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Race results from January 23, 2025:

Plus one lap for Rico on this screen:

Your car was awesome Al! I think it is so cool that all you guys that participated in Stuart's chassis building class all ended up with really good cars!

After having Firehouse sub sandwhiches for lunch, we got ready for the third and final round. As Race Director I set the line up for the last round. My goal was to have the rotation set in a way that each racer would be side by side with their closest competitor for at least two heats of racing. I believe I succeeded, but I will wait to see and hear the reviews from the racers themselves. Here are the results from the final round:

Final Results:

1st Stuart (Stew Meat)  554 laps
2nd Bob (Nak Nak)        536
3rd Bart                        524
4th Mike (Mike G)          514
5th Al (Meat)                 502
6th Tim (Tiny)               491
7th Bill                          473
8th Howie                      454
9th Jerry                       453
10th Mark (Skid Mark)    427
11th Hersch                   409
12th Austin                    340

Kudos go out to Hersch for competing with a Hanna Econo type chassis. A good chassis but clearly not as well handling as the current generation of hardbody chassis. He finished very well with a lesser chassis design.

Kudos to Mike for his excellent finish in his first race with his new chassis. Mike has become an excellent chassis builder! His chassis are well constructed and just plain beautiful!

Kudos to Al for suffereing adversity and sticking with it to finish fifth!

Kudos to Mark who hasn't been at the track for awhile, but got into the groove and drove a solid race!

Kudos to Howie for showing us all that a "Big Wheel" NWTS NASCAR can compete with OSCAR cars!

Kudos to new racer Austin who battled through the race with a new car, and multiple controller switches!

Thanks to Stuart for making it to the race. It is always great to have Stuart in the mix. He is always there to help other racers and lend great advice!

Thanks to Bob for being there and as always supporting all of our racing habits by managing and supplying us with parts and advice!

Thanks to Jerry for your friendliness, attitude, and willingness to help other racers, including loaning out cars and equipment! You're the best Jerry!

Thanks to Bart for being there. In the few years he's been racing with us, Bart has become one of our best competitors! He is a clean racer, and he is always fast!

And last but not least, thanks to Tim! Tim is always there to race, and is now also a track builder! Everybody needs to get over to Tim's and try out his new track!

Well That's about it........Thank you all!

As usual, everyone had a great time at The Gorge Raceway! Thanks Bob!

Here is the blueprint for the Hanna Econo Chassis build:

Thanks Bob for drawing this up!

In summary this was just a preliminary test of one of each of the new Parma motors Mid America has available. We all know the performance of slot car motors can vary a lot, even between like model numbers from the same manufacturer. This was just an unscientific test between random examples of each model. But it did re-enforce my thinking that there are not any stock motors out there that have a distinct advantage over the others. There's always a chance you may get lucky and purchase that "perfect" motor, but I think generally one is about as good as another. As far as reliabilty and quality, we shall learn more over time.

Bob Nakamura will keep stocking the Proslot Super 16D motors. He does not have access to wholesale pricing on these new Parma motors, nor does he wish to add to the inventory PASER already stocks. Something I agree with 100%. If you want to try a different motor these new Parma's seem to be of good quality, but the best deals on motors and parts are through our club! I will be racing with one of these five in my car where the rules call for 16D motors. We'll see how they stack up!

Today I completed some initial testing of the five motors. My plan called for the use of a vintage Hanna Econo Chassis to be used as the test "mule", to get a feeling of each motors performance. The chassis has .890" rear tires, spun with a 33 tooth crown gear. I installed a new 7 tooth pinion gear on each motor. The motor's armature output shafts had to be cut down to .250" in length to fit this chassis' motor box. I had to trim off 1/16" on all but the #501 and the #701 motor shafts for bracket to axle clearance.

While working on the motors I noticed some things. There were no balancing marks on any of these motors. There were no I.D. tags on any of these arms. Each of the motor's cans had the old style oval cooling holes, except for the #499. All of the arm's stack height were the same at approximately .490". Although the height of the armature plates/stack were the same, the spacing between the plate ends (where the windings reside) was not the same for all of the motors. The gap between the poles on the #702 and the #701 were .148", the gap on the others was narrower at .062".

After the pinion gears were installed and the motors oiled, I broke in each motor with my variable power supple set at 4 volts. I let each of the motors run at that constant voltage for 20 minutes with the goal of getting the brushes seated in on the commutator. Each motor showed a current draw of .75 amp at that voltage, except for the #701 which read approximately .60 amps.

Jim,

Of those you requested, here's what I have left:

1 only Porsche 908 V3 Lola
1 only 1966 GT40 MKII
1 only Ferrari 312P Vintage
No McLaren M12 Lola left - none

I set the bodies I have on your list aside for you. Would you like me to start a list of bodies for another order? The list would be available for anyone that is looking for a body or two that I don't currently have. I would submit another order when there are at least 10 bodies on the list.

On a side note, I am sending another shipment of bodies to TBG to make molds off of. There should be another 10 to 20 or so bodies available later this year.

===========Bill

I will check today and get back to you this afternoon Jim.

Race results from the January 9, 2025 race: