Slot Car Racing News for 10/30/2008



Team up With the Autobots to Save the Earth in Transformers animated: .
Team up With the Autobots to Save the Earth in Transformers animated: The Game available at Retail Stores today London, UK - 24th October, 2008 - Activision Publishing, Inc...

GM-Chrysler merger talks step up a gear - Telegraph.co.uk

GM-Chrysler merger talks step up a gear
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 9 hours ago
. the private equity house, is talking to a number of banks about refinancing $9bn (5.5bn) of debt owed by the car manufacturer. .
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1968: more october 26 tv
Once again with a tip of the cap to Blog Wilkins for hunting this stuff down. Looking over the TV listings for October 26, 1968, Bay Area version, I see, besides the channels I spoke of earlier and some others ...

Runner-up Jackson: We can only go one better.
BTCC>> Runner-up Jackson: We can only go one better. Thursday, 23rd October 2008 2008 British Touring Car Championship runner-up Mat Jackson talks about a dream ending to his season with his privately-run BMW ...

This weeks mag
FeaturesONLINE INSURANCEHow to net best deals EUR and not get stungProducts BRITIAN'S BIGGEST BULB TESTWhich are the brightest buys this winterFIRST TESTSLatest kit rated, including a slot car racing gameUsed cars BEAT THE ROAD TAX ...

IRL notebook | Trouble waiting in the first turn? (That's Racin')
SURFERS PARADISE, Australia - Justin Wilson predicts Sunday's rolling start to the Indy 300 will cause "chaos" at the first turn. The British driver finished second last year to Sebastien Bourdais in what turned out to be the final Champ Car race in Australia using the standing start. The Indy Racing League, which the Australian race is part of this season, uses a rolling start, meaning the cars ...

[DS] New Transformers Game Out Now
The aptly named Transformers Animated: The Game is a side scrolling platformer featuring battles, puzzles, and slot car racing themed challenges and features up to 20 levels...

slot car racing on vinyl records
this design combines vinyl records with slot car racing, or at least that is what i took from it. they actually break apart a vinyl record, rearrange it as a racing track, and using modded slot cars with installed speakers, ...

Teaching can be fun - Economic Times

Teaching can be fun
Economic Times, India - 4 hours ago
It is therefore so very praiseworthy that the recent initiative of the ARAI with regard to the design a race car competition it has initiated with some .
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Hollywood Park still alive and kicking - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

Hollywood Park still alive and kicking
Los Angeles Times, CA - 22 hours ago
Horse racing at Hollywood Park, above, in Inglewood is on borrowed time. There are no guarantees past the end of next summer's meeting. .
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Wilson says Indy 300 start will cause 'chaos' (Sports Illustrated)
Justin Wilson predicts Sunday's rolling start to the Indy 300 will cause "chaos" at the first turn...

IRL notebook | Trouble waiting in the first turn?
Justin Wilson predicts Sunday's rolling start to the Indy 300 will cause "chaos" at the first turn...

speeddial: voip slot car racing
im glad to see such happy kids. well at least they are exposed to the auto world and auto parts news,,cause it would cost them a lot of knowledge as time goes. kurtdaniel...

Sheer driving pleasure at BMW fan day (Auto Moto 365)
Sheer Driving Pleasure and Formula One took centre stage on Saturday at the Fan Event, held at the BMW branch in Munich-Fröttmaning...

Gold Coast announcement 'in a fortnight'.
Talks are due to be held this weekend between event organisers and the Indy Racing League to discuss the future participation of the IndyCar Series on Australia's Gold Coast...

Dark Knight Slot Car Racing
You may think racing your Ferraris and Lamborghinis around is cool, but you stand no chance when racing against the new age Batmobile. There is no fire shooting out the back of this Batmobile a la Adam Wests version, but there is no ...

Another wacky birthday party idea - Slot Car Racing!
My 9-year-old son was invited to a slot car racing birthday party last Saturday. I imagine it would appeal mostly to boys, but I have to say that one of the best racers at this party was an 8-year-old girl. ...

New business features slot car racing
Rob Bihl and his wife are the owners of one of the newest Scioto County businesses, River Rat Dragway Slot Car Racing in New Boston. The business features a 55-foot long full scale drag strip. The track is scaled down from a real drag ...

Wilson says Indy 300 start will cause 'chaos'
Justin Wilson predicts Sunday's rolling start to the Indy 300 will cause "chaos" at the first turn...

2009 Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport
The last preparations are running at full speed. Two more weeks and then Bugatti Automobiles will present their new Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport for the very first time to the public...

Transformers Animated: The Game Rolls Out To Retailers
There's a new game based on a show, based on toys, which also happened to be a big box-office blockbuster last year...

Sports Briefs (Lexington Herald-Leader)
NASCAR Vickers docked 150 points after failing post-race inspection Brian Vickers was docked 150 driver points and crew chief Kevin Hamlin was fined $100,000 by NASCAR on Wednesday, because the Red Bull Racing team dipped its sheet metal in acid to make it lighter than required. Team owner Dietrich Mateschitz also was docked 150 owner points, while Hamlin and car chief Craig ...

NASCAR Nationwide Series: News & Notes - Texas Motor Speedway - Auto Racing Daily

Auto Racing Daily

NASCAR Nationwide Series: News & Notes - Texas Motor Speedway
Auto Racing Daily - 18 hours ago
Roush Fenway Racing team owner Jack Roush has the most wins there in both NASCAR Sprint Cup (five) and NASCAR Nationwide Series (five) competition. .
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Irl Race Reports: Ryan Briscoe's win might be the last for an IndyCar driver in Australia
Ryan Briscoe took the lead when Will Power hit the wall, and went on to win the IndyCar race at Surfer's Paradise on Sunday...

Hollywood Park still alive and kicking (Los Angeles Times)
The track was expected to be sold for real estate value, but economy put those plans on hold, so they're off and running again. Inquiring minds want to know about Hollywood Park...

T-Jet Racing in Horseheads NY @ SCOTTT
The Slot Car Club Of The Twin Tiers is a non-profit group of enthusiasts dedicated to promoting slot car racing in the Southern Tier of NY and the Northern Tier of PA. Please stop in or check out the club web site. ...

EQUINE INDUSTRY - Business Lexington

EQUINE INDUSTRY
Business Lexington, KY - 11 minutes ago
Maryland gets to vote on its latest slot bill, called "Question 2" on November 4. The Maryland racing and breeding industry has acknowledged that this is .
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This week's mag
Newsweek NEW SUPER KA DRIVEN Why baby Ford is the worlda TMs best small car! AUDI CITY CAR REVEALED Full details on Germanya TMs new Fiat 500 rival VWa TMS DREAM COUPE Is new stunner the shape of the future ...

Davison firms as Skaife's successor - Sydney Morning Herald

Davison firms as Skaife's successor
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 20 hours ago
Ford's rising star Will Davison is set to replace retiring V8 champion Mark Skaife at the Holden Racing Team next year. Skaife and Holden refused to confirm .
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Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart is high performance, sporty
Submitted by SHNS on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 15:18. The 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart may be the best 'tweener available...

Hollywood Park still alive and kicking
Inquiring minds want to know about Hollywood Park. Is it still a horse race track or just an excuse to water the grass until the bulldozers arrive? Will the best drivers here be jockeys or guys in cement ...

Power Takes Pole for Nikon Indy 300
SURFERS PARADISE, Australia October 26, 2008: Will Power gave the home crowd something to cheer about...

Calendar
Canadian Vintage Motorcycle Group: Motorcycle enthusiasts meet every Sunday around 8:30 a.m. at Local Heroes Restaurant in the Bleeker Mall on Clyde at Merivale Rd...

No Speed Limit for slot cars - Estherville Daily News

No Speed Limit for slot cars
Estherville Daily News, Iowa - Oct 21, 2008
No Speed Limit slot car racing, just next door to Custom Collision Center in downtown Armstrong, is a very unique place. Once you come inside, you're hooked .
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10/24 :: Hospital profits
The themed helmet that Conquest Racing's Alex Tagliani is wearing for the Nikon Indy 300 is already spoken for after the race...

IRL: Tagliani says top four was possible (autosport.com)
Alex Tagliani was delighted to secure Conquest Racing's best IndyCar Series starting position of the season at Surfers Paradise, and reckoned he had the pace to get on the front two rows had he not run out of time in second qualifying..

NEXT RACE - 2nd November (Planet F1)
How Should Lewis Play It In Brazil? With a seven-point lead going in to the final race of the season, 'all' Lewis Hamilton has to do in Brazil is finish fifth to be crowned World Champion. But, having thrown away the title in similar circumstances twelve months ago, how should he play it this year?..

Atlanta and Australia
Danica Patrick makes her way around the street course in Surfer's Paradise, Australia, in practice for this weekend's IndyCar race...

The track was expected to be sold for real estate value, but economy put those plans on hold, so they're off and . (The Virginia Gazette)
Inquiring minds want to know about Hollywood Park...

Dowty Slot Car Racing Club Update
The 2008 calendar of races is available on Dowty Slot Car Racing Club pages on Cheltenham4u. You can also read up about the different classes of slot cars they race every week, see the results and read the reports from their recent ...

Lineup of seven new games also includes European blackjack . - CNNMoney.com

Lineup of seven new games also includes European blackjack .
CNNMoney.com - 23 hours ago
The company today unveiled branded slot games based on Merian C. Cooper's King Kong and the popular Casinomeister portal, as well as new European Blackjack .
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Rusty Wallace says he's not about to make comeback
Rusty Wallace denied Wednesday a report by his brother that claims he is considering a return to NASCAR's top level...

Huff strengthens top three slot. - crash.net

Huff strengthens top three slot.
crash.net, UK - Oct 28, 2008
Then I had a few steady laps, knowing that the car would get better in the middle part of the race. EURœI had a bit of a moment in turn one which allowed James .
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Hollywood Park still alive and kicking (Los Angeles Times)
Horse racing at Hollywood Park, above, in Inglewood is on borrowed time. There are no guarantees past the end of next summer's meeting. The track was expected to be sold for real estate value, but economy put those plans on hold, so they're off and running again...

Mark Blundell: 'It's pretty rapid stuff!' - Independent

Times Online

Mark Blundell: 'It's pretty rapid stuff!'
Independent, UK - 5 hours ago
Formula Ford was the basic single-seater race car that everyone started in. My dad was a car trader for a big chunk of his life, so I was brought up around .
How Should Lewis Play It In Brazil? Planet F-1.com
Brazilian GP factfile ITV.com
Whitmarsh: The joke(r) won't be on Lewis Planet-F1
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florida Slot Car Racing - My Series - Race Results - Race #8
Thank You to the 38 racers who made the trip to Jacksonville, FL for the final race of the regular season of My Series on Saturday, October 11th. Austin Latham and his crew did a great job of introducing everyone to an old friend in a ...

Mark Blundell: 'It's pretty rapid stuff!' (Independent)
If you want an A-to-Z guide of motorsport, Mark Blundell is the man to talk to: he's raced in Formula Ford, Formula One, IndyCar, Le Mans and motocross. He's now an expert analyst for ITV's Formula One coverage and has his own sports management company that looks after young racing drivers...

voice over ip slot car racing!
voice over ip slot car racing? come again? apparently, this project takes advantage of asterisk to take in the phone data and spit that out to a java based softphone. this softphone takes in a sip stream and then measures the waveform ...

So How Should Lewis Play It In Brazil?
With a seven-point lead going in to the final race of the season, 'all' Lewis Hamilton has to do in Brazil is finish fifth to be crowned World Champion...

10/25 :: Nikon Indy 300 Daily Trackside Report -- Oct. 25
Welcome to the Nikon Indy 300, the final event of the 2008 IndyCar Series season...



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