NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (Page 25 of 85)

Hey Doc, That would be fine. I'll get the doors open by 3:00pm on the 25th!

TooBad Motorplex - Fairview on the 25th. I could give you a ride home after the race if you'd like. That way I could also find out where you live and where your track is exactly.

=========Bill

That will work out great. Thanks.

Odd Thursday Night race on August 25th at TooBad Motorplex -

We welcomed new comer Dick Gehrke to the group. Dick raced back in the 60s and brought along some great old vintage cars he used to race. It was obvious from what we saw of Dick's collection he was a hardcore slot car guy! It's good to see him back! It was also great to have Dan "Doc" Fritz back in the line up! Dan has been out due to an injury. Even hobbling around on a broken leg Doc finished fifth in the BRM race with an un-tested car! Nice job Doc, and it is so good to have you back! The overall buzz of the race tonight was "where's the Goose?"..................A mystery to be sure!

The night of racing started with the GT Class and eleven racers. After Rico whupped us we moved on to the Classic Sports Car Class and attendance had grown to fourteen racers. Mitch Brooks took the win in Classic Sports Car with his Slot.it Ford GT40. In fact the top three cars were Slot.it chassisied Ford GT40s with just 7/10 of lap separating first from third. Monte Saager's Ninco AC Cobra was third just one lap down making his the fastest Division 1 car of the evening. In the BRM Group C race Chris fought his way to the win narrowly beating Greg. And in the Over 50 Class it was Al returning to the top of the podium with another of his fast KTM powered cars, this time his Ford GT40 Roadster.

Results:

GT
1 Rico Locati   60.8 laps
2 Chris Kouba  59.9
3 Greg petrolati  59.5
4 Monte Saager  56.2
5 John Fisher  56.1
6 Dan Fritz  54.8
7 Terry Abbott  54.5
8 Bill Bostic  53.8
9 Anthony Schoepflin  52.9
10 Mitch Brooks  52.8
11 Stan Smith 49.3

Classic Sports Car
1 Mitch Brooks  53.8 laps
2 Chris Kouba  53.5
3 John Fisher  53.1
4 Monte Saager  52.9 First in Division I
5 Stan Smith  52.1
6 Rico Locati 51.7
7 Greg Petrolati  49.5
8 Al Christensen  49.2
9 Bill Bostic  49.1
10 Terry Abbott  49.0
11 Dan Fritz  48.9
12 Anthony Schoepflin  45.4
13 Rene White  41.4
14 Dick Gehrke  34.2

BRM Group C
1 Chris Kouba    60.2 Laps
2 Greg Petrolati  59.4
3 Bill Bostic    58.5
4 Rico Locati   56.8
5 Dan Fritz    55.6
6 Stan Smith    54.5
7 Al Christensen  53.8
8 Mitch Brooks  51.7
9 Dick Gehrke  42.6

Over 50
1 Al Christensen   50.8 Laps
2 Chris Kouba  50.6   65.5
3 Bill Bostic    48.2
4 Mitch Brooks   48.0
5 Rico Locati    46.0

Hey it was great to be back in the saddle again. Must remember to take my pain bills before I head over next time.So can I show up early again and get the ride home again?

RIco I did confirm that the f1 race is on nbc sports at 430 am Sunday. Replays at 5pm sunday same channel

Thanks Stan, that would be great! I just can't seem to get that done. Computers are just not my area of expertise!

=========Bill

This Thursday 9/1 will be:

Le Mans
Can Am / USRRC
BRM Porsche 962
Over 50

Terry Abbott showed up with a new vintage sprint car on a Rannalli chassis:

Update for this Thursday's Odd Thursday race at TooBad Motorplex:

After the Le Mans and Can Am races we will be holding the Pony Wars Proxy Race.

Off to a good start for September! Odd Thursday Night Racing on September 1st -

We had a great crowd of 14 racers fielding cars for the Can Am / USRRC and Le Mans Classes. It was really nice to see Goose Gossett, Dennis Hart, and Jeff Burns back at the track.

The Can Am / USRRC cars took the track first. We had five cars entered in the USRRC Division. Monte Saager raced to the overall win and firts in the Can Am Division with his Slot.it Alfa 33/3. Gary Goose Gossett tied Dennis Hart for eighth overall overall and first in the USRRC Division driving his MRRC Chaparral.

In the Le Mans Class Goose showed he had lost nothing in the skill department by taking the win. Dan Fritz gave the Goose a good finishing second just over a lap behind. And just a lap behind Dan was Jeff Fields in third. It was a very close race!

After we had completed racing the Can Am and Le Mans classes we ran the first Oregon leg of the Pony Car Wars Proxy. Thanks to Monte for organizing this event and giving us the opportunity to run the cars. It was a lot of fun!

Results:

Can Am / USRRC
1 Monte Saager   57.6 laps - 8.924 sec. fastest lap
2 Rico Locati  56.0 - 9.297
3 Amy Fields  55.8 - 8.666 T/M
4 Greg Petrolati  55.6 - 9.298
5 Al Christensen  55.3 - 9.256
6 Dan Fritz  55.0 - 9.259
7 Jeff Fields  54.3 - 9.199
8 - tie Dennis Hart 53.5 - 0.067 T/M
8 - tie Gary Goose Gossett  53.5 First in USRRC Division - 9.511
10 Mitch Brooks  49.8 - 9.972
11 John Fisher 49.7 - 9.879
12 Bill Bostic 46.1 - 10.209
13 Jeff Burns 45.4 - N/A RIDER
14 Evil Jimmy Jones 43.7 - 10.205

Le Mans
1 Gary Goose Gossett  56.2 laps - 9.367 sec. fastest lap
2 Dan Fritz  54.9 - 9.414
3 Jeff Fields  53.8 - 9.483
4 Rico Locati 53.7 - 9.393
5 Greg Petrolati 53.6 - 9.761
6 Al Christensen 51.5 - 9.952
7 Dennis Hart  51.4 - 9.861
8 Mitch Brooks  51.1 - 9.989
9 Bill Bostic  50.7 - 10.193
10 Monte Saager  49.5 - 10.202
11 Amy Fields  49.1 - 9.901
12 John Fisher 48.3 - 10.299
13 Jeff Burns 44.7  - 9.939
14 Evil Jimmy Jones 44.6 - 10.033

Thanks to all that were able to make it out for the night of racing!

HA!  I got firts!  Now there's a first. 

A big thanks to Bill for hosting the Pony Wars Proxy and all the helpers.  We hope to do it again at Al's in two weeks.  See you there.

Hey that was some close racing all night. Can am was really fun for me with my bad leg  having a mind of it own.thanks again for the ride home