RACE RESULTS - PASER Can Am Race April 25, 2026

I am with you Bill on the Bluegroove bodies. I am also glad that you are moving forward on the PASER racing. PASER has been around for a long time, and I will support the PASER racing at Checkered Flag whenever I can.

Saturday's Can Am race had nine entries. This was the first PASER Can Am race under the new revised rules requiring inline motor configured chassis only. The other rule revision was the requirement for Team Bluegroove .030" bodies to be used, but that rule was not strictly enforced for this race due to the short notice for the rule change. Bottom line, most all of the entries had Team Bluegroove bodies, and all but one entry had inline motors. The one entry that did not have an inline motor configuration used a sidewinder that was legal per the previous rules. That racer voluntarily took a DQ.

Nine racers made for a nice casual day of racing! The doors opened at 9:00 am for practice. A couple of racers showed up early to test their new fresh builds that had not yet been on a track! Seattle racers showed up early and began thrashing to get cars together per the new rules. Tech inspection was set to start at 10:30 am, but as racers got their work completed and got their fill of practice, the tech inspector got busy! Kirk Smith made the trip up to serve as our Technical Inspector and Race Director. I want to give Kirk a big thank you! Your participation was greatly appreciated! Now we can start working on getting you back ON the track! By 10:45 am all of the entries had made their way through tech.

The race was set up for three rounds of four minute heat races. After a short driver's meeting, the green flag was dropped. It was evident within the first few minutes of the first heat this was going to be a fast race!  The Can Am cars were very fast and handled great! Chassis construction varied from Retro and D3 type chassis, to heavier OSCAR style builds. Their did not seem to be any stand outs that seemed superior in performance. The real advantage seemed to be driver skill.

After lunch we headed back to the track to finish out the race. With two rounds of racing remaining the intensity grew. The fast got faster, and the side by side racing became more frequent. Two thirds of the way through the race it was tight, but Bob Nakamura had gained a substantial lead on the field. Bob's beautiful chassis, combined with his driving skill made it very difficult for the rest of us to keep pace.

Results after two rounds:

The final round was just as fast and intense as the first! Every racer in this race had the potential to win! What made the differences were a few equipment issues, and just very few driver mistakes! For the most part, every racer was on his game! Here are the final results:

Here are some note worthy statistics:
1. Almost all of the racer's fastest lap times were under 4.7 seconds!  (Howie's car had a bad motor and was down on power).
2. ALL of the racer's fastest laps were within 2/10ths of each other!
3. The racer's lap time averages were all below 5.5 seconds! The majority ranged from 4.9 seconds to 5.2 seconds, an AVERAGE spread of just 3/10ths of a second (over the entire race)!

This is an indicator of some skilled racers! The overall atmosphere was an indicator of some great friends together for some fun and exciting racing! I want to thank everyone that came out for the race!  Especially those that travelled a ways to make the race; Dennis & Craig from Seattle, Kirk from Canby, and Herb from Salem! You guys helped make the event a success!

Here are the OFFICIAL results:
1st Bob Nak     576 laps
2nd Bryan       563
3rd Herb         559
4th Craig         554
5th Mike          549
6th Bill H.        545
7th Bill B.        522
8th Howie       452
DQ Dennis       553  Voluntary DQ - ran sidewinder chassis to help fill the field.

Bob's winning car!

Bryan's second place car, and Best Of Show by driver's vote!

Herb's third place car.

Craig's fourth place car.

A fantastic day of racing! Thank you to all my friends!