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Topic: OSCAR Vintage NASCAR Race at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway 3/12/2022

OSCAR held a Vintage NASCAR Race at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway in Vancouver on Saturday March 12th. Although attendance was somewhat low, the competition was extremely high!

Stewart set the mark as the top qualifier with a 4.984 second lap, establishing a track record for the Vintage NASCAR Class.

Bob's '57 Ford won the Racer's Choice Award by way of a majority vote.

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_9846oscar.jpg

Once the green flag dropped this was about the only view I got of Bob's Ford!
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_9848oscar.jpg

John and Stuart had a close battle throughout the four rounds of 4 minute heats. After the 64 minutes of total race time for each racer, John had edged Stuart out for the win by just 9 laps. The battle for third was even closer with Tom beating Bob by just 1 lap! The rest of us just followed along. Bart was extremely fast and in contention until a hard crash and a bent rear axle sent him to the pits. That incident did however earn him the "Too Bad" Award, a carryover from a bygone era...Mitch also encountered some mechanical issues with a blow axle bushing. Mitch muscled through and got his car back into the race, which earned him the Iron Man Award. A special thank you goes out to Susan Street (Tom's wife), for turn marshalling during the entire race for us!

The Vintage NASCAR field.
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_9854oscar.jpg

Results:
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_9861oscar.jpg

All in all it was a great race and I had a really good time! Thank you to all the racers that could make it!

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Re: OSCAR Vintage NASCAR Race at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway 3/12/2022

Here's a few more random photos I took during the event.

John (L) and Bart (R) at the driver's stations.
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_9851oscar.jpg

Mitch (L) and Susan (R) doing whatever people do with those flat things....
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_9852oscar.jpg

Tom (L) and Stuart (R) talking race stuff...
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_9853oscar.jpg

Bart's '55 Chevrolet (that's right, he raced a Chevy!) carried the Slo Poks car club banner.
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_9857oscar.jpg

There were some really cool cars in the field! John's huge Chrysler was the race winning car!
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_9858oscar.jpg

Tom's '56 Ford paid homage to our late friend Doug Haynes.
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_9860oscar.jpg

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Re: OSCAR Vintage NASCAR Race at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway 3/12/2022

"Mitch (L) and Susan (R) doing whatever people do with those flat things"....

Probably re-reading the rules looking for 'shortcuts".

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Re: OSCAR Vintage NASCAR Race at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway 3/12/2022

surprised with the low turnout. maybe hang over from Monday nights racing. I had a long day at work so no go for me. still looks like it was a fun. lots of nice cars there. Was bart feeling ok driving a chevy? must have finally seen the light and switch from the dark side of the force.

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Re: OSCAR Vintage NASCAR Race at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway 3/12/2022

"Was bart feeling ok driving a chevy"?

  If he races it again he will probably have a Ford 9"
He wasn't having much luck with that GM drop in third member.

I liked his gold and white paint, it was easy to follow around the track. There were a lot of black cars, sometimes Bill and I would go under the bridge and I'd be watching his car when they came out.