Palmer Divide Raceways getting ready for a VIP!

[dreinecke]

All the way from the Aloha State and fresh off his winning the first leg of the 2016 Trans-Am Proxy Race - our very own Aloha will be stopping by the PDR tomorrow evening to school me on how to tune a Trans-Am Car!

I am really looking forward to meeting Dale and since I still have the proxy cars here he stands a very strong chance of beating me on my own track!

Race report and photos to come!

[arroldn]

Sounds like a fun time.

[HomeRacingWorld]

Celebrity visits are always fun. I feel that way when you guys show up here.

Enjoy the fun and write down those speed secrets, we need all the help we can get.

[nhdungeonracer]

So let me get this straight...

You have someone from Hawaii....
Coming to Denver....

In the middle of winter??? :think:

What is wrong with him? :lol:

But have fun just the same, and don't forget pictures... :D

[dreinecke]

[dreinecke]

I picked up Dale from his hotel in downtown Denver yesterday and we navigated the traffic back to La Casa de RMS. Unbeknownst to me, he came bearing gifts - macadamia chocolates for the wife (well, she says BOTH boxes are hers...) and some great tuning boxes and a few nice items for me. Listen; if you come to visit and bring stuff - I'll let you play all night long - and we did, quitting around 11pm I think (Dale was fine, I needed my beauty sleep - not that it helped).

We played, we looked at cars, we tested a few of his cars he brought, and he even got to run his Proxy car on the PDR. I think he said the track was ok and I know he took a few pictures. I only took a few as we talked about so many topics I couldn't manage to run my mouth, drive and photograph all at the same time. I am really going to have to work on that... We ran Slot.it Audi's, a few other Can-Am cars, and obviously some Trans-Am cars. We had some door-to-door action with the Scalextric Cougars I'd tuned. I have to admit: as good as mine are, his tuning skills are so good I was almost embarrassed to let him try them.

He's got an amazing amount of tuning experience as well as real-life experiences that were fascinating. He is also a contributor (as is our own Harry W!) to the Slot Cars Magazine and that was a great discussion.

The most comical part of the evening: I'd forgotten he comes from a climate of 75% humidity...we have about 31% at any given time. Running around in the basement in our bare socks, he kept getting the heck shocked out of him everytime he touched the tape on the track. We were both laughing, but I'm pretty sure his hair was curled by the end of the night.

I love having visitors and it was just an excellent night with a new friend. Thanks for coming over Dale!

Dale probably laughing at my driving skills:


I think he is planning on cleaning up the Can-Am Proxy with this baby - WOW is it smooth!


Fiddling with his 4WD Slot.it


The one action shot I got!


This is what is in the back window of his proxy car. He gets a Hawaiian flag or license plate on all of his builds somewhere.

[Broman62]