Hi all! Just for fun, I plugged the club’s racing data from 2018 and 2019, and also the historical data we had for the club’s website and Facebook accounts onto Tableau. Please interact with the three dashboards and let me know what you think. Order by Date Name Attachments snap (14 kB)ASCC-tableau (116 kB)
As is probably the case for many hobbyists, my hobbies have been solitary pursuits. From the time I first started building plastic scale models in 1955, my work has all been my own; I never had any supervision or mentors. And, until the Eighties, when I joined Austin Model Cars, and 2010, when I joined…
The first track was built by the clubs founders in a span of about six months with everyone working every weekend. It was a lot of work but the result and the friendships that grew from it were well worth the time and effort.
The idea for a new track had been kicking around for a while now it was just a matter of building it. That is easier said than done. However all that changed at our annual club meeting in October of 2015 when the club decided to run a rally series that would require a new track. …
I was saddened when I read this morning of the passing of automotive journalist Brock Yates. Car and Driver was my favorite magazine for a half-century and Brock Yates was a big part of that. Also, last week Autoweek had an video about the Dodge van cult in Japan—the Dajibans: https://autoweek.com/article/car-life/tag-along-insane-japanese-race-van?utm_source=DailyDrive20160928&utm_medium=enewsletter&utm_term=headline-center&utm_content=body&utm_campaign=awdailydrive These two events got…
Here is a track I made for my son in the Eighties. I used Tyco track on 1/2″ plywood and hinged it on the wall above his bed. On the bottom of the plywood I glued 1/4″ cork, so when folded against the wall it was a bulletin board. The track is trimmed with wood…
What the heck is going on with that Capri? Here is the deal. When we ran this series in 2013 I spent a large amount of time playing with different set ups for my Racer Sideways Ford Capri until I finally found one that worked well. This set up helped me win the first Group…
