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Let's look back at the original intent of the Classic Sports Car Class and the path that got us to here. I established the Classic Sports Car Class for the small sports cars from the '50s and '60s that would have raced in SCCA type races. Cars like the Ninco Classic cars were the class models. Originally there was no cut off date or year of manufacture, it seemed simple enough to me to interpret what qualified as a classic sports car. Silly me, mistake one! It didn't take long for the racers to start modifying the cars for better handling and more speed, and eventually realizing the Slot.it Ford GT fit the definition of "Classic Sports Car". This was a game changer. Add to that the availability of aftermarket chassis with motor pods, and some really well built "scratchbuilt" cars and it was time to reign in the class a little. So I established two divisions of the class. Division I retained the 7mm wide rear tires and non-podded chassis with no articulation allowed. Division II was established to allow the Slot.it Ford GT40, articulated scratchbuilt chassis, and the aftermarket chassis that were hitting the marketplace. The rear tire width was bumped up to 8mm on division II cars to further enhance the improvements of an articulating chassis. The third revision was to adopt a spec motor for each division, 14k in division I to bring the car's speed down, and 18k to allow the division II cars to be the faster of the classic sports car. This is where we are today.

I think one thing that would improve both divisions is for each to be defined by specific years and the cars raced within those time periods. We have discussed it and I think the cut off for Division I cars should be 1964 to allow the inclusion of the Ferrari 250 GTO. In addition I think there needs to be a maximum body width spec for Division I. I like the idea of Corvettes being eligible in Div.I but I think the extra width of the Grand Sport Corvettes might give them an advantage over the narrower cars. I feel the Grand Sports should be in Div.II with wider cars being allowed. I would set Div.II for the years 1965 through 1975 and change the rear tire spec to 10mm. Let the Division II cars rip, but reign in the Division I cars.

My thoughts...............

Speaking as one who can't readily locate his "race" cars but is in possession of a large volume of "cars", I vote for NO "new" car models/types!

Quoting myself; "I ain't buyin' NO new cars!"

Well I guess that pretty much sums up my understanding of internet etiquette!

Congrats to Al Christensen for successfully defending his championship and becoming the NASTE Point Series Champion for 2019!

Thanks for the great race report Doc!

Here are the race results from the last point race of the 2019 season on May 9th:

Trans Am:
1 Daniel 69.7 Laps
2 Al 69.0
3 Stan 66.7
4 Rico 66.4
5 Chris 66.3
6 Mitch 65.2
7 Greg 62.6
8 Monte 59.7
9 Zack 50.8

Classic Sportscar 2 Class - NASTE 2019 Point Series Championship Race No.16 - Final Race:
1 Zack 79.4 Laps
2 Chris 77.2
3 Al 76.9
4 Daniel 75.8
5 Mitch 71.3 - fast lap tie breaker
6 Monte 71.3
7 Rico 65.5
8 Greg 61.4
9 Stan 60.9

Open Class Results:
1 Chris  80.8 Laps
2 Al  80.5
3 Bill  79.6
4 Daniel  77.8
5 Zack  77.4
6 Greg 70.9

The car is still wearing the original wheels!

She looked pretty clean under the hood.

Four speed car with black interior. The interior looked near perfect!

Factory tach, and yes, that odometer shows 33,796 original miles!

Photos from the Rapid Grand Prix on May 4, 2019

Indy cars pictured left to right on the starting line: Scott, Bob, Al, Howie.

At the controls pictured left to right: Al, Marty, Beau, and Gearloose. At far left is Ted corner marshalling, and the back of Bob's head in the hole.

Ted's winning car along with Blake's car.

Jeff and Jenny Burns brought out their newest gravity car for some promotional "test" runs!

What an awesome day! We had over 40 people attend the open house and run some laps on the track. It was so nice to see everyone including some folks I hadn't seen for quite sometime. The last couple of weeks were quite hectic trying to get ready for this event, and those that had stopped by during that period seemed pretty shocked by the fact the track was ready to go (myself included)! But it did appear everyone was having a good time. I'd like to thank everyone that took the time to stop by, and thank those that brought food and snacks. A special thanks to Kirk Smith for building this track in the first place, and to Bob McFarland for allowing me to be the third caretaker of the track. And the BIGGEST THANKS to my fantastic wife Diane for helping me make this whole thing happen!

It took photos to get everyone included, some folks arrived after the photos were taken.