Hi, some of you may have seen this i'm not sure i thought it was pretty cool and interesting, this is what staying awake late at night in search engines looking for slot stuff,lol. To much coffee for me.

Hope everyone enjoys, thanks, Shon:thumbsup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBOgeZ2Bo5c

Also found this may be useful for some of us guys.

http://www.supervipersystems.com/VargoSpeedway/hofaq.htm

http://www.indoormotorsports.com/shop/?cart=78466&cat=21&

And a few good pictures i found.

wow the hanson bros.
taking a little r&r from beating the brains out of some nhl dudes
http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/attachment.php?attachmentid=73108&d=1231312252

wow the hanson bros.
taking a little r&r from beating the brains out of some nhl dudes
http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/attachment.php?attachmentid=73108&d=1231312252


Looks like they all had the same eyeglass prescription. :eek: rr

Any idea what brand the track is in the batman pic? It looks like 4 lane track.
I used to see Jeff ( an electrcian now) from the Slap Shot movie almost every day at the supply house I worked at in Muskegon MI, waited on him many times before I found out he was in the movie.

I haven't thought about the Carlsons (Hansons) for a while now. I still remember in college when Mike their brother told us his brothers were going to be in a movie with Paul Newman. We told him he was full of Sh*t. Turned out the Virginia Mn. movie star connection was alive and well. Don't know if the slot car scenes helped or hurt the hobby. I guess most any exposure is good. Right?

I believe the Hanson Brothers were wearing slotcar racing glasses... These were on the market long before the slotcar racing goggles came about.. The glasses made 1/43 cars look like 1/24th scale, but only had a range of about 7 feet, where as the new racing goggles make HO scale cars look like 1/24th and had a range of 20+ feet...

Rumor has it, all three of these dudes forgot to take their racing glasses off on a snack and soda run and were noticed by a Hollywood casting agent at their local 7/11. The glasses became part of their "image" and history was made.... On a humorous side note, they thought they were buying "huge bottles of soda" and the "biggest bags of Fritos" they had ever seen..."and at regular price!!!!!" I hope you realize I'm kidding...right??

go to the faq page see what they look like now!

http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=1&q=http://www.hansonbrothers.net/&ei=dDplSbjcBpCw8ASZucDaCQ&usg=AFQjCNGP5n-Eh_hr-lNTSTYuASCCS6X5yA

go to the faq page see what they look like now!

http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=1&q=http://www.hansonbrothers.net/&ei=dDplSbjcBpCw8ASZucDaCQ&usg=AFQjCNGP5n-Eh_hr-lNTSTYuASCCS6X5yA

lol,dont look like they changed much, but maybe got a new script for there glasses,lol.:thumbsup:

Pretty cool obscure info. Thanks!