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NASTE Current Season Event Results
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Current Season Standings
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NASTE Race No. 5
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Saturday January 07, 2012
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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 Radioshack 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.
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NASTE Race No. 4
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Saturday December 10, 2011
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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?
By the time the first heat finished, the Big Smooth's Team One held a 23 lap lead over Bill Bostic's Team Two with Rico Locati's Team Three another 9 laps behind. And it appeared there could be controversy as one of the cars, the car in position 3, had developed slippery tires. It was clear that the team that could master that car would have a tremendous advantage - if any could.
In the second heat Team One once again pulled out the heat win but this time only by a single lap over Team Three while Team Two suffered disaster at the hands of the slippery-tired beast. With one heat remaining Team One held a comfortable-looking lead of 33 laps over team Three but the final flag had yet to drop. It was time for Team One to deal with the difficult car.
And deal with it they tried. And while they tried Rico's team came storming back. With ten minutes remaining Team Three had made up more than 20 laps and had closed within nine laps of the lead. Make that eight. Seven! The action was heating up as Team Three continued their charge to the front and time appeared to be on their side as the slippery beast slid around and off the track with relative abandon.
With about 7 minutes remaining, Team One made their final driver change and turned it over to the Big Smooth. Driving the track and the slippery beast like he owned them - ok, the beast WAS really slippery - he was able to hold off the charge from Team Three bringing Team One home with a closely fought victory by a slim margin of five laps over two hours of racing.
Amazingly, no cars were damaged. No racers were injured. No fist fights resulted. It was an excellent night.
We'd like to thank everyone for coming out to help us celebrate the christening of the new layout, we had a great time. The food was great, thank you all for sharing. And then there's Dorothy and those wonderful chocolates. Yum!
Race No. 4 - Penguin Point Total Laps Season Points
TEAM 1 659.0
Monte Saager 20
Terry Abbott 20
Victoria Saager 20
Zach 20
Tracy Flood 20
TEAM 3 654.0
Rico Locati 19
Greg Petrolati 19
Dorothy Abbott 19
Tom 19
Larry Owens 19
TEAM 2 584.0
Bill Bostic 18
AJ Locati 18
Mary 18
Todd Flood 18
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NASTE Race No. 3
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Saturday November 19, 2011
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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 .
In the second set, everyone did better than their first set with one notable exception that guy in front. And as expected, the locals finally got it together and started throwing down some serious lap totals. By the time the smoke had cleared The Big Smooth and The Professor both had 169 laps while Rico and Tony were tied for third with 167.
It was decided to have a run-off. In the end, the locals beat out the travelers but not by much. The final standings showed John first, Monte second, Tony third and Rico fourth.
In the ladies division Victoria held on to her first set lead to squeak past Dorothy despite her plying the officials with her famous chocolate treats.
By the time the NASTE party bus returned to Portland after a stop by Alan Smiths 132slotcar.us store and a rather festive dinner in Centralia, all seemed to feel that the day was a great success.
A special thanks to Fantasy World Tony and our tour drive Bill for taking good care of us.
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NASTE Race No. 2
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Saturday October 08, 2011
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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?
Not to be outdone, the ladies were also battling hard as Victoria held a slim advantage over both Dorothy the Hammer and Diane.
And don't forget the kids. They were having their own contests as Russell and Todd were joined by Cailin in her first race!
The second round was set for an action-packed finale.
In the second heat the drivers were letting it all hang out with most putting down better numbers than in the first set. For starters, Rico laid down 47.7 laps. Battling Bill Bostic followed soon after with a 48.2. Then in the shocker of the evening Bryan fell to 46.9 - nearly a lap less than his first set. And finally it was the Big Smooth throwing down a 48.7 like he owned the track and once again the curse of the host was complete.
As for the hostess, Victoria squeaked past the rest of the ladies and earned a 9th place overall finish. Congratulations Victoria, practice really does help!
In the junior class the Flood brothers battled it out with Russell in first and Todd second, while Cailin finished third in her slot racing debut! Congratulations to them all.
Among the racing action, Victoria organized the Scrabble table, young and old kids played Wii Sports, there was an outstanding selection of food including Dorothy's famous deserts and a special treat - Jill brought a birthday cake for Dave. After the results were announced we all celebrated with cake and a little singing. It was a pleasant end to a great evening.
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NASTE Race No. 1
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Saturday September 17, 2011
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The first NASTE race of the 2012 season was held Saturday at Bryan Trachsel's HO track in northeast Portland. The track is a 4-lane plastic track fully detailed and a lot of fun.
For the season opener a fun group of twelve racers came out to do battle on the race track, swap stories, play a little scrabble, eat a bunch of great food and otherwise have an enjoyable evening. Bryan set us up with some cool looking Detroit steel autos that were not only easy to get the hang of but still required a fair amount of skill to really get the most out of them as Bryan would soon show us...
It was the big dogs of the HO format that were fast out of the gate and took the early lead after the first set of heats. And the biggest of the dogs was host Bryan scorching the field by 4+ laps. Ouch! Close, well, in second was Dave Smith followed by Battlin' Bill Bostic in third.
In the second set Bryan once again broke out the punishment and put another 4+ laps on the field but this time Battlin' Billy got it rolling and moved past Dave for second. Rico squeaked into 4th just behind Dave while Jeff finished 5th. I was handed a 6th place tie with Terry.
A hit of the evening were Dorothy's bikini cookies. To top it off, Bryan and Kathy fed us hot dogs and pizza with all the trimmings.
Thanks to Bryan and Kathy, it was a great start to a new season.
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Click here for last year's results
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Click here for 2010 results
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