Slot Car Racing News for 10/10/2007



Slot car racing is a type of racing hobby that is not seen as much .
Slot car racing is a type of racing hobby that is not seen as much these days. Kids want electronic gadgets such as phones and MP3 players. They want computers and high - speed Internet connections. Whatever happened to the simple toys? ...

InventionLand allows employees to be kids again (Woodland Progress)
George Davison, chief executive officer of Davison Design and Development, prepares for work like many executives. He eats breakfast, puts on his suit and drives to work...

Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals - NHRA.com

Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals
NHRA.com, CA - Oct 6, 2007
Richmond , Saturday: It was an agonizing two days of qualifying at Virginia Motorsports Park for the DSR Funny Car drivers at the Torco Racing Fuels NHRA .
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InventionLand allows employees to be kids again - Gateway Newspapers

InventionLand allows employees to be kids again
Gateway Newspapers - 5 hours ago
Industrial and automotive products are whirled into creation in the InventionLand motor speedway, where designers sit inside a 150-foot slot car track .
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2008 Independent Games Festival Reveals Main Competition Entries (Gamasutra)
The organizers of the 10th annual Independent Games Festival (part of CMP, as is Gamasutra) have revealed a record 173 entries for the 2008 IGF Main Competition. The record entry numbers have seen a host of notable independent PC, web-based and even downloadable console games entering the contest - for which almost $50,000 prizes will be given out at GDC 2008 next February. A full list of IGF ...

RCSLOT Announces Hobby Scholarship for RC Truck and Slot Car . - PR Web (press release)

RCSLOT Announces Hobby Scholarship for RC Truck and Slot Car .
PR Web (press release), WA - Sep 26, 2007
For those not very familiar with the RC industry, Slot Car Racing and various Model Train areas are included too. Visit the Radio Control and Slot Car Blog .
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Final Four: NHRA Championships Come Down to Two Races
National Hot Rod Association Funny Car driver Jack Beckman acknowledges that for the fans, the NHRA's new "Countdown" playoff format is working...

A Place to Keep All Those Old Toys - New York Times

New York Times

A Place to Keep All Those Old Toys
New York Times, United States - Oct 5, 2007
Members can also store their wine in the garages wine cellar, and there is a slot-car racing track in the clubhouse. A lesser membership, at $350 a month .
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Huff shines at Monza.
Rob Huff enjoyed a fine weekend of racing at Monza as the Chevrolet man bounced back from a tough qualifying session to bring his Lacetti home in the points in both races of the final European meeting of the ...

Pixel Junk Racers Review (PSN)
Slot Car racing is a fairly novel pastime to adapt to a video game but that is what Pixel Junk has developed. Pixel Junk Racers is a top down slot car game with a crap load of game variations, a very simple concept that will appeal to a ...

Slot car racing is a hobby in which two or more racers can each .
Slot car racing is a hobby in which two or more racers can each control a scale model racing car on a scale model track. Common scales include 1 to 24, 1 to 32, and HO scale. Those numbers on the 1 to 24 scale mean that 24 inches on the ...

International Formula Master Monza: Rodolfo Avila faced a 'no . - AutoCorse.it

International Formula Master Monza: Rodolfo Avila faced a 'no .
AutoCorse.it, Italy - Oct 9, 2007
In Italy , Macanese driver Rodolfo Avila saw his Cram Competition clinching the Team Title and his car pushed out of the track twice after two excellent .
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AMF and slot car racing.
Over the years, the controversy over AMF's (American Machine & Foundry) involvement in slot car racing has raged between historians. Some claiming that AMF purchased track manufacturer and franchised raceway orchestrator American Model ...

Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals: Brut Racing Dodge Charger
Capps, Scelzi tied in fourth after qualifying Richmond , Saturday: It was an agonizing two days of qualifying at Virginia Motorsports Park for the DSR Funny Car drivers at the Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals, ...

Waltrip earns first season pole at Talladega - Motorsport.com

Waltrip earns first season pole at Talladega
Motorsport.com, Canada - Oct 7, 2007
"Qualifying is one thing, but racing here is another thing. The car was running really strong after we started yesterday, and I am feeling more and more .
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Cross' Words: Talladega - Nascar

Cross' Words: Talladega
Nascar - Oct 8, 2007
That was racing -- man and machine vs. man and machine. The latest race at 'Dega was more slot-car racing. And fans, throwing NASCAR under the bus isn't the .
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IGF 2008 Main Competitors Announced
GameSetWatch points out that the big list of entrants for the 2008 Independent Games Festival is now online...

NASCAR-CUP: Waltrip earns first season pole at Talladega
Michael Waltrip celebrates today as he landed his first NASCAR Nextel Cup Series of the year pole at Talladega Speedway...

Scelzi Wins his Fourth of Season, Lands in Second in Countdown
Gary Scelzi was the lead actor in a dramatic show of perseverance, skill, wherewithal and sheer determination today to not only win his fourth NHRA POWERade Drag Racing national event of the season in four ...

My Year Of Flops Case File #74 Batman & Robin
When I announced that I'd be writing about Batman & Robin this week, a reader took exception to including it in a feature about famous flops...

Beginner EUR¯ s slot car racing kits have everything needed to begin .
Beginner EUR¯ s slot car racing kits have everything needed to begin slot car racing within minutes. The track comes in short plastic sections that snap together so that the slots line up appropriately. Common track configurations are oval ...

Capps Looks Forward to Hot Rod Reunion
NHRA POWERade nitro Funny Car driver Ron Capps will return to the Automobile Club of Southern California Hot Rod Reunion again this year, but this time behind the wheel of the new Nostalgia Funny Car owned by ...

Still Talking Tyres And Favouritism
F1ers believe McLaren's quality have left a lot to be desired this season. Some feel passionately that Alonso should take defeat like a man and accept it while others feel Hamilton is the golden boy at the ...

Cold start for the hot property - Guardian Unlimited

Cold start for the hot property
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Oct 6, 2007
After a year racing Formula 3 in Europe, yielding a pair of victories, it was already time to see if the precocious talent first displayed in karting could .
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Digital Slot Car Controller
My nephew loves slot car racing. He bought a nice track for him and his son to play on but his son didn't understand how proportional throttle worked; it was either on or off so the car would make it to the first turn and fly into the ...

2008 Independent Games Festival Reveals Main Competition Entries
The record entry numbers have seen a host of notable independent PC, web-based and even downloadable console games entering the contest - for which almost $50,000 prizes will be given out at GDC 2008 next ...

IGF 2008 Main Competitors Announced (Slashdot)
GameSetWatch points out that the big list of entrants for the 2008 Independent Games Festival is now online. Can't tell the winners without a program, right? GSW points out some of the names to watch in this year's showdown: "Gish 2 - Gish 2 is the long awaited sequel to the IGF 05 grand prize winner Gish. In Gish 2 you take the role of physics based blob whose movement and control are ...

Rodolfo Avila Faced A 'No Mercy' Weekend
International Formula Master ended its inaugural season with an action-packed weekend in Monza...

Wicked Local Wareham
Classes Reiki share/clinic Reiki Share/Reiki clinics are held the first Thursday of each month, at 6 p.m., at The Inner Peace Wellness Center, 1 Trowbridge Road, Bourne...

Hot Wheels - Slot Car Racing [Racing/2000]
Category: PC : MS-Windows Size: 390.92 MB Status: no seeders and 2 leechers Speed: 4.34 kB/s Added: 2007-08-28 00:49:57 Description: Hot Wheels - Slot Car Racing! "Take Control with Real Slot Car Controllers" (Not included with torrent) ...

The hobby of slot car racing is so named because each racing car .
The hobby of slot car racing is so named because each racing car has a small pin that projects beneath it. This pin sits in a slot that is continuous around the whole track. Most tracks have two slots so two cars can race. ...

Spinning my wheels
Pick the winners of each week's games against the spread or straight-up. Create a private league or join a public one! Play College Pick'em! Pick the winners of college football's Top 25 weekly games...

Capps Leads Racers to Reunion - WhoWon.com

Capps Leads Racers to Reunion
WhoWon.com, NE - 3 hours ago
That's what nostalgia racing is all about! It's just like the old days." Capps is no stranger to nostalgia funny car competition having grabbed the No. .
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Richmond: Gary Scelzi final report (Motorsport.com)
PETERSBURG, Va. (Oct. 7, 2007) - Gary Scelzi was the lead actor in a dramatic show of perseverance, skill, wherewithal and sheer determination today to not only win his fourth NHRA POWERade Drag Racing national event of the season in four final rounds, but to leap all the way into the No. 2 spot in the Countdown to Four. He accomplished this by defeating Del Worsham, Cruz Pedregon, Tony Bartone ...

Daily Planner: October 11, 2007 - Enterprise-Record

Daily Planner: October 11, 2007
Enterprise-Record, CA - 13 hours ago
CHICO SLOT CAR RACING CLUB: 6:30-11 pm Two computer-controlled, eight-lane commercial tracks. 330 Wall Street, Suite 11. Free membership. .
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Full Test: 2007 Porsche 911 GT3 RS (AskMen)
View 2007 Porsche 911 GT3 RS Photo Gallery Unless you have plans to go racing, the purchase of a highly developed sports car constructed primarily to satisfy motorsports homologation regulations is not a purely logical process...

NEXT RACE - 21st October (Planet F1)
P-F1ers believe McLaren's quality have left a lot to be desired this season...

Cross' Words: COT a work in progress
I love Talladega. My first foray into NASCAR came at Alabama International Motor Speedway: May 1, 1983, when Richard Petty beat Benny Parsons to the stripe...

Slot car racing is gaining in popularity
Slot car racing is gaining in popularity. Some specialty party businesses are offering slot car birthday parties for children. Up to 16 ( or maybe more ) children can race on a super large slot car track at the same time! ...

Poor Schnitzer form continues.
Augusto Farfus and Jorg Muller were in the ways once again at Monza after a difficult weekend of racing for the BMW Team Germany squad...

Daily Planner: October 11, 2007
AUTHOR APPEARANCE: 7 p.m. Lyon Books, 121 W. Fifth St. Ceann deRohan will discuss her latest book, "Feelings Matter." Free...

Spinning my wheels: Junior owns Talladega
Fantasy owners are eager to see their stars bounce back from a rain-shortened, accident-marred run in the LifeLock 400 at Kansas Speedway...

Countdown to 1 set in Top Fuel and Pro Stock, Funny Car still fighting
With two rounds of action remaining in the Countdown to 4, the final few spots up for grabs at the start of the day are starting to fill-up. The first round featured Brandon Bernstein clinching the final slot ...

Scelzi Second in Countdown
Topic: Scelzi Second in Countdown SCELZI WINS HIS FOURTH OF SEASON Gary Scelzi was the lead actor in a dramatic show of perseverance, skill, wherewithal and sheer determination today to not only win his fourth ...

InventionLand allows employees to be kids again (The Times Express)
George Davison, chief executive officer of Davison Design and Development, prepares for work like many executives. He eats breakfast, puts on his suit and drives to work.  read more »..

Tour de Corse: Citroen preview (Motorsport.com)
Barely had the Citroen C4 WRCs of Sebastien Loeb/Daniel Elena and Dani Sordo/Marc Marti rolled off the finish ramp in Catalonia and no sooner had the Citroen Sport mechanics packed up their tool cases and their engineer colleagues switched off their computers than it was time for the team to turn its gaze to the Tour de Corse round 13 of the 2007 World Championship for which both Citroen crews ...

Capps Looks Forward to Hot Rod Reunion (Speed TV)
NHRA POWERade nitro Funny Car driver Ron Capps will return to the Automobile Club of Southern California Hot Rod Reunion again this year, but this time behind the wheel of the new Nostalgia Funny Car owned by Gary Messenger...

Capps leads racers to Hot Rod Reunion (Motorsport.com)
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- (Oct. 8, 2007) -- NHRA POWERade nitro funny car pilot Ron Capps will return to the Automobile Club of Southern California Hot Rod Reunion again this year, but this time behind the wheel of the new Nostalgia Funny Car owned by Gary Messenger...

slot car racing video
This movie is worth watching just for the jump near the end. Added bonus: NWA...

Capps and Scelzi Tied in Fourth After Richmond Qualifying
Topic: CAPPS AND SCELZI TIED IN FOURTH AFTER RICHMOND QUALIFYING It was an agonizing two days of qualifying at Virginia Motorsports Park for the DSR Funny Car drivers at the Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals, ...



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