Slot Car Racing News for 09/19/2009



Jeep(R) Showcases 'Moparized' Wrangler Unlimited at 2009 International Motorshow (IAA) in Frankfurt
Approximately 40 percent of Jeep Wrangler customers who order exterior accent packages will purchase chrome to customize their vehicle...

World's Most Expensive Cars
Got an extra million lying around? Even that's not enough for most of these vehicles...

Is Slot Car racing really car racing?: Grassroots Motorsports .
Aug. 24, 2009 7:36 p.m. confuZion3 SuperDork. Um, and yes. Slot Car racing is racing. Heck, it's one of the words in the name of it. If you argue otherwise, you're a godless heathen communist. ...

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It would seem that Malaysia is once again, in the words of our Prime Minister Najib, raising its "profile on the world stage" by having it's own team in Formula One next year...

Expletive Deleted: Fool Me Once
The word is that the DMG execs are on their way to the West Coast for meetings with the OEMs and sponsors this week...

Slot Car Racing, is it really racing? - World Racing Forum .
The boys at Speed Sport Life (who try all sorts of motorsports) entered a slot car race to try their hands at some miniature motorsports victory. The...

timaru slot car racing on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
timaru model car racing club is one of the oldest slot racing clubs in the UK, founded in the 1950's when some of the early members worked at the nearby Hornby factory. This factory also became the world famous home of Scalextric. ...

Daily Roundup EUR NASCAR as of September 15, 2009
Scalextric are probably the best known manufacturer of slot car racing sets, cars and equipment. Slot car racing is an engrossing, fun, safe and cheap hobby enjoyed by many thoursands of people. I'm sure that many people can remember ...

Antron Brown blasts off on first day of NHRA's Countdown to One: (AutoWeek)
Antron Brown wasted little time proving that his top ranking from the NHRA regular season wasn't a fluke by marching to the No. 1 spot in Top Fuel qualifying Friday night at the Carolina NHRA Nationals in Charlotte, N.C...

Fairuz certainly has the credentials to drive for 1MalaysiaF1
PETALING JAYA: For the first time since 2002, Malaysia can look forward to having someone of their own to cheer for next year when 1MalaysiaF1 line up on the grid for the first race of the season in Melbourne...

A day at the races for two Foster competitors (The Lompoc Record)
The action is intense. Rylee Rios and Klay Funez are pictures of total concentration EUR locked in a duel to see who is, on this night anyway, the better slot car racer...

Fearless Predictions: Breakfast of Championships (Everett Herald)
This weekend all the racing talk is going to be about championships, as some titles are handed out locally and the big national series get their playoffs started...

Racing Continues Friday Night at Hawkeye Downs - WhoWon.com

Racing Continues Friday Night at Hawkeye Downs
WhoWon.com
Travis Thompson currently holds down the third slot on the chart. The Coors Light Modifieds points chart shows Tim Plummer with just a one-point lead over .

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Fernandes clarifies his F1 role (The New Straits Times)
LONDON: AirAsia CEO Datuk Seri Tony Fernandes plans to step down as head of the new Lotus Formula One team once the 2010 season has started...

Few changes to 2010 NASCAR schedules
The 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule has only three minor changes that involve race dates at Phoenix, Texas and Dover, Del...

NASCAR keeps Watkins Glen on 2010 schedule
NASCAR's top series is coming back to Watkins Glen International on its traditional August weekend...

For 12 drivers in race, the Chase is on
Twenty-six races into the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, there are now 12 drivers with a chance to win the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup...

Juan Pablo Montoya sets mark - Boston Herald

Juan Pablo Montoya sets mark
Boston Herald
He will start the race in the 33rd slot. EURLuckily,EUR Logano said, EURwe have two practices (today) to try and get it figured out.EUR . .

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Mini Coup Concept: A Lifesize Slot Car - New York Times Blogs (blog)

New York Times Blogs (blog)

Mini Coup Concept: A Lifesize Slot Car
New York Times Blogs (blog)
With its low roofline, silver-and-blue paint job, rear roof spoiler and racing stripes, the Coup Concept looks like a lifesize slot car. .

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Federal judge fouls up with R-71 ruling
Although they've been known to limit taxes while at the same time mandating more spending on education, our state's voters use initiatives and referendums to make -- and to repeal -- laws...

Got an extra million lying around? Here are the hottest ways to spend it
Hate the smell of exhaust or the skunk you just passed on the highway? If you buy the Maybach 62 Zeppelin, your nose will never have to suffer again...

New Lotus boss plans to step down soon
MALAYSIAN aviation entrepreneur Tony Fernandes plans to step down as head of the new Lotus Formula One team once the 2010 season has started...

SlotCarDuino : Slot Car Racing Lap Timer Cobweb
Well, Mrs techcobweb and I have been asked to create a game based on slot-car racing. Set up a track, charge for a go racing the cars around our track. The idea is to time the laps, and record EURtop-gear styleEUR the best times. ...

Having Loads Of Fun With Slot Car Racing
Slot car racing is an innovative game or hobby for those who are fascinated with racing cars. Miniature or scale-model cars are raced on a special track. The track is flat and wide enough for two or more slot cars to race side by side. ...

F1's Turkish failure won't be Montreal's gain
So here we are - Grand Prix weekend in Montreal without a Grand Prix. Not the same, is it? I mean, you don't have to be a Formula One fan to appreciate the way the city always came alive in June with the arrival of the car-racing jet set flaunting their bikini lines and their Euros...

Slot Car Racing for your event - Extreme Climbing Party Rentals
blog for: Extreme Climbing Party Rentals. title: Slot Car Racing for your event. Preview: Now you can bring home or to your next event the speed and excitement of Formula One racing on our custom built 50 feet long, 4 lane Slot Car ...

First day of playoffs favors regular season leader Brown - Radioactive Drag Racing News

First day of playoffs favors regular season leader Brown
Radioactive Drag Racing News
2 slot after a best of 6.650 at 208.10 mph in his GXP. Allen Johnson, the first round leader, slipped to third with a 6.657 at 207.59 mph in the Mopar Dodge .

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World's Most Expensive Cars (Forbes)
Got an extra million lying around? Even that's not enough for most of these vehicles...

Dixon takes victory and points lead - autosport.com

Dixon takes victory and points lead
autosport.com
Ganassi dominated from the outset - with Franchitti immediately jumping past front row starter Mario Moraes to slot into second behind Dixon. .

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Nurburgring: Series practice report (Motorsport.com)
Ravaged by fire at the end of August, the P1 Motorsport team has had just a few days to rebuild its two cars and find all the equipment it needs to be ready for Nurburgring. Things got off to a perfect start for Roly Vincini and his team when James Walker set the fastest time in collective testing...

Loudon II: Series round 27 preview - Motorsport.com

Auto Racing Daily

Loudon II: Series round 27 preview
Motorsport.com
"Every track that we've come back to a second time this year, Alan and these guys have brought me a better race car than we had the time before," Martin .
NASCAR Notebook: 2010 Sprint Cup schedule has only minor changesWinston-Salem Journal

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Juan Pablo Montoya sets mark (Boston Herald)
LOUDON, N.H. - Juan Pablo Montoya decamped the cosmopolitan high-tech world of Formula 1 racing in 2006 for the rough-and-tumble ride of NASCAR stockcar racing. Montoya...

Series Utah round 10 finale preview - Motorsport.com

Series Utah round 10 finale preview
Motorsport.com
Skea calls Waxhaw, South Carolina home and has some Rolex Sports Car Series experience already under his racing belts as he readies for this weekend. .

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NASCAR's top series is coming back to Watkins Glen International on its traditional August weekend...

Family Slot Car Racing (WiiWare) review
16 Aug 2009: Slot car racing fun for the whole family.or is it?..

Sir Stirling: Lotus return 'good news'
Sir Stirling Moss has welcomed the return of Lotus to Formula One and remarked: "I hope they are built a bit stronger than when I drove them." The British motor racing legend drove a Lotus for two years in the early 1960s, during which he broke his back and both legs in a crash at Spa and then was left in a coma for two months following the crash ...

Frankfurt Motor Show 2009
It may only happen every two years, but Germany's motor show is biggest you are ever likely to attend...

Charged up at the raceway (The Lompoc Record)
It is like stepping back in time. Walk through the door at Fosters Scale Raceway and you are immediately transported to an earlier era...

Barrett-Jackson to Auction Rare, Stunning 1965 289 Shelby Cobra at No Reserve During Las Vegas Event
Barrett-Jackson will auction rare 1965 Shelby Cobra at 2nd annual Las Vegas event -- The stunning blue Shelby has only 32,906 miles -- Cobra has undergone a Concours level restoration A rare and beautifully restored, low mileage 1965 289 Shelby Cobra will be sold at No Reserve by the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company on Oct...

2009 September 17
Archive for September 17th, 2009 Braylon Edwards, Brady Quinn still learning how to get along BEREA - Brady Quinn's first throw of the season sailed over Braylon Edwards' head and out of bounds...

Motor Sports Notebook: Texas speedway sets schedule - Houston Chronicle

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Motor Sports Notebook: Texas speedway sets schedule
Houston Chronicle
With the switch, PIR will move into that slot and be without conflict because it will host a Saturday night race in the desert. .
Monotonous Auto Club Speedway needs serious overhaulSan Diego Union Tribune
Labor Day weekend tradition back in South where it belongsCBSSports.com
Atlanta II: Tony Stewart previewMotorsport.com

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Agreement reached on sale of BMW Sauber team
BMW Sauber’s hopes of staying on the grid next season received a boost on Tuesday after BMW confirmed it has reached agreement on the sale of the team...

Nurburgring: Series practice report - Motorsport.com

Nurburgring: Series practice report
Motorsport.com
The perfect occasion for Interwetten.com Racing's Salvador Duran, who returns to Formula Renault 3.5 Series this weekend, to reacquaint himself with a car .

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WiiWare Review - Family Slot Car Racing - GamePro Arcade - Insert .
GameProArcade.com covers the growth of the casual video game market, including coveage of games within the iphone, flash, downloadable Xbox and PS3 content platforms...

Jack Beckman to make PINKS All Out appearance on SpeedTV 9/17
Jack Beckman to make PINKS All Out appearance on SpeedTV 9/17 DON SCHUMACHER RACING 2009 NHRA FULL THROTTLE DRAG RACING SERIES JACK BECKMAN TO MAKE 'PINKS ALL OUT' APPEARANCE ON SPEEDTV SEPT...

Series Utah round 10 finale preview (Motorsport.com)
TOOELE, UT--17 September 09--This Saturday will see the final chapter of the ten-race 2009 Ford Racing Mustang Challenge season played out on the series home turf of Miller Motorsports Park's 24-turn, 4.486-mile circuit. 25 racers and their Ford Mustang FR500S machines are entered for the event as Mustang Challenge once again partners with the combined Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car and KONI Sports ...

Speed:Sport:Life Racer Boy: Slot Car Racing, or How to Race Door .
EURSlot car racing?EUR you ask. Yup. I'm not talking about that weak ass Tyco set that ran on six C batteries that you found under the Christmas tree when you were a kid. I'm talking about blistering fast slot cars on technical 8 lane ...

Car Calendar (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Through Sept. 30: Classic Treasures, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., San Diego Automotive Museum, Balboa Park. Many of the cars in the exhibit are owned by museum volunteers, docents and restoration workers. Some of the cars are rare and unusual, some are orphans, all are interesting...

Scalextric Need For Speed slot car racing sets - AutoExpress

Scalextric Need For Speed slot car racing sets
AutoExpress
Cult video driving game Need for Speed has been brought to life by developer Electronic Arts (EA) and slot car giant Scalextric EUR and the result is one of .

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Motorsport: Super Sims storms to fine debut double
ALEXANDER Sims scored an impressive pair of wins on Silverstone's Grand Prix Circuit at the weekend as he made his sports car debut, competing in the Radical European Masters in a works-backed Radical SR8...



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