Drag Racing Slot Cars

[Bugman]

heres my winter hobby , it all started back in 1990 while working for Jegs high performance in columbus , we got bored and couldnt race or go to the races in the winter time , we found out about this place that raced slot cars and had a
1/8th mile drag strip (scale @27ft long ). so one of my buddies went over , got hooked and bought some cars ,,and as they say the rest is history
this is where i got the nickname of Bugman ,, when they would call my name they got tired of saying my whole nameso they just yelled bugman ,,since i always had a volkswagen race car ,,ok well actually thats usally all i had , i would build a different car for certain classes , but the other cars were limitied to their use ,,,here are some pictures of this past weekend at a new track here in columbus , at the next race i will take some pictures of the actual track and some racing action ,most of my cars 9with the exception of the busses ) run the 1/8th mile in under 3/4 of a second ..on the 1/4 mile tracks they usally run from 1.o to 1.5 seconds
all the cars are 1/24th or 1/25 scale , and either a model car body or a clear lexan body thats painted from underneath ,chassis are made of steel wire and some use a stamped steel lasor cut chasis , ,, its a fun thing i do in the cold months ,
the picture of my ghia and the pontiac is from the winners circle yesterday , i ended up winning the class ,,

[Bugman]

and the red and white beetle with the hood scoop is a car i built way back in the early 90's the track owner bought it from me way back then and still races it and still loves the car !

[Bugman]

heres some better shots of a couple that were blurry

[Bugman]

oops here they are

[Growler]

Jerry, you gotta tell me where you go for this.. sounds like fun!

[Bugman]

my buddy and his kid just opened a track behind his house out on morse road , just past babbit rd , he races on saturdays and ocassionally on sundays ,, were off this week coming , and will race on the following saturday

i use to have a gti slot car , had 2 accually and 1 was a front wheel drive ,, you would of loved it

if you get up this way next weekend , drop by and ill show you the cars .. we were gonna get together and test some cars saturday , let me know if your interested i will rent you one of mine

[Bugman]

heres some more pics of my cars ,,

[FineExampl]

This is twice in the same month i've stumbled on something relating to slot cars. WHere the heck mine went, i don;t know. it was a silver/gray beetle.

[FineExampl]

this is precisely the model i had.
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Parma-Womp-V...3286.m20.l1116

[Bugman]

yeah i have seen those , those are mostly used on the round tracks ,,
we use the 1/24th scale stuff , there are rules and stuff on what you can and cant have ,, its basiclly like the NHRA ,,just smaller ,, break a motor in these ,, you throw it in the tool box and grab another or take it home ,,no need for a big expensive tow rig or trailer ,,

[Ghia_Roadster]

what are they made out of and what kind of chassis does it sit on? see ya at funfest this year? or try and see ya this time...

[Bugman]

heres some shots of the chassis and interior , i was building these cars for a fellow racer this week, you know they cant be my cars since they are not VW'S

[bigsexyTDI]

Holy crap that Coronet is HOTTT!

[Bugman]

its getting an interior and a motor today for a maiden voyage ,,

[DiggerBird]

Hey Bugman, this is Mark Birdsell, hows it going. Ran down at Marks a couple of weeks ago, got down to six cars with the wagon. Hope to see ya soon.

Later,
Bird