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Welcome to new guy Mark.

Good to see Fernando back!

Race host Al with Mark.

Rico, Fernando, and Mark (L-R) getting in some practice before the race.

NASTE 2019 Point Series Championship Race No.12 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway March 7, 2019

Classic Sports Car Div.II Class:
1 Al 78.2 Laps  - 8 points
2 Zack   76.0 - 7 pts.
3 Daniel   75.0 - 6 pts.
4 Rico  70.7 - 5 pts.
5 Mitch  70.4 - 4 pts.
6 Greg  66.0 - 3 pts.
7 Fernando  58.8 - 2 pts.
8 Jeff Burns  54.5 - 1 pt.

Current Standings for the 2019 NASTE Point Series Championship After 12 Races:

1st  Al  - 98 pts.
2nd Monte - 83 points.
3rd Rico  - 71 pts.
4th Daniel  -70 pts.
5th Mitch  - 43 pts.
6th Zack - 36 pts.
7th Bill  - 34 pts.
8th Jeff - 32 pts.
9th Chris - 23 pts.
10th Greg   - 22 pts.
11th Stan  - 12 pts.
12th Fernando  - 11 pts.
13th Gary "Goose" Gossett - 9 pts.
14th - tie Jake - 3 pt.
14th - tie Kevin Lagassa - 3 pt.
16th - tie Farmer Bryan Dickerson - 2 pts.
16th - tie Butch - 2 pts.
18th - tie Terry Redeau  - 1pt.
18th - tie Steve Powell - 1 pt.
18th - tie Jeff Burns - 1 pt.

I finished up the lane color striping touch ups. This morning I started working on the electrical wiring. I got all the track wiring re-connected and started on re-connecting the computer cable to the relay board. That was one heck of a lot of little wires to solder back together! It took me a few minutes to get the old style computer hooked up, and quite a few minutes more to figure out how to make the program work......or do ANYTHING for that matter! This old computer and program doesn't use a mouse.....what the heck is up with that?

But she's up and running now!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35nvD3q … e=youtu.be

Here's some video taken during the test session:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uH4N3Ftp_0

Here's a couple photos of the cool striping tool I used.

After I completed working on the braid I went up to the local Hobby Town to get the paint to touch up the lane color stripes. I had the old bottles of paint so I could match up the colors with what is already on the track. While searching through the Testor's Model Master paint display I was only able to match up the Guard's Red color. This was not going well. They were out of the white, and there was not a match for the blue. I was totally without luck on the yellow as it was a Boyd's color. The lady behind the counter was very helpful. She checked and matched the yellow color with one of the Testor's colors, but the blue I had was no longer made. She said Rustoleum had bought out Testor's and dropped some colors. She matched it up with another blue and although it did not match exactly, it was close enough for me. She also ordered a bottle of white from another store and said she would have it there later in the afternoon. Pretty dang good service I'd say!

So back to the shop I went with paint in hand. Along with the track I got the cool little striping tool that either Kirk or Bob had modified for track lane striping. They had built a base that the striping tool attaches to, and on the base is a guide flag. It works pretty slick. Had I practiced some before I actually laid the stripes down, I'm sure I could have done a better job. But I only had some short sections to do, so I just got 'er done. Not perfect, but it's functional, and done!....Except for the white lane.....

I started working on the track early this morning. I came up with a method for laying down the braid through the underpass. After I cut the section of braid to be replaced to the proper length, I suspended the middle portion over the track surface between a small anvil and a board.

I used blue painters tape to mark out a portion of the braid recess in the underpass to apply glue to. I also marked that section out with blue tape on the new braid, so the corresponding portion of the new braid could also have glue applied. For those unaware the proper procedure for applying contact cement is to apply the cement on both surfaces, let them dry, and then bond the two surfaces together.  After the braid was secured with blue tape to the anvil and then board, I slid the anvil, braid, and board out from the underpass. With the braid in the open I could easily apply the contact cement to the top surface of the braid. 

While the braid was still outside the underpass I also applied contact cement to the braid recess in the underpass area. Once both surfaces had cement applied I slid the anvil, braid, and board back into the underpass, being careful not to let the braid contact the track surface or braid recess.

This is the cut down brush I used to apply the contact cement in the limited access of the underpass area.

What program are you using Monte?