We're planning to drive up too. Shall we meet at the old same place?
1,301 March 3, 2011 12:56 pm
Re: The Professor's Enduro in Auburn on March 12th 2011 (3 replies, posted in NASTE)
1,302 February 13, 2011 7:41 am
Re: NASTE Race #5 - 2011 Season - Dude, where's my track? (4 replies, posted in NASTE)
Thanks Rico, that was a great race and a fun night. I always enjoy running around the Hills and once again I was reminded how much I miss
"night" racing. Personally, I couldn't have eaten any more. Hats off to Kelly, those sausages were wonderful.
1,303 February 6, 2011 9:38 pm
Re: Peguin Point Sunday February 6 (1 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
It was a fun and somewhat rowdy afternoon of racing. Those poor cars took a pounding. But I am happy to report after a little tuning session this evening all are ready to do battle once again save for a mirror that seems to have had enough. Lousy slacker...
Here now the official results:
Rico Locati: 28 pts.
Monte Saager: 26
Greg Petolati: 22
Randy Stumman: 22
Myrna Stumman: 20
Mike Lombardi: 18
Victoria Saager: 18
Jim Jones: 14
Terry: 14
Fadi: 9
Devyn: 8
Basim: 7
Brian: 6
We'll look forward to seeing you all next month and perhaps we can slow up that Rico guy.
1,304 January 24, 2011 2:05 pm
Re: Enduro is Set for Jan 22, 2011 (3 replies, posted in BSCC)
We had a great time too, thanks to team Stumman. The food was great and like Rico, didn't even give a thought to dinner. I enjoyed the track, the new layout is not only fun but seems to be free of some of the issues we've had in the past.
It should be a fun season.
1,305 January 16, 2011 9:26 am
Topic: NASTE Race #5 - 2011 Season - Dude, where's my track? (4 replies, posted in NASTE)
It's just about 4 weeks until the next NASTE race which is being held at the TBD track. We should probably come up with a plan of attack soon. A review of the schedule shows:
Jeff's track: 2
Monte's track: 1
Randy's track: 1
The remainder of the schedule looks like this:
Monte's track: 1
Larry's track: 1
Rico's track: 1
That makes for 2 each at both Jeff and my tracks. Don't think a third one at either is the best choice. Suggestions? How about an HO race? Another possibility would be to just shift the schedule forward and hope that mista Bill has his track finished in a month or two.
Oh Bill... I ran the idea by the group last night that we just go over and finish that track of yours while you're on vacation. By the way, where is Satan or whatever monster-dog's name is? (Missed you last night)
1,306 January 16, 2011 9:14 am
Topic: NASTE Race #4 - 2011 Season (1 replies, posted in NASTE)
Thanks to the Courtney boys for a fun and frantic night of racing. Those jalopies are both treacherous and fun. As slippery as they were to me I was unable to enter race-driver mode and had to resort to lap-getter mode.
And that was one great crowd with 19 racers in attendance. What a season!
We'll look forward to pictures from the Hammer and perhaps some video.
1,307 January 7, 2011 9:50 am
Topic: How can I be a member? (0 replies, posted in How to Join)
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We'll get you set up. Thanks!
We're sorry for this inconvenience but it keeps things simpler for all of us.
1,308 January 3, 2011 9:14 am
Re: Penguin Point Sunday January 2nd 2011 (3 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
Well goodness, what a turn-out! Thank you all. We had 19 racers for the first event of the year. I think that's our largest group so far. And what a day of racing it was.
After the first round Randy, Bryan, Rico and I all stood with perfect scores of 15. But only Randy could maintain the pace in the second set as the rest of us all slipped up a time or two. And who's car did he run? Rico's.
Congrats to Racin' Randy!
I liked the cars, it was a nice, somewhat diverse group. It's also good to get to play with some of these other cars we've had for some time. I thought my Mosler did pretty well and Rico's Porsche was sailing right along. We'll see how well these lexan chassis hold up. I must admit I am not optimistic.
We'd like to give an extra-special thank you to George who provided us with those two Lexus and the yellow Porsche that were ably driven by many. Bryan's probably looking for one of those Porsche's today... George, we're most appreciative.
And thanks to Victoria for coming up with another great soup format. That was quite tasty!
On a final note, here's all the preparation I did to my cars for the race:
1. Remove the magnet.
2. Replace the rear tires though a few did still have stock tires.
3. True the tires.
And that's it. I didn't add weight to a single one of them though I thought I was going to have to with my Pro Mosler. It was tail-happy as all get out. Then I replaced the tires. Afterward it was happy as a clam. It's sometimes amazing what a difference the right set of tires will make. And what tires were they? They were very similar to the Fly Classic Urethane hand-out tires that we had made for that series. That sort of tire seems to work really well on our track. These were actually made for my SCX digital cars - probably a Euro-Sport wheel size.
Five more races are scheduled for this series so we'll look forward to seeing you next time.
1,309 January 3, 2011 8:20 am
Re: Penguin Point Lifetime Points Standings (6 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
Ninco NC-5 Challenge:
1118 Monte Saager
980 Rico Locati
907 Victoria Saager
852 Greg Petrolati
780 Terry Abbott
707 Dorothy Abbott
630 Tracy Flood
610 Dave Smith
458 Todd Flood
439 Jimmie Jones
399 Bill Bostic
387 Larry Owens
358 Russell Flood
368 Dennis Hart
347 Sarah Owens
326 Steven Ennis
317 David Harburg
295 Art Baethke
232 Aiden McLean
231 Devyn
212 Mike Lombardi
198 Tim Booze
188 Don Bailey
184 Len Gillen
181 Jill
178 Cash Petro
166 Terry McLean
160 Brian McLean
158 Paul Painter
148 Randy Stumman
129 Bryan Dickinson
104 Myrna Stumman
100 Drew Kinney
98 Brandy Bailey
86 Fearless Frank
84 Don S.
80 Ruben de Guzman Jr.
76 Andrea Bolyard
70 Dave Bolyard
70 Thomas Flood
68 Chris
58 Dominic Locati
50 Bryan Trachsel
40 Audrey Kantor
40 Barbara Schoorl
39 Brian Kantor
36 Allison Kantor
34 Ed Schoorl
31 Jessica Saager
28 AJ Locati
27 Audrey Kantor
27 Devon Schoorl
22 Gary Smith
22 Sean Vriese
18 Beau Frazier
16 Alex Vriese
16 Scott Fleener
14 George Vriese
9 Fadi
8 Karla
7 Basim
Penguin Point Lifetime Points are awarded at each race the format applies.
Last update: May 7, 2012
1,310 December 30, 2010 8:29 pm
Re: The Next Big Thing at the Pen (44 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
I've updated the rules to include chassis bracing to avoid the Ninco hops.
1,311 December 28, 2010 8:41 am
Re: New Ninco (11 replies, posted in Cars)
It will be interesting to see if the cars have the Ninco hop or if the pod helps get rid of that. If so, I bet those axles pop right out of their sockets.
Although that pod does look pretty substantial compared to the typical Ninco motor mount on the cars I have. I've snapped a number of chassis for the Ferrari 360's. And they weren't even being stressed at the time. The lexan chassis seem the worst for that. My McLarens on the other hand have had countless laps put on them with nary an issue.
1,312 December 27, 2010 10:16 pm
Re: New Ninco (11 replies, posted in Cars)
That looks nice, did you add all those decals?
1,313 December 25, 2010 6:40 am
Re: A Naste Christmas to all (3 replies, posted in NASTE)
Yes, may Santa fill your stockings with all things good.
1,316 December 19, 2010 8:35 am
Re: The Next Big Thing at the Pen (44 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
According to Bill, it's the new Lambo and the Ford GT. Personally I've never seen one. Bill says he has one coming to see what they are like.
I had to look around a bit to find one with a picture showing the underside of the car but here you are:
1,317 December 18, 2010 5:15 pm
Re: The Next Big Thing at the Pen (44 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
Ok, cars with pods are outlawed. Seems like those could quickly change the balance and make us all want to go buy new cars. I think the older non-pod versions should be adequate.
1,318 December 18, 2010 11:14 am
Re: The Next Big Thing at the Pen (44 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
I'll have to look and see what I have. Not sure I have any with the pod but if it's a stock car that fits a long can it should be ok.
1,319 December 17, 2010 4:04 pm
Re: The Next Big Thing at the Pen (44 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
You betcha, try this link and you should get at least 50 or more examples.
And here's a selection of NC-2 powered cars that will fit the NC-5 too:
I'm sure there are many more, it's a wide selection. I have no idea if some are that much better than others.
Most all body styles of coupes are acceptable. No convertibles and no Formula cars.
Here's some NC-6 cars, same size motor.
1,320 December 17, 2010 10:16 am
Topic: The Next Big Thing at the Pen (44 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
Ok racers, we've run series for the Fly Classics and another for Racer, NSR and Slot.It cars. Now we're going to switch gears and move to a new series featuring Ninco "coo-pays" with NC5 motors. These will be just like the cars we have recently run in the NASTE series and they provide good close competition with a minimum of effort in tuning. And another nice thing about these is that the cars should not be difficult to find or expensive. Many of us already have some. And there are many choices, in fact I have at least half a dozen here that I will use as loaner cars.
So what about some rules, we should have some.
The Rules*
1. General Procedures
1.a. If it's not specifically stated below, you can't do it.
2. Cars
2.a. Any Ninco COUPE that fits a stock NC-5 motor is legal. It is not required that the car come with one but it must fit correctly. No adjusting of the chassis for motor fit is allowed. For instance a car that comes stock with an NC-2 could be upgraded to an NC-5 by virtue of a simple motor swap.
2.b. Car body and chassis must be stock. Minor chassis trimming allowed. Major cutting or trimming is not allowed. Bracing the motor and rear wheels is allowed and on many cars may be needed to help reduce both the "Ninco Hop" and broken chassis caused by said hop.
2.c. Only non-pod chassis are allowed. The newest versions with pods are not legal since they could quickly unbalance the playing field.
2.d. Motor must be a stock Ninco NC-5.
3. Running Gear
3.a. Wheels and Tires - any similarly sized (compared to stock) wheels and tires are allowed. All wheels need to touch and roll.
3.b. Tires can be rubber, urethane or any similar compound. Silicon tires are not allowed. We don't run Sili's at the Pen.
3.c. Gears - any is ok. Experiment away.
4. Chassis
4.a. No traction magnets allowed.
4.b. Weight can be added but must be inside the car.
4.c. Chassis screws should be taped.
5. The Season
5.a. January 2011 through June 2012.
* ok, these are more like guidelines and could change if someone has a really valid complaint or a really good idea.
1,321 December 12, 2010 1:38 pm
Re: Naste Race #3 (2 replies, posted in NASTE)
We had a great time too. And I think Victoria said they got in three games of Scrabble. That was quite the crowd!
1,322 December 6, 2010 6:37 pm
Re: Steel chassis (13 replies, posted in Modifications)
Man, now I wish I could do that.
1,323 December 6, 2010 4:34 pm
Re: Steel chassis (13 replies, posted in Modifications)
George, I should have shown you my scratch-built brass chassis. It uses thin brass and some side rails made from train tracks wrapped around a Slot.It pod. Very cool stuff.
1,324 December 6, 2010 7:41 am
Re: Penguin Point First Sunday Series- December (3 replies, posted in Penguin Point Raceway)
Congratulations to George who had the top score for this past Sunday. Rico could have possibly won all his heats had he not succumbed to peer pressure and swapped out his killer P68 for a different car. As for myself, I found out that my controller may not be the best for small hands as I found it set considerably different when I got back to it later in the day causing me some driving difficulties as I kept coming off right in front of Rico and I assure you it was not deliberate. A quick reset of the digital settings and it was back to normal - a little late to help in any of my heats. So it goes...
It was fun to see how well Alex and Sean did even though they were using magnet cars. I think that part worked out real well as they were able to hang in there and get a feel for some real racing action.
This event very likely puts to rest the Italian Stallion Shoot-Out for now and we'll move to a new class for the start of the next year. I'm thinking we'll move to Ninco's for a spell. I'll release an announcement soon when it becomes more clear.
I'd like to sincerely thank all those that came out, I thought we had a great time yesterday.
1,325 November 9, 2010 11:25 pm
Re: Getting Started in Proxy Racing (5 replies, posted in Events)
Howdy Mike. If you don't mind classic sports cars, I'd go with the IPS. The cars are a little slower and perhaps easier to get a handle on. Let's see what Rico and Greg have to say.