Richard Petty said “There is no doubt about precisely when folks began racing each other in automobiles. It was the day they built the second automobile”. There is something about competition, something about measuring yourself against someone else. That is the reason we race, to test ourselves and our cars. Members of the Austin Slot…
Group 5 Race #5 Results This past weekend’s penultimate round of the Group 5 series saw the series leaders in both A and B groups draw closer together in points with only one race in the series left. Six racers were present for the race with everyone putting in some last minute tweaks to get…
Group 5 Race #4 Results The fourth Group 5 race was one for the record books. There were six racers present with everyone feeling like they were finally getting the handle of their cars. All the racers were spending some time on the track before the race finishing up their final tweaks. It was looking…
With all the great things going on in Austin this past Saturday the turn out for the Group 5 race was too small to hold the race. We will be posting a new date for this race very soon. In the meantime you can use any available time to get your Group C car ready…
There were eight racers present for the third round of the Group 5 series with a mix of four racers in the A Group and four racers in the B Group. Conditions at the track were fantastic with the ambient temperature in the track room in the upper 60’s, low humidity and a track temperature…
Eight racers ran in round 2 of the Group 5 series with two additional racers on hand but not running. There was one new club member that was running in his first race series. He also wins the award for coming from the farthest distance away – Beeville. He is actually a real 1:1 race…
Ten racers showed up to compete in the first round of the 2015 Group 5 race series – seven Group A racers and three Group B racers. The racers showed up with cars that were as varied as we have seen in any series to date. Here is what everyone was running, from what I…
The Austin Slot Car Club will be offering a complete racing package for the upcoming race series as well as the current Group 5 series. These packages include everything you need to race – entry fee into all six of the races in a series, Difalco controller rental for all six races and a race…
