Topic: This is the Sportsman page.
by howie » Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:38 am
News and race reports pertaining to the Sportsman cars will be on this page.
This is a chassis designed from a Bob Hanna Econo chassis.
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Re: This is the Sportsman page.
by howie » Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:49 am
The race of Sept. 22, 2012.
A 1959 1/24th Ford. Rare!! This is Terry's car.
results.
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by howie » Thu Oct 04, 2012 8:39 am
More from the Sept. 22 race.
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by howie » Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:25 am
Race of Jan. 26th. 2013. These cars are still popular and fun to race and fun to look at after all these years.
Usual suspects.
results.
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by howie » Sun Mar 31, 2013 10:02 am
Race of March 30th. 2013. A good turnout for such a beautiful day.
John's winning Chevy.
A Buick that Dayle drives.
A Buick that Hughie drives
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by howie » Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:06 am
Oct. 5th. 2013, kick off race of the new 2014 season. The Sportsman class is the points class for half of the season. This was a good race, these cars are fun and simple. Bob N. starts off leading the points chase with a win in his very fast '49 Ford.
Bill was racing a Matador, a first for the brand!
To check on points: go to the News page.
Bob Nak's nice looking and winning '49 Ford.
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by howie » Sun Oct 27, 2013 7:27 am
Race of Oct. 26th. 2013. Bob Nak. is continuing his winning ways with his '49 Ford.
Bill's Matador, the second race for the car.
Beau's new Sportsman, a 1965 Chevy.
Gearloose's new Sportsman, an Oldsmobile.
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by howie » Sat Nov 02, 2013 9:11 pm
Race of Nov. 2nd. 2013. Greg V. took top honors this race with his fine '49 Ford.
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by howie » Sun Nov 24, 2013 1:25 pm
Race of Nov. 23rd. 2013. Another good race for the Sportsman class. Bryan came through with a win in his fine red '51 Chevy.
We have one more race for the Sportsman class on Dec. 14th. There will be a drawing for a sealed NASCAR kit at this race. Then it is on to NASCAR for the points class for the remainder of the 2014 season.
Thanks to Kirk who showed up with a crock pot full of some mighty good food, add chips, sandwiches, pop, coffee, cookies, dinner rolls etc.. We took a break halfway through the race to eat.
Kirk's car, good for third place.
Bryan's winning car.
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by howie » Sun Dec 15, 2013 11:42 am
Last race of the season for the Sportsman class. It was a good time of racing and once again, Kirk brought a crock pot full of one of his fine soups.
Congratulations to Bryan for another fine win.
Kirk challenged the track record for Sportsman and was very successful in establishing a new track record!
We had a drawing for the Viagra NASCAR kit and the winner was Beau, I am sure we will see the car on a chassis in the
future.
We welcome Mitch who raced a borrowed car. Hopefully he can make it to more of our races. He is new to the track, but not to slot racing.
On Jan. 4th. we will be racing the NASCAR class for points to close out the season.
I am very happy that the racing program this year is going well! I believe it will be onward and upward from here.
A discussion on what main two classes to run for points in the 2015 season was held. GT-1, Can-Am, LM Trans-Am came up, but no decision was made at this time. At the end of the season it will be voted on.
Thanks to all who participated at Rapid Raceway in the first half of the season to make it a success. As we all know, without racers, there is no racing!
Go to the News page for the final points count for the Sportsman class.
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by howie » Sun Jan 11, 2015 10:00 am
Good night of racing. These cars are still a lot of fun after all the years they have been on the scene. Marty has a fast car, but not as fast as the time on the results, a rider I assume.
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Re: This is the Sportsman page.
by howie » Sun Jan 25, 2015 9:19 am
The Sportsman class always is fun. A simple chassis and some cool cars, close racing, doesn't get much better than that.
Ted's Pontiac.
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by howie » Sun Feb 08, 2015 12:18 pm
Feb 7, 2015. Good racing as usual for the Sportsman class.
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by howie » Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:30 am
Race of Feb. 24th. 2015. These cars are always close racing.
Gearloose put his Olds at the top spot with a new motor.
Bob's '49 Ford.
Bill's '56 Chev.
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by howie » Sun Oct 18, 2015 8:47 am
These cars are really fun and very close racing. I can't post any pictures because it says: my attachment quota has been reached. I'll see what is up with that. Ok, Monte got it figured out so I added a picture of the starting line up. Thanks Monte.
Finishing order:
1st, Howie......................169 laps.
2nd. Ted.........................167.
3rd. Bill..........................166.
4th. Dwayne...................165.
5th. Beau.......................162.
6th. Gearloose................,160.
7th. BLake......................153.
From left to right: Howie, Dwayne, Beau, and Blake ready to battle!
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by wb0s » Sun Oct 18, 2015 8:43 pm
Thanks for the excellent race last night Howie! I can't believe how much use and fun I have gotten out of my Sportsman/Econocar over the years. I've been racing this same car (chassis anyway) for over 10 years! These cars are still a lot of fun!
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Re: This is the Sportsman page.
by howie » Sun Nov 20, 2016 10:48 am
Opening points race for the 2017 season.
Beau's new Sportsman.
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by howie » Sun Dec 18, 2016 10:33 am
Dec. 17, 2016. A make up race. Bob N. showed us the way to the checkered flag once again with his fast and great handling '49 Ford.
An all Ford line up! L-R: Marty, Gearloose, Bob N., Howie.
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The previous posts to this topic were copied over from the Northwest True Scale Racers site with Howie's permission. The NTSR site is scheduled to close down at the end of this year. I will be copying over as much of the great information posted there as possible in the next few months. =====Bill
20 October 21, 2018 9:41 am (edited by howie October 21, 2018 9:41 am)
Re: This is the Sportsman page.
The Early Sportsman class was voted to be the points class for half of the 2019 season.
Here are the results of the first race on Oct.. 20th. 2018:
1st. Gearloose........................381 laps.........11 Points
2nd. Blake..............................366...............10
3rd. Bob................................353.................9
4th. Ted.................................343.................8
5th. Marty..............................340.................7
6th. Bill..................................331.................6
7th. Terry...............................327.................5
8th. Howie..............................313.................4
9th. Beau...............................313.................3
10th. Colin...............................311..................2
Re: This is the Sportsman page.
Bill, our Rapid Newsman will post news and pictures of the race.
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The grid for the Sportsman race included 10 entries. Ted's '55 Chevy, Blake's '49 Merc, Howie's '56 Ford, and Bob N's '49 Ford made up starting grid for the first heat race.
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Strolling through the pits before the race I was able to snap a few spy photos.
Gearloose's NASCAR build hiding in his pit box.
Colin's '57 Ford Sportsman entry.
Beau's '56 Ford Sportsman entry.
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I caught some of the racers getting in a little practice before the race.
L to R - Blake, Marty, and Bob N.
L to R - Terry and Blake
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Once practice was over it was all about final race prep!
Ted
Gearloose
Colin engaged in pre-race discussion.