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Rapid Raceway held the first race of 2025, and it was a barn burner!

Howie chose a double header race to start off the new year. He used a two race format with the first race for Can Am class cars, the second race was for the Porsche 962 class. Each race consisted of two rounds of four minute heat races. There were awards for first through third place in each race. In the Can Am race Bob Nakamura was clearly in control. His car was very well prepared and was clearly the fastest and best handling car in the field. The rest of us all duked it out behind Bob, and man was it a battle! It was less than ten laps between positions all the way back to seventh. If you finished in the top ten, you had a very good race!

Can Am starting grid.

Race results for Can Am:

1.....Bob N-----------------390 laps------------------4.409 fast time.
2.....Bart--------------------372-----------------------4.501
3.....Rico--------------------371-----------------------4.499
4.....Bill---------------------362-----------------------4.575
5.....Mike G-----------------357-----------------------4.641
6.....Al----------------------353------------------------4.672
7.....Tiny--------------------346------------------------4.845
8.....Howie------------------333------------------------4.594
9.....Bill E--------------------315------------------------5.128
10...Doug-------------------314------------------------4.449
11...Jordan------------------276------------------------5.010
12...Hershe------------------215------------------------4.817

The Porsche 962 race was no different as far as the competiveness. However this time Howie was able to stay ahead of Bob for the win. Howie and Bob clearly had the field covered, but form third through seventh it was again very close!

The Porsche 962 starting grid.

Porsche 962 results:

1.....Howie-------------------386-------------------------?
2.....Bob N-------------------381------------------------4.451
3.....Bart---------------------369------------------------4.763
4.....Al-----------------------366-------------------------4.847
5.....Mike G-----------------353-------------------------4.492
6.....Jordan------------------352-------------------------4.550
7.....Bill E--------------------349-------------------------4.718
8.....Tiny---------------------318-------------------------5.221
9.....Doug-------------------298-------------------------4.948
10...Hershe-----------------189-------------------------4.979
11...Bill----------------------175-------------------------4.490

I'd like to thank Hoiwe for yet again another fantastic day of racing at Rapid Raceway! As usual the pizza lunch was also very good and much appreciated! I'd also like to commend all of our new racers for some outstanding driving! They all raced very well, and aside from some mechanical issues finished well. The racing at Rapid Raceway has become so good and so close, to win you not only need a really good car, you need to have an exceptional day of driving! Congratulations to all the racers!

Howie treated us all to an Indy Car race on Thursday December 12th. This was one of his Thursday Thunedr races and it was a good one! We had a great turn out with 13 racers participating! It was great to see Blake back racing, and we had three new guys on the track as well. Bob, Bill E., and Jordan represented the newer racers well!

Everone knows how challenging these Indy Cars are to race! With that said I was surprised at how close and fast the racing was! Over half the field was at or above the 300 laps mark, with lap times of 5.0 seconds or better! The racers that were "new guys" have now established themselves as contenders.

Results of the Thursday Thunder race held on Dec. 12, '24. 2 times through at 4-minute heats.

1.....Howie------------------353 Laps---------------4.947 Fast time
2.....Bart---------------------349--------------------4.876
3.....Al-----------------------345---------------------4.890
4.....Bill----------------------339---------------------4.935
5.....Blake-------------------325----------------------5.041
6.....Rico--------------------315----------------------4.950
7.....Gearheadbob----------304----------------------4.915
8.....Hersche----------------302----------------------5.073
9.....Tiny---------------------299---------------------5.372
10...Bill E.--------------------295---------------------5.450
11...Doug--------------------283---------------------5.419
12...Weddle It Be------------274---------------------5.718
13...Jordan-------------------262---------------------5.445

Track owners are always trying to improve their programs in an effort to provide racers with quality track and race time. From time to time I have sent out questionaires to try to get a feeling for what racers are looking for. The general response has normally been less than what I had hoped for. Attendance last night at the PASER Monday racing at Rob's Redline Raceway was low. We did however have some great casual racing as well as some bench racing. We also discussed possible changes to the Monday schedule.

We decided to change the Monday schedule to a single night race, with the doors opening early enough for those (like retirees) that can make it to the track before evening rush hour traffic. The plan is for the doors to open at 3:00 pm for practice/open track. One class will be raced starting at 6:00 pm. The format will allow for race completion by 8:00 pm depending on attendance. Most likely one round of racing with 3 or 4 minute heats (again depending upon attendance).

We have had great success with the Monday schedule in the past. I am not sure what exactly is contributing to the low turn outs. Feel free to comment here!   ========Bill

Bob Nakamura has started a new Facebook page highlighting the 2NASTE chassis.

He is dedicating the page to information and tuning tips for the 2NASTE chassis as used in all the various classes we race.

Check it out here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/581713904354197

The PASER Trans Am race originally scheduled for Saturday, November 23rd at the Gorge was interrupted by computer failure!! Howie, who owns Rapid Raceway, graciously offered to move the race to his track. The racers being an exceptional group of enthusiasts, loaded up and convoyed from Bob's in Troutdale to Howie's Rapid Raceway in Northeast Portland. Once everyone was settled at Rapid Raceway, the race format was reset for 1 round with 5 minute heat lengths. We ended up with a fun race and everyone had a great time. Thanks to Bob and Howie.

Here's some photos taken at The Gorge Raceway leading up to the initial start of the race.

The starting grid.

The pits were busy!