Zipper Top at Smith Scale Speedway

[reek455]

[sixtiesracer]

I'm glad the problem was fixed :clap: .It was a shame that it didn't run better at SCC :cry: .THAT BABY HAULS NOW !!

[smithspeedway]

We will be live tweeting race updates on Wednesday 8/21, beginning at 6PM Eastern time. To tune in, follow us https://twitter.com/smithspeedway. Alternatively, go to http://slotcarhotrod.com and watch the Twitter feed there.

Proxy drivers will be:
Gawain Smith
Larry Swift
Jim Rhodes
Ralph Falanga
Steve Smith
Adele Smith

Race Director Jessica Ross will be providing live updates, and posting heat winners as the night goes on.

[smithspeedway]

Warmups will begin at 6PM EST this evening. We anticipate going green with the first group at 6:15PM. The cars will be run in batches of 5. That gives each driver a one heat break as we rotate through the lanes. We have two backup drivers ready as well.

The Drivers

Steve Smith - Steve has raced slot cars for over 20 years, with multiple championships at 4 tracks. Most recently, Steve has won two Bomber championships at Smith Scale Speedway.

Larry Swift - Larry has raced competitively for 15 years, with too many championships to list here. Larry won the ARCA championship in 2012 at our track, and is a consistent top 3 driver in all of our plastic chassis divisions, with wins in all.

Jeremy Blood - Jeremy has only raced for a few years, but already has several championships in a variety of divisions. Jeremy has multiple wins in plastic chassis cars.

Jim Rhodes - A local short track racer, Jim is new to slot racing. Despite that, Jim recently won our ProStock division, and won a Bomber championship last year.

Megan Blood - Megan is relatively new to slot racing, but still won our 2012 Street Car division. These cars are similar in configuration to the Zipper cars.

Ralph Falanga - Ralph has raced for decades, and has been an up and comer on our oval. Ralph has a lot of experience with plastic chassis cars.

Adele Smith - Adele is the only driver at our track to ever win a race with a stock plastic vintage NASCAR. She piloted a 67 Fairlane (Andretti livery) to a win in our old Street Stock division. Since then, Adele has had multiple wins in our Street division. Adele will be helping with race direction, media, and available to sub for drivers as necessary.

Gawain Smith - This ten year old routinely beats many of the adult drivers and has several wins in two divisions. In the second segment of this year, Gawain placed in the top 4 in points in each of the three divisions that he raced in.

Our Race Director:

Jessica Ross has been running races here for over three years. Having experience at the helm makes the races smoother, and protects the integrity of the results.

[smithspeedway]

Countdown to green!

We are a little over 2.5 hours from going green in today's Zipper Top Proxy race. Our race coverage will include:

Live tweets of green, cautions, and leader board after each heat.
Photos of the race, including wrecks.

If we can get the camera running, we'll also have in-car footage uploaded over the weekend.

Thanks to HRW and all the racers who made this event possible.

[smithspeedway]

The first group up will be:

Hogan Racing 22
Fumey 9
DCS 26
Guy 34
HRW 43

[HomeRacingWorld]

Looks like Fumey is the one to beat again :)

[smithspeedway]

Thanks to everyone who sent a car. We had a great time racing them. We'll post a full race recap tomorrow. In the meanwhile, here are the results:



If you're interested in how the cars did in each lane, you can download our race sheets at:

http://slotcarhotrod.com/Results/Zipper1.xls
http://slotcarhotrod.com/Results/Zipper2.xls
http://slotcarhotrod.com/Results/Zipper3.xls

[HomeRacingWorld]

Thanks for the update and the hard work doing this!

[Derby City Speedway]

Super coverage Steve, very cool the way you made all interesting trackside decorations with the cars..
Thanks to all the hosts for your time and effort. When I get home in the AM I will add these results to the tally, and post the finishing order. Thanks to all the participants for taking time to build a car for this series. There will be a few changes in the next one.

[hotrodlarry]

This was a great event to participate in. Glad I could be a part of it. I was able to get some pictures during the race and I'll try to post them tomorrow.

[reek455]

A big thanks to Steve and the gang on a superb job of organizing, running and reporting this round. Even though I choose to not participate in Facebook or Twitter I was able to follow the updates on the link given. Unfortunately I had to leave just when my car got on the track so I missed most that part of the reporting. Happy to be mid pack in what appeared to be some very spirited racing.

Thanks again
Rico

[Fumey]

Wow ,what a production ! Thanks for all your efforts and a great race !

[hotrodlarry]

[hotrodlarry]