HAMB Slots 'O' Fun!!!!!!

[wingnutz]

Just got back from Illinois..., locked the front door..., Oh Boy...!!

Had a "Super" Good time slot car racing...! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Great variety of cars from Magnets "Slow winged thing"..., Bobbleeds major Airtime high flying Shoebox, Max wedges sedan and his mini cooper (or was that a Crosley?)! Junkyard dogs Wheelstander, Mr Exotica's Awesome collection of "Very Serious" racecars! Joe's cool 41 Willy's with scale pinstriping! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

I didn't do to bad..., except for the fact my car liked laying on it's back and having it's tummy rubbed!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif It kicked ass in the drags and loved the outside lane on the road course for some Major gaurd rail handling! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Thanks to all who attended and sorry Greg and the other corner guys who got thier hands smashed hands while getting my pig off its back!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Scallop53 brought his son Cole with him (Pro-Driver..., http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif I tried hiring him to race on my team) "Too Pricey"!!!!!

The weather outside was perfect so Nummnuts and Continental John brought thier 32 Sedans and parked them in front of "Dads", Max Wedge and Bobbled arrived in the "Eddie Munster Caddy" Mr Exotica brought his car as well..., so we had our own little show going on!

Hope the pictures turn out...! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Johny Ace..., Thanks for the poster and Mike Zenor for the "Bowling trophy" http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif!!!

Mark

[Hellfish]

Thanks for organizing this Mike Zenor and thanks for the poster Johnny!!!

[Hellfish]

More of Continental John and Numnuts sedans.. not pictured is Mr Exotica's 56 Ford

[Hellfish]

the lineup

[Hellfish]

more

[Hellfish]

my Willys dubbed "Gives Me The Willys". I stayed up til 4am working on it... like a real car... and it broke down ... like a real car!

[Hellfish]

Dad's Slot Cars' Official Fair Way to Start a Slot Car Race (tm)

[Hellfish]

JunkyardDog's homebuilt death rod... it won best car and Most Spectacular Wreck because it lost the most pieces!

[Hellfish]

HAMBers. Not shown are Numnut, the Official HAMB Slot Cars of Doom Cameraman (tm), Bobbleed, Sparky, Greg, and Scallop52(?) (did I miss anyone?)

[Hellfish]

and the race!

[Hellfish]

DOOM!

[Hellfish]

more!

[Hellfish]

surprisingly, there was no Slot Car Girl, no Queen of the Slots, no Hottie of the Track...

[Hellfish]

and more

[Hellfish]

and still more

[Hellfish]

getting itchy for the HAMB Drags?

[Hellfish]

Bobbleed vs. Max Wedge

[Hellfish]

last one, I swear!

[gregg]

Man, that was something else! I only got 3 pics taken; 2 at the start & one at the end. Non stop race & crash action for over 300 laps.

[Mike Zenor]

What a blast! And thanks to all youse guys who showed up -

Wingnutz for the speed; he had his swerve on and was consensus winner for road / strip performance with his badass '59 Impala. Got that sucker rolling so fast it blew out the back window!

Fellow cheeseheads max wedge & bobbleed - drove down from Wisky in the mafia Caddy, and lit up the place with some spectacular wipeouts with their trad shoebox-sedan-coupe-Mini Cooper - and were tearing it up at the strip (if not for the redlights)

Hellfish - his bitchin' Gasser Wars Willys was straight butta, and he got some solderin' in between the photojournalism.

Magnet - His wing car had a whole Chaparral/ Duntov/ Dean Jeffries Manta Ray/ Mach 5 thing happening, and was fast as hell.

Mr Exotica - Holy moly, his collection of slotcars suggested he was just slumming it for the day. Also helped out a fellow racer with tools. Won the award for driving the shortest distance - three blocks (but in a '56 Ford)

JunkyardDog32 - The newest Primate (Wiscompton chapter) put together the wackiest bastard of a slot car you've ever seen, the death defying primered RPU wheeliemobile.

continental john & nummnuts - showed up in their knockout Sedans; nummnuts was also the official Buster Couch of the mini dragstrip.

and gregg - the COMMISSIONER. Kept it from chaos.

And thanks to all the rest of youse guys - tin soldier, Scallop 53, Sparky, and the HAMB Scouts (Cole, Lil' Chesta, Roscoe) for making this a great time.

One more thing, an extra, extra big thanks to Johnny Ace for the poster design - everybody was blown away by it. I will make additional copies available.

[tinsoldier]

I had a blast. Thanks for putting it together Mike.
Thanks to Johnny for the killer poster. I am getting it framed!
Hellfish, awesome live action shots.
Also thanks to my white lane teammate for a great day of racing.
Great to chat with everyone in the bowling alley lounge, too.
Rich (tinsoldier)

[MrExotica]

A million thanks to Zenor for putting this together - Mike, I am now almost Magnet's neighbor on The Western Frontier. I drove a lot more than 3 blocks!
Johnny & Kali - Nice job! That poster is one car-related thing that my wife will allow in our living room!
As evidenced by Hellfish beating me on the dragstrip, my cars weren't all that fast. They are fast, but not unbeatable!
It was great to meet new people & make some new friends. Let's do this next week - after the Karts of Doom & Balls of Doom!

[wingnutz]

Bobbleed and Max Wedge managed to have all there cars on the track at the same time!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif And they only had "ONE" lane!!!

Damn thing looked like a parking lot at the "Hunnert Car Pile Up"...!!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

This could become "ADDICTIVE"...!!

I looked at my car this morning and noticed the hood was about to "Let Go"..., there was some heavy hitting going on there! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Nothing that a little more JB Weld couldn't fix...! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Mark

[Travis]

Any close ups of that 59 Impala? (Other than on it's side on the track?!) I'm a little biased!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Travis

[mybeatupford]

damn i thought i was the only one that raced slot cars i'll take a few pics of my old cars i havn't been to the track in like 8 months i used to mostly drag race but sometimes the roundy round track too.

heres a list of what i got
1:1956 ford truck chopped, custom grille and headlights,primed oxide red with some wide whites up front with radar style rims.

2:1956 ford truck with 53 grille with black primer and stock rims and 50 ford caps.

3: 1956 ford truck thats all beat up with dents in hood, roof,fenders and bed with old parts for a flat head in the bed. primered gray with red rims and spyder bullet caps and wide whites.

4: shoebox ford with red rims and black wall tires.

5: 32 ford 5 window 60's style with mags and a thunderbird engine.

theres more but i cant remember them all. but as soon as i get some pic's taken u shall see them all. they were all pretty fast slot cars except the 32 would get the shakes and do flips sometimes

[continentaljohn]

Had a blast and thanks to Mr Zenor for putting on the event and for Johnny Ace for the kick A## art work.. That baby rocks!!!!! Holy crap I laught my ass off at the wrecks and thought for sure one of the track spotters was gonna get it in the Nuts http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif. Good to see the all the cheeze heads and the local hambers too. Hey Wing , thanks for the basket weave blatz http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[magnet]

Hey, that was fun as hell. My super speedy mach five ran way faster at the other track.. i swear!! It ran real fast towards the begining of the day.. but after 200 laps it slowed down a bunch... :-) that wing kept flying off :-)

The poster is truly awesome, i am putting it my pile of "shit i have to frame and hang on the wall" along with the day at the drags posters and lonestarroundup stuff.

I look forward to next years race and will be in the pits redesigning a "holy crap that things fast" car for next year.

Thanks Zenor for putting this on.

[MrExotica]

Magnet - next time, pick a body that doesn't lose parts when you crash! Heh heh! If the Wisconsin boys ever go to Lexan bodies, they's be even more dangerous - Wingnut too - that '59 was flying! By the way, I had a car that was even FASTER than Hellfish's car in my box...

[Rocket88]

Some pretty cool lookin'cars!
What scale are they? I'm curios about the bodies, are they old model bodies or are they that clear plastic you paint from the inside?

[wingnutz]

[ QUOTE ]
Some pretty cool lookin'cars!
What scale are they? I'm curios about the bodies, are they old model bodies or are they that clear plastic you paint from the inside?

[/ QUOTE ]

They're 1/24th scale and I bought a Revell 59 Impalla kit that offered stock or Custom modifications. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Bobbleed, Max wedge, and Junkyard Dog had homebuilt chassis and highly modified old model bodies so they fit right and would stay on during the high speed crash tests! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

The Illinois Boyz were more high tech with the lexan bodies painted on the inside. (They looked better longer!) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Mr Exotica had all kinds of combinations..., but my favorite of his was a Old NASCAR Ford Torino! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Magnets car featured disposable body panels for diversionary reasons...! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Seems like he'd loose a part just as you're about to pass him!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

For the most part I couldn't find a lexan body in the short period of time before the race..., so the model worked Great! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif (Just use lots of JB Weld!) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

Mark

[Rocket88]

Looks like a good time was had by all.
I really liked some of the action shots.
What about having a seperate Sip + Pass class for the older guys?

[mybeatupford]

there used to be two tracks, one was in buena park that i used to goto all the time and there was one in ahh i forgot the name but i the tracks name was firestone or something like that i only went there once so it's been a while. the one in buena park was kinda close to knotts berry farm but they moved to someone else in BP.

[Mike Zenor]

Hey John, nummnuts left his Toledo Mud Hens hat at the bar, I've got it - can I drop it by your shop?

[bobbleed]

Yeah that was pretty much fun. JYD ruled it with the mini hesher statue of himself. That was funny.....

Thanks alot Mike I appreciate all the effort you put into this and Johnny Ace the flyer is truly KICK ASS!

It was good to see you guys.

-Bob

[AV8Paul]

How about some more shots of the 32 two door parked outside?

[wingnutz]

[ QUOTE ]
Yeah that was pretty much fun. JYD ruled it with the mini hesher statue of himself. That was funny.....

Thanks alot Mike I appreciate all the effort you put into this and Johnny Ace the flyer is truly KICK ASS!

It was good to see you guys.

-Bob

[/ QUOTE ]

Anyone have a shot of the "Mini-JYD" pissen on bobbleeds car...??? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Funny as shit...! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Rix2Six]

[ QUOTE ]
there used to be two tracks, one was in buena park that i used to goto all the time and there was one in ahh i forgot the name but i the tracks name was firestone or something like that i only went there once so it's been a while. the one in buena park was kinda close to knotts berry farm but they moved to someone else in BP.

[/ QUOTE ]

They're on Lincoln near (I think) Valley View now

[mybeatupford]

yeah thats what it's off of, i havn't been there in a long time. i miss it lol i'm thinkin about blowin off the dust on all my old cars to go take them out for a few passes on the drag strips.

[Rix2Six]

I could never get into Slot Drags... just seemed to short and not enough driver skill involved.

[Junkyard Dog 32]

Hey guys...
I had to get a new computer... and just got my Kodak software loaded up.
It was a HoOt...
I gotta build me one of them tracks... I think the dining room looks like a good spot.
Yeah... Here's the reason BOBBLEED's shoebox didn't ever swerve to miss me. That ol' thing knocked off both my headlights and my roof. That's okay... I already know what I'm building for next year.... H.A.M.B. dump truck.... with a snow plow.

JOEhttp://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Junkyard Dog 32]

It wheelied for awhile, anyway.

JOEhttp://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Junkyard Dog 32]

Pre race fury in the pits.

-OR-

Illinois Flower Power Hour. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

JOEhttp://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[wingnutz]

""""LMFAO""""

That's Funny as shit...!!!! Dump truck won't clear the bridge!!

I plan on JB Welding the 59 Chevy back together again and then put a plow on the front!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Mark

[Junkyard Dog 32]

[ QUOTE ]
Dump truck won't clear the bridge!!

[/ QUOTE ]

Chopped and channeled it will. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

JOEhttp://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Johnny Ace]

Hey guys....point out who's who in those shots....I like to know who I'm talking to! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Junkyard Dog 32]

The dude in the red shirt, in the last picture, is JERRY MEYER. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
He's so cool, he pisses ice cubes. That's his dad, SCALLOP53, in the white.

JERRY MEYER was a bullfrog.. Was a good friend of mine.. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

JOEhttp://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

P.S. Before you flood the mailroom... I know it's not Jerry Meyer...

[continentaljohn]

Hey Joe, cool pics,but the one with the pissing on the fricken tire rules!!! Just thinking about it make me cry.
Oh AV8Paul, I'll look for some pics of the C-dans, I have a bunch but were????. There from other shows , I didn't get a chance to shoot one shot at the show..

[Scallop53]

What a great time!!!!
We came home from the slots and had to buy a car already for next year.Cole (jerry meyer)had a blast.Thanks again to ContinentalJohn for letting Cole race.Team Scallop will be ready for the next "slots of doom".See everybody soon now that summer is coming.
DAN

[continentaljohn]

Hey Cole is the man, he had the throttle to the floor the whole time. Well rubber band are the controler http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif No turn or obstruction stopped him. That kid rocked!!!!! it was a just fun to be a part of the team and day.. Thanks to all and Mr Z for putting it all togeather..
I have to send Cole a bit of some thing, can you P<M me for more info?

[MrExotica]

anybody interested in doing this again?

[Bigcheese327]

These are 1/25 scale cars, right? How many parts from, say, an AMT kit could be used to build a slot car?

[38pickup]

I would love to do this again! Maybe this year I wont shear the shaft of a vintage 1960's racing armature. There is a really nice track in McHENRY by the name of Raceworld Slotcar Raceway. Not that dads is a bad place just seemed all the cars we built would not run on those tracks.

http://www.curv.net/~matrix/slot/arm.jpg

[Hellfish]

I sent Zenor a PM awhile ago, but didn't get a response. Last I heard he was planning on Feb...

[MrExotica]

1/24 scale. There are chassis designed to mount a hard plastic body, so you're pretty unlimited.
A new motor is around $15

[Mule Farmer]

im in we racing 1/24 or 1/32

[Fox Valley Hot Rods]

Is this the place just off Rt. 120 by a place called The Whales Tail???

I seem to remember a place in that area a while ago that had a slot track. I've got some cool vintage 60's slot cars I could bring, and a few Newer Parma cars I got maybe 10 years ago. Please keep us posted!!! :)

Matt

[Fox Valley Hot Rods]

Anyone got any more info on Northern IL. guys doing the slot car thing???

[continentaljohn]

Mister Zenor is the man setting this up..:D Anyone got any more info on Northern IL. guys doing the slot car thing???

[Hellfish]

I talked to Zenor last night. He said he's spending too much time on his real car to set it up now, but maybe in April after the Roundup.

[sodbuster]

Question for the Chi-town guys..........Is there anything going on next weekend, car related? I will be in town on Saturday and Sunday. I think that we are staying downtown.

Chris Nelson
Kansas

[Mike Zenor]

Chris -- Sunday 12th is the Polar Bear run... bunch of Chicago HAMBers are participating. Here's details...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=91319&highlight=polar+bear


Question for the Chi-town guys..........Is there anything going on next weekend, car related? I will be in town on Saturday and Sunday. I think that we are staying downtown.

Chris Nelson
Kansas

[Muggs_Von_Yinzer]

WHY!!!!
oh Man this brought me back!! I used to be so into the slot cat thing in the early 90s....
Back in Roxbury NJ there was a place that had like 5 or 6 tracks, i used to spend all of my spare time there... I had a couple of cool vintage cars that i bought there, a couple of parma whomps set up with old oval track bodies... I also picked up a killer offie sprint car kit.. complete with scale knockoffs!
I wish there was a place here in Pittsburgh to race them...
Even tho the wife made fun of me I would love to go and race again!

[MrExotica]

did anything ever happen this year?

[Fox Valley Hot Rods]

Somebody please keep us local guys informed. :D Would like to drag out the old slot cars from the 60's and meet a few of the guys on the HAMB.

Matt

[flynj1]

I would realy like to set up a race at Slots of fun in Fremount nebr. If there is enough intrest. I even have enough cars to do a Irock race for those that dont have cars or controlers. Let me know if anyone wants to

[Mike Zenor]

Hey fellers, we're still hoping to have the Slots-O-Doom III sometime this year. I got waylaid by my A Coupe project (plus another project I'm picking up next week).

I am going to the swap meet at Kevin Tully's shop in Addison tomorrow, I will check with you all to check on possible calendar dates.

[MrExotica]

See you there!

[Johnny Ace]

Hey fellers, we're still hoping to have the Slots-O-Doom III sometime this year. I got waylaid by my A Coupe project (plus another project I'm picking up next week).

I am going to the swap meet at Kevin Tully's shop in Addison tomorrow, I will check with you all to check on possible calendar dates.

Mike,
You probably won't be needing that all-new '60s Slot art we discussed for the past couple of years,will you?
It just sits here, waiting for a good home.....and hey- is it pronounced "ZEENER" like in weiner,or "ZE-NOR" like in Senor?
Serious question, ask DB for me will ya?
Johnny Ace
Senior of Doom

[Mike Zenor]

Johnny, you da man!

By the way, it's pronounced "Potrzeebie" as in "fershlugginer" except with a silent Q.

[MrExotica]

Mr Z, I missed ya at Kevin's.

Any date yet?

Let me know if I can assist.

[MrExotica]

Buehler?
Buehler?

[Fox Valley Hot Rods]

Still waiting......

[MrExotica]

saw Z at Gears & Ears & forgot to ask...
Duh.

[DocWatson]

Cool, there aer a few tracks here in OZ. A few years ago I built one and raced, heres a coup'la pics.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/docwatson1938/DSCN0229.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/docwatson1938/DSCN0233.jpg

Doc.

[MrExotica]

damn! that's nicer than I'd want to do on a slot car that got piled into a wall!

[Fox Valley Hot Rods]

Can we get an update on this?? :-) I'm itchin' to get the old cars out of storage.....

Matt

[MrExotica]

any word on Slots Of Doom #3?

[MrExotica]

well awright!

[continentaljohn]

NFW:D were????

[Fox Valley Hot Rods]

YES!!! Where and when????

[Mike Zenor]

Mister wingnutz and I were discussing a couple possibilities --

1) Dad's in Des Plaines
2) Bob's in Milwaukee
3) Algonquin

All three have roundy-round tracks and road courses, but I don't think Algonquin has a drag strip.

Opinions are appreciated!

[Mike Zenor]

As for when, I like mid-February because it's in the dead of winter and people have cabin fever... plus it coincides with my B-day

[Hellfish]

cool! keep us posted... but I'll likely have doubled my family size by then and won't be able to go... but let's hope they're late. :D

[Mike Zenor]

cool! keep us posted... but I'll likely have doubled my family size by then and won't be able to go... but let's hope they're late. :D

WTF???!!!

You and Elizabeth expecting?? Why you ol' dawg, congrats!

[DumbWhore]

WTF???!!!

You and Elizabeth expecting?? Why you ol' dawg, congrats!

Way to stay in the loop zenor. :rolleyes:

[Mike Zenor]

Way to stay in the loop zenor. :rolleyes:

Sorry Mayotte, I've been preoccupied with work and the electroshock therapy, and the alien abductions, and what-not.

So am I understanding correctly that twins are on the way?

[38pickup]

YAY! I can't wait for Slots Of Doom #3! I like Algonquin, if its the place I think it is... I have all ways had bad luck with running my cars at dads... (SOD #2)

So my vote is for #2 or #3 ...

I guess I will have to dust off the slot cars and make sure they are running good.

[DumbWhore]

Sorry Mayotte, I've been preoccupied with work and the electroshock therapy, and the alien abductions, and what-not.

So am I understanding correctly that twins are on the way?

yes they are having twin girls. Hellfish is screwed.

[Mike Zenor]

yes they are having twin girls. Hellfish is screwed.

It's called karma.

[Hellfish]

yes they are having twin girls. Hellfish is screwed.


that's what got me into this predictament!

yeah... identical twin girls... and in case anyone is wondering, when they turn 18 ...no, they're not available. :D