BMW Z4 video... Lovin' the lap of the 'Ring

Lovin' the BMW Z4 at the 'Ring... 10 minutes of racing goodness!

New Racer 312P Spyder

RCR55 - 312P Spider - BOAC 500 Brands Hatch 1969 - Amon/Rodriguez

Photos by Amazingslot.com. The car shown is a prototype and there are some details yet to be finalized.

Ninco Police Vette-photo tour

Ninco's new CHP Highway Patrol Corvette (Ref.55011).
A few notes about this car. Laprene tires on each corner on the car. The lights flash as you'd hope they would as the car circles the track.

Pruett not slowing down

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Now that Scott Pruett has turned 50, his fellow competitors in the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 may be hoping that the 23-time overall race winner and two-time Daytona Prototype champion may be ready to cut back his racing schedule and spend more time working in his new winery.

Fat chance.

Coming off a victory in the Grand Prix of Miami with Memo Rojas in the No. 01 TELMEX Chip Ganassi with Felix Sabates BMW Riley, Pruett has no plans to slow down in the foreseeable future.

"I enjoy racing in GRAND-AM," said Pruett, who shares a six-point lead with Rojas atop the Daytona Prototype standings entering the Porsche 250 at Barber Motorsports Park on April 10 (1:30 p.m. ET, SPEED, live).

"I think I have a couple of good races left in me and I'm just having fun," Pruett said. "I really enjoy the competition. I enjoy getting out there and racing hard with all of the competition, no matter what age or what team."

Pruett opened the season with a second-place finish in the Rolex 24 At Daytona for the second consecutive year in the event he has won overall three times. While Hurley Haywood - the all-time Rolex 24 overall winner with five victories - retired after the 2010 event, Pruett shows no sign of letting up.

"First and foremost, the biggest thing with any athlete is attitude," Pruett said. "I absolutely still love the driving. I started when I was eight. Now I'm in my 42nd year of racing, which is incredible, but I still love it, and I think I love it even more as the years go by. I still feel like I'm a student of the sport and I'm still learning from every test, from every race, from every qualifying session, you learn more about the cars and how to set them up and find what you're looking for. My first focus is getting in the race car and to keep going out and competing. You absolutely have to have that passion and that love, and then everything else falls into place."

Pruett continues to work out every day, although he admits to spending more time working in his vineyard instead of the gym.

"We are introducing the first Pruett-labeled wine at the Pebble Beach Food and Win Festival the same weekend as the Porsche 250," Pruett said. "I've been training heavily, whether it's at my home gym or at the club or on a simulator. The simulator and the wine side of it has got me incredibly busy this year."

The Ganassi team also isn't sitting still, switching to a Dinan-prepared BMW engine for 2010.

"That's been a great change for us," Pruett said. "Steve Dinan has been just incredible and has given us good reliability and an engine that we feel has given us very good compatibility."

Pruett and Rojas have enjoyed success at Barber, winning there during their 2008
championship season. After running at the circuit in mid-90-degree temperatures in recent season, both drivers welcome racing there in more enjoyable conditions in April.

"You've got to be on your game all the time at Barber," Pruett said. "It's going to be great going there when you're not focused only on surviving the heat, but going racing. With the cooler conditions I think we're definitely going to see some higher speeds."

Practice for the Porsche 250 begins at 2:55 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 8, with qualifying Friday at 11:40 a.m.

Photos and news used with permission from Grand Am.

New Ferrari 430 Challenge team debut at VIR

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Bennett Racing will join the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 in April, entering the No. 56 South River Marina & Mercruiser Ferrari 430 Challenge in the April 24 Bosch Engineering 250 at Virginia International Raceway.

This will be the third new team to debut in the Rolex Series GT class in as many races. Lou Gigliotti LG Motorsports first raced in the Grand Prix of Miami at Homestead-Miami Speedway, while Marsh Racing joins the tour with a Corvette in the April 10 Porsche 250 at Barber Motorsports Park.

Skip Bennett owns the No. 56, and will co-drive for the Annapolis, Md.-based team with Mike Skeen at VIR as the first step in a planned assault on the 2011 Rolex 24 At Daytona. They expect to run with fellow NASA Spec E30 drivers Chris Cobetto, Mike Davidson and Jon Allen at Daytona. That series features close competition among 160 HP 1987-1991 BMW 325is.

Bennett began his racing career in 2005 at a Summit Point Raceway driving experience. His first race was a NASA event at VIR in 2006, driving a Porsche 966, and he also ran in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge that year at VIR, going from last to 28th in a field of 55 cars. He finished fourth overall in the USA Ferrari F430 Challenge series in 2007, and has raced in the NASA Spec E30 Series the past three seasons.

"We're looking forward to joining the Rolex Series and racing at VIR," Bennett said. "I've spent a lot of time at that track and am very familiar with it. Depending on how we do, we also hope to run at Watkins Glen and the Daytona race in July, and are also considering New Jersey Motorsports Park."

Skeen, who starred in the 2008 edition of Setup on SPEED, won the 2008 NASA Spec E30 national championship as well as two regional series titles. He raced in SCCA Muscle Milk Trans-Am action last season, going from last to second in his debut race at Road Atlanta - earning him the Hard Charger and Star of the Race awards. He has two starts in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge, competing in 2008 at VIR with Freedom Autosport.

"This grassroots effort has developed very quickly, and our crew has put in a lot of hard work to make this possible," Skeen said. "I'm sure we will learn a lot at VIR to help us prepare for future events."

Practice for the Bosch Engineering 250 begins at 9:30 a.m. ET on Friday, April 23, with qualifying at 3:45 p.m. (SPEEDtv.com, live). The two-hour, 45-minute race takes the green flag at noon ET on Saturday (SPEED, 2 p.m.) and will be followed at 3:30 p.m. by a Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race.

Photo and news used with permission from Grand Am.

Slot MiniAuto Annual

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CB Design Slot Car Wheels

Slot Car Corner is very excited to announce a new 1/32 Stock Car Wheel from CB Design. These wheels have been designed to enhance the performance and appearance of 1/32 stock cars including Nascar's offered by SCX, Scalextric and Carrera. The design is based on actual stock wheels - no inserts are required. Precision CNC machining ensures CB Design Stock Car Wheels are manufactured to very "tight" tolerances.

CB Design Stock Car Wheels are available in two (2) sizes - 15x10mm rear wheels and 15x8mm front wheels (these can also be used on the rear if desired). The wheels are offered in two (2) finishes - aluminum (silver) or anodized aluminum (black).

For more information, please visit the Slot Car Corner website.

Cars shows for illustrative purposes - NOT included with wheel purchase.

NSR US National Championship Race

Video from the NSR US National Championship Race held March 28, 2010 at Great Traditions in Philadelphia Pa.

The thread on Slot Car Illustrated.com showing coverage of the race. http://slotcarillustrated.com/portal/forums/showthread.php?p=383399

Slot MiniAuto 66

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SLOT MINIAUTO 66 – ABRIL

La revista Slot MiniAuto del mes de abril destaca en su portada el nuevo Mercedes SLR McLaren 722 GT de Superslot. Se incluyen además las pruebas en pista del Chaparral 2E, con una interesante explicación de Maurizio Ferrari de Slot.it, el nuevo Dallara DP de Sideways by Racer, el Plymouth AAR Cuda de Scalextric, los Porsche RSR, RS, y GT de Scaleauto en escala 1:24, el montaje del Megane 1:28 de TRP, y un extenso reportaje del Chasis Montecarlo de MSC.
Destacamos también, dentro de nuestra serie a los coches de Le Mans, los Adler LM 1937 de TRRC.
También damos a conocer nuestro especial Art Car, pieza única sobre la base del Mazda 787B, Coche del Año 2009, realizado por el artista Héctor Fernández.
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Spirit Supersport Peugeot 406 promo photo

A photo of the Peugeot 406 SS from Spirit.

Hamilton Vodaphone commercial

I thought the premise of this Lewis Hamilton Vodaphone McLaren commercial was nice... yeah I know not slot related...

Mazda still dominates competition

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (March 24, 2010) - Teams fielding Camaro, Corvette, Porsche and BMW race cars are looking to snap Mazda's two-race winning streak in the Porsche 250 on April 10 at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala., Round 3 of the 2010 GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16.

The race will take the green flag at 1:36 p.m. ET, with live SPEED coverage beginning
at 1:30 p.m. ET.

Andrew Davis and Robin Liddell won the 2009 Porsche 250 in a Pontiac GXP.R. Stevenson Motorsports is fielding a pair of Camaros for 2010, the No. 57 for Davis and Liddell and the No. 97 for Jan Magnussen and Gunter Schaldach.

Three teams will field Corvettes. Banner Racing has the No. 07 Mobil 1 Corvette for 2008 GT co-champion Paul Edwards and motorcycle legend Scott Russell. Lou Gigliotti's LG Motorsports debuted the No. 28 Corvette for 2008 co-champion Kelly Collins and Eric Lux in the recent race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, while Marsh Racing makes its GRAND-AM debut at Barber with the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Corvette for Eric Curran and Sonny Whelen. Collins and Edwards teamed to win GT honors in the 2007 Porsche 250 in the No. 07 Banner Racing Pontiac GXP.R.

Three Porsches are entered in the event. John Potter and Craig Stanton share the No. 44 Magnus Racing Porsche GT3, Shane Lewis and Richard Zahn co-drive the No. 46 Autohaus Motorsports entry while Luke Hines and Bryce Miller compete in the No. 48 Miller Barrett Racing GT3.

Bill Auberlen and Paul Dalla Lana are entered in the lone BMW, the No. 94 Turner Motorsport M6 that made its debut in the season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona. The team had a strong showing in the Grand Prix of Miami, leading four laps and finishing fifth.

The four marques will be taking on Mazda, which has four teams fielding eight cars and won the GT class in both races this season. SpeedSource owner Sylvain Tremblay and new regular co-driver Jonathan Bomarito, joined by Nick Ham and David Haskell, won the season opening Rolex 24 in the No. 70 Castrol Syntec Mazda RX-8, while Emil Assentato and Jeff Segal captured GT honors in the team's No. 69 FXDD Mazda at Homestead. SpeedSource also fields the No. 68 of rising stars John Edwards and Adam Christodoulou.

Dempsey Racing has expanded to two Mazdas this season. Racer/actor Patrick Dempsey and Joe Foster return in the No. 40, joined by defending GT champion Leh Keen and James Gue in the No. 41 - who scored Dempsey Racing's first podium finish by placing third at Homestead. Team Sahlen has a pair of Mazdas, with Joe Sahlen joining Joe Nonnamaker and his two sons, Will and Wayne Nonnamaker. Returning with one car is Racers Edge Motorsports, fielding the No. 30 for Todd Lamb and Jordan Taylor.

Practice for the Porsche 250 begins at 2:55 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 8, with qualifying Friday at 11:40 a.m.

AutoArt 1/32 Koenigsegg

Arriving soon in the US, the AutoArt 1/32 Koenigsegg CCX.

GP Miniatures website/cars

A website that you must check out if you're an Aston fan.... or just a fan of really EXCELLENTLY modeled slot cars.
http://www.gp-miniatures.co.uk/Galleries.html
I've been chatting with Graham on Facebook and he showed me his website and it seemed to me that I needed to get this link here and pix here so folks could see his work. What an artist! He's focusing on 1/32 Aston Martin resin slot cars.






These are only 2 of the Aston Martin's he's showing on the site. You MUST check out his website when you get the chance.

New HO bodies

The new HO Express bodies.


I'm told by REH these new AML bodies fit Tomy Super G+, Tomy Turbo, & Aurora chassis. They're in stock at REH now.

New LeMans Miniatures Matra's in the US

Now in the US, the LeMans Miniatures Matra's are in stock at REH distributing.

ALMS spotters guide!

Download your copy of the ALMS spotters guide here!

Pioneer Typhoon Motor Test

Pioneer's powerplant for their '68 Mustang GT, Bullitt version, is an 18k, FC-130 type motor in a car which performs competitively with Scalextric Can Am Mustangs and Camaros. While the Scalextric cars also have nominal 18k motors, tests show they rev to 20-21k RPM, no-load on 12 volts. Scalextric motor torque typically measures 100 gcm, and power output is around 5.3 Watts.

The Pioneer "18k" motor revs to an honest 18,967 RPM at 12 volts on test, with torque tested at 131 gcm/12v. Power output is 6.2 Watts on 12 volts. The Pioneer Typhoon is slightly more powerful than the Scalextric motor, although RPM is lower and torque is higher. Typhoon test performance is nearly identical to the H&R Racing Hawk motor, a home-track racing favorite in the USA.

The Pioneer Typhoon has its own visual appeal, with a six-pack of holes in the top for cooling, black plastic end bell, and nicely printed company lettering. The motor is not currently available separately as a retail item, but who knows what the future holds, as Pioneer is a start up manufacturer. The Mustangs are their first release.

More info on Pioneer slot cars may be found at: http://www.pioneerslotcars.com/

New Slot It Audi R8C

A newsletter from Slot It for the new Audi R8C.

New Slot It McLaren

A newsletter from Slot It for the new BMW McLaren F1 GTR Gulf edition.