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Thanks to Howie, here's some pictures from the race:
Bart's Can Am entry.
Gearloose's Can Am cars.
Outdoor pit area set up for this race.
Matt's TA2 entry on the cooler between heat races.
Marty's TA2 Mustang.
Rico's Can Am and TA2 entries.
Dennis and Craig came down from Seattle to set up this pit area.
The Seattle guys had pretty much anything you might need in their pits!
TA2 heat race.
That's one great thing about those bodies, they are really tough!!!!
I just put in an order to Team Bluegroove for six Porsche 962 bodies. If you need one let me know and I will set it aside for you.
You were getting your cars and skill on the new layout dialed in by the end of the race!
Video from yesterday's races.
TA2 Class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi2SaGZe9xU
Can Am Class Starring TED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ6Nl0-IeNU
We had 10 racers in the NWTS TA2 Class, including two long distance travelers from the Seattle area. It was the first time some of the racers had turned a wheel on the track's new layout configuration, so as you can imagine the first round of racing was action packed! Our Seattle friends Craig and Dennis stole the show by whooping us all!
The backup class race was for the NWTS Can Am cars. And again Craig and Dennis showed us how it's done! What do we have to do to beat these guys?
Sorry I didn't get more photos!
Here's the results for TA2:
Can Am results:
I'd like to thank everyone that made it out to race Saturday! I sure had a lot of fun!
The other car Rob brought with him was this beautiful Monogram Scarab. Although Monogram re-released this as a model kit a few years back, Rob re-built this car from an original '60's slot car. Rob used the later Monogram model kit wheel inserts, and polished the aluminum wheels to match. This is a very nice restoration!
Rob said the difference between colors of the factory molded bodies is amazing. The early slot car bodies has much more metallic and the blue is much darker.
Rob stopped by the other day with a couple of new builds.
First up is this 1/24 Strombecker D Jag. This car was built from the static model kit that can also be powered by a cheap battery powered electric motor. Rob adapted this kit body to a slot car chassis. Anybody that has seen or put one of these kits together knows how difficult it can be to assemble. The body is a two piece clam shell design and the pieces do not fit together very well. Rob did a beautiful job of blending the top and bottom halves together. His objective was to blend the two pieces together just well enough to eliminate the gaps, but yet retain just a hint of a seam that shows on the real car.
The Strombecker D Jag is an old model kit. There were not a lot of detail parts, and as previously stated the fitment of the parts is not all that great. The tail lights are molded into the body piece. Rob did an excellent job of paint detailing those tail lights for some added realism.
The underside of the body was a full belly pan. The optional electric motor mounted in this lower portion which also served as the chassis. Rob cut out the bottom of the body in a way that makes it resemble an actually slot car body from the '60's. He used a Monogram chassis which he restored and modified to fit.
The amount of work Rob put into this beauty is amazing! Rob commented that the headlight lenses were especially challenging because they do not fit into any type of bucket or insert. The lenses mount flush with the body with nothing behind them. Rob even located some vintage wheels that were large enough to replicate the tall wheel and tire combination of the real car, then he added inserts made from the kit wheels. Outstanding!
"That last picture of my is very flattering thanks Bill! It looks like I am a grumpy old man, you all are rubbing of on me quickly." MrM_Bell
I'm happy to say you fit right in!!!!
Thanks for letting me punt you a couple times..........
Here's a couple race videos:
TA2 Class
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js_p43B8SlM
4.5 COT NASCAR Flexi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RDYp7Gqeo0
It was so nice to see a few racers together at Springwater Raceway again! A few of us showed up to race Northwest True Scale spec TA2 class cars, and a new class for us, the 4.5" Flexi COT NASCARs. The racing was really close in both classes and it looked like everyone had a great time! COVID precautionary guidelines were strictly adhered to!!!
4.5 FLEXI NASCAR-NW TRUE SCALE
NASCAR COT BODIES
Body must completely cover the frame and guide flag, from both top and front views.
All wheel openings must be cut open to reveal the full tire. Must have clear windows and a painted 3-dimensional driver figure. NASCAR paint styles with three numbers are required. Body height is 1.750”, measured from bottom of chassis to center of roof.
4.5 NASCAR TRUCK BODIES
Body must completely cover the frame and guide flag, from both top and front views.
All wheel openings must be cut open to reveal the full tire. Must have clear windows and a painted 3-dimensional driver figure. NASCAR paint styles with three numbers are required. The minimum height will be 1.850 inches from bottom of chassis to top of roof.
FRAME
Any 4.5 stamped steel chassis. Chassis may be modified to run a 1/8th inch axle. Wheel base must not exceed 4.5”. Frame may be weighted and reinforced. Frame may be bent. Motor plate may be slotted. Lead wire restraints may be soldered to frame. Pin tubes no longer than 1.25” may be soldered to frame to attach body. No other cutting or grinding is allowed. Car must have .055” ground clearance without guide flag supporting the car. Any commercial guide and wire may be used. No weighted guides.
MOTOR
Proslot #2101, 2001, 2003 or Parma 502 motor. No ball bearings. Motor may be soldered, taped or siliconed in place. Armature may be shimmed and the commutator may be trued.
AXLE AND GEARS
Cars must use 1/8” axle on the rear. Front axles may be 1/8” or 3/32”. Gears must be plastic 48 pitch. Gear ratio open. Oilites may be glued, LOCTITE’d or soldered in place. No ball bearings.
TIRES
Front: minimum allowable diameter is 13/16 (.8125). Minimum width is .500”.
Rear: Any rear tire combination may be used. Maximum track width is 3.25”. Appropriate spacers may be used to achieve this width. Minimum rear wheel diameter is .750”.
*These rules are the same as Tom’s World rules except for the motor rule which states:
“Anybody’s 16D, balanced or not.”
Rules and classes for racing at Springwater Raceway are located here:
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Thank you Monte!
It was a fun project!
Today John Gill and I finished up some last details on his new 3 lane routed track. John and I built this track over the last few weeks. Actual time spent to complete the construction was approximately 8 days total. The layout is a simple, with no overpass and a minimum of corners. John wanted a track for testing his 1/24 hard body race cars as well a track for racing 1/32 cars. John used recessed magnetic braid for the electrical contact.
We also added a built in test strip in one corner of the track. The test strip is controlled by a toggle switch, features a high amp potentiometer for speed control, and an indicator light to let racers know the test strip is powered up.
John used Slot Car Corner controller hook ups. When ordered as a kit it comes with terminal blocks, screws, electrical connectors, and wire. One thing to note is; if you are planning to run 1/24 cars with S16D motors, the circuit breakers supplied by Slot Car Corner will not work. They cannot handle the current needed to run super 16 Ds and will trip. We removed the circuit breakers from the positive side of the circuit, but left them in the brake circuit to protect controllers.
This is the test strip set up we built.
This is the technical end of the track.
Thanks Howie!
I'm looking forward to that race too!
Uhhhh..............crap.....I don't remember..............
All my paperwork is still boxed up from the move! I guess I'll find out when I get to it!
Race videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zijXegSTSBg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g97VPcWLsY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBV3AiRJcPk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ7iulerE8o
Friday night practice looked like this at times....
Ya gotta love NASCARs!
John Gill - PASER Club.
JP from Bend.
The infamous Gearloose!
Pictured L-R: Stuart, Tom, John, and JP.
Bart, JP, and Korbyn.
Racing on track: Bart, Michael, Howie, and Bill. Turn Marshals: JP at the tunnel turn, Jim in the slot at the "Gooses" (formally known as Esses), and John on the back straight.
Bart's entry cooling down after a heat race.
Pictured L-R: Zack, Jeff, Bill, Michael, Stuart, John, JP, and Gearloose.
Bart, Zack, Jeff, Bill, and Michael.
Father & Son (Jim and Michael) enjoying slot racing. It doesn't get any better!
Ted, Korbyn, Zack, and John.
Bob Nak & Howie.
Thank you to my beautiful wife Diane for taking these race photos!
Pictured left to right: JP, Bart, John G., Bob Nak, and Michael.
Bob Nak, Michael, and Jim.
Bill, Michael, Stuart, John G., JP, Gearloose (nobody really knows him as Jerry!).
Ted (who is moving to Arizona. We will really miss him!).
Saturday March 13th was the day for the first race on the newly reconfigured Checkered Flag road course. The first race held on the course was for the OSCAR club's NASCAR Class. These are most likely some of the fastest "hard body" slot cars in the nation! The racing action was spectacular with lots of door to door battles all day long!
In the OSCAR race format qualifying starts the event. We had 13 racers for this event, each got 2 minutes on the blue lane to post their best/fastest lap time. Since this was the first race after the track's reconfiguration, a new lap record was set and broken a few times over. The new lap record at Inslot's Checked Flag Raceway for the Late Model OSCAR NASCAR Class is 4.548 seconds set by John Gill. With the reconstruction the new additional lap length increased lap times by approximately three quarters of a second.
After qualifying were moved directly into the race. The race consisted of 4 minute heat races, one on each of the four lanes, which equals one round. The race length was four rounds of racing which equals 64 minutes of on track race time. There was a 2 minute intermission between each heat race to allow for lane changes and cooling of the cars.
I was very pleased with how smoothly the race went, but especially pleased with the close racing the track provided. In my opinion I believe the changes to the track made it somewhat easier to negotiate. Even the novice racers and those that had never turned a lap on the new layout did extremely well! In the end just 4 laps separated the top four, with just one lap separating the top three, with first and second on the same lap! 5 laps covered sixth through ninth.
Results:
1. Stew Meat 765 Laps
2. Touring John 765
3. Terrible Tommy 764
4. Zack Attack
5. JP-niss 747
6. Bad Billy 730
7. Michael 730
8. Korbynator 727
9. Nak Nak Bob 725
10. Gearloose Jerry 696
11. Bart Man 691
12. Professor Fate Jim 592
13. Wrong Way Jeff (with relief driver Howie) 643 = DQ*
* Correction made to finish positions. Jeff had to leave for an emergency and was replaced by Howie as a back up driver.
It was an awesome day of racing! The weather was beautiful and it was so good to be with friends again at the track! There were so many smiles and so much laughter! Thank you to everyone that made it out!
I want to thank all those that helped me with the track work, especially Howie, John Gill, Beau, and Stewart. And a great big thanks to my son Greg for saving the old computer that runs the SRT track program! I look forward to the next racing event here!
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