Fall Season Warm up Race at Dan's

Here in So Cal, it appears that we've gone from a racing drought to a deluge of races in just a few months.  SCHOR will be starting back up this September in Los Angeles, and Dan Cronin is getting the racing going big-time at the CSR in Escondido.  Dan will be hosting a serious race on his all new Scorpion "Stinger" track this coming August 27th.  There will be fast and furious racing in 5 classes including  Tyco 10 volt, Tyco Modified along with 3 SCHOR classes: Hardbody, Super Stock, and Modified.

"The Stinger"

Track will open at 8 am, Racing starts around Noon.

Saturday August 27th
FALL SEASON - WARM UP RACE
Dan Cronin's CSR Raceway
(4x14 Custom - Scorpion "Stinger")
  MODIFIED, SUPER STOCK, HARDBODY, TYCO 10V & MOD

327 Brotherton Square  Escondido, CA 92025 (760) 580-7533


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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.

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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
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Jim Williams: SCHOR's "Mister Concours"

Aston Martin LMP LeMans



SCHOR is fortunate to count a lot of very talented racers on it's roster.  Not only are there a lot of good drivers and racers, but over the years there have been a number of members who have made significant contributions to the overall HO racing scene, and there have also been some seriously talented individuals  In this case I am referring to Jim "Mr. Concours" Williams.  Jim is a fast and serious HO slot racer who is almost always in contention for the win, but his true claim to fame are his talents when it comes to taking a clear lexan body and adding decals, paint and a good airbrush. 



Jim is all about the details

We don't call him "Mr Coucours" for nothin'.  Jim is a multi National Concours Champion.  He has won numerous national awards at HOPRA, UFHORA, HOPAC, and SCHOR Championships.  We here at SCHOR are very proud to have such a talented artist on our crew.  So in an effort to spruce up this blog a bit, there will a number of future postings of Jim's work, so that the rest of the Slot car world can get a glimpse of some of the amazing "Slot Car Art" that we see at every SCHOR race.   Cheers to Mr. Coucours!  

Audi R8 LeMans



 

So Cal HO Slot Racing is back on Track/s...

HO track drought ends...

Well it actually never really left!  So... after a brief shortage of places to race HO in Southern California.  I am officially announcing here and now that the So Cal HO Track racing drought is officially over!  Yep, and that's because we now have yet ANOTHER brand new track in So Cal, and this one is definitely for SCHOR type magnet racing.  New SCHOR racer Dan Cronin has stepped up to the plate with this brand new awesome version of a classic HO Scorpion track that he calls "The Stinger".  This sweet and fast 4'x14' four lane number is the most recent product of the dynamic HO track creation duo of Scott Dunlap and Ty Brittain

"The Stinger"

Racing starts at the end of this month! 

And to kick off the racing on the "Stinger" in style

Saturday July 30th

Dan is having a track-opening and barbeque 

 Track will be available to play on starting at 10 am,
and Dan will start grilling at 1 pm.
Everybody's welcome to drop by and check it out.

  
Dan Cronin's CSR Raceway
(4x14 Custom - Scorpion "Stinger")

327 Brotherton Square  Escondido, CA 92025

Results: SCHOR 2011 Race #6

 OSCAR WINS PRO HARDBODY!



KING "O" HB II 

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Albert           Lenny           Darren          Morris

 Morris Wins again in Rookie Hardbody

Rookie Hardbody Line up

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Bill Katata edges out Ben in Super Stock

Morgan dominates Pro Modified and wins the

NEO "Match Race" with Ben

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The turn out of racers at Eric's wasn't all that large, but the racing and the fun was real big. 

Pro Hardbody:

I'd have to say that the biggest news of the day was Oscar, the "Big O", aka "BugMan", has now accended to the throne and is also know as "The King of Hardbody".  Yep, that's right!  Oscar took an amazingly sweet - John Cukras prepared Mega G, and completely "Kicked Butt" on the entire Pro Hard body field, including the previous reigning hard body monarch, "King Nelson HB I".  It was an awesome sight to see, as Oscar thrust his fist into the air at the end of the final heat. 

Amateur ("Rookie") Hardbody:

We had a complete field of 4 rookie racers so we were able to hold a separate hb race.  After 4 heats of some solid racing, Weldon Morris took over and won the race.  But this was not before he was seriously challenged by new racer Darren Angelo up until his Tomy SRT had gear problems.  Albert Vasquez
and "Lenny Kravitz" Pincus rocked the house and closed close out the field.

SCHOR Super Stock:

The Super Stock Main was definitely the best race of the day featuring four very fast super stock cars.  It was decided at the very end when Morris crashed out and Bill Katata surprised the entire room by zipping past both Morris and Ben in the last 15 seconds to win by a half lap.

SCHOR Pro-Modified:

Morgan was fastest and won the Pro Modified main.  He was running his slick little G3R/T+ Hybrid car.  It was fast, hooked up, and pretty much untouchable.  Ben was followed in second

NEO:

Since there were only 2 entrants for NEO we had a "Match Race".  It was between the two NEO heavyweights Ben and Morgan.  These guys tend to trade places back and forth at the front of most SCHOR NEO races so it was only fitting.   This time Morgan got the win. 

A great and fun Saturday of racing on the fast and fabulous Velocity Dome Bucktrax.  A very big thanks from all of us racers to Eric and his family for their great hospitality.

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Results:

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SCHOR's "Motley Crew"