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I'm glad your open track day went well and everyone had a good time, but Terry you send mixed messages. When you talk about the "grown men whine and pout and act childish when their car doesn't work well or they get nerfed or the corner marshall isn't fast enough" we can only assume you are talking about something you witness when racing at the venues you declare you no longer race at because you don't like it. At the same time you comment about "racers" that take it too serious but now you say "IROC is "serious" and real competition". I really don't understand exactly what you're trying to say. I've seen you during a race and I can see you are trying hard to win and you take it just as serious as anybody else on the track. When you say the only races where the cars are truly equal is in the IROC races I must say you are wrong. The cars are not equal there, the only difference is all the drivers use the same cars. For some racers trying to make their cars better for the next race is part of the fun. It's true that some cars are better in some races, but if you look at the results of the races at Rippin' Ridin' Raceway and at Rapid Raceway you would see that the margins of victory are just as close or even closer than those of the NASTE IROC races. For me it would just be nice to see you quit beatin' your drum about fairness, who's cheating, and what your version of slot car racing fun is. We all have our own version and our own ways of having fun in this hobby. You race and play with slot cars however you want but you should let other racers do the same. And don't kid yourself Terry, the best drivers emerge at ALL the races.

But seriously....Good call Monte, I agree!

That would be great Mitch! I know I will need some help getting the cars off of the trailer!

Thank you very much! See you at 8:30am!

======Bill

Hello All,

The date for this year's PDX Adult Soapbox Derby is rapidly approaching. Chris has been hard at work on the NEW MKV while I have been doing absolutely nothing to help. That aside, one of our sponsors (Parkrose Hardware) has asked if we could possibly have one of our cars at their annual BBQ. I just found out today that their BBQ is this Saturday June 23rd. I know it is really short notice, but I could use some help delivering our cars to their site in NE Portland. After talking with Chris the plan is for me to head out to Chris' tomorrow morning and get the cars re-assembled to a point they are somewhat "show" worthy as far as representing a functional gravity car. Chris and I can load two of the cars on my trailer, but I will definitely need help unloading and re-loading the cars at Saturday's event. Any help any of you could provide would be greatly appreciated! I'm hopin' we might even be able to ingest a little BBQ for our trouble? Please let me know if you are interested in helping out!

Thanks in advance!

========Bill

We had a problem with racing the '55 Chevy's when the track was "tacked up" with traction compound. The front tires on the '55's would pick up the traction compound once the tires got hot. This caused the cars to bounce and vibrate and actually de-slot even on the straights. After that race we started the process of cleaning the track off completely before a NASTE race where the '55's were going to be raced. This was not a perfect solution because the hard rubber tires on the '55's provided very little traction on the bare track. I think the best solution would be to build up a set of IROC cars just for racing at Howie's. I would build the cars using Flexi type chassis powered by H&R motors. I would use Team Bluegroove bodies because of their durability, and run the natural rubber tires typical of what the Rapid Raceway racers use. The only down side is the tires would have to be replaced at each race as they will probably not last between races. The tire's shelf life is somewhat short, but can be extended by storage in a freezer, which is something that could be experimented with. With this setup the condition of the track could be commensurate to the normal races held at Rapid Raceway for the True Scale racers. No additional track preparation would be required.

Official Results - NASTE 2018 Point Series Championship Race No.16 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway - FINAL RACE of 2018 Season

Le Mans Class :
1 Monte    70.6 Laps - 10 points
2 Rico    70.1 - 9 pts.
3 Al    69.9 - 8 pts.
4 Gary    69.2 - 7 pts.
5 Jeff  68.5 - 6 pts.
6 Mitch    67.7 - 5 pts.
7 Greg    65.7 - 4 pts.
8 Victoria    58.1 - 3 pts. 
9 Terry Redeau   55.7 - 2 pts.
10 Jake  53.6 - 1 pt.

FINAL Standings for the 2018 NASTE Point Series Championship After 16 Races

1st Al 120 pts.
2nd Daniel 103 Points
3rd Mitch 87 pts.
4th Rico 80 pts.
5th Chris K. 73 pts.
6th Jeff Fields 57 pts.
7th Gary 55 pts.
8th Greg 47 pts.
9th Fernando 36 pts.
10th Monte 34 pts.
11th Stan 32 pts.
12th Terry Redeau 19 pts.
13th Jeff Burns 17 pts.
14th Jake 15 pts.
15th Chris Hammett 14 pts.
16th Victoria 7 pts. - Best Finish = 7th
17th Amy 7 pts.
18th Bill 6 pts. - Best Finish = 8th
19th David 6 pts.
20th - tie Vinny 1 pt. - Best Finish = 9th
20th - tie Jimmy  1 pt. - Best Finish = 9th
22nd Nicki 1 pt.

This issue was brought to my attention and I thought I would post it for comment.

In classic sports car divison 1, you have a motor spec of "H&R" 14k which is a fc130 style motor. Some of the cars you specified for this class is the MRRC cars, they use a "ff050" style motor, i do not know of motor adapter to go from ff050 to fc130 motor, nor do i believe a fc130 will fit under a MRRC body designed to use the ff050 motor/chassis layout. The only ff050 18k motor i have found for replacement is the "M/T-SL-1 13,465k motor.

Any comments, concerns, or ideas?

Thanks Doc, but there isn't room for more than one person to even move around in there yet. They only way more people would help would be if they took stuff home with them, and I'm not quite frustrated enough to start giving stuff away.......

Thanks Doc, it was nice to visit with everyone.

I finally made it over to Al's for some Odd Thursday Night Racing. The racing in both the Le Mans and Classic Sports Car II classes was very close! In Le Mans less than 1 lap separated first through fourth! In the Classic Sports Car II class, the top four finishers all completed more than 70 laps! Thanks Al for some fantastic racing and AWESOME Salmon!

So here's some results:

Le Mans
1 Daniel   69.6 Laps
2 Rico    69.4
3 Chris    69.2
4 Jeff    68.9
5 Al   67.0
6 Gary    66.9
7 Bill  65.9
8 Greg  65.3
9 Mitch   65.2
10 Terry Abbott  65.0
11 Jake   63.1
12 Terry Redeau  59.0

Classic Sports Car Div.II - Official NASTE 2018 Point Series Championship Race No.15
1 Al    75.4 Laps - 12 points
2 Daniel    74.1 - 11 pts.
3 Chris    73.6 - 10 pts.
4 Rico    71.6 - 9 pts.
5 Gary  66.1 - 8 pts.
6 Mitch    64.7 - 7 pts.
7 Terry Redeau    62.2 - 6 pts.
8 Greg    60.5 - 5 pts. 
9 Fernando   59.9 - 4 pts.
10 Bill  58.4 - 3 pts.
11 Jake  57.7 - 2 pts.
12 Jeff  43.7 - 1 pt.

The BRM Trans Am cars would not be competitive in the OSCAR Trans Am class. Here are the rules I found online for the OSCAR Early Trans Am Class. The BRM cars would be lacking in speed due to the less powerful motor and in handling characteristics due to basic chassis design. It would be like trying to complete against the Thunderslot cars with a stock Ninco Classic Porsche 356 Coupe!

Early Trans Am

Scale 1/24th , 1/25th

Years: 1964 to 1974

Motors: Parma 501 and 502,  Proslot PS2003 and PS2002, Hawk 7

Drivers: Vacuformed or Resin cast

Bodies: Body height from bottom of chassis to top of car must be at least 1.695 “

Bodies may not be flared to add extra width unless flairs were part of the kit.Driver is responsible to authenticate  Trans Am participatin for any kit to tech officer. All OSCAR general rules apply.

Chassis:

All chassis must have beveled pans to protect track surface from gouging.

A. Must be a 90 degree inline configuration
B. Chassis may be constructed using any material.
C. Cars will have a minimum of .055” ground clearance.
D. Chassis cannot be visible or protrude past the body perimeter when viewed from above or through the drivers compartment.
    Visible chassis parts must be painted black or darkened as not to show.
E. Either oilites or ball bearings are legal  for axles unless stated otherwise.

Tires

A. All four tires must touch and roll on the track.
B. All tires will have black sidewalls
C. No tire will have less than ¾” diameter.
D. When viewed from above, tires maky not extend beyond the widest part of the wheel opening , when the chassis is at its
     center of lateral movement.
E. Front wheels must not be partially hidden by the front or rear edges of the stock  front  wheel well. (This  does not include the
    top of the well.)

Bodies:

A. Guide flags must not extend  past the foremost part of the body when viewed from above.
B. All cars will have a painted, detailed driver to scale. Interior cockpit tray must conceal the whole chassis.
C. All cars will be painted. (clear coat does not count) and numbered in at least three places. Numbers will be at least ½” tall.
D. All bodies will begin races intact and complete, with no missing parts Bodies will have front and rear windows.
E. Replacement windows other than stock are not allowed.
F. Bodies may not be stretched or modified  to fit the chassis.
G. Bodies may not have material moved unless specified in the Modification section of the class.

Sealed Motors

A. Super 16D  Parma #502, ProSlot # PS2003, PS2002, Parma 16D #501, Hawk 7 are allowed in those classes that require a
    factory seal.
B. Motor brushes and springs may be  adjusted or replaced.
C. No shunts allowed

The complete list of OSCAR Rules can be seen here: http://oscrsite.com/rules.htm

OSCAR Website: http://oscrsite.com/

Official Results - NASTE 2018 Point Series Championship Race No.14 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway

Can Am

1 Chris    77.0 Laps - 14 points
2 Al    75.7 - 13 pts.
3 Mitch    70.6 - 12 pts.
4 Rico    70.0 - 11 pts.
5 Jeff Fields   68.9 - 10 pts.
6 Greg    68.0 - 9 pts.
7 Fernando   64.0 - 8 pts. - Fastest Lap 7.189
8 Jeff Burns    64.0- 7 pts.
9 David   63.9 - 6 pts.
10 Amy  61.2 - 5 pts.
11 Chris Hammet  58.1 - 4 pts.
12 Jake  57.7 - 3 pts.
13 Monte  53.1 - 2 pts.
14 Gary  28.1 - 1 pt.

Standings After 14 Races

1st Al 100 pts.
2nd Daniel 92 Points
3rd Mitch 75 pts.
4th Chris K. 63 pts.
5th Rico 62 pts.
6th Jeff Fields 50 pts.
7th Gary 40 pts.
8th Greg 38 pts.
9th- tie Stan 32 pts.
9th - tie Fernando 32 pts.
11th Monte 24 pts.
12th Jeff Burns 17 pts.
13th Chris Hammett 14 pts.
14th Jake 12 pts.
15th Terry Redeau 11 pts.
16th Amy 7 pts.
17th David 6 pts.
18th Victoria 4 pt.
19th Bill 3 pts.
20th - tie Nicki 1 pt.
20th - tie Vinny 1 pt.
20th - tie Jimmy  1 pt.