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BRM 24 Hours of Tacoma – The Story, Part 2

As usual, the ups and downs……. UPDATE:  9-28-14 Right after writing the first blog entry about how much I was looking forward to the 24 Hours of Tacoma my wife informed me that she was going to be out of town that same week attending a company retreat.  She was happy to tell me about…

Ford batte Ferrari di nuovo ! Targa Florio Race # 4 Risultati

Targa Florio Race #4 The Targa Florio series has seen some great racing over the first three races and I am sure the fourth race will see continued close racing. Let’s see how it went. Race Preview – Russell brought out his Championship winning Lola T70 MKIII with the F22 tires from earlier this year…

BRM 24 Hours of Tacoma – The Story, Part 1

And so it begins……… It was Saturday evening, the night before the biggest race in the world – the 1974 Indy 500.  I had just set up my first slot car track – a small AFX figure 8 set with a Porsche 917 and Ferrari 512.  Once together I turned on the TV because there…

Targa Florio Race #3 Results

The third round of the Targa Florio series was the best attended round to date with ten racers taking part in the 216 laps around the track race. The last rounds had some close racing in both A and B groups with some of the B group runners giving the A group racers a run…

Trans Am Series Race #4 Results

Round 4 of the Trans Am series had only six cars as many of the drivers were off having fun away from the track, if that’s possible.  Anyone looking for Marty to back off, almost go their wish, as the #46 SCA Camaro was fast but not the fastest car on the track. The first…

Targa Florio Race #1 Results

Results Posted.  Story to follow.   Order by Date Name Attachments Race #1 Results (12 kB)photo (1) (783 kB)photo3 (753 kB)Group Pic (756 kB)Race #1 Results (12 kB)Race #1 Results (12 kB)

A Karting Send off for Brian

This past Sunday the club held a go kart send off party at Driveway Austin for one of the clubs founders and past presidents Brian – Bellator. The day started with a class room run through of the rules along with some basic driving tips for getting the most out of your kart and how…