Super yummy!
1,027 April 13, 2014 8:29 am
Re: NASTE 2014 Season - Race No. 15 (5 replies, posted in NASTE)
Thanks Bill, glad you had a good time. It's becoming my favorite form of racing. I just like the team synergy of folks working together. Also seems to create for a very lively crowd.
Thank you all.
1,028 April 10, 2014 6:53 am
Re: NASTEburgring (25 replies, posted in Events)
Both Fantasy World Hobbies and 132slotcar.us have the Lotus 49B white kit available at $39.99. This is one of the two cars available for the [b]Scalextric Vintage[b] class.
Eagles also available but they're a little more. Those are probably the two lower priced options for this race if you'd like to have your own car and don't yet. If you would prefer a loaner contact me and we'll get you set up.
1,029 April 9, 2014 4:40 pm
Re: NASCAR. (7 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
Take a look at these, I'm sure Howie can suggest other outlets.
1,030 April 9, 2014 10:15 am
Re: Scaleracing National Final in Tacoma (12 replies, posted in Events)
It also seemed there might have been a better dispersal of teams. Any time two of our folks were teamed together it was a definite disadvantage as one of us would have to run the more difficult lanes where anyone teamed with one of their locals could always get a break and run the easy lanes while the pro ran the harder ones. John and I were teamed together for BOTH events. Seems a little strange to me. You would have thought they would have spread the 6 of us around. We did well as we could in the first race finishing fifth but if either of us could have run the two inner lanes with any precision we would have been third. The car was quite good among the group. The drivers, not so good but we gave it our all.
The time trial format - LUDICROUS! Never have I seen a time trial format for an enduro ever provide meaningful results. You want a real time trial? Drop a c-note on the track and let the winner put it in his pocket and take it home. I guarantee the results will be entirely different.
And then running a backward time trial but not racing that way because of the fear of too much damage. AREYOUFREAKINGKIDDINGME! That would have been the fairest shot we would have gotten. Extremely disappointed with that maneuver.
Only being there for Saturday I agree it was a little chaotic and could suffer some better organization. I also would have been disappointed to drop a bunch of money into a car for a specific race only to have it sit in the box.
You may have noticed that I did not marshal a single car. Last time I was there one of the racers commented that my marshaling had cost him the race. Seemed unnecessary and really hurt my feelings. Not gonna marshal there again.
I was also a little puzzled by this:
"All entrants in the BRM race get a Special gift from www.scaleracing.com after the race."
I guess my special gift was half of the parts that John got for his car. ;-)
I had a great time whenever I was racing and I enjoyed visiting with everybody. I wished I could have conversed with the gent from Europe. He was a polite racer.
1,031 April 7, 2014 8:16 am
Topic: First Sunday - April, 2014 (0 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
A fine field of 9 racers came out to Penguin Point yesterday for some racin'. Here now the results:
Ninco Class:
Tracy Flood - 49 pts
Monte Saager - 49
Tim Booze - 45
Thomas Flood - 45
Greg Petrolati - 44
Victoria Saager - 41
Dennis Hart - 39
Mitch Brooks - 37
Todd Flood - 33
IRCO Class - Cartrix F1:
Monte Saager - 39.4
Tracy Flood - 39.3
Greg Petrolati - 38.5
Dennis Hart - 37.1
Thomas Flood - 34.2
Mitch Brooks - 33.9
Tim Booze - 33.8
Victoria Saager - 32.9
Todd Flood - 31.4
Thanks to all for attending, it was a pleasant day of racing with the garage door open.
1,032 March 31, 2014 11:06 am
Re: NASTE 2014 Season - Race No. 14 (8 replies, posted in NASTE)
He lived!
1,033 March 31, 2014 9:58 am
Re: 1/43 slot cars is my love (7 replies, posted in Cars)
That small Carrera track is insane. We'll have our planning meeting out here in Hillsboro in August. Let's see about getting you out here for that.
1,034 March 30, 2014 8:41 am
Re: 1/43 slot cars is my love (7 replies, posted in Cars)
4 Lanes! You could easily host a NASTE race.
1,035 March 29, 2014 8:23 am
Re: 1/43 slot cars is my love (7 replies, posted in Cars)
Mike, have you got a 4-lane track at home yet? It looks like you have quite the collection of track.
1,036 March 26, 2014 9:36 am
Re: The New Jacquelin Park (19 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
Not to add in a religious reference but in the process I did encounter a few burning bushes. Anyone know where I can get a 1/32 scale Smokey the Bear?
1,037 March 26, 2014 9:25 am
Re: The New Jacquelin Park (19 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
Time for another track update. We've finally started back n the stream area on the digital track. We added a bunch of trees thanks to a gift of a box of Woodland Scenics build it yourself trees from Carl. Then we begin laying in the stream. For the Hills we used the bottled "water" that you just pour out and then wait for two days for it to cure. It worked ok but suffered from silly underlying paint that make it look more like a swimming pool than a lake. So, change in strategy!
I started with a cheap flat back base, no swimming pool for this track!
And this time we used the Woodland Scenics pellets. Drop them in a pan, heat them up on the stove and pour. Sounds easy.
Here were the first results...
Not exactly the dark, glossy look I was after. But not to despair, this just means that it didn't go on warm enough. Pulled out the heat gun bought for my floor adventures last summer and went to work. The stream heated up and re-flowed bit by bit resulting in this:
Now that's what I'm talking about! Work continues.
1,038 March 25, 2014 10:35 am
Re: Scaleracing National Final in Tacoma (12 replies, posted in Events)
Here's a link to more information:
1,040 March 25, 2014 8:47 am
Topic: NASTEburgring (25 replies, posted in Events)
Welcome to our newest race series. Though short it should also be quite fun. The idea is a two-race per day event with the first day scheduled for Portland and the second to be in Tacoma. Here's the rules:
Formula One Challenge
Official Rules v 0.2
Old style racing for vintage Formula One/GP race cars with minor modifications. The emphasis is on fair and fun competition as well as promoting interactivity between the local Northwest area racers and clubs.
One car per entrant. You may select your car from either of the three classes.
Classes
Cartrix Classic
Porsche 804
Talbot-Lago
Aston Martin DBR4
Vanwall
Lancia-Ferrari D50
Gordini T32
Maserati 250F F
BRM P-25
Lotus 16
Scalextric Historic
Cooper Climax
Ferrari 375
Ferrari 156 Sharknose
Maserati 250F
Vanwall
Scalextric Vintage
Lotus 49
Eagle
Modifications:
Any modifications not listed below are not allowed. Cars found to not be in compliance will be crushed, burned and bagged prior to their return.
1,041 March 12, 2014 12:58 pm
Re: Western States Championship - 1986 (1 replies, posted in The NASTE Library)
That sounds like a fantastic adventure!
1,042 March 6, 2014 3:06 pm
Re: H.O.R.O. Newsletters (1 replies, posted in The NASTE Library)
Great story Bill. We'll look forward to hearing some of those others too.
1,043 March 5, 2014 2:55 pm
Re: Oregon Slot Sports Management (3 replies, posted in The NASTE Library)
Thank you Bill for getting this new portion of our site rolling. This should be an amazing reference for years to come.
Cash prizes. So we're racing with professionals!
1,044 March 1, 2014 6:03 am
Re: NASTE 2014 Season - Race No. 12 (29 replies, posted in NASTE)
Maybe Dorothy needs more rum balls.
1,045 February 25, 2014 9:50 am
Re: NASTE 2014 Season - Race No. 12 (29 replies, posted in NASTE)
Dorothy did not finish second in a race with the experts but her total from the "amateur" race was so high that it placed her second overall. As I understand it.
One of the problems with points series is events where there are few entrants. I won my first rally trophy on a day when we ran an extremely difficult event not knowing any better. There were three of us in the Novice class. They gave us all trophies and instantly promoted us to the advanced class based on the rule of once you trophy. Felt like we got short-changed. But at least we got the first place trophy.
In my opinion you should not advance during the season but after/prior to the next.
However, I also did once win two classes in the same season.
1,046 February 24, 2014 7:19 pm
Re: NASTE 2014 Season - Race No. 12 (29 replies, posted in NASTE)
Exactly.
1,047 February 24, 2014 5:46 pm
Re: NASTE 2014 Season - Race No. 12 (29 replies, posted in NASTE)
The 19 is a result of the points garnered in the NASTE Challenge race, not the expert event. As it turned out she had the second highest total regardless of division.
1,048 February 24, 2014 1:12 pm
Re: NASTE 2014 Season - Race No. 12 (29 replies, posted in NASTE)
You have all the fun!
Had a Thanksgiving dinner interrupted when I was young. A car had smashed through the front of my dad's drugstore. Damage was significant.
1,049 February 24, 2014 9:21 am
Re: NASTE 2014 Season - Race No. 12 (29 replies, posted in NASTE)
Thanks Dorothy for the kind comments. According to my wife it was the worst slot car decision I have ever made so it's unlikely we'll be doing that again any time soon.
My apologies to everyone, especially Bill who we totally failed when we didn't get his car moved to the correct lane.
I'll work on doing better.
1,050 February 18, 2014 7:06 am
Re: What is so difficult about winning the NASTE Championship? (20 replies, posted in NASTE)
Since the NASTE championship is a cumulative total of all events rather than an "X of so many" the most important strategy is to attend all the events. Look at the big picture. Think long term. Try to use patience to get the best result each time and realize it won't always be easy nor will things always go your way.
Two seasons ago Bill Bostic won the championship without winning a single event. However he garnered enough second and third place finishes to be the most consistent performer.
As for myself I've won more races with good driving than I have by having the fastest car.
I know it sounds simple but relax your pace and learn to keep your car on the track. It will do wonders for your results. When you can finish heats without offs, then it's time to go faster.