USRA 2003 Div II Nats - OWH's Almost Live Coverage

[Gary NJ]

Originally posted by oldweirdherald
Your Old Weird Web Host next year will be your Old Weird Div II Nats Host, as Raceway USA in Portland Oregon, managed by yours truly, has just won the vote to be the host of the 2004 USRA Div II Nats!!!!

Paul, I think it would be fitting now that you're the host for the Nats to fly Bent Rim to Portland, give him a bed in the mobile home, and have him be the reporter at YOUR Nats. I'd love to read the RGT coverage of the event......

[Chubby]

Nice Run RGT'S ...LFO(LMAO...That is Great...

[THOBART]

Congrats on the nats Paul now if you would only get a super king you could have the division I nats also and I could come up with Swiss and give you crap. Well he would anyways!!! Tell Mark Woday that he has to win something or he can't come back to Chicago.

Later
Tony Hobart

[PDM1]

What happened to the Amateur race on Thursday?

Paul

[Jason Holmes]

Throw some water on paul and point him to the keyboard we need info.
jason

[oldweirdherald]

Sorry for the delay gang - please keep in mind that I am basically a one man show here, and I'm trying to do about 4 jobs or so this year.

I spent the first part of the week showing off my proposal for the Nats bid for Raceway USA, as well as covering the races. I hadn't even gotten my controller out of my bag or had a lap on a track until Thursday night, and today I had to get my 1/32 Eurosport ready to race. Last night I got recruited to play Race Director for the Amateur 4.5" NASCAR Main, and it ran until after 2 AM, so when it was done, there was no time to copy the results down before everyone headed out of here to get some sleep!

It's been a very fun Nats, and a special one for me. Now I get to play with my toys also, as I'll be racing both Euro classes and GT-12, so hopefully I'll be able to keep up during the Amateur races, or recruit some help with the reporting.

I just uploaded more photos in the gallery, and John Nelson has offered to type up last nights results while I get my car teched in...

[Jawn]

Originally posted by PDM1
Congrats, it looks like an awsome facility. Now all we need is webcam coverage for next year.

Paul

It remains a possibility. I've actually been giving this alot of thought.

As you might expect, watching a slot car race on webcam, even at relatively high frame rates, would be an exercise in frustration. Heck, even broadcast quality TV would have trouble accurately conveying the event. BUT, certain angles (down the straight, for example) would at least let folks see the cars instead of a colored streak on a grey background. That, coupled with maybe live audio and SRT output feeds, would make for a fun way to "almost be there".

The fly in the ointment, is of course, the bandwidth issue. Live multimedia streaming requires a relatively fat pipe to work well. It can bed done over commonly available broad band options, but requires some other key pieces, the specifics of which are beyond the scope of this forum.

Suffice to say, if it can reasonably be done, you'll see it in place for the 2004 USRA Scale Division Nats.

[Jawn]

Okay, time for Jawn to show his true colors...
Real race cars don't have doors, and they don't turn right. <ducking...>
For my money, nothing beats close competition on a tight circle-track "bull ring" for pure racing excitement. Thursday night's Amateur 4.5" race did not disappoint. In the B-Semi, I saw one outside pass after another. Most of them were even successful. Those that weren't had predictable results. Both semi's made a Winston Cup run at Bristol look like a walk in the park. The main, however, was a terrific display of outstanding driving (and young reflexes) on an extremely challenging venue. Great job, guys.


Amateur 4.5" NASCAR

B Semi

1 - Bill Smith - 362
2 - Mark Woday - 356
3 - William Burnside - 345+
4 - Ken Green - 345
5 - Joseph Rosales - 344
6 - Elmo - 342
7 - Al Rutti - 340
8 - Rick Starkey - 328
9 - Dave Demott - 315
10 - Terry Putt - 311
11 - Bob Saxvik - 211

A Semi

1 - Tony Powell - 363
2 - Mike Lear - 347
3 - Charley Humphries - 346
4 - Greg Wells - 345
5 - Jason Burnside - 343
6 - Daren Toman - 342
7 - Terry Tawney - 340
8 - Mike Bresett - 333
9 - Daniel Hudson - 326
10 - Tom Zinninger - 308
11 - Rich Batchelor - 298

Amateur 4.5" NASCAR Main Event

1 - Tony Powell - Gainsville, GA - 567
2 - Greg Wells - Norcross, GA - 564
3 - William Bunside - Tampa Bay, FL - 550
4 - Bill Smith - Flowery Branch, GA - 549
5 - Mike Lear - Elyria, OH - 536
6 - Charley Humphries - Youngstown, OH - 535
7 - Mark Woday - Lemont, IL - 529
8 - Ken Green - Indianapolis, IN - 509

[BillyBob]

Way to go Tony Now go clean house it's your time. Great run by Cheater and The Albutross. Keep up the good job Bullet Gang.

BillyBob

[Jasen S]

1)

Originally Posted by oldweirdherald
Your Old Weird Web Host next year will be your Old Weird Div II Nats Host, as Raceway USA in Portland Oregon, managed by yours truly, has just won the vote to be the host of the 2004 USRA Div II Nats!!!!

Congratulations.



2)

Originally Posted by oldweirdherald
I would not encourage phone calls to the track except for really important stuff or emergencies only, as it is very busy here and Dan is handling the counter single handedly most of the time.

OK so I'll ask you. Around what time will the racing start tomorrow?(Anyone that knows can jump in on this one)

Again, good luck to all!



Jasen S

[Jawn]

Originally posted by Jasen S
1)
Congratulations.



2)
OK so I'll ask you. Around what time will the racing start tomorrow?(Anyone that knows can jump in on this one)

Again, good luck to all!



Jasen S

Tech starts at 09:00. Racing starts whenever they finish.

[glueside]

Paul,

Looks like you got both a "Knob Job" and a "Screw Job" at the NATS?

[cheater]

BillyBob, thanks for the kind words. It was a great race. Tony passed me with under a minute left in the race. Unfortunately, I ended on red (pretty much the slowest lane on this oval) and Tony on purple, so he had me where he wanted me and the 8 lap lead I had going in to the last heat wasn't near enough to hold him off, even if I had driven better.

What's even more fun is that the Kiwi Flash took my car to a fourth place in the Expert 4-1/2 main.

How 'bout the Bird winning his semi?!?

Wish you were here!!

[Zippity]

Kiwi Flash took my car to a fourth place

Who exposed himself?

[oldweirdherald]

Expert 4.5" NASCAR

B Semi

1 - John Martin - 393+
2 - Mike Hudson - 393
3 - Michael Kelly - 390
4 - Jon Toussaint - 381
5 - Roy Hood - 367
6 - Jay Guard - 361

A Semi

1 - Alan Ohren - 389
2 - Duran Trujillo - 384
3 - Chris Radisich - 382
4 - Ben McGuire - 381
5 - Joddy Greene - 364
6 - Terry Kelly - 345
7 - Itch - 335

Expert 4.5" Main Event

1 - Alan Ohren - Riverside, CA - 591
2 - Duran Trujillo - Santa Ana, CA - 587+
3 - John Martin - Smyrna, TN - 587
4 - Chris Radisich - North Hills, CA - 574 (the "Kiwi Flash"???)
5 - Michael Kelly - Alpharetta, GA - 569
6 - Ben McGuire - Ashland, KY - 559
7 - Mike Hudson - Garden Grove, CA - 557
8 - Jon Toussaint - McHenry, IL - 520