Hootersville was built on 4 tables that were 6.5 feet X 4 feet bolted together for a 16' X 6.5' racing surface. On it was 130 feet of Carrera track that was landscaped and lighted with power taps every 4 feet fed from a variable power supply using using professor something controllers. Fully landscaped with rolling hills, 3 dozen trees, lots of bushes and rocks with an overpass barely tall enough to allow the high wing of a Daytona Charger to pass under. The coolest part were the racing walls used at the end of the long straight and in the carousel. I wanted the walls to look like they were built into the earth so I shaped styrofoam and molded cheesecloth up to the wall and landscaped it using real dirt mixed with thinned elmer's glue into a mud glue to form the road worn shoulders of the road.
Growing up, my brother and I were road course crazy and spent a lot of time at Summit Point Raceway in West Virginia. Who knew 30 years later it would be my inspiration for a home race course. Maybe the most fun I had was building the track...my roots are modeling and humbly, i never lost that knack for detail.
For many years, my son and I raced on Hootersville but most recently the track has succumbed to dust and a storage both under and carefully placed items on top. My son is 18 now and off to college in August and while he didn't really want me to tear it down and while I understand his reasons...a higher power has signed the demolition papers (my wife).
Enjoy the pictures:
