Pioneer Plans New Addition to the "Dukes of Hazzard" line in 2017

This is a pre-production prototype of Rosco's patrol car that Pioneer Slot Cars plans to release in 2017. 

It will be a 1/32 scale slot car and fit in quite nicely with their Dukes of Hazzard Chargers.  

As any Dukes fan will tell you, Rosco's patrol car is the perfect companion to Pioneer's General Lee.  

The Patrol Car will come complete with a figure of Rosco P. Coltrane behind the wheel...

And ol' Velvet Ears herself, Flash riding shotgun.  No release date has been announced for this car other than "planned for 2017".  

Information as we receive it from Pioneer will be posted here.

Photos courtesy of Pioneer Slot Cars.

Long time Slot Car Enthusiast and Wife Purchase ProSlot Ltd.

New owners vow to uphold same high quality manufacturing

Dec 1, 2016

Lowell, MI – Another West Michigan husband and wife will continue the path of the longtime owners of the niche manufacturer ProSlot, Ltd. John and Angela Miller of Hartford, purchased the 44 year old company from Dan and Cheryl DeBella of Lowell after the ProSlot founders decided to retire.

“I’ve been a slot car fan and enthusiast for most of my life,” said John Miller. “Turning my hobby into a profession for me and my wife is a dream come true.”

Miller said they are committed to maintaining the same principals and high quality manufacturing practices that have contributed to ProSlot’s strong success over the years. To help ease the ownership transition, the Millers retained 24 year employees Joe and Roger Chiechi, who have played an integral role in the manufacturing process at the company. In addition, the DeBellas will mentor the Millers throughout the transition period. 

“We are pleased that ProSlot will be in great hands,” says company owner Dan DeBella, “It is comforting knowing our business will continue to be run by people as enthusiastic about slot cars as Cheryl and I.”

“We want to assure our distributors that ProSlot products will have the same superior quality they have come to expect,” says John Miller, “We are doing everything we can to make the transition in ownership as smooth as possible.”

ProSlot Ltd. is currently located in Lowell, MI but will soon relocate operations to Hartford, MI. 

ProSLot Ltd. manufactures slot car parts, including armatures, chassis and motor parts for slot car markets in the U.S. and around the world. There are three employees besides the new owners.

B&E Slotsport Introduces New "Eliminator Deuce" Hardbody Chassis Kit

Designed and produced for hardbody 1/24 racing on "commercial style" routed tracks, the B&E Slotsport Eliminator "Deuce" 1/24 chassis kits are now available to order and also available for sale at Mid-America Raceway and Hobbies in Naperville, IL. 

Eliminator "Deuce" Specifications:

• .042 nickel plated spring steel. Improved plating .
• 4.5" fixed wheelbase, but can be customized to your needs.
• Motor opening to allow that motor to breathe.
• Easier to assemble back half with optional motor mounting plate.

Contact B&E Slotsport for information and pricing on RTR cars and built up chassis.Works with a wide variety of tire sizes to suit your needs.

Website and Online Ordering - http://www.beslotsport.com

Facebook Page - http://www.facebook.com/groups/303991896418243/

Host of the 2017 USRA National Championships Announced

Slot Car Raceway LLC of Rohnert Park California has been chosen to host the United Slot Racers Association National Championship August 14-20 2017.


























All races will be contested on their 155' Ogilvie "King" track.

For more information, contact owner Frank Sarkella at:

Slot Car Raceway California Website

AutoArt Porsche 997 GT3 RS (13211 & 13212)

AutoArt surprised me with a package a little while back: a pair of their new Porsche 997 GT3 RS road cars.




In terms of appearance, AutoArt has done a great job capturing the shape and details of this car:






While adding some nice details like the roll bar and working headlights and tail lights, AutoArt has taken the easy way out when it comes to the marker lights - using silver paint instead of coloured translucent plastic. This was probably done to keep the cost and complexity of this model within reason. Paint and finish on my test cars is very good.


Underneath, AutoArt has gone with a rear engined chassis which makes sense given that AutoArt seems to take pride in how their cars are modelled, and this is how Porsche chose to build the 1:1 version of this car. Laying out the drivetrain in a similar fashion to the prototype allows for a half tray interior and lots of interior detail while leaving room for the model's motor and drivetrain.


The metal spring guide contacts on my test cars required a bit of tweaking to get these cars running smoothly. The rear end on one of my cars was a little tight and also needed a bit of work to get the rear axle spinning freely. Out of the box, these cars are mag missiles. Ditch the traction magnets and add some weight up front and these cars become very interesting to drive to say the least - in a fun way. The semi-tray interior leaves lots of room for weight placement on the chassis. The rear engined powertrain makes for some slidey driving on my Scalextric Sport test track. If you're racing this Porsche against other AutoArt cars I'm sure it will be in the zone. I wouldn't choose this model for my weekly club racing, but AutoArt isn't pretending to take on the pro Porsche 997s from the likes of NSR, NINCO, and SCX. If you're into street cars then these models are a good choice.

Goodspeed Race Report 6-30-2016

Mechanical failures were the theme of the 1:32 slot car races Thursday evening at Goodspeed.  Leads breaking free of guide shoes and motors, wheels departing axles and other disappointments contributed to a discouraging evening for some racers.  Yet the overall competitive spirit remained strong!  The less often run Daytona Prototype class race showed that many of the cars need further testing and tuning.  Racers competing included;n Bill Blett, Phil Carpenter, Brian Casterline, Cierra Casterline, Lonny Convis, Jack Dastoli, Doug Farlow, Harlan Jones, John Hansen, Leroy Heikes,  John Lacko, Keith Rosine, Craig Salisbury and Jerry Wofford.  Heats were 3-1/2 minutes long.  New lap records indicated by *

C9  Grand National Stock Cars 1960-1968         150 gram magnet limit                             Laps Per Lane 1 2 3 4

1. Brian, 73 laps, Monogram Plymouth GTX #99, 98 g. weight, 129 g. magnet, 22 KPH speed, Maxx Trac tires 19 17 18 19

2. Lonny, 71 laps, Monogram Ford Fairlane #29, 102 g. weight, 136 g. magnet, 27 KPH speed, Maxx Trac tires 18 19 18 16

3. John H., 70 laps, Monogram Ford Fairlane #29, 106 g. weight, 148 g. magnet, 31 KPH speed, Super tires 18 17 18 17

4. John L. 70 laps, Pioneer Dodge Charger #40, 106 g. weight, 149 g. magnet, 25 KPH speed, Super tires 17 19 18 17

5. Harlan, 69 laps, Monogram Ford Fairlane #34, 91 g. weight, 149 g. magnet, 32 KPH speed, Super tires 18 19 18 14

6. Doug, 64 laps, Monogram Ford Fairlane #115, 116 g. weight, 150 g. magnet, 26 KPH speed, Super tires 17 17 16 14

7. Jerry, 64 laps, Monogram Plymouth GTX #43, 105 g. weight, 150 g. magnet, 29 KPH speed, Super tires 15 16 17 16

8. Bill, 63 laps, Monogram Ford Fairlane #29, 109 g. weight, 149 g. magnet, 32 KPH speed, Super tires 16 16 16 15

9. Keith, 62 laps, Monogram Dodge Charger #6, 98 g. weight, 121 g. magnet, 28 KPH speed, Super tires 14 17 16 15

10. Phil, 62 laps, Monogram Ford Galaxie #21, 106 g. weight, 134 g. magnet, 29 KPH speed, Super tires 16 18 17 11

11. Jack, 58 laps, Scalextric Dodge Charger #4, 94 g. weight, 146 g. magnet, 28 KPH speed, Super tires  2 20 19 17

12. Cierra, 57 laps, Scalextric Dodge Charger #22, 91 g. weight, 138 g. magnet, 22 KPH speed, Quick Slick tires 11 15 17 14

13. Leroy, 57 laps, Monogram Ford Fairlane #22, 91 g. weight, 126 g. magnet, 27 KPH speed, Super tires 16 15 15  11

14. Craig, 54 laps, Monogram Ford Fairlane #29, 95 g. weight, 138 g. magnet, 28 KPH speed, Super tires 15 14 13 12

Fastest Laps Per Lane

#1 Lonny 10.609, Brian 10.887, Harlan 10.977, John L. 11.219, John H. 11.224, Jerry 11.525, Keith 11.771, Phil 11.791, Jack 11.828, Cierra 11.911, Doug 11.957, Craig 12.231, Leroy 12.321, Bill 12.586

#2 Lonny 10.378*, Jack 10.469, John L. 10.474, John H. 10.771, Harlan 10.805, Brian 10.951, Cierra 11.282, Keith 11,291, Phil 11.485, Craig 11.726, Doug 11.771, Jerry 11.870. Leroy 11.950, Bill 12.120

#3 Lonny 10.478, Jack 10.498, John L. 10.505, Harlan 10.778, Brian 10.935, John H. 10.966,  Keith 11.262, Cierra 11.318, Jerry 11.448, Phil 11.644, Doug 11.794, Bill 12.026, Leroy 12.437, Craig 12.843

#4 Brian 10.683, Jack 11.107, Lonny 11.135, John L. 11.210, John H. 11.686, Jerry 12.101, Keith 12.183, Harlan 12.507, Leroy 12.586, Bill 12.706, Doug 12.957, 

Cierra 13.002, Phil 13.530, Craig 13.617

 

C29 Daytona Prototypes 200 gram magnet limit Laps Per Lane 1 2 3 4

1. Brian, 91 laps, Sideways Riley MKXX #6, 71 g. weight, 177 g. magnet, 28 KPH speed, Super tires 23 23 22 23

2. Doug, 87 laps, Sideways Riley MKXX #91, 83 g. weight, 199 g. magnet, 31 KPH speed, Super tires 22 23 20 22

3. Lonny, 86 laps, Sideways Riley MKXX #61, 82 g. weight, 163 g. magnet, 31 KPH speed, Super tires 22 21 21 22

4. Harlan, 82 laps, Sideways Riley MKXX #60, 74 g. weight, 168 g. magnet, 28 KPH speed, Super tires 21 23 20 18

5. John H., 80 laps, Slot it Dallara #60, 78 g. weight, 168 g. magnet, 30 KPH speed, Super tires 20 21 20 19

6. Jerry, 80 laps, Slot it Dallara #77, 79 g. weight, 184 g. magnet, 27 KPH speed, Super tires 22 22 20 16

7. Bill, 73 laps, Sideways Riley MKXX #91, 78 g. weight, 155 g. magnet, 29 KPH speed. Slot it tires 19 19 17 18

8. Cierra, 72 laps, Sideways Riley MKXX #60, 73 g. weight, 182 g. magnet, 29 KPH speed, Super tires 18 19 18 17

9. John L., 72 laps, Sideways Riley MKXX #61, 83 g, weight, 170 g. magnet, 31 KPH, Super tires 19 20 18 15

10. Jack, 67 laps, Sideways Dallara #77, 80 g. weight, 164 g. magnet, 38 KPH, Super tires 20  6 21 20

11. Craig, 63 laps, Fly Riley MKXX #3, 91 g. weight, 171 g. magnet, 22 KPH, Super tires 20 20 20  3

12. Phil, 62 laps, Sideways MKXX #1, 76 g. weight, 101 g. magnet, 26 KPH, Super tires 19 16 18  9

13. Keith, 59 laps, Slot it Dallara #10, 75 g. weight, 175 g. magnet, 28 KPH, stock tires 18 19 17  5

Fastest Laps Per Lane

#1 Brian 8.655, Lonny 8.777, Harlan 8.876, John H. 9.004 Doug 9.225, Jerry 9.232, Jack 9.262, Bill 9.784, Craig 9.869, Keith 9.961, Cierra 10.324, John L. 10.390, Phil 10.776

#2 Harlan 8.441, Doug 8.533, Jerry 8.631, Lonny 8.663, Brian 8.737, Jack 9.024, John H. 9.203, Craig 9.275Cierra 9.426, John L. 9.561, Bill 9.617, Keith 9.826, Phil 11.618

#3 Lonny 8.606, Brian 8.656, Jack 8.666, Harlan 8.676, Jerry 8.788, Doug 8.954, John H. 9.258, Craig 9.471, Bill 9.582, John L. 9.738, Keith 9.773, Cierra 9.786, Phil 10.605

#4 Brian 8.817, Jerry 9.132, Lonny 9.149, Doug 9.184, John H. 9.339, Harlan 9.797, Jack 9.949, Cierra 10.718, Bill 10.838, John L. 11.077, Phil 12.295, Craig 14.483, Keith 16.301

 

Next Goodspeed Race  

Thursday July 7, track opens at 6 PM. Tech at 7 PM and racing immediately after.  Classes to be raced:

C16 Group 5 1978-1982 GT 175 g. magnet limit

 

Carrera; Alfa Romeo GTA Silhouette, Dekon Chevrolet Monza, Ferrari 512 BBi LM, Pantera, Porsche 935/78, VW Group 5 Kafer 

Fly; BMW 3.5 CSL, BMW M1, Ford Capri, Lancia Beta MC, Porsche 911 R, Porsche 934, Porsche 935 & 935 K3, Porsche 911 GT1 98 

Monogram; BMW 320 Turbo, Greenwood Corvette 

MRRC; Toyota GT Celica (18K motor)

Slotwings; Ferrari 512 BBi LM

Scalextric 1976 Torino

SRC: Lola T600 

C32 Scalextric Corvette L88 (Premier Series)  175 g. magnet limit.

Contact jalacko@aol.com for more information.

"Friday Night Thunder" - May 2016

Everyone had a great time at B&E Slotsport's first "Friday Night Thunder" event of 2016 at the New Mid-America Raceway in Naperville. 

It was mad, major fun zipping around the Gerding tri-oval even though I eventually over-drove the car, crashed big time and had to limp home. It was serious and insane fun for a small coin investment and $100 to win was nothing to sneeze at.

Congrats to Dustin Senft for winning (Surviving the carnage?). 

1st- Dustin Senft, 2nd- Mike Mazur, 3rd - Neal Isler

See you all next month - 6/17.

B&E DLM "Friday Night Thunder" 2016 Racing Series

Races hosted at Mid-America Raceway and Hobbies, Naperville, IL.

$7 Entry Fee Per Race

7 pm Superstock Cars on the Lazy 8
8 pm Ponystock cars on the Flat track.
9 pm $100 TO WIN B&E spec DLM cars on the tri-oval

2 minutes on, 1.5 off, round robin race formats.
Draw chips for starting position on the oval.

Plaques for the top 3 of each race.

Each entry gets you raffle tickets towards $200 in B&E loot at the October Mid American Hardbody Nationals.

NO points towards the summer series, just bragging rights and a chance to win cold hard cash.

5 race dates for Friday night thunder 5/20, 6/17, 7/15, 8/19, 9/20

Check out the Mid American Hardbody slot car club page on Facebook for the series race dates.

B&E Slotsport Dirt Late Model "spec" racers in action (video).

This video shows the B&E Slotsport "spec" Dirt Late Model ready-to-run cars in action on Mid-America Raceways' Gerding tri-oval.

For more information on this affordable and fun type of Model Car Racing or for a sample of the current Mid-American DLM rules, click here: B&E Slotsport Home Page

 

Mid-America Raceway is a stocking dealer for B&E Slotsport and they ship worldwide.

ISRA Worlds 2016

The ISRA Worlds comes to USA/Chicago October 2016. Over 140 entries from at least 35 countries are expected. There will also be a 2-driver production class Enduro.

Contact Mid-America Raceway Naperville for details and the schedule of Worlds warm-up races to be held this summer.

Driver license applications due June, 2016.

Warm-up Race 1 - May 27-29

Warm-up Race 2 - Jul 8-10

Warm-up Race 3 - Aug 26-28

More details and registration here: http://www.2016.israworlds.com/

B&E Slotsport Introduces Dirt Late Model Ready To Run

New ready to race B&E Slotsport 1/24 Dirt Late Model.

 
Constructed of .040 thick brass chassis, .030 thick dirt late model body and interior, JK hawk 7 motor, B&E Supercomp soft rears (1" diameter), B&E Supercomp firm fronts (1" diameter). "Spec" version shown above is suitable for commercial style tracks with a lap length over 80 Feet.

Individual chassis and custom builds available on request- contact B&E for pricing.

B&E Slotsport Website

2016 Retro Slot Car World Championship Promotional Video

SlotCars-R-Us The Track's informational video about the upcoming World Championship Can-Am Race April 15-17 2016!

Retro World Championship 2016 Video

SlotCars-R-Us on Facebook

Track Layout for 2016 ISRA Worlds Revealed

The 2016 ISRA (International Slot Racing Association) Worlds Championship will be held in the USA and hosted by Mid-America Raceway and Hobbies of Naperville Illinois, a western Chicago suburb.

The Dates for the event have been stated as October 7-15 2016. The day by day event schedule and dates of warm up races have not yet been published.

A sneak peek of the track layout for the event has been revealed and is shown below.

The track does not yet have an official name but has been dubbed "Midwest Monster II" by local racers. The direction of travel is left to right at the driver's panel. Lap length and other details will be published when they are known.

Mid-America Raceway Naperville Facebook Page

West Michigan Scale Slot Car Racing Group Race Report Jan 14 2016

Goodspeed raceway came back to life Thursday evening as the West Michigan Scale Slot Car Racing Group launched its 2016 season. 

Eleven racers brought their cars to compete on the 118' four lane Scalextric Sport track below the street level of Kalamazoo. 

In attendance was: Bill Blett, Brian Casterline, Lonny Convis, Jack Dastoli, Doug Farlow, John Hansen, Harlan Jones, John Lacko, Keith Rosine, Craig Salisbury and Kevin Yonkers. Keith was awarded the most improved driver of the evening for his performance in Porsche Cup. 

All cars in the Porsche Cup event were Scalextric bar magnet cars. Heats were 3-1/2 minutes long. No new lap records were set.

C34 Porsche Cup 175 gram magnet limit - Laps Per Lane 1 2 3 4

#1 Jack, 79 laps, #88, 84 g. weight, 173 g. magnet, Super tires 20 19 20 20
#2 John H., 79 laps, #88, 82 g. weight, 158 g. magnet, Super tires 19 21 20 18
#3 Brian, 78 laps, #50, 89 g. weight, 162 g. magnet, Max Trac tires 19 20 20 19
#4 Bill, 77 laps, #29, 81 g. weight, 166 g. magnet, Super tires 19 19 20 19
#5 Keith, 74 laps, #33, 81 g. weight, 173 g. magnet, Super tires 18 18 19 19
#6 John L., 74 laps, #99, 87 g. weight, 165 g. magnet, Super tires 20 20 15 19
#7 Doug, 74 laps, #33, 86 g. weight, 173 g. magnet, Super tires 18 19 19 18
#8 Harlan, 73 laps, #99, 90 g. weight, 169 g. magnet, Super tires 18 17 18 20
#9 Lonny, 72 laps, #7, 86 g. weight, 158 g. magnet, Super tires 21 20 11 20
#10 Kevin, 71 laps, #99, 82 g. weight, 175 g. magnet, Super tires 18 19 18 16
#11 Craig, 69 laps, #99, 87 g. weight, 212 g. magnet, Super tires (Exhibition Only) 18 18 16 17

Fastest Times Per Lane

#1 Lonny 9.713, John H. 9.986, Craig 10.004, Jack 10.240, Keith 10.251, John L. 10.323, Harlan 10.412, Doug 10.446, Bill 10.495, Kevin 10.512, Brian 10.518 
#2 John H. 9.796, Jack 9.997, Lonny 10.108, John L. 10.110, Keith 10.183, Brian 10.254, Doug 10.324, Kevin 10.381, Bill 10.447, Harlan 10.822, Craig no time (lap record 9.634 HJ)
#3 Lonny 9.579, Brian 10.042, Jack 10.051, John H. 10.156, Bill 10.178, Keith 10.281, Craig 10.322, John L. 10.325, Doug 10.396, Harlan 10.495, Kevin 10.734
#4 Harlan 10.074, Brian 10.270, Lonny 10.271, Jack 10.330, John H. 10.343, Craig 10.620, Keith 10.685, Bill 10.822, John L. 10.940, Doug 11.046, Kevin 11.115

C17 Group C 1980's-1990's LeMans Prototypes 175 gram magnet limit - Laps Per Lane 1 2 3 4

#1 Jack, 87 laps, Slot it Toyota 88C #38, 76 g. weight, 161 g. magnet, Super tires 22 23 21 21
#2 Lonny, 84 laps, Slot it Mazda 787B #18, 77 g. weight, 172 g. magnet, Super tires 22 22 21 18
#3 John L., 82 laps, Slot it Mazda 787B #202, 78 g. weight, 168 g. magnet, Super tires 20 23 21 18
#4 John H., 81 laps, Slot it Porsche 956C #3, 83 g. weight, 163 g. magnet, Super tires 21 21 19 19
#5 Brian, 79 laps, Slot it Nissan R390 #18, 74 g. weight, 150 g. magnet, Super tires 20 20 20 19
#6 Doug, 76 laps, Slot it Nissan R390 #4, 80 g. weight, 162 g. magnet, Super tires 19 22 16 19
#7 Bill, 75 laps, Slot it Nissan R390 #4, 75 g. weight, 153 g. magnet, Super tires 19 19 19 18
#8 Keith, 71 laps, Slot it Nissan R390 #30, 97 g. weight, 175 g. magnet, Super tires 19 20 16 16
#9 Craig, 71 laps, Slot it Porsche 956C #4, 77 g. weight, 120 g. magnet, Super tires 18 18 18 17
#10 Kevin, 60 laps, Slot it Nissan R390 #32, 79 g. weight, 174 g. magnet, Super tires 16 17 15 12
#11 Harlan, 28 laps, Slot it Porsche 962 #9, 70 g. weight, 163 g. magnet, Super tires 0 20 0 8

Fastest Time Per Lane

1. Lonny 9.151, John H, 9.210, Doug 9.421, Jack 9.441 & John L. 9.441, Kevin 9.535, Brian 9.725, Bill 10.097, Craig 10.228, Keith 10.291, Harlan no time
2. John L. 8.722, Lonny 8.732, Jack 8.749, John H. 9.205, Doug 9.340, Craig 9.646, Keith 9.720, Kevin 9.747, Brian 9.772, Bill 9.912, Harlan 10.540
(lap record 8.059 JD)
3. Lonny 8.907, John L. 9.309, John H. 9.310, Doug 9.677, Bill 9.680, Brian 9.879, Kevin 9.992, Keith 10.182, no times for Harlan, Jack & Craig
4. John H. 9.488, Jack 9.508, John L. 9.714, Lonny 10.259, Brian 10.348, Doug 10.487, Bill 11.052, Keith 11.078, Craig 11.079, Kevin 11.105, Harlan 12.209

Next Races

Thursday Feb. 4. Track opens at 6 PM, tech at 7 PM, racing starts immediately after. Classes to be run:

C27 Modern NASCAR, 175 g. magnet limit. 
Eligible cars are:

• Scalextric: All contemporary NASCAR
• SCX: All contemporary NASCAR with 18K motor

C21 Modern LMP-2 (dot magnets) 175 g. magnet limit. 
Eligible cars are:

• Carrera: Audi R8 & R10, BMW V12 MR, Bentley Speed 8, Panoz LMP-1, Peugeot 908. Porsche RS Spyder, 
• Fly: Joest Porsche, Panoz LMP-1
• Ninco: Acura LMP2, BMW V12 LMP
• Scalextric: Cadillac LMP
• SCX: Audi R8

Contact : John Lacko