Plans so far for the 2026 season.

After the great turnout for the Indy cars (18 racers) for the Thursday Thunder race (April 12, '25) I better re-think the plans for the Indy cars. Indy class is way too popular to only race once in the 2026 season. Stay tuned!....................Howie.

Northwest True Scale has 11 classes as it stands now, and I am not going to add any more. I have tentatively combined (not in stone yet) the Early Modifieds and Late Modifieds into one class called simply: Modifieds. I may have to have two classes run on a Thursday Thunder night, two times through for each class but shorter heats depending on the turnout. I am trying to schedule the classes for the 2026 season so that each class is raced at least three times, not as easy as it sounds!

I have updated the tentative schedule for the 2026 season that is posted above. Trying to get done with the season before June.

Bob, the schedule is not in stone yet. You are right, May is too busy for me too! I just don't like the True Scale classes to sit around and collect dust. So, I am trying to race each class 3 times and I only have one track to figure it out. I am still working on it, and I may have to go into the first part of June. Stay tuned.............................it isn't over yet! Ok, I took May 28th. off the schedule, I had a question mark on that date anyway on my notes at home. Back to the drawing board! Also, I am thinking on combining the Early Sportsman and Late Sportsman and naming it just Sportsman. That way I believe I can race each class 3 times next season.

The schedule above has been updated with classes for each date. Each class is raced 3 times during the 2026 season. This schedule is not in stone yet. I am combining the Early Sportsman and Late Sportsman into one class called simply Sportsman. I have not gone over the rules for that class yet.......stay tuned.               See ya, Howie.

Modified rules. This is not in stone yet. Here is my idea and we will have a test session at Rapid to test this out to see if it is doable.

Modified part 1:
1....Chassis: Hanna or a direct copy of a Hanna chassis.
2....Any hard body car from 1928 to present. No convertibles or chopped tops.
3....Bodies wider than 2.500", measured at the bottom (after cutting down) in the middle from front to back will be declared wide
      chassis.
4....Body height: 1.600" minimum measured from the top of the highest part of the roof to the bottom of the chassis.
5....Maximum tracking for a wide body: back 3.250", Front 3.250".
6....Tires: all tires will be black. Front: Minimum diameter: .875". Minimum width: .500" no coning or grooving, can coat them.
      Back: Minimum diameter is .900".
7....Motor: Pro Slot S16D or Parma S16D with Chinese arms. Can use bearings or bushings at both ends.
8....Axles: front axle must be one piece that extends to each wheel. Axles can be 1/8" or 3/32". Can use bearings or bushings.
9....Gears: 64 or 48 pitch, plastic or brass.
10..A motor with radiator must be installed.

Part 2: Bodies narrower than 2.350" will be considered narrow chassis. 
1....Tracking to be 3.500" front and back. Otherwise, the rules above are all the same.

I plan on having a test session with these cars during the off season to see how the tracking rules work out.

Steve, if you go to the rules for the Modifieds, it has a picture of the chassis, copied from a Hanna chassis. This chassis has been in the rules since day one. The combining of Late and Early Modified is still the same chassis, no difference whatsoever. You can go ahead and make a chassis out of the thin material if you want, but you must copy the Hanna type chassis.

BTW: A Hanna type chassis consists of 3 pans: the center pan, left pan and right pan. The side pans can not move up and down or back and forth, only from side to side.