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[Mark Johnson]

Runnning on the mile is just like running with Swiss , you know you'll get the finger a couple times a lap .

[Lenjet]

Well the Sovereign is done complete with infield. Here are some of the latest pictures. Also, the new Black is finished and Gary Gerding & Silky did a great job bringing this little gem up to first class condition. We added magnetic braid so this will allow a great deal of classes and types of cars.

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[911GT3]

A pair of amazing tracks. I may have to save some pennies for a trip out there.

[NSwanberg]

I just got an email from G&G in Griffith, IN, and they said that they never had a purple only a blue King. John Ford thinks that there were six to eight built so we are trying to locate where they were or are.

I know where mine from Framingham ended up unfortunately, and we know where Tim's from the 1990 Nats ended up.

Anybody with any information on where you saw one or raced on one would be great.

Were the Sovereigns from Farmingham and Georgia destroyed?

[John Stezelecki]

The Framingham Puple was destroyed. The last time I spoke to Tim Ferguson, he thinks that the Alabama Purple was destroyed by water. He has never been able to comfirm that information. Most information indicates that it was water damaged and destroyed.

[Bill from NH]

Wasn't the Framingham Sovereign also a victim of water? I heard it had been stored in a leaky RI barn soon after Dick C. closed down Waverly St.

[Lou Pirro]

The raceway that I raced at as a kid had three American Raceway tracks. They had a King,a Windsor and a Sovereign. When they closed the King and the Windsor resurfaced. I never knew what happened to the Sovereign. The tracks were located in Schenectady, NY. The time frame was probably 1965 to early 1969.Name of the raceway was Mardel Hobbies DBA Grand Prix Raceway.

[Larry Labounty]

Peter, The track's look great @ awesome job by you @ Rich on the raceway . Looking forward to meeting you. As Ray Lee @ Dick Pelletier have mention your name many times thru the years. Saturdays Yankee USRA race should be special ! Larry

[iceracer]

whomever took those nice clear pix should have a video, HD preferred camera for some action vids of cars sailing around the big track, hopefully....

[Rapid Rick]

Over the years I have had the ability to race from California to Canada...Virginia to Maine...and I can tell you right now my favorite facility is Modelville. But I'm concerned that there is not enough support at the facility for new racers to learn...or even old racers to compete.

Modelville has some of the best tracks in the Country, but very few events scheduled..or even a calander of future events. Except for our NECC Race in May....there are no other races...and that is a problem in my book if we are to see continued Slot Car Racing in New England.

RRR

[ShootinSparks]

http://www.modelvill...m/calendar.html

[John Stezelecki]

John,
Thanks for the Modelville calander of events. It should be noted that on the 4th Wed. of each month, the Nantasket Beach Race Club holds an H O race on the Bowman Champion track. First race starts about 7:00pm. We have quite a few 1/24 scale drivers who also race H o. Peter Lentros has already contracted with Brad Bowman to build an H O Purple Mile for the Modeville race facility.

[Lenjet]

Hey Everybody,

Here is just a quick video clip. I have a lot of video which needs editing. YouTube later. You will need Quicktime so if your a PC download it, you should already have if you have ITUNES. For you Mac people, you already made the correct choice in the beginning. Oh here comes the flames!!!!!

This was the first time a Sovereign has been run in 30 years.

Group 12, Pro Wire, Cobalt, Group 27 Lite, OMO (Group 7)

For more go to Yankee USRA Post

Enjoy

http://gallery.me.com/pglentros/100012

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[Rotorranch]

This was the first time a Sovereign has been run in 30 years.

negative Ghost Rider... the Georgia Hobby Center's Purple Mile in Fayetteville GA was in operation until 1993 or 94. And then was in operation for a year or so in north Georgia. By my math, that's a little less than 30 years. More like 17 years.

Rotor

[Mopar Rob]

I think he meant it was the first time "the" or "this" Sovereign was run in 30 years?

[68Caddy]

Lovely got to make a trip over there to have a chance to put a ride on the slot.
Have to say that is so American as it can get.



Nesta

[Bill from NH]

Lovely got to make a trip over there to have a chance to put a ride on the slot.

Be sure to let me know when you're coming. I'll plan to drive down so we can hook up! Back in 1969-71 I lived close enough to that location to walk there in 5 minutes.

[68Caddy]

Way cool Bill, you see Flygirl always wanted to travel to East Coast, and I would love to turn laps on a great track like that one.


Nesta

[Mopar Rob]

Way cool Bill, you see Flygirl always wanted to travel to East Coast, and I would love to turn laps on a great track like that one.


Nesta

Take a week off in the summer, go to Boston. Stay downtown so you don't have to pay the parking garage rates ( don't get me going on this) It's way COOL lot's to do. Then take the 45 minute trip to the track one day. Last year when I was in Boston I would have loved to do that, but that's was in the middle of their move.

[spudboy]

Rob was right!

Those who are thinking of coming to MVH - if you can plan on being here a few days - or longer - there are many wonderful things to do and see in the region. History. North Atlantic seafood. Science and education. Cape Cod and the coast of Maine. Oval racing in New Hampshire, road racing in Conneticut and short ovals for weekly racers. Oh, and a great slot car raceway too!

Cheers!

[Old pink can guy]

Thanks Peter. How about lap times? watching the Video looked around 6 or 7 seconds. Any body know what the Pros were turning in the late 60's with the big wire motors.

[Old pink can guy]

Just watched the video again. Wow. How come no one got Nestized? sorry Nesta forgot to say great job on your last race. Just follow PDL's advice and you will soon be on the Podium.

[Lenjet]

Hey Everybody, .

Everybody has been asking about times so here goes. The fast times in 1990 on Tim's track were 7.5 seconds as far as I can remember, Mike Swiss what do you remember?

As you can see we were almost twice as fast. See the attached picture that shows the laps and
fastest times by class.

The OLD LADY took this in stride.

Hope to have a redo of the 1990 NATS next year inviting everybody (those still alive or maybe not) who raced as an invitational. Who knows I am still pondering the logistics.

In either case now focusing on an HO Purple Mile.

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[mjsh]

The timer was changed after semi-pro. Pro times were a little slower as a result.

SEMI-PRO
496 -3.385 - Dick Pelletier
493 -3.523 - Jeff Cox
478 -3.479 - Michael Shepard

Pro
500 -3.867 -Mike Swiss
492 -3.755 -Rich Akard
490 -3.706 -Paul Pfeiffer

[Rotorranch]

Hey Everybody, .

Everybody has been asking about times so here goes. The fast times in 1990 on Tim's track were 7.5 seconds as far as I can remember, Mike Swiss what do you remember?

As you can see we were almost twice as fast. See the attached picture that shows the laps and
fastest times by class.

The OLD LADY took this in stride.

Hope to have a redo of the 1990 NATS next year inviting everybody (those still alive or maybe not) who raced as an invitational. Who knows I am still pondering the logistics.

In either case now focusing on an HO Purple Mile.

7.5 second times at the Georgia Hobby Purple Mile were more along the lines of Stock Flexi times!

I think Swiss went 3.6 or 3.7, IIRC.

A couple months after that I broke Mike's qualifying record with a Camen powered GTO chassis. I think I ran a high 3.4 sec lap in qualifying for a USRA race.

Rotor