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Bob (Nak Nak) not only won the race, he also received the Racer's Choice Award!
Another benefit of a light turn out is abundant pit space!
Left to right: Mike, Kirk, Bart, Tom, Susan. This was Mike's first OSCAR race and he performed well! Tommy set the fastest race lap of the day! And without Susan there would not have been a race! Thank you Susan!
It was a nice field of entries!
Tommy Throws a right hook!
On Saturday November 16th, Inslot's Checkered Flag hosted the second OSCAR race of the '24 - '25 season. Although attendance was down compared to most OSCAR events, the racing was extremely close between all of the competitors! After one hour of on track, power on racing, just 27 laps separated the top three, and only 38 laps separated the bottom 4! The top three's fastest laps were within .000653 of a second of each other! And, even though Tommy finished last due to mechanical issues, he posted the fastest lap during the race by .000010 second! Tommy earned the "Too Bad" award!
With only 7 racers entered we were one short of the minumum needed to hold a race. At Inslot's Checkered Flag we need a minimum of 4 Corner Marshala in addition to the 4 drivers. Thanks to Susan Street we were able to hold the race. Thank you Susan so much for being our official Corner Marshal and attendee of the day!
The last thing I would like to note here is that I had a really good time! We had a good lunch from Firehouse Subs, and shared a lot of stories! We completed this race in the standard OSCAR race format of 2 minute qualifying runs, followed by 4 rounds of 4 minute heat races. I believe we set a new record by finishing this entire race in just 3 1/2 hours! The race started on time at 10:00 AM, and the checkered flag dropped at 1:00 PM! This race changed my perspective on what it takes to have a successful and fun race! Thank you to all that made it out to compete!
Qualifying results:
Capt. Kirk - 4.6826128
Terrible Tommy - 4.7362510
Bad Billy - 4.8446001
Micky Mike - 4.9531638
Nak Nak - 5.0576509
Bart Man - 5.0969141
Meat - 5.2052632
Race results:
1st Nak Nak - 750 laps Best Lap 4.829794 seconds
2nd Capt Kirk - 744 4.829307
3rd Bad Billy - 723 4.829960
4th Meat - 681 5.049367
5th Bart Man - 674 5.049572
6th Micky Mike - 647 5.220036
7th Terrible Tommy - 643 4.829297
NASTE 2025 Point Series Championship Race No.2 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway November 7, 2024
Race Results - Revoslot Class:
1 Al 77.6 Laps - 6 points.
2 Daniel 76.7 - 5 pts.
3 Rico 71.7 - 4 pts.
4 David 70.4 - 3 pts.
5 Mitch 69.2 - 2 pts.
6 Douglas 65.4 - 1 pt.
Current Standings for the 2025 NASTE Point Series Championship After 2 Races:
1 Al - 12 points.
2 Daniel - 10 pts.
3 Rico - 8 pts.
4 David - 5 pts.
5 Douglas - 4 pts.
6 Mitch - 3 pt.
Race results Nov. 7, 2024:
Oh yeah, ASP!......Thanks Monte!
Here's the field awaiting the start.
The first round of racing was won by Douglas.
The second round in darkness went to Monte and his Classic ASP.
As usual I believe everyone had a good time! 
Our Halloween races have been going on for a long time! I believe the first one was held around 1995. If that is accurate this would have been the 30th Annual NASTE Halloween race! Here's a photo from the very first one:
A big thanks to all that showed up! It was great to see you all!
A super big thank you to Howie for hosting the event again this year!
And a personal thanks to Dave Smith for providing me with his very cool train engine build!
Until next year.................
A new comer to the race with his new build was Douglas. His entry was very fast!
Howie raced an entry built by the late great Beau Frazier. I believe those might be an alien version of "French Ticklers"?
I had a new entry this year, thanks to Dave Smith. Thanks Dave, this one was a lot of fun to run!
Last night NASTE held its Annual Halloween Race at Rapid Raceway. We had nine racers in attendance, which is actually very good for the Halloween race. Attendance has generally been low for the last few years of the event. But the enthusiasm is never low for those that take part!
This year we had a potluck meal to start the night off. Pizza, sandwiches, and lots of homemade candies by Dorothy! After we ate eveybody got their entries ready for the race. We decided on two rounds of four minute heat races. The second round would be raced in the dark! Some sort of vehicle lighting is essential for the NASTE Halloween race!
Here's a look at some of the entries:
This was Al's entry, which proved to be very fast, and one of the top runners until he spit out a gear!
Victoria's entry was also a really good runner! I believe Brian Trachsel gets the credit for this build, built many years ago!
Hersch's build included lots of brass! He suffered a few mechanical issues.
I agree, it is a very cool facility! And to be honest, I think every slot car enthusiast should run the enduro at least once just to experience it! It is very possible many would enjoy it more than I did!
I'm sorry guys, and I really do hate to let you down. But I am out. My previous experiences with the enduro events in Tacoma have not been great. I guess I am spoiled by the excellent racing we have here locally.
The next scheduled PASER Monday race at Rob's is on February 10th.
Rob's Redline Raceway is located in a very nice facility offering racers lots of room and some comfortable seating. It is definitely one of our premium tracks!
With the voltage now set to 12 volts the track is much more raceable but still very fast. Everyone commented as to how the track was vastly improved with the voltage adjustment!
Here are the results from the Womp race:
Results from the Flexi race:
Redline has excellent pit space! There is room for many racers to comfortably work on their cars! Here Kirk is giving Mike some advise on his new builds.
Yesterday was PASER Monday at Rob's Redline Raceway in Vancouver. Doors opened at 1:00 PM, and within an hour or two we had six racers on hand.
The track was first open to practice and testing where Mike Guthrie unveiled some of his most recent builds. Although Mike is a pretty new member he is showing some great skills with his chassis/car building!
After a bunch of practice laps we got down to some serious racing. We started out with the Womp class, racing one round of 4 minute heats. After the Womp race we ran the same program for the Flexi class.
On a side note; before the racing started, Kirk Smith made some adjustments to the power supply to correct the output to 12 volts D.C. The adjustment was made to dial back the previous setting of 13.8 volts which was determined to be much too violent for the track. At the close of the racing all the racers agreed that the power adjustment had made a drastic improvement to the overall racing! We'd like to give Kirk a big thank you! You kicked up the fun factor on Rob's track by 200%!
Rob and Jerry getting in some practice laps.
Mike and Bart joined Rob during practice.
That's all it takes Doc!
Yup, I got one, but YOU will have to make it into a Slammer!
Thank you Shaun. That was the best race I've ever had at Tom's. I really struggle with his track, especially when we are racing the full course. I do better on the short course because I can see it all much better. Thanks for those short battles we had, it was fun while I could keep up with you! You were FAST!
Shaun's car was EXTREMELY good! He also did a great job with the controller!
There are a lot of things to look at around Tom's track. I spotted this old Chevy that looked kind of familiar. When I flipped it over I saw that it was mounted on an old NASTE chassis. These old Radio Shack motor powered cars were raced by NASTE members back in the 1990's. This particular one (No.5) was built by me and gifted to Lee Dundas in 1997. It's nice to see it is still around!
I also had to get a picture of this nice looking Can Am car!
At the conclusion of the race everyone starts to wind down as Tom reads off the results.
A big thanks goes out to Tom for an excellent race and a job well done!
The pit areas were well appointed and equipped!
Tom and Stuart discussed strategies before the drop of the green flag.
Once the flag dropped all the attention was on the track, whether you were turn marshalling or driving!
Concours judging is taken quite seriously!
The practice time before the race allows for some casual conversation as well as prep work on cars.
This Lamborghini was seen during practice but did not make the starting grid.
There were so many really nice looking cars it was hard to decide on which car best dserved the Concours award. Here are a few I picked out as possible winners:
Bob McFarland was represented in thsi Clubman Race. The Clubman Class was one of Bob's favorites. One of Bob's drivers was seen in this orange Ferrari during practice.
On race day it was an impressive field of 14 Clubman cars!
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