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New divisions began this past Sunday. The Modifieds saw a mix of Reality Raceway, NYModifieds, and AMP bodies. The brand new Sportsman Modifieds are more vintage using molded bodies like Pintos and Gremlins. The Indy Roadsters are back as are the Stock Cars. The next race is September 15. Come try a car, watch the races, and enjoy some hot dogs with Ruth's Mustard. Call 603-826-4242 for details. Racing is free, as are the hot dogs.

Here are some photos of my model car racing set up in my basement. It's 4.5 ft wide and 16.5 ft long, each lane is 62 ft long. The track is a mix of plastic Scalextric Classic and more modern Scalextric Sport, all analog. It has been under development for over 3 years and I'll probably be doing upgrades and improvements for several more years. To me, construction and adding scenery is just as fun as building and racing the cars.

I kit-bashed an AMT Charger slot car (1/25 scale) with an AMT Ford F 150 pickup model kit (1/32 scale) and ended up with a new race truck at my basement slot track called Overlook Raceway Park. I used the metal frame and running gear from the Charger slot car kit. I cut up the pickup so the motor would fit in bed. I opened up the wheel wells with a sanding drum on my power drill and added wheel flares with some spare plastic sheet and putty. Hood scoop was made from scrap bits of plastic. I used an old plastic pilot figure as my driver. Had to do some surgery to get him to fit into his new race truck cockpit. The front grille was opened up to improve air flow by sanding plastic off the back - works great. The 1/24 AMT slot kit provided a wide track chassis that made wheel flares necessary. Lots of putty and sanding required to make them look decent - here it's in process. Partially finished interior set on chassis. Rough pickup body set on chassis for test fit. First coat of primer is on, still need lots of sanding, polishing and finishing. Driver does fit into the interior. Still need a seat belt to keep the driver safe. Paint is now on body, bed cover and front splitter. Need to get to work on the chassis so we can get this truck on the track.