Fellas,
The next meeting of the C.A.R.S. Vintage Slot Car Club will be held on April 7, 2022, at The Race Place, Rt. 33, Farmingdale, NJ, at 7:30 PM. We'll be featuring German cars as our main theme. Porsches, Mercedes, etc...
We will also be honoring Buzz-A-Rama with our year long Buzz-A-Rama Basement Beauties theme... the photo below courtesy of Joseph Migliaccio, holds a special place in my memories of the original Race Place.
In the mid 1970s TRP held a 'kit race" utilizing these Competition Co. kits along with a green Allard body. Everyone was given a kit and the "race" started when Big John gave us the go signal.
We had to assemble the kit and when done you went to your assigned lane and started clicking off laps. As I recall my late friend Ed Kenny completed his car first and was off and running.
Yours truly built two kits, one for me and one for the Mrs. By now Ed was out front by a good distance but it seems that Eddie's car was not meant to finish. With the timed event nearing its later stages Eddie's car let out a screeching sound, a puff or two of smoke and it was all over for Eddie's race.
You guessed it, yours truly won the race and the Mrs. finished in second... one of the chassis still remain in my possession. Maybe some time soon we'll have Race Place celebration event and I'll bring the car along !
