NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (Page 79 of 85)

It rumble  in the Basement  to night. The weather  heating up and the racing on the track also Revo Slot and Lemans on the menu  tonight.

Race results for May 11, 2023:

RACE REPORT FOR MAY 25 2023. Fresh off the wire.............. we had 5 racers that battle the Portland traffic to do battle on the track. Up 1st was slot it dtm and with it being a spec class the racing  was expected  to be close and it was for the most part. Rico car stood out as the car to beat if you want to stand on the top step and he backed it up with a easy  two lap win over Doc in 2nd and Greg third Rico was the only driver that could run in the high 6's during  practice  and during  the race.everybody else was stuck in the 7 so easy win for Rico. He can say he took the 1st win in the class. Wtg..up next was Trans am and Rico was again showed that he a fast car in practice  but bad luck with a guild wire coming off dropped him down the running order . At the end  it was Doc taking the win followed by Al and then Dave.last race of the night was thunder slot open and these one was a close race with everybody  putting down low 6 secounds laps  with the win coming down to the last heat and tenths counted on the track  Doc once again was able to squeeze  out the win by 2 tenths over Al followed  by Greg in 3rd . That it for the night guys back up and headed home. Thanks Once again for hoisting the race Al

This coming Thursday is the 1st but I see nothing on the calendar. Are we taking a break or just an oversight?

I believe  it the last points race.  Me and  Al were talking  about  the same thing. He just needs to put more on the calendar  so no break

Last point race of the year and it  did end with out a little excitement and drama  added at the end.it was another light turn out with only  5 racers  making it out. We were hoping for more with many saying there were coming out.  Either  Al checks didn't clear  or traffic was a issue. We will never know which  was the case. So up 1st was  group c slot it and Doc car was the class  of the field and took a easy win over the field. Up next was the money  race and once again Doc had the car to beat.  Doc  started out in the white lane so he would have to wait  and see were every body was running before coming in on the last heat of the night.  Doc had a 2 lap cushion on the field and if could back up what he ran in the 1st two heats he was home free. What that saying never count your  chickens before they hatch. Well all night I been preaching  make sure you hook up your controller  correct and what do I do. Yep I did it. The green flag Flys and full blast into the turn 1 wall look down and see it hooked up wrong. Get it hooked up correctly  and find I smoked the brake pot. So  least to say red lane with no brakes  is some what of a challenge  to run.  Rico ended up taking the win followed  By Al and Doc taking 3rd .  That was the end of the night of racing .in the end Al got the bad luck he was looking for but not enough guys on the track to make up the points lead Doc had. Even so the turn out were on the light side the racing was ways very close and fun. Hopefully  we start to get people to start coming back out and racing  the 1/32 cars. See you all in two weeks

Results:

Another fun close night of racing at Al's  place last night. We  had 6 racer make out to do battle  on the track and it was a battle.up 1st was  sports  car 1 and with 14k motors and skinny tires you had to drive the car like you stole it to make time so there was lot of forced  errors trying to make time around the track. Doc pulled out is trusted ninco Cobra and was able to squeeze  out the win over Al's smoking  smooth  running  brass chassis  Cobra followed by  Greg's equally  prepaid   birdcage. Up next was slot it classic  and to say these wasn't  a interesting  race  would be a under statement.  Race came down to a Ford vs Ferrari  battle and unlike the movie the ford's did not come out on top..both top running ford's had driver forced errors resulting in confused corner workers  fumbling  with cars and important  time loss. Trying to get the the cars back into the race. We all learned a very important lesson  some of more than once. In the end Rico stood  tall and very happy on the top step followed by Al  and then Doc. Last race of the night was open class  and these class is dominant by thunderslot  cars.  These race was a battle all night with cars just mm apart on the track  and there was lots of painted traded  and cars sent into the rails in the close battles. There was very little quarter given.you had to pick your pass  with great care and hope to get away to the next corner  and hope you could hold onto your lead. In the end Doc was able to hold off some hard charging cars and take the win. I think Al took 2nd followed by Rico and Gregg. But that race was crazy with how intense  the racing was.   Next race in two weeks is can am and trans am.

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That might be a typo should be the 07 13 23.have to give Al a text and make sure.

Date on calendar corrected , from July 6th to July 13th.

That smell didn't come from the "crack of doom" did it?

We had another fun night racing. We had 6 racer make the drive out with one of them being his 1st time out. Bruce been running ho cars with the local ho club so he knew his way around a slot car track. So after a some practice we threw him in and started the racing for the night. Up 1st was Trans am and Doc some how took the win over Al with Dave  on the last  step. Up next was Can Am  there were some fast cars but to many forced errors   Doc car wasn't  the fastest  one but was quick enough and three mistake  free rounds to take a easy win over Al and Greg taking 3rd. We lost two drivers so track call were in order for the last race of the night
It all came down to the last heat of the night. Doc had one tenth lead and both Al and Doc lined up side by side in the two fast lanes. The start buzzer sounded and off they went for 3min racing side by side the whole  way neither  able to pull more than a few car lengths from each other and when the time counted down to zero Doc able coast  and finish half a car length  in front of Al and hold par for the win. It close and a clean heat with both drivers keeping there cars in the slot and keeping of each other . Great racing there Al.. that was it for the night see you all in two weeks.

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It rumble  in the basement. Who's  up for some paint trading?