I started racing 1/32 scale (euroscale) in April 2000.
I have been racing HO since 1993 or 4.
I used to race 1/10 scale electric off-road r/c.
I'll post pictures of these and various other interesting(???) items.
Check out the links below, there are lots of photos.
 
 

Luf's NEW 5 laner upstairs at Archer

1/32 Scale
I joined a group at Archer Raceway this spring.
Luf built a routed plywood track, the first Track 1,upstairs at his business. A Commodore 64 lap timer was working by early May, (same setup we use for HO, but with light, instead of magnetic, sensors).
The first official race was Saturday, May 13, 2000. That was so much fun that the first official race for the new Track 2 was the following Saturday. Track 1 got a facelift for July 17, and now contains a "corkscrew" and a lake. First trial laps have now been run on Track 3, December 9. It's a FIVE laner, built in two sections, each half measures 12 x 8.
Luf hosts racing Monday's after 4:30, or at noon on long weekend Mondays.
He welcomes racers with their own cars and controllers.
PS:
We finally retired the Commodore 64's. They crashed big time in this summers heat.
As of Monday, August 28, both tracks are on the PC/Win 95 based Lap Timer 2000.
Thank you Gregory Braun, for the free download, the program works great.
PS too:
Apollo Hobbies now has a wood track. (Track 4)
We ran the first trial races Friday night, December 29, 2000.
It's very tricky to drive, seemingly all big radius, sweeping corners, and hardly any straights.
We will race alternating Mondays, using the four lane plastic for now. (temp Track 5)
They are already designing the second of three woodies.
PS three:
Luf replaced the upstairs Track's 1 & 2 with a new 5 laner (in the picture above).
It's 12 x 17, about 75 to 80 feet, and 8 second laps.
There are links to more pics and some video clips on Luf's new web site.
We are now using Dan Groulx's Trackmate for lap timing on both tracks.
He customized his program for our 5 lane applications.
 
 
 

My Team Cars

HO Scale
I have a group of friends that meet as an HO Club to race Friday nights at 7:30 pm.
Slot car racing is the only form of motor sports where "Drinking & Driving" is encouraged.
Our "casual attitudes" at private homes discourages minors or spectators, but don't get the wrong idea. We always have 'designated drivers' for the ride home.

We race in or near Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
We are a private club. You can attend by invite only.
The tracks are at different locations around the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley.
Most of the tracks use Commodore 64's or PET's for lap counters, triggered by magnetic switches from the security industry mounted below the lanes.

We generally have between three and eight hosts in our series, and have run 8, 9, 10, 12, and 15 race series in the spring and fall for the past five or six years.
We do televise selected races on the net. See the HO web site for details.
We usually take breaks through the summer and at Christmas.
Then we will run no-points invitationals.
........whenever we can talk someone into hosting.

For the last few years, we have raced on a commercial MaxTrax, which also hosted the Vancouver leg of the CanAm Challenge Cup. (the other races were in Victoria and Seattle) Take a look at HO Zone, from Victoria, B.C. for more details)
 
 

Last updated: August 7, 2001
 

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