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Of the plaques secured to the lid, the Hollywood Modelcar Speedway plaque is nearest and dearest to my heart. When I was old enough (13), and allowed to ride my bicycle greater distances, this is the shop I rode my bike to. I never raced there, but it was an awesome place to run a car around or just go and watch!
I had heard about Uptown Racen Hausen from some older racing friends. It was located in downtown Portland on Burnside at approximately NW 23rd.
These plaques I know nothing about.
As most of you know I am a little obsessed when it comes to our slot car racing history. Although I have been an avid collector of slot cars, parts, and memorabilia for over 30 years, I very rarely run across items that include any general memorabilia from any of the commercial tracks that were around in the 1960s. One of my prized pieces is the Model Car Racer Newspaper given to me by Kirk Smith. I have already posted some of the articles from that newspaper elsewhere in this Forum.
Which brings me to my latest acquisition. Thanks to a lead from Zack Morgan I was able to purchase a slot car box from a gentleman in McMinneville. This is not the first old slot car box I've purchased (by far), but this particular box included some old award plaques from some of the 1960s commercial slot car tracks that were in our area. As strange as it may seem it is very rare to find slot car boxes that have any of the old plaques in them from our area.
Here's the box complete with hippy flowers (that part was somewhat disappointing).
On the lid is the original racer/owner's name and I assume the name of the racing team he was part of.
On the underside of the lid are these great award plaques.
Here are the races currently schedule for the 2021 - 2022 racing season:
October 9, 2021 - Tom's World in Bend Or. Clubman Class (racing on the "short course").
November 13, 2021 - Springwater Raceway in Gresham Or. Trans Am Class.
December 11, 2021 - Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway in Vancouver Wa. NASCAR Class.
January 8, 2022 - M. McKinney's Track in Cottage Grove Or. Sports Car Class (pending confirmation).
February 12, 2022 - Springwater Raceway in Gresham Or. Super Stock Class.
March 12, 2022 - M. McKinney's Track in Cottage Grove Or. Vintage NASCAR Class.
April 9, 2022 - Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway in Vancouver Wa. Clubman Class.
May 14, 2022 - Tom's World in Bend Or. NASCAR Class.
Starting June 7th, Monday's will be Open Track Day at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway in Vancouver.
The track will open at 1:00 PM, and stay open until the last racer is ready to leave Monday night!
At this point in time there is no definite agenda or format for the day. Attendees and participants will determine the activities for the day.
I like to call them "Smoke Release" holes!
Those are incredible!
Thanks Zack!
Starting lineup for the first half of the race, L to R is Beau, Bob, Zack and Bart. 
Starting lineup for the second half of the race, L to R is Oggie, Beau, Matt, Mitch. Bob (L) and Al getting ready to turn marshal.
It is with great sadness that I tell you all Glenn Heath passed away last night. Glenn was admitted to the hospital last week with heart problems. His daughter Marsha said they were unsure about memorial services at this time. Glenn was an outstanding member of our Northwest slot car community. An awesome builder, racer, and an incredible friend! He will be missed dearly!
I'll probably be here. Give me a call before you head over.
I'm proud of you Doc! Stand by that requirement for video verification!
My shop is open most of the time........Over 50 cars may be available.........
NASTE 2021 Point Series Championship Race No.2 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway May 13, 2021
Race Results - LMP Class:
1 Daniel 82.5 Laps - 6 points.
2 Zack 81.6 - 5 pts.
3 Al 79.5 - 4 pts.
4 Rico 77.9 - 3 pts.
5 Mitch 75.7 63.1 - 2 points
6 Greg 67.1 - 1 pt.
Current Standings for the 2021 NASTE Point Series Championship After 2 Races:
1st Daniel - 12 pts.
2nd Al - 11 points.
3rd-tie Rico - 8 pts.
3rd-tie Zack - 8 pts.
5th Tom - 4 pts.
6th Greg - 3 pts.
7th Mitch - 3 pts.
Race results from May 13th race:
GT3
GT LMP
Open
Rob's Chaparral 2G, built from a model kit.
This AC Cobra features a Monogram model car body on a restore original Revell chassis.
Check out the detail on this license plate frame!
Rob has been busy! He stopped by with the latest of his builds.
This is an original 1/24 Revell AC Cobra in its original molded purple. Rob chose to leave the car in the original molded color and focus on the small details.
Thanks Matt!
Results from the Xfinity Race:
Results from the Monster Energy Race:
More photos from the race:
On May 8th 2021 Tom Street held his annual Dale Earnhardt Memorial Race. This was an OSCAR race for the NASCAR Class which are 1/24 scale scratchbuilt chassis cars powered by super 16D motors. The speed and handling of these cars is surprising! With 16 entries of these incredibly fast hard bodied cars, it was sure to be an exciting day of racing!
A qualifying session sets the grid for two divisions of racing. The top eight qualifiers were slated for the Monster Energy Race, and the lower eight qualifiers were gridded for the Xfinity Race. The winner of the Xfinity Race has the option of moving up into the Monster Energy Race or being credited with the Xfinity Race win. If the winner choses to move up he then receives the Iron Man Award for competing in both races! In this scenario the next highest finisher in the Xfinity race is declared the winner.
The track at Tom's World is a four lane routed track that is long, fast, tight, tricky, and very technical! It is the most difficult track I have ever raced on and that includes the legendary three lane track of Lee Dundas' in Wilsonville! It took me 20 years to get over to Bend to race on Tom's track. I wish I would have made it sooner!
In the Xfinity Race it was Jim with the win. Bob Nak got the option to move up to the Monster Energy race. The Monster Energy race was won by Curt, who by the way was also the top qualifier for the day. Both races were action packed and saw lots of good side by side racing. It was a fun and exciting day! Thank you Tom for another fantastic day of racing!
I certainly understand why Howie!
I take it your wife doesn't read your posts here Doc...............
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