Recent posts at 1 Lap Short

There are a number of new articles posted on 1 Lap Short A Slot Car Blog.

Pacific Coast Hobbies has re-joined the SoCal USRA and there is a report from the race held there in June, while there is also a review of their large Kingleman track.

There are some links to a pretty interesting Luna Rover Slotcar :

This thing is no joke, and is actually a 1/32nd scale replica, and a is a limited edition model restricted to 3000 pieces.

Each year the USRA holds an annual Slotcar Nationals and here are some links to reports form the 2007 event.

If top line slotcar racing is what you are looking for then check out these videos from the 2007 Wing World Championships.

Racing News and Views

Racing Views has posted a number of new stories, including I Drove like wuss, which was Denny Hamlin commenting right after winning his latest NASCAR Cup Race. Also in other NASCAR news, Tony Eury Sr has announced that he has left DEI.

In another two part NASCAR series Where is your crew chief and NASCAR makes a move on suspended crew chiefs make some good reading.

In Formula One news there is McLaren trying to keep the peace between Alonso and Hamilton, The Pope saves Robert Kubica, and Lewis Hamilton is apparently seeing a pay rise now that he has achieved overnight super star staus.

Meanwhile over in Champcar land we have Robert Doornbos and the Minardi team winning their first race.

Visit Uncle Kals Slot Car Raceway

Unce Kals Slot Car Raceway is the only slot car raceway in the San Gabriel Valley near Los Angeles.

Right now unfortunately Uncle Kals is closed, but hopefully in the near future it will be re-opening as it was one of the coolest slot car raceways found anywhere.

When Uncle Kals was open it was the ultimate in Slot Car Raceways with 3 huge 1/24th scale tracks.

You can sign up on the website to be notified once the raceway has it's plans ready to announce a re-opening.

Racing Views A Cool Site

If you race slotcars, chances are you follow some kind of motorsport. Racing Views is a new motorsport views and opinions website commenting on most of the major auto racing series around the world, including Formula One, Champcar, IRL, Indycar, NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Busch Series, Moto Gp and Superbikes.

The site does not cover every piece of news, but does look between the lines and offer some interesting views on the news.