I went by an old hobby shop the other day to leave some flyers for our racing club. I ran into a guy that has been racing at a local 24th scale track that told me about a couple of HO scale stuff going on. Turns out, one of the names I recognized and haven't seen him in years. He gave me his phone number and I called the guy. We are racing at his place this Friday! There may soon be a four track HO league down here in Texas, at least in the Dallas area. Hey, maybe we could start some national league with different divisions and stuff! We could have a playoff leading to a national title, like the BCS! We could even have a swap meet, with out Ebays permission! I could be getting ahead of myself, but things sure are looking good. Any racers in Oklahoma?

Rich :rolleyes:

www.myspace.com/northtexasslotcars

:thumbsup:Lot's has happened the past couple of weeks since that phone call. Last weekend Larry and I went to Carrolton and raced on Dan's Maxx track. They layed out a Gjet Iroc class so we could get familiar with their cars and the track. We ran one round per race and the competition was close. We met a guy named Boz, who drove over 60 miles each week to come race there, and 'The General', a wealth of knowledge, racing since the early sixties, he really has seen it all. They wanted to come over to Larry's track and run an event there.
The next week, I met a guy on ebay. He had a collection and a track for sale and left his number in the add. Location was Waxahachie, not real close, but still in the Dallas area. I called him and found out he had been racing and collecting for years. He and his friends had thought they were the only ones interested in HO slot car racing in Texas. I invited them for our race in Forney at Larry's track.
Everyone showed up. Racers from Garland, Carrolton, Wylie, Forney, Waxahachie, and Allen! What a night! We raced four big races and had a blast. Two more tracks are in the works, a new track in Wylie, and a 21st Century routed track in Dallas. All of these tracks have their own character. We hope to start a series soon!

Pics from last night are on www.myspace.com/northtexasslotcars

Rich :thumbsup:

Well, it's been a while since my last post in this thread, so, here's some pics and some info.

Larry's first track in Combine, TX back in 1995. Tyco track. Pretty much where it all started for Larry, Jim, Ben and myself.
http://a238.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/21/l_8b047864acc95441524bc278047d4f95.jpg


Larry's track in Forney, TX. Tomy track. This is where we have raced the last few years.
http://a466.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/84/l_86e2fcceca04f7993722564c49777429.jpg

Dan's track at Mike's Hobbies in Carrolton, TX. Max Track. Most of our races are now run here.
http://a922.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/99/l_eb45dbcc0e9cc13d03d0e69d98fdfc49.jpg

Lonnie's tracks in Waxahachie, TX. Tomy Track. Still waiting to set up the computer for the road courses. He now has a drag strip!
http://a890.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/52/l_8019d0cef5df650eeae75624dd84d821.jpg
http://a434.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/42/l_f32ae4323618285498b2dbc65a191ad9.jpg

My tracks in Garland, TX. Tomy Track. These have been slightly reconfigured. I have big plans for the scenery.
http://a197.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/128/l_9deafa133c6571ef0dc65060432a428c.jpg

Dallas Slot Cars. 21st Century Track. I think this track belongs to Kyle. We haven't raced there yet.
http://dallasslotcars.com/images/480_ho_1.JPG

The track in Wylie, TX is on hold for now.

Boz went to California, LA area, and picked up a 4 lane Max Track. I think it was used in Fray racing. We raced on it a couple of weeks ago. No pics yet.

That's the update! Things are rolling along with enough tracks around for everyone.
Coach, can you post up some pics of your track? Maybe we can make it out there to race on it one day.

Rich
www.myspace.com/northtexasslotcars :thumbsup:

Absolutely a great bunch of tracks to race on.Have fun guys!!!:thumbsup:

Need to get some of those tracks down in South Texas - Houston area - now. We have one 1/24 track on the West side in Houston and one 1/32 and an occassional 1/24 track on the Northwest side of town not too far from where I live. As far as I know, no HO tracks here. The Northwest track had talked about putting one in so that they would have one of each - HO, 1/32, and 1/24 - but as far as I know it did not happen.

PD2:thumbsup:

That's a great group of tracks, Rich. Proves the saying that "everything's big in Texas". In this case, it's the number and quality of the tracks! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Rich , those are some awesome looking tracks ! I'll bet they are a lot of fun to race on .Keep us updated on your scenery details too.

Rich,

Great tracks and lots of fun in Texas...yeah! Very K:cool::cool:L!

Bob...nice to see you racing along...zilla

It looks like you giys have put together a great local "slot car racing scene". Nice job!!

Phred

And here I thought Dallas was kinda a dull little town... Nice looking series taking shape!

Hello Rich, I am moving to Lawton Oklahoma early February and I love to race HO. I found your post asking about racers in Oklahoma. It may be a minute until I can get setup again, but I have the equipment to setup the Glendale 50 raceway, found on Gregory Braun's website (hoslotcarracing.com). The bad news is I will have to setup in the garage this time. I will have a single bay of a two car garage to work with. I know the summer will be tough, but I hope with ceiling fans and floor fans, it will work out. Let me know what you think. The DFW area is a little far to travel for a single night of racing because of the job, but who knows. Please let me know what kind of response you got about racers in Oklahoma. Thanks.

Wow, if we could get some more going on here in Abilene Texas, that would be great too. We could run for the state championship.
Russell