Slot Car Racing News for 02/05/2009



Glenn Dee shows how well you can race with one arm
Kawartha Speedway's Mini Stock field is one of the most competitive in motorsports...

Full Throttle: Bud Shootout, Revell's Departure Not Exactly Embracing Our Past
The Frontstretch: Full Throttle: Bud Shootout, Revell's Departure Not Exactly Embracing Our Past by Mike Neff -- Wednesday February 4, 2009 Go to site navigation Go to article Editor's Note: Have you heard of ...

Appletell reviews SlotZ Racer game for iPhone, iPod touch - Appletell
It wasnt enough to create a game that just plays like bslot car racing/b, it had to look like it, too. Yes, the tracks and cars, but how about the setting? Done. As the camera spins around the track, you notice that youre b./b..

BOPTROT figure working for slots bill (Lexington Herald-Leader)
A former Kentucky state lawmaker who went to prison for taking gambling-related bribes in the 1990s' Operation BOPTROT scandal is working behind the scenes this winter for House Speaker Greg Stumbo's slots bill. Former Rep. Jerry Bronger, D-Louisville, met with Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, at the Capitol on Jan. 15 and discussed Stumbo's bill to allow electronic slot machines at horse racetracks. ...

NC man makes miniature racers to help sick children - CharlotteObserver.com
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iPhone App Store: Childhood memories bslot car racing/b - iPhone nano b./b
iPhone nano, the new apple iphone. News, reviews, articles and videos from the new iphone nano cellphone from apple...

Expo: Freeverse announces bslot car racing/b game for iPhone - iPod b./b
Freeverse Software has announced the development of SlotZ Racer, a new bslot car racing/b game for the iPhone and iPod touch, and lets you race 3D slot cars against the computer or up to three other players...

Major SlotZ Racer Update Allows Sharing of Custom Tracks, More
Never Let Me Down [ECD] David Bowie It must be a lonely place to be considered David Bowie's worst album by just about everyone, including the artist himself...

Daytona 500: who will win? - MyFox Tampa Bay
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Slot car racing regains popularity
This modified slot car has most of the metal chassis removed to reduce weight, and thin plastic sides and back, vertical at rest, lie horizontal in motion to increase adherence to the track...

BOPTROT figure working for slots bill
A former Kentucky state lawmaker who went to prison for taking gambling-related bribes in the 1990s' Operation BOPTROT scandal is working behind the scenes this winter for House Speaker Greg Stumbo's slots ...

One Hall of a debate set for NASCAR
Now the debates can begin in earnest. Since NASCAR broke ground three years ago on its Hall of Fame in Charlotte, talk has occasionally swirled about how many people should go in the first year and who should ...

Hardees Gears up to Sponsor First Race in the New SLOTCAR Web . - WELT ONLINE
table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/0-0fd=Rurl=http://newsticker.welt.de/%3Fmodule%3Dsmarthouse%26id%3D841815cid=1300860424ei=GIuKSeagEYuQmAfjyO2vDwusg=AFQjCNE-HO1sYKhOR3mXT7Olz2lxO6tlpgHardees Gears up to Sponsor First bRace/b in the New bSLOTCAR/b Web b./b/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fWELT ONLINE,nbsp;Germanynbsp;-/font nobr14 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1quot;If something big happens in a brace/b on Saturday, youre going to see it spoofed on the next bSLOTCAR/b webisode. Expect to see highlight packages, driver bios, b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Apple software updates for Feb. 3
Clarkwood Software 's Multisite for iWeb 2.0, a Mac OS X utility for users of iWeb, has been updated to version 2.4. The upgrade adds support for iWeb '09 so that page names are displayed correctly in the ...

Pioneer#39;s new car stereo includes SD card slot - TechRadar UK
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Abe Vigoda plays the voice of Death for HR Block,
Got a minute? Got $6 million lying around? If so, you can still buy 60 seconds of the most prime time television offers, a commercial slot during NBC's Super Bowl XLIII broadcast Sunday...

SlotZ Racer For iPhone Update Adds Custom Track Sharing - Inside Mac Games
table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-0fd=Rurl=http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php%3FID%3D17442cid=1300825865ei=GIuKSeagEYuQmAfjyO2vDwusg=AFQjCNFgbFA_f9-rIVv3caXDg1zpiFvZ4ASlotZ Racer For iPhone Update Adds Custom Track Sharing/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fInside Mac Games,nbsp;TNnbsp;-/font nobr16 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1Freeverse has announced that SlotZ Racer, its lot bcar racing/b game for the iPhone and iPod touch, has been updated. Among other improvements, this update b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Yep! Another noob - Slot Car Illustrated Forum
I have been bslot car racing/b on and off for about 30 years and technology always seems to amaze me.Me and a couple of my friends have been racing t jet 500's & x tractions with some good sucess.We found a traction magnet that make a b./b..

Former Penske builder works to help kids through treatments (That's Racin')
Mark Smith does magic with metal. For years, he has repaired wrecked cars, built cars from scratch and restored relics. But he sold his shop in Mooresville's Lakeside Business Park because he found something he wanted to do more. Now, he's a dreamer. He's making Dream Racers, miniature race car reproductions built from the ground up, the same way Smith helped build race vehicles at Penske ...

Team USA Takes 4th Place In The Prestigious NINCO World Cup | My b./b
Mark Azarraga and Jason Stanley from Georgia & Kurt Moser from Indiana, (MRCs 2008 Team USA) have certainly put the international world of bslot car racing/b on notice with their exciting and skillful performance. b./b..

iPhone TIPS amp; TRICKS: iPhone App Store: Childhood memories bslot/b b./b
iPhone App Store: Childhood memories bslot car racing/b. Relive those great childhood memories of building tracks, burning rubber, and racing with your friends and family! SlotZ Racer [App Store link] - Limited time price b./b..

SlotZ Racer Updated
SlotZ Racer fans can now share tracks. February 3, 2009 - NEW YORK, New York - February 3, 2009 - Freeverse today announced that SlotZ Racer, the ultimate slot car racing game for the iPhone and iPod touch, has ...

Alexander, the great American hope (Motorsport.com)
All seventeen years of age and having conquered the 2008 Formula BMW Americas title, then marched to success on the international arena by winning the Formula BMW World Finals, California native Alexander Rossi will soon be embarking on a new expedition, which he hopes will land him at his final destination, Formula 1...

Red Bull gets set for Shootout (Crash.Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)
Red Bull gets set for Shootout 'test'..

Red Hawk Casino Rewards Club Member Wins $1 Million at Grand . - MSNBC
table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-0fd=Rurl=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28999880/cid=1300804831ei=GIuKSeagEYuQmAfjyO2vDwusg=AFQjCNFowcJY-8pJe2B41oI0iQH1xkSIWQRed Hawk Casino Rewards Club Member Wins $1 Million at Grand b./b/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fMSNBCnbsp;-/font nobr6 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1Players earn entries into the drawing by playing bslot/b machines and table games using their Rewards Club Card through Sunday, February 22. b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series: Advance Notices - WhoWon.com
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SlotZ Racer For iPhone Update Adds Custom Track Sharing
Freeverse has announced that SlotZ Racer , its lot car racing game for the iPhone and iPod touch , has been updated...

More radical cost cutting on its way (Auto Moto 365)
Even though the upcoming 2009 Formula One championship season will see many drastic cost cutting measures implemented in order....

Slot races, a '60s hit, still thrill hobbyists (The Toledo Blade)
Nothing can get a motorheads adrenaline flowing quite like a drag race. So much depends on concentration and reaction time. Its enough to give one the jitters EUR even if the cars being raced look like toys. EURYou get butterflies,EUR admitted Andrew Coffey, 21, during a recent competition at Glass City Slot Car Dragway Models and More in West Toledo. EURI get that in real racing and in racing slot ...

Super Bowl commercial features Road Atlanta
The car explodes onto the screen while rock music from the Smashing Pumpkins blares in the background...

Super Bowl commercial features Road Atlanta (The Gainesville Times)
The car explodes onto the screen while rock music from the Smashing Pumpkins blares in the background. Quick edits show a bright yellow car blazing its way around a racetrack that local fans may recognize...

Review: 2009 Mini Cooper S John Cooper Works
If the standard Mini Cooper S is a turbocharged go-kart with seating for four , what do you get when you throw in a few more ponies, a snortin' exhaust, a race-ready suspension and Brembo brakes? You end up ...

Alexander, the great American hope - Motorsport.com
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Slot races, a #39;60s hit, still thrill hobbyists - Toledo Blade
table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/2-0fd=Rurl=http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20090201/ART16/902010289/-1/ART09cid=1299623416ei=GIuKSeagEYuQmAfjyO2vDwusg=AFQjCNGqqSJcmnLxSPD_csoo_iC7wdSxZwbSlot/b races, a #39;60s hit, still thrill hobbyists/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fToledo Blade,nbsp;OHnbsp;-/font nobrFeb 1, 2009/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1EURI get that in real bracing/b and in bracing slot/b cars. It just depends on who you brace/b and how much money there is [at stake].EUR The idea of bslot car racing/b may b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Put these Super Bowl ads on your watch list
Got a minute? Got $6 million lying around? If so, you can still buy 60 seconds of the most prime time television offers, a commercial slot during NBC's Super Bowl XLIII broadcast Sunday...

Hornby says it may raise prices again
The company, which also owns the Corgi and Airfix model brands, said customers had largely accepted earlier price rises, but its shares fell 18 to 78p after it predicted results at the lower end of forecasts...

Slot races, a '60s hit, still thrill hobbyists
Nothing can get a motorhead's adrenaline flowing quite like a drag race. So much depends on concentration and reaction time...

Acer Ferrari 1200 ultraportable laptop unveiled
Acer has unveiled a new Ferrari 1200 ultraportable laptop. Acer and AMD are both sponsors of the Scuderia Ferrari F1 team so it shouldn't surprise that this system uses AMD Turion X2 Ultra dual-core processors ...

Penske Racing's Sam Hornish Jr. won't get Budweiser Shootout slot
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Even though some last-minute deals are taking place to lock drivers into the first five races of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season, any new developments will not impact the field for the ...

ThinkGeek :: Speed Racer bSlot Car Racing/b Set
Speed Racer bSlot Car Racing/b Set - Go speed Racer GO!..

S1#39;s Vs. S2#39;s - Slot Car Illustrated Forum
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Trackside: NASCAR Nationwide and Truck series lookahead
OK, today we're going to look at the upcoming seasons for NASCAR's Nationwide and Camping World Trucks series Although earlier I said this post would also include the NHRA, due to the length I'll address the ...

Freeverse Announces bSlot Car Racing/b Game for IPhone - PC World
Freeverse Software has announced the development of SlotZ Racer, a new bslot car racing/b game for the iPhone and iPod touch. The...

Maryland Slots Finally Open To Bidding, But No One Cares (NBC Washington)
After a battle lasting millions of years over the legality of slot machines, Maryland reveals just how competitive the bidding process has been for the five allotted slot licenses: six bids. Well. it's...

N.C. man makes miniature racers to help sick children (The Charlotte Observer)
Mark Smith does magic with metal. For years, he has repaired wrecked cars, built cars from scratch and restored relics. But he sold his shop in Mooresville's Lakeside Business Park because he found something he wanted to do more. Now, he's a dreamer. He's making Dream Racers, miniature race car reproduction built from the ground up, the same way Smith helped build race vehicles at Penske ...

Red Bull gets set for Shootout 'test' (Crash.net)
Scott Speed and Brian Vickers prepare to start the Sprint Cup campaign with the Budweiser Shootout..

How to Race a Car on Your iPhone: SlotZ Racing
I'm a fan of racing games on any platform, including on my iPhone. Freeverse has released SlotZ Racer , which is only $3.00! It's a lot of fun, and very interesting...

Dream Racers
Mark Smith does magic with metal. For years, he has repaired wrecked cars, built cars from scratch and restored relics...

Brooklyns Buzz-a-Rama Is Heaven for Slot-Car Fans - New York Times
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bSlot car racing/b on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
bSlot car racing/b at the 2009 St. Louis Auto Show...



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