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[Cheater]

I'm told this is a popular feature, I suspect because of the incredible variety and creativity these boxes exhibit. So here it goes again...
 

 
Jerry 'Boogie Man' Wyant's impressive two-box pit set-up was built by Robert 'Sawdust Man' Manzitti about 1991, and was patterned after a old Fuller Brush serviceman's box.
 

 
Colorado's Rowdy Walling works from one of Boogie's earlier boxes. He says this is the first slot car box Sawdust Man ever made.
 

 
Here's proof the yellow box is Boogie's and not Rowdy's.
 

 
Old man Rick Bennardo's been racing for a few years, as the box plaques prove.
 

 
And as usual with kids, Ricky Jr. just had to have a bigger box than the old man's...
 


Jim 'Tater' Leezer seemingly hasn't figured out that a neat pit is the sign of a slow racer. Tater, you'll probably go faster if you'll get a bit messier.
 

 
I must have snapped this pic right after Taylor Davis set his pit up. His pit never looks this clean and neat if he's been working in it.
 

 
Thom Greene's well-organized pit. He's the exception to the 'messier is faster' dictum, as his pic spot is almost always pretty sano.
 

 
Willy Custer's two-tier set-up contains any item a winning slot racer would need and he's not afraid to use them!
 

 
Rick Starkey's solder-encrusted towel in front of his pretty blue boxes attests to the fact that he races a lot.

[Cheater]

 
Lean and green: Bud Bartos don't need no giant box to be a frequent giant-killer.
 

 
Alabama's Bobby Robinson's nicely-organized double stack box set-up, replete with nicely-embroidered towel for a work surface.
 

 
In Cap Henry's box, lots of fast cars slumber there until needed to blow somebody's doors off...
 

 
Steve Davidson's box seems to be a classic machinist box, rather than a purpose-built slot car box like most racers use.
 

 
Earl Graybill's shelf and two-box tower is one of the taller box stacks at the race.
 

 
PA trackowner Lester Lucas (who actually lives in NY) travels with this two-box arrangement, a traditional horizontal plastic toolbox and an unusual tower o' cars and drawers.
 

 
Florida's Brian Ambrose's single box seems to efficiently house everything a competitive slot racer would need.
 

 
George Katzakis, who only races the hand-out GT Coupe class, has single box with what would seem to be the large compartments that most slot boxes lack.
 

 
Greg Fox's two-box stack doesn't have too much unused space, so he probably doesn't have to borrow many tools or parts from his friends.
 

 
Frankie Schaffer's nicely-finished single box seems to be just the right size, not too big and not too small, although I suspect the soldering station atop the box is carried separately,
 

 
Matt Bruce's single pit box is another one that seems efficiently stocked with the stuff one needs to be an accomplished slot racer.
 

 
Tennessee's Andrew Ford stack is a bit unusual in the it doesn't feature matching boxes. Bottom box has two half-width opening doors and the top box a single door the same width as the box itself.
 

 
Ohio's Eric Shirey, who is a HMS Speedways regular, uses a fairly compact box set atop a large shelf, which likely is a very handy arrangement.

[Bill from NH]

I like Earl Graybill's motor break-in container.

[airhead]

Nobody made a picture of their hand trucks and wheelbarrows. 

[elinsley]

We need a picture of Jimmy Williams new box set-up that I saw in the picture of him in the coverage post.

[Cheater]

I've got it, Eric. Just haven't had time to post it yet, along with a few others.

[The Sawdust Man]

Greg,
 
Thanks for posting the "parade of boxes."
 
Love looking at everyone's set-ups!
 
By the way for the record, Boogie Man's yellow Pro Box from the early '90s was not the first box I made. Although it was built during the early days of box building, I would guess both of his boxes (the yellow Pro and the Fuller Brush Special) were within the first 100 or so I built.
 
Boogie Man was a great supporter of my boxes and sold many of them. Thanks, Boogie Man!!!

[Cheater]

A couple of later arrivals...



Another local racer is Joe Elliot and here his compact pit area along the back wall of the raceway.



Noted Ohio racer Al 'Wild Man' Rutti obviously doesn't go in for anything fancy in terms of pit boxes. Sunday morning he toted in his stuff in a typical small plastic shopping basket probably purloined from the local grocery store.

[Cheater]

Here's a most unusual pit box I missed earlier.



This is Jimmy Williams' pit box, which is really a tower of tires, with a few slot cars and tools crammed into the space that isn't filled with tire tubes.

[Cheater]

And here's another pit box I almost missed. It would have been a real shame not to show Jeremy Wyant's super-cool hi-tech box, which feature a holder for an iPad mini, two really nice LED mini light arrays, top-of-box speakers, and color-coded power supply and soldering station. A complete departure from dad Boogie's side-by-side two-box set-up seen earlier.

 

[911GT3]

I like Earl Graybill's motor break-in container.

If you're referring to the red, white and blue thing with alligator clips. I made them for the local racers for an R4 a few years ago.

[Bill from NH]

Yes, Eric, that's what caught my eye.

[Clyde Romero]

Nicely done, Greg.