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kidvolt wrote:What, no Masers in yellow?
A wise person once said "Be careful what you wish for"
That was no wish. Know your enemy...
OK, I stepped up and got the GT3 Bentley on Amazon for $25 shipped!
How soon are we going to start racing this class? I know more than a few of us still need to purchase cars cars and get them set up.
I had put a 21.5K motor in mine thinking I would set it up for our existing GT class since at the time we didn't have a class for it. But it was never smooth enough for that class. I've put the stock Scaley motor back into it, does it ever seem pedestrian but I suppose I'll get used to it. However there is a lot less chatter under acceleration, or should I say gradually increasing speed.
Let's see what everybody thinks at the next race. We can race the GT Class with the GT3 cars in it until everyone has one and is up to speed.
I was going thru some of the older sloppier cars the other day and using super glue on the bushings, what an improvement. I glanced at a couple of old Strombecker plastic chassis that were so loose it was a marvel that the axle didn't just fall out, so I thought, "why not". Wow what a difference, they run as smooth as a new car, well a new Strombecker car that is.
Odd Thursday Night Racing on March 23rd - We had some really tight race at Al's Rippin' Ridin' Raceway last night! First class on the starting grid were the GT cars. This is really a diverse class with sedans all the way up to prototypes competing with each other. This would be NASTE's version of run what ya brung! On this particular night Rico's Fly BMW sedan just squeaked out the win over Al's Porsche 962 by just 2/10ths of a lap. Less than 1 lap separated third through fifth!
Next up were the Classic Sports Cars for the NASTE Point Series Championship Race of the evening. Again we saw ten cars on the grid and the racing was just as close. Chris won the race extending his point lead, with Mitch coming in second, and Monte in third. This class is really shaking up the point standings.
A couple racers had to leave but we still had an impressive grid of eight racers for the start of the BRM Group C race. Rico had an impressive run to finish first with Al three laps behind. Dan followed in third just half a lap behind Al.
The last race of the night was for the Over 50 cars. Mitch again led the way to victory with his very dialed in Classic chassied Porsche 906. Al gave Mitch a good run but finished a lap short of beating Mitch with his KTM powered Cheetah. Fernando had an excellent run with Al's KTM powered Ford GT Roadster finishing fourth!
Welcome to new comer Andy! We hope you had a good time!
Here are the results:
GT Class
1 Rico 70.7 Laps
2 Al 70.5
3 Bill 67.9
4 Monte 67.8
5 Chris 67.4
6 Terry 66.3
7 Jeff 65.9
8 Fernando 65.5
9 Daniel 62
10 Mitch 60.6
Classic Sports Car Div.I - Official NASTE Point Series Championship Race - 2017 Season - Race No. 14
1 Chris Kouba 66.1 laps - 10 points
2 Mitch Brooks 65.3 - 9 points
3 Monte Saager 64.8 - 8 pts.
4 Terry Abbott 64.1 - 7 pts.
5 Al Christensen 63.4 - 6 pts.
6 Rico Locati 62.0 - 5 pts.
7 Dan Fritz 61.9 - 4 pts.
8 Bill Bostic 60.5 - 3 pts.
9 Fernando Carvalho 57.9 - 2 pts.
10 Jeff Fields 57.0 - 1 pt.
BRM Group C
1 Rico 73.8 Laps
2 Al 70.6
3 Daniel 70.1
4 Bill 69.4
5 Chris 68.7
6 Mitch 64.9
7 Fernando 62.4
8 Andy 54.3
Over 50
1 Mitch 67.8 Laps
2 Al 66.9
3 Bill 65.9
4 Fernando 63
5 Chris 60.1
6 Andy 44.1
Thanks to Mitch for these photos of the starting grids from last night's race!
Odd Thursday on April 13th - Fifteen racers turned out on another wet Thursday night. The Trans Am cars were the first to turn a tire on the track. Terry Abbott showed his driving skill by holding off Jeff Fields for the win. Jeff was right on his heels just 2/10 of a lap back. Greg Petrolati finished third just 4/10 behind Jeff.
The next race was the Classic Sports Car Division I group for the point series race. The then current point leader Chris Kouba was not in attendance and his opponents realized this was their opportunity to make up some ground in the point standings. The racing was unbelievably close! Just 5 laps separated the first place finisher from eleventh place! When it was all over Monte Saager had edged out Mitch Brooks by 9/10 of a lap for first place. Following Mitch another 9/10 of a lap back in third, was Dan Fritz. Dan had with a tied lap count with Greg Petrolati. Dan's faster lap time gave him the position over Greg.
For the last race of the night it was decided to give the new GT3 class cars a go. It is obvious this new class is going to provide some very close and competitive racing! In the first race for GT3 Greg Petrolati showed how it is done, winning by 8/10 of a lap over Rico Locati. Fernando Carvalho posted a third place finish 2/10 behind Rico. The racing was so close, of the twelve racers five finished with 50 laps, three with more than 53, and three with more than 46. It was really close racing!
Thanks for coming out to race folks! It was a great time as always for me!
Here are the results:
Trans Am Class
1 Terry Abbott 54.2 LAPS
2 Jeff Fields 54.0
3 Greg Petrolati 53.6
4 Dan Fritz 53.4
5 Mitch Brooks 52.4 - 9.882 fastest lap
6 Rico Locati 52.4 - 9.923 fastest lap
7 Bryan Dickerson 51.6
8 Al Christensen 50.5 - 9.916 fastest lap
9 Bill Bostic 50.5 - 10.028 fastest lap
10 Monte Saager 49.1
11 Fernando Carvahlo 48.2
12 John Morse 48.0
13 Amy Fields 47.8
14 Dorothy Abbott 46.7
Classic Sports Car Div.I - Official NASTE Point Series Championship Race - 2017 Season - Race No. 15
1 Monte Saager 53.8 laps - 15 points
2 Mitch Brooks 52.9 - 14 points
3 Dan Fritz 52.0 - 13 pts. - 9.673 fastest lap
4 Greg Petrolati 52.0 - 12 pts. - 9.858 fastest lap
5 Rico Locati 51.9 - 11 pts.
6 Al Christensen 51.6 - 10 pts.
7 Terry Abbott 51.3 - 9 pts.
8 John Morse 50.9 - 8 pts.
9 Bryan Dickerson 50.8 - 7 pts.
10 Bill Bostic 49.2 - 6 pts.
11 Amy Fields 48.5 - 5 pts.
12 Jeff Fields 47.8 - 4 pts.
13 Fernando Carvalho 46.9 - 3 pts.
14 Dorothy Abbott 44.9 - 2 pts.
15 Victoria Saager 44.8 - 1 pt.
Scalextric GT3
1 Greg Petrolati 54.2 Laps
2 Rico Locati 53.4
3 Fernando Carvalho 53.2
4 Dan Fritz 50.9
5 Bryan Dickerson 50.8 - 9.742 fastest lap
6 Al Christensen 50.8 - 9.850 fastest lap
7 Jeff Fields 50.6 - 9.594 fastest lap
8 Mitch Brooks 50.6 - 9.964 fastest lap
9 Monte Saager 47.9
10 Bill Bostic 46.6 - 9.866 fastest lap
11 John Morse 46.6 - 10.248 fastest lap
12 Amy Fields 41.9
Thanks to everyone that brought snacks!
Thanks Bill for another fun night of racing. I can't believe the Killer Cobra survived a dive off the top rope without a single missing part. Of course many of them were already missing but that's another story.
I can't believe a Ninco AC Cobra can actually win a race!
Very nice drive Monte!!!!
Nice race there Mr. Smooth, that one heat was epic. Hopefully I'll get you next time. Thanks Bill for a thrilling night of racing and to all for the camaraderie.
That was a great heat. Need a few more like. Until next time, may the odds be forever in your favor.
And thanks Bill. It's a struggle with that narrow car now that they've upped their motors to the Baby King. It may be time for a change.
Well one of my cars made it home nto the winner's circle. To bad I wasn't the one driving it.my 250lm was running great in practice mode. not so much in race mode. Spotted them a half lap in the 1st heat do to brad problem and had that glich problem again in the 2nd heat also..should of charged to watch that battle between mont and rico.that was classic.Sure hope we get some more lapps on the old girl before she goes.
Thanks for letting me borrow that Camaro. Never came out of the slot. Can't say that about my Corvette in the second race.
Not sure if Bill has started deconstruction of to bad yet but thought I would throw this out there and see were it goes. so we have three races to go in the season correct? why dont we hold the next race at Bills and the last two at Al's so we get a even amount on each track. this is all of course up to the track owners.
I like the idea Doc, but I am up to my eyeballs in MESS! I just don't think I can pull it off. I have 12 days to finish packing up my crap in my upstairs mess-o-leum, and the stuff in my garage which includes TooBad Motorplex!
Sorry guys.......
========Bill
I'd offer to host one round out here but I can personally vouch for how lousy the commute can be.
Al told me he would be willing to take any race date I couldn't accomodate.
What do you think Al?
We can have all the odd Thursday races at RRR !!
Hey, it's a shorter drive for me.
Monte, the commute to your place from mine is great, country roads all the way.
Everybody gets a nice drive somewhere.
I would be happy to host Odd Thursdays as well. The drive would be tolerable for me.
Yes there was some fantastic racing at Al's Rippin' Ridin' Raceway last night! Mitch Brooks and Chris Kouba each scored 2 wins for the night! A big thanks to Al for hosting and bringing out some of his fantastic smoked salmon and meats (we don't call him MEAT for nothin'!). Close fast racing was a great way to celebrate Al's birthday!
The results:
Trans Am
1 Chris 66.8 Laps
2 Rico 66.3
3 Mitch 65.2
4 Daniel 64
5 Bill 63.3
6 Jeff 62.9
7 Al 62.3
8 Greg 61.2
9 Monte 61.1
10 Terry 59.9
11 Casey 56.4
12 Fernando 54.3
13 Amy 54.3
14 Julie 44.3
Classic Sports Car Div.I - Official NASTE Point Series Championship Race - 2017 Season - Race No. 16
1 Mitch 66.4 Laps - 13 pts.
2 Chris 66.3 - 12 pts.
3 Daniel 65 - 11 pts.
4 Terry 63.9 - 10 pts.
5 Monte 63.5 - 9 pts.
6 Al 62.8 - 8 pts.
7 Rico 62.2 - 7 pts.
8 Bill 60.3 - 6 pts.
9 Greg 59.8 - 5 pts.
10 Jeff 57.9 - 4 pts.
11 Fernando 56.7 - 3 pts.
12 Amy 54.2 - 2 pts.
13 Julie 43.3 - 1 pt.
BRM Group C
1 Chris 75.2
2 Al 74.2
3 Daniel 73.3
4 Rico 72.3
5 Bill 71.1
6 Mitch 69.9
7 Monte 69.4
OVER 50
1 Mitch 69.5
2 Al 67.7
3 Chris 65.7
4 Rico 65.2
5 Bill 65.1
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