Slot Car Racing News for 05/31/2009



ATT Williams 2009 Monaco GP Qualifying
In a tactically critical qualifying session for the Monaco Grand Prix, the AT&T Williams team secured two top ten grid slots, with Kazuki Nakajima equalling a career-best tenth place start for tomorrowa TMs race...

Milwaukee: HVM IRL indycar Qualifying Recap - Viso Starting P17 - PaddockTalk
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://paddocktalk.com/news/html/modules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%26name%3DNews%26file%3Darticle%26sid%3D110678%26newlang%3D%26topic%3D21%26catid%3D20cid=1252065705ei=gXsiSr3iJpCCNOzpsIUDusg=AFQjCNHYzI9JuKvs6R-nHMecFKTFTqgY5wMilwaukee: HVM IRL indycar Qualifying Recap - Viso Starting P17/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fPaddockTalk/font/fontbrfont size=-1After posting a speed of 163.78 in the morning practice session, the team made some adjustments to try to make the bcar/b perform more consistently through all four turns of the one mile-oval. But when Viso went out in the fourth bslot/b of afternoon b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

1998 Chevy Camaro SS - Rolling The Dice
Tony Madia admits the engine in his '98 Camaro SS is living on borrowed time. The car is on its third engine in six years; its current setup combines 10.8:1 compression, an STS rear-mount turbo, and a 50hp nitrous shot, which may administer the coup de grace...

GoNintendo » Blog Archive » ESRB updates - Family bSlot Car Racing/b b./b
Rating summary: EURśThis is a bslot car racing/b game in which players select a family member (Billy, Sarah, Mommy, Daddy) to race small toy cars around a variety of tracks. Players can accelerate their cars, navigate sharp turns, ...

Oulton Park: Airwaves BMW qualifying report (Motorsport.com)
Airwaves BMW driver Jonny Adam scorched his way on to the third row of the grid in qualifying for the HiQ MSA Touring Car Championship at Oulton Park...

Florida bSlot Car Racing/b - My Series - Race #5 Results - Slot Car b./b
Florida bSlot Car Racing/b - My Series - Race #5 Results Proxy and Race Events...

Indy 500: Dreyer Reinbold IRL IndyCar Third Day Qualifying Recap - Sigh Of Relief
Co-team owners Dennis Reinbold and Robbie Buhl had to take a sigh of relief Saturday evening as three more of the Dreyer & Reinbold Racing drivers qualified for the 33-driver lineup in the 2009 Indianapolis 500 Mile Race set for Sunday, May 24...

NASCAR needs to talk about its problems - FOXSports.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/8-0fd=Rurl=http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/9611994/NASCAR-needs-to-talk-about-its-problemscid=1249641135ei=gXsiSr3iJpCCNOzpsIUDusg=AFQjCNFy0Y4tVy2EG588tTBNQROvmazkaANASCAR needs to talk about its problems/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fFOXSports.com/font/fontbrfont size=-1There were slow cars and fast cars and now it#39;s like a bslot/b-bcar race/b.quot; Crew chief Frank Kerr says the current Nationwide Series bcar/b with the higher splitter and rear spoiler more closely represents the old bcar/b and offers a similar, comfortable feel. 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 ...

Castroneves Crashes During Qualifier Run - WISN.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/1-0fd=Rurl=http://www.wisn.com/news/19612346/detail.htmlcid=1251277198ei=gXsiSr3iJpCCNOzpsIUDusg=AFQjCNEe_zSBsyfSrzTallV0hBc684ggsgCastroneves Crashes During Qualifier Run/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fWISN.com,nbsp;WI/font/fontbrfont size=-1He#39;ll start from the back of the 20 driver pack on Sunday. His team has the option of fixing the original bcar/b or running a back-up in the brace/b. Last year#39;s winner -- Ryan Briscoe -- won the pole position while Danica Patrick will start in the seventh bslot/b./font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Mass. Senate nixes slots at tracks, OKs Powerball
The Massachusetts Senate waded into the gambling debate Thursday, embracing a plan to join the multistate lottery game Powerball but rejecting proposals to add slot machines at racetracks and delay a ban on greyhound racing...

Indy 500: Dreyer & Reinbold Racing race report (Motorsport.com)
INDIANAPOLIS (May 24, 2009)-- Dreyer & Reinbold Racing drivers Mike Conway and John Andretti were in position to score Top Ten finishes Sunday in the 2009 Indianapolis 500 Mile Race before a late yellow flag hurt their chances...

Three More Dreyer Reinbold Cars Qualify for Indy 500 Field
Topic: THREE MORE DREYER & REINBOLD CARS QUALIFY FOR INDY 500 FIELD Conway, Andretti, Duno Join Hamilton For DRR In Third Round of Qualifying Saturday INDIANAPOLIS - Co-team owners Dennis Reinbold and Robbie Buhl had to take a sigh of relief Saturday evening as three more of the Dreyer & Reinbold Racing drivers qualified for the 33-driver lineup in ...

First Drive: 2010 Porsche 911 GT3
From day one, Porsche's philosophy has been to build sports cars that are as equally happy on the road as on the racetrack...

New series debuts at Natural Bridge Speedway (The Staunton News Leader)
NATURAL BRIDGE EUR” The Steel Block Bandit Late Model racing series made its inaugural visit to Natural Bridge Speedway a few weeks later than originally planned...

Aston expands, adds Davidson, Verstappen
Aston Martin Racing has confirmed that it is to run a third Gulf-liveried LMP1 prototype at this year's Le Mans 24 Hours, and has tabbed former grand prix drivers Anthony Davidson and Jos Verstappen to bolster its driving strength...

FIA GT3: Adria - Implacable Victory Of Matech Racing's Ford GT With.
FIA GT3: Adria - Implacable Victory Of Matech Racing's Ford GT With Eric De Doncker And Dino Lunardi ! Scheduled on the small Italian circuit of Adria, within easy reach of Venice, the second meeting of the European FIA GT3 championship kicked off in the best possible way for the Belgian Eric De Doncker, whose Ford GT Matech Racing shared with the ...

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...

Utah: Highcroft ALMS Race Recap - Championship Lead Retained
Patron Highcroft Racing has retained its American Le Mans Series LMP1 championship lead after finishing second in the latest round of the series at Salt Lake City's Miller Motorsport Park today...

Conway denies conflict in gambling decision
Kentucky's attorney general says his family's ties to the horse racing industry won't affect an advisory opinion on the constitutionality of expanded gambling legislation supported by the tracks...

Spinning my wheels: J.J. loves Lowe's
Mike is a contributor for the FOXSports.com fantasy group. Read his blog for more analysis...

Monaco GP: Williams Formula One Qualifying Recap - Rosberg Not Happy With Q3
In a tactically critical qualifying session for the Monaco Grand Prix, the AT&T Williams team secured two top ten grid slots, with Kazuki Nakajima equalling a career-best tenth place start for tomorrowa s race...

Milwaukee: HVM Racing qualifying report (Motorsport.com)
HVM Racing will have the opportunity to make some moves through the field tomorrow, as the No. 13 PDVSA HVM Honda Dallara will start in the 17th position for the ABC Supply/AJ Foyt 225 at the Milwaukee Mile. E.J. Viso qualified the car Saturday afternoon with a total lap time of 1:30.9274 and an average speed of 160.744 miles per hour...

NASCAR-CUP: Newman scores SHR its first Cup pole in Charlotte
Stewart-Haas Racing has their first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career pole, thanks to driver Ryan Newman...

SXSW Thu: The Wrens, Chairlift, Rye Rye, Gun Outfit, Nite Jewel, Micachu (Pitchfork)
Micachu [Emo's Annex; 8 p.m.] Everything about Micachu teeters on the edge of being unbearably adorable...

Tuesday Headlines
Armour is in jail on half a million dollars bond, Toledo's latest budget deficit, Ford celebrates re-opening of Ohio plant...

Why my mom didn#39;t buy me a slot car track for Christmas in 1978 b./b
My mom didn't buy me a bslot-car racing/b set for Christmas in 1978 either, although I'm sure I would have enjoyed it if she had. At the time, I was still in the process of disabusing her of her notion that I should be playing with "girl ...

Tesla Roadster comes to Seattle - Examiner.com
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Mass. Senate nixes slots at tracks, backs joining Powerball
The Massachusetts Senate has rejected proposals to allow the state's dog and horse tracks to add 2,500 slot machines each and to delay a voter-mandated ban on greyhound racing...

Car-crazy Cupra couple soup up their wedding (Independent Online)
A couple of English car nuts made their favourite roadgoing toy the focus of their wedding...

quot;DPMquot; International Slot Racing Championship - Slot Car 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 ...

O#39;Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX event notebook - NHRA.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/4i-0fd=Rurl=http://www.nhra.com/story/2009/5/15/2009-bristol-friday/cid=1251830794ei=gXsiSr3iJpCCNOzpsIUDusg=AFQjCNHzThRPjwgZpXnwGF1q2RAxkE_8Xgimg src=http://nt0.ggpht.com/news?imgefp=qKbHEnpEqPoJimgurl=www.nhra.com/UserFiles/image/2009/Drivers/a_force.jpg width=60 height=80 alt= border=1brfont size=-2NHRA.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/4-0fd=Rurl=http://www.nhra.com/story/2009/5/30/oreilly-nhra-summer-nationals-presented-by-castrol-gtx-event-notebook/cid=1251830794ei=gXsiSr3iJpCCNOzpsIUDusg=AFQjCNF_3VMH050NUNxEATbnvlv6Q--MowO#39;Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX event notebook/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fNHRA.com,nbsp;CA/font/fontbrfont size=-1On Sunday, May 31, ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD will feature NHRA bRace/b Day, a 30-minute pre-brace/b show, at 11 am (ET), and three hours of eliminations coverage at 4 pm (ET). Say what?!?: Driving a 7000 horsepower nitro Funny bCar/b is tough enough, b./b/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-1fd=Rurl=http://www.nhra.com/story/2009/5/29/oreilly-nhra-summer-nationals-presented-by-castrol-gtx-event-notebook/cid=1251830794ei=gXsiSr3iJpCCNOzpsIUDusg=AFQjCNEHtjZREkGp-ycBG4tiwa_dywMdSwO#39;Reilly NHRA Summer Nationals presented by Castrol GTX event notebook/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrNHRA.com/nobr/font/fontbrfont class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=enned=usie=ISO-8859-1ncl=dghWB_2rLU5g6uMwwVFEGggmxV1IMnobrall 4 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Barber family, King register victories on wild opening night - The Daily News Online
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.thedailynewsonline.com/articles/2009/05/30/sports/5559445.txtcid=0ei=gXsiSr3iJpCCNOzpsIUDusg=AFQjCNFVk3fSjPfqFhNBYsCkMmXzY_R54QBarber family, King register victories on wild opening night/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fThe Daily News Online,nbsp;NY/font/fontbrfont size=-1Hoch edged Kosmowski by a bumper for the runner-up bslot/b. Nik Welshans had little trouble in guiding his bcar/b to the 15-lap Pro Four win, leading the entire distance of the caution-free brace/b. JD Roberts started to make up ground late, but had to settle b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

The Fun of Slot Car Racing
Although the basic system used by bslot car racing/b sets hasnt changed significantly in fifty years there have been some enormous advances making the hobby ever more engaging and fun.There are some fantastic multi car bslot car racing/b ...

Awfully Quiet - Slot Car Illustrated Forum
However Slot.it are still actively promoting bSlot car racing/b which will stimulate sales going forward. The big news is their support for the BRM and Slot.it Challenge we are promoting across North America. ...

Slot Car Racing - US$65
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 ...

Indy 500: Ganassi drivers stay under radar
Anyone walking around the confines of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway might get the impression that only two drivers are competing Sunday in the Indianapolis 500...

Qualifying - selected team and driver quotes
The Force India drivers on the team's best-ever qualifying performance; McLaren's Lewis Hamilton on the error that saw him crash out of Q1; Kimi Raikkonen on putting Ferrari back on the front row; and Brawn's Jenson Button on beating the Finn to pole by just 0.025s. All 20 drivers and senior team personnel report on Saturday's action. Williams ...

Oulton Park: Airwaves BMW qualifying report - 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%3D330096%26FS%3Dcid=1249023051ei=gXsiSr3iJpCCNOzpsIUDusg=AFQjCNGv-VtGIRaInmdzhguEOyx64caopgOulton Park: Airwaves BMW qualifying report/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fMotorsport.com,nbsp;Florida/font/fontbrfont size=-1He will have title rival Matt Neal starting beside him, and both men will be eager to move quickly up the field in brace/b one when the lights go green. The hugely competitive nature of the HiQ MSA Touring bCar/b Championship was underlined by the fact that b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Trackside betting entices Dover Downs, NASCAR - Philadelphia Inquirer
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Yvan Muller takes race one in Spain - 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/9-0fd=Rurl=http://www.crash.net/WTCC/Race%2BReport/147685/1/yvan_muller_takes_race_one_in_spain.htmlcid=1251678125ei=gXsiSr3iJpCCNOzpsIUDusg=AFQjCNGrEVCCN60ZVYLFkVe3Cwg1dPlZigYvan Muller takes brace/b one in Spain/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fcrash.net,nbsp;UK/font/fontbrfont size=-1Yvan Muller has taken victory in the opening World Touring bCar/b Championship brace/b of the weekend in Valencia after SEAT secured a 1-2-3 finish on home soil. Muller started second on the grid but made light work of finding a way ahead of polesitter b./b/font/div/font/td/tr/table..

Keeping track of the money at the Sands casino (The Morning Call)
A million a day flows through the casino -- and officials watch every bill like a hawk In the first week in operation, the 1,000 employees at the Sands Casino Resort had to worry about handling as many as 20,000 people a day and getting thousands of cars into the parking garage...

Wanted - very simple drag racing format - Slot Car Illustrated Forum
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MA Senate nixes plan to allow slots at tracks
The Massachusetts Senate has rejected a proposal to allow the state's dog and horse tracks to add 2,500 slot machines each...

F1: Monaco GP: Qualifying notes - Williams
In a tactically critical qualifying session for the Monaco Grand Prix, the AT&T Williams team secured two top ten grid slots, with Kazuki Nakajima equalling a career-best tenth place start for tomorrow's race...

Go Daddy Gets Dramatic NASCAR Victory in Dover! (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.----"That's the way we roll," were Brad Keselowski's words immediately after driving the No. 88 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet to victory in one of the most dramatic wins of the NASCAR season...

Cleveland hosts touring series - Cleveland Daily Banner
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Chasing Martin for slot (The Record and Herald News)
DOVER, Del. €EURť David Reutimann took a trip to Victory Lane, and followed that up with a pole. The journeyman driver has been on a wild journey this season, and it's not finished yet...

The chips are down
BEKAH RUSNOCK/TIMES NEWS Sands Boulevard: Awaiting the Friday opening, Sands Boulevard runs beneath the ore bridge into the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem complex at 77 Sands Boulevard...

'I'd napalm all celebrity chefs!' Keith Floyd in the raw, by the man who discovered him (Daily Mail)
'I'd napalm all celebrity chefs!' Keith Floyd in the raw, by the man who discovered him..



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