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As some of you already know I have plans to complete some repairs and make some upgrades to raceway this summer. With this virus outbreak and the social distancing and the stay at home order, I have been spending quite a bit of time out in the shop. Right now I have just a couple things holding me back from starting my plan earlier than scheduled. Weather is one factor as I wanted to wait until warmer weather so I can complete some of the wood working outdoors, or at least work in the shop with the overhead door open. I still have the Columbia Gorge Championship race scheduled for late April, but the way things are looking right now with the lock down and all, completing that race may be questionable. The more time I spend in the shop the more I look at the track and think about the changes and improvements I want to make. I am getting itchy to get started.
So today I took the first steps. Since I did not build this track originally I wanted to get a more precise measurement of the lap length of the course. I used the steel tape from a broken tape measure to measure each lane. The steel tape can be inserted in the slot to get an accurate measurement of the lane's length. Previously I have used a 20 foot tape and found it to be difficult to manipulate around the course. This time I used a 6 foot tape which was much more manageable and overall no more work. The lap length of Inslot's Checkered Flag is actually 70 feet. The red lane measures out at 70 feet 3 9/16 inches. The white lane measures 70 feet 2 1/4 inches, the blue lane is 70 feet 1 3/8 inches, and the yellow lane is 70 feet 1/2 inch. That is just 3 1/16 inches of difference between the outside and inside lanes. Pretty damn close, Kirk Smith did a nice job!
Opening day for the Formulea Libre track in St.Helens was covered in this issue. Monte Saager told me he was there for this opening event!
Here's the newspaper ads for the St. Helens track.
More highlights!
The legendary Gearloose had one of his race finish positions listed. Listed as a 9th place finish. I am thinking there must have been a clerical error! But then again that was 9th out of 60 competitors! Oh yeah, he does have a real name......for those that don't know it's Jerry Palfenier.
Not to be outdone, Al Christensen's notoriety was documented as part of The Gassers racing team at Parkrose Speedways!
Here are some highlights from the newspaper, remember this is 1966!
An article written by Lee Dundas Sr.
A big thank you to Kirk Smith for giving me this very cool piece of Northwest slot car racing history. I had never seen this newspaper before, and I can't help but wonder how many issues were released. This is truly a historic piece of our local past.
Advertisement on the back page.
An interesting thought here; originally the PASER club was known as PACER for Portland Area Controlled Electric Racing. At some point it was changed to PASER for Portland Area Scale Electric Racing. Was this company the reason for the change?
I've come to realize I'm pretty OK with this social distancing thing. I enjoy just being by myself, out in my shop, wading around in my flood of slot car stuff. I'm not really getting anything done, other than some Ebay sales. But I am having a good time poking around in some boxes, finding some of my stuff that has been packed away since our move two years ago, as well as finding more of Goose's stuff he had boxed away.
Here's a wooden carrying case I found years ago. I'm not sure what it was originally built for, maybe some sort of salesman's case? The wood box is nicely and professionally constructed. Inside there are plexiglass compartments, again professionally constructed. It will hold 120 plus Aurora Thunderjet cars.
I have quite a few T-Jet cars I've collected over the years. At one time years ago I had quite an extensive collection including many rare cars in mint condition. When prices and the value of those cars went through the roof I sold all of the more collectible cars. My collection now consists of mainly used and more common cars. But truth be told I like them the best because I can throw them on a track and run them without decreasing their value or worrying about damaging them. I've loved these little T-jet cars since I was 8 years old, and yes I still have some of my original cars. After 57 years they are still my favorites!
We're good here. Hunkered down...........just going through boxes and Ebayin'................
I think we should have a race, The Corona 100!
I hear Lysol is an awesome tire cleaner/conditioner! We could mist Al's entire basement like it's a race in the English fog!
Winner gets a case of beer (obviously you know what brand)!
If we believe and follow the hype then we can figure we are all gonna get it anyway! Personally my plan is to just keep on living until SOMETHING kills me!
NASTE 2020 Point Series Championship Race No.10 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway March 5, 2020
Race Results - GT LMP Class:
1 Zack 84.8 Laps - 9 points
2 Al 83.1 - 8 pts.
3 Daniel 82.8 - 7 pts.
4 Mitch 81.3 - 6 pts.
5 Jeff 78.3 - 5 pts.
6 Rico 77.5 - 4 pts.
7 Greg 68.9 - 3 pts.
8 Tom 67.7 - 2 pts.
9 Monte 64.2 - 1 pt.
Current Standings for the 2020 NASTE Point Series Championship After 10 Races:
1st Zack - 86 points
2nd Daniel - 78 pts.
3rd Al - 73 pts.
4th Rico - 49 pts.
5th Jeff - 35 pts.
6th Mitch - 30 pts.
7th Greg - 27 pts.
8th Tom - 24 pts.
9th tie Chris - 15 pts.
9th tie Monte - 15 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.
Results from the March 5th race.
GT3:
GT LMP:
I also have one more to sell.
This morning Zack stopped by Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway for a test session with his prototype 2NASTE chassis. Zack had the chassis assembled and configured to his Trans Am 2 car. After running just a handful of laps he had the car settled into low four second laps. Zack let me take the car for a spin and I'll tell you this car is impressive! It is better than any of my current Scholer chassis cars. It is much more forgiving and can be pushed very hard in the corners! I'm really looking forward to these chassis being available! Thanks Zack!
Zack Morgan on track with the 2NASTE Prototype Chassis.
The 2NASTE Chassis.
After just a few laps Zack was consistently lapping the Checkered Flag course in the 4.5 second range.
Video of the 2NASTE Prototype in action:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiaF_Axkxgw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YlGEL1bbpE
Bob always hated getting his picture taken, but here's a couple times he was caught off guard.
Gary Tipton (L) and Bob McFarland at Paul Painter's Mile High Raceway in Keizer.
Bad Bob & Tachometer Ted at Bob's Checkered Flag Raceway in Aurora.
This is a really small chassis built by Bob.
This looks to be some sort of unlimited class chassis?
Bob's beautiful hard body Porsche 917.
Another beautiful Bob built car, this time a Hudson Hornet! Check out the extra long wheelbase on this chassis! It is right at 5.0 inches!
This is a narrow sports car chassis.
Another wider sports car chassis.
This chassis could also be fitted with various bodies. This Ferrari F50 was just one body option for this chassis.
This '57 Ford early NASCAR is just beautiful!
This is a strange body. It is some sort of hard plastic body, maybe scratch built from plastic sheet?
Another one of Bob's D3 chassis.
The dimensions of this chassis allow it to accept different bodies and compete in various classes. It is seen here with a Mercury body, but some Trans Am and later model stock car bodies also fit this chassis.
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.
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.
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.
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:
Dork here...............yellow SIMCA.........NOT NSU...............
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