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Memorial race for Gearloose ( Jan. 17, 1936-April 30, 2024 ). Held on June 8, '24. Racing the LeMans class. 2 times through at 4 minute heats.

                                    Laps                      Fast time
1.....Bob-------------------391-------------------4.321
2.....Howie----------------375-------------------4.674
3.....Terry-----------------367-------------------4.692
4.....Bart------------------360-------------------4.753
5.....Hersche--------------324-------------------4.922
6.....Ken-------------------287-------------------4.537
7.....Doug-----------------168-------------------5.698
8.....Bill--------------------95--------------------4.575
9.....Mitch-----------------DQ
10...Al---------------------DQ
11...Frank-----------------DQ

Concourse winner was won by a Gearloose built car.

Thanks to all for making this a special race in Gearloose's memory.

Rico, there is no doubt you are getting better on Rapid's track, with a win and now a third in points! Thank you for joining the fun!

Man, I knew that but I screwed up anyway..........sorry Bob. 1st. mistake I have ever made in my life!!

Race report of April 13, '24. 2 times through at 4 minute heats.

1.....Fly Racing--------------------385 Laps---------4.259 Fast time.
2.....Al-----------------------------379---------------4.844
3.....Howie------------------------367----------------4.604
4.....Marty-------------------------360---------------4.520
5.....Terry--------------------------359---------------4.347
6.....Doug--------------------------358---------------4.7??
7.....Bart---------------------------351---------------4.791
8.....DC Dynamo------------------339---------------4.659
10...Herb--------------------------336---------------5.064
11...Mitch-------------------------321----------------5.350
12...Tiny--------------------------311----------------5.067
13...Rico--------------------------304----------------4.572
14...Beau-------------------------299----------------4.976

15...Bomber----------------------228----------------5.282

Points have been updated ( post #35 on this page above ) as of March 24, '24.

Results of the Slammer race held on 3-9-'24. 2 times through at 4 minute heats.

                                        Laps                    Fast time.

1.....Gearloose---------------371-----------------4.768
2.....Howie-------------------369-----------------4.704
3.....Al------------------------355-----------------4.668
4.....Bart---------------------353-----------------4.883
5.....Marty--------------------349----------------4.886
6.....Rico---------------------339-----------------4.792
7.....Doug--------------------335-----------------4.819
8.....Tim----------------------312-----------------5.253
9.....Beau--------------------288-----------------4.985
10...Herb---------------------263-----------------5.159
11...Kealah-------------------244-----------------5.597
12...Hersch-------------------37------------------5.083  DNF.

NASCAR race held at Rapid Raceway  on Feb. 17, '24. One time through at five minute heats.

                              Laps.                              Fast time.

1.....Bob---------------236-------------------------4.738
2.....Gearloose--------228-------------------------4.887
3.....Marty-------------226-------------------------4.866
4.....Al-----------------216-------------------------5.124
5.....Hersche----------183-------------------------5.476
6.....Scott E-----------164-------------------------5.745
7.....Doug-------------135-------------------------5.713
8.....Howie------------82--------------------------4.591  DNF
9.....Ken---------------25--------------------------5.229  DNF

As Bill said: Thank you much Monte, what you do for the slot racing group is greatly appreciated.

Results of the Early Sportsman points race held on Feb. 3, 2024. Two times through at four minute heats.

                                     Laps.                          Fast time.
1.....Bob.........................363...........................4.038
2.....Howie......................359...........................4.696
3.....Rico........................347............................4.916
4.....Marty......................346............................5.073
5.....Herb.......................318............................5.116
6.....Doug......................316............................5.235
7.....Bart........................298............................5.303
8.....Hersch....................296............................5.206
9.....Scott E....................258............................5.400
10...Bill..........................44..............................5.465 DNF.

Rules for the Late Modified class: For chassis, tires, motor, tracking etc. follow the Early Modified rules. Any 1/25 or 1/24 plastic kit ( hard body ) from 1960 to present or an approved Modified kit. No convertibles or chopped tops. Can narrow body to fit the Early Modified chassis. Body height to be minimum of 1.550" from the bottom of chassis to the highest part of the roof. Numbers on each side. Kit motor up front with radiator. No fenders, hood optional. No windows. Front screen is optional. Full drivers tray to fill the inside of cab.

Rules can be added or modified as needed.

Note: picture coming.

Ok, here goes: It all started about 1955/6. My friend ( Tony ) and I were into models, mostly building custom cars out of AMT kits. Then I got a few straight 1/24th. plastic track and we started building drag slot cars. I went to the '62 World's Fair in Seattle. Saw the AMT slot car display there and saw the "Cat" from AMT ( Bud Anderson ). The fever grew. Tony and I built a real Go Kart together. Then in Sept. '64 I joined the Air Force rather than be drafted. I wound up stationed at Ellsworth AFB in S. Dakota a few miles from Rapid City. A year later my parents got my draft notice!! While stationed there I ran into another guy ( nicknamed OJ ) who wanted to mess with slot cars. So we did home stuff. There were two huge commercial tracks in Rapid City at that time but we never raced there, after all there were girls in Rapid too!!! But we still messed with slot cars at home. Then we got out of the service in Sept. '68 and moved with our new wives to Portland, Oregon................to be continued. While in Portland we got into Harleys, big time, but still messed with slot cars at home. One day ( probably about 1976/7 or so ) we decided to see if there was a local track we could find. We went to a hobby shop in north Portland and the owner said he knew of one in Wilsonville. Somehow we wound up at Wilsonville at a barn! Lee Dundas's track. I don't remember if we raced there or not  that day, but there was a race going on, but we took our home built 1/32nd. scale cars there. I only remember Gearloose that day. We decided that Wilsonville was too far to go, so we never went back, well OJ didn't! Then along about the mid 80's or so I went to a hobby shop to get supplies for my model building stuff and on the door was an advertisement for a commercial slot car track called Slot Car Central. I waited two years before I went to check it out as I knew I would get hooked. Well a friend at work ( Warn Industries ) said: "lets go check out Slot Car Central", so we did and I got hooked and he never went back! I raced there every Wednesday night. Then Slot Car Central announced it was closing up. Before it closed I was racing there and a guy ( Greg Virges ) came up and invited me to race where he did. Low and behold it was at Lee Dundas's track at his barn in Wilsonville!! So I started racing with PACER/OSCAR guys, I think this was in the mid 90's or so. Then I wanted to build my own track in my new shop. My track was named after Rapid City called Rapid Raceway, BTW: the neon sign that says: Welcome race fans is from Slot Car Central! My first race was held on Nov. 15th. 2002 and was still racing with OSCAR/PACER. Then I wanted to go into making slot cars more real looking so I started North West True Scale class of cars and that is where it is today and is going well and I hope it continues. My dream: to live to be a 100 yrs. old and still have all my friends and still racing True Scale slot cars!! Well my dream has more to it than that..........but that is a different story......