NASTE Race Night 5 - Return to Hemi Heights Thursday January 19, 2012
The NASTE 55 Chevys returned to duty for the
fifth race of the NASTE 2012 Championship.
Jeff Courtney's 1/24 scale four lane
routed track hosted the race for the group of racers.
Dorothy "The
Hammer" provided us with some of her finest calorie work to date. Her delicious
cakes molded in shapes of cars and trucks were just too cool! As for the
racing, three minute heats were run which allowed the new racers time to adjust
to the challenging cars, and allowed the veterans time to re-familiarize
themselves with the Radio Shack power delivery.
Typical with the NASTE 55s there
was some great crashin' and bashin', highlighted by well placed nerfs, and just
plain "take-outs". Surprising to many of us was "The
Hammer's" amazing (totally out of character I might add) super clean,
super fast, precision racing style that took her to a great finish. The room
was a buzz with comments of "is this the new Hammer?"; "Will a
new nickname be required?"; "Where has our beloved Hammer
gone?". It would appear the inevitable has finally happened; The
Hammer is now a full-blown racer!
But even with her excellent performance she
as well as every else was no match for the un-catchable Dave Smith.
Dave took
the win with Terry Abbott and Bill Bostic in a tie for second. As usual racing
the NASTE '55 Chevy's resulted in a very close field, narrowing the gap between
the experienced racers and the less experienced.
NASTE Race Night 4 - The NASTE Enduro Monday December 12, 2011
The fourth NASTE race of the 2012 season was held Saturday evening at
Monte and Victoria's Jacquelin Park Speedway where a spirited group of
fourteen racers came out on a cold winter night to try out the
re-designed digital track.
After an hour of practice so racers
could get re-acquainted with the digital format as well as do a little
grazing at the food bar three teams were formed to battle it out Enduro
style for the next two hours.
An Enduro is a little different
than a normal heat race since the heat lasts 40 minutes. And a digital
Enduro adds another feature as refueling is required lest your car stop
dead on the track out of fuel and also out of the remainder of the
heat. So periodically drivers need to pull into the pit area and refuel
their cars to continue. At that point drivers are swapped, just like
at Le Mans and Sebring.
Once the flag dropped Team One in lane
one took the early lead. As the heat progressed, the lead stretched
further and further. Would they run away with the race or was this just
the first symptoms of an IROC race?
NASTE Race Night 3 - Fantasy World Hobbies Wednesday November 23, 2011
The third NASTE race of the 2012 season was held Saturday at the Fantasy World Hobbies warehouse courtesy of Tony Kuljis. Since that's about a three hour drive from Portland, Bill offered to pilot the NASTE party van and we filled it with eight willing souls. Mike Lombardi met up with us at Fantasy World where we were joined by local hot shoes Tony and John The Professor Powers.
The Fantasy World warehouse track is a 1:32 scale 4-lane Scalextric track of about 80 ft. The track has a nice feel to it with a set of S-curves and a good sized straight section to unwind. It doesn't take long to feel comfortable. On top of that, Tony had brought along his Racer Ferrari 250LM's. We've raced them before - quality cars that are well tuned without being over-powered. What a treat!
After an hour of practice we got down to racing. Through the first set of heats The Big Smooth held a two-lap lead over Rico, The Professor and Tony with Bill and Drew another couple of laps behind. The girls were also charging hard with Victoria holding the lead over Dorothy The Hammer .
Here's some video from our race at Fantasy World courtesy of Victoria.
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NASTE Race Night 2 - Fast Times in Hillsboro Wednesday October 12, 2011
The second NASTE race of the 2012 season was held Saturday at Monte and
Victoria's 1:32 scale track in Hillsboro. The Penguin Point track is a
55-foot, 3-lane, wood -routed track with full detailing. The surface
grip is outstanding and beginners get the hang of it pretty quickly.
On
this night twenty racers came to do battle. Monte had set up three of
his Ninco McLarens complete with Slot.It running gear so there was none
of that Ninco wheel tossing or as much tire hop. Instead what we got
was fast and close competition as racers flung those little cars around
the track with reckless abandon.
After the first set of heats
Flying Bryan held a one-tenth lap lead over host Monte with Bill just a
lap back and Rico close behind him. Would the home court advantage
finally be overturned or could the Big Smooth come back and grab the
win?
New NASTE Season Classes Announced Tuesday October 11, 2011
BREAKING NEWS!
After some discussion it has been decided to adjust the NASTE Season Scoring format. Here are the changes:
Class A: Men - 16 and over. Class B: Ladies - 16 and over Class C: Juniors - under 16
And also an added class for Rookies and that would include anyone that is entering their first season of NASTE events.
Points per race will be accumulated just as in the past. We'll just have a few more categories to add interest. The main NASTE trophy will still be awarded to the high points racer but we'll also be honoring those in the individual classes as well.
NASTE was established in 1996 by a small group of slot car racing enthusiasts in the Portland, Oregon area that wanted something different. At first we raced on a short, 3 lane routed 1/24 scale track. The racing was intense! Click here to view the original site. Soon we expanded adding more tracks to the racing schedule.
Our goal is to make our racing inexpensive, with the main focus being on having FUN! Besides, we have learned that low tech can be very competitive! So, check out our cars and tracks and drop us a line if you have any questions or comments. And if you're in our local area, feel free to join us. You are more than welcome.
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Upcoming Events
NASTE 2012 Championship Point Series Race No.6 Saturday January 28, 2012 The sixth race of the NASTE 2012 season will be held at Randy Stumman's 1/32 Scalextric Sport track, Marshall Field Raceway in Beaverton. Doors open at 6pm with racing at 7pm.
NASTE was established in 1996 by a small group of slot car racing enthusiasts in the Portland, Oregon area that wanted something different. At first we raced on a short, 3 lane routed 1/24 scale track. The racing was intense! Click 