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[Roger Schmitt]

Brian Meharry had a great idea for holding a Kids Series.

He printed up flyers for the dates, and left them at the raceway.

We made sure every rental we had for the last 2 weeks knew about the race

 

15 kids showed up to race hand out cars.

The kids had a blast and we suspect over 20 kids next month as many said they were going to bring their brothers or sisters.

 

Big Thanks to

Brian Meharry for the great idea

Neil Isler and Ken Isler for lending a hand to make sure everything went smoothly.  they helped everyone.

 

[MG Brown]

Check out this video of the action:

 

First Kids Series Race 11/16/2019

[Tim Neja]

GREAT JOB exposing lot's of new kids to our hobby!! Congratulations!!

[NSwanberg]

What type of car?

[MG Brown]

What type of car?

 

Handout slot cars.

[Dave Crevie]

That didn't answer the question.

[kvanpelt]

Nothing secret, Brian Meharry built and supplied these cars for this effort to promote slot car racing to the area youth.

Great effort as usual Brian!

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[MG Brown]

That didn't answer the question.

 

Sure it did. It is entirely factual and succinct. It's not like anyone needs technical details to build one for the next race.

 

If someone is considering starting a kids series, their solution for what cars to use likely will differ.

[Dave Crevie]

You didn't answer the question when the person asked it!!! Not everyone on Slotblog is on Facebook.

[MG Brown]

Part of getting the answer you are looking for is asking the right question, and asking the right person.

 

It is probable that the only person who knows the exact technical specifications of the handout cars used in the kids race is Brian Meharry. 

 

I fail to see the value of that information anyway and the OP failed to state why it was of interest to them.

[NSwanberg]

One might like to know the type or brand of slot car that seems so successful in starting a youth racing program.

 

Nice work Brian!

[kvanpelt]

It's not about the car, it's about the promotion!

 

Brian is a real workhorse in that department, always has been. 

 

IMHO, the local track owners are lucky to have him around! 

[Roger Schmitt]

The second of many planned Kids races was a rousing success.
2 full fields of children racing.
We had to move the racing to the 2016 ISRA worlds track, because repairs on the Fiedler LTD took longer than expected.

 

The B & E handout cars ran flawlessly. Brain had changed all the motors to our new Mid America Eagle 18k rpm motor. Geared 7/33. The kids raced well and had a great time.

After the kids race, we raced scale lmp cars with 1 inch tires.

 

 

I'll post more tomorrow

[Roger Schmitt]

These Scale LMP bodies look great. They run great with a B & E chassis.

 

 

 

[Roger Schmitt]

2 full fields of kid racers showed up this last Saturday.

 

they raced on the 2016 worlds flat track and had a blast