Slot Car Racing News for 09/21/2009



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 ...

Canadian gambling levels off, but addiction persists
Casinos and slot machines outside casinos are growing in popularity and now account for 34 and 22 per cent of the gambling industry, respectively, while lotteries and VLTs dropped to 24 and 20 per cent of the business...

Model train show attracts large crowds (Belleville Intelligencer)
The train tracks were busy in Picton this weekend. The Picton Model Railroaders held their 21st annual Model Train and Hobby Show at the Prince Edward Curling Club and, as the weekend wound down, organizers said attendance was nearing record levels.[.]..

Opening day of playoffs favors Matco pro Brown - Radioactive Drag Racing News

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Opening day of playoffs favors Matco pro 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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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. ...

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...

Racer Boy Explains Some Extremely Low-Buck Racing - slot car .
slot car racing. Send a link to this post 'Racer Boy Explains Some Extremely Low-Buck Racing' via email: Your Name: Please enter your name. Your Email Address: Please enter your email address. Please enter a valid email address. ...

Rockingham: Airwaves BMW weekend summary (Motorsport.com)
Airwaves BMW experienced a rollercoaster ride of luck during the latest round of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship at Rockingham...

Laptops, PDAs and Smartphones for News
The seventh column in this series is our first look at laptop computers and their use as a newsgathering tool...

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...

Model train show attracts large crowds - Belleville Intelligencer

Model train show attracts large crowds
Belleville Intelligencer
Five-year old Sawyer Smith of Wellington didn't have much time to talk with bothersome reporters as he watched his slot car whiz around the oval raceway. .

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Cory McClenathan takes NHRA Funny Car points lead in North Carolina, Hight and Edwards also win: (AutoWeek)
Top Fuel veteran Cory McClenathan and Funny Car title contender Robert Hight picked the perfect time to score their first victories of the season, winning Sunday's Carolina NHRA Nationals at zMax Dragway in Concord, N.C...

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...

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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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: High Speed Thrills ( Bargain Hunter Warehouse )
The cars are bumper-to-bumper into the final lap. It's too close to call . and the Dodge Charger Daytona takes the checkered flag just ahead of the ...

Plato triumphs to move into title contention
Jason Plato has reduced the gap separating him from the lead in the 2009 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship to just 20 points following victory in race two at Rockingham a ' a success that marked the 2001 title-winner's 50th career success in the hotly-fought tin-top series...

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...

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

Gamblers getting used to parlay betting in Del. - Delaware County Daily Times

Gamblers getting used to parlay betting in Del.
Delaware County Daily Times
EURIt's a different crowd than the slot crowd. It was mostly male.EUR Delaware Park is about 19 miles from the Pennsylvania border and about 26 miles from .

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Cory McClenathan takes NHRA Funny Car points lead in North Carolina, Hight and Edwards also win
Top Fuel veteran Cory McClenathan and Funny Car title contender Robert Hight picked the perfect time to score their first victories of the season, winning Sunday's Carolina NHRA Nationals at zMax Dragway in Concord, N.C., to make major moves in the Countdown to One playoffs...

NHRA Notes | ThatsEatin' at Jeg's (ThatsRacin.com)
Inside one of the big yellow trailers that are the home away from home for Team Jegs Racing, is where Nicky Morse does some of the best and most appreciated work on the NHRA circuit...

Racer Boy Explains Some Extremely Low-Buck Racing [Racing] (Jalopnik)
Rob "Racer Boy" Krider gave us the info on autocross and rallycross, and now he's going to show us how to race door to door without worrying about your doors. Yes, as part of Krider Racing's plan to...

Jay Leno and electric racing - Telegraph.co.uk

Brisbane Times
Jay Leno and electric racing
Telegraph.co.uk
Unlike Clarkson though, Leno is using the slot to promote greener transport as his guests will race in an electric Ford Focus. The car started as a standard .
Jay Leno wins Friday time slot, but he's down againOrlando Sentinel
Barney: Meet the new Leno, same as the old LenoSan Jose Mercury News
NBC Primetime ratings results for September 18, 2009TVbytheNumbers
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Plato seals pole as title rivals languish at Rockingham
Racing Silverline ace Jason Plato secured his fourth pole position of the 2009 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship campaign at Rockingham, as Jonny Adam spoiled an all-Chevrolet front row, Johnny Herbert broke into the top ten at only the second time of asking and the two chief title protagonists struggled to find much pace at all...

Montoya eager to keep front-row slot
Juan Pablo Montoya has a bottle of French wine at home that was given to him as a gift from a friend in Malaysia, who told the driver to save it for a very special occasion...

Gamblers getting used to parlay betting in Del. (Delaware County Times)
NEWARK, Del. EUR Sometimes it isnt if you win or lose thats important, its how you watch the game...

Slot Car Racing for your event - Extreme Climbing Party Rentals
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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...

Joe Fullbrook takes VW racing cup titles at Brands Hatch - girlracer

Joe Fullbrook takes VW racing cup titles at Brands Hatch
girlracer
Liam crossed the line 3.3s clear of Styrin to take his third race win of the season. "I knew the car would be good because we had the edge in qualifying," .

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Shaaban seals F3 podium finish
Barcelona: Lebanese Formula 3 driver, Basil Shaaban, became the first driver in history from the Arab world to score points and claim a podium finish in the prestigious F3 Euro Series this weekend...

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...

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

On Wii Shop and DSiWare today: You, Me, and the Cubes, Family .
13 [11] - Family Slot Car Racing 14 [14] - Family Mini Golf 15 [15] - Defend Your Castle 16 [19] - BUST-A-MOVE Plus! 17 [17] - Brain Challenge 18 [20] - Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My life as a Darklord 19 [18] - Water Warfare ...

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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...

BF3: Ricciardo dominant in Brands qualifying one
Changes: We're back to the standard issue 20 cars again, with a few changes just to complete the year...

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...

Martin Could be Onus For NASCAR to Start EURSenior TourEUR - Auto Racing Daily

Globe and Mail
Martin Could be Onus For NASCAR to Start EURSenior TourEUR
Auto Racing Daily
On the other hand, we could also have some of the sport's biggest teams currently, like Hendrick Motorsports or Joe Gibbs Racing, be allocated one slot in .
At 50, It's Ultimate Chase For MartinHartford Courant

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

Montoya eager to keep front-row slot (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Juan Pablo Montoya has a bottle of French wine at home that was given to him as a gift from a friend in Malaysia, who told the driver to save it for a very special occasion...

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...

Portimao: Edoardo Mortara GP2 Feature Race Recap - PaddockTalk

Portimao: Edoardo Mortara GP2 Feature Race Recap
PaddockTalk
Edo, who had qualified a frustrated 20th, made a fantastic start from his grid slot and was already fighting to break into the top ten by the first corner. .

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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 ...

At 50, It's Ultimate Chase For Martin
He's an anomaly in a sport where the average age of top competitors has plummeted the last decade...

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 ...

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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IRVING WINS IRWINDALE LATE MODEL TWIN MAINS EUR THREE POINT LEADERS . - RacingWest.com

IRVING WINS IRWINDALE LATE MODEL TWIN MAINS EUR THREE POINT LEADERS .
RacingWest.com
Irving, a 24-year old resident of Corona, is an ex-kart racing and Formula 2000 open-wheel racer who uses his own unique theories about car setups based .

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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. ...

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...

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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