Slot Car Racing News for 04/28/2009



Raising the stakes (Sun-Sentinel)
Isle Casino competes with Seminoles' more established venue a few miles away For more than a month, the Isle Casino and Racing in Pompano Beach has promoted a drawing for a Buick LaCrosse, at 7 p.m. Sunday...

bSlot Car Racing/b in the Digital Age | CarAutoCar
Robert Schleicher wrote the book on bslot car racing/bEUR”literally. In the three short years since Schleicher's bSlot Car Racing/b: Tips, Tricks & Track Plans was published, the hobby has been virtually transformed by new products and b./b..

James Allen's Bahrain GP verdict (ITV.com)
Our columnist dissects exactly where, and how, the Button/Brawn combination got the upper hand at Sakhir...

bSlot Car Racing/b North Pittsburgh Pa. - Slot Car Illustrated Forum
bSlot Car Racing/b North Pittsburgh Pa. Club Corner. b./b Go Back, Slot Car Illustrated Forum > Club Racing and Events > Club Corner · Reload this Page bSlot Car Racing/b North Pittsburgh Pa. b./b..

Plato 'chuffed' with top three slot
Jason Plato said he was chuffed with a place on the second row of the grid for his first HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship race weekend under the Racing Silverline banner...

Maruja reincarnates in Kristine Hermosa (The Daily Tribune)
Kristine Hermosa, alluring than ever with her 22-inch waist, brings to life again the well-loved big-screen character of Maruja in the ABS-CBN retelling of the tragic story, given a new twist, in Komiks Presents Mars Ravelos Nasaan Ka Maruja?..

TOYOTA SPEEDWAY AT IRWINDALE - RacingWest.com
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Exclusive: Watkins on Senna - Part I
Senna and Prost battle heading into turn one. For many race fans the world over, Sunday 1st May 1994 remains a day that will never be forgotten, the day that Ayrton Senna was killed on what was a horrific Grand Prix weekend at Imola, then the home of the San Marino Grand Prix...

Veterans victorious at Natural Bridge Speedway
NATURAL BRIDGE - Each of Saturday night's five winners at Natural Bridge Speedway had visited Victory Lane during his racing career, but only one grabbed the checkers for the second consecutive time in the young 2009 season at the 3 1/48-mile dirt oval...

New racing is #39;slots#39; of fun in Mansfield - Mansfield News Journal
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You can make an ass of yourself at Donkey Derby Days in Cripple . - Dallas Morning News
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Chinese GP Qualifying Debrief: Red Bull Racing
Lining up on the number one slot on the grid tomorrow best view of the track, prettiest grid girl and other incentives will be Sebastian Vettel...

IL: Cunningham back on top in Kansas. (Crash.net)
Two years on from his last fastest time, Wade Cunningham claims pole position...

James Allen#39;s Bahrain GP verdict - ITV.com
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.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article6181862.ececid=1340750824ei=e4v2SZekGqO4MdbM2JQIusg=AFQjCNGQmINPS7jw2aMJlkKUnEku-v0J8gimg src=http://nt0.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=mH7dgByLG0gJimgurl=www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00531/p62tuesday_385x185_531958a.jpg width=80 height=38 alt= border=1brfont size=-2Times Online/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://www.itv-f1.com/Feature.aspx%3FType%3DJames_Allen%26id%3D45725cid=1340750824ei=e4v2SZekGqO4MdbM2JQIusg=AFQjCNHAoyOpgGbvk_JAROUExG6o-oglkgJames Allen#39;s Bahrain GP verdict/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fITV.com,nbsp;UK/font/fontbrfont size=-1On Saturday both Toyotas and Vettel outpaced them with similar fuel levels or more and Jenson#39;s grid bslot/b made him vulnerable to the KERS bcar/b of Lewis Hamilton, who passed him easily into turn one. But that aside it was a stunning team performance, b./b/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-1fd=Rurl=http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0,18954,3213_5242759,00.htmlcid=1340750824ei=e4v2SZekGqO4MdbM2JQIusg=AFQjCNFTGtZoae8C_EqfY3gUI5FCYsSDUwBahrain GP Report: Button#39;s Back On Top/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrPlanet F-1.com/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/3-2fd=Rurl=http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php%3Ffes_art_id%3D37702cid=1340750824ei=e4v2SZekGqO4MdbM2JQIusg=AFQjCNGO6r_KYma_Xqj98QswF96ILfwM2QButton and Brawn provide a Manama Masterclass/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrpitpass.com/nobr/font/fontbrfont class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=enned=usie=ISO-8859-1ncl=1340750824nobrall 774 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Alonso lightest on grid
Brawn GP opted for race pace over one-lap form, the Red Bulls headed out lighter in Q3 in a bid to snatch pole and Fernando Alonso was practically running on fumes in order to grab a front row grid slot...

IL: Cunningham back on top in Kansas
Former series champion Wade Cunningham returned to the top of the timesheets in an Indy Lights qualifying session for the first time in two years as he guided one of the many Sam Schmidt Motorsport entries to pole position for the Kansas Lottery 100...

Little slot cars a big hit in New Windsor - Times Herald-Record
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ATT Williams 2009 Bahrain GP Qualifying
At a blisteringly hot Bahrain International Circuit, where ambient temperatures peaked at 38A C this afternoon, both AT&T Williams drivers executed the transition from the opening Q1 round of qualifying into Q2 today...

Daugherty driver Ambrose lucky to miss late wreck - Asheville Citizen-Times
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Portable System - Slot Car Illustrated Forum
With the receipt of our tax refund, I have begun a "bslot car racing/b adventure". I have purchased track, cars, and other accessories to build my own portable system. My nephew and I developed our idea during Christmas break while b./b..

Gambling sites have 'friendly, fun' rivalry (Sun-Sentinel)
Gambling: Isle Casino and Racing in Pompano determined to compete with older, established Seminole Casino Coconut Creek For more than a month, the Isle Casino and Racing in Pompano Beach has promoted a drawing for a Buick LaCrosse, at 7 p.m. Sunday...

Pontiacs reach finish line - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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Formula One: Bruno Senna still hoping to race this yearMercedes-Benz.
A picture of Brunno Senna: wants a seat in F1. Brunno Senna: wants a seat in F1...

RailModeller - Review
One of the great things about computers is that there is software to help people get the most of practically every conceivable hobby, even those not obviously connected with technology or the internet...

bSlot Car Racing/b? | Dave and Dave#39;s Excellent Blog
Always on the lookout for something interesting that we don't 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..

Andy Cagle: Riding With Tinman Tests Mettle, Reaffirms Love of Racing
I'm not much on parades. Never have been. They just seem like a pointless exercise to me -- a bunch of people with an over-inflated sense of self riding down the street waving at folks they don't know, who don't know them...

HO bSlot Car Racing/b - Auto World 4Gear amp; Racing Rigs - Auto World X b./b
Auto World's new 4Gear chassis is based on a classic extended pancake design. It features an extra gear on its lengthened power transfer plate. The extended wheelbase and narrowed rear end fitted with gigantic dragster-inspired wheels b./b..

Car-seller in driver's seat
It had been almost two years since Richard Silverman had driven in a harness race, but there he was Monday at Chester Downs, making his return in the family business...

Speedrome Steams into Saturday with Supreme Racing Program - WhoWon.com
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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...

South Florida gambling sites wage 'fun, friendly' war for Palm Beach County's business (The Palm Beach Post)
For more than a month, the Isle Casino and Racing in Pompano Beach has promoted a drawing for a Buick LaCrosse, at 7 p.m. Sunday...

Driver nets first Natural Bridge Speedway win - Staunton News Leader
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Casinos have 'friendly' rivalry, woo Palm Beach County gamblers (Sun-Sentinel)
Gambling: Isle Casino and Racing in Pompano determined to compete with older, established Seminole Casino Coconut Creek For more than a month, the Isle Casino and Racing has promoted a drawing for a Buick, at 7 p.m. Sunday. For three months, rival Seminole Casino Coconut Creek has advertised a "mystery car giveaway." This week the details came out. Their car giveaway just happens to be 7 p.m. ...

Daugherty driver Ambrose lucky to miss late wreck
Bob Berghaus * BBerghau@CITIZEN-TIMES.com * SPORTS EDITOR * published April 28, 2009 12:15 am Marcos Ambrose had the best race on an oval track of his NASCAR Sprint Cup career on Sunday...

Driver nets first Natural Bridge Speedway win (The Staunton News Leader)
NATURAL BRIDGE EUR” Saturday's warm weather heated up the racing at Natural Bridge Speedway...

South Florida gambling sites wage 'fun, friendly' war for Palm Beach County's business
For more than a month, the Isle Casino and Racing in Pompano Beach has promoted a drawing for a Buick LaCrosse, at 7 p.m. Sunday...

Driven: Subaru Forester Xti concept, WRX and WRX Sti with SPT mods
Subaru invited us out to the track to sample some of its Subaru Performance Tuning components, fitted to the company's Forester XTI show car, as well as the Impreza WRX and STI models...

You can make an ass of yourself at Donkey Derby Days in Cripple Creek, CO (Dallas Morning News)
Once a year, folks around these parts get to drag their asses down the main street of an old mining town...

Bahrain: Edoardo Mortara GP2 Asia Sprint Race Recap
Edoardo Mortara has finished the final race of the 2008/2009 GP2 Asia Championship in 16th position, having been forced to start the contest from last place...

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Discover the flat out fun pastime of bslot car racing/b. Having sped to popularity in the 60's and 70's, miniature car racing is back with a whole new breed of cars, tracks, and accessories. Whether you're new to the sport or an b./b..

Plato 'chuffed' with top three slot (Crash.net)
Jason Plato takes third on the grid for his second BTCC race weekend at the wheel of a Chevrolet Lacetti..

Rahal leads NHLR sweep of Kansas front row
Graham Rahal won his second career IndyCar pole in three races, and his first on an oval, to edge rookie Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing team-mate Robert Doornbos by three-tenths of a second at the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway...

New racing is 'slots' of fun in Mansfield
A lead foot won't help, but a golden finger will. Brian Cox, owner of Fatboys Raceways on Mulberry Street, is starting a spring slot car league to figure out who has the fastest trigger in the area...

The Fun Of bSlot Car Racing/b | Chris Rudolph#39;s Internet Marketing b./b
The popularity of bslot car racing/b has exploded in recent years. The key reason for this is the introduction of networking capabilities that enable slot car racers to race against one another using the internet. b./b..

Plato #39;chuffed#39; with top three slot - crash.net
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Driver nets first Natural Bridge Speedway win
NATURAL BRIDGE - Saturday's warm weather heated up the racing at Natural Bridge Speedway...

Raising the stakes: Isle Casino competes with Seminoles' more.
Raising the stakes: Isle Casino competes with Seminoles' more established venue a few miles away Apr...

#39;10 RAA thoughts - Slot Car Illustrated Forum
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..

101-in-1 Explosive Megamix
NDS Review - '101-in-1 Explosive Megamix' Posted on Tuesday, April 21 @ 04:50:13 PDT 101-in-1 Explosive Megamix is a collection of 101 addictive mini-game types including: puzzles, sports, racing, cooking, shooting, balancing, juggling, and much more...

Slot Cars amp; Slot Car Racing
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..



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