 |
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.
Posts
Hello,
ReplyDeleteRene' was a great guy. I raced at the San Diego YMCA track. I bought Rene's 1972 Plymouth Duster from him in either 1975 or 1976. So long ago I can't recall for sure. Great car!!! Wish I still had it. Akin to the slot cars the cars back then had soul!!!!!