San Diego's Finest, and Fastest...

 

Tim Bunch, Bob Thurman, Leroy Vega, Art Tarver, Tom Snedon and Neil Kuhns.

Not too long ago there was a gathering of some of San Diego's finest, fastest, and okay oldest (LOL) slot racers. This rare group of real fast guys from the gold era of San Diego slot racing got together to trade stories and reminisce about past slot car adventures.  I remember racing Group 20 way back in 73 and 74 with Rene Romero, Bob Johannes, Dennis "Foamy" Hill and all of these guys on the big Engleman at the old Armed Services YMCA in downtown San Diego.  These were the fast guys, and many a weekend they'd jump into a car or two and make the 100+ mile trek up to LA for some real hard-core racing against the slot car legends in Long Beach, LA, and the OC.  It's kinda funny now because I never rode up with them to race way back then (I did go up once see the Can-Am cars at Riverside in 74), but now - many years later I find myself driving to LA almost once a month for that very same reason - except now I'm going to race Super-Fast HO cars with one of their old rivals - John "The Jet" Cukras and batch of other fast HO racers in LA.

Oscar "Big O" Morales - R.I.P.

It is with great sadness that I bring this news.  Our longtime SCHOR racing buddy, Oscar Morales aka: "Big O" and "Bugman" passed away at his home this past Wednesday evening.  Oscar was a true character, a little gruff on the outside, but a genuine friend and a truly nice and very funny man. He grew up slot racing in L.A. and could talk for hours about the cars, tracks, racers and history of both the HO and 24th scale So Cal slot car scene.  He was at the "Big Shot" race just two weeks ago laughing, racing, and having a good time. SCHOR and all of slot racing just won't be the same without him.

R.I.P.  Oscar

RACE RESULTS: BIG SHOT 2 at Buena Park Raceway

If you didn't make it to Mike Low's Big Shot 2 Shootout at Buena Park Raceway last week, then you missed some real fun and fast racing on Mike's AMAZING and all new Brad Bowman built HO track.  It was designed so that it could be placed on top of the 24th scale flat track at BPR.  Here are the results and some pics (for those of you not on the Slotblog). It was a long race day but we definitely had a good time, and I can't wait to race on the BP2 Bowman track again.  A big thank you to Mike Low for putting on such a cool event.

Mike's new and Amazing HO Track 

 

The ironmen (raced every race): Gary Morgan, Glenn Gordon, Dale Yamashita, Mark McVittie, Francis McEntee
Most podiums: Dan Cronin (2), Rick Jocham (2), Gary Morgan (2), Glenn Gordon (2) 
Best HO rookie; Eddie Shorer, 3rd in FrayJet and 5th in Superstock
Best walk up racer (give me a car, any car, and I will drive the heck out of it!#%$?): Alex Freund, 3rd in Superstock
Best slot car raceway; BPR 

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SCHOR MODIFIED RACE...

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SCHOR SUPER STOCK Race...

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Modified Podium 

Super Stock Podium 

Fray Jet Podium

        

Gravity Car Podium

Wow what a long day!
Wow the racing was great, a lot of close dicing.
Thank you to all that supported the race, Debbie and the staff at BPR, all the racers that came and raced.

Mike Low

Cry like a baby, drive like a girl, walk like a man. 
Give me enough rope and I'll build a fast car

The BIG SHOT 2 SHOOT-OUT is coming...

As the Summer begins to wind down... it will soon be time to start thinking once again about HO Slot Racing.  The last SCHOR race was at Ben and Benito's in June, but soon we'll be able to get back to some real serious racing next month (only 2 weeks away) at Mike Low's BIG SHOT 2 SHOOTOUT.   This will be his 2nd annual race at Buena Park Raceway in Buena Park, CA. 

Yep, Mike is back at it - and he pulls out all the stops for his Big Shot races.  They'll be race plaques  (see photo) for podium finishers, and he's even bringing in a brand new 90 foot custom Brad Bowman track (see below) for us to race on.  This years Big Shot Shootout will happen over 2 days, Friday and Saturday September 6th and 7th.   This year, Friday will be for PRACTICE ONLY.  That means that ALL OF THE RACES WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY.  Also, this year Mike is only having 4 race classes:  

SCHOR Super Stock

SCHOR Pro Modified

Fray T-jets 

Gravity Cars 

You might even win a Podium Plaque

Start gettin' ready, cause It's gonna be a good time that 
you won't want to miss.  

Slip-on SUPER TIRE Chart...

This is the chart for the "Super Tires" that BSRT sells.  It also works for any other Super Tires that you may have in similar sizes

SCHOR 2013 TEAM ENDURO at Eric's

SCHOR 2013 TEAM ENDURO

SCHOR's annual 4 hour TEAM ENDURO at Eric Roos' place was a really great event! We had a very nice turn out that even included a couple of "Wild and Crazy guys" from the old-SCHOR days. Everybody had a really good time and the racing was top notch and amazingly close. We used quailifying to determine teams, and then handed out the "Gary Beedle prepped" and Jim Williams painted G3Rs and started racing. After 4 full hours of racing only 6 laps separated 1st and 2nd place. The real stars of the show were the BSRT 901 cars due to their incredible performance and reliability.



Ferrari - Porsche - Ferrari - Porsche



The last heat

SCHOR Racing in 2013

SCHOR 2013

HO SLOT RACING

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Race Calendar

February 16th

SCHOR 2013 - Race #1

Mike Low's

"BIG SHOT TRACK"

(4'X16' Fast, Smooth Custom Cronin)

NEO, MODIFIED, SUPER STOCK, HARDBODY

Los Angeles, CA 90042

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April 27th

SCHOR 2013 - Race #2

Eddie Torre's

RIVERSIDE BUCKTRAX

(6'X18' Ultra-Fast Custom Bucktrax)

NEO, MODIFIED, SUPER STOCK, HARDBODY

Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91701

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May 18th

SCHOR - Race #3

Eric Roos'

4 HOUR SUPER STOCK

TEAM ENDURO

on the fast and fabulous

VELOCITY DOME

(Super-Fast 4X16 Bucktrax)

BSRT #902 Cars

Fullerton, CA

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June 22th

SCHOR 2013 - Race #4

Ben Vasquez's

POCKET-ROCKET RACEWAY

(4’x12’ Super-Quick - Vintage Custom Tomy Track)

MODIFIED, SUPER STOCK, HARDBODY

Corona, CA

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July 20th

SCHOR 2013 Race #5

Dan Cronin's

CSR Raceway

(?x?? Custom - "Cronin Surprise Track")

NEO, MODIFIED, SUPER STOCK, HARDBODY

Escondido, CA 92025

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August 2013

Summer Break

(it's way too hot to race!)

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September 6th and 7th

SCHOR 2013 - Race #6

Mike Low's

"2nd Annual Big HO SHOOT OUT"

(?'X?? Fast, Custom HO Track)

NEO, MODIFIED, SUPER STOCK, HARDBODY

T-JETS, LANDSHARK-Gravity cars , and more...

6161 Lincoln Avenue

Buena Park, CA

http://bpraceway.com/

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October 19th

SCHOR 2013 - Race #7

Eddie Torre's

RIVERSIDE BUCKTRAX

(6'X18' Ultra-Fast Custom Bucktrax)

NEO, MODIFIED, SUPER STOCK, HARDBODY

Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91701

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November 16th

SCHOR 2013 Race #8

Dan Cronin's

CSR Raceway

(?x?? Custom - "Cronin Surprise Track")

NEO, MODIFIED, SUPER STOCK, HARDBODY

Escondido, CA 92025

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December 2013

Happy Holidays

Slot car presents, but no racing...

JW's "SILK CUT" Jaguar XJR-9 GTP

SCRRA Racing at BPR

SCHOR Racer and true Slot Car Legend - John "The Jet" Cukras is now running and racing in the SCRRA (Southern Califonia Retro Racing Association).  This is some very cool slot racing that features slot cars based on the "Retro" designs from the hey-day of serious slot racing.  Many of the great old slot racers of those early times have come back out and are building and racing again along with him.  Check out SCRRA, you don't want to miss it.