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MAN IT WAS HOT YESTERDAY!

I wasn't expecting much of a turnout for open track Monday because of the heat forecast. I decided to keep the shop closed up until racers showed up. There were never more than two racers plus me at a time, so the overhead door was never opened to remove my Triumph and create additional pit space. Bob N. and Jeff showed up early in the afternoon, and then later in the early evening Bart and Matt made it by. By not opening the shop up it stayed pretty cool inside! In fact everyone commented on how cool it was inside. It was cool up until around 7:00PM when we shut down.

Race results from June 17th 2021

Monday open track update:

Opening the doors at 1:00PM seems to be working pretty well. By 2:00 three or four people had already made it by. By 3 or 3:30 all the lanes of the track were full. Around that time a couple racers took off but they were quickly replaced by people arriving in the 4 to 5:00 hour.

There were lots of different types of cars on the track at any given time. Everything from modified late model 1/32 RTR cars and Parma I32s to vintage 1/24 and Parma Flexis. Doc had some of his 1/32 NASTE spec cars running some really good lap times! John Gill brought out a few Parma I32 cars that were really sweet! Around 6:00 or so there were enough racers on hand that the decision was made to set up a short lap race. John Gill set up the SRT race program for a 50 lap race. It took a couple tries but after sorting it out it looked like some of these impromptu races might be a fun addition to the day's activities.

All said it seemed like everyone had a good time. We had a couple new drivers on the track as well as some veterans. We closed the doors at 9:30PM after a really good B.S. session. For you folks planning to come up next Monday, be sure to throw a Flexi type car in your box. If you have an old Flexi and the tires are shot, I have pairs of older tires that are still good enough for practice! We will play around with having another lap count type race or two whenever there are enough racers on site, and the desire is there. If you don't have a Flexi there will be some loaners available.

Thanks to all that made it by. I had a good time!

This morning I added a bunch of new and some used 1/32 parts to the piles of stuff set aside at the track for sale.

Yes, I've been there. There's Hobby Lobby Lobby in the Vancouver Mall and Hobby Town by Home Depot off Padden Parkway. Those were two hobby retail stores I've thought about as well as the one on N.E. St. Johns.

I spent some time in the "wrecking yard" today. As I mentioned in my previous post I plan to have some "stuff" available for purchase at Monday's track day. So far I have some Flexi type chassis and some Womp chassis. There is everything from bare chassis to rollers, and even a couple RTRs. Prices will vary, depending upon condition and how complete they are. Figure $2 to $15 for Flexi's and Womps. I will also have clear bodies, new, used, and some factory painted. The clear bodies will go for $1 to $10, and I also have a bunch of used bodies for free. I will be digging out more stuff before Monday.

I am thinking about doing some advertising for the track here in Vancouver. Maybe some flyers in a couple of the hobby shops up here, or maybe even a Craigslist ad. Inslot's Checkered Flag is well suited to Flexi type cars, as well as Womps. I think if I promote some Flexi and Womp racing along with the current club classes (NWTS, OSCAR, NASTE) there might be some Vancouver area folks that used to race that may join us. If not the Flexis and Womps would at least make for some cheap fun once in awhile!

Cool, we'll be here!

NASTE 2021 Point Series Championship Race No.4 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway June 3, 2021

Race Results - LMP Class:

1 Zack 83.9 Laps - 5 points.
2 Daniel 83.8 - 4 pts.
3 Al 79.7 - 3 pts.
4 Rico 78.5 - 2 pts.
5 Chris 74.7 - 1 pt.

Current Standings for the 2021 NASTE Point Series Championship After 4 Races:

1st Daniel - 20 pts.
2nd Al - 17 points.
3rd Zack - 13 pts.
4th Rico - 12 pts.
5th - tie Tom - 4 pts.
5th - tie Mitch - 4 pts.
7th Greg - 3 pts.
8th Chris - 1 pt.

I don't see any need to "remove" any of the classes. If they are not raced that's fine, but at some point in the future there may be a desire to fire up an old class again. For example since I now have a track that accommodate 1/24 cars I will probably bring back some of the "old" NASTE classes for 1/24 cars. I had to do some searching but, I found the old rules from when NASTE was first established. At that time we were racing all 1/24 scale cars. Finding the old rules saves me from writing new ones! As a rule NASTE has never thrown out old rules. They were either updated or if a particular class was not being raced the rules for that class were just "inactive". If there's interest I could put together a full list of rules, listing them on two separate sheets one for active and one for inactive. I would update the lists each season so everyone knew which classes were being raced and which weren't.

This is an early NASTE Legends Class car. These cars were based on Parma 1/32 Legends clear bodies. It was a spec chassis, built out of a single piece of .062" brass strip. The front of the chassis strip was bent up for a guide flag mount. The rules called for a TYCO HO can motor, 48 pitch gears, and the use of stock Parma Flexi front wheels and O ring tires. The motors were soldered directly to the brass strip chassis. We considered them 1/24 scale Legends cars. These cars were a blast on my short little 3 lane routed 1/24 track. the best thing was we could use our worn out Parma Flexi rear tires on these things! I do not know for sure who built this car, the chassis looks like my build, but I did not paint that body.

A padlock motored 1/24 dragster I picked up somewhere.

Although it has been painted, this is a pretty nice 1/24 K&B Cobra Daytona Coupe.

Ferrari body on a Dynamic sidewinder 36D chassis.

From Goose's collection, this nice 1/24 Can Am car with a Champion chassis.

This is the first Parma I-32 car I purchased sometime in the early 1980's. It was Goose's fault, he introduced me to them! You can see here how I copied Goose's .080" screw technique for securing the body to the chassis. I did not paint the body.

Another 1/32 Eurotoy.

A Classic ASP. These cars had a chassis unique to the ASP only. I'm not sure where I picked this one up. The front half of the body is broken off but reproduction bodies are available.