MG Brown

There will be a Mid-American Hardbody Series race this Saturday 12/13/14 at Thazer Raceway, 2925 Mishawaka Ave, South Bend, IN 46615 phone (574) 232-2118 "Pony Stock" and "Super Stock" classes will be run with races beginning at 3PM Eastern time. Racing will be run on the American Raceways "Aristocrat" track shown below: More information on this racing series can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/MAHardbodySeries

As popular as the full sized car is, I can't help but wonder what company will be the first to offer a 1/25 scale Dodge Challenger "Hellcat"? Would you buy one if it was offered for sale? Should it be full detail or skill level 1 prepainted?

Look here for some information and inspiration: Mid-American Hardbody Racing Series

I am interested in AAR conversion pieces if they were produced!

Super Stock 1000 Hardbody 1/24 Stock Car Event At The Track Raceway - 2026 B Ironwood Circle - South Bend Indiana Saturday April 12, 2014, track opens for practice at Noon local time, tech opens for first race at 2:30 PM local time. Lunch will be available at the raceway for a nominal fee. Thank you to event sponsors: Fast Ones, Scale Auto Racing News, REM Raceway, Thazer Raceway, Dallas Slot Cars, Parma, Koford, and B & E Slotsport. Races starting at 3 PM: Pony Stock Cars on the Hill climb. 3 minute heats. 1.5 Minute Intermissions. Fast Ones Demon Motors only. Unlimited Stockers on the LIVE intersection figure 8. Any motor listed in our rules. Chassis is unlimited. Body may be any plastic kit of a vehicle. Bent wrench Modifieds on the Oval. 2 minute heats. 1.5 minute intermissions. See rules below in post. Super Stock on the oval. 5 MINUTE HEATS. 1.5 intermissions. Pro Slot 4002B or 4002 FK motors only for this class. Qualifying for lane choice in Pony Stock and Super Stock. Round Robin format. "One and done" in all classes. Race prizes, plaques for all classes, and the Raffle Car (pictured below) will be the prize for the winner of the drawing at the end of the event. If there is time and we have enough racers, we will run an exhibition race for Scratch built USAC stock cars. More information <--- Click Here It is shaping up to be a great day of racing and fun for all participants! Note: this thread will not be monitored, please post questions on the above Facebook page.

Dan may be on to something- was the tooling modified to make the '74 GTX?

Petty ran Plymouths and Dodges most of his career, but also raced: 1958 - Oldsmobile 1969 - Ford Torino 1976 - Chevy Monte Carlo 1979 - Olds Cutlass 1981 - Buick Regal 1982 - Pontiac Grand Prix Source: Cars of the King

How about re-releasing it as a Sox and Martin version? Builder: Dada Velveteden

If any companies are thinking of making conversions for this kit, I would be interested in buying: Penske Trans-Am Racing version #6 & #9 Indy 500 Convertible Pace Car version + RS Grille + SS parts

I think that the eBay seller that you are thinking of is: http://www.ebay.com/usr/firebird_designs

Wow this kinda sounds like something Hillary Clinton would say. The stripes were commonly seen on Darts as a custom add-on at least when I was growing up- I can't imagine someone putting "340" logos on a "360" car though. In any event it's a waste of decal space that could have been used for something the kit needs- like instrument or interior decals for example.

Re: decal sheet comment.... Look here: As far as I know, the 1975 Dart Sport was equipped with a 360 V8 rather than a 340. How much effort would it have taken to provide the correct stripe?

My kits arrived today. I'll be doing an in-depth review over at slot blog. First glance looks good, confused about the 360 air cleaner decal and the 340 side stripes for the stock engine. Hemi looks like a weak attempt, I imagine there will be a few motor swaps to get a better looking drag engine.

Just got my shipment of reissue AMT 1965 Galaxies in today's mail. I'm sure that they will take some work to make into a good representation of a 1960's era NASCAR stocker… having said that, I am hoping other people will be willing to share their impressions of the kit.

Excellent

It was nice to see one of the surviving Chrysler Turbine Cars at this show over the weekend...

Race of Champions - Retro Race for the Ring July 19-21, 2013 July 19 - Can-Am on the flat track, Stockers on the Tri-oval July 20 - Can-Am on the King July 21 - F1 on the King RETRO RACE of CHAMPIONS MID AMERICA RACEWAY 2035 63rd Street Downers Grove, IL 60516 630-484-8574 www.slotcar1.com FRIDAY JULY 19 Retro Can-Am on MIDWEST MONSTER (flat track) 3 pm 10.00 entry fee Retro Stock Car on Tri-Oval 7 pm 10.00 entry fee Both Retro Can-Am on the Monster and Stock Cars on the Tri-Oval will use Full IRRA LLC rules. Both events are use your own motors. Track will open at 8 am and practice will be available on all tracks all day long and prior to the race events on each track. “RACE FOR THE RING” events SATURDAY JULY 20 CAN AM on the G-12 GERDING KING TRACK. Tech at 11 am Entry Fee is 55.00 and INCLUDES One Brand New “HAND-OUT” Pro-Slot Puppy Dog motor. Additional motor may be purchased for 41.00 Only two hand out/purchased motors will be allowed to be used per entrant. 7 tooth pinions only. Practice and motor hand out will start at 8 am and only Can-Am cars will be allowed on the King track during the practice session. SUNDAY JULY 21 F1 on the G-12 GERDING KING TRACK. Tech at 11 am Entry fee is 35.00 if using “HAND OUT” Can-Am motors or 55.00 if New “HAND OUT” motor is purchased. Additional motor 41.00. 7 tooth pinions only Practice and motor hand out will start at 8 am and only F1 cars will be allowed on the King track during the practice session. Pit Pass and Lunch Fees..... $ 10.00 per Day. Race Formats Both Can-Am and F1/Indy on the Gerding King races/events will be run using the R4-5 Format. Qualifying in both classes, qualifying mains seeded by qualifying times. Top 16 lap totals from the qualifying mains will be run in two semis and the Top 4 from each Semi will advance to the “A” Main. Can-Am and Stock Car races/events will be Overall Lap Total formats. All racers will qualify, qualifying times will seed the racers into race mains and Overall Lap Totals from the race mains will determine the Overall Finish. Hand-out Motor Rules In Can-Am each racers entry fee will include One New P-S PD motor. The motors will be engraved at time of purchase and must stay in the raceway. Racers may only use the motor(s) they purchase. Racers may purchase one additional motor which will also be engraved at time of purchase. Any additional motors must be teched in and impounded at the same time as car is. If racer needs to use additional motor during event, they will have to get it from race control. Any motors not turned in at tech will not be allowed to be used for the remainder of the event. For the F1 class…… racers may use their engraved Can-Am motor(s) in the F1 class. These motors must stay at the raceway overnight. If the motors leave the raceway, they can not be used on Sunday in the F1 race/event. There will be a locked storage box for the motors on Saturday night. F1 racers will also be allowed to have a new motor included in their entry fees and also purchase one additional motor for the F1 race/event as well. The motors are not to be tampered with in any way. Any signs of tampering will result in immediate disqualification from that race/class. No changing of motor brush types or spring types. The motors will use the P-S Gold Dust brushes and stock springs. Additional Rules All classes/races/events will use FULL IRRA LLC Car/Class rules with the exception of the use of Hand Out motors in the King Track Can-Am and F1/Indy races/events. See All Rules here www.retroslotracing.com Exceptions On the Can Am and F1 hand out motors..... there will be no changing or replacing the brushes or springs that comes in the motors. The springs are locked and secured into place and any tampering of these two items will result in immediate disqualification. Stock Car class. NO "offest" track width or bodies. The max width of the left and right side tires from the centerline of the guide flag is 1 1/2" The left and right side wheels ARE NOT to exceed this width. Cars with "sucked in" left side tires and "extended out" right side tires will not be allowed. Only P-S Puppy Dog motors allowed. 6 or 7 tooth pinions may be used; No other size permitted. Can Am Flat Track Race. Only P-S Puppy Dog motors may allowed. 6 or 7 tooth pinions may be used; No other size permitted. All classes: Snap On motor heat sinks and comm coolers allowed. Race for the Ring......... the ring will be awarded to the driver with the best overall finish on the two King track races....Can Am and F1. The Stock Car and flat track Can Am races are not factored into the "Ring". If two or more drivers are to tie in the overall finish..... the first tie breaker will be overall laps in the two classes per driver. If two drivers are tied after this...... the tie breaker will be fastest race laps. If there is still a tie......the tie breaker will be qualifying position. If there is still a tie.... the tie breaker will be high heat in each race. More Event Information Here

So- has anyone spotted a resin conversion for the Revell Mustang to build it as a Convertible? This seems right up Jimmy Flintstone's alley.

I thought I'd share these pics of a cool Nova drag slot car. Any other slot drag racers?

Check with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway archive department. They offer inexpensive reprints of photos that they keep in their records (it is a massive number of photographs of virtually everything that has touched the track surface!).

Milan Tomasek at www.mtr32.com has a sheet of Audi R10 "Champion" decals in 1/32. I believe that he can re-scale the decals for 1/24... please check with him to see if this is possible. I have purchaed his 1/32 decals and I feel they are top notch. Milan is a friendly guy and easy to work with.