NASTE 2019 Point Series Championship Race No.3 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway November 15, 2018

Race Results - Can Am Class:

1 Monte 77.4 Laps - 8 points
2 Rico   72.8 - 7 pts.
3 Al   72.0 - 6 pts.
4 Fernando  69.7 - 5 pts.
5 Greg  65.0 - 4 pts.
6 Mitch  63.7 - 3 pts.
7 Stan  60.0 - 2 pts.
8 Daniel   57.9 - 1 pt.

Current Standings for the 2019 NASTE Point Series Championship After 3 Races:

1st Al - 25 points
2nd Monte  - 23 pts.
3rd Rico  - 19 pts.
4th Daniel  - 17 pts.
5th Mitch  - 10 pts.
6th - tie Bill  - 9 pts.
6th - tie Gary  - 9 pts.
8th Greg   - 7 pts.
9th Jeff - 6 pts.
10th - tie Stan  - 5 pts.
10th - tie Fernando  - 5 pts.
12th Terry Redeau  - 1pt.

Race results from the November 15th Odd Thursday Night Race:

Trans Am:
1 Rico   69.0 Laps
2 Daniel    65.1
3 Greg  64.3
4 Fernando  63.9
5 Mitch  62.7
6 Stan  61.2
7 Victoria  57.4
8 Monte  52.7

Can Am Class - NASTE 2019 Point Series Championship Race No.3 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway:
1 Monte 77.4 Laps
2 Rico   72.8
3 Al   72.0
4 Fernando  69.7
5 Greg  65.0
6 Mitch  63.7
7 Stan  60.0
8 Daniel   57.9

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Video of a Sportsman heat race, courtesy of Howie.

https://youtu.be/cMMEH9Y34-8

Too much going on this week Doc, no time for slot cars. Sorry I missed it, sounds like I might have been able to pick up some spare parts!

and...............sometimes you're you're just Doc.

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Hey Doc, I just realized Tuesday slot car evenings are out for me. Sorry!

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I just discovered the rules listed under the "Rules" tab on the NASTE Home Page and the rules as listed here in the Forum did not match up. I just completed the update of the rules on the Home Page tab so all rules listed in both areas match.

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Videos from the November 3rd race.

https://youtu.be/DPyGK-QrlPE

https://youtu.be/Kpbf0_ivAvs

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Video from the November 3rd race

https://youtu.be/9p7Li3uby0A

https://youtu.be/0CMkAt2D7UY

https://youtu.be/GmOLR1p8UaE

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I LIKE IT!

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Beau's NASTRUCK
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_7273.jpg

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Gearloose's NASTRUCK
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Bob's NASTRUCK on the start line between heat races.
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Photos from the November 3rd race-

NASTRUCK heat race one staring grid.
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Drivers ready for the start of heat race.
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Drivers on track.
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Sportsman Class starting grid.
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Drivers on track, courtesy of Bryan photo-bomb selfie!
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Drivers with cars sitting on motor coolers between heats. These cars run HOT!
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Photos from the November 3rd race -

Drivers anticipate the start of the race. L-R: Bob, Terry, Bryan, Blake, Howie. Sitting in forefront: Marty.
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Turn marshals L-R: Marty & Blake. Sitting forefront: Bob.
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I'm very much content covering our local slot car races! Pay ain't worth crap, but the company is really good!

The welcome sign crocheted by Al's wife Donna.
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This is the entrance into Al's track.
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The banked turn end of the track.
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The loop end of the track where the driver control stations are located.
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Race results displayed on the monitor.
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L-R: Al, Dan, Stan, and Monte checking the results.
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The Classic Sportscar 2 Class grid for one of the heat races.
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Stan in forefront checking results on the monitor. L-R: Mitch and Gary in the background.
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This is Goose's Classic Sportscar 2 Class entry.
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The Classic Sportscar 2 Class grid.
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This is the view from the bank at Rippin' Ridin' Raceway.
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Before the races begin, there is always eating, bench racing, and tuning to be done. L-R: Mitch Brooks, Gary Goose Gossett, Jeff The Kid Fields, and Stan Smith.
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Monte Saager, they refer to him as The Big Smooth, I just call him Smooth....
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Track owner and race host, Al Christensen. We call him Meat.......
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Racing at Rippin' Ridin' Raceway on November 1 2018.

Stan getting in some practice laps.
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Dan Fritz A.K.A. Doc in the pits tuning.
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Food - essential to good racing, and always abundant at Rippin' Ridin' Raceway on Odd Thursday Nights!
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Here's some videos from last night's racing:

https://youtu.be/wmQRcq6qEBM

https://youtu.be/ei3thESGUEY

https://youtu.be/169r8_ufn2E

https://youtu.be/jbMrQOvvXEc

https://youtu.be/bsZGd66NSOY

https://youtu.be/0iXOTDWM3Zw

NASTE 2019 Point Series Championship Race No.2 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway November 1, 2018

Race Results - Le Mans Class:

1 Al 70.8 Laps - 9 points
2 Monte   70.0 - 8 pts.
3 Daniel   69.7 - 7 pts.
4 Jeff   69.3 - 6 pts.
5 Gary  67.8 - 5 pts.
6 Rico  67.1 - 4 pts.
7 Bill  66.8 - 3 pts.
8 Mitch   64.0 - 2 pts.
9 Stan  60.1 - 1 pt.

Current Standings for the 2019 NASTE Point Series Championship After 2 Races:

1st Al - 19 points
2nd Daniel  - 16 pts.
3rd Monte  - 15 pts.
4th Rico  - 12 pts.
5th - tie Bill  - 9 pts.
5th - tie Gary  - 9 pts.
7th Mitch  - 7 pts.
8th  Jeff - 6 pts.
9th - tie Greg   - 3 pts.
9th - tie Stan  - 3 pts.
11th Terry Redeau  - 1pt.

Some excellent racing took place last night at Rippin' Ridin' Raceway. The first class to start of the night was for Classic Sportscar Div. 2. These cars have been refined to a point where the cars are way faster than the sponsor of the class ever thought they would be! Overall lap totals for a race are close to those of the Open Class! Doc won beating Mitch in second place by five laps.

After Doc got done slapping us around in the Classic Sportscar 2 Class, the Le Mans cars were gridded for the second race in the 2019 point series. This race was very close with only a lap separating the top four cars. In the end Al successfully defended his title as Champion for the second week in a row, besting the field for the win.

For those racers that stuck around, we lined up the Open Class cars for a third race. Some really fast lap times were turned, but lap totals reflect quite a few get-offs. These cars are really fast but on the edge. In this race it was Doc again leading the way to the checkered flag. No second places last night for the Deuce!

Here's the results-

Classic Sports Car 2:
1 Daniel   75.4 Laps
2 Mitch    70.5
3 Rico  69.7
4 Gary  65.9
5 Al  65.2
6 Monte  65.2
7 Stan  63.3
8 Jeff  62.9
9 Victoria  57.5
10 Bill  51.3

Le Mans Class - NASTE 2019 Point Series Championship Race No.2 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway:
1 Al 70.8 Laps
2 Monte   70.0
3 Daniel   69.7
4 Jeff  69.3
5 Gary  67.8
6 Rico  67.1
7 Bill  66.8
8 Mitch   64.0
9 Stan  60.1

Open Class:
1 Daniel  75.4 Laps
2 Al  72.5
3 Bill  71.0
4 Mitch 69.5
5 Rico  67.8

OK, so I'm making some progress. Last race I had managed to acquire a Slot.it Chaparral 2E for the Can Am Class. I raced it in stock configuration and was pretty happy with the car. As of today I still have not found my "race" cars but I did manage to acquire another new car for the Le Mans Class. My choice was a Fly Ford GT40 MKI, mostly because it was the cheapest thing I could find that fit the class. So today I tried to get it ready for tomorrow night's race. I had forgotten what pieces of crap these Fly cars are. The bodies are beautiful but the rest is crap! I replaced the guide flag, added a little lead, and did a little grinding here and there to unbind the body to chassis fit. The race prep work is a little tough right now because I have not yet located all my slot car tools either. Luckily I have lots of Dremel Tools and have found some of them scattered here and there! We'll see how the GT40 works tomorrow night, but everyone knows I'm not known for my car building expertise!