Slot car racing, king-size track
Mike Holley, who started racing slot cars in 1967, poses with his king slot car track, one of the few in the state. Photo by Mike Moore | The Journal Gazette.
Real Speed Raceway - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
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MG Brown
, Jun 10 2021 09:10 AM
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MG Brown
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Posted 10 June 2021 - 09:10 AM
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That's thirty minutes away. I'll be there in ten.
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Posted 10 June 2021 - 11:08 AM
Mike Reibman
Alleged amateur racer.
Mostly just play with lots of cars.
Able to maintain slot cars with a single bound.
Faster than a speeding Womp.
More powerful than a 36D.
Alleged amateur racer.
Mostly just play with lots of cars.
Able to maintain slot cars with a single bound.
Faster than a speeding Womp.
More powerful than a 36D.
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Posted 10 June 2021 - 11:30 AM
Mike,
The clickable link in the first post takes you to the same place as your raw link.
Gregory Wells
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 10 June 2021 - 01:03 PM
In the one photo, this king appears to be a contemporary track from the likes of an Ogilvie, Tunkel Bros., etc., rather than an AMCR king. Anyone know its approximate age? Tom Andersen, who used to re-pop vintage bodies, was a Ft Wayne racer.
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Posted 10 June 2021 - 02:10 PM
In the one photo, this king appears to be a contemporary track from the likes of an Ogilvie, Tunkel Bros., etc., rather than an AMCR king. Anyone know its approximate age? Tom Andersen, who used to re-pop vintage bodies, was a Ft Wayne racer.
Perhaps you could phone the raceway.
That's thirty minutes away. I'll be there in ten.
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Posted 11 June 2021 - 05:26 PM
An AMCR track would have a bottom, and it does not look like the one in the first photo does. Fact I'm pretty sure it's on the usual double-triangle legs of the Hasse and newer builders.
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Posted 12 June 2021 - 08:12 AM
Ogilvie, I believe it was used for a Nats some years ago.
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