What's up? (Page 2 of 4)

by howie » Wed Jun 15, 2016 10:59 pm

The new bodies for NASCAR are on their way to the Bluegroove team to be done in .030" Lexan. These are all 2013 NASCAR bodies.

by racerbob9 » Sat Jul 02, 2016 3:45 pm

The news about the NASCAR bodies is not good. Revell has the Fusion and just released the Chevy SS. Just a thought to put in the mix is using this body as a option if the Pattos Place bodies do not pan out. I will make one of each that will work on the same chassis. Just for fun, the 97 Sharpie car is a Patto's Place body on a 4.5 inch flexi chassis.

by beaufrazier » Sat Jul 02, 2016 7:12 pm

Hi Bob, I like the look of the Revell kits. Almost no fussing with the bodies and they really look true to scale. MIKES DECALS is producing a TOYOTA .He said the resin is pretty strong and would make a good slot car body. If we go in that direction we are covered with all the brands. Plastic or PETG? Witch way to go? I'm sure Howie will provide a vote on witch to go.

by howie » Mon Sep 05, 2016 9:07 am

Due to the fact that some racers including myself either do not have or have ready a Lexan NASCAR body, we will race the hard bodies for the Rapid 500. I do not have the 2017 season schedule yet, but the Rapid 500 will once again kick off the season.

by howie » Mon Oct 03, 2016 9:16 pm

Pulled this NASCAR body out of the old body drawer, threw on some quick flares and will race it in the Rapid 500, then throw it away as we will be going to the late ( gen 6 ) Lexan bodies for the future.

by howie » Tue Nov 29, 2016 10:41 am

The wings that come with the Pattos gen. 6 NASCAR bodies leave a lot to be desired. So here is what Beau did: cut a slit in the back of the car and inserted a Lexan home made wing and glued it. Looks good to me, so I will follow suit. His wing is in the previous picture.

by wb0s » Sat Jan 07, 2017 1:00 am

I'd like to echo what Beau said. Thanks Howie for all you do including your efforts with the Northwest True Scale Racers site! I will miss this site and all the great information that comes across the board here. Your "How To" and technical instructions are very helpful to me and I know to others as well. In an effort to save what has already be posted here I am attempting to copy as much of the information on this site onto the NASTE site for future referrence to anyone interested. The NASTE.org site has had a section in the Forum dedicated to Rapid Raceway for years. I will copy as much information as I can to that section for all to refer to. Howie you are welcome to update, change, or revise anything in there as you wish, and the Rapid Raceway regulars are welcome to use the forum for any information related to Rapid Raceway or Northwest True Scale Racers. =======Bill

As most know who race here we have a vote at the beginning of each year and at the halfway point in the season as to what we will race for points and a backup class for fun on the same night.

I thought I would start sharing the vote count on this page. The class with the most votes will be our points class and the next most votes will be the fun class. Each racer votes for two classes. Not everyone cares to vote. The two classes that won the vote the first of the season are not eligible for a vote for the second half of the season. The beginning of this season (2019) we voted for Sportsman for points and NASTRUCK for the fun class. I don't have the count for that vote. I do have the count for the second half of the season:

Indy car...................1. vote.
Can-Am...................2.
TA2.........................4.
NASCAR...................6.
Early Modified............6.
As you can see the NASCAR and Early Modified tied. I always hold my vote for a tie breaker if needed. But we tossed a coin instead ( keeping me free of any pain ). The coin toss gave NASCAR the point class.

I really like the Indy cars also. You know that I have reserved two races this year for the track owners choice as to what we will run for the back up class. Well, on the Jan 26th. race the back up will be, guess what? the Indy cars! The next track owners choice will be in the second half of the season, I don't really know at this time, but I would put my $ on TA2!! Just a guess!!

I am a rookie as far as experience with your car classes .... but so far my favorite class is the BW Nascar. I built one just in time to race the Rapid 500 in October. Car was good but have made changes (and repairs) since then and crossing my fingers I have improved the performance. Plus,  I am starting a new sidewinder BW Nascar chassis project that looks bizarre ... but I have to build it.

I don't really like building cars due to the time commitment and I am a slow methodical builder ... but I do like to finish one and see it get around the track at competitive speeds!

When I go I want to like my grand dad did. peacefully in his sleep.
not like the 4 other people did screaming to there deaths as the car plunged of the cliff...