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NEW RULE added to Official Rules under General Rules:
7. All screws that pass through the bottom of a car's chassis will have their heads taped over. This is to prevent them from falling out onto the track surface should they become loose. This includes the heads of body mounting screws, as well as chassis motor pod mounting screws, or any other screws accessible or visible from the underside of the chassis.
Electrical tape works very well for this application. I will see that there is tape on hand at Al's Rippin' Ridin' Raceway for those that do not have any. Same will be true for InSlot's Checkered Flag when it is up and running.
This rule will be enforced at future races on InSlot's Checkered Flag.
I think the last event we had with PSSRA was for the early Scalextric F1 cars. That's where our NASTE F1 class started. It was a two day event scheduled on two different Saturdays if I remember correctly. One Saturday the PSSRA group came down to Oregon for the first race at TooBad in the morning. Then we all loaded up and drove out to Monte's for the second race (I think - memory is a little foggy). On another Saturday we all carpooled up to Tacoma and raced there all day on two different tracks. I do remember very accurately that it was a total blast!
The official NASTE Odd Thursday Night racing rules are now listed in only one spot. The rules are now found only from the Race Rules link on the Home Page. I added a link at the beginning of this forum topic to also direct readers to the official list.
You are most welcome Rico!
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.
wb0s wrote: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. My question to the rest of the group is; is this a rule we should adopt as official under NASTE's General Rules?
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!
Time to retire Mitch! You got stuff to do!
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
The second race of the evening was for the NASTRUCK Class. This is Howie's Ford entry.
Nobody is more UP for a race than Bryan!
Rico had the only Oldsmobile on the track.
Howie trackside.
Howie and Ted ready for the start of another heat race.
Ted and Bryan cooling their cars between heat races.
Rico's Olds.
Gearloose's '49 Ford.
Ted's Ford.
Rico's Oldsmobile.
Bryan in cool down mode between heat races!
Dennis' '56 Chevrolet.
Ted's '49 Ford.
Bob Nakamura trackside.
Bryan's '51 Chevrolet.
Beau's '56 Ford alongside Bryan's Chevy.
Terry's '51 Chevrolet.
Terry up close.
This is the Rapid Raceway track.
Bob Nakamura's '49 Ford.
Bryan giving support to Dennis during practice.
Dennis up close.
Marty up close.
Bryan up close.
Ted up close.
Rico.....up close.
Jerry at his best...they call him Gearloose.
Practice laps.
Bryan and Ted laying down some practice laps.
Attendance was great for this race with 12 racers on hand. I had the opportunity to get a few pictures!
Practice time at Rapid Raceway.
Ted and Gearloose getting in some bench racing.
Rico wrenching before getting on the track.
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.
I agree with the comments both Chris and Rico posted up. Part of having so many classes is being able to provide a venue for new comers to race WHATEVER car or cars they already have! And to enforce Chris' comment, we have ALWAYS been accommodating to new racers by loaning them cars when they do not have an appropriate car for any class.
If you look at NASTE's history over the years, we have engaged new racers on a yearly basis, and recruited more new racers than probably any other slot car club in the state. I give our IROC racing program most of the credit for that success. So although entering into the Odd Thursday Night program maybe somewhat daunting and confusing for new comers, I'd say the same can be said for starting up in any new group activity! I know for me DANCING is WAY more daunting than slot car racing with the NASTE group!
The 2019 Fray in Ferndale is scheduled for February 28th through March 2nd. It is the largest slot car racing event in the nation, ironic since HO is the smallest of the car scales raced.
This year I'm looking to be a "mooch" racer as I have no HO cars that are competitive for the event. However, with any luck finding it, I should have a suitable controller to race with.
Anybody else interested in attending this year?
What else would you expect from a racing venue know as Too Bad?...............
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.
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