The first round of the Slot It Group C challenge proved how close the competition is and that there is no room for error. Summary Let me start by saying that little things make a big difference. Unlike last year’s Slot It races this year’s races are highlighted by cars that were much better prepared…
Two Tenths of a Second – The Story of the Upcoming Slot It Group C Series
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Two tenths of a second doesn’t seem like a long time but in the world of slot car racing at the Austin Slot Car Club track two tenths of a second per lap can be the difference between first and last. Why do I bring up two tenths of a second? That is the difference…
2012 El Piloto Series #1 – Round 5 Results
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Round 5 of the El Piloto race was held on Saturday, May 11th. There were seven racers in attendance but only six raced as Ary chose to chronicle the event with his new camera for his upcoming feature film “El Piloto – The Series”. The six racers had a great time as the cars were…
2012 BRM Series: Round #6 Results
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Here are the results for the final round of the BRM series. Story to follow. It was a great final race and a fantastic series. Thanks to all who participated. (Click on the image for a larger version.)
ASCC Work Day
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The Austin Slot Car Club will be doing construction projects on Saturday March 31st. All club members are asked to come to this important meeting. The primary focus of the work will be to reconfigure the older work bench along with adding on a section to increase its length to accomodate more people. We will also be doing…
2012 El Piloto Series #1 – Round 3 Results
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This past weekends El Piloto race was fun as usual but it was far more fun for Shawn who took the top spot and went from fourth to second in the overall points standings.
2012 BRM Series: Round #5 Results
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The penultimate round of the BRM series was the first one of the five so rounds that was not filled with large amounts of drama. There was some great racing mixed with the occasional bump between cars and even though there was some car damage it was about as trouble free of a run…
2012 BRM Series: Round #4 Results
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Pre-race – This race should be more about the driving and less about the mechanicals and crashes as the drivers have had three races to get their cars sorted out and dialed in and have more track time to get a feel for their cars. Track conditions would play a role in this round with…