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[Champion 507]

America's newest slot car track is going up!

Located in Kiefer, OK, just a few miles south of Tulsa, OK, this modern facility will be 4000 square feet and will house three tracks... a Canadian-built Ogilvie blue King, a Gerding tri-oval, and a Hasse drag strip. It will be called Bobby's Hobbies and be owned and operated by Bobby Brummett, a long-time racer himself.

Out of town racers will be delighted in at least four ways... a nice modern facility in which to race with three high quality, well-maintained tracks, ample parking, easy to get to location with modern four-lane roads to the front door, and it's located right behind his wife's restaurant that features the best home cooking and fresh homemade desserts.

He's hoping to be open by the end of April or earlier if all goes well. Here's what it looked like on April 1. Will send updated photos as progress continues.

[havlicek]

Best of luck to him on the new track!

I don't know how things are in OK, but going from the raw frame to open for business in four weeks or less would be a true miracle in NY. Between scheduling subs and inspections and obtaining the CO after the final, moving in, installing and tweaking the tracks etc. etc. etc., this would be like turning water into wine, or something.

[Cheater]

Doug,

If you will PM me the address and other info, I'll add the Bobby's Hobbies to Slotblog's Raceway List with the notation "under construction, opening date TBA".

[MG Brown]

Cool, but make sure there's lots of parking!!!

[Chase]

Good luck, Bobby! Can't wait to race there.

[HarV Wallbanger III]

Great Doug will have to stop by next time back!

[Mac]

Bobby Brummett is a fantastic racer and a super nice guy. He's passionate about slot cars and should be a great addition to the slot car world.

We cant wait for his first TSRA Texas Series race.

Best of luck Bobby...see you soon.

Shontel

I have correct my spelling of Bobby's last name. My apologies to Doug that I added an "E" and he PM'd me about it. No doubt Bobby is used to having his name mispelled the same way I am.

[68Caddy]

That's great to see new tracks getting build in the old US instead of seeing them closing down. Good luck to you all.
Have to say I wish more tracks would come up in California?
Bobby glad see you are doing this for the racers.


Nesta

[Champion 507]

Work continues to progress. The pic below was taken a week after the first pic I posted. The south wall is up and the door frames have been welded in. I didn't get over there to take a pic this week. I will try again this coming weekend.

[Alchemist]

Doug,

Thanks for taking the time to post pix! That's exciting to hear and see about a new slot car location going up instead of down!!!

Best of luck Bobby!

Ernie

[Chase]

Bobby plans to be up and running for the 3rd Texas Series race, May 22-23.

[Champion 507]

Bobby's partner Steve told me yesterday the builder is supposed to hand over the keys by the end of the month, which means the building shell will be done. They will still have to finish the inside, hang the lights, set up the tracks, etc. I will get over there this weekend and grab a couple pics so I can post them here.

[Alchemist]

Hi Doug,

That's exciting news! Looking forward to seeing the pix - thank you for making the time to take them and posting them here.

Ernie

[Champion 507]

Latest update:

These two pics were taken 4/24/10. As you can see the walls and roof are on. The larger opening on the left will be the front door.



Here is an inside shot from the back corner of the building looking toward the front door. There will be some fast racing on three tracks within these walls in the very near future.

[Bill from NH]

Doug, that building looks much longer, now that it's been enclosed. Get those cars oiled up!

[parko061]

I have a feeling in the winter it is going to be very cold in there...

-rp

[Phil Irvin]

TALK ABOUT JELLOUS........WAAAAAA..........

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PHIL I. sniff...sniff

[Tex]

Did y'all survive the tornadoes yesterday? Hope y'all are OK(?).

[Champion 507]

Ok, I'm a week behind in posting updates here. The following pics were taken this past Mother's Day. I had told my wife about five minutes before we arrived at the site that I doubted Bobby would be there on Mother's Day, but lo and behold, there he was. Here he is standing in the front entrance to his new place.

Here, just inside the front doorway, we are looking to the back end of the building. The straightaway for the King track will be parallel to the wall on the right with the main bank at the far end. The starting line for the drag strip will be at the far left corner of the room and be parallel to the wall on the left. The little room left of center on the back wall will be Bobby's paint room. Bobby has painted many many RC and slot car bodies over the years and is quite good at it.

Now I'm standing at approximately where the starting line for the drag strip will be and shooting up toward the front entrance. The small rooms up toward the front are the bathrooms and Bobby's office. The little room protruding from the right side wall is the HVAC room. The drag strip will obviously be to the left of it. Bobby's retail counter will be between where the mobile lift is now and the front door.

This was my best attempt to get a shot of the plans for the whole place. The front entrance is at the bottom left. Bobby's office and bathrooms are along the left side of the photo. The Gerding tri-oval is out in front of them. The Hasse built drag strip runs along the top of the photo and the Canadian built Ogilvie Blue King will occupy the bottom center and right of the pic. Sheet rock arrived this past week and is going up. The whole place will have a dropped ceiling at 9 1/2 feet above the floor. I have been assured this place will be WELL LIT.

I'll try to get another update for you in the next week or so. In the meantime, have fun building or racing.

[Alchemist]

It's looking great! Thank you for taking the time to take the photos and posting them Doug! It is appreciated. Please extend my regards to Bob for a fantastic endeavor - I wish him tons of fun!!

Ernie

[Bill from NH]

That should be quite a nice layout Doug! It appears all 3 tracks will have plenty of room for its racers. And they'll have plenty of pit space room for holding big events too!

[Champion 507]

May 22nd update:

The wife and I just had some good lunch at Bobby's wife's restaurant out in front of the new track, so I thought I would go around back to see if I could get any updates and the answer is "yes". As you can see a big electrical box has been mounted to the outside wall on the left and the forms have been set to pour more sidewalk on the left.




Inside the front doorway we see that all the sheetrock is up and has been mudded and taped. A worker by the name of Mike was inside sanding away as Bobby is at P. A. Watson's racing today. Mike stepped out of view for me to take the picture.




Here at the back of the room is Bobby's future paint booth. Some awesome painted slot car bodies will emerg from this room in the years to come.




Looking back up toward the front, the place is really starting to take shape. The HVAC closet has been closed in along the right side wall you see here and the equipment is starting to go in. You can also see some equipment starting to be installed in the rooms at the front with a lot of the duct materials piled up in the middle of the floor, just about where the tri-oval will be located.




There are two pigeons that think they have set up permanent residence inside the building. I've named them Gertrude and Heathcliff (names Red Skelton gave to two seagulls in his comedy skits he did years ago). Bobby will have an interesting time evicting them when it comes time to put the doors on. That's all for now. Have fun rewinding, building and racing! And have a safe and happy Memorial Day next week. I'll be back in early June with another update.

[Tex]

Thanks for the update, Doug; I hope to visit the track sometime within the next year.

[Bill from NH]

Doug, that place is really starting to shape up nicely! That big electrical box ought to provide the tracks with some real hot power! The gulls (garbage geese) should leave once the garbage is thrown outside.

[Victor Poulin]

Lookin gooooood Doug !!!! Cant wait to see it all set up.