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Odd Thursday Night Racing at TooBad Motorplex on April 7th, 2016

We started the night of racing with two preliminary races to test out the new proposed Le Mans Class. Both race grids were filled with both Scalextric and Fly cars. Although the Fly cars proved to be superior in performance, they also experienced the most mechanical failures.

The night of official racing started with the F1 Class race. Chris Kouba's new car proved to be the car to beat, and well, nobody did. In the Can Am Class Chris again lead the way to the stripe with his Slot.it McLaren M8D. Finally in the BRM Class Rico put an end to Chris' run for the checkered flag. In the Over 50 Class it was Al leading all the way with his outstanding KTM powered Cheetah!

Results:

F1 Class
1st Chris Kouba  54.8 Laps - 1st Overall + 1st in MND Division
2nd Gary Goose Gossett  53.8 + 1st END Div.
3rd Mitch Brooks  52.0 + 1st SND Div.
4th Monte Saager 51.9 + 1st SVD Div.
5th Bryan Dickerson 51.5 END
6th Rico Locati 51.1 + 1st SWD Div.
7th Bill Bostic 50.5 SVD
8th Dan Fritz 50.4 SVD
9th Jeff Fields 49.4 MND
10th Al Christensen 48.4 SVD
11th Stan Smith 46.8 + 1st MD Div.
12th Greg Petrolati 42.7 END

Can Am Class
1st Chris Kouba 60.6 laps
2nd Rico Locati  57.3
3rd Greg Petrolati 56.7
4th Monte Saager 56.5
5th Gary Goose Gossett 56.2 + 1st in USRRC Division
6th Bryan Dickerson 54.9
7th Dan Fritz 54.2
8th Bill Bostic 54.0
9th Al Christensen 53.5
10th Stan Smith 53.3
11th Mitch Brooks 49.3
12th Cailin Dunbar 44.0

BRM
1st Rico Locati 62.4 laps
2nd Bryan CHET Dickerson 61.6
3rd Gary Goose Gossett 61.1
4th Chris Kouba 59.5
5th Greg Petrolati 57.5
6th Stan Smith 57.0
7th Al Christensen 56.6
8th Bill Bostic 55.7
9th Mitch Brooks 53.5

Over 50 Class
1st Al Christensen 54.0 laps
2nd Rico Locati 51.7
3rd Chris Kouba 50.2
4th Bill Bostic 49.0
5th Mitch Brooks 46.0

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April 21st - We had some fun racin' at Al's last night! Ripin' Ridin' Raceway is rubbered in, fast and challenging! The Goose got back to back wins in the GT and Classic Sports Car classes, but Stan and Mitch were the stars for the rest of the night. Stan scored his first Odd Thursday win in the BRM Class and Mitch took the Over 50 Class win.

Great racin' Al, thanks!

Results -

GT Class:
1st Gary       71.5 + fastest lap 7.082 sec.
2nd Bill       68.7
3rd Daniel  67.1
4th Al       66.2
5th Monte  66.1
6th Stan       62.5
7th Mitch   62.1
8th Glenn  57.7

Classic Sports Car Class:
1st Gary     63.9
2nd Al     60.8
3rd Mitch     60.0
4th Bill     59.8 - fastest lap 7.882 sec.
5th Daniel     58.8
6th Stan     58.3
7th Glenn     53.9
8th Monte     40.2

BRM Class:
1st Stan    71.1
2nd Bill    68.7
3rd Al    67.9
4th Gary    66.7 - fastest lap 7.038 sec.
5th Mitch    65.5

Over 50 Class:
1st Mitch    64.8 + fastest lap 7.704 sec.
2nd Al    63.1
3rd Bill    55.7
4th Glenn    45.9

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AL: Thanks for the fun filled night of racing on you're track. Congrats to Mitch & Stan on you're wins. Thank you Bill & Monte for you're efforts of creating those new Naste donuts tires for us to use, looking forward to getting some mounted on my cars to try out.

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Thanks Al, it was a great time. I'll have to spend a little more time in the red lane. It just doesn't  like me.

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Hey Mitch; I will trade you the red lane for the blue lane! Seems like the blue lane does not like me and my BRM car.

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Al, it doesn't get any better than this! Thanks for a great night of racing, and the opportunity to score my first win!

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Congrats to you both, I think that's great!

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Congrats Stan! That was a great run!

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Looks like you all had fun.  Looks like Monte brought a knife to a gun fight especially in the Classic Sports car class.

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Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread

Monte ran two heats and the controller wire broke...

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Re: NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread

Again?

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Yes, again.  At least it's a simple fix.

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Bill, thanks for hosting last night. We had a good turn out and some pretty good close battles.  The Cox thumb controllers were over the top. Brutus didn't like the one in the white lane so much but took a liking to the other two.  Also, thanks for letting me shop at Bill's slot car emporium, I may have two new Over 50 cars next time.

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Bill: Thanks for a fun night of racing. Those cox controllers were not only a kick to use, but they actually worked better than i expected, but my thumb is sore this morning!

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Thanks for coming out to race guys. I had a lot of fun! We did have a good turn out with 15 racers to start the night. We still had 10 racers in the BRM race which started after 9:00pm!

The new LeMans Class was a big hit. The racing was very close with finishes like we are seeing in the ever popular Trans Am Class. We tried something new in the Over 50 Class. We used IROC style controllers with one old style Cox thumb plunger controller at each driver's station. One of the controllers was one for hotter motors and had a lower resistance resistor in it. That one was a little touchie, but the other two were pretty similar. The controllers made the racing "interesting" to say the least, not to mention making the race a true over 50 year old event. On a side note, two racers were disqualified for not meeting the "official" over 50 rule. Both racers were under 50 years of age.................Just kidding, we didn't disqualify them, we just made them race in diapers!......OK, just kidding there too..........

Results:

LeMans Class
1st Chris Kouba  55.3 Laps - 9.36 sec. fast lap
2nd Gary Goose Gossett  53.5 - 9.767
3rd Rico Locati  52.3 - 9.539
4th Bryan Dickerson 52.0 - 9.597
5th tie Jeff Fields 51.5 - 9.692
5th tie John Morse 51.5 - 9.938
7th Monte Saager 50.1 - 10.237
8th Bill Bostic 49.9 - 10.183
9th Dan Fritz 49.6 - 9.947
10th Al Christensen 48.1 - 10.591
11th John Fisher 47.7 - 10.566
12th Stan Smith 47.6 - 10.516
13th Amy Fields 47.4 - 9.956
14th Alec Vandehey 41.9 - 10.775
15th Jeff Burns 39.7 - 11.434

Trans Am Class
1st Rico Locati 54.9 laps
2nd tie Chris Kouba 53.4
2nd tie Monte Saager 53.4
4th Bryan Dickerson 53.3
5th John Fisher 52.1
6th Gary Gossett 51.2
7th Al Christensen 50.9
8th Bill Bostic 50.8
9th Jeff Fields 50.6
10th Stan Smith 48.9
11th John Morse 48.2
12th Dan Fritz 46.6
13th Jeff Burns 42.5
14th Alec Vandehey 41.7

BRM
1st Rico Locati 62.0 laps
2nd Chris Kouba 61.7
3rd Gary Goose Gossett 60.3
4th Bryan Dickerson 59.0
5th Bill Bostic 57.8
6th Stan Smith 57.7
7th John Morse 57.6
8th Al Christensen 56.7
9th Jeff Burns 49.8
10th Alec Vandehey 45.5

Over 50 Class
1st Goose Gossett 52.4 laps
2nd Bill Bostic 50.4
3rd Al Christensen 49.2
4th Rico Locati 47.6
5th Chris Kouba 43.2
6th Jeff Burns 37.4

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Last night Goose scored his 74th Odd Thursday Night win! With Rico's two wins last night, and Chris' win in the new Le Mans class, Rico and Chris are tied for second in Odd Thursday Night wins with 41. And for extreme consistancy, Bryan Dickerson placed fourth in all three of the races he entered last night!

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OVER 50 Class racing.....TOTALLY!!!

http://www.naste.org/members/bill/IMG_2410.jpg

OK....EXCEPT for this GUY!

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Thanks Bill for the hospitality again and another great night of racing.  I was very happy to see the new class with so many people and their new car builds.  It seems like we created an interesting and fun way to get some shelf queens off the shelf and onto the track.  Thanks to all who contributed their feedback and input on the direction we took.

Looking forward to the next round!!

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Hey Mitch: Hope you get well soon. Missed racing with you and seeing you're new creations.

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Odd Thursday at Rippin' Ridin' Raceway on May 19th.

There was a great turn out of drivers at Al's for the Odd Thursday racing. The racing started with the LeMans Class. Chris Kouba edged out Goose Gossett by a little over a lap to take the win. This is becoming a very popular class with very close racing.

LeMans Class:
1st Chris    64.3
2nd Gary    62.6
3rd Monte    62.4
4th Greg    62.1
5th Rico    61.7
6th Mitch    61.1
7th Al    59.4
8th Bill    55.7
9thDaniel    55.4

After the LeMans Class we raced the Tran Am cars. This is another very popular class and also has very close finishes. In this race the finish was again decided by about a lap and a half. This time it was Rico Locati getting by Al Christensen for the win.

Trans Am Class:
1st Rico    65
2nd Al    63.6
3rd tie Gary    63.4
3rd tie Chris    63.4
5th Monte    62.9
6th Greg    62.2
7th Bill    61.6
8th Daniel    58.9
9th Mitch    58.4

The third class of cars to the start line were the BRM Group C cars. Chris Kouba won the race beating out Al Christensen by less than a lap.

BRM Group C Class:
1st Chris    72.1
2nd Al    71.3
3rd Bill    69.2
4th Daniel    67.9
5th Greg    67.5
6th Monte    66.9
7th Mitch    66
8th Gary    64.9
9th Rico    62.9

After the BRM race we put the Over 50 Class cars on the track. This race turned out to be the most closely contested of the evening. Al Christensen showed that his KTM powered Cheetah is still the big dog in the Over 50 Class by slipping past Monte Saager for the win.

Over 50 Class:
1st Al    64.3
2nd Monte    64.2
3rd Gary    62.7
4th Mitch    62.2
5th Chris    61.5
6th Rico    59.5
7th Bill    58.6

A few racers stuck around for a quick run of the Classic Sports Car Class. With a lack of turn marshals, the race was run using track calls to stop the clock and power while cars were reslotted after crashes. The race ran very smoothly using this method. Mitch Brooks won the race with Goose Gossett in second.

Classic Sports Car Class:
1st Mitch    62.7
2nd Gary    62.2
3rd Al    61.1
4th Chris    60.7

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Always a great time racing with the gang.  Thanks Al for hosting.  All 4 for once!  HA.

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Yes, thanks Al for hosting and thanks guys for the competition. It was great to get out to a track again, already looking forward to the next one. Meanwhile swapping motors, gears, guides, tires, ect.

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Al,

Thanks indeed for another fun night of racing!  It was nice to see everyone and swap paint again, and it's a fun track to run on.  I was quite happy to partake in the after-hours running of the Classics heats as well.  Good fun to get those cars out too!



Dan,

Glad you enjoyed it, they are great, fun cars.  If you're serious, I may be able to put together a car for something reasonable.  Let me know if you're interested and I can take a look.

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Pics from 5/19 at Al's.  At this point I believe we were running the Over 50 cars.  I tried to get them in frame but they are just blurs.

Mitch and Goose:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/5XJSfaYDvFl7Rv9UXYPEuR8bGfq0ZgN7LlvdXYVwArTUHxQBhbsh3ObicAt84flFnEOMF9Wnji1qL-gtntKsmSvY-gIP_Bu_vyd2lP35iQnt3fF8hvubamEsLONvD5D2U0vjbNfxfQSWyvHVAfigY2Lr7W50STMp0BGttH2CzkmcznWy3nWossfO8pcjYVXP8CfLkrBc-fUDIqZ_r8e0I8Lmaewq5RiPNHBisJRzf-tWNywy-y0p05SipxbeDsSWN4Kf75SnQsgBKnGwIOvlpQfFL-RuEv8FD3fmALsg4f3onGiE6BH4vk6QsGP87_w64GPfA-O1N4vcyIVPeiYRhnzpUdVd_lcrAk3HphSrJRVN-5WLZcfiyIsgS5NhkKdznmQMrckCwqah18qWnT0qSo1dZqjW_CEBcc-wJ6qcQpPE-LS08QLpCaWTP59ZcdXJ8tj4kLRLCJirwdNrl4NSW9eCH5PXa1fWDHYMM8tJl5tilIvvXFBL1ap61GUVoZMRefhLGpa3jasE96COOEAu1bbpS_r8VRVEsJ0t7Xv5cxMoYw64zCdajhPI_W8bD4FynCmvfPpqjxswrAh_hPz-25DpLKPFhsZV=w1698-h955-no


Goose, Bill, Rico, & Al:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/lONBTPb7v4bghQ7KMVAJQIanY0ihzEhWve9bV-h5j_aeqvf6kYJXQPvMlaj6LRUOZvlvL1L2fhnCMe8_z206QcBg2CUmXdFZur_mg2A-83zmmzcz9DUaz3hVzsNj8VK7yDKT56pMcLOftCRaUHxlY7dnc2nlQ0-Q3_mk0wq83Wji402cZull7FveFsO0zRc_bwJgJql6WJdIIya0AqkT0ueatjt-7jlmLezcMrcBMluVo4iYjteJS_DWOPR5_mNeIEsjQf9-8IpT8UrpapydLa_RVbkxbfybFQXxRssSPq46EYxE3DcodXourGYp1s0pYyije2QtpXFvB6CERxBKnCA4EZu-CU5rq_Px4zcdDLW_hlhQyLMPLciVcBw-CjQp1bUbV3DJKpAspndoB10J4JwVVP4hZMErurQz9n3lo3k2JPvSX5rvtOBKyoRA5-Mhc5ouOMNnTng1bJltGF3j8SvwNDvTILoQDyO3SQtLOyIg_84Y8ZadPlf4962Iz21JZ-eHtYBf-wESS_0qsiHK5Y73MrCXPovXkNJZRnl75cVxCUd8UxZUOGpZbOYbc-6i-qqM2w0xtEWdd7215gPuF_NCM5D3FcnW=w1698-h955-no


Bill, Monte, Al:
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Thanks for the pics Chris.

Dan, are you the upgrades the rear end of your Trans Am car for your Pioneer Camaro? If so Greg probably has the info you need. He has done a lot of work to Pioneer Trans Am cars in the past.

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