Here's a copy of my SCI post:
At approximately 1:30 PST yesterday the flag dropped on the opening heat. Sixteen racers were in attendance to fling BRM Porsche's around Rapid Raceway in Portland, Oregon. And did they ever.
Rapid Raceway is a 4 lane wood routed track that is one of the fixtures in 1:24 scale racing in the Portland area. It has also become the home of the NASTE Halloween race.
We had expected some of the Washington area racers but with early morning pictures from up north showing snow on the ground I guess they decided it was better to stay home than come take their beating. Heck, we were looking forward to a little payback from the Tacoma 24 Hour Enduro. We'll just have to wait until next time.
On the track the BRM's performed well. Some seemed to suffer from noisy gear syndrome but all finished the race. Heats were 5 minutes with two times through the rotation for 40 minutes of track time for each racer.
Here now the results:
1. Howie Howard - 352 laps
2. Bill Bostic - 349
3. Monte Saager - 342
4. Rico Locati - 340
5. Tracy Flood - 327
6. John Fisher - 326
7. Chris Kouba - 324
8. Thomas Flood - 304
9. Mitch Brooks - 295
10. Todd Flood - 270
11. Victoria Saager - 265
12. Michael - 235
13. Jimmy Jones - 234
14. Aidan - 223
15. Lisa - 214
16. John Bostic - 182
Ah yes, number 16. Bill's son John. Hadn't driven a slot car in a few years. Walked in, stepped up, and was kicking our tails but they had to leave early so his total is about half the race. Michael and his son Aidan were new-to-us racers that found out about the event on the internet and just showed up. Advertising works! We fixed them up with loaners cars and controllers, they seemed to have a fine time.
Fast lap of the day was set by Howie with a 6.19. Chris was just behind that at 6.20. Best I could do was 6.37.
Big thanks to Howie for opening his track to us and to Chris Kouba for heading up the event. We'll hope to see more like it in Portland in the future.
"Big Smooth"
