The Toyota GT-One (designated the TS020 by Toyota Motorsports) is one example of the manufacture’s many efforts to field a car that could win at Le Mans. Taking advantage of...
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Formed in 2009, the Austin Slot Car Club is a mix of enthusiasts from all over the world with a passion for auto racing, music, and of course slot cars. We believe in sharing our passion for slot cars by helping others discover how fun and rewarding the hobby can be. We welcome anyone with…
One of the next race series for the club will be the Racer Sideways Group 5 series. This series has been run before in 2021 but Covid got in the way so the series was run as a club proxy race with cars being prepared by competitors and then being…
The last heat. It’s not often that a race comes down to the last heat to determine the winner. We all want that type of competition where someone comes from behind with no chance of winning and then pulls off what is thought to be impossible. Who hasn’t dreamed of…
Saturday, May 3rd, was the third race in the ThunderSlot Can-Am series. The weather was just about perfect; it was still cool enough that we didn’t need to run the air conditioner, and the humidity was low. Great conditions to run a race and have a great time. Being the…
Tires were the topic of the day, with all drivers struggling for traction. Some were experiencing severe chatter while others were collecting enough clag off the track to convert their wheels from round rollers to square thumpers. The mysterious aspect to this phenomenon was that we had a fairly common…
Results posted. Story and pictures to follow. Order by Date Name Attachments Round #2 Results (60 kB)Overall Results after Round #2 (46 kB)IMG_3407 (236 kB)Pre-Race…
Thunderslot Can-Am Race #1 The first round of the Thunderslot Can-Am race series took place Saturday, April 5th. The track conditions were almost perfect with…
Rounds two and three of the Revoslot Toyota GT One competition had many drivers starting to find the sweet spot with their cars, while others…
Order by Date Name Attachments RevoSlot SCCA GR. B Heats R6 (17 kB)RevoSlot SCCA GR. B LeaderBoard R6 Final (18 kB)RevoSlot SCCA GR.…
Order by Date Name Attachments IMG_2424 (186 kB)RevoSlot SCCA GR. B Heats R5 (8 kB)RevoSlot SCCA GR. B LeaderBoard R5 (19 kB)RevoSlot SCCA GR. B…
The cars we are running in many cases are the car we ran in the 2024 Monte Carlo rally. The real Monte Carlo is famous…
Revoslot SCCA Group B, Round 3 Results Order by Date Name Attachments RevoSlot SCCA GR. B Heats R3 (13 kB)RevoSlot SCCA GR. B LeaderBoard R3…
The day broke grey and chilly with temps in the low 50’s for the first race of the Toyota GT-One series at the Austin Slot…
