While my wife and I were on a road trip, driving east on the Will Rogers Turnpike through Oklahoma, I spied a small billboard advertising Darryl Starbird’s National Rod & … Continue reading “Darryl Starbird’s National Rod and Custom Car Museum”
The sixth and final race of the 2016 edition of Slot.it Group C/IMSA proved to be a barnburner and entirely worthy of the most popular race series in Austin Slot … Continue reading “Group C / IMSA – 2016, Race 6 and Final Results”
Continuing the close racing in this years Group C race, Race 4 saw Ary come out on top this time, with a 1/2 lap lead over Marty, 223.35 laps to … Continue reading “Group C / IMSA – 2016, Race 4 Results”
The third race of the 2016 Group C/IMSA race was a close one, with only 6 feet separating Marty’s Rothman Porsche from Ary’s Lancia after 227 laps, nearly 2 1/2 … Continue reading “Group C / IMSA – 2016, Race 3 Results”
Race 2 of the 2016 Group C Series proved even more popular with a new record of 15 entries, including two sets of father-son entrants! And, even with that number … Continue reading “Group C / IMSA – 2016, Race 2 Results”
One of the club’s first race series, once again the Slot.it Group C race proved very popular. This first race of the 2016 Group C race series saw the largest … Continue reading “Group C / IMSA – 2016, Race 1 Results”
The Austin Slot Car Club celebrated another great year with the annual Christmas party and the presentation of awards. There was plenty of food for all and gifts were exchanged. … Continue reading “Christmas Party and Year-End Awards”
I decided to repaint my DHL BMW Z4 GT3 1/24 Scale Auto slot car in the paint scheme of the first Art Car, the 3.0 CSL painted by Alexander Calder that Herve Poulain drove in the 1975 Le Mans race. I thought that I might chronicle this repaint and the methods that I used. There are many paint products out there and many methods that will yield good results. The effort that I went to on this project might be considered overkill…
The final round of the 2015 Scalextric Lightning GT race was held last Saturday. As the top three finishing positions in the two groups had already been decided, everyone drove … Continue reading “Scalextric Lightning GT – Round 6 – 2015”
Round 4 of the 2015 Lightning GT Series was held on February 28. The modifications to the cars has been settled with the change to P6 tires and modified guides. … Continue reading “Scalextric Lightning GT – Round 4 – 2015”
Round 3 of the 2015 Scalextric Lightning GT Series was held last Saturday and the racing was faster than ever. The second tweak to the cars, after the switch … Continue reading “Scalextric Lightning GT – Round 3 – 2015”