Planning and Scheduling for the NASTE 2016 Season

Bill: I am willing to go with Sunday racing. It would interesting to see if more racers can attend, as they may not have kids activity's to attend, and there should be a lot less congested traffic problems to contend with. I feel it would be worth while to find out what day/schedule works best to gather more racers, which i feel means more fun. It might be we may need to rotate/schedule both days to allow more people to race.

As long as there is track and cars, I'm open to any day that ends in Y.

My thought would be to schedule around Monte's First Sunday events.

Now THAT IS a serious concern!!!!

Kelly says "thanks guys".

This coming weekend is the Portland Vintage Racing Festival (formerly Portland Historic Races) and the featured race is Vintage Trans Am.  Might be of interest to see some of our 1:1 cars race.  I'm probably headed out Sunday, if anyone is interested get in touch with me and maybe we can meet up.

Rico

You can pre purchase 1 or 3 day tickets here:

https://www.tickettomato.com/event_grou … -festival/

Here is the provisional schedule:

http://www.svra.com/wp-content/uploads/ … edule5.pdf

I'm going to try and be there sometime between 10:00-10:30 Sunday

In this past year Bob Nakamura introduced us to a new class of racing at The Gorge Raceway.  For those unaware, Bob held a race for Scalextric Trans Am cars in stock configuration.  The rules were quite simple, only allowing a change of the guide shoe braid. The race was a huge success, and this class of cars proved to be a lot of fun to race.

With that in mind NASTE will be adding races to the normal NASTE IROC series races at tracks that support magnetic traction racing in 1:32 scale. These races are designed to support and cultivate the Trans Am Class already established by Bob. In addition it will give those racers that choose to compete in Bob’s Trans Am races a chance to compete more often and get more use out of their cars. These NASTE races will be referred to as the NASTE Trans Am Cup. Points will be tallied and recorded for each race in regards to racer’s finish position with a NASTE Trans Am Cup winner crowned at the end of the season.

At the NASTE races hosted by Autumn Hills, Penguin Point, TooBad Motorplex, and of course The Gorge Raceway, after the conclusion of the normal NASTE IROC races, one race for the Scalextric Trans Am Class cars will be held. This race will consist of one round of racing, and is open to any racer that wishes to compete. There will be no divisions within the class in regards to the racers level of skill or ability. This will not be an IROC race, but there may be loaner cars available. Again this race is designed primarily to give racers that have cars to compete in Bob Nakamura’s Scalextric Trans Am races more opportunities to race their cars. Please do not assume there will be loaner cars available at each race, or for all racers.

One last note regarding the rules; Bob set this class up with just the one modification allowed regarding braid replacement. In addition to that change, cars for the NASTE Trans Am Cup are allowed to use Paul Gage urethane rear tires. The tires must be mounted to the stock rear wheels only. Cars legal for the NASTE Trans Am Cup races will be referred to as NAK-Spec.
There you have it. Even MORE fun for the NASTE 2016 racing season!

==============Bill

The Gorge Trans Am Challenge Rules:
1966-1972 Trans Am cars by Scalextric only. All cars will be out of the box stock. No modifications other than changing the pick up braid. No adding of weight allowed.

NASTE Trans Am Cup – NAK-Spec Rules:
Cars must comply with The Gorge Trans Am Challenge Rules. In addition, Paul Gage urethane tires are allowed for use on the stock rear wheels.