Funny Motorsport Videos...

[breakaway500]

I think I'd require protective gear... ....

[Stynger]

For those that like slot cars, the mother of all slot car facilities is in Ashland MA. Modelville hobby opened a new place this year that has 3 huge tracks. They bought and refurbished 2 tracks and moved one that they had from there old location. I used to take my son a few years back to there old location. It was a hoot as the modern cars are blindingly fast.
Chris

+1

Spent many an hour at the original Modelville in Framingham as a kid.
Stopped in at Ashland last year, brought back many memorys. I'm really afraid to get involved, I know what would happen.

http://www.modelvillehobby.com/

[Chrispy]

No where near as fast but we used to have a blast with our Scalelextric tracks and cars at home as a kid. Picked up a suitcase full of track for $20 that allowed us to get pretty creative (the stuff new was incredibly expensive). The "Daytona" track burnt out a few motors though Would have been fun to have access to track maps and build replica's of road racing tracks.

[grovefromnh]

Back in the 70s, COM members built a slotcar track that replicated the Bryar Motorsports Park that we raced on. It was part of the COM booth at the Boston Racerama Show, which won 'best club display 'multiple times. The track was built to scale with all the elevation changes and banked turns of the real track.

[MiataSteve]

not a vid....LOL!

[Mick]

Haha, that should go into the classroom materials.

[TroyV]

Exactly....see how the dog with ABS is closer to being wet than the dog without?

[Chrispy]

Exactly....see how the dog with ABS is closer to being wet than the dog without?

Yes, but he badly flat-spotted his paws.

[breakaway500]

Affordable toterhome...

[Chrispy]

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[paultg]

I can see it, it's pretty damn funny (and scary).

[TroyV]

http://www.zazzle.com/beginner_driver_b ... 9636072678

A beginner in what? Automotive A/C solutions?

[cfossum]

http://www.zazzle.com/beginner_driver_b ... 9636072678

A beginner in what? Automotive A/C solutions?

How the heck did you find that???

[TroyV]

A lot of ricer punks in my neighborhood have that sticker on their cars. I assume this is because the symbol appears in the Gran Turismo video game series. I wondered what it was so I looked it up a long time ago. In track terms, it is the equivalent of our three stripes. I sort of look at those folks as the same type that go to the tattoo parlor to get an Asian language based character on their arm, but don't know what it means....until someone who knows the language asks "So, why did you choose to write "douchebag" on your arm?".

[dradernh]

For those that like slot cars, the mother of all slot car facilities is in Ashland MA. Modelville hobby opened a new place this year that has 3 huge tracks. They bought and refurbished 2 tracks and moved one that they had from there old location. I used to take my son a few years back to there old location. It was a hoot as the modern cars are blindingly fast.
Chris

Modelville's Purple Mile track was my local track when I was in high school in San Francisco. Small world.