We will be running the April HFAY races at the Mini Speedway shop on the weekend of April 25,26 and 27.The exact time is still being determined but the Mini Speedway site will have it posted when it is available.
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Last Friday, February 15th was the Open House in the 4-story building where I have the Mini Speedway track. The building is filled with artists, musicians and crafts people as well as my RC plane manufacturing biz, plus the Mini Speedway!
The official hours were 6PM to 9PM but we had people until at least 11PM.
In addition to a slightly larger than Wide-L layout for people to try running 2-minute races. We had Groovesquad Live, a local improvisational electronica band, Lena, a local artist who painted live and John Shlick, my partner in Schlick Cycles showing our excellent Performance Cruiser bicycle.
In addition I had my Pole Camera setup at a 12 foot height, just a few inches short of the ceiling to take remote photos from on high.
Over all we had a couple of hundred peole come through. It was an interesting crowd as many of the people were in the building to see specific artists but I think a lot of them came away with a better understanding of Mini Speedway and RC car racing. Hope we get a few of them to become regulars. I gave out first race free cards so I hope to see some of those come back!
Check out the Mini Speedway website for more info and Pix.
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The building our Mini Speedway shop is in, known locally as The Nut Factory owing to one of its previous incarnations, is having an open house on Friday, February 15th, 2008 from 6PM to 9PM.
Mini Speedway will be participating with Open Track Time racing our 1/28th scale rc race cars, entertainment from Groovesquad Live, a local improvisational electronica musician, specials and giveaways and, if all goes well, a fantastic local artist.
In addition to the Mini Speedway shop being open several other artist tenants of the building will also be participating.
Check out the Mini Speedway contact page for a map to the building.
Well, winter has set in here in Milwaukee and it is time for some indoor RC activity so I got a bunch of RCP Track, a Core Systems timer and cleared out some space at the slopeflyer.com shop and will be hosting 1/28th scale rc car racing right here in Milwaukee.
I set up a site for Mini Speedway RC at www.minispeedway.com that will provide information for our local racers, info for the Mini RC community in general and an online store.
We have a dedicated space for the track in a 1200 sq/ft facility. The track and associated useable space is about 800 sq/ft and the track occupies an area of about 18 x 30 feet. The remainder of the facility is dedicated to an RC airplane manufacturing business.
So, if you are an RC Car racing enthusiast in Milwaukee or Southeastern Wisconsin interested in Mini and Micro RC cars like Mini-Zs, xMods, iWavers, Firelap Nanoracers, come join us for fun and competition on a professional rc race track on the East Side of Milwaukee.
Fernando Alonso won his third straight F1 event this past weekend. This was a great race because, finally, Michael Schumacher was on the attack and was hounding Fernando for many laps. It was really gratifying to see that Renault has what it takes to hold off the Prancing Pony! Too bad Fisichella had bad luck and had an off which took him out early.
McLaren again looked good with Kimi on the pole but relibility took him out early.
Now, we just need to get Williams/BMW to help Webber and Heidfeld to step up to the plate and we should have a really exciting season.
The 2005 F2 season is looking pretty good! No Ferrari domination. But wait, is is shaping up to be Renault domination? Probably not for ever. There seems to be more teams capable of winning this year. Makes for some exciting racing.
Well, after qualifying well, Nick Heidfeld had an engine problem that took him out on lap 25. Bummer! BMW/Williams teammate Mark Webber fared better finishing 6th and looking good in his new ride.
The Official Formula 1 Website
San Marino at Imola is next on April 24th.
Well, the 2005 season is shapiong up to be an interestiing one. Fernando Alonso cruised to what looked like an easy vistory in Malaysia.
Toyota must be happy with Jarno trulli as he finished second while Ralf Schumacher finished fifth. Looks like Toyota may be tough this year. I guess money can equal success!
BWM/Williams driver Nick Heidfeld finished third after gridding tenth while fellow teammate, my guy Mark Webber, was involved in an accident with Giancarlo Fisichella and went out on lap 37 after another great qualifying effort that put him fourth on the grid.
Complete race report from Malaysia.
Next Race: Bahrain April 3rd, 2005
Petter won the first stage and never looked back! This makes it two in a row after his win in Sweden.
This was only the second Rally Mexico and it looked FAST! The surface prep was very good and although this is a gravel rally, it looked paved in a lot of areas!
A super charge from Sebastian Loeb was great to watch after he lost significant time on the first stage. He wasn’t in the top 16 after the first stage but fought back to take fourth passing two excellent drivers in the last stage!
Next WRC event is New Zealand April 8 to 10, 2005. New Zealand is one of the premier events on the WRC calendar. Don’t miss it!
In my area qualifying from Melbourne, Australia, site the first F1 race of the year will be on Speed Channel at 8PM CST.
Looks like my guys this year will be Mark Webber and Nick Heidfeld. Wouldn’t it be cool if Mark Webber won his first race at BMW/Williams with a win in his hime country?
Speed Channel Schedule of all qualifying dates for the entire F1 season. Each session is on several times so you should be able to catch it. If you don’t have Speed Channel most local pubs do!
The Official BWM/Williams web site.
Next up on the WRC calendar is the 2nd edition of the Mexican Rally. 2004 marked the first event and it was enthusiastically received and this year promises more of the fastr action that a gravel rally can offer. this year’s course is more geographically concentrated so spectators should be able to get to many view points.
Check out the official info onCorona Rally Mexico.
March 6, 2005 is the first F1 race of the year at the Albert Park circuit in Australia.
Your’s truly will be rooting for Mark Webber this year. BMW/Williams said good-bye to Juan Pablo and Ralf. Looks like Nick Heidfeld will fill the other seat unless Antonio Pizzonia can rest it from him.
Check out the interactive circuit map at:
Check out the new livery for the BMW/Williams team:
Seven stage Leg 1 of the Swedish is in the books and Petter is hanging tough in 2nd only .2 seconds back of Marcus Gronholm.
Leg 1 results after SS7
My hero, Norwegian Petter Solberg is leading after SS1. Check out the complete results at:
Tomorrow begins the first day of competition for the 2005 Swedish Rally.
Just in time for the Swedish Rally, snow showed up! It had been pretty barren looking recently. If you are a fan you will know that it just isn’t the Swedish if there is no snow!
Also, check out The Official WRC Swedish Rally Page.
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