The Florida King is getting closer.
Florida King
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, Feb 12 2017 09:47 PM
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Posted 12 February 2017 - 10:08 PM
Where is it located?
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Posted 12 February 2017 - 10:13 PM
I believe that it's in Ellenton, Florida. Just a few miles off of I-75, exit #224.
OK, Tony, here you go.
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Posted 13 February 2017 - 08:36 PM
Looking Good!! Only an 1 hour and 30 mins tops from where i Live 
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Posted 13 February 2017 - 08:42 PM
Where did that King come from?
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Posted 13 February 2017 - 10:59 PM
Jay, it's from Thomasville. The first king Aaron had.
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Posted 28 February 2017 - 09:03 PM
Man oh man, a 200 ft Engelman here in Avon Park and a King an hour and 15 mins to the west. Life is good for wing car folks
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Posted 28 February 2017 - 11:58 PM
Wing cars, yuck. Too easy to drive.
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Posted 01 March 2017 - 12:11 AM
If they aren't easy to drive then your set-up is wrong.
Racing them on the edge, that's the challenge.
Racing them on the edge, that's the challenge.
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Posted 01 March 2017 - 05:57 AM
Brian,
I would like to race some of the slower cars like you enjoy but in the words of Sammy Hagar "I can't drive fifty-five."
Besides when ya have big tracks what else do ya run? Although we are doing some Hawk 7 racing with wing bodies and it's fun, kind of like Group 12 racing in slow motion.
I would like to race some of the slower cars like you enjoy but in the words of Sammy Hagar "I can't drive fifty-five."
Besides when ya have big tracks what else do ya run? Although we are doing some Hawk 7 racing with wing bodies and it's fun, kind of like Group 12 racing in slow motion.
Mark Conner
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Posted 01 March 2017 - 07:54 AM
Brian, is there air?
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Posted 01 March 2017 - 09:54 AM
I'll race anything with a guide shoe. But if we're quoting song lyrics I'm going with the The Good Rat's Tasty.
"We had a flyin' guitar man. Maybe the fastest in the land. But he was goin' no where fast. Speed ain't nothing without class."
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Posted 01 March 2017 - 10:17 AM
Different strokes for different folks.
If we are all the same it would be boring.
If we are all the same it would be boring.
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Test, test, test, and go test some more.
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You're never fast enough!!! 💯
Preparation leads to separation.
Success is never owned but rented, and the rent is due every day.
KELLY RACING 😎
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Posted 01 March 2017 - 05:03 PM
Danny,
I agree 100%. I have every type of slot car imaginable. I will race anything. Womps, plastic, wing, flexi, Retro, vintage or drag. I have my favorites but I won't put down another man's toy car.
I agree 100%. I have every type of slot car imaginable. I will race anything. Womps, plastic, wing, flexi, Retro, vintage or drag. I have my favorites but I won't put down another man's toy car.
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Sam Levitch
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Robert Mueller, special counsel (2013)
"... because people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook."
Richard M .Nixon, Nov 17, 1973
"Fool me once, same on... shame on you. Fool me... you can't get fooled again."
George W. Bush
"If you have integrity, nothing else matters, and if you do not have integrity, nothing else matters."
Robert Mueller, special counsel (2013)
"... because people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook."
Richard M .Nixon, Nov 17, 1973
"Fool me once, same on... shame on you. Fool me... you can't get fooled again."
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Posted 01 March 2017 - 05:44 PM
The bank on this king looks almost flat. Was the track built that way? I can't see how that can be adjusted out from the pic.
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Posted 01 March 2017 - 05:52 PM
I have no idea how much it's supposed be banked, but the track is not connected.
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Posted 02 March 2017 - 07:24 AM
I wish Florida would have a premier race. I'd even consider running a Zona wing car if I had to.
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Posted 02 March 2017 - 08:21 AM
I wish Florida would have a premier race. I'd even consider running a Zona wing car if I had to.
Well start one, Charlie.
With the tracks and drivers in Florida you have something to choose from and start with. Hey, the R4 and the Sano had to start somewhere.
Make it happen.
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Posted 02 March 2017 - 09:11 AM
I wish Florida would have a premier race. I'd even consider running a Zona wing car if I had to.
Haha... they would be outdated.
Test, test, test, and go test some more.
You're never fast enough!!! 💯
Preparation leads to separation.
Success is never owned but rented, and the rent is due every day.
KELLY RACING 😎
You're never fast enough!!! 💯
Preparation leads to separation.
Success is never owned but rented, and the rent is due every day.
KELLY RACING 😎
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Posted 02 March 2017 - 10:07 AM
Keep the first weekend of November open. Details soon...
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Posted 02 March 2017 - 09:21 PM
One thing for sure, with the classes like F1 and GTP racing 7 hawks its cheap,which means Dads can get theyre sons and daughters a race car or two and they can play out there for a good while ,not having to worry about cool downs every 2 mins. I have built a F1 hawk 7 and in the process of building one for my daughter. BUT every now and then its fun to break out the group 12,s and swap a little paint.
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Posted 07 March 2017 - 12:50 AM
I promise you if I built a wing no one there could race with me. Heck, I was keeping up with you all when I raced my flexi chassis Hawk 7 and a GTP body against your wing cars.
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Posted 07 March 2017 - 12:51 AM
Tony, no, he doesn't have A/C yet, but I'm helping him with that. Soon, it will.
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Posted 07 March 2017 - 12:53 AM
Was there today, talked to Joe about the degree angle of the bank. We put a degree gauge on it today. The bank has 20* of bank.
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Posted 18 March 2017 - 08:11 PM
Well, Brian, I guess that's why we are glad you don't run here, hoss, we know your the greatest LOL.
I heard you stopped by just today (Sat). How was your visit? I heard the track was fast.
Mark Conner
