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After Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway is set up and ready for racing here in Vancouver, I will be enforcing a rule requiring the body screws on 1/32 production cars to be secured into the chassis. This is easily done by placing a piece of electrical tape over the mounting screw holes on the bottom side of the chassis. We have all experienced someone losing a body screw on the track. They get into the guide slot where they are difficult to remove and can cause damage to cars. The other common scenario is for them to get picked up by a car's motor magnets which can also cause damage to the car.

I'm bringing this up one more time, and also in the Odd Thursday Night Racing forum topic, because I think this would be a good rule to adopt, and because I WILL be enforcing this rule when I have Inslot's Checkered Flag track up and running.

If there are no objections I will add this rule to the official rules listed here.

I'm in provided I have the dates open!

It was a blast last time and would love to do it again!

How about some videos?

The first Sportsman heat race of the night.  https://youtu.be/aDYte3LNp-w

The second Sportsman heat race.  https://youtu.be/tjpkaXf3flc

Short clip of Sportsman cars going through the banked turn.  https://youtu.be/W1zPVE5ttqs

Short clip of Sportsman Class heat race.  https://youtu.be/uAJZbZIUzrw

The first NASTRUCK heat race of the night, including Ted's big offs!  https://youtu.be/OrTGR7t6Bjk

Rico had the only Oldsmobile on the track.

Howie trackside.

Howie and Ted ready for the start of another heat race.

Ted's Ford.

Rico's Oldsmobile.

Bryan in cool down mode between heat races!

Bryan's '51 Chevrolet.

Beau's '56 Ford alongside Bryan's Chevy.

Terry's '51 Chevrolet.

Bryan giving support to Dennis during practice.

Dennis up close.

Marty up close.

Jerry at his best...they call him Gearloose.

Practice laps.

Bryan and Ted laying down some practice laps.

In an effort to clean up and clarify the GT Class rules that were updated and agreed upon, I performed some editing. The rules were updated at the September 14th 2018 race to better organize the entries by car type. Basically Class 2 - GT was subcategorized with three car types, pre-ground effect era 1968 thru 1980, ground effect era 1980 thru 1993, and LMP era 1994 thru current. I relabelled each of the types with class number designations (classes 15 thru 17) in the list of rules. Other than grouping the car types for a more realistic race grid, there were no other changes to the class.

That rule has been enforced but it has never been used in point series races. It was established as a rule to keep the competition as close as possible in the non-points races. Bryan Trachsel was the main recipient of that rule for obvious reasons, but for the most part it was not due to the car's performance. At one point Bryan was assessed a three lap handicap in one of the classes. We had our fun with Bryan for a couple of seasons, but since Bryan quit racing with us no one has dominated like he did, although Chris Kouba has come close. The rule made more sense when there were a lot of newer racers in the group, whereas now we have more skilled racers. I think the majority of the racers in the NASTE group now, have been racing together long enough that they have all  improved their skills to the point where most anyone can win a race. If the majority is OK with removing it I will take it off the list.