There has been a request to allow brushless motors for use in PASER classes. I told the person requesting I would post it up for discussion and let the club members decide. Please post your comments or views here.
2 Yesterday 5:45 am
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (2,076 replies, posted in NASTE)
Here's the results from the July 27 race:
3 July 25, 2024 2:12 pm
Re: For Sale Slot Car Parts (3 replies, posted in For Sale or Trade)
Awesome Jim!
4 July 25, 2024 7:25 am
Re: For Sale Slot Car Parts (3 replies, posted in For Sale or Trade)
Cool Jim! Are you going to build and sell chassis too?
5 July 25, 2024 7:23 am
Re: Race Announcement: 2024 Patriot 500 (3 replies, posted in PASER)
I'm in Bob!
6 July 12, 2024 1:51 pm
Re: New Track at TNT Motor Sports Complex! (6 replies, posted in Track)
Tim now has a complete circuit! Next phase of construction under way!
7 July 12, 2024 1:47 pm
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (2,076 replies, posted in NASTE)
Race results from the July 11th race:
8 July 8, 2024 7:00 am
Re: NASTE 2024 Point Series Championship - Results & Standings (40 replies, posted in NASTE)
"Well nothing written in stone . Rules can be updated or we can just ignore that........"
Good thing you go through the trouble to make rules!
9 July 5, 2024 4:44 pm
Re: Slot Car Pit Boxes (15 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
Today I finished up another box. Had to wait on parts via the mail. This box is smaller than most. You can tell by the amount of filler and the sanding that it was pretty rough. I left the original stickers in place and sanded around them where necessary. I then cleaned them up the best I could. The CASITE sticker was in pretty bad shape. Some of the edges were curled up, and parts of the sticker had come loose from the box. I used Mod Podge to glue the sticker back down to the box, and trimmed off the edges that were excessively curled and brittle. The box and all the stickers then received two coats of clear urethane to seal them.
I had a really cool old handle I stole off of another box that I thought would look better on this one. I cleaned up the mounting hardware with a wire wheel, and attached it using new brass screws and nuts. This box got new brass corners top and bottom as it had none previously.
On a side note, while this box was sitting on the work bench, I was asked a couple times what CASITE was. I did not know so I Googled it. Originally the company made an engine additive called "Motor Honey". The ad indicated it would stop engine smoking.........It looks like the company is still in business and makes similar type products.
10 July 3, 2024 10:42 am
Re: NASTE 2024 Point Series Championship - Results & Standings (40 replies, posted in NASTE)
GT3 Rules updated & posted.
11 June 28, 2024 6:32 pm
Re: Slot Car Pit Boxes (15 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
Thanks, but I am a LONG way from master wood craftsman. I don't fully "restore" my boxes, I just kind of hot rod them. I make them structurely sound and purposeful. I don't worry about the blemishes. I let them show their "road rash" under a nice new gloss coat! I make them useful again, and that is my priority! Some, although still beat up underneath, come out looking pretty good! Monte, the one you asked me about is right now sitting on the bench and with any luck will be completed by the end of the weekend. Unfortunately I am really liking the way it is coming around and it may not be for sale.......
We just got those PASER stickers thanks to Scott Etlinger!
12 June 28, 2024 12:30 pm
Re: Slot Car Pit Boxes (15 replies, posted in Slot Talk)
I finished this box up today. Box "B" is an original Hoffman's box. This one was in pretty good shape as far as the wood panels go, but all the hardware was corroded and rusty. I stripped off all the hardware and ran it through the tumbler which removed the corrosion and rust, leaving everything shiny. The top and all the side panels got block, then received sanded a coating of urethane clear. After the clear dried the original hardware was reinstalled using new brass screws. By the way, anybody priced brass screws lately? The original handle hardware was in really bad shape, so a new handle was installed. I think this one came out pretty nice.
13 June 27, 2024 9:20 am
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (2,076 replies, posted in NASTE)
That's pretty funny Smooth!
14 June 21, 2024 9:41 am
Topic: PASER Even Thursday Race at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway on June 20 (1 replies, posted in PASER)
It was warm weather for this Even Thursday night race at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway in Vancouver. Five of us started the evening out by meeting up at Shari's Restaurant for a bite to eat. Attendees for the race peaked at nine by the start of the second race. Considering the high temps outside, the climate around the track was warm but never too uncomfortable. The first class on the schedule to be raced was the ever popular Womp class. This class features inexpensive cars and close competition! The Womp race consisted of one round of three minute heats. Bob "Nak-Nak" Nakamura won the first race of the evening.
The second race was for the Flexi class. The racing in this class is always extremely close, even though this class has been dominated by the JK chassis ever since Bob made the RTR cars available to PASER club members. The format was again one round of three minute heats. After crediting Bob with the three laps he missed by crossing the lap counting deslotted, results showed Bob won with his JK car with a 143 lap total.
The last race of the night was for the PASER NASCAR class. This is a hardbody class open to most any chassis configuration as raced by any of the local club's rules. If you have a 1/24 scale hardbody NASCAR you race somewhere, it is legal for a PASER NASCAR race! Bob again lead the way to the checkered flag, completing a clean sweep of the evening's racing!
Racing started at 6:00PM and the last race was over by 9:00PM. The evening had cooled off a bit allowing for a really nice B.S. session outside. After the leisurely discussions a couple of us went out for pie. Over the past season these evening races have been a lot of fun. I know I have enjoyed them. Questions did come up about continuing the even races; i.e - what days? Continue over the summer? Include them in next season's schedule? ....Lot's of questions for the rest of this year as well as next season...
15 June 17, 2024 2:59 pm
Re: NASTE 2024 Point Series Championship - Results & Standings (40 replies, posted in NASTE)
Do these rules need to be posted under the "NASTE Rules" to replace the current GT3 rules?
16 June 14, 2024 11:21 am
Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (2,076 replies, posted in NASTE)
Congratulations to Daniel (Doc) Fritz, the 2024 NASTE Point Series Champion!
17 June 14, 2024 11:21 am
Re: NASTE 2024 Point Series Championship - Results & Standings (40 replies, posted in NASTE)
Congratulations to Daniel (Doc) Fritz, the 2024 NASTE Point Series Champion!
18 June 14, 2024 11:20 am
Re: NASTE 2024 Point Series Championship - Results & Standings (40 replies, posted in NASTE)
NASTE 2024 Point Series Championship Race No.16 @ Rippin' Ridin' Raceway June 13, 2024
Race Results - Group C Class:
1 Doc 79.2 laps - 5 points.
2 Al 78.2 - 4 pts.
3 Greg 76.0 - 3 pts.
4 Mitch 75.3 - 2 pts.
5 Chris Kouba 67.5 - 1 pt.
Final Standings for the 2024 NASTE Point Series Championship After 16 Races:
1 Daniel - 89 pts.
2 Al - 70 points.
3 Rico - 51 pts.
4 Greg - 49 pts.
5 Mitch - 32 pts.
6 - tie - Zack - 14 pts.
6 - tie - Chris Kouba - 14 pts.
8 Douglas - 13 pts.
9 David - 4 pts.
10 Frank - 2 pts.
11 - tie- Brian - 1 pt.
11 - tie- Stan - 1 pt.
19 June 14, 2024 11:10 am
Re: New Track at TNT Motor Sports Complex! (6 replies, posted in Track)
Tim is like 10 minutes from your place!....Maybe less....
20 June 12, 2024 10:13 am
Re: New Track at TNT Motor Sports Complex! (6 replies, posted in Track)
This is a close up of the right hand curve that will lead into one of two long front straights.
The opposite end (left side of the table) from the banked curve will include an overpass. This end will be challenging!
In this photo, the section of the track under construction is actually the underpass. It is actually laying on top of the overpass section while being routed. The inside hairpin portion of the curve will actually be in the downhill portion leading into the underpass. The left hand corner after the short straight will lead onto the long front straight.
21 June 12, 2024 9:40 am
Topic: New Track at TNT Motor Sports Complex! (6 replies, posted in Track)
Tim Arnold is in the process of replacing his Carrera digital track at his TNT Motor Sports Complex. Tim is building a new 1/24 four lane MDF routed track in his home in Clackamas (Rico this one is close to you!). Tim has completed the construction of the 180 banked curve, all four lanes of the underpass including the curves and the short straights. The initial routing of two other curves has been completed. The routing left to be done is the two major long straights that will run side by side down the length of the track table, which is approximately 24 feet. I estimate the total lap length will be somewhere around 90 feet. This is going to be a fast but challenging track!
This straight leads up hill to the 180 banked turn.
This is the 180 bank which is banked at 17 degrees. For reference it is the same width and slope as the banked turn on Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway.
The first lane of the straight and right hand curve coming out of the bank is routed. Tim will use the jig he made for his router to route the other three lanes. Once the first lane is designed and routed the remaining three are quick and reletively easy to complete. The right turn will connect to a long straight.
22 June 9, 2024 9:58 am
Re: This is the Le Mans page. (4 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
Bart and Bob in the pits.
Lunch break was definitely welcomed by all! L to R: Douglass, Mitch, Hersch.
Here's your race podium finishers: 1st Bob, 2nd Howie, 3rd Terry.
Ken Palfenier entered his Dad's car which won the Concours judging. It only seems fitting that Gearloose would win the Concours Award in his memorial race. Nobody has ever won more concours awards than Gearloose! In his 60 plus years of active slot car racing his cars were not only expertly constructed, they were beautifully painted and detailed! Ken proudly accepted the Concours Award for his father!
23 June 9, 2024 9:49 am
Re: This is the Le Mans page. (4 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
The pit area was a busy place all day!
Terry and Doug seemed to be plotting some sort of lunch strategy....Pizza was really good!
Frank and Mitch were deep into a discussion about something....
Al showed up for the memorial even though he did not have a car to enter. Howie let Al borrow a Can Am car to compete with. Al is another racer you always like to see in attendance! 
24 June 9, 2024 9:41 am
Re: This is the Le Mans page. (4 replies, posted in Rapid Raceway)
Randowm photos from the race:
This was the grid for the 11 entries.
In the "Concours" Award judging there was initially a tie between these two cars.
Ken Palfenier (Gearloose's son) took over his Dad's spot in the pits and on the track. He represented his father well!
It's always great to see Mitch at the races!
Frank Lynn (pictured right) was able to make it out during his recovery from heart surgery. He looked well and raced well!
25 June 9, 2024 8:59 am
Re: PASER Even Thursday Race at Rob's Redline Raceway in Vancouver (3 replies, posted in PASER)
Gerry on his way to reslot his car during practice.
Hersch enjoying just one of the luxury chairs situated around the track.
Jerry is always fun at the races!
And there is sits...the world renowned PASER WEENER CUP! For those not in the know, the plaque was supposed to read "PASER Weekly Winner Cup", but the letters were too large......So we ended up with:
