IHSR 2013-2014 Race 1: New Season, New Rules at Le Circuit de la Vache Volante
On October 5, a stunning group of extraordinarily talented slot car racers assembled at The Flying Cow International Raceway for the first race of the 2013-2014 IHSR season. It is on that premise...
View ArticleIHSR 2013-2014 Race 2: Zombies at Der Frederikring?
Saturday, October 26, dawned bright and clear, with little indication of the nefarious activities that would commence later that morning in Mechanicsburg, PA. Despite the best efforts of the various...
View ArticleIHSR 2013-2014 Race 3: Minor Turnout, Major Fun at the Abingdon Glen
Just one week after Race 2 at Nils' Frederikring, the hardiest of the IHSR gang trekked to Rick G.'s Abingdon Glen circuit to continue our never-ending quest to be The Fastest of the Fast.Once we were...
View ArticleIHSR 2013-2014 Race 4: Breaking In A Brand-New Track!
As we've seen in other posts, Ron K. has been building a new track, with design assistance from Jim and construction assistance from Sherm and Keith. On Saturday, November 16, several of us convened...
View ArticleIHSR 2013-2014 Race 5: Silent Turn Marshalls and a Deep Guide Mystery at Al's
Ever-anxious to feed our collective Slot Car Racing Jones, a gang of us assembled at Al S.'s house in Baltimore for the fifth race of the new IHSR season. Several stalwarts such as Nils, Sherm, Ron,...
View ArticleIHSR 2013-2014 Race No. 6: The Flying Cow Welcomes Happy, Grumpy, and (of...
As we assembled for the Almost Christmas Eve race at The Flying Cow International Raceway, we couldn't help noting that the sixth race of the fledgling season was already upon us. We had a strong...
View ArticleIHSR 2013-2014 Race No. 7: Return to the Ring
Despite snow and rotten cold temperatures, a hardy band of crazed slot car racers ventured to Ron's house in Rockville to give "The Ring" another try. As we learned from Race No. 4, this new track...
View ArticleIHSR 2013-2014 Race No. 8: Unmatched Chicanery at Den Frederikring!
Chi • ca • nery \-ˈkān-rē, -ˈkā-nə-\Deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : TRICKERYA piece of sharp practice (as at law) : TRICKUse of a narrow section of an automobile racetrack to foil...
View ArticleIHSR 2013-2014 Race No. 9: Crashing and Burning in the Fires of Hellanbach!
Braving cold temperatures and the unknown wilds of West Virginia, a sizable group of us dared to return to Hellanbach Raceway on March 1. Larry and son Steven had been busily charging the automobile...
View ArticleIHSR 2013-2014 Race No. 10: The New Glen Emerges from the Blizzard
As one or two of the more alert IHSR racers will remember, Sherm’s original race date had to be rescheduled on account of Grievous Amounts o’ Snow. The good news was that, on the make-up date of...
View ArticleIHSR 2013-2014 Race No. 11: International Competition at the New Glen
On April 12, we returned to Chambersburg, PA for another round of racing at the New Glen. The vagaries of this past winter resulted in back-to-back races at the Good Doctor's ever-challenging track....
View ArticleUnsanctioned Event in Rockville
I suspect that Rick's camera may have been lost in this incident during Group 5 practice.A good time was had by all!
View ArticleIHSR 2013-2014 Race No. 12: Sherman Marches on Pennsylvania and Burns the...
As usual, the finale of the IHSR racing season brought a sizable turnout to the Flying Cow International Speedway in rural New Freedom, Pennsylvania. Ron and Nils couldn’t make it, unfortunately, and...
View ArticleIHSR 2014-2015 Race No. 1: The Fun Commences at the New Glen
After a long, hot, boring summer that was virtually bereft of slot car racing (and donuts), an eager collection of automobile aficionados got together at The New Glen on October 4. Sherm welcomed us...
View ArticleIHSR 2014-2015 Race No. 2: The Rebirth of Piste Martini (or 'Al-o-ween...
As evidenced elsewhere on this forum, we've all been following Keith's progress on disassembling, moving, reassembling, lengthening, and landscaping Al S.'s venerable Piste Martini slot car track....
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