The penultimate round of the Slot It GT series took place Saturday the 1st of December and it was a crazy round that unfortunately was not recorded. Then again maybe it was best it wasn’t. After the last race Shawn’s pit crew was planning a gear in an effort to catch the fast Porsche…
El Piloto Ends with the Closest Finish in Club History!
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•How close is close? Some would say that it’s relative to what you are talking about. If you ask me for what I would describe as close I would use this past weekend’s El Piloto as the poster child. Going into the final race of the six race series Shawn was three points and 1.84…
Final Races in Classic GT and El Piloto
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•The final races in both the Classic GT and El Piloto series will be held and there is still some podium spots up for grabs. Let’s start with the Classic GT series. This series has been all about Russell and his beautiful custom Fly/Slot It Ferrari GTO in the Penske livery. This car has been…
2012 Slot.It Challenge – Modern GT: Round #4
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•The fourth round of the Slot It Modern GT series was one for the record books with Marty setting a total lap record with 77+ laps in each of his three heats. His final total was 231.35 laps and a fast lap time of 3.712. All of this was done with Slot It’s new Porsche…
2013 Annual Meeting – Summary Notes
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•See the attached Word document for all the notes reguading this past Saturday’s annual club meeting. All aditional questions can be sent to marty_m@bicyclesportshop.com. Thanks to all that attended. Looks like 2013 will be another great year for the club. Attachments 2012_Annual_Meeting-Summary.docx (22 kB)
2013 Race Series
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•Just like all other 1:1 racing series, the Austin Slot Car Club has announced the newly ratified 2013 racing schedule. The big differences in the 2013 race calendar are the reduction of races by two full series along with a more varied selection of races. The 2013 schedule will have one race series every quarter…
A Day of Firsts
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•A Day of Firsts The weekend of September 15th witnessed the last round of the Slot It group C challenge. It’s funny to think that this was the last round of the series any yet it contained so many firsts. This was the first race with 10 racers, the first race a total lap count…
Slot It Modern GT Race Series starts this coming Saturday the 6th of October
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•The next round in the year long Slot It Challenge Series is the Modern GT. This series starts this coming Saturday the 6th of October. This Saturday’s race will also be the first race starting at 2pm – our fall/winter hours. Please adjust your schedule accordingly. This later time should give everyone time to complete their…