Topic: Thursday Thunder Indy Car Race at Rapid Raceway

Howie treated us all to an Indy Car race on Thursday December 12th. This was one of his Thursday Thunedr races and it was a good one! We had a great turn out with 13 racers participating! It was great to see Blake back racing, and we had three new guys on the track as well. Bob, Bill E., and Jordan represented the newer racers well!

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Everone knows how challenging these Indy Cars are to race! With that said I was surprised at how close and fast the racing was! Over half the field was at or above the 300 laps mark, with lap times of 5.0 seconds or better! The racers that were "new guys" have now established themselves as contenders.

Results of the Thursday Thunder race held on Dec. 12, '24. 2 times through at 4-minute heats.

1.....Howie------------------353 Laps---------------4.947 Fast time
2.....Bart---------------------349--------------------4.876
3.....Al-----------------------345---------------------4.890
4.....Bill----------------------339---------------------4.935
5.....Blake-------------------325----------------------5.041
6.....Rico--------------------315----------------------4.950
7.....Gearheadbob----------304----------------------4.915
8.....Hersche----------------302----------------------5.073
9.....Tiny---------------------299---------------------5.372
10...Bill E.--------------------295---------------------5.450
11...Doug--------------------283---------------------5.419
12...Weddle It Be------------274---------------------5.718
13...Jordan-------------------262---------------------5.445

Re: Thursday Thunder Indy Car Race at Rapid Raceway

Turn out was really good, especially for a Thursday night race!
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This Indy class is based on aluminum chassis and Lexan body kits from Pro Track. We race them with Hawk 7 motors.
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/RRIndyDeca.jpg

Jerry Weddle debuted his new build which featured a beautiful paint job!
http://www.naste.org/members/bill/RRIndyDecc.jpg

The pits were busy most of the evening!
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