Season 4 of Motorz TV will get a slew of changes to improve upon an already successful franchise. One of the biggest changes is a partnership with the Sears Blue Tool Crew that Motorz TV Host Chris Duke will be tools featured and used on the show. To kick off this exciting announcement you could [...] Read the rest of this entry »
A short video of a night of racing with my friends, we put the Carrera classic 1/24 cars shod with Ortmann tires on a wood track. Read the rest of this entry »
2008 FIA GT2 Champion Gianmaria Bruni took the overall pole position for the 2010 Total 24 Hours of Spa in the AF Corse ALD Team Vitaphone Ferrai 430. On a drying track the second of the three qualifying sessions proved to the deciding factor, with Bruni setting a best lap of 2m22.403. The time was just 0.146 seconds faster than Dirk Werner’s best in the BMW Motorsport BMW M3, his lap of 2m22.549 proving to be the best in the GTN Class and good enough for a front row start. The third place went to the nr50 Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS, with Marcel Fssler posting a 2m22.807 lap and will line up on the second row alongside the nr51 Phoenix Racing Audi. The GT4 class pole went to the RJN Motorsport Nissan 370Z of Alex Buncombe who set the best time in the final third session.
The Cat in the Hat, better known as Jack Roush and owner of Roush-Fenway Racing and respected Ford Mustang guru crashed his Raytheon Beechcraft Premier 390 at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin Tuesday night. Witnesses said that Roush apparently approached too low and too slow, causing the nose of the plane to hit the [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Ninco’s September releases.
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In what seems like an eternity, Ford has finally pulled the wraps off their secret theyve been taunting consumers with for the past few months. Teaser shots, vague information posts, contests theyve all been used in a social media campaign to drum up excitement for what could be Fords biggest premier under the watchful [...] Read the rest of this entry »
As Ford gets ready to shutter the Mercury brand, it is not going to come cheap. Ford has estimated that it will cost in the neighborhood of $500 million to put the brand in its final resting place. Of course this means buying out Mercury dealers that have signed termination agreements based on their sales [...] Read the rest of this entry »
There are certain movies that grab the attention of car fans and slot car fans “LeMans” is one of those enduring movies that comes up during any conversation about movies that slotters love and watch regularly. “Love the Beast” a documentary by actor Eric Bana is a movie that I think will be included in future conversations. To say Bana is a car guy is an understatement. He’s owned the Ford Falcon XB since he was a teenager, and since then he’s loved that car and raced it with his buddies. Over the years Bana has built, raced, rebuilt, etc that car many times. He’s had the good sense to keep the car and not gotten rid of it as he’s gone on with his life… sadly I’m sure there are many of us who used to own a truly cool car should have kept their first (car) love.
Falken Tires Porsche RSR driver and Porsche factory driver Wolf Henzler talks about racing slots as a kid… and he’s planning to get that box of slots out when he gets back home in Germany and race those slots again! Read the rest of this entry »
July 24, 2010 Lakeville, Conn. Patrick Long and Joerg Bergmeister battled debilitating heat and grueling traffic at today’s Northeast Grand Prix to take the GT class win and retake the championship lead. This was Bergmeister’s fifth consecutive win at Lime Rock, fourth with the Lizards and third together with Long. It’s the duo’s third win this year. In the No. 44 Porsche, Darren Law and Seth Neiman finished a strong seventh in the thirteen-car GT field.