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I really hope the even Thursday racing continues to be a success. I really had a good time.

Report of the first race for the Slammers that took place on Dec. 3, '22 is on the Rapid Raceway page. This class turned out to be a very fast and great handling car.

Race results of Dec. 3rd. '22:
                           
                             Laps........fast time.
1.....Bart................359..........4.984
2.....Marty..............359..........4.896
3.....Bob................357..........4.829
4.....Zack...............355..........4.810
5.....Bill..................354..........4.955
6.....Mitch...............323..........5.341
7.....Gearloose........323..........5.301
8.....Doug..............293..........5.556
9.....Rico................288..........5.281
10...Tim.................269..........?
11...Howie..............253..........4.847
12...Hersch.............225.........5.788

Welcome to new racer Tim.

The first even Thursday is at Rapid Raceway on Dec. 8. What I am doing for that race is having an Early Modified race in order for the racers to prepare their car for the Sat. race of Dec. 17. This makes it simple, one class for the evening and be done by 9:00pm. I am not crazy about the Womps but I am not apposed to them either, the big thing is to get a good turnout and that is not happening with that class at this time. I am open to other classes beside the True Scale stuff, such as Classic NASCAR, Trans-Am, etc. It is a shame that this Monday thing was started with a lot of enthusiasm and dropped off almost completely. Track owners like Bill opened his doors in the morning and if no racers showed up, he was stuck at the track waiting for people to show up.

Things are not in stone yet and talks are going on. This even Thursday thing is a way to have more racing for those ( like myself ) who want more racing and have a fun laid back night of racing. What the track owners need of course is participation from the racers. I really hope this works out.

Points for the 2023 season after ten races:

Howie.......20+9=29+15=44+19=63+20=83+19=102+20=122+19=141+20=161+16=177
Zack.........19+17=36+19=55+20=75+20=95
Terry.........18+17=35+19=54+17=71+14=85+17=102+17=119
John.........17
Al.............16+15=31+12=43+14=57+17=74+18=92+18=110+18=128+19=157
Gearloose..15+14=29+18=47+10=57+18=75+1DQ=76+16=92+20=112
Marty........14+19=33+1DQ=34+12=46+15=61=18=79+16=95+15=110+15=125
Bill............13+16=29+18=47+16=63+11=74+13=87+19=106+17=123
Bob..........12+18=30+18=48+17=65+20=85+9=94
Mitch.........11+15=26+1=27+11=38+15=53+12=65+DQ1=66+11=77
Bart..........10+20=30+16=46+14=60+15=75+18=93+14=107
Doug.........9+13=22+13=35+1=36+10=46+13=59+1DQ=60+14=74+12=88+13=101
Hersch.......8+8=16+12=28+9=37+12=49+11=60+11=71+10=81
Rico...........12+13=25+13=38+16=54+13-67+15=82+18=100
Tim............10+11=21+14=35+14=49
Craig..........20+18=38
Dennis........17+19=36
Matt...........14+16=30
Scott..........12
Steve.........DQ=1
Frank.........DQ=1
Timba.........DQ=1

Results of the Early Sportsman race on Nov. 5, '22. 1 time through at 5 min. heats.

1.....Howie..........................240 laps.
2.....Bob.............................227
3.....Bill...............................221
4.....Marty...........................216
5.....Gearloose.....................213
6.....Al................................212
7.....Zack............................211
8.....Bart............................208
9.....Doug..........................197
10...Mitch...........................188
11...John............................175
12...Hersch.........................52

Points after the fifth and final race of the 2023 season for the Columbia Gorge Championship series are as follows:

First race at Redline Raceway on Oct. 22, '22.
Second race at the Gorge Raceway on Nov. 19, '22.
Third race at Rapid Raceway on Jan. 7, '23.
Fourth race at Springwater Raceway on March 25, '23
Fifth race at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway on Apr. 29th, '23.

                        Points.                       
1.....John..............20+19=39+19=58+15=73+20=93
2.....Craig..............19
3.....Rob................18+14=33+14=47+12=59
4.....Bob................17+20=37+18=55+20=75+18=93
5.....Bill..................16+18=34+16=50+18=68+16=84
6.....DC Dynamo.....15
7.....Howie..............14+17=31+17=48+7=55+17=72
8.....Marty...............13+13=26
9.....Al....................12+16=28+11=39+13=52+14=66
10...Gearloose.........15+13=28
11...Doug...............10+14=24+10=34+9=43+11=54
12...Mitch................11+10=21
13...Bart...................9+15=24+15=39
14...Prozack.....DQ.....1+20=21
15...Hersch.............9+11=20+10=30
16...Gary Tipton........19
17...Scary Gary.........17
18...Kirk....................16+19=35+12=54
19...Tiny Tim.............12
20...Skidmark............8

Ok, finally the Rapid 500 took place on Oct. 8, '22. Thanks to all who came over to do battle.
Results after 8 times through at 4 minute heats.

1.....John....................755.9 laps.
2.....Bob.....................743.3
3.....Dennis.................741.5
4.....Marty...................720.9
5.....Craig....................720.5
6.....Howie...................705.8
7.....Al.........................680.3
8.....Bart.....................664.2
9.....Rico.....................634.5
10...Doug...................566.9
11...Scott...................516.0...Scott and Tony shared a car.
12...Tony....................488.9
13...Gearloose............307.0...Gearloose and Hersche had to leave after round one.
14...Hersche..............268.4

Good turnout and start of the 2023 season for Springwater raceway.

New project: A Paser Trans Am. '70 Pontiac Firebird. From out of my old "chassis drawer" I found this chassis, I think it is a Slotting Plus SP800001. Perhaps Bill will add a picture of the very start of my project.