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[bradblohm]

 

Same weekend as the Toledo Toy Show, but that is now Friday set-up and Saturday show.

Saturday afternoon/evening at Professor Motor/Lightning Speedway in Saline, MI, who will host a vintage slot car night to run cars and buy/sell/trade. Theme for racing this time is NASCAR hard bodies on AMT vintage or reproduction frames and 36D motors. Tech specs on the Lightning Speedway website under racing schedules:  http://www.lightningspeedway.com
 
Please don't forget to support your local raceway. Around Detroit we have Cloverleaf to the northwest, Carlton Hobbies to the North, Downriver Speedway to the south, and Hott Slots to the west.
 
Please feel free to contact me with any questions. 

[MattD]

I hear that's a good show. I also hear that the Professor's track is not in use.

[bradblohm]

Hey Matt,

 

It's a small show, and the lighting isn't very good for a show (it is in a bar), but we keep working on that. Great burgers and drinks at Club Canton make up for the bad lighting, and there are slot cars there! 

 

As for the track at Professor Motor / Lightning Speedway, it is an eight-lane Ogilvie with an 80-85 foot lap length. Just right for our vintage 1/24 cars to stretch their legs, but small enough so that 1/32 cars don't get lost.

 

Advertised hours are currently every other Friday and once a month for our vintage club, but I know for a fact that the track gets used randomly during the week for walk-in customers because I'm the one who has been turning it on for them, with the Professor's full approval! I sure wish people would know things, not just think they know things, there's a big difference...

[MattD]

Great, there was a rumor circulating that the track wasn't operational. I guess that was false information.

 

Those small shows sometimes bring out a hidden treasures!!