Topic: NASCAR Race Under the PASER Banner at Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway!
Yesterday Inslot's Checkered Flag Raceway hosted a late model NASCAR race. All entries were required to comply with the OSCAR rules for late model NASCAR. 12 racers showed up for the race, some of whom had built cars at the chassis class Stuart Wall put on awhile back. The standard OSCAR format was not used as this was not an official OSCAR race. Instead we raced 3 rounds of 4 minute heats with the starting line up set randomly by the computer. The last round of racing was set by the race director based on the racer's first round finish positions. There was no qualifying period.
From the drop of the green flag it was obvious this was going to be a fast group of race cars! Like them or not, I believe everyone would agree these are some fast, excellent handling, hardbody slot cars! Lee Dundas Sr. and Bob McFarland truly lead us into the promised land of hardbody slot car racing! These cars are unique to Oregon and now southern Washington. They are not raced anywhere else!
But back to the race. In the first round Stuart made a statement by besting the field. Bob was the only racer close to Stuart, just 3 laps behind. Bart was racing the chassis he built in Stuart's class, and was in the hunt in third with a strong run. Mike showed his newly built chassis was a contender by holding the fourth spot.
First round results:
