NASTE Odd Thursday Night Racing Rules & Current Thread (Page 29 of 85)

Odd Thursday Night Racing on December 29th at TooBad Motorplex. We had a great turnout with 16 racers for the point race. Gone is the snow and ice, and temperature-wise the garage was comfortable with all the bodies providing some additional heat. Of course the racing was hot and close! The widest margine of victory in any class was 1.1 laps! Highlights included Dan Fritz scoring yet another second place finish! I believe he holds the record for the most runner up finishes in NASTE racing history! Maybe we should start calling him Doc 2?

Here are the results:

Classic Sports Car
1 tie Chris Kouba  53.7  + First in Division II
1 tie Al Christensen  53.7  + First in Division II
3 Monte Saager  50.4  + First in Division I
4 Bill Bostic 49.8
5 Terry Abbott  49.6
6 Dan Fritz  49.5
7 Mitch Brooks  49.3
8 Greg Petrolati  48.6
9 Rico Locati 47.8
10 Rick Rutherford 47.2
11 Jane LaPointe 45.8
12 Amy Fields  45.5
13 Dennis Hart  43.6
14 Jeff Fields  43.1
15 Cash Shepski  35.6

Le Mans - Official NASTE Point Series Championship Race - 2017 Season - Race No.8
1 Chris Kouba 55.7 laps - 16 points
2 Dan Fritz  54.6  - 15 points
3 Monte Saager  53.7  - 14 pts.
4 Greg Petrolati 52.5  - 13 pts.
5 Al Christensen  51.6  - 12 pts.
6 Bill Bostic 50.9  - 11 pts.
7 Terry Abbott  50.8  - 10 pts.
8 Jeff Fields  50.4 - 9 pts.
9 Rico Locati  49.5  - 8 pts. - 9.746 fast lap
10 Amy Fields  49.5 - 7 pts. - 10.205 fast lap
11 Dennis Hart  48.7  - 6 pts.
12 Mitch Brooks  48.2 - 5 pts.
13 Cailin Dunbar  44.2 - 4 pts.
14 Jane LaPointe  43.1 - 3 pts.
15 Rick Rutherford  36.6 - 2 pts.
16 Cash Shepski  35.9 - 1pt.

BRM Group C
1 Rico Locati    59.6 Laps
2 Chris Kouba 58.7
3 Al Christensen   56.3
4 Mitch Brooks   53.8
5 Bill Bostic  53.4

Over 50
1 Mitch Brooks  53.2 Laps
2 Bill Bostic  52.3 
3 Rico Locati    50.8
4 Al Christensen  50.7
5 Chris Kouba 48.5

TMI !

Odd Thursday Night Race January 5 2017. First race of 2017, cold, but the racing was hot! We started the night of racing with our F1 Class. Monte Saager placed first overall with his new F1 Policar, with Jeff Fields, Greg Petrolati, Terry Abbott, Mitch Brooks, Chris Kouba, Rico Locati, and Bryan Dickerson all scoring division wins. The second race of the night was the NASTE Point Series Championship race with the Le Mans Class cars. Dan Fritz finally made the jump from his normal second place finish to finishing in first place, a well deserved win for an excellent racer! Congrats Doc! After the first two races we ran the Carrera Scramble Proxy.

Here are the results:

F1 Class
1 Monte Saager  56.6  + First in Poli
2 Jeff Fields  53.9  + First in MOD
3 Dan Fritz  52.5
4 Greg Petrolati 51.6 + First in CCD
5 Terry Abbott  51.4 + First SWD
6 Amy Fields  51.2
7 Mitch Brooks  50.6 + First in SND
8 Chris Kouba  50.5 + First in MND
9 Rico Locati 49.8 + First in SVD
10 Bill Bostic 49.5
11 Dennis Hart 44.7
12 Bryan Dickerson  44.2 + First in END
13 Jimmy Jones  38.1
14 Rick Rutherford  37.8

Le Mans - Official NASTE Point Series Championship Race - 2017 Season - Race No.9
1 Dan Fritz 56.7 laps - 14 points
2 Chris Kouba  56.2  - 13 points
3 Bill Bostic  55.3  - 12 pts.
4 Rico Locati 54.5  - 11 pts.
5 Greg Petrolati  54.3  - 10 pts.
6 Jeff Fields 53.5  - 9 pts.
7 Bryan Dickerson  53.4  - 8 pts.
8 Terry Abbott  52.5 - 7 pts.
9 Mitch Brooks 50.6  - 6 pts.
10 Monte Saager  50.5 - 5 pts.
11 Amy Fields  50.0  - 4 pts.
12 Dennis Hart  48.4 - 3 pts.
13 Jim Jones  45.6 - 2 pts.
14 Rick Rutherford  45.5 - 1 pt.

Did what???

A Fly?  I like that car.

Yes, 8" here as well.

Employ the technicians rule of thumb...

1.  Decide where you think the problem is on the schematic.
2.  Put your thumb down and replace everything under it.

If the problem persists here is the applicable part:

3.  Take a hammer and hit your thumb a time or two.
4.  Repeat steps 2 and 3 as needed until problem solved.

A few whacks with the hammer will get you right up to 8".

Any questions?

I was right in not running my Policar Lotus last race. After some careful disassembly I found one of the lead wires had broken off at the guide.  I am going to replace both wires just to be safe.

Some nights the magic works.

I really like the Policars.  Looking forward to seeing a few more come out.  Those alone would make for a great class.

Thanks to Al for having us over.  And an extra thanks to those that stayed for the proxy runs.  It amazes me how close the racing is with those cars.  And how many wings go flying.

Odd Thursday Night Racing at Rippin' Ridin' Raceway January 19, 2017.

F1 cars on the track.

Carrera Proxy Entries.

I had a lot of fun racing at last night's Odd Thursday race! Although the turn out was somewhat light, the enthusiasm was just the opposite! We had some very close racing and we also had the pleasure of meeting a new racer Fernando, who quickly adapted to the Too Bad Motorplex course.

We started the night of racing with the Can Am Class. Chris was the winner, followed by Terry, and Doc. Next up were the Le Mans Class car which was the NASTE Point Series Race of the evening. The top four cars in this race were all within one lap of each other. Rico posted his fifth point series race win of this season! Chris and Terry were in a tie for total laps, with Chris' faster lap breaking the tie for second. Everyone stuck around for the BRM Group C race which made for a near record setting number of entries.  Chris again raced to the win followed by Dan in second and Rico in third. The Over 50 Class was raced with a field of eight, again another great attendance mark for the last class race of the night. Mitch was back up to speed and returned to the first place spot on the podium. He was followed closely, just 1/10th of a lap behind, by Al. Bryan ran a great race to finish third.

Highlights of the night's racing included Chris beaking the total accumulated laps record and the fastest lap time record in the Can Am Class. One of the closest finishes in a points race with Rico just 3/10ths of a lap ahead of Terry and Chris who were tied for second. Chris' 1/4 of a second quicker lap time over Terry secured the second place spot. In the wild BRM race Dan's Porsche made contact with the inside wall imbedding his car's front diaplane in the wooden structure. That was definitely a first at TooBad Motorplex! Earlier in the race Rico had taken an off-table excursion which destroyed the back end of his Porsche 962. Nobody ever said the BRM class was easy! In the Over 50 Class we saw three California Sportsman cars entered finishing fourth, fifth, and seventh. It really was a fun night! Thanks to all that made it out!

Here are the results:

Can Am Class
1 Chris Kouba  62.1 
2 Terry Abbott  57.0 - 1st in USRRC
3 Dan Fritz  56.6
4 Rico Locati 55..4
5 Al Christensen  55.3
6 Bill Bostic  54.8
7 Mitch Brooks  53.0
8 Greg Petrolati  51.6
9 Fernando Carvalho 43.3

Le Mans - Official NASTE Point Series Championship Race - 2017 Season - Race No. 11
1 Rico Locati 55.7 laps - 9 points
2 Chris Kouba 55.4  - 9.019 fast lap 8 points
3 Terry Abbott  55.4  - 9.288 fast lap 7 pts.
4 Dan Fritz 54.57 - 6 pts.
5 Bill Bostic  52.9  - 5 pts.
6 Greg Petrolati 52.4  - 4 pts.
7 Al Christensen  52.2  - 3 pts.
8 Mitch Brooks  49.9 - 2 pts.
9 Fernando Carvalho 44.7  - 1 pt.

BRM Group C
1 Chris Kouba   60.4 Laps
2 Dan Fritz 58.7
3 Rico Locati   58.5
4 Greg Petrolati   57.2
5 Al Christensen  57.1
6 Bryran Dickerson  56.2
7 Mitch Brooks 54.2
8 Bill Bostic  52.5
9 Fernando Carvalho  50.0

Over 50
1 Mitch Brooks  54.4 Laps
2 Al Christensen 54.3 
3 Bryan Dickerson   52.4
4 Dan Fritz  50.8
5 Rico Locati 50.2
6 Chris Kouba  46.3
7 Bill Bostic  44.9
8 Fernando Carvalho  43.9

A couple more pics of Doc's BRM Porsche 962 and the "incident"...