Slot Rods Raceway is a club track running on a 1966 American orange. A very fun track with a lot of character. We are currently having weekly Saturday evening races.
Classes:
Stock Flexi Kar
Hardbody Stock Car (4.5 FCR)
Hardbody NasTruck (4.5 FCR)
Hardbody Modified ('30s and '40s coupe bodies on a modified Womp chassis)
If anyone is in the area and would like to check it out, or has any questions give me a call (641) 799-6588.
Slot Rods Raceway - Ottumwa
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, Jan 12 2015 05:33 PM
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Posted 12 January 2015 - 05:33 PM
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Posted 12 January 2015 - 08:22 PM
Oranges are my favorite track layout. The hardbody modified cars run on this one look great! 
Bill Fernald
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Posted 13 January 2015 - 10:03 AM
Ottumwa, isn't that where Radar was from?
Gorgeous track, esses separate the drivers from the whiners.
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Posted 13 January 2015 - 10:23 AM
You are correct, RvW.
I'm with you, Bill. I love the 100' Monarch track and think it was American's best design, all things considered.
We had a resurfaced orange track (with the esses eased a little) here in the Atlanta area for well over a decade. I raced on that track in at least six different locations.
I sometimes wonder how the commercial raceway industry would have be affected had the orange track become the "quasi-standard" design instead of the blue King...
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Posted 14 January 2015 - 10:29 PM
I matured as a slot racer on 220' Englemans and the like, so the 100' Orange always felt a little cramped. But at least they had esses!
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Posted 15 January 2015 - 12:15 PM
We use to have a John Ford orange (pink side walls) here in Kansas City (Independence, Mo, - Hot-tracks) that had a much steeper bank, and the lead on was actually two 90's with a short straight between.
The esses were much more challanging than this one pictured, but that and the doughnut is where you had to be fast to win.
I really miss that track, I still have several cars setup for it....
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Posted 15 January 2015 - 12:55 PM
It would be interesting to know how this club's (or any club's for that matter) business model is structured? Initiation fee? Monthly dues? Track located at a members building? Flat track fee to run on any given day or evening?
Could be the wave to the future or at least create options for the future. It has seemed to work for decades in England and other locations in Europe. The big footprint of tracks with the cost retail space rental make it tough going here in the States.
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