Slot Car Racing News for 03/03/2008



Days of (tiny) thunder - Tribune Chronicle

Days of (tiny) thunder
Tribune Chronicle, OH - Feb 23, 2008
It was part of the Tri-State International Slot Car Racing series. Brothers Larry and Leroy Moyer and their sister, Cindy Stevens, opened the racing. .
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Toronto, Mont-Tremblant are off Indy calendar
Toronto racing fans can put away their earplugs. There will be no engines roaring at Exhibition Place next summer...

Dowty Slot Car Racing Club update
The 2008 calendar of races is now available on Dowty Slot Car Racing Club pages on Cheltenham4u. You can also read up about the different classes of slot cars they race every week and see the results for their January races. ...

Kyle Busch keeps hot streak with Vegas pole (Motorsport.com)
Las Vegas native Kyle Busch kept his hot streak alive by taking the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole at his hometown's track. Clocking a best lap at 29.613 (182.352mph), the driver of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, is setting the standard for the 2008 season...

Deal to swap race dates near, Smith suggests - ThatsRacin.com

Deal to swap race dates near, Smith suggests
ThatsRacin.com - Feb 29, 2008
. confirming he has proposed swapping his Atlanta tracks October date for the Labor Day weekend slot at Auto Club Speedway in California. .
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Trimmed Down (TSN)
Toronto, Mont-Tremblant off Indy calendar..

Martin back in winner's circle (The Florida Times-Union)
Mark Martin took Dale Earnhardt Jr. to Victory Lane by winning the Nationwide Series race Saturday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, then apologized for an accident he started in the closing laps...

Gambling - City marshal once went on a crusade (The Gleaner)
Practically everyone knows Henderson was little Las Vegas in the 1940s and early 1950s. The larger truth, however, is that Hendersons pretty much always been a town with a gambling problem...

Slot Car Illustrated, The Slot machines ONLINE Magazine for Slot
Source: www.slotcarillustrated.comNomad Slot Car Racing of San Diego. Racing parties, events, home EUR¦Blogslot. The blog accompaniment to The Slot: A Spot for Copy Editors EUR¦ Ive revamped my online bookstore, The Book Slot, to make things ...

Kyle Busch keeps hot streak with - Motorsport.com

Kyle Busch keeps hot streak with
Motorsport.com, Florida - Feb 29, 2008
18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, is setting the standard for the 2008 season. "That was pretty awesome right there. The car was pretty good," said Busch. .
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Ryan Newman's father plays key role in auto racing career - The Canadian Press

Ryan Newman's father plays key role in auto racing career
The Canadian Press - Feb 20, 2008
These two have always been close, probably closer than many fathers and sons, thanks to their mutual obsession with racing. "My dad built me a car when I .
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Mercedes Benz Rings In Spring With 5 New Models (AutoSpies.com)
Mercedes-Benz is continuing its commitment to further reductions in fuel consumption and exhaust emissions with new products in five model series which will take the stage at this year's Geneva Motor Show. Despite their outstanding levels of safety, comfort and refinement, the new coupes and roadsters consume up to 10 percent less fuel than their predecessors...

Spinning my wheels
Mike is a contributor for the FOXSports.com fantasy group. Read his blog for more analysis...

Iowa to consider casino expansion (Sioux City Journal)
DES MOINES -- Casino gambling in Iowa began with quaint riverboats, grew into gargantuan gambling palaces and may soon grow even more...

NOTEBOOK: Bruton Smith after Cup race on Labor Day
Bruton Smith confirmed Friday he has proposed swapping his Atlanta track's October date for the Labor Day weekend slot at Auto Club Speedway in California...

The hobby of slot car racing is so named because each racing car .
The hobby of slot car racing is so named because each racing car has a small pin that projects beneath it. This pin sits in a slot that is continuous around the whole track. Most tracks have two slots so two cars can race...

Slot car magic - Mountain View Voice

Slot car magic
Mountain View Voice, CA - Feb 29, 2008
It was fun racing..And the cars looked cool.. I finished 3rd..Shaun was very funny.. I hope we go again.. I am a mother of three girls we went for a .
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Slot-car racing
After an early morning ferry ride across the Sea of Marmara to the city of Yalova, I was walking along when I came across a few pieces of a slot-car race track lying on the sidewalk. They were just sitting there in front of a store. ...

In the groove with the slot car racers - East Anglian Daily Times

In the groove with the slot car racers
East Anglian Daily Times, UK - Feb 19, 2008
EURœThere are some anoraks in other places who live and breathe it and are not much interested in anything other than slot car racing, but we're all normal .
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Mixed emotions at Schnitzer.
Augusto Farfus endured a frustrating start to his World Touring Car Championship campaign after losing a podium finish on home soil in Brazil...

Casino: Jackpot or losing hand? (Erie Times-News)
A year ago today, Kenneth McCabe brought a rich piece of paper from Harrisburg to Presque Isle Downs & Casino. The state Gaming Control Board commissioner presented the Summit Township casino with its slot-machine license...

Hamilton Cuts Fast and Lewis
Click here for bet on F1 with Sky Bet! Click here for full coverage on Planet-F1 Click here for 2008 driver profiles Click here for 2008 team profiles Click here for more F1 news Lewis Hamilton edged out Kimi ...

SCORE San Felipe 250 Pre-Run Saturday
With nine class wins between them in this event, Post, Laguna Beach, Calif. and MacCachren, Las Vegas, are the defending SCORE Trophy-Truck and SCORE Overall season point champions in the No...

Martin back in winner's circle - Florida Times-Union

Martin back in winner's circle
Florida Times-Union, FL - Mar 1, 2008
Bruton Smith, who owns Atlanta Motor Speedway, said he has made an offer to International Speedway Corp. to switch racing dates with Auto Club Speedway in .
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Fast and loose isn't good at Las Vegas Speedway (Savannah Morning News)
LAS VEGAS - Fast and loose may be a way of life at the nearby casinos, but it may not make for good racing at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway...

Durban: A1 Team Pakistan A1GP Qualifying Recap - Strong Performance
A1 Team Pakistan driver Adam Khan put in a strong performance today, around the tight and twisting streets that make up the A1GP Durban, South Africa...

Owners can expect royal treatment at Meydan
Sheikh Mohammed has pledged to raise prize-money levels significantly across the board on completion of the new Meydan racecourse here in Dubai, which is scheduled to open its doors in late 2009...

Mixed emotions at Schnitzer. - crash.net

Mixed emotions at Schnitzer.
crash.net, UK - 3 hours ago
Augusto Farfus endured a frustrating start to his World Touring Car Championship campaign after losing a podium finish on home soil in Brazil. .
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Slot car racing is a hobby in which two or more racers can each .
Slot car racing is a hobby in which two or more racers can each control a scale model racing car on a scale model track. Common scales include 1 to 24, 1 to 32, and HO scale. Those numbers on the 1 to 24 scale mean that 24 inches on the ...

Fast and loose isn't good at Las Vegas Speedway
LAS VEGAS - Fast and loose may be a way of life at the nearby casinos, but it may not make for good racing at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway ...

Father-son bond drives 500 winner - SI.com

SI.com

Father-son bond drives 500 winner
SI.com - Feb 20, 2008
The allure and mystique of open wheel racing is strong in Indiana, but Newman decided as a teenager that stock car racing was his path. .
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Bruton Smith after Cup race on Labor Day (The Charlotte Observer)
Bruton Smith confirmed Friday he has proposed swapping his Atlanta track's October date for the Labor Day weekend slot at Auto Club Speedway in California. "I hope we will have an answer on that in the very near future," said Smith, chairman of Speedway Motorsports Inc. He also said he believes Las Vegas has "earned" a second race on NASCAR's Sprint Cup schedule, but he said he wouldn't move a ...

TGI Saturday (Honolulu Advertiser)
The 4 indicates admission is $5 or less, or free. Full-price admission is listed; the * denotes discounts (or free) for students, seniors, military, members, children and/or advance purchase. Call venue for details...

NORM: LV notables also get test notices
A number of high-profile locals, who had medical procedures done at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, have also been contacted, according to sources in the medical community...

WGI Still On Indy Schedule in 2008
Reported by: Steve Vesey Email: SVesey@WETMTV.com Last Update: 7:25 pm 2008's Race Will be Big Watkins Glen's NASCAR race will still get much of the fan's attention, but track officials will be closely watching ...

Florida Slot Car Racing - My Series - Race #1 - 2/9/08
Florida Slot Car Racing - My Series - was started in 2007 and had a few tweaks for the 2008 season. They seem to be well received for the most part. Remember .. the idea is to keep things fun everyone and encourage racers to visit ...

Martin back in winner's circle
Martin, the winningest driver in NASCAR's No. 2 series, raced to the 48th victory of his career in a car owned by Earnhardt's JR Motorsports...

Crown Royal Kept IROC From an Earlier Grave
Some auto racing fans may be mourning the demise of the International Race of Champions , currently in the process of auctioning off its assets...

Toronto, Mont-Tremblant races parked for at least a year - Globe and Mail

Toronto, Mont-Tremblant races parked for at least a year
Globe and Mail, Canada - Feb 28, 2008
"Finding an appropriate alternate time slot based on the respective schedule of the venue, the city and the racing league is proving to be difficult under .
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Charlie Johnstone, president of the Grand Prix of Toronto responds to questions about the 2008 race
TORONTO, Feb. 27 /CNW/ - An announcement last Friday of the unification of the Indy Racing League and Champ Car series and today's press conference outlining the details of that merger have left the fate of the ...

Toronto race dropped
The Indy Racing League will not have stops in Toronto and Mont-Tremblant, Que., this season...

Ceiling track broom is useless but cool
Posted in Home by Conner Flynn on February 25th, 2008 This is one of the coolest ways to get out of housework that I've seen yet...

Bruton Smith after Cup race on Labor Day
Bruton Smith confirmed Friday he has proposed swapping his Atlanta track's October date for the Labor Day weekend slot at Auto Club Speedway in California...

Back Bay Shoot-out set
Three chapters of CCA Mississippi bordering Biloxi Bay have come together to hold the inaugural CCA Mississippi Back Bay Shoot-Out Ship Island, Biloxi Bay and Horn Island chapters will host this event with a ...

Canadian Vintage HO Slot Car Racing Race # 21 will be Thursday Feb .
Race # 21 will be Thursday Feb. 21st 2008. The Class is OHORA T-jets. Held at Pinecrest Speedway abarrie@cogeco.ca. The track will be open at 7:00 pm for practice and racing is to start at 8:00 pm To ...

A night in NYC racing slot cars .and team SCX gets their butt .
Last night I got to go back to my roots and race with the guys at the Slot Car Racing Club of New York in the lovely climes of Mid-town Manhattan. And despite a driving rain, Frank Nichols, and Chuck Ehredt (SCX North American Business ...

Matt McLaughlin's Thinkin' Out Loud: Las Vegas Edition
The Key Moment: On lap 237, Carl Edwards powered around Matt Kenseth to take the lead for the final time, eventually scoring his second consecutive win...

Slot car racing is gaining in popularity
Slot car racing is gaining in popularity. Some specialty party businesses are offering slot car birthday parties for children. Up to 16 ( or maybe more ) children can race on a super large slot car track at the same time! ...

Slot Car Racing
Hobbies and Animals : Slot Car Racing. You dont see slot cars much anymore and most people i have asked about them rarely even know what im talking about other then the little car tracks you purchase for your kids and whatnot. ...

NASCAR-CUP: Kyle Busch keeps hot streak with Vegas pole
Las Vegas native Kyle Busch kept his hot streak alive by taking the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole at his hometown's track...



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