Portland, Oregon
Rapid Raceway Inaugural Enduro
Rapid Raceway's inaugural team enduro held on Saturday January 13, 2007 was an outstanding event! Eight teams, consisting of three drivers each, competed in five minute heats throughout the day and into the night. The race lasted approximately ten hours. Just finishing this race was a great accomplishment! The field was made up of some of the best slot car racers in the Northwest. Seattle, Portland, Bend, and Eugene were all represented. At the end it was the "Old Wierd Herald" Team from Seattle taking the win. Jerry "Gearloose" Palfenier's Lowenbrau Porsche won the concours judging. Congrat's to the winners and all those that participated and never gave up!
Results:
1st "Old Wierd Herald" 2,843.3 laps
2nd "Pork Swords" (Don't Ask!) 2,803.6 laps
3rd "SRCO Jerks" (I Don't Even Know!) 2774.0 laps
4th "Team Blue" 2,759.8 laps
5th "NOBO" 2,647.2 laps
6th "Rapid" 2,643.4 laps
7th "Pelican Plus" 2,620.6 laps
"Skid Marks" DQ
Enduro Photos:
Team Pork Swords
Team Skid Marks
Team Rapid
Team NOBO
Team Pelican Plus
Team SRCO Jerks
Team Blue
Concours Winner
Team Old Wierd Herald
Race Winner
Pit Lane before the start of the race
The "Rapid Raceway" Course
Starting Line Up for the First Session
Starting Line Up for the Second Session
Racing in the Dark!
Evidence of Team Blue!
Driver Stations were equipped with small LED lights to ensure proper controller wiring.
Man it got dark!
Team Pork Swords looked like they were running after-burners!
Post Race Photos
Major Damage to Team NOBO
Team Skid Marks had light failure late in the race.
Even the Concours winner suffered some damage. No respect in this race!
Team SRCO Jerks finished in great shape!
Race winner Team Old Wierd Herald also suffered damage.
1st Place Finish: Team Old Wierd Herald
2nd Place Finish: Team Pork Swords
3rd Place Finish: Team SRCO Jerks
4th Place Finisher's: Team Blue & Concours winner "Gearloose"
Somebody mentioned Paul never had more than a fist full of one dollar bills in his pockets...............Here's proof that's not true! (That would be a $20 if you can't tell).
Thanks "Howie" for a great race! The food and competition were excellent! ...........................Bill
Rapid Raceway news
2006-’07 race schedules for Rapid Raceway, Checkered Flag raceway and OSCAR..
Rapid Raceway has five regular Saturday night races and Checkered Flag has four. Call Bob Mcfarland for further info on Checkered Flag.
So the format will be N.A.S.T.E. iroc, then hot rods (I’m not ready to give up on this class yet), then nascar ,then early sportsman. NOTE: ‘53 Studebakers will not be allowed in early sportsman. Also expect a body off tech, of early sportsman.
Early sportsman and nascar will be scored and awarded separately this season. Points will be scored the same as last season, your lowest score will be tossed out.
The last couple of seasons have been very enjoyable, and I thank everyone for that.
I would like to thank Bill Bostic for adding Rapid Raceway’s schedule and results and some real nice pictures to his website, check it out, it is a good one.
The big event at Rapid this season is the 8hr.enduro. Only the Porsche 962c by Tamiya kit #24089-1600 will be allowed. Call for details. Let me or Bob Mcfarland know when you have a team together as we may have to resthct the number of entrants.
So with that here is the schedule:
Sept. 16th Rapid (oscar.) superstocks.
Sept.30th Rapid.
Oct 14th Rapid.
Oct. 21st Electron Raceway. (o.s.c.a.r.) sportsman.
Oct. 28th Checkered flag.
Nov. llth Checkered Flag. (oscar.) clubman.
Nov. 18th Rapid.
Dec. 2nd Checkered Flag.
Dec. 9th Spare Time. (o.s.c.a.r.) sportscar.
Jan 6th test and tune for the enduro and track cleaning. No other cars will be allowed on the track. Track opens at 5:30 P.M.
Jan. 13th 8hr. enduro (oscar.)
Jan 27th Checkered Flag.
Feb l0th Checkered Flag (o.s.c.a.r.) late model nascar
Feb 24th Rapid
Mar 10th Tom’s World (oscar.) vintage nascar
Mar24th Checkered Flag.
Apr. 14th Spare Time (o.s.c.a.r.) late model n.a.s.c.a.r.
May 12th Tom’s World (oscar.) late model n.a.s.c.a.r.
Call me for more info. See you at the races. Howie
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Rapid Raceway
Final Overall Point Standings 2006 Season
1st "Gearloose" 78 points.
2nd Beau Frazier 68 points.
3rd "Howie" 60 points.
4th Bryan Trachsel 57 points.
5th Dave Smith 54 points.
6th Bill Bostic 54 points.
7th Randy Word 42 points.
8th Terry Abbott 40 points.
9th Gary Smith 40 points.
10th Bad Bob 39 points.
11th Ken Palfenier 35 points.
12th Steve Smith 30 points.
13th Al Blanchard 29 points.
14th Scott Goetchius 26 points.
15th Dwayne Howard 23 points.
16th Esther Youngberg 21 points.
17th Monte Saager 21 points.
18th Peter Chausser 20 points.
19th Greg Verges 20 points.
20th Ron 17 points.
21st Kevin M. 15 points.
22nd Bob Nakamura 14 points.
23rd James Loconto 14 points.
24th Ethan Chausser 8 points.
25th Dirk Miller 7 points.
26th Victoria Saager 6 points.
27th Brandon 3 points.
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Race Results: April 1, 2006 @ Howie's Rapid Raceway, Portland -1/24 Early Sportsman
1st "Gearloose" 381 laps. Best Time 4.769828 in "white".
2nd Bad Bob 378 laps. Best Time 4.719114 in "blue".
3rd Terry 363 laps. Best Time 4.940169 in "white".
4th Bryan 356 laps. Best Time 4.990487 in "blue".
5th Ken 354 laps. Best Time 4.889712 in "yellow".
6th Beau 354 laps. Best Time 4.939695 in "white".
7th Randy 353 laps. Best Time 4.989440 in "blue".
8th Bill 352 laps. Best Time 4.990160 in "blue".
9th Steve 347 laps. Best Time 5.050625 in "blue".
10th Al 344 laps. Best Time 5.050001 in "blue".
11th "Howie" 341 laps. Best Time 4.989974 in "blue".
12th Dwayne 330 laps. Best Time n/a.
13th Brandon 245 laps. Best Time 5.109169 in "yellow".