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Thanks Bart for putting this together!

I'm sure some of you have heard that Mid America is now manufacturing new Parma 16D motors. This led to some discussion last week about the use of these motors would affect our current motor rules. We felt there probably would not be an distinct advantage so we edited our rules to allow all "stock" 16D motors regardless of manufacturer. Right now I believe there are only two manufacturers offering new 16D motors, Proslot and Mid America with the new Parma motors.

Just to verify our initial thoughts I decided to purchase one each oof the motors Mid America offers. There are 5 motors offered by Mid America. They are listed here in no particular order:

#702 Parma Sealed Big Daddy .560 S-16D.

#499 Parma Rotor Super S16-D.

#501 Parma Deathstar 16D.

#502 Parma Super 16D.

#701 Parma Sealed Cruiser .560 16D.

On a cool and wet Saturday, 8 Racers came back to tackle The Gorge Raceway's Trans Am make up race. All 8 racers were from the original race group and came ready to have a good time and eat more taco's. A big thank you to Doug Sinsical, who came to observe and corner marshal the race. This race had some close, side by side racing and everybody finished the race. The racer's choice award went to Mike Guthrie and his Petty Blue Ford Mustang #43.

The race went through 3 rotations with 3.5 minute heats for a total of 42 minutes of driving for each racer. Thank you for supporting local club racing.

The results:

1st. Racerbob         415 laps
2nd. Bad Billy         386 laps
3rd. Howie             373 laps
4th. Al (Meat)         366 laps
5th. Mike G.            358 laps
6th. Bartman           352 laps
7th. Tiny Tim           343 laps
8th. Weddle it Be    327 Laps

Bob Nakamura reporting.

With all the new folks we have getting involved in our local racing lately, I thought I would open a discussion to help try and clarify the differences and similarities between groups. In an effort to narrow the discussion I will focaus on the groups currently racing 1/24 scale road course cars.

I am aware of three clubs/groups/organizations currently holding races in the Portland area. Northwest True Scale, PASER, and OSCAR.

Northwest True Scale's home track is Rapid Raceway, owned by Howie, and located in northeast Portland.

PASER has four associated tracks:
The Gorge Raceway in Troutdale and Springwater Raceway, both owned by Bob.
Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway in Vancouver, owned by Bill.
Rob's Redline Raceway in Vancouver, owned by Rob (of course).

OSCAR's home track is Tom's World in Bend, owned by (you guessed it) Tom. OSCAR races are also held at Springwater and Inslot's Checkered Flag.

Contrary to what some think, all three of these groups are actually very similar. All three focus mainly on racing 1/24 cars with custom built chassis and injection molded (model car) type bodies. All three have other classes they also race.

All three groups use the same three motor types in their various classes.

The biggest difference that separates Northwest True Scale from PASER and OSCAR is; PASER and OSCAR both allow smaller diameter wheels/tires, and "O" rings for fronts.

OSCAR and PASER are very similar in regards to rules.

Northwest True Scale and PASER have classes for cars with bolt together chassis.

Northwest True Scale also has classes for cars with .030" thick Lexan bodies.

PASER has classes for Flexi type cars and 1/32 Parma Womp Womps.

So if you have any questions about any of these groups, or their rules, let's get them out here!

The race at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway in Vancouver on January 25th will be for NASCAR.

I am still fielding a lot of questions about this upcoming race, so I thought I would post this for some clarification.

The OSCAR Rules for NASCAR will be observed. The rules are actually quite simple, so let me give you an overview:

1. The chassis must be of inline motor configuration. Build it however you want, out of whatever you want, but it must have an inline motor, and have .055" minimum ground clearance.

2. None of the tires (front or rear) can be shorter than 3/4" (.750"). Tires cannot extend past body.

3. Bodies must be model car type injection molded bodies. Model years 1980 to present are elligible, 1/24th or 1/25th, and must include a driver figure.

4. Minimum body height (as measured from bottom of chassis to top of body) is 1.875".

5. ANY Super 16D motor.

- That is pretty much it! Although the written rules are more detailed, this outline covers the essencials! The complete OSCAR NASCAR Rules are listed below for those interested.

The race format will be the standard PASER or Rapid Raceway type format. There will be three rounds of racing (3 times through), each consisting of four minute heats. The racer's round robin style grid line up and rotation will be set randomly by the computer. There will NOT be any qualifying. Although the elligible cars must comply with the OSCAR rules, this is NOT an official OSCAR race.

Race entry fee is $15, which includes lunch and box plaques/plates.

OSCAR NASCAR Rules (in complete form):

Chassis:
All chassis must have beveled pans to protect track surface from gouging.
Must be a 90-degree inline configuration
Chassis may be constructed using any material.
Cars will have a minimum of .055” ground clearance.
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.
Either oilites or ball bearings are legal for axles unless stated otherwise.

Tires:
All four tires must touch and roll on the track.
All tires will have black sidewalls
No tire will have less than ¾” diameter.
When viewed from above, tires may not extend beyond the widest part of the wheel opening, when the chassis is at its center of lateral movement.
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:
Guide flags must not extend past the foremost part of the body when viewed from above.
All cars will have a painted, detailed driver to scale. Interior cockpit tray must conceal the whole chassis.
All cars will be painted. (Clearcoat does not count) and numbered in at least three places. Numbers will be at least ½” tall.
All bodies will begin races intact and complete, with no missing parts Bodies will have front and rear windows.
Replacement windows other than stock are not allowed.
Bodies may not be stretched or modified to fit the chassis.
Bodies may not have material moved unless specified in the Modification section of the class.

Open Motors:
Only Super 16D set-ups allowed.
Super 16D Arms allowed.
No Rewinding or Dewinding allowed.
No shimming magnets.
Replacement magnets allowed- no cobalt or neo magnets allowed.
Ball bearings and oilites allowed in either end of motor.
Blueprinting allowed.
No shunts.

Late Model Nascar
Scale:   1/24th-1/25th
Years:  1980 to Present
Bodies: Replica of an American made “NASCAR” sedan no ASA cars.
Drivers: Vacuformed or resin cast.
Body height: 1/24th bodies shall not be less than 1 7/8” (1.875) tall measured from ½” behind the windshield at the center of the roofline to the bottom of the chassis (air dams excluded) 1/25th excluded from this rule but must not be lowered at all.
Modifications: Bodies may be trimmed to remove part of the front spoiler and side air dams (to stock valence height for proper track clearance.
Motors: Open Super 16D.