Slot Car Racing News for 04/04/2009



Travel clubs: March 28, 2009
Apr. 10, May 8, June 12: Trips to Reno Club Cal-Neva. We're a fun group. Trips are always on Friday, once a month...

Auto Racing Capsules: In The Pits: Stewart off to strong start as owner (The Brownsville Herald)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - In 284 races spanning seven years and 12 different drivers, Haas CNC Racing never sniffed success. Its equipment was below par, its sponsorship was inadequate and its drivers started each race knowing they had no chance to win...

Car Racing Expansion
"Slot car racing is really big in the fall, winter and the spring and when you get into the summer, you're looking to do something outdoors." And that's what Michael Swinton plans to do by expanding his business, Millennium Raceway at CherryVale mall...

Grand Prix of Malaysia (Planet F1)
Seb Vettel is lamenting his Australian GP penalty, which will cost him ten places on Sunday's Malaysia grid for what he believes was a "racing incident."..

Speedway back in casino hunt
Kansas Speedway is back in the casino business. Kansas Entertainment, a partnership of the speedway and Baltimore-based Cordish Co., filed its application Monday with the Kansas Lottery to develop and operate a state-owned casino in Wyandotte County at the track's No...

Car Racing Expansion - WIFR
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.wifr.com/news/headlines/42369357.htmlcid=0ei=BOTWSenCNIeUMrTK5Z8Gusg=AFQjCNFQWLEY17FYqHw-k3AGnrtQdZDeAAbCar Racing/b Expansion/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fWIFR,nbsp;IL/font/fontbrfont size=-1quot;bSlot car racing/b is really big in the fall, winter and the spring and when you get into the summer, you#39;re looking to do something outdoors.quot; And that#39;s what Michael Swinton plans to do by expanding his business, Millennium Raceway at CherryVale mall. b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Vintage HO bSlot Car Racing/b Race#22 will be Thursday March 19th b./b
Vintage HO bSlot Car Racing/b Race#22 will be Thursday March 19th 2009 Canadian Vintage HO bSlot Car Racing/b...

Car Racing Expansion (WIFR Rockford)
Expanding your business right now is probably the last thing companies are thinking about as they weather this shaky economy. But a local car racing enthusiast isn't letting that slow him down...

New team eye back-to-back win but will be at mercy of the weather - Malaysia Star
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://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/f1news/5100803/Gripping-race-in-store-at-Malaysian-Grand-Prix-as-Formula-One-drivers-are-tested-to-limit.htmlcid=1325351341ei=BOTWSenCNIeUMrTK5Z8Gusg=AFQjCNFL2RUmLAEK3rQgVPv0UA5arYPULgimg src=http://nt3.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=Q4_r_ON6WrAJimgurl=www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01378/robert-kubica_1378608c.jpg width=80 height=50 alt= border=1brfont size=-2Telegraph.co.uk/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://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp%3Ffile%3D/2009/4/3/sports/3619945%26sec%3Dsportscid=1325351341ei=BOTWSenCNIeUMrTK5Z8Gusg=AFQjCNGtjJv-Kq1vz4hPt1VPlRu4HHD7sQNew team eye back-to-back win but will be at mercy of the weather/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fMalaysia Star,nbsp;Malaysia/font/fontbrfont size=-1The German was handed a 10-grid bslot/b penalty for his part in a crash involving BMW Saubers Robert Kubica in the closing stages of the brace/b in Melbourne, which put them both into retirement. Despite finishing empty-handed, Vettels bcar/b showed good brace/b b./b/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-1fd=Rurl=http://www.itv-f1.com/news_article.aspx%3Fid%3D45411cid=1325351341ei=BOTWSenCNIeUMrTK5Z8Gusg=AFQjCNHhXd8uf8azUkzEGIcukwojPdjswQDrivers unhappy with Sepang start time/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrITV.com/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-2fd=Rurl=http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp%3Ffile%3D/2009/4/2/sports/3611032%26sec%3Dsportscid=1325351341ei=BOTWSenCNIeUMrTK5Z8Gusg=AFQjCNH8N_XY_Ib1nW6mDD7X_lO-o12z2gRookie team confident of continuing fairy-tale run/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrMalaysia Star/nobr/font/fontbrfont class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=enned=usie=ISO-8859-1ncl=1325351341nobrall 333 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Kansas Speedway requests casino
Topeka, Kan. -- Kansas Speedway is back in the casino business. Kansas Entertainment, the partnership of the speedway and Baltimore-based Cordish Co., filed its application Monday with the Kansas Lottery to develop and operate a state-owned casino in Wyandotte County at the track's No...

15 Great iPhone Games (PhysOrg)
It happened when no one was looking. The DS was busily extending Nintendo's decades-long dominance of the handheld market, and Sony was trying to make third-party partners stop ignoring the PSP like the kid with dental headgear at a middle school mixer. Apple's boast about the iPod Touch and its elder cousin, the iPhone - best handheld gaming device on the market today - seemed foolhardy at ...

Pedal-to-metal car-chase action - Philadelphia Inquirer
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/1-0fd=Rurl=http://www.philly.com/inquirer/weekend/20090403_Pedal-to-metal_car-chase_action.htmlcid=1322368562ei=BOTWSenCNIeUMrTK5Z8Gusg=AFQjCNFtfcdYhte7Q3ggEd6V15Dvz0B4rgPedal-to-metal bcar/b-chase action/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fPhiladelphia Inquirer,nbsp;PA/font/fontbrfont size=-1It sets such a high standard that it makes the later close-quarter chases seem like overheated exercises in swapping paint. The drivers all use illegally modified compacts that look like bslot/b cars. Diesel fittingly prefers a muscle bcar/b. b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Microsoft Sidewinder Gaming Mouse Review (The Gadgeteer)
Microsoft was an early player in PC gaming, both in software and hardware, and lately theyre trying to reassert themselves in the genre by offering up some interesting gaming devices. Lets see if Microsoft has the goods to keep up with the likes of Razer and Saitek these days. Filed in categories: Desktop Computer [.] Filed in categories: Desktop Computer Gear , Gear Tagged: Gaming , Mouse ...

Pedal-to-metal car-chase action
The car-fetish franchise roars back into form in its fourth incarnation, Fast & Furious ...

Microsoft Sidewinder Gaming Mouse Review
Microsoft was an early player in PC gaming, both in software and hardware, and lately they're trying to reassert themselves in the genre by offering up some interesting gaming devices...

Prac Two: Ferrari finally get it together - Planet-F1
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.planet-f1.com/story/0,18954,6613_5137274,00.htmlcid=1324992115ei=BOTWSenCNIeUMrTK5Z8Gusg=AFQjCNGnA-5mxnJeQYSS8OvMfAR2KBHqbQPrac Two: Ferrari finally get it together/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fPlanet-F1/font/fontbrfont size=-1Pieces of bodywork are seen flying off the Frenchman#39;s bcar/b as he took the long way around but managed to avoid the barriers. Raikkonen went quickest while McLaren warned Hamilton that rain was coming. Raikkonen#39;s time in the P1 bslot/b, though, b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Kansas Speedway back in casino hunt
Kansas Speedway is back in the casino business. Kansas Entertainment, the partnership of the speedway and Baltimore-based Cordish Co., filed its application Monday with the Kansas Lottery to develop and operate a state-owned casino in Wyandotte County at the track's No...

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The Origin Of Slot Cars And Slot Car Racing
From 1912 to present day the slot car has emerged as a market for profit. The first slot car was made by Lionel (USA) drawing its power from a toy train rail sunk in a trough or wide slot between the rails. b./b..

Where Are We Going? - BloodHorse
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://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/racinghub/archive/2009/04/02/where-are-we-going.aspxcid=0ei=BOTWSenCNIeUMrTK5Z8Gusg=AFQjCNGW6p6br6Sp5ufp7vqWZltGtQJyIQWhere Are We Going?/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fBloodHorse,nbsp;KY/font/fontbrfont size=-1Why not just spruce the place up, add a simulcasting and bslot/b machine facility and leave the beautiful grandstand structure and paddock area as it was. Gulfsteam#39;s turf course was expanded to host more turf bracing/b and certainly made it an international b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

The Loft: Live: The Silence Kit
bSlot Car Racing/b Event. Thursday April 9th. Film: The King of Kong Friday April 10th. The Gentlemen's Rotary Auxiliary Radio Theatre presents: Edward D. Wood, Jr.'s Plan 9 From Outer Space. Thursday April 16th. Film: This Is Spinal Tap b./b..

Vettel 'unhappy' with penalty
Seb Vettel is lamenting his Australian GP penalty, which will cost him ten places on Sunday's Malaysia grid for what he believes was a "racing incident." Vettel was involved in a penultimate lap crash with Robert Kubica while the two were fighting over second place in Melbourne...

Rookie team confident of continuing fairy-tale run
THEIR rivals are smelling blood but Brawn GP are confident that they can continue their fairy-tale run in the Petronas Malaysian F1 Grand Prix this weekend...

New team eye back-to-back win but will be at mercy of the weather (The Star)
IT HAS been Ferrari versus McLaren when it comes to winning honours in the Petronas Malaysian F1 Grand Prix in recent years...

Events for the family - Philadelphia Inquirer
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.philly.com/inquirer/weekend/20090403_Events_for_the_family.htmlcid=0ei=BOTWSenCNIeUMrTK5Z8Gusg=AFQjCNG_lPEelZgCzcMwQHx5MPH48_BPzAEvents for the family/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fPhiladelphia Inquirer,nbsp;PA/font/fontbrfont size=-1Family Day at the Races: bSlot Car Racing/b High-speed fun for families. The Auction House, 100 W Merchant St., Audubon; 856-546-7755. www.auctionhouseevents.com. $10; $5 children. 4/4 2 pm. Historic Haunts Combo Tour Trolley tour of quot;hauntedquot; Cape May b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 2009 Australian Grand Prix report
" vice-president, Mercedes-Benz Motorsport "Lewis finally in third place and the best car with KERS - " this is more than we had expected after starting 18th...

Kansas: State gambling back on track
TOPEKA, Kan. - The Kansas Lottery has restarted efforts to get state-owned casinos up and running in Wyandotte and Sumner counties...

HowStuffWorks quot;How bSlot Car Racing/b Worksquot;
bSlot car racing/b became popular in the 1960s and is still going strong. Read about the history and science of bslot car racing/b...

Pedal-to-metal car-chase action (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
The car-fetish franchise roars back into form in its fourth incarnation, Fast & Furious. The added octane is supplied by the return of the original four stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, and Michelle Rodriguez...

Summer Camp Teaches Teens Ingenuity, Enterprise, Integrity
Many high school students plan their summer vacations around what malls, beaches, and amusement parks they plan to visit...

New team eye back-to-back win but will be at mercy of the weather
IT HAS been Ferrari versus McLaren when it comes to winning honours in the Petronas Malaysian F1 Grand Prix in recent years...

Slot-car enthusiasts come to town
By Kevin Eckleberry Sports Editor Instead of the giant roar of an explosive engine, these cars produce a small, tiny noise, kind of like a super-sized mosquito...

Addiction that put my happiness at stake
WHAT would you do with A 60,000? Buy a new house, a new car or a good holiday? Or decide you finally have enough money to start a family? Sadly, for 39-year-old Mark Morris, who lives in Edge Road, Burslem, this is not prize money - it is an estimate of how much he has lost as a compulsive gambler...

Home and Auto Loans » Blog Archive » Slot Cars amp; bSlot Car Racing/b
When someone talks about slot cars or bslot car racing/b, there are a few people that just do not know what you are talking about. So this is to explain to those that are curious. The first slot cars were manufactured by Lionel (USA) in b./b..

Categories gt; Entertainment gt; Exclusive Events ~ Sweemo
Discover the flat out fun pastime of bslot car racing/b. Having sped to popularity in the 60s and 70s, miniature car racing is back with a whole new breed of cars, tracks, and accessories. Whether youre new to the sport or an b./b..

GM leaving NASCAR??
Well if the big three leave NASCAR then NASCAR will be left alone to continue its slobbering love affair with Toyota and wona t have to pretend its not favoring them anymore...

Good news only weakens me
Has anyone else seen this report posted today at Sports Business Journal ? I have never - and I mean NEVER - seen a story filled with so much sunshine and roses as this report...

PARENTING (Daily Mail)
PARENTING..

Foxwoods in running for Kansas casino (The Norwich Bulletin)
The Kansas Lottery has restarted efforts to get state-owned casinos up and running in Wyandotte and Sumner counties. One of the three applications is from Foxwoods' gambling arm...

NASCAR-CUP: Champion Johnson scores Martinsville victory
Jimmie Johnson has three consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series titles under his belt but it took the sixth round of 2009 competition for the champion to score his first win of the new season...

Kan. gambling back on track (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The Kansas Lottery has restarted efforts to get state-owned casinos up and running in Wyandotte and Sumner counties. The Lottery, which will own the actually gambling in casinos to be built and run by outside contractors, received three applications for the contract in each of the two counties by a 5 p.m...

New world awaits KHOUs Alsandor - Houston Chronicle
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.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6356700.htmlcid=1325066641ei=BOTWSenCNIeUMrTK5Z8Gusg=AFQjCNH-28tHzBwCnzGGjSPSjR3dgujrNgNew world awaits KHOUs Alsandor/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fHouston Chronicle,nbsp;United States/font/fontbrfont size=-1Tony Stewart will chatter from his bcar/b with ESPN analyst Dale Jarrett during pace laps and caution periods during the NASCAR Nationwide Series brace/b at Texas Motor Speedway outside Fort Worth at 1:30 pm Saturday on ESPN2. Fox has the Sprint Cup brace/b at b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Casino slot machines providing payoffs in billions for gov't
The Alberta government has capped the province's bars at 6,000 video lottery terminals for the past 14 years, but casinos and race tracks have enjoyed an ever-growing kitty of slot machines...

Full Size Porsche Spyder Slot-Car Set: Thats Dedication - Motor Report
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://www.themotorreport.com.au/25780/full-size-porsche-spyder-slot-car-set-thats-dedication/cid=0ei=BOTWSenCNIeUMrTK5Z8Gusg=AFQjCNHB2Gj590SWuLgr_-rJ8JdId9UupwFull Size Porsche Spyder bSlot/b-bCar/b Set: Thats Dedication/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fMotor Report,nbsp;Australia/font/fontbrfont size=-1Maybe the guys from the Porsche Club of America were thinking along similar lines when they decided to build this 1:1 scale bslot/b-bcar/b section, with a pair of Porsche Spyders resting on the tracks. Just brilliant./font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Car Racing Expansion
"bSlot car racing/b is really big in the fall, winter and the spring and when you get into the summer, you're looking to do something outdoors." And that's what Michael Swinton plans to do by expanding his business, Millennium Raceway at b./b..

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[moreBuy aurora slot car, Toys Hobbies items on eBay. Find a huge selection of Electronics, Books items and get what you want now!] Link Info · Auto World Slot Cars: Everything you need for electric bslot car racing/b, model kits and b./b..

Carrera USA Go, Spider-Man Race Car Set By Carrera Of America b./b
b./b a blue and red "Webslinger 6000" and the second car included is a red Carnage "Parasite RS" The assembled dimensions of the track are 5.74 x 4 feet The Go Series is the perfect way to get started in the popular world of bslot car racing/b...

Vettel unhappy with penalty - SkySports
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/4i-0fd=Rurl=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12433_5137147,00.htmlcid=1323809766ei=BOTWSenCNIeUMrTK5Z8Gusg=AFQjCNE8umYC42z9dq8t3tWJOHC5uXk0Bgimg src=http://nt2.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=YnC7qr7UbNgJimgurl=img.skysports.com/09/04/218x298/Sebastian-Vettel_2102953.jpg width=59 height=80 alt= border=1brfont size=-2SkySports/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/4-0fd=Rurl=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12433_5137147,00.htmlcid=1323809766ei=BOTWSenCNIeUMrTK5Z8Gusg=AFQjCNE8umYC42z9dq8t3tWJOHC5uXk0BgVettel unhappy with penalty/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fSkySports/font/fontbrfont size=-1quot;He is a young guy, he drove fantastically well, and to me he had a bracing/b accident with Kubica,quot; he said. quot;I think he can take a lot of confidence away that we have a bcar/b with a lot of potential. quot;He is driving better than ever, and because of his b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

bSlot Car Racing/b? | Dave and Daves Excellent Blog
Always on the lookout for something interesting that we dont know is happening right under our noses, Dave & I recently stopped by the A.B. Charles Hobby Shop in Mount Lebanon forEURŠ wait for itEURŠ bslot car racing/b! b./b..

Four toys worth having kids for. - Proud Parenting
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.proudparenting.com/node/2900cid=0ei=BOTWSenCNIeUMrTK5Z8Gusg=AFQjCNGQKrf3B_-YLNt1v_fl6Ya1nMzuGAFour toys worth having kids for./abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fProud Parenting/font/fontbrfont size=-1Some day, you would have a big bslot car/b set and a train that ran from room to room, a remote powered boat for the pond, and maybe even a personal helicopter. And then adulthood crept in and for most of us found new people to quot;suggestquot; to us that we b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..



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