Slot Car Racing News for 04/15/2009



Button expects bigger threat from rivals (ITV.com)
Points leader says Brawn ready for a 'tough fight' to stay at the front from China onwards...

A1 GP: Fairuz puts team back in the reckoning
FAIRUZ Fauzy put A1 Team Malaysia's campaign back on track with two strong qualifying positions in Round Six of the A1GP at the Algarve Circuit in Portimao, Portugal on Saturday...

Media Matters: What were the odds? - Radioactive Drag Racing News
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.go2geiger.com/index.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D1201:media-matters-what-were-the-odds%26catid%3D1:pronews%26Itemid%3D17cid=1329984018ei=kITlSfjKIZqxmAeqqsHWAQusg=AFQjCNHUZAY9Ov3gx5FagMZiU8OVv7chPwMedia Matters: What were the odds?/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fRadioactive Drag Racing News,nbsp;TX/font/fontbrfont size=-1Best Sign: At the bslot/b machine of signs, we came up with three cherries from the rather subdued crowd gathered to watch a vibrant Dave Rieff and Mike Dunn at the NHRA bRace/b Day Show. Maybe the audience was just tired at that time in the morning. b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Little slot cars a big hit in New Windsor - Times Herald-Record
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.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20090413/LIFE02/904130301cid=0ei=kITlSfjKIZqxmAeqqsHWAQusg=AFQjCNHdter-JhyhzdgV7pzLVrC0uq-ESwLittle bslot/b cars a big hit in New Windsor/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fTimes Herald-Record,nbsp;NY/font/fontbrfont size=-1They brace/b modifieds and NASCAR type cars there. Yeah, they even have a drag strip that is a huge hit on Saturday nights. Sound like real bracing/b? Might as well be. I#39;m talking about bslot car racing/b. I heard these miniature marvels were somethin#39; to see, b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

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..

Canyon Region Manzanita reslts 2009-04-12 (Motorsport.com)
Hockett Hauls in Last Manzanita Sprint Car Win with ASCS Canyon Score!..

Natural Bridge Speedway's season kicks off
NATURAL BRIDGE - Natural Bridge Speedway got its 2009 dirt track season underway Saturday night...

Plott Scores a Weekend Double at Texas Motor Speedway
Georgian Invades the Lone Star State on Cup Weekend and Dominates the Action CONCORD , NC - " Kyle Plott doesn't do the "Texas Two Step," but he certainly knows how to dance around the competition in Legends Car racing in the "Lonestar State." The 13-year-old Georgia native made the 13-hour trek to the Texas Motor Speedway with his family this past ...

Not just for rev-heads
The whole family can capture the spirit and excitement of the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in the school holidays...

Volkswagen newsletter 2009-04-13 (Motorsport.com)
Four wins, two in England and two in Germany - Volkswagen make a perfect start to the Formula 3 season...

Texas race track gambles with new slot machines
The Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas begins its 13th season today with the track's parent company under bankruptcy protection...

Gone4It
From a BBC press release quoting Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer: Go4it has done its very best to reach a children's audience...

Midwest/Northern Plains Greenwood I-80 results 2009-04-10 (Motorsport.com)
GREENWOOD, Neb. (April 10, 2009) -- Billy Alley opened up the 2009 Sprint Car racing season in the Midwest by topping Friday night's 25-lap ASCS Midwest vs. Northern Plains Challenge Series feature event atop Nebraska Raceway Park's I-80 Speedway...

EXTRA: Severe storms; Strickland lawsuit; Pirate standoff - Marietta Times
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/9i-0fd=Rurl=http://www.nbc4i.com/cmh/news/local/local_govtpolitics/article/strickland_ohio_could_lose_2_congressional_seats/14652/cid=1330000851ei=kITlSfjKIZqxmAeqqsHWAQusg=AFQjCNEcL0f0jYSWan_qNsPaYUKcnlKJXgimg src=http://nt3.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=X9FvPnRKaZMJimgurl=media.nbc4i.com/wcmh/img-story/images/uploads/strickland.jpg width=80 height=59 alt= border=1brfont size=-2NBC4i.com/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/9-0fd=Rurl=http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/512019.html%3Fnav%3D5002cid=1330000851ei=kITlSfjKIZqxmAeqqsHWAQusg=AFQjCNHam0nh38HbcuTzh_PMUCgFZsLAFQEXTRA: Severe storms; Strickland lawsuit; Pirate standoff/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fMarietta Times,nbsp;OH/font/fontbrfont size=-1#39;#39;It looked like they were trying to get to the bcar/b. The infant was in a bcar/b seat.#39;#39; The storms shouldn#39;t have a major impact on the Mid-Ohio Valley, just more rain, said Nick Webb, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Charleston, W.Va. b./b/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/9-1fd=Rurl=http://media.herald-dispatch.com/blog/topics/2009/04/odds-and-ends-4909.htmlcid=1330000851ei=kITlSfjKIZqxmAeqqsHWAQusg=AFQjCNE-65Gv1GQSO4VTEvg2YRyQze5fqAOdds and ends, 4/9/09/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrHuntington Herald Dispatch/nobr/font/fontbrfont class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=enned=usie=ISO-8859-1ncl=1330000851nobrall 92 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Hoping Site of First Start is The Place for Another First - Motorsport.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/2-0fd=Rurl=http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp%3FID%3D323965%26FS%3DNASCAR-CUPcid=1333890403ei=kITlSfjKIZqxmAeqqsHWAQusg=AFQjCNEBFzxW9NMb5hPSNp0_khUBSCxj4wHoping Site of First Start is The Place for Another First/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fMotorsport.com,nbsp;Florida/font/fontbrfont size=-1Being from South Bend, Ind., stock bcar racing/b wasn#39;t exactly popular. In Newman#39;s home state, bracing/b meant one thing - open-wheel cars. Little boys dreamed of competing in the Indianapolis 500. But not Newman. He always preferred his NASCAR bslot/b cars b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

in Brief
Gary Player is calling it a career at Augusta National after his 52nd Masters appearance this week...

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 forEUR wait for itEUR bslot car racing/b! b./b..

Bands of brothers built up Detroit car industry -- Part II
Whether Frank or Charles Duryea was the main cog in the development of the first gas-powered car in America, one thing is certain: Automakers who followed owed a debt to both brothers...

Ryan Newman - Hoping Site of First Start is The Place for Another First
Ryan Newman - Hoping Site of First Start is The Place for Another First KANNAPOLIS , N.C. - " Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Ariz., is where it all began for Ryan Newman...

Agency Report Cards 2008 (AdWeek)
This is the 26th time we have conducted this annual exercise to assess the business performance of the country's top ad agencies...

Don's Hobby Place features 80-foot slot track
Don Cundiff, owner of Don's Hobby Shop, has created a 1/32-scale slot-car layout with nearly 80 feet of track...

Glamour Dims as Hecklers Hit the Auto Show - New York 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/1-0fd=Rurl=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/automobiles/autoshow/14auto.html%3Fref%3Dbusinesscid=1333465906ei=kITlSfjKIZqxmAeqqsHWAQusg=AFQjCNFCEXaCBgdXtQCOsZ5K40q540PF0AGlamour Dims as Hecklers Hit the Auto Show/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fNew York Times,nbsp;United States/font/fontbrfont size=-1There are bslot car/b races, a magician doing card tricks, and the crew of MTVs EURPimp My RideEUR upgrading a bcar/b in a cordoned-off section called Mustang Alley, which has a spring-break vibe. EURWere the bad boys of the auto show! b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Opinionated opinions about a years worth of Cars. - Slot Car b./b
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..

Vintage HO bSlot Car Racing/b Race #19 will be Thursday Feb 26th 2009 b./b
Vintage HO bSlot Car Racing/b Race #19 will be Thursday Feb 26th 2009 Canadian Vintage HO bSlot Car Racing/b...

#39;Great Day#39; For Rahal At St. Petersburg! Takes Season Opening . - PaddockTalk
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Vintage HO bSlot Car Racing/b Race #16 will be Thursday Feb 5th 2009 b./b
Vintage HO bSlot Car Racing/b Race #16 will be Thursday Feb 5th 2009 Canadian Vintage HO bSlot Car Racing/b...

Philly casinos fight returns to Harrisburg
Even as the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved a small slot-machine casino in suburban Philadelphia, the agency's chaotic public meeting Wednesday signaled that the fight over the construction of two other casinos in Philadelphia has landed back in their lap...

Cheltenham4u.co.uk: Dowty bSlot Car Racing/b 2009 Update
2009 updates are now available, including results from all the latest races (1/32 scale, 1/24 scale and the Cotswold Challenge - race against Swindon's bslot car racing/b club). For more information about Dowty bSlot Car Racing/b Club and b./b..

Casinos cut the price of playing to keep gamblers coming
Apr. 4--Up until a few months ago, the minimum blackjack table at the Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls had been $10. Now, Western New York's biggest casino advertises that $5 blackjack tables are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week...

Battle over Philly casinos back in Harrisburg
Even as the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved a small slot-machine casino in Montgomery County , the agency's chaotic public meeting on Wednesday signaled that the fight over the construction of two other casinos in Philadelphia has landed back in their lap...

Phoenix: Ryan Newam preview (Motorsport.com)
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (April 14, 2009) - Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Ariz., is where it all began for Ryan Newman. On Nov. 5, 2000, Newman made his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut at Phoenix...

Catalunya: James Walker preview (Motorsport.com)
The 2009 World Series by Renault roars into action next weekend at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona. After running at the front of the pre-season test sessions, James Walker will be gunning for a strong start to his 2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Championship campaign...

71st Gent-Wevelgem - Chasing the Peloton
But what about spectators? Tim Lee shares his experience of chasing Gent Wevelgem in less than desirable weather however coming away quite content after seeing the favourite's team win but with a different rider. By Tim Lee Date: 08/04/2009 Location: Oost Vlaanderen -West Vlaanderen By definition according to the UCI, Gent Wevelgem is a mid week ...

Little slot cars a big hit in New Windsor
Did you ever hear of Orange County Raceway in New Windsor? Yeah, you read it right, raceway...

Algarve: A1 Team Malaysia A1GP Qualifying Recap
A1 Team Malaysia will start in sixth place for the Feature race and 11th position for the Sprint event at the Vodafone A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, Algarve, Portugal...

Jake Humphrey blog (BBC News)
BBC F1 presenter blogs about bangers and big planes..

Don#39;s Hobby Place features 80-foot slot track - Gary Post Tribune
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.post-trib.com/news/neighbors/1521421,hobby.articlecid=0ei=kITlSfjKIZqxmAeqqsHWAQusg=AFQjCNGicmiRzdKeil2OCLWPOyUQU8h-rADon#39;s Hobby Place features 80-foot bslot/b track/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fGary Post Tribune,nbsp;IN/font/fontbrfont size=-1quot;For busy moms, this is a wonderful place to have a party.quot; Added Sam: quot;I never raced on a track that big before. bRacing/b is cool. My bcar/b flipped four times. My friends who are here probably will want to have their birthday (parties) here. b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

British is best - Telegraph.co.uk
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/5i-0fd=Rurl=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/5154553/British-is-best.htmlcid=0ei=kITlSfjKIZqxmAeqqsHWAQusg=AFQjCNHFzXRZeK7a8uCKF-kiDqvCQ6RsLwimg src=http://nt0.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=BL8-uF81ODQJimgurl=www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01365/Jagxf_1365898c.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/5-0fd=Rurl=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/5154553/British-is-best.htmlcid=0ei=kITlSfjKIZqxmAeqqsHWAQusg=AFQjCNHFzXRZeK7a8uCKF-kiDqvCQ6RsLwBritish is best/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fTelegraph.co.uk,nbsp;United Kingdom/font/fontbrfont size=-1A superb result for Skoda was cemented by third place for the Octavia, which took overall top bslot/b in the Driver Power survey in 2007 and 2008. With a wide range of economical VW group engines and a rugged appeal, the Czech bcar/b is hard to beat for b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

im Economy Brings Changes to Fair
The Alameda County Fair will be going through some changes this year that have been brought about by the poorer economy...

Natural Bridge Speedway#39;s season kicks off - Staunton News Leader
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.newsleader.com/article/20090413/SPORTS/904130317cid=0ei=kITlSfjKIZqxmAeqqsHWAQusg=AFQjCNHeSrnCilmzoWWGnVrG69GhaS2u2wNatural Bridge Speedway#39;s season kicks off/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fStaunton News Leader,nbsp;VA/font/fontbrfont size=-1Taylor made it three bracing/b divisions in three bracing/b seasons, and made his first start in Street Stock a memorable one, starting third in the 10-bcar/b field and grabbing the point on lap 2. He protected the lead until he grabbed the checkers at the end b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Travel clubs: April 11, 2009
April 13: Potluck at Veteran's Building. A-F= dessert, G-N= hot dish, O-Z= salad/veggie. Bring your own table service, meeting at noon, lunch at 12:30 p.m. April 15-16: Menopause at the Eldorado in Reno...

DVICE: One serious bslot-car racing/b track
One serious bslot-car racing/b track, by Adam Frucci. Presented by DVICE (DVICE.COM), part of the SCI FI Network, (SCIFI.COM)..

1986 Porsche 944 Turbo from North America - Comments (Carsurvey.org)
Blown head gasket after installing chip and manual boost controller. This was my fault and would not have happened if I had not modified boost. The problem was solved with a wide fire ring head gasket...

Interactive hobbies show
The great and good of the model world will join thousands of enthusiasts at the UK's largest interactive hobbies show in mid-Somerset this April...

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...

Electric Dreams Slot Car News Blog Archive Electric Dreams b./b
Categories. New Slot Car Releases Slot Car News bSlot Car Racing/b Slot Car Reviews Tech News Vintage Slot Car News. Archives. Select Month, April 2009, November 2008, October 2008, July 2008, May 2008, April 2008, March 2008 b./b..

Catalunya: James Walker preview - Motorsport.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/3-0fd=Rurl=http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp%3FID%3D324068%26FS%3Dcid=1333975959ei=kITlSfjKIZqxmAeqqsHWAQusg=AFQjCNHjriAsdI98qM2LHIKknqwxyuQRNgCatalunya: James Walker preview/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fMotorsport.com,nbsp;Florida/font/fontbrfont size=-1The 17-brace/b season kicks off in Barcelona before moving to the much-loved Spa-Francorchamps track in Belgium, just two weeks later. The series takes up it#39;s traditional bslot/b just before the F1 brace/b in Monaco at the end of May, then travels to Budapest, b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

New rules for gambling suppliers
Kansas regulators are making it easier for casinos to get slot machines and other gambling equipment...

Don's Hobby Place features 80-foot slot track (Post-Tribune)
CHESTERTON -- Don Cundiff, owner of Don's Hobby Shop, has created a 1/32-scale slot-car layout with nearly 80 feet of track. It includes overpasses, twists and turns, grandstands and more. Colored lanes correspond with computerized track records. A circuit board connected to each lane records laps, time, speed and other information. During a recent birthday party, boys maneuvered their cars with ...

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...



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