Bob built some really nice D3 chassis for racing at Paul Painter's Mile High Raceway in Keizer.
This is a beautiful hard body Can Am Lola T70 Bob built. This was one of Bob's latest chassis designs.
1,576 February 29, 2020 9:02 am
Re: PASER Co-founder Bob McFarland (27 replies, posted in PASER)
1,577 February 29, 2020 8:58 am
Re: PASER Co-founder Bob McFarland (27 replies, posted in PASER)
Bob was a pioneer in the world of 1/24 hard body slot car chassis building. His chassis still represent the leading edge of hard body chassis design. Here are a few of Bob's creations for you to take a look at.
This was a Porsche 962 Bob raced. Note the piece of electrical circuit board use as a terminal block for the motor wire to guide flag connection point.
This chassis was built to compete in Pelican Park's TT Class and features a Resilient Resins body made by the late Doug Haynes.
1,578 February 28, 2020 7:54 am
Re: NASTE 2020 Point Series Championship - Results & Standings (28 replies, posted in NASTE)
NASTE 2020 Point Series Championship Race No.9 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway February 27, 2020
Race Results - Carrera DTM Class:
1 Zack 70.3 Laps - 8 points
2 Al 69.0 - 7 pts.
3 Daniel 68.7 - 6 pts.
4 Tom 66.0 - 5 pts.
5 Rico 65.9 - 4 pts.
6 Greg 63.7 - 3 pts.
7 Mitch 62.7 - 2 pts.
8 Joel 55.0 - 1 pt.
Current Standings for the 2020 NASTE Point Series Championship After 9 Races:
1st Zack - 77 points
2nd Daniel - 71 pts.
3rd Al - 65 pts.
4th Rico - 45 pts.
5th Jeff - 30 pts.
6th tie Mitch - 24 pts.
6th tie Greg - 24 pts.
8th Tom - 22 pts.
9th Chris - 15 pts.
10th Monte - 14 pts.
11th Stan - 10 pts.
12th Bryan D. - 6 pts.
13th Fernando - 4 pts.
14th Burns - 3 pts.
15th tie Bill - 2 pts.
15th tie Tim Gijio - 2 pts.
15th tie Joel - 2 pts.
18th tie Mark - 1 pt.
1,579 February 28, 2020 7:40 am
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (2,171 replies, posted in NASTE)
Here's the results from the Odd Thursday race at Al's on February 27th, 2020.
GT PGE Class:
Fastest lap Zack 6.219, Al 6.279. 
Carrera DTM Class:
1,580 February 25, 2020 8:07 am
Re: BRM 1/24 Mini Coopers - Who has them? (4 replies, posted in Cars)
Dork here...............yellow SIMCA.........NOT NSU...............
1,581 February 24, 2020 6:48 pm
Topic: BRM 1/24 Mini Coopers - Who has them? (4 replies, posted in Cars)
Who has a BRM Mini Cooper?
And which livery?
1,582 February 23, 2020 10:54 am
Re: Early Modified race results. (51 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
Some videos of the Early Modified heat races yesterday.
Start of the race - first heat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvunP5CMVws
Heat race no.2 Ted blows a gear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZU2QQMh0yQ
Lance's launch at 3:48: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWAV0dR4rjw
The 02222020 Crash Fest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6kuINkVxDg
1,583 February 23, 2020 9:47 am
Re: This is the Can Am page. (115 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
Here's some video from the Can Am race yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07zFI9L6KJ0
1,584 February 22, 2020 9:29 am
Re: Controllers. (7 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
From my experience I would echo what Zack said.
1,585 February 21, 2020 4:10 pm
Re: Tire Truing (16 replies, posted in Modifications)
I do believe 110 degree would definitely affect a 1:1 racing tire. The rubber compound used for racing tires is much different than street tires for sure (the shop I worked in actually made recapped racing slicks). However I really doubt the slot car tires ever reach even 100 degrees (unless you are over aggressive when truing them!).
1,586 February 21, 2020 1:39 pm
Re: Tire Truing (16 replies, posted in Modifications)
I worked in a tire recap shop when I was young. It takes extreme heat to affect the hardness or softness of rubber. I can't imagine we are generating that kind of heat even with the heavy and fast 1/24 scratchbuilt cars. If the tires were too hot to handle after a heat race I'd say maybe, but I just don't see it in our application.
As far as urethanes go, the molding is a cold pour process so again I think you would be talking about extreme heat to charge the tire's shore rating. With that said I do know they will "come apart" if in the truing process you get too aggressive and create too much heat. So if they were reaching a heat cycle close enough to change the shore rating I think they would just come apart. But then again that is a LOT of heat, way more than what is experienced by the car itself on the track. I did a fair amount of experimentation when I was molding urethane tires, and I do know that having them under a very hot lamp does nothing to affect the shore rating (as measured by a shore meter). The heat from the lamp was probably in excessive of any tire temperatures the cars themselves could generate.
1,587 February 20, 2020 4:57 pm
Re: Art for the Shop (7 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
Silly Doc, it stopped upside down. There was no "funky smell" IN the car....It was on the ground!
1,588 February 20, 2020 4:43 pm
Re: This is the Can Am page. (115 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
It's a beauty Howie!
1,589 February 20, 2020 4:39 pm
Re: Art for the Shop (7 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
Thanks Chris for not only getting this display up for me, but for building the car for me in the first place! It has been an AWESOME journey! And the best part is that baby can come down off its perch at any time to take me down a mountain road at 50 MPH plus!
1,590 February 17, 2020 12:47 pm
Re: The NASTE chassis! (49 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
AWESOME!
Thanks Zack!
1,591 February 16, 2020 9:20 am
Re: OSCAR Team NASCAR Race at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway - Feb. 15th (4 replies, posted in OSCAR)
By the end of the race the track was pretty well rubbered up!
1,592 February 16, 2020 9:19 am
Re: OSCAR Team NASCAR Race at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway - Feb. 15th (4 replies, posted in OSCAR)
Just one of the highlights of the OSCAR races at Inslot's Checkered Flag is lunch featuring Firehouse Sub Sandwiches! And this time I got ALL the sandwich orders right!
1,593 February 16, 2020 9:14 am
Re: OSCAR Team NASCAR Race at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway - Feb. 15th (4 replies, posted in OSCAR)
Here's some photos Zack took at the race. Thanks Zack!
In the pits the second place car. A combined effort by Stuart Wall and Zack Morgan.
The winning car built by Tom Street with a Bob McFarland chassis.
The third place car built by Bob Nakamura.
The fourth place entry built by Tachometer Ted.
The fifth place car built by John Gill.
1,594 February 16, 2020 9:03 am
Topic: OSCAR Team NASCAR Race at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway - Feb. 15th (4 replies, posted in OSCAR)
Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway hosted an OSCAR team racing event on Saturday February 15th, 2020. The race was for OSCAR spec late model NASCARs. We had ten racers make it out for the race. Five two man teams were formed based on each racers one minute timed qualifying run. The distance over time method was used for qualifying.
Heat races were four minutes long. The race duration was set for eight rounds of racing, or eight times through all four lanes for each team (40 heat races). Each racer got eighty minutes of on track racing time. The real story was that each car got one hundred and sixty minutes of hard on track racing time! The teams had to work hard on the track and in the pits as well to keep up the pace. Teams experienced wear issues as well as failures. There were gear failures, body failures, bearing failures, and motor failures. The Oregon Donors team went through three motors, and a rear axle bearing and still made a come back to finish second! Another team blew their gear set in the last six minutes of the race. The winning team went through four sets of tires.
It was a fun race and I had a great time! I'd like to thank all of those who were able to make it over to race.
Here are the race results:
1st McFarlanders (Terrible Tommy & Bill) 1822 laps - best lap time n/a (rider)
2nd Oregon Donors (Stewmeat & Zack) 1800 laps - best lap time 3.840323 in blue
3rd GEARNAX (Gearloose & NAK NAK) 1714 laps - best lap time 3.999486 in blue
4th Grumpies (Tachometer Ted & Scary Gary) 1714 laps - best lap time 3.959967 in blue
5th PFNJ (TouringJohn & Jim) 1705 laps - best lap time 3.897916 in blue
1,595 February 14, 2020 7:45 am
Re: NASTE 2020 Point Series Championship - Results & Standings (28 replies, posted in NASTE)
NASTE 2020 Point Series Championship Race No.8 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway February 13, 2020
Race Results - Classic Sports Cars Div.I Class:
1 Zack 69.2 Laps - 10 points
2 Daniel 68.8 - 9 pts.
3 Al 68.7 - 8 pts.
4 Jeff 65.1 - 7 pts.
5 Rico 64.2 - 6 pts.
6 Greg 62.8 - 5 pts.
7 Tom 58.1 - 4 pts.
8 Stan 57.4 - 3 pts.
9 Mitch 50.2 - 2 pts.
10 Monte 48.7 - 1 pt.
Current Standings for the 2020 NASTE Point Series Championship After 8 Races:
1st Zack - 69 points
2nd Daniel - 65 pts.
3rd Al - 58 pts.
4th Rico - 41 pts.
5th Jeff - 30 pts.
6th Mitch - 22 pts.
7th Greg - 21 pts.
8th Tom - 17 pts.
9th Chris - 15 pts.
10th Monte - 14 pts.
11th Stan - 10 pts.
12th Bryan D. - 6 pts.
13th Fernando - 4 pts.
14th Burns - 3 pts.
15th tie Bill - 2 pts.
15th tie Tim Gijio - 2 pts.
17th tie Mark - 1 pt.
17th tie Joe - 1 pt.
1,596 February 14, 2020 7:35 am
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (2,171 replies, posted in NASTE)
Results from the February 13th race:
1,597 February 13, 2020 9:08 pm
Topic: PASER Co-founder Bob McFarland (27 replies, posted in PASER)
Tonight is yet another sad night. I learned today that Bob McFarland passed away yesterday. Bob was one of the nicest and most generous men I have ever known. He loved the slot car hobby more than anyone I have met. He did more for the slot racing community than anyone I have met. He was a talented innovative builder and an awesome competitor. Bob was not only a leader in the slot car racing community, he was the spirit of slot car racing in the Northwest. Our slot racing community will feel the loss, and I will miss him greatly.
Bob's obituary: https://obits.oregonlive.com/obituaries … =195568507
1,598 February 12, 2020 12:25 pm
Re: Controllers (15 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
I believe it will be retail ordering straight from Jim Difalco.
If you order one of the Genesis network controllers you will eventually want different networks for the 1/32 cars and the 1/24 cars at Howie's. A higher overall ohm network for 1/32 cars at Al's will work at Howie's, but the overall response and sensitivity is going to be really soft for the higher current 1/24 cars.
Also if you get the DD304 you will probably want to swap out the heat sink for the larger one. If I remember correctly Zack's controller got really hot the first time he used it at Howie's. You might check with Zack for details.
1,599 February 12, 2020 8:13 am
Re: Northwest True Scale Racers - Rules (13 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
Body list removed from Can Am rules.
1,600 February 12, 2020 7:59 am
Re: Controllers (15 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
Tom, here's my 2 cents on those controllers you listed. First off Difalcos are my favorite controllers. They're tough! I've seen problems with other controllers, especially if you accidentally hook up backwards. I've only seen one issue with a Difalco.
The Difalco DD268 is the Fanatic model. It features multiple small potentiometers, one for each of the "bands" the controller wiper makes contact with. This controller has almost infinite adjustability. The compromise with this adjustability is the need to manually adjust each potentiometer for your baseline control. Once you have your baseline set you can adjust just like the other controller models using the sensitivity "knob". It can be time consuming setting up your baseline, depending on how particular you are, and the baseline settings may be something you want to change depending on tracks or cars. With this controller a notebook for keeping notes regarding settings might be handy. I have one of these controllers you can look at and try if you'd like before making a decision and purchase.
The DD281 is the top of the line newest Genesis model. The Genesis models use an interchangeable transistor network instead of the individual potentiometers for the wiper bands for the baseline settings. The only downside to this versus the Fanatic is; to change your baseline control settings you need to change out the "network" for a different one. For our racing that would probably mean one network for 1/24, and one network for 1/32. With the Fanatic you would just change each of the 12 or 15 potentiometer settings. The DD281 also comes equipped with a traction control potentiometer and the Pro brake potentiometer. I like the traction control option, but I'm not sure the Pro brake potentiometer is really needed for the racing we do around here. The DD271 is the same controller without traction control. I also have a DD281. It is the controller of mine you've used before.
The DD270 gives you the Genesis controller without the traction control and Pro brake potentiometer (uses the economy pot.). I think one advantage of the Pro brake potentiometer is it is less likely to burn up if you hook up backwards. The DD280 is just the DD270 with traction control added.
The DD304 Stan mentions is basically the DD280 but primarily designed for 1/32 racing. It comes with a network for racing 1/32 cars whereas the 200 series Genesis controllers come with networks for 1/24 racing. I'm sure this controller would work for both 1/32 and 1/24 with a network change. My personal choice was to go with the 200 series controllers for 1/24 because I feel the components are more robust. Most 1/24 scale cars use a lot more current than the 1/32 cars which means more amperage through the circuit.
When in doubt just email Jim Difalco for his advice. He is great about responding to email questions and will be happy to build you the right controller to suit your needs!