rules for Monday races.

The Womp race seemed to be a hit with the lap count heat races inspired by the Pelican Park racers. It provided for some very close racing! We will continue with that class and race format next Monday.

That looks 100% better Mitch!

Thanks Doc!

So they make the Lola T70 in the coupe version as well as the Can Am version? So they make 3 different models? Two different T70s and the Elva?

There was more discussion on the rule change to allow Thunderslot cars into the Can Am Class. As a result of this discussion the rules have reverted back to NOT allowing Thunderslot Can Am cars into the class. It is back up for vote and the final decision will be made after more racers get their chance to vote.

My 2 cents worth. At last might's race I competed in the Can Am Class with a well prepared (ZACK prepared) Slot.it Alfa 33. Having not raced at Al's for sometime I know my driving skill was not on par with the other racers. But, it was obvious to me the Thunderslot cars were superior. I was loaned a Thunderslot Can Am car during practice and with it I could easily beat the lap times I was running with my Slot.it car. In my opinion if Thunderslots are allowed to race in this class it will become a Thunderslot Can Am class!

I've gotten bogged down on this class. The big issue with the Over 50 cars are the sidewinder 36D powered cars. Getting enough ground/track clearance is challenging! Not to mention solving the rear tire issue. On the Checkered Flag track with the 12 volt power, the newer style natural rubber tires work best. As yet I have not found replacement "donuts" for a reasonable price. Using hard rubber tires we could go with lesser ground clearance, like maybe .032" versus .055", but with the softer natural rubber tires .055" is the least I am willing to allow. Those huge brass spur gears can play hell on a track surface!

Another option I'm looking into is switching out the brass spur gears to plastic. I have some, but I'm not sure what kind of supply I have yet. The track clearance problem is the big hold up, at least on the sidewinder cars. There are other Over 50 class cars that are inline that would be easier to get past this problem, but that leaves out a lot of great old chassis types! I will continue my efforts to come up with a solution.

In my opinion it is easier to just initiate a new class rather than keep changing the rules of existing classes. It is fine to make small changes and adjustments to a class, but at some point with major changes it becomes a new class anyway.  I think it is fine to just let a class go by the wayside or let it become "inactive". No where does it say you need to race ALL the classes every season. At least if you leave the rules as is you can always go back and reinstate and inactive class. There are many classes in NASTE that have not been raced for quite a few years, but they are still there if anyone wants to race them.

Can Am Class rules updated to allow Thunderslot cars, 9/16/2021.