Heat 1: Roy, Marty and Russell raced their Ferraris 312PB, although not planned, the color of each car spoiler corresponded to the lane they raced on.  Roy gets a good start on the yellow lane and stays ahead of the pack. On lap 30, Roy, with a half-lap advantage over Marty, collides with Russell and…

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May 05, 2012 It is starting to get HOT! Literally. Summer only starts June 20 but we had an early sampling of what is coming on the third round of the Slot.it 70’s Prototypes Series,  the club’s monitor showed 47% relative humidity and temperatures hovering the low 90s. We had a small but well balanced…

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Saturday, February 11. While waiting for the arrival of all club members for our monthly meeting, Russell took the time to snap a few shots of the track in the dark: What a great picture! This track has Soul! After the club meeting and some discussion about the direction to run one of the second…

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The Austin Slot Car Club went all out for the 2012 El Piloto Series; three, highly coveted, 1/24 scale BRM Renault Meganes were purchased, along with a few upgrade parts. The El Piloto Series is our club’s version of a drivers challenge. Each car is prepared identically and placed on its according lane; drivers race…

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All right, here is the teaser we were missing for 2012’s 1/32 classes:  Need help choosing a model? Here is the list of classic GT slot cars (1959 to 1969).

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Attachments 2011_GT_Series_Round4_Results.xls (230 kB)

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Recorder race can be viewed at our Ustream.tv channel: https://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18623499 Attachments 2011_Q4_Slotit_Challenge_Round4_Results.xls (231 kB)

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Another close finish on the third race of the series, only one feet separated Jim’s Mosler and Russell’s McLaren after 218 laps. Marty was back with his Ferrari F40 and took third place; the car has been fitted with a new motor and gear combo which proved more reliable than the setup used on the first…

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