The Legends of Team Troll


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Team Troll Dramatis Personae (in alphabetical order, so they won't complain)

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Jim "The Anvil" Chapman

Though he looks to be in perfect health (and more than a little like Drew Carey), Jim is currently suffering from a tragic case of the dreaded AHF Syndrome (Advanced Hardshell Fever). Although he currently resides in Southern California, Jim developed early symptoms of the Syndrome while he still lived in Washington. On the plus side, SoCal has many support groups for AHF victims, lead by the "Sultan of Styrene," Vince Ito. A steady diet of model kits and resin bodies keeps the effects of the Syndrome in check. During these periods of remission, Jim, a Slick 7 Team Member, races AA/FC cars. He's pictured holding one of his cars, left, as well as a "Will Race For Bogg Glue" card.

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Tom "Mas" Douglas

Tom, seen here working on the Team Troll secret test track (short version) in Southern California, is the Team's premier painter and artist. If quality is any criteria, Tom is the Team's only painter and artist. Tom runs several graphics businesses in the spare time he has left after painting bodies for Lance and Chuck White (also known as the "Ballast Brothers" or the "Downforce Duo"). If you missed the link to Tom's extensive web site, with plenty of pictures of the cars he's done (and that the Hardee's Boys haven't taken while his back was turned), be sure to stop in at http://members.aol.com/mas1196/index.htm for a look around.

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Unca "Pompous *******" Frank

Unc started slot car racing only a few days after dirt was invented.The high-water mark of his early career was destroying a huge plate-glass window at a prominent slot car raceway in Illinois with his deslotted car. His active participation waned, however, when he discovered that he could duplicate the effects of normal race activities by simply building the cars and hurling them as hard as he could against the walls of his home shop. Currently living deep in the swamps of far South- eastern Virginia, Unc rediscovered slot car drag racing several years ago, and the hobby has subsequently suffered... uh, benefited from his presence ever since. He is (inexplicably) a DRS Team Member.

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Chuck "The Troll" White

What can I say. The ProtoTroll, the standard against which all other possible Troll candidates are judged. Operating out of the stately White Manor in Northern California, Chuck defines his world of slot car drag racing by the quantity of food available nearby and the redemption period for available "Track Bucks."   While Chuck, as they say, lives for the moment (that moment usually being meal time), and is the Team's Official "Detuner", he is also responsible for introducing the possibility of "biological" warfare at any race he competes in. He is, for example, particularly successful after a chili & cheese fries Plate Cleaning Festival.

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Lance "Lifting Lefty" White

The younger of the White duo, Lance stands out among Team Troll Members by being, well, er... normal. Or at least what passes for it in slot car drag racing circles. Lance is responsible for the West Coast Maintenance Division of the Team, which chiefly consists of getting his brother to rebuild his cars and motors more than once a decade or so. Lance also manages the Bracket & Index Division of the Team (motto: "Race where the money is."), and was responsible for introducing the laptop computer database system to manage which Team member should take a dive to another Team member to maximize profit potential.


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