NASTE News for July

NASTE LOGO Contest
Wednesday July 09, 2014

It's time for NASTE to update their logo. We have had the same logo for a number of years, and although I feel it is a terrific logo sometimes a change is refreshing. So, we are holding a contest, open to all who wish to submit an entry for a new logo. Logos must include the script NASTE as well as what it stands for, Northwest Association of Slot Track Enthusiasts. If your logo is selected as the official NASTE logo you will receive a $25 Fantasy World Hobbies gift certificate. The gift certificate will be purchased by NASTE, and you will receive the gift certificate in email form from Fantasy World Hobbies. So draw something up and send it to us! You can send it to us in email form at slotcars.naste.org, or you can post it in the forum here: http://naste.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=601. We're looking forward to seeing some great new logos!

NASTEburgring 2014
Tuesday June 24, 2014



This past Saturday the NASTEburgring was held with thirteen racers in attendance to do battle on two different tracks in one day while competing in one of three different Formula One classes.

Racing three different classes at the same time can always be interesting especially when the cars are potentially quite different. However, by the end of the day I think the result was quite satisfactory.

To start the day a number of us met the Washington contingent of "the Professor" John, Victor and Fantasy World Tony at the Stagecoach Saloon for their world famous $4 breakfast.  And a great breakfast it was. Afterward we traveled the two miles to our first venue - Bill Bostic's Too Bad Motorplex in Fairview.

Once everyone got their cars set and a little practice we assembled the field of thirteen racers and dropped the flag. The format would be two sets of three minute heats with class cars mixed in random order. A heat could have three cars from the same class or one from each or any mix in between.

The Professor took the early lead after the first set with Bill and Gary "Goose" Gossett close behind. In the second set though, mista Bostic took over claiming the class and overall victory for round one.

Monte "the Big Smooth" Saager managed 6th overall with a Cartrix Ferrai and Tracy Flood took 7th with his Scaley Masserati for class victories.

At this point drivers headed off to Hillsboro for round two at the Penguin Point track. And lunch.

Victoria and Monte had raced ahead and prepared a lunch of pizza and chicken wings so a combination of food and practice ensued until the racers were ready to race.

And at the drop of the flag it was Bill hard charging to a first set lead with Victor in second and the Professor nipping at his heels in third. In the second set Bill and John raced to a draw while Victor fell to third in class. Showing home track skills the Big Smooth pushed his Cartrix to third just ahead of Victor.

Final results from Penguin Point show Bill once again maintaining his dominance with first in class and first overall. The Professor took second with Victor in third. And the surprise fourth overall was the Cartrix which outran three Eagles and a Lotus. Rico Locati piloted his Ferrari 156 to a class victory and 7th overall.

Points were awarded per event based on one point for entering, one point for each car in class you finished ahead of.

Complete results and points standings can be viewed here

The second round in the series will be held in Tacoma with a tentative date of Sunday, August 17.  Let's go get 'em!



 

NASTE Race Night 18 - The Grand Finale
Sunday June 15, 2014



Autumn Hills hosted the final race of the 2014 NASTE Point Series Championship. Thirteen racers showed up to make their final run at the championship.

Autumn Hills has always been well known for its famous dinners, and Kelly Locati laid out another fantastic meal for us.  Thank you so much Kelly!

Rico Locati's expertise is car set up and preparation. Rico did not disappoint us either with Scalextric cars that had been tuned and prepped for the IROC format. The cars performed well and provided some very close racing.

Rico Locati took the race win, but Terry Abbott was the star of the night. Terry drove an excellent race finishing 4th and securing his title of 2014 NASTE Point Series Champion.

In the NASTE Challenge Division Thomas Flood was first at Autumn Hills. Like her hubby, Dorothy Abbott was not to be denied her championship status. Dorothy was a contender at every race this season, and not just in the Challenge series. Dorothy is the first NASTE Challenge Champion, a title well earned!

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The NASTEburgring - New Series Scheduled
Friday June 06, 2014

Who says it's going to be a dull summer?

 A new series has been scheduled between NASTE and PSSRA of Tacoma. 

The first event is scheduled for June 21 here in Portland while the second will be scheduled by the Tacoma group.

Fun and excitement await.  Check out the rules and get ready to go racing with some old-school formula one cars.


 

NASTE Race Night 17 - Who Needs Practice?
Thursday May 29, 2014



On May 17th 2014 NASTE racers had the opportunity to race at a commercial slot car raceway in Salem Oregon.  Commercial raceways are not locally available. There have been very few that have been opened around here in the last 30 years.  For many of the NASTE racers this was a chance to experience what they had missed in slot car racing?s prime.  For others of us it was a flashback filled with great memories.

Edgewater Raceway in Salem Oregon sits on a historic street in an older part of town. There are large windows in the front of the building, giving a passerby on the sidewalk an excellent view of the tracks inside. On this race day, on numerous occasions throughout the race, spectators would gather at the windows and watch. On one occasion two young boys ventured inside the building and took up positions trackside to get a better look. As I watched the boys and listened to their comments I remembered myself, or more accurately a much younger me, watching the first commercial slot car race I had ever seen.  The first race I ever saw was at a slot car raceway in Parkrose Oregon. It was a large shop with multiple eight lane tracks. I remember there were as many or more spectators than there were racers. The building was packed and filled with excitement!

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NASTE Race Night 16 - Slip-Sliding Away
Tuesday May 13, 2014



The Plan - For the sixteenth race of the 2014 NASTE season, the NASTE ?55 Chevy?s were scheduled as one of the IROC car classes. At their last Rapid Raceway appearance the ?55s exhibited outstanding performance due in part to the incredible traction or grip they seemed to have on the track surface. With that in mind, a plan was formulated to prep the track for this race in the same manner as the last race.

So, Rapid Raceway underwent a thorough cleaning to remove any and all traction compounds or stick-?em (a technical racing term) from the track surface. In theory this would give Rapid Raceway the same race setup as the previous race where the ?55s exhibited such outstanding performance (based on typical NASTE ?55 Chevy performance standards ? the bar being set somewhat low to start with). In addition to the NASTE ?55 Chevy's, a full complement of 1/24 BRM Porsche 962s were added to the racing schedule.

This was going to be one spectacular night of IROC racing!

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NASTE Race Night 15 - The Thundering Heard
Monday April 14, 2014



Jacquelin Park was the setting for the 15th NASTE race of the 2014 season and the third Enduro.  And this time Monte had all the equipment set up and running perfectly from power control to break-out timing, all systems were go. 

To add to the veritable excitement the cars of the night were SCX Digital NASCARs with magnets.  The idea is that cars with magnets would make driving easier for all levels of competitor...

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NASTE Race Night 14 - Classic Race and Rally
Monday April 07, 2014



Penguin Point welcomed fourteen racers for the fourteenth race in the season series.  This time Monte has set up two different classes of cars.  For the first set, Cartrix Classic F1 racers.  The second would be Ninco Stratos rally cars.

This was our first race with a set of Cartrix cars and there is a lot to like.  They seemed to run well and look fantastic.  The site of three open wheelers diving into the first turn looks amazing. 

Taking the checkered flag in the NASTE Challenge division was Dorothy Abbott with a near one lap lead over Perry Petrequin with Mike Lombardi another half lap back in third.  Dorothy?s victory promoted her to the Master Class for the second Cartrix set.  In the second set it was home town here Monte Saager taking the honors with Terry Abbot in second and Tracy Flood in third.

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Welcome to NASTE

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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