PASER Race at Inslot's Checkered Flag on January 25, 2020.

The PASER Club held it's first race for 2020 on Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway in Vancouver. This was the second PASER race held on the track since it was moved from Aurora Oregon to Vancouver Washington. We had a very good turnout with 11 racers for the first race, which was for the NASCAR Class. The second race for the Sportscar Class was bumped up with an additional entry topping the field out at 12.

The NASCAR race consisted of two rounds of racing. Each round was made up of four 4 minute heat races. This gave each driver an actual 32 minutes of on track race time! Stewmeat and TuringJohn both experienced mechanical difficulties early and were forced to switch to backup cars. Gearloose ran an exceptionally clean race to take the win. These cars are heavy and fast! Crashes are dramatic, and damage does occur from time to time. To me this is just one more of the aspects of racing 1/24 hardbody cars that makes them appealing and exciting!

PASER NASCAR Results:

1. Gearloose  440 laps   3.945216 fastest lap in blue
2. Stewmeat  436          4.007616                    blue  (DQ'd - switched to backup car)
3. Turingjohn  436          3.944807                   yellow  (DQ'd - switched to backup car)
4. Zack          432          4.118102                    blue
5. Tach. Ted   429          4.007296                    blue
6. Bad Bob    428           3.897858                   yellow
7, Wild Bill     419          4.054940                    blue
8. Nik Nak     412           4.179445                   yellow
9. Bart          376           4.499454                   blue
10. Al            371           4.226575                  blue
11. Mitch       267           4.827360                   white

The second race was for the Sportscar Class. This race consisted of one round of racing, four 4 minute heats for a total race time of 16 minutes. Touringjohn was over his first race mechanical issues and took charge of this race early. Only 5 laps separated second pace from fifth place. It was another very close race!

Sportscar Class Results:

1. Touringjohn  232 laps      3.898347 fastest lap in yellow
2. Nik Nak       221             3.999486                     yellow
3. Stewmeat    219             3.952477                     blue
4. Tach Ted      217             4.007215                     yellow
5. Zack           216              4.117274                     blue
6. Gearloose   210              4.171638                      yellow
7. Wild Bill       207             4.053884                     blue
8. Al               205              4.172344                     blue
9. Doc            186              4.390863                     red
10. Bart          170              4.507815                    blue
11. Mitch         166             4.499717                     blue
12. Bad Bob    158              4.062712                    blue

The attendance for this race was encouraging. I'd like to thank everyone that made it out to race at Inslot's Checkered Flag! If you have any ideas or comments that would help me improve the racing here, please send them my way!  =======Bill