Slot Car Racing News for 02/20/2009



Computers Suck Out All the Fun
This article was brought to you by the good folks at PCMag.com . While looking at a video of the changes in the F-1 racing car, it occurred to me that everything has become high-tech-so much so that you have to ...

These enthusiasts are driven toward the fast-track
For nearly 20 years, a non-descript warehouse in an office park near the Washington Grove MARC station has been a minor Mecca for remote-control car enthusiasts from across the mid-Atlantic, hosting a handful ...

Workers race ahead of Long Beach event - Contra Costa Times
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/5-0fd=Rurl=http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_11736517cid=1305728434ei=-7KeSdb1OYqwQNCy2MQCusg=AFQjCNGsMjnDs9hxzrhKqS2UTUJRHvIhSAWorkers brace/b ahead of Long Beach event/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fContra Costa Times,nbsp;CA/font/fontbrfont size=-1quot;Obviously we have a ways to go before the brace/b, and in this economic climate you can never be assured what the final results will be,quot; he said. The merger of Champ bCar/b and the Indy bRacing/b League has bolstered additional interest in this year#39;s Grand b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Shop revives interest in slot car racing - Mirror
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://www.hometownlife.com/article/20090219/NEWS16/902190793cid=0ei=-7KeSdb1OYqwQNCy2MQCusg=AFQjCNGzZoAmHZ3XqWPelfnVfQA4Be0WzAShop revives interest in bslot car racing/b/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fMirror,nbsp;MI/font/fontbrfont size=-1quot;We can get their bcar/b back on the track, we can get those memories back.quot; Paul Cummins remembers going to different bslot car race/b tracks with his sons when they were younger. But those places are all gone, so he and his son developed idea of bSlot Car/b b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

paidContent.org - Broadband Content Bits: Netflix/Xbox . - Washington Post
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/9-0fd=Rurl=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/08/AR2009020801201.htmlcid=1302391596ei=-7KeSdb1OYqwQNCy2MQCusg=AFQjCNEea-HYqPn8nJ9wvsZqmttLKcYfTQpaidContent.org - Broadband Content Bits: Netflix/Xbox b./b/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fWashington Post,nbsp;United States/font/fontbrfont size=-1?Hardee#39;s, Carl#39;s Jr. sponsor bracing/b parody: The two fast-food restaurants are sponsoring bSlotcar/b, a web series spoofing the stock bcar/b-bracing/b industry; the launch is tied to the start of the 2009 Nascar season. LA-based Animax Unplugged will produce b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Slot Car Racing?
Always on the lookout for something interesting that we dont know is happening right under our noses, Dave & I recently stopped by the AB Charles Hobby Shop in Mount Lebanon forEUR wait for itEUR bslot car racing/b! b./b..

Okiraku bSlot Car Racing/b WiiWare New Video Nintendo Wii Zone
Okiraku bSlot Car Racing/b WiiWare New Video. This is a new video of the Nintendo WiiWare game Okiraku bSlot Car Racing/b. Tags: Nintendo WiiWare, Okiraku bSlot Car Racing/b del.icio.us:Okiraku bSlot Car Racing/b WiiWare New Video digg:Okiraku b./b..

A.M. Briefing
Armstrong is involved in second-stage spill: Texan Lance Armstrong took a spill when he got tangled with a motorcycle, and still moved up a spot in the overall standings at the Tour of California after a rainy ...

Roush Racing - Ford interview, part 2 2009-02-16 - Motorsport.com
table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3i-0fd=Rurl=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Motorsports/2009/02/16/8410976-ap.htmlcid=1305155376ei=-7KeSdb1OYqwQNCy2MQCusg=AFQjCNFu_a59n9y5EGGNI5J_yFDhYKl5hQimg src=http://nt0.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=dLB6DTrzWaUJimgurl=slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Motorsports/2009/02/16/r021603A.jpg width=54 height=80 alt= border=1brfont size=-2Canoe.ca/font/a/font/tdtd 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/3-0fd=Rurl=http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp%3FID%3D318968%26FS%3DNASCAR-CUPcid=1305155376ei=-7KeSdb1OYqwQNCy2MQCusg=AFQjCNF0LcsLXOAz8mKeYxT3Iau68Rjk2wRoush bRacing/b - Ford interview, part 2 2009-02-16/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fMotorsport.com,nbsp;Florida/font/fontbrfont size=-1He picked people that he thought could do the job and wanted to go brace/b and wanted an opportunity at the highest level of stock bcar racing/b and gave a bunch of people opportunities that maybe weren#39;t in the sport before or maybe wouldn#39;t have got the b./b/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-1fd=Rurl=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/consumer/orl-smith1609feb16,0,6598643.columncid=1305155376ei=-7KeSdb1OYqwQNCy2MQCusg=AFQjCNEI6LnLlIMFW117iVZpWkapqzX-BARain washes away potential Cinderella story/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrOrlando Sentinel/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-2fd=Rurl=http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2009/feb/20/roush-sees-value-in-emerging-fuels/cid=1305155376ei=-7KeSdb1OYqwQNCy2MQCusg=AFQjCNEROw3TvKD29uTegOfNHuap2wav9gRoush sees value in emerging fuels/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrWinston-Salem Journal/nobr/font/fontbrfont class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=enned=usie=ISO-8859-1ncl=1305155376nobrall 2,468 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Computers Suck Out the Fun - PC Magazine
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.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2341238,00.aspcid=0ei=-7KeSdb1OYqwQNCy2MQCusg=AFQjCNFtBPiar7RcFAQqrSGsszwGCcR5iwComputers Suck Out the Fun/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fPC Magazine/font/fontbrfont size=-1Watching F1 cars whiz around the track reminds me more and more of the odd, late-1960s bslot car/b fad. I#39;m not talking about the little home track, but the massive commercial tracks. John Ford, editor of Scale Auto bRacing/b News, outlines a good history of b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Show Buzz: Toy Fair 2009
Feb. 15, 2009 - Toy Fair at New York's Javits Center began today with what was considered by many to be a pleasantly surprising start...

Newman: #39 'a special team'
Ryan Newman has backed the #39 Stewart Haas Racing crew to emerge as a strong team in the NASCAR Sprint Cup following the way they bounced back from the problematic week of action at Daytona...

Workers race ahead of Long Beach event
Mayor Bob Foster stood in the middle of Shoreline Drive on Wednesday, the very spot where some of the fastest Indy Car racers will barrel across the finish line 60 days from now for the 35th annual Toyota Grand ...

Shop revives interest in bslot car racing/b | hometownlife.com | the b./b
Shawn Cummins may not like the radio station his father Paul listens to, but the Oldies music fits in well with their revival of an activity that was the rage among kids more than 20 years ago...

The Oscar for best time slot? NASCAR
The next two weekends are, I believe, particularly important for NASCAR in a lot of ways...

Motorsports This Week on ESPN
February 16th - 20th, 2009 Tuesday: In a special edition of Side By Side, we take a look at who really caused the Big One at Daytona this year: Dale Earnhardt, Jr...

Shop revives interest in slot car racing
Shawn Cummins may not like the radio station his father Paul listens to, but the Oldies music fits in well with their revival of an activity that was the rage among kids more than 20 years ago...

Briefs | Cycling: North Bend#x27;s Thomas Peterson wins Tour of California stage
Cycling Armstrong is involved in second-stage spill: Texan Lance Armstrong took a spill when he got tangled with a motorcycle, and still...

2/17 :: Unifying influence (Indy Car)
A year later, "we are unified" remain the words that defined the IndyCar Series season. They also were a clarion call for a stronger open-wheel racing series...

Fontana points vital for Ambrose (Crash.net)
Marcos Ambrose seeks a solid points haul in California to stay in the top 35 in Sprint Cup owners points..

Driven toward the fast track, in small scale - Business Gazette
table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/2i-0fd=Rurl=http://www.gazette.net/stories/02182009/gaitnew211720_32472.shtmlcid=0ei=-7KeSdb1OYqwQNCy2MQCusg=AFQjCNFba7BT-FJKqwoBQrWxi8HdHWasQwimg src=http://nt2.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=Hp6uHCDEKDMJimgurl=www.gazette.net/images/2009_0218/zoomz021809b_rgbb.jpg width=80 height=57 alt= border=1brfont size=-2Business Gazette/font/a/font/tdtd 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://www.gazette.net/stories/02182009/gaitnew211720_32472.shtmlcid=0ei=-7KeSdb1OYqwQNCy2MQCusg=AFQjCNFba7BT-FJKqwoBQrWxi8HdHWasQwDriven toward the fast track, in small scale/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fBusiness Gazette,nbsp;MD/font/fontbrfont size=-1For three days starting Friday, all roads lead again to Gaithersburg as the final leg of the four-brace/b Northeast Grand Slam brings some of remote-control bcar racing#39;s/b elite to the warehouse known simply as The Track. b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

WiiFolder Blog Archive Gameplay - Okiraku bSlot Car Racing/b
2 Responses to EURGameplay - Okiraku bSlot Car Racing/bEUR. Looks better than the tennis one! Teengamer. February 10th, 2009 at 6:38 pm. Different, but seems fun ^.^. jigglesmax. February 17th, 2009 at 3:00 pm b./b..

Slot racing business gets the green flag Saturday in Mansfield - Mansfield News Journal
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/7-0fd=Rurl=http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/article/20090210/NEWS01/902100317cid=0ei=-7KeSdb1OYqwQNCy2MQCusg=AFQjCNFYUO16y2Th4PDrC9J3qmrjSIix6AbSlot racing/b business gets the green flag Saturday in Mansfield/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fMansfield News Journal,nbsp;OH/font/fontbrfont size=-1According to a story by John Ford in Scale Auto bRacing/b News, quot;bSlot car racing/b was so popular in the 1960s that special bracing/b events were televised live nationally.quot; Elvis Presley devoted a room at Graceland to the hobby brought back from England by b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Animax Unplugged#39;s #39;SLOTCAR#39; Joins RaceTalkRadio - WhoWon.com
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/4-0fd=Rurl=http://www.whowon.com/sResults.asp%3FSanctionID%3D693%26StoryID%3D265205cid=0ei=-7KeSdb1OYqwQNCy2MQCusg=AFQjCNHxtWfbSibXjGpsoyGtCkfhXSFEcAAnimax Unplugged#39;s #39;bSLOTCAR/b#39; Joins RaceTalkRadio/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fWhoWon.com,nbsp;NE/font/fontbrfont size=-1Animax Unplugged#39;s new spoof on stockcar bracing/b called #39;bSLOTCAR/b#39; has joined RTR as the presenting sponsor of #39;Doin#39; Donuts.#39; After putting up with Lori and Dennis as guests last week, the management at #39;bSLOTCAR/b#39; decided that RaceTalkRadio is the b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

2009 San Felipe 250 Draw Results
Champion Southern California desert racers Damen Jefferies and Robby Bell received the pole positions for four-wheel and two-wheel vehicles in the computerized drawing for starting positions held Saturday for ...

Google Alert - drag racing
NHRA's annual duel in the desert has been a Southwest fixture since 1985, when it joined the tour in a late fall slot...

GoNintendo Blog Archive bSlot Car Racing/b - footage- What are b./b
bSlot Car Racing/b - footage. Direct link here (thanks Josh!) b./b One Response to EURbSlot Car Racing/b - footageEUR. redhatdrawler Says: February 10th, 2009 at 6:22 pm. I saw you rub her boobies! Im tellingEUR. Leave a Reply. Logged in as . b./b..

Apple software updates for Feb. 17
Comm-Unity Network Systems has updated MMColor, an interface plug-in that allows you to create and edit color in FileMaker Pro, to version 1.6. The upgrade includes compatibility improvements with the recently ...

Roush Racing - Ford interview, part 2 2009-02-16 (Motorsport.com)
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE CHALLENGE OF KEEPING YOUR TEAMS COMPETITIVE AND CAN YOU SPECULATE ON WHERE ROUSH FENWAY WOULD BE IF YOU HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO WORK THE MERGER WITH JOHN HENRY?..

2009 Canadian International Autoshow
Let me begin by stating that I am not your average 'car guy'. I do not drive, nor can I explain in any great detail how an engine works...

Shop revives interest in slot car racing (Redford Observer)
Shawn Cummins may not like the radio station his father Paul listens to, but the Oldies music fits in well with their revival of an activity that was the rage among kids more than 20 years ago...

Workers race ahead of Long Beach Grand Prix (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
The mayor attends annual ceremony to get construction going...

Hardees Shifts Gears Into Wacky EURSlotcar Racing Series - Tubefilter News
table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6i-0fd=Rurl=http://news.tubefilter.tv/2009/02/10/hardees-shifts-gears-into-wacky-slotcar-racing-series/cid=0ei=-7KeSdb1OYqwQNCy2MQCusg=AFQjCNE6Rd_EeAvYBKmqvvTWOvf2cMG2rAimg src=http://nt3.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=81eu5tO2VAcJimgurl=news.tubefilter.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/hardees-slotcar.jpg width=80 height=45 alt= border=1brfont size=-2Tubefilter News/font/a/font/tdtd 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://news.tubefilter.tv/2009/02/10/hardees-shifts-gears-into-wacky-slotcar-racing-series/cid=0ei=-7KeSdb1OYqwQNCy2MQCusg=AFQjCNE6Rd_EeAvYBKmqvvTWOvf2cMG2rAHardees Shifts Gears Into Wacky EURbSlotcar/b bRacing/b Series/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fTubefilter News,nbsp;CA/font/fontbrfont size=-1EURIf something big happens in a brace/b on Saturday, youâre going to see it spoofed on the next bSlotcar/b webisode.EUR Each new bSlotcar/b episode will be released to coincide with key dates on the 2009 bracing/b schedule. The first full episode, which featured a b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Harry Lester Yeatts Jr., 78 (The Herald-Mail)
MANASSAS, Va. - Harry Lester Yeatts Jr., 78, of Manassas, Va., died suddenly at home Saturday morning, Feb. 14, 2009...

Media Macaroni Blog Archive bSlot Car Racing/b for the Current b./b
Its strange that it should feel so different than other racing games on Wii - its definitely more like bslot car racing/b than it is like MarioKart. Maybe thats because Im a terrible virtual driver and Im always going off the track in b./b..

Remote-control car lovers gear up for showdown in Gaithersburg (Damascus Gazette)
A birdseye view of The Track, an indoor radio control and slot car raceway in Gaithersburg. Racers gather for racing and to work on their cars together...

Saturday's NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Event at Bradenton Motorsports Park (The Auto Channel)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES EUR SOUTHEAST DIVISION BRADENTON MOTORSPORTS PARK, BRADENTON, FLA...

Zoom, Zoom, Spit and Sputter
The Daytona 500 was Sunday. Cars hit each other. It started to rain. Race over. Winner Matt Kenseth thanked his sponsors...

GoNintendo Blog Archive bSlot Car Racing/b - screens- What are b./b
bSlot Car Racing/b - screens slot10. This title will cost 500 Wii Points, and is due to hit WiiWare in Japan on February 10th, 2009. Click here for more screens. This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 at 3:22 am and is b./b..

Roush team goes green with propane
If Jack Roush has anything to say about it, propane soon will be used for more than grilling hamburgers and hot dogs at the infield cookout...

White Vinyl Meatballs - Anyone Make? - Slot Car Illustrated Forum
b./b B.A.R.F. Racing Club, BFOS Toronto, Canada, Brant's Hatch 1/24 Club - Toronto, Canadian Vintage HO bSlot Car Racing/b, eLVIS Racers, GT-SRC: Greater Toronto Slotcar Racing Club, Maxport II Toronto, PSSRA, Raceworld Canada - Toronto b./b..

Another Hobby? Greg in Flux: [fluhks]: continuous change b./b
He quickly fell in love with the idea of bslot car racing/b. We managed to get out of there with the promise that wed come back if the EURbugEUR didnt leave him. As I expected, it didnt leave him. It only burrowed in deeper, and by the next b./b..

The Oscar for best time slot? NASCAR! - Belleville News Democrat
table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/1i-0fd=Rurl=http://www.autoracingdaily.com/news/nascar-sprint-cup-series/nascar-sprint-cup-series-auto-club-500-california-preview/cid=1305585088ei=-7KeSdb1OYqwQNCy2MQCusg=AFQjCNHI3RF_55nyxZqefpKxNZzbB0apfwimg src=http://nt3.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=tyulwd9Y0i8Jimgurl=www.autoracingdaily.com/images/featured/Auto%2BClub%2B500.jpg width=80 height=49 alt= border=1brfont size=-2Auto Racing Daily/font/a/font/tdtd 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/1-0fd=Rurl=http://www.bnd.com/212/story/660722.htmlcid=1305585088ei=-7KeSdb1OYqwQNCy2MQCusg=AFQjCNEFCnY0Ruopn4UXjcpv6859kRmtJgThe Oscar for best time bslot/b? NASCAR!/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fBelleville News Democrat,nbsp; USA/font/fontbrfont size=-1There#39;s a balance and right now I think NASCAR#39;s on the wrong side of the scale. It#39;s also important that we see some good bracing/b over the next two weekends. The bcar/b of tomorrow isn#39;t going away, and the teams are still learning about it. b./b/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/1-1fd=Rurl=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/19022009/23/ambrose-targets-vital-fontana-points.htmlcid=1305585088ei=-7KeSdb1OYqwQNCy2MQCusg=AFQjCNGZARGP4neVCvrC0dEGKQhvvBcSPwAmbrose targets vital Fontana points/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrYahoo! Eurosport/nobr/font/fontbrfont class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=enned=usie=ISO-8859-1ncl=1305585088nobrall 225 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Newman: #39 'a special team' (Crash.net)
Ryan Newman praises the #39 Stewart Haas Racing crew on the back of challenging Daytona weekend..

GoNintendo Blog Archive Even More Bubble Bobble and bSlot Car/b b./b
5 Responses to EUREven More Bubble Bobble and bSlot Car Racing/b FootageEUR. Nero Says: February 11th, 2009 at 8:07 pm. Man I love hearing the Bubble Bobble music again. Makes me all happy. xzerox Says: February 11th, 2009 at 8:27 pm b./b..

Computers Suck Out the Fun
In video games, sports, and even car racing, computers have complicated otherwise-entertaining activities to the point that they're no longer entertaining...

2/17 :: Unifying influence
"We are unified." The words hung in the hallways of the Indy Racing League office like smoke from an artillery skirmish ...

Ambrose targets vital Fontana points (Crash.Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)
Fontana points vital for Ambrose..

NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series at Phoenix
The NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series makes its annual appearance at Firebird International Raceway in Phoenix this weekend, and ESPN2 will have coverage of qualifying and eliminations from the Lucas Oil ...

SlotZ Racer Updated, Added Support for SlotZ Track Editor
February 17, 2009 - NEW YORK, New York - February 17, 2009 - Freeverse announced that SlotZ Racer, the hit slot car racing game for the iPhone and iPod touch, has been updated to provide full integration with ...



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