2,276

(127 replies, posted in NASTE)

The first race of the 2018 NASTE Point Series Championship is in the books. Congrats to Mitch Brooks on his clean sweep!

Race results:

Classic Sports Car - Div.I
1 Mitch    66.4
2 Al    64.1
3 Rico    63.9
4 Gary    63.7
5 Daniel    63.1
6 Greg    63
7 Fernando    53.6
8 Chris Hammett    49.9

Trans Am - Official NASTE 2018 Point Series Championship Race No.1
1 Mitch 67.1 laps - 8 points
2 Greg 66.3 - 7 pts.
3 Daniel 66 - 6 pts.
4 Rico 65.4 - 5 pts.
5 Al    65.2 - 4 pts.
6 Gary 62.7 - 3 pts.
7 Fernando 62.6 - 2 pts.
8 Chris Hammett 54.5 - 1 pt.

GT3
1 Mitch    69.4
2 Daniel    67.9
3 Al    67.1
4 Gary    65.3
5 Greg    64.3
6 Rico    63.5

I'm pretty sure MONTE does!

The classes to be raced in the 2018 season are included in the race date details posted on the NASTE website calendar. For this year's championship more classes will be included in the rotation.

2018 Championship season info is also posted here: http://naste.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=942

2,279

(24 replies, posted in NASTE)

Sorry guys, I'm not going.

2,280

(127 replies, posted in NASTE)

Listed below are the race dates for the NASTE 2018 Point Series Championship. For 2018 the point series championship races will be held at Odd Thursday Night races with races currently scheduled at Al Christensen's Rippin' Ridin' Raceway in northeast Portland.

1. 11/9/17     Classic Sports Car division 1
                    TransAm*
2. 12/7/17     CanAm
                    GT3*
3. 12/21/17   F1
                    GT* - No Championship Points Awarded for this Race
4. 1/11/18     Classic Sports Car division 2
                    LeMans*
5. 1/25/18    TransAm
                   Classic Sports Car division 1*
6. 2/1/18       GT3
                   CanAm* - No Championship Points Awarded for this Race
7. 2/15/18    F1
                   Classic Sports Car division 2*
8. 3/1/18      Trans Am
                   GT*
9. 3/15/18    GT3
                    TransAm*
10. 3/29/18     Classic Sports Car division 2
                      GT3*
11. 4/5/18    Le Mans
                    Classic Sports Car division 2*
12. 4/19/18   Classic Sports Car division 1
                    LeMans*
13. 5/3/18    Can Am
                   Classic Sports Car division 1*
14. 5/17/18   Classic Sports Car division 2
                    CanAm*
15. 5/31/18  Le Mans
                     Classic Sports Car division 2*
16. 6/7/18    F1
                     LeMans*

* denotes Championship Points Series race - One class/race for points per night.

2/23/2018 Race class revisions include: The fourth race will change to Open meaning Thunderslots or any car that might compete with them.

Thanks Al for putting together the schedule and organizing this season's races!

11/23 is Thanksgiving Day. I don't think Al gave me that date for an Odd Thursday Night Race? I assumed it was because of Thanksgiving.........

2,282

(3 replies, posted in NASTE)

From what I've learned over the years, slot car enthusiasts have varying interests in the hobby. Anything from collecting and building to racing. Their interests may be in one or more specific scales, or in a certain type of racing such as road course, oval, or drag racing. I would include IROC format racing in those types. IROC racing definitely levels the playing field but it is not for everyone. Some racers enjoy racing the cars they build from scratch while others prefer racing well tuned RTR type cars. There are also racers that enjoy a more serious type of competition as well as those that enjoy a more relaxed and casual type of racing. There are differences in racing formats and styles from one club to another as well as from one track to another. Fortunately NASTE supports and promotes ALL types of slot car racing. The main thing is it is ALL FUN!

2,283

(3 replies, posted in NASTE)

Great stuff Monte!

2,284

(1 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)

Great race Howie! Thanks for loaning me the car and controller!

Oct. 5th results:

GT
1 Greg    72.1
2 Rico    70.9
3 Chris    69.5
4 Daniel    69.1
5 Mitch    69.1
6 Al    67.7
7 Fernando    66.4
8 Stan    63.6

Can Am
1 Chris    72.7
2 Daniel    71.3
3 Rico    70.9
4 Greg    70.1
5 Al    68.6
6 Mitch    67.4
7 Stan    61.8
8 Fernando 61.5

GT 3
1 Daniel    68.2
2 Al    67.4
3 Chris    67.3
4 Rico    67
5 Mitch    64.6
6 Stan    62.2

BRM
1 Chris    71.5
2 Al    69.3
3 Stan    67.7

2,286

(2 replies, posted in NASTE)

Bryan, do you have any Econo ar chassis you want to sell?

I'd like to pick up one. I broke mine again and would like to have a back up chassis.

Bill

I've only had two contractors show up to look and I have not seen the second contractor's bid yet.............all I have is one bid for some of the cement work...

Ok, maybe not..........I know this is NOT slot car related but I want to get the word out.

Last call...The rip & tear has begun! If you are interested in any yard plants, shrubs, whatever let me know when you want to come out and load up! We have raspberries, iris & bulbs, lilys, peonies, bambo,and others. Scroll through the pictures for an idea of what's here. We also have a bunch of "misc." (using that term loosely) like 55 gal plastic drums, wood used to make raised planting beds, pots, ROCKS, and yes.....wait for it......BOWLING BALLS!!!!

You can see some photos of what we have around here on my Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/bill.bostic.7

2,289

(24 replies, posted in NASTE)

Ok, ok,..........I may be the crappiest driver on the team having been away from holding a controller in my hand, but I'M IN.

I believe John Fisher has moved away. I heard through the grapevine he moved to California to be closer to his daughter.

.................guess I'm going to have to search for my controller..................

2,290

(24 replies, posted in NASTE)

Ok, ok,..........I may be the crappiest driver on the team having been away from holding a controller in my hand, but I'M IN.

I believe John Fisher has moved away. I heard through the grapevine he moved to California to be closer to his daughter.

2,291

(14 replies, posted in Cars)

Mitch58 wrote:

On the one hand, their own class would be nice, then they could be regularly run, but on the other hand not everybody might have a sports car with a podded chassis laying around. I'd hate to see anybody feel compelled to buy yet another car just to have something to run. That's the plus of leaving them combined.

2 cents from a temporarily out-of-touch racer: Although the rules would spec a podded chassis, I see no reason why a racer could not race with an "un-podded" chassis if that was his only option. It would definitely NOT be an advantage. Might even create a challenge for some? Another option along the lines of how NASTE has always dealt with "rule infractions" could be implemented. Cars that do not fully "conform" to the rules are considered "non-compliant". As with the new racer "magnet rule", non-compliant cars could compete but would be officially scored as N/C. They would receive no official credit for their finish position or points in the case of the championship. If they were to win a race with a non-compliant car, that car at that point could be banned. We've had this system in place and I have used it a few times. It is not hard to implement.

2,292

(14 replies, posted in Cars)

Hmmmm............I decided that I was going to leave it up to you guys.

If it were up to me I'd leave the Classic Sports Car Class with the Division I specs with one exception. I'd spec out a lower RPM motor. I'd change Division II to Modified Production Sports Car and spec it as whatever you guys deemed appropriate.

2,293

(14 replies, posted in Cars)

What did you guys decide about restructuring this class? At a minimum it might be time to make the Division I and Division II their own class and rotate them accordingly?

Evidently.....originally it sold for somewhere around $300!!!

SOLD ALREADY!!!

It has a happy new owner!!! Maybe with some luck we'll meet him and get a chance to run on the track again?

This would be one hell-of-a buy for somebody! 4' x 8' table top with 3 lanes of racing. We held a NASTE IROC race on this track with 1/32 Reprotech Fiat Abarths. The track is a scaled down version of Lee Dundas' 1/32 track that was in the barn loft back in the eighties! This is a NICE track! Worth way more than $40!!!!


https://portland.craigslist.org/clc/tag/6318196060.html

Looks like it was some really close racing last night, as usual for the NASTE group! A win for Mitch in the Trans Am race, Al in the GT3 race, and it looks like Goose was on top in the F1 class again!.........Oh, and it looks like Doc only got one second place finish, what's up with that Doc????

Results from Sept. 21st race at Al's Rippin' Ridin' Raceway:

Trans Am
1 Mitch    68.4
2 Rico    66.9
3 Daniel    66.3
4 Jeff    65.4
5 Greg    65.0
6 Al    64.0
7 Monte    62.4
8 Stan    60.6
9 Gary    59.2
10 Julie    48.5

F1
1 Gary    71.7
2 Rico    70.4
3 Al    68.2
4 Monte    67.8
5 Daniel    67.8
6 Jeff    64.9
7 Mitch    64.1
8 Greg    63.5
9 Stan    63.3
10 Julie    44.9

GT3
1 Al    69.8
2 Daniel    67.5
3 Gary    65.6
4 Mitch    65.2
5 Rico    64.8

Rippin' Ridin' Raceway Race Results for Sept. 7th

Le Mans
1 Monte    70.3
2 Rico    69.6
3 Jeff 69.6
4 Daniel    69.3
5 Mitch    68.7
6 Al    67.6
7 Chris    67.1
8 Gary    66.7
9 Terry    64
10 Greg    63.8
11 Fernando    63.5
12 Burns    59.9

GT
1 Chris    76.7
2 Gary    72.4
3 Rico    71.4
4 Greg    71.1
5 Al    69
6 Terry    67.1
7 Mitch    66.2
8 Fernando    65.6
9 Monte    65.1
10 Daniel    64.1
11 Burns    62.8
12 Jeff    62.3

Scalextric GT3
1 Daniel    68.6
2 Fernando    67.3
3 Gary    66.5
4 Chris    66.5
5 Mitch    65.4
6 Rico    65
7 Al    64.7
8 Burns    61
9 Greg    59.3

BRM Group C
1 Chris    74
2 Mitch    73.9
3 Al    73.8
4 Rico    73.2
5 Burns    65.9

Rippin' Ridin' Raceway Race Results for Aug. 31st

Classic Sports Car
1 Al    67.7 laps
2 Gary    66.0
3 Chris    65.9
4 Rico    64.3
5 Mitch    63.7
6 Daniel    62.1
7 Greg    61.3
8 Fernando    60.5
9 Jeff    59.9
10  Burns    57.1

Can Am
1 Chris    74.7
2 Fernando    72.4
3 Daniel    70.4
4 Al    70.4
5 Rico    67
6 Mitch    66.3
7 Greg    65.7
8 Jeff    65.5
9 Burns    62.1
10 Gary    61.8

BRM Group C
1 Rico    75
2 Chris    74.8
3 Al    71.8
4 Mitch    70.1
5 Burns    70
6 Daniel    62.2

Scalextric GT3
1 Rico    68.2
2 Chris    67.6
3 Burns    65
4 Mitch    65
5 Al    62.3