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[SliderGreg]

I am happy to announce the opening of the Slot Car Club of South Alabama. We have a Gary Gerding 80' custom roadcourse powered by 12 volts of mainframe switching power supplies with Trackmate race management system. The raceway is located in my garage at 19611 Sturma Lane, Robertsdale, AL 36567.

I can be reached at (251) 228-0602 or Slidergreg4@yahoo.com. We also have a Facebook page. 

We have great pit space for up to 16 racers, great lighting, and a great sound system. We don't have an air conditioner yet.

We would love to have visitors but please call at least a day in advance.

Greg Gilbert

[PCH Parts Express]

Greg,

That track is so cool!

Enjoy,
Scott
PCH

[Hworth08]

Looks real good! The wide, flat sweeper ought to be a challenge for some cars.

Real nice track.

[SliderGreg]

Believe it or not the sweeper is banked 15 degrees and is Punched! The downhill after the sweeper car be punched in most classes but it's scary.
We will be having our next open track day on Sunday May 22. We should be air conditioned by then.

[Kyle Stokes]

Very cool track Greg,

What classes of cars do you race?

[SliderGreg]

Yes, the track is cool. Literally. The air conditioner is in and running as of 1:15pm today.

We are not decided on which classes to race. 1/32 production and a 1/24th LMP / GT-1 class of some sort I'd imagine.

Greg G.

[idare2bdul]

Very nice track Greg! Good luck with the racing.

[SliderGreg]

Thanks Mike,

I wish you were closer. You would enjoy this "raceway".

The track is cleaned & sprayglued.

I'm beat. Goin to bed.

Big day tomorrow.

Greg G.

[SliderGreg]

Here are a few photos of my raceway.
These were taken by Monster Truck & Airshow photographaer David Kranak.

Greg G.

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[John Miller]

Awesome, I want one too.

[Funn Racer]

Greg:
You told me you would own your own track one so i guess dreamdo come true. So when do you sleep? i know you are up all night testing like the old days. If i go to the Kelly nat next year I would like to come and have some fun >looks great fun

[SliderGreg]

Greg:
You told me you would own your own track one so i guess dreamdo come true. So when do you sleep? i know you are up all night testing like the old days. If i go to the Kelly nat next year I would like to come and have some fun >looks great fun

Great to hear from you bro.

You better come by if your in the area. There is a great liuttle 4 lane in Pratville too and we are trying to get a series going. They are two and a half hours away and have some great racers. Steve Harrington came down from LaGrange and raced with us. Slot racing LIVES in Alabama.

Greg G.

[Alan Johns]

Awesome Greg! cant wait to get on it.

[Pablo]

Hi Tim H ! If you get over this way, let me know !!

Alan, welcome to Slotblog !

[Mike K]

Greg-

Nice to see that you have fulfilled your dream slot track. It looks great, as do all of Gary's tracks.

Just one question how difficult is it to marshall?
Looks like the seat in the middle needs to be on a swivel for the marshal to get at all of the action.
Also, how do you get to cars that come off under the back top straight and top turns?

But then again, you probably don't come off much!

Best regards,

[SliderGreg]

Mike,

Thanks! I hope you are able to try it some time!

Gary and I hashed out the visability and marshalling issues over several months and 15 drawings.

The chair is on wheels and swivels. The guy in the middle is responsible for the esses and the turn at the end of the downhill. All the underneath stuff and the turn entering the esses is marshalled from the backside. The track is in the middle of the room and has 360 degree access.

Greg

[SliderGreg]

The first photo shows our Powertech power supplies by Slapshot. Flip the switch and you have a solid constant 12 volts. No batteries, no adding water, no charging and best of all, no lead acid BOMB under my track.

Second photos shows the downhill into the keyhole.

Third is peeking into the keyhole area.

Fourth kind of shows how the "underneath" sections are marshalled, from the back side.

Fifth is the exit from the esses, lead on, and turn one. Also a good shot of the drivers panel with controller holders. Is that black lane tight enough? Believe it or not, black is the fastest lane as it's the shortest way around. It's also the hardest.

Last is the race directors bench with Trackmate and the sound system shown. I downloaded the Slottrack 11 software that works with the Trackmate hardware the other day. I like it. Still figuring it out. It has qualifying mode. Sound system is a 200 watt Techniques amp, 4 channel powered mixer, JBL speakers and a Shure SM-57 mic.

We can pit up to 16 people comfortably. I'm considering a backup A/C unit as with that many people(and soldering irons) we might need some extra cooling.

Greg G.

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[SliderGreg]

A small addition can make a big difference. I just added 18' of "Ropelight" to the underside of the top level over the keyhole and short chute areas. It lit it up perfectly. Made it much easier to see "down under" for the drivers and the marshalls.

Greg G.

[Alan Johns]

Greg, Looking foward a bunch of laps. WAY COOL!

[Alan Johns]

Hi Tim H ! If you get over this way, let me know !!

Alan, welcome to Slotblog !

Pablo, Had a great race June 4 with John, Greg and company. Greg reset the bar, he's quit a racer. I am sure he will be loaded for bear the next time!

[SliderGreg]

Pablo, Had a great race June 4 with John, Greg and company. Greg reset the bar, he's quit a racer. I am sure he will be loaded for bear the next time!

Hi Alan,

You assumed correctly. I'm working on some new stuff. One of the things I needed to improve is durability. My Kelly lightweight car got hammered in the last GTP race and is bent every which way. I just arranged a Saturday off so I can come on 4th of July weekend. I assume we will be racing? Saturdays off are hard to come by for me so you know I'm excited about racing at the Dungeon.
The ride back to L.A with John and Bud was a two and a half hour discussion on how to set up for next time. They gave me some good input. Especially for Flexi-GT.

I hope you can come down some Sunday afternoon and spend a few hours on my track. I'll help you get dialed in. It's kind of different and requires a different approach.
We hope to have some of the Pratville guys come down and race soon. I need to poll some guys and see when we should schedule it. I'll be happy to run Flexi GT and GTP plus an exibition race for one of our classes like ISRA A-Production. Thats European saloon bodies on Turboflexes with G-12 motors. They are a handfull to drive but look and sound incredible on my track.

Greg G.

[Alan Johns]

Hi Alan,

You assumed correctly. I'm working on some new stuff. One of the things I needed to improve is durability. My Kelly lightweight car got hammered in the last GTP race and is bent every which way. I just arranged a Saturday off so I can come on 4th of July weekend. I assume we will be racing? Saturdays off are hard to come by for me so you know I'm excited about racing at the Dungeon.
The ride back to L.A with John and Bud was a two and a half hour discussion on how to set up for next time. They gave me some good input. Especially for Flexi-GT.

I hope you can come down some Sunday afternoon and spend a few hours on my track. I'll help you get dialed in. It's kind of different and requires a different approach.
We hope to have some of the Pratville guys come down and race soon. I need to poll some guys and see when we should schedule it. I'll be happy to run Flexi GT and GTP plus an exibition race for one of our classes like ISRA A-Production. Thats European saloon bodies on Turboflexes with G-12 motors. They are a handfull to drive but look and sound incredible on my track.

Greg G.

Greg,
Sorry i havent responded to your message, not quit got the hang of the slotblog yet. Billy mention that the he's going to cancel the 4th of July race
so, you should check with him before you make that drive. I am dieing to get on your track but, Anne and I are going to Kansas next week and we
have a bunch of stuff to get done before we go.Talk to you soon.
AJ

[Alan Johns]

Greg,
Sorry i havent responded to your message, not quit got the hang of the slotblog yet. Billy mention that the he's going to cancel the 4th of July race
so, you should check with him before you make that drive. I am dieing to get on your track but, Anne and I are going to Kansas next week and we
have a bunch of stuff to get done before we go.Talk to you soon.
AJ

Greg,
Just got this from Billy:



Message from the Dungeon



Race Day, SATURDAY JULY 2nd







Track opens at 8 a.m. and the first race starts at 10 o'clock sharp.







We race the IRRA Retro Flexi GT with Mini Brute motor, and the Falcon7/Hawk7 Flexi with any non-wing body, plus the IROC style race where the cars are furnished for you in this class. All you have to do is show up, put the phone down and drive.







10 a.m. IROC Race



12:30 Retro Flexi GT, followed by the Falcon/Hawk Class.







Bring a sack lunch and come race with us, cold drinks are furnished.







Don't forget the big race at Race World in LaGrange GA this coming weekend, June 25th.







Looking forward to seeing everyone at the races.







Billy & Minnie Watson

[Pablo]

I'm in.

[SliderGreg]

One week to go!