The new HO SLOT CAR SPEED SHOP in San Diego

Morgan's HO Slot Car Speed Shop

aka: Kensington Speedway - Again!

HO Racing is finally back in San Diego!  There hasn't been a place to race HO slot cars with a high quaility track in for 17 years, but it has now return with this cozy little shop.  Gary Morgan last had the "Kensington Speedway" back in 1997.  Now fast-forward to 2014 and he's opened his "HO SLOT CAR SPEED SHOP" on the east end of Mission Valley not far from Qualcomm stadium.  It features a super-fast, custom, Cronin built "BP-1 Engleman" track with TrakMate timing.   The new Speed Shop is all about fast, fun, high-quaility HO racing.  Morgan builds custom slot cars, offers advise, and carries lots of high performance HO cars and HO racing parts.  But what the Speed Shop is really all about is racing, racing, and more HO racing. 

For more info about the
Slot Car Speed Shop 
Contact Gary at: 

hoparts@cox.net

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.  

BIG SHOT H.O. SHOOTOUT is almost here...

That's right all you slot heads.  The big H.O. race will be next weekend on Friday August 31st and Saturday September 1st at Buena Park Raceway in Buena Park, CA.   There are suppose to be a lot of hot shot HO racers coming to this event from all directions  Below is more detailed information on the event.



Friday, August 31st, anticipated schedule

Noon - Track opens for practice

6:30pm - Landshark HO - Brass/Gravity race
(“gravity lift” test in effect)

8:00pm - RJ-Jet - T-Jet race (Fray rules)

Saturday, September 1st, anticipated schedule

8:00am - Track opens, practice (Pro Hardbody)

9:30am - Slot Car Speed Shop - Pro Hardbody race (SCHOR rules)

11:30am - AFX/Racemasters - Mega G iroc race (cars courtesy of AFX/Racemasters)

1:30pm - “Super Raffle” part 1, practice (Superstock)

2:30pm - Scale Auto/BSRT - Superstock race (SCHOR rules)

5:00pm - “Super Raffle” part 2, practice (Neo and Modified)

6:00pm - Slottech - Neo race (SCHOR rules)

8:00pm - Noose Custom Paint - Modified race (SCHOR rules)

Entry fee, for each day, to the raceway is $10 for the first race and $7 each additional race.

Plaques to the top three in each class.

Best appearing plaques for Scale Auto/BSRT -Superstock,

Noose Custom Paint -Modified, and Slottech -Neo races.

TQ plaques for Modified, and Neo races.

Please use correct armature and magnets for each class.

Armatures will be metered and magnets gaussed.

Cars will be impounded after they have been “teched”

Landshark HO -Brass/Gravity, RJ-Jet -T-Jet, Slot Car Speed Shop -Pro Hardbody, AFX/Racemasters -Mega G iroc, and Scale Auto/BSRT -Superstock races will be random draw round robin heats with top five, going into a main.

Noose Custom Paint -Modified, and Slottech - Neo races will have qualifying to set the single ladder heats, and top three times will qualify for the “A” main.

No “track calls” except for cars falling on the ground, and stuck underneath the crossover.



Buena Park Raceway is located at:

6161 Lincoln Avenue, Buena Park, CA

http://bpraceway.com/

 

The BIG SHOT H.O. SHOOTOUT RACE is coming...

Yep, that's right all you Slot Racers!  SCHOR Racer Mike Low is putting on the Biggest, Baddest HO Slot Car Race that we've seen around these here parts in a long time.   It's the "BIG SHOT H.O. SHOOTOUT" and it's gonna be held at the world famous Buena Park Raceway (BPR) this coming Labor Day weekend - August 31st and September 1st.  There will be a total of 7 race classes ranging from Brass Cars and T-jets (on Friday night) to a Mega-G IROC, and four more races run under SCHOR rules: Hardbody, Super Stock, Modified and NEO on Saturday.   There will also be trophies awarded for the podium positions in all classes.  So clean up your gear and "get ready to rumble"!

Katz Spa Ring - First Race of 2012 in So Cal...

HO racing in 2012 will start off the year in style with the first big So Cal race being held this January 21st on the world famous Katz Spa Ring (KSR). Most people know the story (click here if you don't) of this amazing HO Slot car track, but very few outside of the San Francisco Bay Area have ever had a chance to race on it. The KSR is now located in Southern California at slot track builder Brad Bowman's place in Escondido. This video footage is from the first So Cal gathering that Brad held this past August. As you can see the KSR an is awesome and unique track with great rhythm and is a blast to drive.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE KSR VIDEOS

The KSR: Our HO Racing dream has come true!

It started out as So Cal gossip, then it became a rumor, and it is now a fact that our HO Slot Car Racing dream has come true!

The World Famous KATZ-SPA-RING is now up and running in Southern California.  At 33 feet long by 10 feet wide it is one of the largest HO Slot car tracks ever built.  And considering the high level of craftmanship, realism, and detail, it is most likely the GREATEST HO SLOT CAR TRACK IN THE WORLD.   Lucky us, cause this wonder of a slot track is now located only 30 miles north of San Diego in the town of Escondido, CA.

"Click photo to enlarge"

Yep, Brad Bowman and some fellow HO racers put in a ton of hard work to move this amazing track 500 miles, reassemble it, and bring it back to life! 

And now the for the VERY BEST NEWS:  Brad is hosting the first race on the KSR at it's new home this coming Saturday August 6, 2011.

Some of you may not know the cool and amazing, yet sad story behind the Katz-Spa-Ring. If you don't you may want to check out this video below. (The original copy of this video was taken off You Tube due to some kind of legal B.S..  But this copy is from Japan, so I guess they can't sue em over there!)

RACING THIS SATURDAY

"Run what you brung", but nothing faster than a Super Stock.
Track opens at 10 AM - Mickey's IROC races start around 2 PM

AUGUST 6, 2011

BRAD BOWMAN'S

KATZ-SPA-RING

1028 Gamble Lane, Escondido, CA
"click for map"



"Click photo to enlarge"



Katz Spa Ring (Giant HO Slot Car Track) ... The Original KSR Video

Some of you may not know the cool and amazing, yet sad story behind the Katz-Spa-Ring.

Unfortunately, the original copy of this video was taken off "You Tube" due to some kind of politics or legal B.S. But this copy is from Japan, so I guess they can't sue 'em over there!

Click here for another post (with video) about the Katz Spa Ring

T-JET Race Party at Carl Tinucci's - BYOB & Controller

I.R.O.C. - E - QUE

T-Jet Race Party

This Saturday at Carl's

Okay Race Dudes - It's been a pretty quiet (and cool) summer, but now it's time to get back to racing and having fun. So BYOB and C (Bring your own Beer and Controller) cause it's time to party.