Slot Car Racing News for 06/11/2009



New Software, New iPhone, New Steve? Live-blogging the Apple Extravaganza (New York Times)
We are live-blogging Apples Worldwide Developers Conference. Heres the latest from the San Francisco event. 3:08 p.m. | Over and Out And Mr. Schiller is wrapping it up, thanking Apple employees. No mention of Apples iconic founder. That mystery lingers for another day...

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DIY theatre and racing toy cars at Stan#39;s Cafe - The Birmingham Post
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Team enjoys 24-hour race accolade Calum Lockie teamed up with Bill.
Calum Lockie teamed up with Bill Cameron and Willie Moore to contest the gruelling Nurburgring 24-hour race last weekend and came away with the accolade of being the first all British team home, taking 22nd place overall and 12th in class...

di Grassi: At last, everything went fine! (Crash.net)
After a slow start to 2009, Lucas di Grassi and Racing Engineering finally got the break they were looking for in Turkey...

di Grassi: At last, everything went fine
Fat Burner Racing Engineering's Lucas di Grassi belatedly claimed the first victory of what many imagined to be a dominant season as the GP2 Series rolled on to its third round at Istanbul Park at the weekend...

Wild races get I-76 roaring again (The Fort Morgan Times)
Finally, after two consecutive rainouts, I-76 Speedway was able to get a full night of races off on Saturday and it turned out to be one of the most incredible action-packed nights of racing ever at I-76...

Roush Fenway's Carl Edwards finds positives in second-place finish at Pocono
Roush Fenway Racing's Carl Edwards finished second after leading the most laps in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway...

Tim Wilkerson looking to win Funny Car race for deceased friend - Chicago Tribune
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Drivers battle to get wins in Natural Bridge Speedway events - Staunton News Leader
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iPhone Gems: Real Racing and Phaze - iLounge
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BF3: Grubmuller takes maiden win at Hockenheim
Today at Hockenheim Walter Grubmuller finally snatched the victory that he'd been after for the last two and half years with a superb lights-to-flag win ahead of team-mate Renger van der Zande...

Car talk: GM news still hard to believe
I suppose if you're around long enough, you'll start to see some things that you never thought you'd see...

Article: iPhone Gems: Real Racing and Phaze (iLounge)
Racing games for the iPhone and iPod touch have proved surprisingly challenging to developEURand enjoyEURdue both to the devices unusual controls and the relative unfamiliarity of developers with Apples hardware. In recent days, however, two titles have appeared as noteworthy entries in the modern and futuristic racing genres: Firemints Real Racing ($10) and Handmarks Phaze ($5). Both games make ...

Drivers battle to get wins in Natural Bridge Speedway events
NATURAL BRIDGE - Only one of the five winners at Natural Bridge Speedway on Saturday started on the front row...

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Blur Q&A Feature (Total Video Games)
TVG discusses social networking, Mario Kart and car manufacturers with the creators of Blur...

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Guyanese hope that the legacy of VCT will continue
Guyanese will never forget the day when they learned that Anthony Vieira had sold his TV channel...

iPhone 3GS, Macbook Pro, Snow Leopard: WWDC 2009 Live Keynote
WWDC 2009 kicked off today at Moscone Center in San Francisco with the Keynote Address...

Track boost for slot car kings - North Norfolk News
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The slot car craze hit the US in the 1960s and it continues to remain the hobby of choice for many enthusiasts. But did you know that the idea for slot cars originated nearly 100 years ago?..

Vettel puts Red Bull on pol.
Comment about "Vettel puts Red Bull on pole in Turkey" Phone Name Comment 0 Motor racing Vettel puts Red Bull on pole in Turkey Alan Baldwin, Reuters Sebastian Vettel. pole position for Red Bull...

Scalextric to produce Brawn GP slot cars - RealHondaF1.com
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Turkey GP: McLaren Formula One Race Recap - Lewis Hamilton Enjoys Himself
LEWIS HAMILTON MP4-24-04 Started: 16th Finished: 13th Fastest lap: 1m28.562s Pitstops: one 2009 points: 9 Starting with a heavily fuelled car, Lewis was unable to start the race aggressively and slotted into 17th...

Gentlemen, Slot Your Engines - Wall Street Journal
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Apple unveils new iPhone - live coverage
Apple's annualA Worldwide Developers Conference opened today with intense speculation that a new iPhone would be unveiled when Phil Schiller, its vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, briefed the media at 10am Pacific time...

Turkish GP Review: McLaren
Determined drives from Lewis and Heikki - but, sadly, no points LEWIS HAMILTON MP4-24-04 Started: 16th Finished: 13th Fastest lap: 1m28.562s Pitstops: one 2009 points: 9 Starting with a heavily fuelled car, Lewis was unable to start the race aggressively and slotted into 17th...

Ask the Expert - Toyotas Jarno Trulli (Formula 1)
What is a paradiddle? Who won the 1997 German Formula Three championship? How many Grands Prix did motorcycle champion Jarno Saarinen win during his career? Why is Toyota team principal Tadashi Yamashina nicknamed George? And which river runs through the German city of Cologne?..

F1: Turkish GP: Race notes - McLaren
Starting with a heavily fuelled car, Lewis was unable to start the race aggressively and slotted into 17th...

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8) What is the single greatest advancement over the past forty years that has improved bslot car racing/b in your opinion? 9)If you had to pick one specific class of car to race, what would that class be (i.e. LMP1, LMP2, ...

MORE: Liveblog of the announcement.
We're at Apple's WorldWide Developer's Conference, and the house is packed. There's a lot of anticipation in the room, and I'm expecting at least a few surprises...

Apple's Updates: Cheaper Laptops, a Mac Os X Upgrade, New iPhone Software And Hardware
Apple opened its annual Worldwide Developers Conference this morning by introducing a round of updates to its laptop, operating-system and mobile-phone product lines...

Lotterer completes Kolles' squad
Le Mans debutant Team Kolles has confirmed the 'pairings' that will pilot its brace of Audi R10 TDis at this weekend's 24 Hours, revealing another new face among the six-strong line-up. Having added sportscars to its DTM operation this season, Kolles has endured mixed results in the Le Mans Series - with sixth and seventh at Spa-Francorchamps a ...

Slot car racing at Ashland's Modelville Hobby (Ashland Tab)
Check out a couple of photos of the slot car speedway at Modelville Hobby on Rte. 126...

How To Install S197 Caster/Camber Plates
For proper suspension alignment on lowered Mustangs, caster/camber plates have always been a good idea...

The Fun of bSlot Car Racing/b | March Madness Detroit 2009
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...

Live blog: WWDC 2009 keynote - CNET News
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Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 2009 Turkish Grand Prix
MARTIN WHITMARSH Team principal, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes "In extremely frustrating circumstances, both Lewis and Heikki performed very impressively this afternoon...

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STOCKTON 99 SPEEDWAY - RacingWest.com
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Article: iPhone Gems: Real Racing and Phaze
Racing games for the iPhone and iPod touch have proved surprisingly challenging to develop - and enjoy - due both to the devices' unusual controls and the relative unfamiliarity of developers with Apple's hardware...

Indy 500 at t.b.d. Greenpoint Brooklyn | ThisBarSucks.com
This is going to be awesome, even for those of you who are not into INDY 500. Check out this event at tbd BROOKLYN, NEW YORK - Watch the INDY 500 on 3...

Chat with Ryan mcgee - ESPN
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Drivers battle to get wins in Natural Bridge Speedway events (The Staunton News Leader)
NATURAL BRIDGE EUR Only one of the five winners at Natural Bridge Speedway on Saturday started on the front row. The other four victors had to work their way through traffic to assume the point and earn the checkers...

Wild races get I-76 roaring again
Phil Pietrowski/Special To The Times Victory John Schneider of Hudson celebrates his championship in the dwarfs main event at I-76 Speedway Saturday evening...

BOWMAN: Whitt shines on USACs Eastern Tour (Kokomo Tribune)
The United States Auto Club National Sprint Car Series wrapped up its journey to the East Coast with Kokomo Speedway standout Cole Whitt bagging a pair of feature wins...

Lebanon duo survives the Tricky Triangle (Lebanon Daily News)
LONG POND EUR Bobby Gerhart and Kyle Martel are neither rivals nor friends. Perhaps the best way to characterize their racing relationship is by referring to them as EURfellow competitors.EUR..



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