Last week Richard Payne and his wife Suzanne, from Modelville Hobby, paid me a visit.
Visitors from Ashland, MA
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, Sep 05 2018 07:22 AM
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Posted 05 September 2018 - 07:22 AM
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Mike Swiss
Inventor of the Low CG guide flag 4/20/18
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Five-time USRA National Champion (two G7, one G27, two G7 Senior)
Two-time G7 World Champion (1988, 1990), eight G7 main appearances
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Posted 05 September 2018 - 10:45 AM
Now you need to return the favor, Mike. Modelville will blow you away...
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Never forget that first place goes to the racer with the MOST laps, not the racer with the FASTEST lap
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Posted 05 September 2018 - 11:29 AM
And, again, there are Chuck and Jim in the background.
I'm starting to think they are cardboard cut-outs and it's all a scam.
Interesting that Richard and Suzanne come to a slot car track when vacationing in Chicago.
I helped my sister move to Boston lots of years ago and got to race at Modelville three times while there. I doubt that there are any more dedicated friends of the hobby than Richard and the missus - always made me feel welcome and took great care of me.
Cheater is right, Mike - Modelville will blow your mind, especially if you can get Peter to give you a tour of the entire facility including the HO tracks behind closed doors! So much historical significance - like a museum to the best slot car racing ever was - preserved so well you can race on them! I bow to the Mecca of slot car racing twice daily.
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Sorry about the nerf. "Sorry? Sorry? There's no apologizing in slot car racing!"
Besides, where would I even begin? I should probably start with my wife ...
"I don't often get very many "fast laps" but I very often get many laps quickly." ™
The only thing I know about slot cars is if I had a good time when I leave the building! I can count the times I didn't on one two three hands!
Former Home Track - Slot Car Speedway and Hobbies, Longmont, CO (now at Duffy's Raceway), Noteworthy for the 155' Hillclimb track featuring the THUNDER-DONUT - "Two men enter; one man leaves!"
