Subject: [WPTA] Slot Car Racing

From: "Ed Major" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 11:11:50 -0500

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Slot Car Racing:
  Saturday, March 7, 2015
by Jim Keenan
I hate winter more every year. My favorite activities are undoable due =
to the =E2=80=9Cawesome=E2=80=9D weather. However, it is the time of =
year to indulge in another one of my hobbies =E2=80=93 slot cars. =20
Like many of you I had various slot car sets as a child.  Most of that =
experience was with HO scale cars.  I last played with slot cars in 1972 =
when I was 14 years old.  That long drought ended Christmas 1999 when my =
youngest son asked for a 1/32 scale slot car set for Christmas. That =
single event started a chain of events that has led to what you will =
witness first hand if you attend, =E2=80=9CThe Fourth Annual WPTA Slot =
Car Day=E2=80=9D. =20
The track is: 4 lanes (120 feet) of smooth hand-routed MDF, computer =
timing/track management that gives lap times to 1/1000th of a second, =
hand controllers with adjustable sensitivity and braking all powered by =
a 10 amp adjustable DC power supply. This track is the host to highly =
detailed 1/32 and 1/24 scale slot cars.
The plan is to meet at Perkin=E2=80=99s restaurant in Cranberry, PA at =
9:00 am for breakfast. Depart at 10:00 am for my home at:  7921 Cliff =
View Drive, Poland, OH  44514. My cell phone is (330) 402-0707. After =
approximately a 45 minute drive we will arrive for an enjoyable day of =
adult beverages (BYOB), food, slot car =E2=80=9Dsmack=E2=80=9D talk  =
(disparaging comments about one=E2=80=99s lack of skills).
The address for Perkin=E2=80=99s is: 20013 Route 19, Cranberry Township, =
PA 16066. For those who want to skip breakfast, please arrive at my =
house no earlier than 11:00 am. =20
We will race until the onset of slot car fatigue.
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Racing:</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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Saturday, March=20
7, 2015</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>by Jim Keenan</DIV>
<DIV>I hate winter more every year. My favorite activities are undoable =
due to=20
the =E2=80=9Cawesome=E2=80=9D weather. However, it is the time of year =
to indulge in another one=20
of my hobbies =E2=80=93 slot cars.&nbsp; </DIV>
<DIV>Like many of you I had various slot car sets as a child.&nbsp; Most =
of that=20
experience was with HO scale cars.&nbsp; I last played with slot cars in =
1972=20
when I was 14 years old.&nbsp; That long drought ended Christmas 1999 =
when my=20
youngest son asked for a 1/32 scale slot car set for Christmas. That =
single=20
event started a chain of events that has led to what you will witness =
first hand=20
if you attend, =E2=80=9CThe Fourth Annual WPTA Slot Car =
Day=E2=80=9D.&nbsp; </DIV>
<DIV>The track is: 4 lanes (120 feet) of smooth hand-routed MDF, =
computer=20
timing/track management that gives lap times to 1/1000th of a second, =
hand=20
controllers with adjustable sensitivity and braking all powered by a 10 =
amp=20
adjustable DC power supply. This track is the host to highly detailed =
1/32 and=20
1/24 scale slot cars.</DIV>
<DIV>The plan is to meet at Perkin=E2=80=99s restaurant in Cranberry, PA =
at 9:00 am for=20
breakfast. Depart at 10:00 am for my home at:&nbsp; 7921 Cliff View =
Drive,=20
Poland, OH&nbsp; 44514. My cell phone is (330) 402-0707. After =
approximately a=20
45 minute drive we will arrive for an enjoyable day of adult beverages =
(BYOB),=20
food, slot car =E2=80=9Dsmack=E2=80=9D talk&nbsp; (disparaging comments =
about one=E2=80=99s lack of=20
skills).</DIV>
<DIV>The address for Perkin=E2=80=99s is: 20013 Route 19, Cranberry =
Township, PA 16066.=20
For those who want to skip breakfast, please arrive at my house no =
earlier than=20
11:00 am.&nbsp; </DIV>
<DIV>We will race until the onset of slot car=20
fatigue.</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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