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Once again there was turn out of 7 racers to swap stories and race last Thursday at Al's track for some 1/32 fun.

Out on the track first were the Slot.it DTM's. This has been a class dominated by Doc and his all-conquering Opel Calibra and Thursday was no different, he led the way narrowly defeating Al by .1 of a lap. I ended up a few laps back and the "let's get Al club" was closely matched a few laps back. David's car had fun paying turtle and spent much time on its back.

The next class to hit the track was GT-3 for points.  My Black Arrow Ferrari was really hooked up and set a new record score for this class.  Doc was very fast and finished second followed by Al just slightly behind. Sadly, Douglass decided to sit this one out after finding his motor was out of spec

Last up as per usual was the Open class and Doc was out for revenge.  His green Lola as really flying and was first with 83.5 laps. Al avoided his" fan club" and finished 2nd with 82.5 laps.  For some reason my Ferrari was not hooking up as well as last time and finished third with 81.1 laps.

All in all, another fun night of Racing at Al's.

Race report March 13

8 racers braved Portland traffic and weather to show up at Rippin' Ridin' Raceway to do battle. Up first was the always popular CanAm class. Al managed to complete 3 stellar runs to to beat me by.7 of a lap with Doc right behind me .3 of of a lap. Talk about close racing! In fact all the racers did well this round with David, Greg and Douglass putting in nice runs followed by Ellliot and his son Neil who was a first time racer at Al's.

Next up was the points race. Doc picked out the fastest of his fleet of cars for this class and led the field, followed by me and then Al. There was plenty of close racing through out the pack. This is going to be a fun class.

Open class was next, we lost David for this race so only seven racers competed.  After the dust settled it was me earning the win by a lap over Al and Doc with his previously victorious F-1 machine. That's it for now, hope to see you at the races soon.

We had 7 racers show up to Al's last Thursday.  A big welcome back to Fernando who showed up with some well prepared cars and was definitely ready to race.  First up was GT-3 and silly me brought my Scaley GT-3's but this was a race with the updated rule set and I borrowed one of Doc's finely tuned machines. Thanks again Doc. In a closely contested race it was Doc coming out on top followed by Al and myself.

Next up was the points race featuring Group C machines. Another very tight race saw Doc coming out on top with his always fast 962. Second place went to the silver streak Sauber piloted by me and third went to Greg in his Castrol Jag. Al had a disaster of a race and dropped a few points to Doc in the fight for the championship lead.  Very uncharacteristic for him in any race.

Last up was the Open class dominated mostly by ThunderSlot cars, but Doc decided to go against the grain and race his F-1 open wheeler.  He raced to his third win of the night followed by Fernando and Al in third. It was my turn to have a poor race. For some reason my car just didn't like the network I was using, a switch to another network helped but the damage was done.

I was at Hobby Lobby last weekend and all model kits were 40% off.  I'm not sure how long the sale will last, but might be worth checking out.

Thanks for the excellent write up Bill. It was indeed a fierce and close battle. I was .2 from a tie for 2nd and .2 from 50 lap heats a couple of times. My car certainly has enough battle scars to show for it. Thanks to everyone for a fun day.

Yes indeed, Merry Christmas to all!!

What a fun day of racing. I really enjoyed the camaraderie. The racing was fierce but not taken too seriously. Thanks everybody.

Congrats Doc

A big thanks to our host Bob for putting on a well organized event. I was a little leery of the six lane format but it proved to be no issue. A good time was had racing and visiting

We did have 5 people show up to race last night. First up were the Slot.it/Policar classics. Al jumped out to an early lead in his always quick Slot.it GT-40 with me in hot pursuit. Al's GT-40 proved a little too quick for my 512M, but it was fun trying to keep up, but in the end he pulled out the win.  Next up was Group C. If memory serves Al and I battled side by side for the first two minutes with neither able to pull out a lead until I pushed just a little too hard and had an off.  A quick lane change and we were back at it and we traded offs for another really close battle. I could catch him but couldn't make the pass.  Al pulled out a slim victory in the end. Last up was Open and Greg and Al battling the whole way with me slightly back in 3rd. All in all a competitive, fun night of racing. And yes, we missed you Doc.

I know I’m a little late to the party but I too am curious about no independent front wheels. My better cars all have them. It costs almost nothing to convert cars with alloy wheels, so it can’t be cost.

Why only 20k motors?