Month: June 2016

2016 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

  Some of club’s members just returned from Colorado and the 100th anniversary of PPIHC. Romain Dumas conquered the 14,115-foot mountain climb on a Honda-powered Norma M20 RD Limited, covering the 12.42-mile course in 8 minutes, 51.445 seconds. Dumas’s impressive run came from a combustible, amazing sounding, powered engine – and there were very few of those. Most petrol-powered…

Opening Round of the DTM Series – Dieses Wochenende!

The opening weekend of our DTM series is right around the corner and it promises to be one of the most interesting series we will run this year.           Like all new race series there are so many questions to be answered – How will these top heavy Carrera bodies work? …

ScaleAuto 4 Hour Endurance Race at Dallas Slot Cars

The 4 hour Scaleauto endurance race in Garland at Dallas Slot Cars with the Dallas Slot Car Club and the Tyler Slot Car Club was filled with much pre-race controversy due to issues with the rules and the format for the race.  The controversy put the decision to go for me and the rest of…

Formula GP – 2016, Race 6 Results

Our final race June 18 in the Formula GP series only had five racers, but had some exciting action. Dave won this race, with Marty and Steve (with lowest ET) hot on his heels. These three have been battling for the podium spots all through this series, with Alex always in the mix. Marty won the overall…

4-Hour Enduro Race at Dallas Slot Cars-2016

On June 11 we raced the Tyler Slot Car Club (Chris Taylor, Dave Barry and friends) in the much anticipated and controversial event at Dallas Slot Cars in Garland. Marty and Alejandro/Alex went up as the representative 2-man team from ASCC.  Mark went up to cheer, observe (JIC we do this at home one year),…

Formula GP – 2016, Race 5 Results

Our June 4 race only fielded six racers but the action was hot with some very tight racing and as the day wore on lots of contact and action.   Order by Date Name Attachments IMG_20160604_141950066 (72 kB)Formula GP-20160604-5-Heats (56 kB)Formula GP-20160604-5-Leader (43 kB)Formula GP-20160604-5-Round (26 kB)IMG_20160604_133044590 (4 MB)Formula GP-20160604-5-Results (259 kB)