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So how are you going to even up the driving time with fuel management using either the same amount of fuel per lap or an amount based on speed per lap? Neither will work. What works is time. If you take off the same amount per lap and racer A drives faster than racer B, then racer B still gets more time because racer A uses still uses less time to burn the same gas. It's RELATIVE!
What will work is to have a timed swap point.
I offer a reasonable solution:
[b]Each team runs one set of 12 minute heats.[\b]
For a 9 team race like last night that would be a total run-time of 108 minutes or slightly less than two hours. Add 12 minutes for each extra team.
[b]Set a fuel change of 30 seconds at the 5:45 mark.[\b]
This way each driver gets the exact same amount of time - exactly 5:45. And the races won't take any longer than they do now.
Wow, that's a great idea. There must be somebody in the group that could use a track. Especially with being able to have some input into the process. And routed wood at that. That was a great track we ran on this weekend in Auburn.
Darn... a check of the garage shows there's already three tracks there and another one in boxes. I'm out of room. Heck! What's a boy to do?
Wow, that was a day or two. Get a rally stolen from us, get a new slot car track given to us and then get to spend a great day with good friends enjoying our hobby. It was a lot of driving but the new track is tucked safely into the garage and it was a really great time.
John, your new track is super. Way smoother than the old one and it must have been easier to drive too. Why if only I could have smacked Tony once or twice...
Tell Derek and Chrissy thanks from Team Leader 2. They did great. Derek was just flying. And anyone that can race and make all that food at the same time! Amazing.
What a guy. Everything has performance possibilities. I love that!
Do you need help Sunday taking that track apart?
That Rico, he's a wynn-er. 
Once was enough for me. By the way, this is post 1000!
Congratulations. At least I was able to put my name on it once.
So is anyone interested in a classic formula car series? Perhaps a spec with a sub-20k motor and skinny tires.
I've been able to assemble a few possible entrants. To date I have:
Cooper
Ferrari
Vanwall
All are ready to race and able to adjust to a reasonable spec. I have at least half a dozen others in the queue. Might be a fun stock class for the NASTE Thursdays.
Yes, that's pretty clear.
I think we pretty much had our fill of the Scaley cars at the Enduro. We tried running them in the dark and as the race went on they all just got slower until it was mostly hammer down all the way around. My opinion is that their cars lack personality. They all pretty much drive the same.
Very cool stuff George. Those Scaley guides really do suck. I fixed up Victoria's Subie that had the blue guide blade using a Slot.It universal with the screw.
A big thanks to Bill and Diane for providing us a great final event to the 2009 season. And also a big round of applause was heard at the conclusion of the event in honor of Fantasy World Tony for generously sending us down his 4 Racer Ferrari 250 LM's for the race. They were a hit and everyone realized just how special they were. Easy to drive and very competitive, all the drivers enjoyed running those cars on the Bullring. Total devastation was limited to a headlight lens that popped off and a loose wire that we fixed. And yes, the tires did last however I would say they are pretty well finished.
Congratulations to Bryan Trachsel, the 2009 NASTE Season Champion who wrapped up the season despite a less than impressive 6th place finish. In fairness, a few roadblocks were placed in his way...
And this time Bill was the man! Driving at a pace that no one else could manage, his first set of heats was the top run of the night besting the second place finisher (me!) by two laps. I spent part of the drive home trying to figure out where I could have gotten two more laps and couldn't find it. He was just too fast!
Then there was Dorothy's Chocolates. Mmm-mmm good!
What a night and what a season.
Yes, the final three races are added to the other possibilities so that everyone can arrange to have x-number of results prior to the finals. Then the finals are three IROC races that all count.
So for instance... we count your top 9 finishes. To do this you have to run on at least 5 different tracks. However, let's say you run an entire Beaverton season. You can pick out your two best finishes there and count those as part of your total - only 7 to go. Now at the conclusion of the season you have your 9 best counting events. Then the final three IROC's will be added to that. Here's why... We did a similar thing in SCCA but they did not have a final three system. Everyone just accrued points. There were TONS of ties at then end of the season and they quickly adjusted to a finals system the following year. This almost assures you there will be no ties.
And this doesn't mean that NASTE can't still sponsor events.
However as the "head" of the process it would serve us well to continue with IROC races. It's a good way to bring in new people. We can also expound on the virtues of IROC racing to some of the other groups. Those that have hosted NASTE races this past season all enjoyed the IROC format. Especially when we supplied the cars!
Well, the idea is that it will be the same for everyone. With the limit of two races per track even the 1/24 guys are going to have to branch out. I imagine the HO guys might have an even tougher time finding enough HO events. And maybe there's the possibility of running a 1/32 scale race on a larger type wood track. We just have to pick the track(s) and work out the details with the track owner.
It's very possible for folks to get out and get enough events that it will come down to the final three days of IROC to decide the champ. Consider that the PSSRA folks race EVERY Wednesday. But once again, there's the track limit. Max of 2 counting results per track.
And of course the more events you run at a variety of tracks, then the more chance you have of getting a group of good results to add to your score.
Bottom line, most of us will have to go outside our particular "field".
And what's wrong with that?
We haven't even addressed the drag racers... Where's Jeff?
I firmly support this.
At the conclusion of the NASTE Cup "season". We'll also hold the three final EXTRA counting events. One in each scale run IROC style. The finale is planned for three consecutive nights with many other features included as well. Consider it a slot car year end banquet with all the trimmings.
As for sanctioning, the event would have to be posted to the NASTE site at least one month prior to the event to give everyone interested a fair opportunity to attend.
That also prevents situations where Monte and Victoria go out into the garage and call it a race...
And if Bill left out your club or organization, our goal is to make this available to any within the Northwest - Oregon, Washington or Idaho.
Bill and I had a very interesting conversation yesterday regarding the upcoming NASTE season. We'd like to get some comment from others. Bill, want to start out with what we have in mind or should I?
Mike are you running digital or analog?
Sounds like fun, they look great. Are you running the stock motor? And what is that?
Rico, you can only vote once from the same IP address. That's how it tracks votes, is by the IP address.
We've got 20 drivers covering 14 different cars signed up for the Summer Season so far. Great job everyone!
Here's the current list:
SCX # Type Drivers
62180 NASCAR Ford Fusion - Carl Edwards - #99 Office Depot
62190 NASCAR Chevy Monte Carlo - Kevin Harvick - #29 Goodwrench
62200 NASCAR Dodge Charger - Kasey Kahne - #9 Dodge Dealers
62380 NASCAR Chevrolet Monte Carlo - Kevin Harvick - #29 Pennzoil
62670 NASCAR Chevrolet Monte Carlo - Kevin Harvick - #29 Pennzoil Bryan, Tim
62680 NASCAR Dodge Charger - Kasey Kahne - #9 Dodge Dealers Randy
62690 NASCAR Ford Fusion - Matt Kenseth - #27 DeWalt
62720 NASCAR Chevrolet Monte Carlo - Dale Earnhardt - #3 Goodwrench Rico
62730 NASCAR Chevrolet Monte Carlo - Kevin Harvick - #21 Coast Guard
63350 NASCAR Chevrolet Monte Carlo - Dale Earnhardt- #3 Goodwrench/Wrangler AJ
63360 NASCAR Dodge Charger - Kasey Kahne - #9 Dodge Dealers Randy, Jeffrey
63370 COT Ford Fusion - Greg Biffle - #16 3M
63380 COT Chevrolet Impala - Kevin Harvick - #29 Pennzoil
63390 COT Ford Fusion - Matt Kenseth - #17 DeWalt George, Hugh, Greg
63400 COT Chevrolet Impala - Jeff Burton - #31 AT&T
63410 COT Ford Fusion - Carl Edwards - #99 Aflac Frank, Art
63420 NASCAR Dodge Charger - Juan Montoya - #42 Havoline Dennis
63430 NASCAR Chevrolet Monte Carlo - Hobbytown USA
63440 NASCAR Chevrolet Monte Carlo - Harry Wise Slotburger Grill/Home Racing World/SCX
63480 COT Chevrolet Impala - Dale Earnhardt Jr. - #88 National Guard Monte
63940 COT Chevrolet Impala - Dale Earnhardt Jr. - #88 National Guard Bryan
63950 COT Ford Fusion - Carl Edwards - #99 Aflac Walt
64110 COT Toyota Camry - Denny Hamlin - #11 FedEx (Due in Sept.)
64120 COT Ford Fusion - Greg Biffle - #16 2009 (Due in Sept.)
64130 COT Toyota Camry - Kyle Busch - #18 M&M (Due in Sept.)
64210 COT Ford Fusion - Carl Edwards - #99 Aflac Gordon, Jack
64220 COT Chevrolet Impala - Jeff Burton - #31 Caterpillar Andre
64290 COT Toyota Camry - Joey Logano - #20 Home Depot (Due in Sept.)
88830 COT Chevrolet Impala Car of Tomorrow Body Kit Bill
I'm with you all the way. Cheap would be my choice whenever possible. But I would probably do better to take up whittling as a hobby. There's always another car, controller, something calling to me. I try to draw my limit at < $50 mark unless it's something that I think is special that appeals to the collector in me. I think Gubi said it well that slot cars can appeal to us in different ways. And so it is. Sometimes I'm a collector but mostly I'd prefer to be a racer and builder. I'm happy to wait on a $75 car and look for a used version at less than $50. Since I mostly run them, used always works well for me. But I also want to play so it sometimes doesn't take long for the price of a $40 car to quickly escalate.
I like the fact that I can get an SCX COT for less than $50 fully modified for the season. At the end of the year I can probably get half the cost back selling the car off if it survives. Not so bad for a season of entertainment. Who knows, it might even be a keeper.
And if you do see a $50 price tag on one of those Cochon Rose's contact me ASAP!
Ok, the rules have been posted. Let's get those car ready! The plan is to end the season with a team Enduro. More on that as we get closer to it.
Howie, is there any kind of schedule yet?
That was a great time and a fun group. Y'all missed out on a good one. Bill and I were able to be pretty competitive. Why, had the motor not fried on my car in the last heat... woulda, coulda, shoulda...
I hope we can go back there again next year.
It did take some time to get used to the 1/24 scale track with the 4 different driving stations. It almost seened like 4 different tracks.
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