Slot Car Racing News for 05/08/2009



Stuntman chases slot in Indy 500 (The Greenville News)
There are no retakes here. Stanton Barrett has to get it right the first time, and every time...

Latest bSlot Car Racing/b Systems | All The Fun Stuff
Slot Car RacingThere can't be many people who have never heard of Scalextric. Scalextric is probably the best known manufacturer of bslot car racing/b sets. Slot...

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 ...

the Bay at Play
'The Bay at Play' Exhibit Opens May 9 The Tuckerton Seaport begins the celebration of its 10th anniversary with the The Bay at Play exhibit on May 9 through October 18...

Exclusive interview - Toyotas Timo Glock (Formula 1)
Toyota seem to be on a steep upward curve this season - and with them driver Timo Glock. After his podium in Malaysia, the young German is convinced that the strategic error at the last round in Bahrain was a one-off...

Skid Marks: NBC Sues Championship Off Road Racing - Mediapost.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/5-0fd=Rurl=http://www.mediapost.com/publications/%3Ffa%3DArticles.showArticle%26art_aid%3D105676cid=0ei=dKQESuKNGpvW7APB4bCfBwusg=AFQjCNGZJRa9Krtb4WUI8uGPd5ojmaFN3QSkid Marks: NBC Sues Championship Off Road bRacing/b/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fMediapost.com,nbsp;NY/font/fontbrfont size=-1CORR races have also aired on News Corp.#39;s Speed network. NBC Sports has not abandoned off-road bcar/b and truck bracing/b. The Lucas Oil Off Road bRacing/b Series has announced that NBC will air a live brace/b in a weekend prime-time bslot/b in November. b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

The Hypocrisy Of Government Gambling
The gambling industry, which grosses about $8.7-billion a year in Canada, amounts to an elaborate conspiracy of the clever against the dim...

IRL: Lloyd happy to wait for Ganassi seat (autosport.com)
Alex Lloyd says he remains happy to wait for a future opportunity with IndyCar champion squad Chip Ganassi Racing rather than taking an immediate drive elsewhere..

Late Model drivers set for key point races during Moma s Night Out event at SoBo
Late Model drivers set for key point races during Moma TMs Night Out event at SoBo SOUTH BOSTON , VA...

James Allen's Friday form guide (ITV.com)
Our columnist gives his reading of how the various car upgrades have affected the F1 pecking order in Spain...

SHS CARR Club prepares for Saturday show (The Seymour Tribune)
Seymour High School CARR Club members are gearing up for their third annual Hot Rods & Academics Car Show on Saturday. The event is a way for the students to be involved in the community as well as get an opportunity to show off the hard work they've..

Fatboys Raceways Attracts Racing Enthusiasts
Fatboys Raceways is open from 4 to 9 p.m., Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m. on Saturday...

2009 Infiniti G37 Sedan first take
Currently, Infiniti offers some of the best cabin tech in the automotive world, and the 2009 Infiniti G37 Sedan exemplifies a balance of modern convenience and sport driving prowess...

Slot Car Racing And Sales in North County
Slot Car Racing And Sales - Amateurs & Pro - Fun & Profitable. Asking Price: $124900 Annual Revenues: Call Annual Adjusted Net: Call...

Racing notebook: SMI willing to move a race to Kentucky (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)
Published: Monday, May 4, 2009 at 11:37 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, May 4, 2009 at 11:37 p.m. CONCORD, N.C. EUR” Speedway Motorsports Inc. officials said Monday they have asked NASCAR to add Kentucky to the 2010 Sprint Cup Series schedule...

bSlot Car Racing/b: Tips, Tricks, amp; Track Plans | CarAutoCar
OK, so it's a hobby sport and not a real race car: that doesn't mean bslot car racing/b is a kids' sport - far from it. Over the years it's become one of the most popular hobbies of adults, and bSlot Car Racing/b: Tips, Tricks & Track Plans ...

Test Drive: Race-ready, family friendly
Every once in a while, a vehicle comes along that just takes your breath away. The Lexus LS sedan has been doing that for me with each generation since its introduction in 1990, and so have BMW M3s for about the same amount of time...

RI gambling parlor to suspend greyhound racing
The struggling Twin River gambling parlor says it's suspending greyhound racing for the rest of the year as it deals with deep financial problems...

Exclusive interview - Toyota's Timo Glock
Toyota seem to be on a steep upward curve this season - and with them driver Timo Glock...

MacBank pitches a maverick AIG bid
MACQUARIE Group is finalising a bid for the fund management arm of American International Group as the assets of the embattled insurance group are carved up to ensure its survival...

Racing game for iPhone a technogeek's dream come true (Colorado Springs Gazette)
Publisher: Freeverse Inc. Developer: Strange Flavour Ltd. I've wanted a slot car-racing video game for pretty much all my life, and it's finally arrived - on my phone! "SlotZ" has a ridiculous amount of content for a game on just about any platform, let alone the iPhone...

VW Introduces Virtual Slot-Racing Game for 2010 Golf GTI
Volkswagen is kicking off its late-May launch of the Golf GTI in the U.K. with an online game...

The Joneses#39; Richard D#39;Alessio Taps into NASCAR Appeal in a quot;Bigquot; Way - Broadcast Newsroom
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.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp%3Fid%3D733002cid=1344078284ei=dKQESuKNGpvW7APB4bCfBwusg=AFQjCNG6mnojISgrEhSBNpQI0xv8HYgpvQThe Joneses#39; Richard D#39;Alessio Taps into NASCAR Appeal in a quot;Bigquot; Way/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fBroadcast Newsroom,nbsp;CA/font/fontbrfont size=-1Creator of the popular web comedy series Knob Hockey, D#39;Alessio has created a new ad-sponsored web series through his company Animax Unplugged focused on the thrills and spills of the cutthroat sport of bslot car racing/b. bSLOTCAR/b TV, with weekly episodes b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Exclusive interview - Toyota#39;s Timo Glock - Formula 1
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.formula1.com/news/interviews/2009/5/9312.htmlcid=1347765166ei=dKQESuKNGpvW7APB4bCfBwusg=AFQjCNGl_RGmz37y7_6Fj5PX40F1IyDa5QExclusive interview - Toyota#39;s Timo Glock/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fFormula 1/font/fontbrfont size=-1TG: We have some aero upgrades on the bcar/b for this brace/b as usual with the first European round of the season, but we#39;ll have to wait and see how much of a step this is relative to the other cars. Q: Toyota were one of the three teams with an advantage b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

SHS Carr Club prepares for Saturday show
Seymour High School CARR Club members are gearing up for their third annual Hot Rods & Academics Car Show on Saturday...

Play Time: Volkswagen Creates New GTI Online Slot Car Racing Game
Your end-of-the-week time waster has arrived. In anticipation of the on-sale date for the new Volkswagen GTI, the folks at Volkswagen UK have set up an online game that lets you race a GTI slot car around a scale city...

NorCal MINIs: Virtual VW GTI Prototype bSlot Car Racing/b
Virtual VW GTI Prototype bSlot Car Racing/b. Check out this on-line game, "The GTI Project." Once you figure out your way into the lab you can virtually slot car race the prototype new VW GTI that will be available this fall. ...

Lloyd happy to wait for Ganassi seat - autosport.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/2i-0fd=Rurl=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75084cid=1345948483ei=dKQESuKNGpvW7APB4bCfBwusg=AFQjCNH2FnN1cciwp95XAHlAp1HnzkjYYwimg src=http://nt0.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=LG9_wrOk8MsJimgurl=www.autosport.com/images/upload/1241692062.jpg width=53 height=80 alt= border=1brfont size=-2autosport.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/2-0fd=Rurl=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75084cid=1345948483ei=dKQESuKNGpvW7APB4bCfBwusg=AFQjCNH2FnN1cciwp95XAHlAp1HnzkjYYwLloyd happy to wait for Ganassi seat/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fautosport.com,nbsp;UK/font/fontbrfont size=-1quot;In a way, if I was Alex, I would probably use a tear-off and find somebody else to drive for because I#39;m not getting enough time in a brace car/b. But he#39;s been professionally correct in what he#39;s done with us. He stands by the brand and works hard with b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

James Allen#39;s Friday form guide - ITV.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/9-0fd=Rurl=http://www.itv-f1.com/Feature.aspx%3FType%3DJames_Allen%26id%3D45806cid=0ei=dKQESuKNGpvW7APB4bCfBwusg=AFQjCNFL5LKalcin35z3vyooRWoTlJ9MTAJames Allen#39;s Friday form guide/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fITV.com,nbsp;UK/font/fontbrfont size=-1Friday was busier than usual at Barcelona, with all the teams eager to find out whether the bcar/b upgrades they have brought to the first European brace/b have paid off in lap time. As ever, itv.com/f1 columnist James Allen was paying close attention and b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

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...

The Joneses' Richard D'Alessio Taps into NASCAR Appeal in a Big Way
Creator of the popular web comedy series Knob Hockey, D'Alessio has created a new ad-sponsored web series through his company Animax Unplugged focused on the thrills and spills of the cutthroat sport of slot car racing...

Skid Marks: NBC Sues Lucas Road Race Series
NBC Universal has filed suit against a dirt-track racing series, alleging that it breached a $6.4 million contract to buy airtime on NBC Sports...

Indianapolis Motor Speedway marks 100 years
Indianapolis Motor Speedway has made the reputation of racing greats: A.J. Foyt, Rick Mears, the Unser family...

Ingram#39;s Flat Spot On: Date without destiny - 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/4-0fd=Rurl=http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp%3FID%3D326784%26FS%3DNASCAR-CUPcid=1345143978ei=dKQESuKNGpvW7APB4bCfBwusg=AFQjCNHNC636FJKJ2qX_iaU6orSkioO04AIngram#39;s Flat Spot On: Date without destiny/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fMotorsport.com,nbsp;Florida/font/fontbrfont size=-1Darlington#39;s 500-mile brace/b was once part of the Grand Slam, which included the longest brace/b at the four original superspeedways in the Southeast. Later, Darlington#39;s Labor Day brace/b was the last leg in what was known as stock bcar racing#39;s/b Triple Crown b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

VW Introduces Virtual Slot-Racing Game for 2010 Golf GTI - Edmunds.com/Inside Line
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/8i-0fd=Rurl=http://www.carpages.co.uk/volkswagen/volkswagen-golf-gti-05-05-09.aspcid=1346073532ei=dKQESuKNGpvW7APB4bCfBwusg=AFQjCNEUTB4HpijTfpL9rd6AoxSnv1r9Jwimg src=http://nt2.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=Fhvl81abpNAJimgurl=www.carpages.co.uk/volkswagen/volkswagen_images/volkswagen-gti-project-05-05-09.jpg width=80 height=60 alt= border=1brfont size=-2carpages/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/8-0fd=Rurl=http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId%3D147386cid=1346073532ei=dKQESuKNGpvW7APB4bCfBwusg=AFQjCNHSbJA259VkRudFexGEyvKydpwiLAVW Introduces Virtual bSlot/b-bRacing/b Game for 2010 Golf GTI/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fEdmunds.com/Inside Line,nbsp;CA/font/fontbrfont size=-1The game puts you behind the wheel of a virtual GTI bslot car/b, which is a 1:43 scale replica of the real thing. Acceleration can be controlled by either the mouse or the space bar, and crashing three times will kick you off the model 30-by-25-foot b./b/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-1fd=Rurl=http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/Mini-Concepts/239893/cid=1346073532ei=dKQESuKNGpvW7APB4bCfBwusg=AFQjCNG1p8sc8MD9qCmsdb0EKAj4Cb91SgMini#39;s Golf GTI rival/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrAutocar/nobr/font/fontbrfont class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=enned=usie=ISO-8859-1ncl=1346073532nobrall 12 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Racing game for iPhone a technogeek's dream come true
I've wanted a slot car-racing video game for pretty much all my life, and it's finally arrived - on my phone! "SlotZ" has a ridiculous amount of content for a game on just about any platform, let alone the iPhone...

Smallest car's not a wind-up (The Sun)
CAR lover has made the world's tiniest motor out of POSTMAN PAT kid's ride..

Ingram's Flat Spot On: Date Without Destiny (Motorsport.com)
There was a time when the Southern 500 was the real Southern 500, not the replica on display this weekend at Darlington. It's great that the grand ol' superspeedway in South Carolina continues to host the world's best stock car drivers in front of full grandstands...

Farewell, Sportsman's Park. So long, horseracing?
Mike Smith rides Distilled to win the Illinois Derby, April 7, 2001, at Sportman's Park in Cicero, Ill...

Play Time: Volkswagen Creates New GTI Online Slot Car Racing Game - MotorTrend Magazine
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/0i-0fd=Rurl=http://wot.motortrend.com/6537569/marketing/play-time-volkswagen-creates-new-gti-online-slot-car-racing-game/cid=1344461271ei=dKQESuKNGpvW7APB4bCfBwusg=AFQjCNE2gcdg-2seQBrnOEltsryLseDcdQimg src=http://nt1.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=AX0HzvNCdu4Jimgurl=image.motortrend.com/f/18409041%2Bw100%2Bh67%2Bcr1%2Bre0%2Bar0/18409041.jpg width=80 height=54 alt= border=1brfont size=-2MotorTrend Magazine/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/0-0fd=Rurl=http://wot.motortrend.com/6537569/marketing/play-time-volkswagen-creates-new-gti-online-slot-car-racing-game/cid=1344461271ei=dKQESuKNGpvW7APB4bCfBwusg=AFQjCNE2gcdg-2seQBrnOEltsryLseDcdQPlay Time: Volkswagen Creates New GTI Online bSlot Car Racing/b Game/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fMotorTrend Magazine/font/fontbrfont size=-1In anticipation of the on-sale date for the new Volkswagen GTI, the folks at Volkswagen UK have set up an online game that lets you brace/b a GTI bslot car/b around a scale city. Designed to promote the new GTI and its performance and handling cred, b./b/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/0-1fd=Rurl=http://www.themotorreport.com.au/29462/the-gti-project-online-slot-car-game-join-the-tmr-league/cid=1344461271ei=dKQESuKNGpvW7APB4bCfBwusg=AFQjCNEavw2ARDvtxdinDQDjlDXlpesvYgThe GTI Project Online bSlot Car/b Game: Join The TMR League/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrMotor Report/nobr/font/fontbrfont class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=enned=usie=ISO-8859-1ncl=1344461271nobrall 2 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Spinning my wheels: Gordon a seven-time champ
Mike is a contributor for the FOXSports.com fantasy group. Read his blog for more analysis...

Car success for Chipping Sodbury pupils
Pupils at Chipping Sodbury School achieved two top-four placings in an endurance race for home-built eco-friendly cars...

The Compelling Hobby of bSlot Car Racing/b : Missile X
bSlot car racing/b is a hobby that has grown in popularity as the technology has developed. Some like to build tracks to emulate the well known F1 racing tracks around the world. Their tracks may include accessories like stands, ...

autonews: The Latest from Slot Car News
With fake grass surrounding the slot car track and a computer hooked up to record the number of laps and fastest laps, as well as add sound effects while racing, it is easy to see why bslot car racing/b is become popular again. ...

Alonso expecting #39;not much#39; despite #39;130 per cent#39; effort - crash.net
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://www.crash.net/Formula%2BOne/News/146455/1/alonso_expecting_not_much_despite_130_per_cent_effort.htmlcid=1346283705ei=dKQESuKNGpvW7APB4bCfBwusg=AFQjCNE2PdZeIuh7HJL2CJ3mLdZWXPW1hgAlonso expecting #39;not much#39; despite #39;130 per cent#39; effort/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fcrash.net,nbsp;UK/font/fontbrfont size=-1EURœWe will improve the bcar/b from the last brace/b, but it is difficult to simulate what the advantage will be. It can be one tenth, it can be two or maybe four but who knows? EURœI think in this particular brace/b everyone will introduce new parts on their cars, b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Play Time: Volkswagen Creates New GTI Online Slot Car Racing Game
If you dont have a Play Station or a Xbox, and you are looking for ways to waste your time, look no further, your end-of-the-week time waster has arrived. In anticipation of the new Volkswagen GTI, the folks at Volkswagen UK have set ...

Stuntman chases slot in Indy 500
INDIANAPOLIS -- There are no retakes here. Stanton Barrett has to get it right the first time, and every time...

Smallest car#39;s not a wind-up - The Sun
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.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2419624.ececid=0ei=dKQESuKNGpvW7APB4bCfBwusg=AFQjCNGgEx2gI68Ko5kd3R-eHah4VRQLXgimg src=http://nt3.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=O_P54hPUYacJimgurl=img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00799/SmallCar6-682_799429a.jpg width=80 height=47 alt= border=1brfont size=-2The Sun/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.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2419624.ececid=0ei=dKQESuKNGpvW7APB4bCfBwusg=AFQjCNGgEx2gI68Ko5kd3R-eHah4VRQLXgSmallest bcar#39;s/b not a wind-up/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fThe Sun,nbsp;UK/font/fontbrfont size=-1He added mirrors, windscreen wipers and washers, lights and indicators EUR” and even faux bracing/b exhaust pipes EUR” over a seven-month period. It was then just a matter of adding a large fake key at the back in order to give it the tongue-in-cheek name EUR” The b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

VW Introduces Virtual Slot-Racing Game for 2010 Golf GTI (Edmunds.com)
The game puts you behind the wheel of a virtual GTI slot car, which is a 1:43 scale replica of the real thing. Acceleration can be controlled by either the mouse or the space bar, and crashing three times will kick you off the model 30-by-25-foot Scalextric track...

F1 Badger | No F1 on telly? Why not play Scalextric
Race-a-Way founder and owner Terry enlightened us into the competitive world of 'bslot car racing/b' which, as it turns out, is a pretty major sport where people spend a fair amount on modifying their cars (without a budget cap) in order ...



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