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February 14, 2022 7:34 pm

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!

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

February 8, 2022 3:05 pm

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:

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..............

February 8, 2022 2:51 pm

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:

Round 2 results:

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.

February 8, 2022 2:28 pm

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)!

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!

Yeah, yeah, he won again.....

February 8, 2022 2:15 pm

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:

Round 2 results:

Round 3 results:

February 7, 2022 9:44 pm

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

February 7, 2022 9:16 am

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?????

February 6, 2022 9:47 pm

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.

February 6, 2022 6:13 pm

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

February 5, 2022 10:01 pm

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.

January 31, 2022 1:38 pm

We're missin' ya!

January 31, 2022 9:36 am

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

January 31, 2022 9:27 am

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

January 31, 2022 8:52 am

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:

January 31, 2022 8:40 am

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!

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:

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:

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

January 28, 2022 5:43 pm

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.

January 28, 2022 5:33 pm

Results from the January 27th race:

January 24, 2022 10:17 am

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!

January 19, 2022 3:23 pm

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.

January 19, 2022 12:53 pm

The 2NASTE chassis Zack made up with Team Bluegroove bodies would be a good choice, however the PASER club's roots are embedded in actual scratchbuilt chassis, which in my view are chassis built from wire and brass strip soldered together. There is already a venue for the 2NASTE chassis and that is Northwest True Scale, with races taking place at Howie's Rapid Raceway, Springwater Raceway, and here at Inslot's Checkered Flag. I'm not saying "no", I'm just saying that doesn't meet the current criteria.

Also to note, I am NOT doing a true IROC format where I supply four cars for IROC racing. I did that for years and have NO desire to start doing it again! If we run any kind of IROC style races, the racers will be also contributing cars to race.

As far as the Scaleauto chassis, they're ok for motors softer than S16Ds in my opinion.

January 19, 2022 11:03 am

PASER has always promoted the racing of "Hardbody" cars, model car bodies mounted on scratchbuilt brass chassis. The topic of adding these classes of cars to the Monday racing came up again. The one issue with this class of racing has been how to get new racers up to speed. Many times the newer members have never built anything like the hardbody cars raced in this region. Suggestions that came up in some of the recent discussions included starting off the racing with very simple design chassis. Something similar to the Hanna Econo-Car chassis design. A specification could also be implemented which limits the chassis brass pans to .062" material. The .062" material is much easier to solder than the typical .090" used on the more advanced chassis. Another suggestion was to develop a spec type chassis and motor combination and use Team Bluegroove bodies, which are .030" thick (closer to model car bodies than the typical Lexan bodies). There was also an idea to start the racing as s variation of the IROC style races. For example, the racers that have or build some cars would put there cars out on the track. Four cars could be chosen by random or some other method, to be used in the race. All of the racers participating would race those four cars in an IROC style format.

So, more input would be helpful in getting started down this road. Especially from you newer guys! If you have any ideas or comments, let's here them!

January 19, 2022 10:36 am

The final race of the evening was the PM Flexi race. This time John wasn't around to kick our butts, so Doc decided to accept those duties! He spanked us pretty good, winning by eleven laps! The rest of us all finished closely together with only a few laps separating us. Her are the PM Flexi results:

And of course here's Doc, with yet another fence post!

January 19, 2022 10:30 am

As it turned out we had a good crowd for the evening races as well! The PM Womp race had six cars on the grid. The track had tightened up some as the temperature and humidity had dropped from the earlier races. Half the field was posting lap times in the 5.5 second range, and the others were hitting 5.6 seconds. Doc has been a force to deal with in the Womp races so far this year, and he was on the wheel for this race winning all three rounds of 20 lap heat races! Here are the PM Womp race results:

1st Doc 40 points
2nd Bill 35 pts.
3rd Dave 32 pts.
4th Lee 30 pts.
5th Bart 26 pts.
6th Brian 17 pts.

Here's Doc sporting yet another fence post and some questionable ears!

January 19, 2022 10:19 am

The Flexi race followed the Womp race and proved to be just as exciting! In this race John dominated all through the round of four minute heats. He took the win with an impressive nine lap lead! Here are the results from the midday Flexi race:

John got away before we could capture him on film. He has a another fence post coming to him at the next race!

January 19, 2022 10:14 am

The racing at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway on Mondays is heating up! The high noon Womp race had 9 entries. We raced the now standard format of three rounds of 20 lap heat races to determine a winner. With points being scored for finish positions in each individual heat race, each 20 lap heat race is important. At only 20 laps they go quick and there's no time to hold back!

This race was to be another extremely close one, with each of the top six racers posting at least one heat race win! After the three rounds of racing Doc and Dave ended up in a tie for first place overall. Using the fastest lap posted to break the tie gave Doc the overall win by just .147 second. Here are the High Noon Womp Race results:

1st Doc 41 points with a fast lap of 5.574
2nd Dave 41 pts. 5.721 fast lap
3rd Rob 37 pts.
4th Bob 36 pts.
5th Bill 35 pts.
6th Brian 24 pts.
7th Gerry 20 pts.
8th John 19 pts.
9th Ryan 17 pts.

Congrats to Doc and yet another Womp win! He's adding a lot of fence posts to that PASER WEENER CUP!

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