Last weekend’s Texas-sized celebration of sports car racing and entertainment, known as LONE STAR LE MANS, was simply EPIC!!! The racing included two of the world’s most-loved endurance racing series – the TUDOR United SportsCar Series and the FIA World Endurance Championship Series (WEC) – along with racing from Porsche GT3 Cup Series and Continental Tire Sports…
The second race of the series had five new participants with a total of nine competitors. Seven racers had best laps hovering the 4.0 seconds mark; two still have some work to do in order to become competitive. The surprise of the day was Brett’s fastest lap of the race, 3.960 seconds – at this pace, Brett will…
Some may think it is absurd that our club has been racing, three weekends of every month, for almost five years and this past July 11th was the start of our first ever NSR racing series. Nevertheless, here we are:
Our club had a blast this past Sunday (06/07/2015) at Ranger Raceway. In total we had seven members (Shawn, Russell, Marty, Mark, Ary, Richard and Steve) making the 3~4 hour trip to Garland, TX to race BRM and Scaleauto. A big thank you goes to all that worked to make this possible. Congratulations to all…
Thank you all who came to the club’s annual F1 meet and greet; the clubhouse was packed! As always, great local BBQ and a good selection of beverages fueled the festivities which included an IROC All Slot Car Formula GP race. This year we had visitors from near and far: Tony and Erick Vaughan, a father…
Every year the Austin Slot Car Club hosts a Formula 1 USGP meet and greet on the Thursday before the race. All slot car enthusiasts, including those visiting Austin, are welcome to bring their families & friends to enjoy local BBQ & beverages while talking motorsports and racing slot cars. Join us, on October 30th…
Like Marty said: “Cold temps – hot racing“. Although temperatures at the track room were hovering 40°F on December 14, the addition of a patio heater (properly ventilated … sort of ) warmed the room to a cozy 55° before racing start; after all, this is not the type of racing you would want to…
November 2, 2013 The penultimate round of the Slot.it Porsche 911 GT1 Series was disputed by five competitors. Brian, Russell, Ary, Brett and Shawn took to the track while Rich helped marshaling the cars; Stephen, Roy and Marty were missed. After five heats of round robin racing, each competitor had pushed their cars for fifteen…
