In lieu of recent events concerning the COVID-19 virus and further safety precautions to slow down its spread, the Austin Slot Car Club is taking the unfortunate step of suspending racing events and formal activities at the Jamestown headquarters of the club for the time being. Until we have more information about the virus in…
The fifth round of the Slot It Group C series was another amazing race with the final two cars separated by only three inches after fifteen minutes of racing. From a time perspective three inches equals 0.02 of a second difference between 1st and 2nd. Racing does not get much closer than that. How did…
The second round of the RevoSlot Series was a repeat of the first with Ary and his well prepared Porsche GT2 setting the pace and causing all others to marvel at the quality of the build and the drive from Ary. The rest of the racing was very close with David and Marty both running…
The second round of our Group C Slot.it Challenge had 11 participants. Here are the results: GROUP-C-2020
The second race of the new year and the first in the RevoSlot series was this past Saturday. The race was similar to last weeks Slot It Group C race in that tires became the focus for many of the racers. Before the clubs move, we gave the track a deep cleaning then moved it…
The clubs first race of the 2020 season and in our new location was this past Saturday. It was going to be interesting as the last time we raced on the track we had just performed a deep cleaning and removed the top layer of worn in rubber. The lack of rubber combined with dust…
The clubs annual Christmas party will be this Saturday the 21st starting at 1pm. The club will provide Rudy’s brisket and turkey along with the fixings. Everyone is requested to bring a side dish, chips, crackers or dessert. After input from numerous club members we will indeed have the white elephant gift exchange this year. …
The Austin Slot Car Club has been quiet for a little over a month now with no posts to the website or Facebook. It’s time to share with everyone what’s been going on with the club. On July 20th we were told that Kings Hobby, the clubs’ home for the past 11 years, was going…
2019 Rally Round-1 a good startEric showed us ‘how it’s done’; strong showings by Marty and Dave; great mid-pack runs by John, Steve, Randy. Russell’s inaugural run is great. Mark’s low power strategy backfired. Alex marshals and learns. // Stats and enhanced story posted later. Porsche Stable Ferrari Stable (& one Porsche!)
