Slot Car Racing News for 04/02/2008



F1 to make massive safety commitment - crash.net

F1 to make massive safety commitment
crash.net, UK - 19 hours ago
Of course, this is F1, so it will use the very latest in slot car racing technology including lane-changers, crossovers and electronic control, .
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Big-ticket buyers beat 7 percent sales tax (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
Sales associate Ryan Johnson worked the phones Monday, trying to get prospective car buyers to come to Fort Wayne Lincoln Mercury to take advantage of a final offer...

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...

2002 Renault Clio V6 from UK and Ireland - Comments (Carsurvey.org)
Well, I have owned this car for 6 months now and knew that I would have to own one of these awesome V6 powered Clio's from the first moment I saw this creation reviewed in EVO magazine...

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. ...

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...

F1 bosses make safety commitment (Crash.Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)
Ground-breaking changes announced for 'The Pinnacle of Motor Sport'...

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...

Dixon Wins IndyCar Season Opener, Misfortune Strikes Kanaan - PaddockTalk

Twin Falls Times-News

Dixon Wins IndyCar Season Opener, Misfortune Strikes Kanaan
PaddockTalk - Mar 30, 2008
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 .
Sports Digest nwitimes.com
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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...

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 ...

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

Gizmodo Australia

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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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 ...

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...

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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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. ...

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...

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 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 ...

St. Pete: Prototype drivers pre-race quotes (Motorsport.com)
The head of the grid at this weekend's Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg presented by XM Satellite Radio has no shortage of storylines. Audi, Acura, Porsche and Mazda all are represented in one of the deepest prototype fields in American Le Mans Series history...

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...

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

Jalopnik

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 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. ...

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 ...

Bahrain GP: Renault preview (Motorsport.com)
The ING Renault F1 Team prepares for the third round of the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship: the Bahrain Grand Prix. Fernando, after an amazing race in Australia, you scored just a point in Malaysia...

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! ...

St. Petersburg: ALMS Prototype Driver Comments
The head of the grid at this weekend's Acura Sports Car Challenge of St. Petersburg presented by XM Satellite Radio has no shortage of storylines...

New to slot car racing. Tips?
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 ...

SingaPride Racing to field local team for night race - TODAYonline

SingaPride Racing to field local team for night race
TODAYonline, Singapore - Mar 31, 2008
Mr Koh's son Hafiz, 24, who pilots a car in Formula V6 Asia for Tara-DTM, is expected to step up to lock horns with the big boys. .
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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...

Real People: Racing for fun, friends (Amarillo Globe-News)
[It is often said the difference between men and boys is the size of their toys...

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 ...

Will, KB Racing Team Lose Close Race to Teammate in Houston - WhoWon.com

Will, KB Racing Team Lose Close Race to Teammate in Houston
WhoWon.com, NE - Mar 31, 2008
Based in Ypsilanti, Michigan, Kalitta Motorsports is a Top Fuel and Funny Car drag racing team in the NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) POWERade Drag .
Baytown: Hillary Will final report Motorsport.com
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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 ...

Big-ticket buyers beat 7 percent sales tax
Marcia Close stands by the Mercury Grand Marquis she purchased Monday while the sales tax was still 6 percent...

Vasser returns to race at Long Beach (Orange County Register)
Motor sports: After sitting out two years, the former Long Beach Grand Prix winner will be a part of the last Champ Car race...

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...

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...

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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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...

Gordon, Hendrick teams run well - but fall short of victory lane again
Jeff Gordon trails Denny Hamlin to the finish line of the Goody's Cool Orange 500 at Martinsville Speedway...

Tom Bowles: Dale Jr. tops Power Rankings despite winless streak
Dale Jr. unseats Kyle Busch from top slot in rankings Posted: Tuesday April 1, 2008 3:52PM; Updated: Tuesday April 1, 2008 5:46PM Each week SI.com's Tom Bowles will evaluate and rank the 10 best drivers in ...

Force India confident for Q2 slot at Sakhir - ITV.com

Force India confident for Q2 slot at Sakhir
ITV.com, UK - Mar 31, 2008
Force India is optimistic the latest aerodynamic updates on its VJM01 car can give it the extra edge it needs to make the second part of qualifying for the .
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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 ...

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...

Real People: Racing for fun, friends
Marcus Evans works on his micro midget sprint car. Evans can be found at Tri-State Speedway on Friday nights starting in May through August...

Baytown: Hillary Will final report (Motorsport.com)
HOUSTON, (March 30, 2008) -- Sunday during eliminations at the annual running of the O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals in Baytown, Tex., just a few miles out of the Houston city limits, Hillary Will, driver of the 8,000-horsepower KB Racing, LLC Top Fuel dragster, and her Kalitta Motorsports teammate Doug Kalitta put on a terrific, side-by-side race down the quarter-mile at Houston Raceway Park, ...

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...



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