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Staging is pretty easy if you have a mild to moderate motor. If you have a super high RPM motor then it becomes a bit more difficult because moving the car up becomes a bit jerkier. Then you think it ends there but we have yet another wrench we throw at you. Once the first person stages the second guy only has four seconds to stage as well. If the second guy rushes up to far and trips the red light he fouls out. If he does not stage by the time the tree starts he fouls out as well. So you can see that even before the light turns green all the mind games and strategy that comes into play. It's an absolute blast and people are having a great time racing here.

BTW, does anyone know where I can get more of the type of wheels and tires that are shown on the cars? I got these on ebay but I have not been able to find more of them or different versions of them.

sunococamaro9 wrote:

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I was wondering if any one else on here had an interest in slot car drag racing. There is a commersal drag strip in my area. We race 1.190, 1.090, .990, .890 index with a pro tree and open bracket with .500 tree.

Here are just some of the cars we have been racing with:



This is my dads mostly scratch build 32 Ford, it was built from reference photos in Hot Rod Deluxe magazine. It runs 1.190 index



This is my 66 Chevelle Wagon, it has a hard plastic half tray interior and also runs 1.190 index



My Gran National that needs a wax job.



And this is my 66 Cuda that I won open bracket with Saturday night, it dials in at 1.135


All the cars in those photos have real basic Pro Slot 16d bag motors. A 16d with an American wound armature makes for a good .990 motor.


What seems to be popular right now (and is winning 1.090 index almost every week) are cars with the Parma Edge chassis, that that 7 Flying Duchmens 57 and Vdub are built on. I have a 69 Cutlass on that chassis, and that car runs with in a few hundredths of 1.090 every time it goes down the track. Its a good chassis for a smooth track.

Those are super nice Sonoco!! Too bad your not in my neck of the woods, I'd love to see those race here. I love the Cuda, GO MOPAR!!
Here are some clearer pictures as of late. BTW, these two run neck and neck and your right, these edge chassis are great!

What's funny is that many people thought that slowing them way down would be really lame when in fact it was quite the opposite. Now you actually have time to cheer them on as the cars are going instead of the race being over in the blink of an eye and trying to figure out what had happened after the race is done.
I don't mean to say the other more common way is bad in anyway, it's just way too fast for me to keep up with.