Slot Car Racing News for 05/16/2009



World's smallest car (BruDirect.com)
The mini motor is only 39 inches high and 26 inches wide and was converted by car fanatic Perry Watkins, 47, from Wingrave, reports the Daily Telegraph...

Geek Toys : InfiniTrax Micro R/C Racetrack
Tiny R/C vehicles. once the stuff of science fiction, are now trumping the slot car as the mini racing vehicle of choice...

Notes: Stremme inherits lead slot for Showdown - Nascar
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.nascar.com/2009/news/headlines/cup/05/15/dstremme.all.star.notebook/cid=1352526060ei=WJgOSoaeOYqq_gb6grTyCAusg=AFQjCNF9wUe2_QSYWpA3fm4qk9OxzsdE6ANotes: Stremme inherits lead bslot/b for Showdown/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fNascar/font/fontbrfont size=-146 to be driven by Carl Long would have to go to the rear of the field after the pace bcar/b laps (the 27 for quot;not being able to present himself for inspectionquot; and the 46 for an engine change). So when they start bracing/b for real in the Showdown, b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

TRACK TALK: Cabral, Bertrand to begin defenses - The Patriot Ledger
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.patriotledger.com/sports/x73586540/TRACK-TALK-Cabral-Bertrand-to-begin-defensescid=0ei=WJgOSoaeOYqq_gb6grTyCAusg=AFQjCNHztMLppkO2JfkHQhPuBVt7PA9TZgTRACK TALK: Cabral, Bertrand to begin defenses/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fThe Patriot Ledger,nbsp;MA/font/fontbrfont size=-1Collectible vendors and personal collectibles will be on display, along with a portable bslot car/b track on which attendees can participate. Also, those fans coming to this annual gathering are asked to bring any scrapbooks, pictures and any other b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Local Dealerships Hit By Chrysler Closures (CBS 3 Philadelphia)
Chrysler plans to close 53 dealerships in Pennsylvania as part of a plan to eliminate nearly a fourth of its 3,200 U.S. dealerships filed in bankruptcy court in New York...

Chrysler plans to close 4 Lehigh Valley dealerships
Four Chrysler dealerships in the Lehigh Valley, including Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton, are slated to close...

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/3i-0fd=Rurl=http://wot.motortrend.com/6537569/marketing/play-time-volkswagen-creates-new-gti-online-slot-car-racing-game/cid=1344461271ei=WJgOSoaeOYqq_gb6grTyCAusg=AFQjCNHFImkornhsUokbU_PXsiBzFTabFwimg 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/3-0fd=Rurl=http://wot.motortrend.com/6537569/marketing/play-time-volkswagen-creates-new-gti-online-slot-car-racing-game/cid=1344461271ei=WJgOSoaeOYqq_gb6grTyCAusg=AFQjCNHFImkornhsUokbU_PXsiBzFTabFwPlay 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/3-1fd=Rurl=http://www.themotorreport.com.au/29462/the-gti-project-online-slot-car-game-join-the-tmr-league/cid=1344461271ei=WJgOSoaeOYqq_gb6grTyCAusg=AFQjCNG3PbgkTvCJm0wpritpJIri4NXOZAThe 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..

InfiniTrax Micro R/C Racetrack
Regardless of how old you are, chances are a part of you wants to own a remote control toy car at one point in time or another...

Golden Gaming dropping Kan. casino bid Eds: C .
Golden Gaming Inc. said Thursday it will withdraw its application to operate a state-owned casino in Wyandotte County, leaving two other companies to compete for the northeast Kansas contract...

Motorin': A look at motor sports in central Iowa
Ryan Newman's revved up about the social networking revolution. Or, at least, the NASCAR star has people who are...

Local Virginian Hagan Ready to Rope in a Bristol Win
DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2009 NHRA FULL THROTTLE DRAG RACING SERIES Round 8 of 24 NHRA THUNDER VALLEY NATIONALS Bristol Dragway May 15-17, 2009 CHRISTIANSBURG , Va...

Heat-Stopping Qualifying Lands Sharp In The Indy 500
Scott Sharp brough the drama to today's second day qualifying for the 93rd Indianapolis 500...

Chrysler plans to close over 50 Pa. dealerships
Frank Valencic Sr. has been hanging around Tomsic Motor Company for most of his 77 years, but he never had a lunch break like Thursday's. That's when he saw on the TV news that Chrysler plans to pull the plug on the dealership that his father-in-law Jim Tomsic founded in 1929...

Castroneves charges to pole slot for Indy
INDIANAPOLIS a ' When uncertainty about his future had Helio Castroneves down in the dumps, he thought about his true love a ' being in a race car...

Harrington predicts a dire future
Worlds collide these days at the Delaware State Fairgrounds, the spiritual center of Delaware's hardscrabble farming traditions and a rural annex for the state's tight-knit and lately embattled casino industry...

How would you save horseracing? - Under the Sun
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.baltimoresun.com/sports/horseracing/bal-secopinion-racing0514,0,3267933.storylinkcid=1352862160ei=WJgOSoaeOYqq_gb6grTyCAusg=AFQjCNGymlFr8U7Q0g5zIfYO6s6inG5-EQHow would you save horseracing?/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fUnder the Sun,nbsp;MD/font/fontbrfont size=-1Similarly anywhere you can buy a Maryland lottery ticket or play Keno, you ought to also be able to watch and wager on Maryland bRacing/b (bSlot/b machines are a joke and a smoke screen.bracing/b is the better product). There should be a betting terminal in b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Vintage HO bSlot Car Racing/b Race #27 will be Thursday April 23 rd b./b
Vintage HO bSlot Car Racing/b Race #27 will be Thursday April 23 rd 2009 Canadian Vintage HO bSlot Car Racing/b...

Ordonez becomes first racer to make transition from virtual world to racetrack podium
We've all dreamed it, but Lucas Ordoez gets to live it. As the winner of the Nissan/Playstation GT Academy contest, in which Gran Turismo gamers competed to win a slot as a pilot in the European GT racing championship, Ordoez spent the latter half of 2008 training under Johnny Herbert in preparation for this year's season...

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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...

Castroneves Takes 'Magicial' Indy 500 Pole
Helio Castroneves celebrates winning the Pole for the 93rd Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway...

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...

Notes: Stremme inherits lead slot for Showdown (NASCAR.com)
Light rain at Lowe's Motor Speedway late Friday afternoon washed out qualifying for Saturday's Sprint Showdown...

Golden Gaming dropping Kansas casino bid (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Golden Gaming Inc. said Thursday it will withdraw its application to operate a state-owned casino in Wyandotte County, leaving two other companies to compete for the northeast Kansas contract...

TRACK TALK: Cabral, Bertrand to begin defenses (The Patriot Ledger)
Their quests begin on May 23 at Modadnock Speedway..

Conway released from hospital
Dreyer & Reinbold Racingi 1 2s Mike Conway has been released from hospital following his accident in practice for the Indianpolis 500...

Chrysler plans to close 4 Lehigh Valley dealerships (Pocono Record)
WASHINGTON, Pa. (AP) - Four Chrysler dealerships in the Lehigh Valley, including Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton, are slated to close. About 55 new-car dealerships there employed nearly 2,800 people in the third quarter of 2008, according to state data...

Play Time: Volkswagen Creates New GTI Online bSlot Car Racing/b Game b./b
If you don't 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...

If it has wheels, it will be at this show - Perthshire Advertiser
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.perthshireadvertiser.co.uk/perthshire-news/local-news-perthshire/perth-city/2009/05/15/if-it-has-wheels-it-will-be-at-this-show-73103-23625982/cid=0ei=WJgOSoaeOYqq_gb6grTyCAusg=AFQjCNGECHe-i-g8yLdtExaU9eNRxRqodQIf it has wheels, it will be at this show/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fPerthshire Advertiser,nbsp;UK/font/fontbrfont size=-1Also, for youngsters of any age there will be bslot car racing/b and radio-controlled cars.EUR Youngsters under six get free admission otherwise the entry fee is 5. There is bcar/b parking on site. The venue opens on Sunday from 10am to 5pm and various b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Slot Car Illustrated, The Online Magazine for Slot Cars! - Events b./b
The "DPM" International Slot Racing Championship has developed over 10 years into one of the greatest bslot car racing/b competitions worldwide: 56 teams, 168 drivers from more than 10 nations will take the challenge to race the 11st ...

VW Golf GTI: Online bslot car racing/b game released - The German Car b./b
Delivering news and opinion about the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, VW and Porsche since March 13, 2005. This is not a company blog or website. The views and statements expressed in this blog are absolutely subjective and do not ...

Media Advisory - Media Hot Laps in Hot Cars
OPPORTUNITY FOR MEDIA TO EXPERIENCE THE LEGENDARY MOSPORT CIRCUIT THIS FRIDAY BOWMANVILLE, ON, May 13 /CNW/ - Mosport kicks off the 2009 season this weekend with the Victoria Day SpeedFest, May 15-17. Racing highlights include the U.S.-based SPEED World Challenge for GT & Touring cars, the return of the Trans-Am Series and the Castrol Canadian ...

NC: Norwalk Friday summary - 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%3D327942%26FS%3Dcid=1352777761ei=WJgOSoaeOYqq_gb6grTyCAusg=AFQjCNE-EjoKV9fQ4tD8TIC1FL17rAnAqQNC: Norwalk Friday summary/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fMotorsport.com,nbsp;Florida/font/fontbrfont size=-1Bohl wheeled his Funny bCar/b to 5.652-second, 257.19 mph pass to take the top spot. Terry Monroe, Beaver, Pa., is in the No. 2 bslot/b with a 5.694-second, 257.63 mph pass. There are currently also 12 Funny Cars looking to be in the eight-bcar/b eliminations b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

'World's smallest car' revealed
A car lover has made the world's tiniest motor from a Postman Pat children's ride...

Game Pow 05.14.09: iPhone Games You Should Be Playing
May 14th, 2009 __________________________ Hello everyone, get ready for another weeks GAME POW! This time, we're going to do things a little differently...

NC: Norwalk Friday summary (Motorsport.com)
NORWALK, Ohio (May 15, 2009) -- Mike Kosky and Andy Bohl, Racine, lead the qualifiers after the opening day of racing at the 3rd Annual B'laster Cavalcade of Stars presented by Budweiser, a round of the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, at Summit Motorsports Park. Cuddy, Pa., resident Kosky heads up the Top Alcohol Dragster class while Bohl, who hails from Racine, Wis., leads in Top Alcohol ...

Dealt a blow (The Lewistown Sentinel)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Frank Valencic Sr. has been hanging around Tomsic Motor Company for most of his 77 years, but he never had a lunch break like Thursday's. That's when he saw on the TV news that Chrysler plans to pull the plug on the dealership that his father-in-law Jim Tomsic founded in 1929. ''We thought there's no way in the world they'd throw us out...

HO bSlot Car Racing/b - AFX Slot Cars - AFX #9445 SRT Cobra Daytona b./b
These great cars were Carroll Shelby's answer to the Ferrari GTO's. These Pete Brock designed racers tore endurance racing up with drivers like Dan Gurney, Ken Miles, and Bob Bondurant at the wheel. The 1965 World GT Championship was ...

World's smallest car (Ananova)
A Buckinghamshire man has created the world's smallest roadworthy car from a former Postman Pat children's ride...

Man transforms Postman Pat ride into world's smallest car
The world's smallest roadworthy car has been created in the UK from a former Postman Pat children's ride...

FA: Genoa bulks up for round two - 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/6-0fd=Rurl=http://www.crash.net/indycar/News/146786/1/fa_genoa_bulks_up_for_round_two.htmlcid=1352117613ei=WJgOSoaeOYqq_gb6grTyCAusg=AFQjCNGuWG-FK6F1__NDvqAJCYfc63w8xwFA: Genoa bulks up for round two/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fcrash.net,nbsp;UK/font/fontbrfont size=-1Determined to make provide stronger opposition to the brace/b-winning Newman Wachs bRacing/b team in the second event of the 2009 Atlantic Championship, Genoa bRacing/b has added veteran experience to a third bcar/b for the Larry H Miller Dealerships Utah Grand b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Dpm. - Slot Car Illustrated Forum
The "DPM" is part of the European Plafit Championship (EPC) and has developed into one of the greatest bslot car racing/b competitions worldwide: 56 teams, 168 drivers from more than 10 nations will take the challenge to race the 11st ...

Rugby boss solicits IRB, CAR for help - Daily Monitor
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.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/sports/Rugby_boss_solicits_IRB_CAR_for_help_84914.shtmlcid=1352575019ei=WJgOSoaeOYqq_gb6grTyCAusg=AFQjCNGzH3AQ8-abf48u3dEkAK0mE93K6ARugby boss solicits IRB, bCAR/b for help/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fDaily Monitor,nbsp;Uganda/font/fontbrfont size=-1EURIt#39;s important that as URU, we use IRB and bCAR/b to find friends who can help design a proper youth development programme especially in spreading the current schools#39; system which accounts for more than half of the current national side,EUR Blick noted. b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

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. ...

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/5-0fd=Rurl=http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp%3Fid%3D733002cid=1344078284ei=WJgOSoaeOYqq_gb6grTyCAusg=AFQjCNF1uLBpO27Au6cuR0Dnt_nwqe_XGwThe 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..

Vitor Meira and AJ Foyt IV qualify for Indy 500 - Newsday
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://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/autoracing/blog/2009/05/vitor_meira_and_aj_foyt_iv_qua.htmlcid=1350188137ei=WJgOSoaeOYqq_gb6grTyCAusg=AFQjCNHxe6EsarSq1IAXiRFfyhw7p8pV3wVitor Meira and AJ Foyt IV qualify for Indy 500/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fNewsday,nbsp;NY/font/fontbrfont size=-1I#39;m just thrilled to be in the ABC Supply/AJ Foyt bcar/b here in the Indy 500. EURThis kind of felt just like last year on Bump Day,EUR he said, referring to bumping his way back into the field to start 31st in a Vision bRacing/b entry. b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

World's smallest car
A Buckinghamshire man has created the world's smallest roadworthy car from a former Postman Pat children's ride...

#49 SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK (New York Post)
TRAVEL TIME 3 hours by car WHY? Spas, horses and the performing arts. MUST DO The red-brick downtown is not only cute, but there are cool stores where you'd actually want to drop some cash (thanks in large part to the nearby artsy Skidmore...

Castroneves Polesitter For 93rd Indianapolis 500
Helio Castroneves held off a dramatic, late challenge from teammate Ryan Briscoe Saturday to claim the pole for the 93rd running on the Indianapolis 500...

VW Golf GTI Online Slot Racing | SA Car Fan
Volkswagen in the UK has released an online bslot car racing/b game for the launch of the VW Golf GTI. ...

FA: Genoa bulks up for round two
Determined to make provide stronger opposition to the race-winning Newman Wachs Racing team in the second event of the 2009 Atlantic Championship, Genoa Racing has added veteran experience to a third car for the Larry H Miller Dealerships Utah Grand Prix at Miller Motorsports Park on Sunday...



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