Slot Car Racing News for 03/30/2008



Waltrip: We had Roush part, but it wasn't stolen (ESPN)
Michael Waltrip acknowledged on Saturday that his team had the sway bar that team owner Jack Roush accused a Toyota team of stealing last season. But Waltrip insisted that it wasn't a theft, that the bar accidentally wound up at his shop...

Grand-Am Series Head Back to Track With Weekend at Homestead
After nearly two months away from the track, the drivers and teams of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No...

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 ...

Waltrip denies Roush accusation of stolen part, says situation was . - ESPN

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Waltrip denies Roush accusation of stolen part, says situation was .
ESPN - Mar 29, 2008
"If you look inside this garage area today there's over 70 racing vehicles in here and stuff gets slung everywhere . I could see why he would be upset. .
Gordon, Hamlin on front row at Martinsville Winston-Salem Journal
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Rojas Leads Opening Day of Practice for Grand-Am Rolex Series GAINSCO Grand Prix of Miami
The last five minutes of the Thursday afternoon's Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No...

Homestead: Thursday practice report (Motorsport.com)
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (March 27, 2008) -- The last five minutes of the Thursday afternoon's Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 practice session shook up the leaderboard, and as the dust settled all five different engine manufacturers sat in the top-seven slots on the time sheets...

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im new to slot car racing. i just started a couple of weeks ago. i went to the track in beachwood nj. its nice there. im thinking about buying a flexi 5. (that is when i get the money)the car i have now is a turbo flex chassie and a ...

AUTO rACING Auto Racing: Jarrett's Farewell Sunday - Hartford Courant

AUTO rACING Auto Racing: Jarrett's Farewell Sunday
Hartford Courant, United States - Mar 16, 2008
Michael McDowell will move into Jarrett's slot in Waltrip's three-car lineup two weeks from now in Martinsville, Va. McDowell will move into the No. .
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Sepang: DPR GP2 Asia Sprint Race Recap - Learning Curve Continues
David Price Racing completed a tough weekend of GP2 racing in Malaysia today, with the second of the two races in the inaugural GP2 Asia Series taking place at the Formula One Malaysia Grand Prix, held at the ...

Homestead: Round two preview (Motorsport.com)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (March 25, 2008) -- After nearly two months away from the track, the drivers and teams of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 are itching to get back into action at Saturday's GAINSCO Grand Prix of Miami at Homestead-Miami Speedway (3 p.m. ET)...

NASCAR-CUP: Jeff Gordon takes Martinsville pole
Jeff Gordon sailed to the Martinsville Speedway, the Hendrick Motorsports driver was the tenth racer to take to the 0.526-mile short-track oval...

Slot Car Sculpture Should Be Racing Onto Our Wall - Gizmodo Australia

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Slot Car Sculpture Should Be Racing Onto Our Wall
Gizmodo Australia, Australia - Mar 6, 2008
The only downside with having a model racetrack hanging vertically from your wall is that you cant actually plug the thing in and have vertical car races .
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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. ...

Pstoc Presents: Slot Kar Invasion!
When: March 22, 2008 Initial D starts at 4:00pm, slot car racing starts at 6:00pm After racing, movies and food continue till we cant go any more! Where: SlotKar.com 3817 6th Ave, Tacoma, WA 98406 HOW MUCH: JUST $10.00 buys you in all ...

BF3: Birthday boy Alguersuari wins second Oulton race
Birthday boy Alguersuari wins second Oulton race Racing series BF3 Date 2008-03-24 By Lynne Waite and Stella-Maria Thomas - Motorsport.com This time Jaime Alguersuari made no mistakes...

Malaysia stewards penalise Lewis Hamilton
It has taken only two races, but the focus of attention in the 2008 Formula One world championship has already drifted away from the main stage and towards the stewards' debating chamber...

Slot Car Wall Art: Where Functionality And Design Meet - Jalopnik

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Slot Car Wall Art: Where Functionality And Design Meet
Jalopnik, VA - Mar 6, 2008
Its just hanging there so I can take it down, plug it in and enjoy the excitement of Slot Car Racing *anytime. This might interfere with posting. .
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Slot car magic - Mountain View Voice

Slot car magic
Mountain View Voice, CA - Mar 3, 2008
Slot car racing has been around since the 1910s. Each small electric car rides in a slot, with its speed controlled remotely by the driver. .
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D&D Slot Car Emporium
This is where Dale Earnhardt earned his first trophy - for slot car racing. And, according to an old friend, he still had that trophy years, later, when he had achieved NASCAR stardom. (Right: a 1955 Chevrolet Slot Car like the one Dale ...

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. ...

Baytown: Doug Foley Saturday notes (Motorsport.com)
HOUSTON (March 29) -- Top Fuel driver Doug Foley will start Sunday's elimination racing action at the 21st annual O'Reilly Spring NHRA Nationals in the coveted top-half of the 16-car field after a strong qualifying effort of 4.582 seconds at 303.09 mph...

Grand-Am Rolex Series Head Back to Track for GAINSCO Grand Prix of Miami at Homestead-Miami Speedway
After nearly two months away from the track, the drivers and teams of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No...

TMS-Two-Time Sprint Cup Champ Johnson Gets Schooled by NHL Great Modano
Johnson, in town for his NASCAR Winner's Circle appearance for Texas Motor Speedway, became a Dallas Star for the day - complete with skates, jersey and full gear...

Hot lady stays cool with Supervan on her tail
LADY IN A HURRY: Cindy Evans-Finney is always willing to stick the nose of her Renault Gordini where it doesn't belong...

Waltrip: We had Roush part, but it wasn't stolen
Michael Waltrip acknowledged on Saturday that his team had the sway bar that team owner Jack Roush accused a Toyota team of stealing last season...

NHRA: Hammonds Misses Field By One, But Engine Makes It In
Tom Hammonds is quite disappointed with not making the field for elimination Sunday at the O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals at the Houston Raceway, but yet he is elated Kenny Koretsky, driver of Nitro Fish No...

Slot Car Racing (or Surf Music)
I haven't actually downloaded this surf album but the cover image took me back a few years to the slot-car racing craze of the 1970's. There were actually lots of 'hobby' stores at the malls that had big tracks set up in the store and ...

Lewis Hamilton penalised by Malaysia stewards
It has taken only two races, but the focus of attention in the 2008 Formula One world championship has already drifted away from the main stage and towards the stewards' debating chamber...

Carpenter, Foyt IV penalized
The Vision Racing cars of Ed Carpenter and A.J. Foyt IV, who qualified second and third respectively on Friday night failed post-qualifying inspection and were relegated to the back of the field on Saturday ...

The Evolution of Need for Speed - Techtree.com

The Evolution of Need for Speed
Techtree.com, India - Mar 20, 2008
The Slot Car cheat would automatically activate car turning, making it super-easy to play. My favorite cheat was Road Rage, which would throw all the .
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Lewis: We'll bounce back
Malaysia will be just a mere blip on McLaren's road towards Championship glory, according to a confident Lewis Hamilton...

Dixon Wins IndyCar Season Opener, Misfortune Strikes Kanaan - PaddockTalk

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Dixon Wins IndyCar Season Opener, Misfortune Strikes Kanaan
PaddockTalk - 7 hours ago
Ryan Hunter-Reay had a solid showing for Rahal Letterman Racing in his first trip to this track in an Indy car. He ran in the top ten throughout the evening .
Dixon On Target Takes Season Opening IndyCar Pole At Homestead . PaddockTalk
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New season, new talent bring fresh IndyCar expectations (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By JOHN STURBIN Reunification. Merger. Kumbaya. Whatever term best suits your perception of domestic open-wheel racing, tonight's Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300 will mark the historic first event since the rival IndyCar and Champ Car World Series announced the end of a bitter, 12-year split. "Better late than never," said Helio Castroneves, a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 for Team ...

Gordon, Hamlin on front row at Martinsville (Winston-Salem Journal)
Get the scoop on Trail Mix, the Journal's new political blog. » Read more MARTINSVILLE, Va. Jeff Gordon paced the game yesterday at Martinsville Speedway, edging Toyotas Denny Hamlin for the pole for Sundays Goodys 500...

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...

Model car revival - ABS CBN News

Model car revival
ABS CBN News, Philippines - Mar 9, 2008
The history of car racing has a somewhat amusing beginning in the United States. During the Prohibition era when imbibing alcohol was illegal, .
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Consular Corps earns kudos at annual gala
The 24th annual International Consular Gala attracted a capacity crowd of 330 movers and shakers to the Townsend...

Hamilton: We'll Bounce Back In Bahrain
Malaysian will be just a mere blooper on McLaren's road towards Championship glory, says a confident Lewis Hamilton...

The Slot It Porsche 956 Short-tail Slot Car
The Porsche 956, along with its variant, the 962, was the car that established the pattern for the entire Group C / GTP category of race cars, a pattern followed for the entire duration of that era of endurance racing. ...

2008 Indycar Series Preview
Reunification. Merger. Kumbaya. Whatever term best suits your perception of domestic open-wheel racing, tonight's Gainsco Auto Insurance Indy 300 will mark the historic first event since the rival IndyCar ...

Tom Bowles: Busch, Stewart lead NASCAR's sweet 16 (Sports Illustrated)
The NCAA isn't the only sport trafficking the term "Sweet 16" this week...

Gordon, Hamlin on front row at Martinsville (Winston-Salem Journal)
Johnson, who has four consecutive wins here, qualifies his Chevy tenth..

Jeff Gordon takes Martinsville pole (Motorsport.com)
Jeff Gordon sailed to the Martinsville Speedway, the Hendrick Motorsports driver was the tenth racer to take to the 0.526-mile short-track oval. Earning his seventh career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole, he toured the track in his Chevrolet setting a fast time of 19.666 (96.288 mph)...

Jeff Gordon takes Martinsville pole - Motorsport.com

Jeff Gordon takes Martinsville pole
Motorsport.com, Florida - Mar 28, 2008
He was the fastest for the Joe Gibbs Racing stable. "It was a good lap for us," commented Hamlin who hails from nearby Chesterfield, Va. .
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GRAND-AM-Rojas Leads Opening Day of Practice for Grand-Am Rolex Series GAINSCO..
Topic: GRAND-AM-Rojas Leads Opening Day of Practice for Grand-Am Rolex Series GAINSCO.. Rojas Leads Opening Day of Practice for Grand-Am Rolex Series GAINSCO Grand Prix of Miami HOMESTEAD, Fla...

Preview day fun for hoops crowd
The city will be a sports lover's Shangri-La this weekend, and officials hope all the hoopla will be a slam-dunk for local businesses and restaurants...

The Beginnings of Slot Car Racing (Ron Sharer)
The slot car is well known by everyone in some form. The 1960's, saw the arrival in full force of commercial slot car racing...

New season, new talent bring fresh IndyCar expectations - Fort Worth Star Telegram

New season, new talent bring fresh IndyCar expectations
Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - Mar 29, 2008
Indy Racing League founder Tony George and Champ Car partners Kevin Kalkhoven and Gerry Forsythe signed off on the deal Feb. 21. .
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Sports Right Now (KOLN Lincoln)
Here is the latest in sports headlines...

ROUNDUP: Setzer takes flag in caution-filled truck race
Dennis Setzer assumed the lead when Kyle Busch had to brake to avoid a crash in front of him Saturday, then held on through numerous restarts to win the Kroger 250 Craftsman Truck Series race at Martinsville ...



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