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[Gator Bob]

Anyone have an idea or what to take a guess about...

How many eight-lane commercial ovals tracks in operation currently?

Eight-lane club ovals are in operation currently?

If you know of any, please state size and location?

Who has the biggest? - My guess would be the 175' Daytona at The Race Place in Holly Hill, FL.

[Larry Mattingly]

Hi Bob

My favorite form of slot racing...

We currently have four in the Penn-Ohio Retro Series, which is the basis of our IRRA stock car class.

Bristolville Center Raceway, Bristolville, OH .... Tri-Oval (originally built by Jim Verga)
Washington Slot Car Club, Meadowlands, PA ... Jim Verga-built 'Bullring' oval
Rte. 93 Raceway, Akron, OH ... custom-built oval (one banked turn was salvaged from a
paperclip road course)
MMW, Canton, OH ... custom-built tri-oval

OTHERS:

Rt. 66 Speedway, New Bethlehem, PA ... Gerding-built tri-oval (formerly at Sonny's in NJ)
HMS Speedway, Ohio ... small six lane oval
HeBe Speedway, PA ... Ogilvie-built oval (home to the Scale Dirt Racing Club)
DT Hobbies, Hanover, PA ... Tri-oval
TKO Raceway, PA ... oval?
J&S Speedway, Denver, PA ... small oval
Hudson Valley Raceway, NY ... Oval
Speedway Slots,South Amherst, OH ... tri-oval

LM

[Gator Bob]

Great start Larry, no surprise you posted first

Track owners or racers want to jump in?

Post some pictures. Retro, Trucks, Cup, Indy, Dirt.....

Retro Stock Cars in the Tri-Oval @ Holly Hill

[Cap Henry]

J & B Raceway has the Chris Dadds Tri-Oval that is nice.
Denny Murray has a lil bull ring oval in his garage thats a riot.

My favorite class has always been the Sprint Cars, and the Womp Modifieds...

Retro stock cars are fun, I'm really glad I've got a decent pair, cant wait to join the Penn-Ohio guys for some oval races

[Gator Bob]

The 56' PHOENIX OVAL at theRaceway.biz. Melbourne,FL

[John Streisguth]

I know of a small 7 lane (yes...seven lanes!) oval in a flea market in Slatington PA. Not in good shape; I wonder what possesed someone to build an odd number of lanes?

[Ramcatlarry]

Lake Barrington Raceway (in northern Illinois) has an Ogilvie 55' trioval somewhat similar to the Phoenix in Fla...except the drivers are on the other side. We will be racing IRRA nascar as an option class in the Illinois Retro series this season.

[Gator Bob]

Nice...Retro Stock Cars on the oval. We have a GRRR race coming up at The Raceway.
John, Larry...What are some good builds for 4.5" left only short track Retro chassis?

[John Streisguth]

One of the most consistantly fast retro stock cars while Retro East was running ovals was Mike Katz's car, which was a "normal" build that he just added some lead to the inside. You could build something with just a 1/4" x 063 strip on the outside and a full heavy pan on the inside. Or take a road course car and add weight to the inside pan. It doesn;t seem to make that much of a difference.

Of course, if you're Tony P, you'll have something diabolically different....

[slotcarone]

Thanks for the kudos John!!! Still racing the same car too--haven't found the need to replace it yet. I built a duplicate for James Bennett and it works better that mine. Bob if you want to see what it looks like check the Retro East race report from 11/15/09.

[Champion 507]

1.70' Gerding tri-oval at Bobby's Hobbies, Kiefer, OK (just south of Tulsa)

2. 90' (Ogilvie?) tri-oval at Top Slots Raceway, Del City, OK (next door to Oklahoma City)

3. Very small 4 lane oval at The Race Place, Joplin, Mo.

All 3 tracks are listed in Cheater's raceway directory.

[ShootinSparks]

Don Berni has a 100' 8-lane Hasse Nilsson Tri-Oval at Slots of Fun in Abbeville, SC.

http://www.slotcars....fun/tracks.html

Pix of some 4.5" Retro stockers racing here: http://slotblog.net/...beville-series/

[Ed Miller]

S&E Raceway

We have a real nice 4 lane commercial grade "Nazareth " style Tri Oval club track here. Along with all the other great things that S&E has to offer.

www.seraceway.com

We maybe small but we HAVE FUN

Ed

[Indiana Outlaw]

Thunder Valley, Mishawaka, In. 105' Ogilvie oval

[Jeff Buyer]

Tri-County Hobby Racing Club in Hildebran, NC has a 244' 8-lane oval. They race hardbody Nascar and 12th scale NASCAR.

This pic is old. They currently have a Windsor and a drag strip in the infield of the oval.

[ShootinSparks]

They race hardbody Nascar and 12th scale NASCAR.

12th scale R/C... or 1/12th scale slots?

[Jeff Buyer]

12th scale R/C... or 1/12th scale slots?

12th scale Nascar slots. They run every other lane.

[Champion 507]

Wow, never heard of that (I don't get out much). That would be cool. I'd like to see that.

The track looks awesome!

Do they run like Associated 12L's with guide flags, or what?

[Jeff Buyer]

Wow, never heard of that (I don't get out much). That would be cool. I'd like to see that.

The track looks awesome!

Do they run like Associated 12L's with guide flags, or what?

No, they use a 12th scale NASCAR body and R/C wheels, but the chassis is scratch built using a 16D motor.

[Roho21]

Is Hildebran still open? I was told they closed that track down. There is another track in Hilderbran also, Ed Canter owned it. It was is the old Hilderbran Jr High School buidling. I think someone has purchased it and moved it though.

[Gator Bob]

Wow...1/12th Slot Cars....Wild Idea!!!

Thanks for the tips on the Retro Stock Cars.

[ShootinSparks]

No, they use a 12th scale NASCAR body and R/C wheels, but the chassis is scratch built using a 16D motor.

Very cool... would love to see a photo showing a typical chassis.

What gear ratio?

[Jeff Buyer]

Very cool... would love to see a photo showing a typical chassis.

What gear ratio?

I have no idea as I don't have one of those cars. Perhaps someone on the blog has one and can post some pics.

[Jeff Buyer]

Is Hildebran still open? I was told they closed that track down. There is another track in Hilderbran also, Ed Canter owned it. It was is the old Hilderbran Jr High School buidling. I think someone has purchased it and moved it though.

That could be, I haven't been there for quite a while. I have seen their Tri County Hobbies truck in Mooresville near Race City Raceway from time to time.

[Gator Bob]

Cool tracks.....please post more pics.
Thanks,
Bob I.