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(18 replies, posted in NASTE)

If you have room, we'd be interested in riding part of the way.  If not, we'll get around.

Next season winner?  I think you should go retro-active on those.  And thanks to Dorothy for providing us so much in the way of pictures and video from this past season.  We had a great time.

That's pretty darn cool though.  Congrats Bill.

1,179

(18 replies, posted in NASTE)

I've been laying out my rally track for stage 4.  Here's a preview.

http://www.naste.org/members/Monte/SCXRally/DSC01616.JPG

Give us a try.  We're bound to have something that won't.  ;-)

Ninco Class - any Ninco car, any Ninco motor

860 - Tracy Flood
802 - Monte Saager
791 - Victoria Saager
526- Todd Flood
493- Greg Petrolati
489 - Thomas Flood
487 - Dorothy Abbott
440 - Terry Abbott
420 - Russell Flood
419 - Rico Locati
404 - Bill Bostic
400 - Jimmy Jones
370 - Tyler Petrequin
315 - Mitch Brooks
312 - Perry Petrequin
293 - Dennis Hart
242- David Harburg
218 - June Petrequin
182 - Cash
177 - Goose Gossett
176 - Jeff Fields
155 - Amy Anderson-Fields
130 - John Fisher
119 - Al Christenson
99 - Dave Demuth
76 - Dave Bolyard
73 - Dave Smith
72 - Andrea Bolyard
72 - Bryan Trachsel
66 - Dominic Locati
56 - Sarah Owens
54 - Sherry Wilson
53 - Jessica Demuth
50 - Larry Owens
49 - John
48 - Glenn
46 - Larry Cockerham
45 - Tim Booze
44 - Fearless Frank
43 - George Vriese
41 - Sean Vriese
41 - Dana
38 - Ed
36 - Hannah Demuth
31 - Alex Vriese
31 - Ferris

A fine group of 15 racers came to the Point this past Sunday to race the Ninco cars once again.  The weather was absolutely stunning and we left the garage door open for the day.  As always, the food was wonderful.  A great way to spend a Sunday.  Here now the results:

Rico Locati - 103
Terry Abbott - 101
Monte Saager - 101
Steven Ennis - 100
Greg Petrolati - 97
Randy Stumman - 96
Tracy Flood - 96
Victoria Saager - 88
Dorothy Abbott - 88
Dennis Hart - 86
David Harburg - 85
Larry Owens - 76
Myrna Stumman - 76
Todd Flood - 68
Cash - 65

Thanks and we'll hope to see you again next month.

1,183

(18 replies, posted in NASTE)

Here's an updated list of all the motors and which classes they can apply to.  Consider this list quite official.

Motor List for Oregon Rally Championship

Thank you Hammer!  Must have been the lack of rum balls.

Yes, so did we.  Thanks for hosting Larry. 

As for myself, it was probably the first time I've won a 1:24 scale race since before I had a drivers license.  Victoria's comment: "I felt like i did pretty good".

1,186

(18 replies, posted in NASTE)

More useful information:

The final stage which will be conducted at the Penguin Point Rally track will involve SCX standard track which means a shorter guide blade will be desired since the old-style slots aren't as deep as the newer style.  Competitors will be allowed to substitute a different guide blade or trim the existing one if clearance is an issue. 

This will be the ONLY adjustment contestants will be allowed during the event other than repair situations arising from on course issues. 

In the case of on course issues involving a contestants car (breakdown) the clock will continue to run while repairs are affected.

1,187

(18 replies, posted in NASTE)

Here's an additional bit for the rules.

Cars in Modern Class and Group B will be split into two classifications - AWD and 2WD.

This now gives us five different scoring classifications.

1,188

(4 replies, posted in NASTE)

Great stuff from a fun night, thanks Dorothy!

A pleasant group of 11 racers came to the Point this past Sunday to do battle with the NC-5 powered cars from Ninco.  Many others were probably still suffering their Saturday night NASTE hangover.  And in the first set it was Rico rocking to a near-perfect first set and a total of 51 points.  Monte was just behind with a total of 50 after losing a heat to the previous night's winner Terry.  But in the second set the Big Smooth pulled it together and got a 15 lap heat on White.  It was the first 15 lap heat of the day.  He then ran another 15 lap heat in the yellow lane and I think that is a Sunday first for the NC-5 cars.  A big thanks to Victoria for another excellent pot of soup and of course Dorothy's famous chocolate recipes.  Nothing like a First Sunday.

Monte Saager - 103 pts.
Rico Locati - 101
Terry Abbott - 97
Dorothy Abbott - 90
Greg Petrolati - 90
Tracy Flood - 90
Steven Ennis - 88
Jimmy Jones - 82
Russell Flood - 81
Bryan Dickinson - 77
Victoria Saager - 76

Lifetime points will be updated.  We'll see you in May.

1,190

(8 replies, posted in NASTE)

Oh yes, happy happy Dorothy.  Thanks so much for all you do for us.

1,191

(8 replies, posted in NASTE)

Thanks Andre and Suzanne.  We had a great time and the racing was pretty good too!

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(18 replies, posted in NASTE)

Let's get ready to RUMBLE!  Here comes the rally!

http://www.naste.org/naste-carlo-2.jpg

NASTE proudly announces a specialty event, the 2012 Oregon Rally Championship for slot cars.  To help simulate the real world rally experience this event will feature four different tracks on one day.

Rally cars will be broken into 3 classes:

Historic: Rally cars from years prior to 1975 with motors of less than 16K @ 12V

Group B: Any Group B car - no motor limit.

Modern: Rally cars from years after 1974 with motors of less than 20.5K @ 12V

General Rules for all classes:

1.  No traction magnets
2.  Tires must be rubber or urethane
3.  Car must contain both a driver and a navigator/co-driver figure
4.  10 laps each car per track
Maximum 2 cars per entrant


Group B cars are:

Audi Quattro Sport
Ford RS200
Lancia 037
Lancia Delta S4
Peugeot 205 T16
Rover Metro 6R4
Renault R5 Turbo


Scheduled tracks:

Rico's Autumn Hills
Bill's Too Bad MotorPlex
Drew's Kilpatrick Ridge Rally track
Monte's Penguin Point Special Stage Rally track


Come join in the fun!

The NASTE CARLO!  Coming to a track near you soon...

More details will be posted as they become available.

I hear that!  Heading outside myself.  Hope we don't end up with three more weeks of winter because of it.

And thanks Hammer!

That's right!  I made a deal.  I traded off half of my SCX Rally Track with my extra Rally Chrono Unit for a great selection of SCX Off Road track and a few off road trucks.

The great thing here is that as you can see from the picture, it includes the set that transits from paved to dirt.  That paved section will also connect up to that other half of the Rally track that I still have.

http://www.naste.org/members/monte/Entire_package.jpg

And as you can see I still have some rally track left.  Should work out to be quite the track.

http://www.naste.org/members/monte/rally-track.jpg

I expect it will arrive next Tuesday.  Oh, the excitement!

What a great day for a race!  The sun was out and it was warm enough that we enjoyed our day with the garage door wide open.  A total of 21 racers came to play on this beautiful day including a few late arrivals.

Highlight of the day - Rico complaining about his car for three heats only to find out it wasn't his car!  Well some of these cars do appear quite similar.  Here now the results:

Monte Saager - 99 pts.
Bill Bostic - 97
Rico Locati - 95
Terry Abbott - 92
Dave Smith - 91
Victoria Saager - 89
Tracy Flood - 89
Dorothy Abbott - 88
Greg Petrolati - 87
Steven Ennis - 86
Mike Lombardi - 85
Russell Flood - 81
Sarah Owens - 79
Larry Owens - 72
Todd Flood - 64
Dominic Locati - 42
Bryan - 42
Audrey Kantor - 40
Brian Kantor - 39
Allison Kantor - 36
Sheri Kantor - 27

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(5 replies, posted in NASTE)

Thanks Bryan, that was a great time.  And surprisingly close for an HO race!

1,197

(19 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)

I've started building a Pit garage.  Now I'm thinking about the exterior design.  Any thoughts on how the exterior of a pit building should be finished?

This past Sunday we held the first of the Sunday Series for 2012.  A fine field of 20 racers spent a glorious day at the race track.  Here are the results:

Monte Saager 146
Terry Abbott 139
Dave Smith 139
Dorothy Abbott 133
David Harburg 125
Victoria Saager 119
Russell Flood 119
Don Bailey 116
Sarah Owens 112
Todd Flood 108
Larry Owens 108
Jill 101
Brandy Bailey 98
Tracy Flood 64 *
Art Baethke 63 *
Frank 62 *
Greg Petrolatti 60 *
Steven 52 *
Cash 45 *
Mike Lombardi 39 *

Thanks to all the racers that joined us for Super Bowl Sunday and welcome to new racers Brandy and Steven.  We'll look forward to seeing you all next month for another exciting round of Ninco's!

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(8 replies, posted in NASTE)

It's certainly worth a try.

1,200

(8 replies, posted in NASTE)

So that's what happened.  do you suppose we should put together a rules committee to solve these issues for next season?