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Al (Meat) was the eighteenth qualifier with a time of 6.091 seconds. Al owns Rippin' Ridin' Raceway in Portland where he holds the NASTE Point Series Championship races for 1/32 cars. He just happens to be the current point leader in that series!
Jim M. rounded out the qualifying list at nineteenth posting a 6.412 second lap. Jim builds beautiful brass chassis! He will be the first to state he builds them and his son Michael drives them! Together they are a formidable team!
Jimmy F. is one of the newer racers from Bend. He showed us some driving talent by qualifying sixteenth at 6.055 just .001 second behind Forrest. Jimmy is also currently constructing a new routed 1/24 four lane track in his shop. I've seen the pictures and it is looking really good!
Kevin L. from Bend was a first time racer at Springwater Raceway. He qualified his Corvette in seventeenth with a lap of 6.062 seconds. HO Mike was claiming Kevin was his son.....I'm not so sure! He seemed much nicer than Mike! (Just kidding)....
Michael M. (The Stig) is one of the fast racers from the Bend area. He posted a 6.007 second qualifying run. Turns out his fourteenth place qualifying attempt was the result of a slipping gear, something he was able to repair during the race. I believe he was racing his Ford GT40.
Forrest (Not Gump) also made it over from Bend. He is one of the regular fixtures at Tom's World in Bend. He is always competitive and in the top tier of racers anywhere he goes. Not to mention he is a very nice guy! Forrest qualified fifteenth at 6.054 seconds. Unfortuanately I don't remember which car Forrest raced. Sorry Forest...
Bart (Bartman) qualified his Ferrari Testarossa eleventh at 5.806 seconds. Bart is another Portland area racer that just keeps getting better and faster! I have no idea how that Ferrari made it into the Ochida Motorsports Ford camp!
Bad Billy, yup, that's me. They tell me that nick name is earned and justified.....go figure......I managed to qualify tweflth with a 5.812 second lap from my Ferrari Testarossa.
Qualifying thirteenth was Bob H. (Good Bob) with a 5.878 second run. Bob came all the way up to Springwater from Roseburg. Bob is an incredible racer, one of the most talented I've ever met! Bob races with an old Parma Turbo controller, wire wound resistor, and no electronic sensitivity or brake enhancements. He routinely wins with equipment considered by many as obsolete! Oh, and his Ferrari Modena featured a Sealed 16D motor!
Bill H. is another new guy around the Portland area. His racing and building skills are improving quickly! He qualified for the "A" Main at nineth with a 5.722 second run in this his first OSCAR race. Bill successfully avoided my camera lens, but I did get a shot of his Audi.
Chris (Captain Chaos) qualified at the top of the "B" group with a 5.727 second lap. That's just .005 second out of the "A" Main. Chris had one of the coolest entries, a DeLorean. But instead of a Back To The Future movie theme, his car featured Batman driving! It seemed appropriate!
Dennis (DC Dynamo) made the trip down from Seattle to race his Ferrari Enzo. Dennis is an awesome chassis builder specializing in lighter chassis designs by OSCAR standards. I don't know how, but he makes his light chassis work. I figure it must be magic! His best lap in qualifying was 5.605 seconds, good enough for seventh.
Korbyn, one of the racers from Bend, is about the nicest guy you could ever meet! I always enjoy seeing him at a race! I remember when I first met him he was just a kid and I could keep up with him most of the time. Now he routinely beats me! He is a good racer and hard to beat! He qualified eighth with his Ferrari Modena at 5.606 seconds, just .001 second behind Dennis! I was unable to get a photo of Korbyn during his qualifying run, because he was constantly moving his head watching his car lap the track. Every close up photo of him was blurry! His Modena somehow totally escaped the camera's lens.
Mike G. is one of the newer racers in the Portland area. He is quickly becoming a great racer in addition to a great chassis builder! He qualified fifth with a 5.593 second lap. Mike's Enzo Ferrari featured a brass scratchbuilt chassis he constructed for this his first ever OSCAR race!
Curt is one of the most intense competitors I have ever raced with! His level of concentration is only matched by his level of preparedness! Nobody can set up or tune a chassis better than Curt! His qualifying lap was 5.595, good for sixth. Curt's Ferrari F50 body is the oldest OSCAR Sports Car still competing!
The qualifying session progressed quickly and smoothly. Racers did a great job of paying attention to the "On Deck" information on the computer screen and being ready to hook up and run their laps. Bob (Nak Nak) posted a 5.409 second lap, good enough for third in qualifying. Everybody knows Bob is the guy to beat at Springwater, but Bob is pretty much the guy to beat WHEREVER he shows up! He is just a really good racer, and his cars are always well prepared!
HO Mike was right behind Bob's time at 5.555 seconds. When Mike shows up at a race, you KNOW it is going to be a good time!
This race was typical of the traditional OSCAR races with a qualifying session kicking off the day's racing. Each racer got one minute of power on the blue lane to post their fastest possible lap. It sounds easy enough but, with all the other racers looking on it can be pretty intimidating and somewhat stressful!
Tommy was the top qualifyer with his Ferrari F50 posting a 5.309 second lap. Check out the look of concentration on Tommy's face!
Right behind Tommy was Stuart (Stew Meat) and his Ferrari 360 Modena. He was the only other racer to dip into the 5.3 second range with a 5.346, just .037 second behind Tom.
Bob Nak deserves a big congratulations and thanks from all of us racers, for putting on the biggest and best OSCAR race the Portland area has seen in years! This OSCAR Sports Car race had a total of 19 entries, with the majority of the racers from the east side of Mt. Hood!
The entries broke down like this: 10 from the Bend area, 4 from the Portland area, 3 from Vancouver, 1 from Roseburg, and 1 from Seattle. The cars stacked up a lot like the racers with Ferraris accounting for 14 of the 19 entries.
Some highlights from the OSCAR race at Springwater Raceway!
The last class to hit the track was the NASTE Open Production Class (this class was formed for racing at Redline Raceway). Dan Fritz (Doc) and Mike Guthrie were ready for competion with well prepared cars! Their car building and race prep on these types of cars was clearly evident! The cars they had prepared worked very well on the Redline course! In the end Doc took the win over Mike, but only by three laps! Thanks to both Doc and Mike for loaning out some great cars for others to race!
Results:
First and second place finishers (Mike on the left, Doc on the right):
We had a total of 11 racers show up for racing yesterday at Rob's Redline Raceway. That is a record showing for a Monday in Vancouver!
We started the evening off at 5:00pm (after eating pizza) with the Womp race. Womps are always fun on the Redline course! We raced one round of 3 minute heats. The racing was very close with the top five finishing within a dozen laps of each other!
All of the racers for the evening had arrived by the end of the Womp race. The grid was filled with 11 cars for the Flexi race. This race was a different story with Bob Nak taking a commanding lead and stretching it into an impressive win! Second through fifth was much closer, with a tie for second. Racing the Flexi Class on this track is truely challenging!
Flexi Class results:
Yesterday Howie had a chassie work session at Rapid Raceway. Although I did not take a project to work on, I wondered over to see what was going on around 10:30 A.M. When arrived there were 5 guys there working away! Hersche was building a Hanna style rattle chassis. Tim was assembling his new 2NASTE chassis with help from Douglas, while at the same time Geof was putting his 2NASTE chassis together. Howie was keeping everyone coffee'd up!
Later in the afternoon, with just Hersche, Douglas, Howie, and myself left, Howie turned the track on. Douglas uncovered some handling issues with his Trans Am Mustang. Howie and I helped Douglas make a few adjustments to the car and it seemed to turn the corner, and the handling definitely improved. Hersche got on the track for practice laps with his NASCAR.
The next thing I knew it was almost 5 P.M! I had a great time! The B.S. sessions were excellent, and everybody got a lot done! Thank you Howie for a great day!
The newest release of Team Bluegroove bodies will be shipping next week. That means I will soon have 24 different new bodies here (72 bodies total).
I will post what bodies I have along with some photos when they get here.
Looks like it is about time for an update....It's been almost two years since the last update here. This is what Bob McFarland's Checkered Flag Raceway now looks like:
My display case has gone through some reorganizing:
This display case has been added and houses slot cars and equipment unique to the Northwest racing community:
The upstairs is still a mess, but an ongoing project:
Most of my HO cars have made it into my roll deck display case:
This display case holds my Danbury Mint cars as well as a few slot cars and some miscellaneous stuff:
Bottom line is; there's still a lot to do in the shop but, I'm still working on it!
NASTE 2025 Point Series Championship Race No.12 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway April 17, 2025
Race Results - Slot.it Group C Class:
1. Doc - 7 pts.
2. Al - 6 pts.
3. Rico - 5 pts.
4. Greg - 4 pts.
5. Mitch - 3 pts.
6. David - 2 pts.
7. Doug - 1 pt.
Current Standings for the 2025 NASTE Point Series Championship After 12 Races:
1 -tie- Al - 68 points.
1 -tie- Daniel - 68 pts.
3 Rico - 59 pts.
4 Greg - 30 pts.
5 David - 26 pts.
6 Douglas - 25 pts.
7 Mitch - 23 pts.
8 Zack - 10 pts.
9 -tie- Fernando - 4 pts.
9 -tie- Hersche - 4 pts.
11 -tie- Stan - 3 pts.
11 -tie- Elliot - 3 pts.
13 Monte - 2 pts.
14 Neil - 1 pt.
April 17th race results:
Al has become one of the fastest and most consistent racers in our area!
Lots of pit discussions and maybe a little B.S. thrown in....L to R = Bart, Steven, Bob, Howie.
Bart taking a serious look at his Group C Mustang GTP.
The Group C cars were a lot of fun and provided for some very close racing! Chassis were mostly 2NASTE side and angle winders.
That was a fun race and a great turnout! Thanks Bob!
I was able to snap a few photos:
The field of Group C cars.
This is the Gorge Raceway. A tough tight track for these big fast cars!
Bill E. and Mike getting in some practice laps before the race began.
Discussion in the pits. L to R = Bob & Steven with Douglas in the background.
The pits were busy! Bart left & Al sitting right.
End of a heat and the moving to next lanes starts. L to R= Ian, Steven, Ken, Blake, Dwayne, Doc, and Bob's backside).
Focus is what counts in racing slot cars. Both for turn marshals as well as drivers!
18 entries is a huge turn out these days! especially for a Thursday night! Congrats and thanks Howie for providing us with an awesome race!
This shot is for Douglas! You gotta celebrate when you can. He was on top at various points during the race. Needlass to say, he had a great race!
Another shot of work in the pits.
Changing lanes before the next heat race. L to R= Ken, Bob, Bart, Ian. Ian is only 6 years old but he ran an impressive race! There were absolutely no complaints of him being in the way! 
Just a plain fun time!
View from the far end of the track.
Another shot of the field of 18.
Turn marshalling left to right: Bill E., Dwayne, Doc.
Bart (left) watches the banked turn, while drivers (L to R Blake, Ian, Steven, Ken) negotiate the track.
Here's a shot of the entire field of Indy cars registered for the race.
Jerry had hands down the absolutely most beautiful car in the field!
Everybody is happy racing at Rapid Raceway! (L to R= Geof, Douglas, Al, Jerry. Hersche in the background).
Pictured left to right: Howie, Bill E., Ian, Dwayne, Ken, Austin.
Left to right: Al, Hersche, Jerry.
Race action between heat races. At the driver's stations hooking up are (L to R) Blake, Ian, Steven, Ken. Turn marshalling (L to R) Bob, Dwayne, Doc (Dan Fritz).
Geof (left) was part of his full family team, along with son Austin and grandson Ian.
Ken was making some last minute adjustments to his car while Bob (sitting left) watched on.
Like I said, the pits were crowded and busy!
There is actually quite a bit of pit space at Rapid Raceway. The pit table spans 18 feet.
Fore front left to right = Dwayne, Blake. Rear L to R= Austin, Doc, Steven, Geof.
In the fore front is Rico on the left with Hersche on the right.
I was able to get a few pictures myself. I will add them here in no particular order.....
Sure, everybody's laughing during practice! (L to R at driver's stations: Douglas, Doc, Austin).
Discussions going on in the pits while Blake gets some practice in.
The pits were crowded but everyone had enough room to work.
Hookin' up for some practice laps (L to R = Doc, Austin, Ian, Rico).
Pit activity was high (backside of table L to R= Steven, Geof, Hershe, Douglas. Front side of table L to R= Dwayne, Blake, Jerry, Ken).
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