New to Slot Car Racing

[Coach]

Recently retired from coaching Football (College & Pro) ... love Indy Car (grew up in Indianapolis) & F1 (plus, a little NASCAR) ... especially "old school" Le Mans (Steve McQueen's Gulf Ford ) ... thinking of building an "old school" Slot Car Le Mans style track ... want something to play with grandkids in the basement when they come over (trains will not do it ... already play a couple Miniatures games ... Blood Bowl & Space Hulk ... decent at painting miniatures and building terrain) ... WHERE DO I START with Slot Car Racing? ... do you guys meet or race anywhere weekly? ... I live in Highlands Ranch ... suggestions on what are my next steps and who I can talk to ... just got the Model Car Racing START HERE print out and am going to get Model Car Racing magazine issue #93 ... I have a LOT of the older Carrera EVOLUTIN Sets (like maybe 5+ complete sets plus!) ... THANKS for any suggestions or thought!

[Tom Dolan]

Welcome to the board, Coach. We race with a couple of clubs in the area--this club (RMSCC) races at Colpar's Hobbytown a couple of Wed. nights every month. We are currently racing 1966-73 Lemans style cars and Modern GT cars. The other club is the Vintage club--we race cars with body styles made before 1986 and one true vintage class--slot cars made before 1968. We race on the Colpar track--4 lane approx. 80' Carrera track and at my (Tom) house--2 lane 90' Carrera track and a couple of other tracks in the Denver area. You have a great start with all the Carrera sets you have. I work at Colpar and I'm there Thursday thru Saturday if you want to come in talk with me about getting started and what you want to do with slot cars. Address is 1915 S. Havana St. Stop in and let's see what we can do. Also--we are racing at the Colpar track this Wed. night, April 26, if you want to come and see what the club is about. We race from about 7pm to 9pm or whenever we finish.

Tom

[Coach]

Hi Tom ... Thanks for the reply ... I have to stop by Colpar today to pick up some paints ... will try to drop by Wednesday night to see what the racing is all about! ... Coach

[Coach]

Tom ... I was looking forward to seeing you guys race and meeting with you tonight (Wednesday) ... however, another project came up ... hope to talk with you about my next steps soon ... getting all my Slot Car Racing boxes out (long story on why I have so much!) ... do you race any other nights at any other places? ... Thanks! ... Coach

[Tom Dolan]

The Rocky Mountain Club just races on Wed. nights, but the Vintage Club races about once a month--the next race is at a members house in Miliken either the end of May or early June.

Tom

[Coach]

Does the RMSCC race every Wednesday? ... if so, I will try to make this week or next! ... Thanks!

[Tom Dolan]

We are off May 3rd but we will be at the store on the 10th and 17th.

Tom

[jerryoleson]

Coach, was great to meet you, come out again !