S&S Speedway

Feb. 23rd Results and Schedule Changes

2012-02-24T08:44:00.000-05:00

Strong, close running of the LeMans Classics and the NASCAR classes with ties for first place and several podiums in both heats! Sr. and Dean recorded first place wins. Please check the Spring Class Schedule page, two new classes have been added to sweeten the deal! S&S will be adding Scaley Trans/Am National rules and another Vintage LeMans class, 1973-82 cars which will open up a LOT of running possibilities. Please note the Car Classes page for example models.

First Week Spring Series

2012-02-20T17:55:00.002-05:00

S&S will begin the Spring Series this Thursday hosting Vintage LeMans cars from 1965 to 1972, sans, the NSR cars. Monogram Vintage NASCAR (National Rules) will round out the schedule Thursday night. Please also note changes to the Spring schedule regarding KOZO dates. See you at the track!

Thursday, Dec. 8th

2011-12-09T18:27:00.000-05:00

Close racing again this week at S&S Speedway! Johnathan showed up with an ultra sexy Mustang that not only looked good, but ran just as well. Trans/Am racing was VERY close... Jr. Finished first with 74 laps and two heat wins maintaining the overall points lead with 244 laps. Sr. finished second with 74 laps and three heat wins losing to Jr by track segments, placing third int he overall points. Tim took third place with 72 laps, placing fourth overall with 237 laps, while Chip finished fourth with 73 laps and two heat wins, losing to Chip by track segments as well. Also noteworthy, Mike and JJ secured two heat wins, with Dean Frank and Sean scoring a heat win each.

In the NSR LeMans class, Sr's white GT40 rallied 78 laps for first place and two heat wins placing him fourth overall in points with 253 laps. Frank finished second posting 77 laps and one heat win, placing only six laps outside the overall points podium... There's still time Frank... JJ finished third with FOUR heat wins, 77 laps and maintains the lead int he overall points with 262 laps. Jr. placed fourth with 76 laps and one heat win, dropping to third place in the overall points behind Tim's 256 lap total, with 254 laps. Also noted, Sean, Johnathan and Bryan score each heat win each. Dean secured two heat wins. Next week features Carrera, Can Am cars and FLY Racing Capri. Carrera cars are stock and rules we ran for the Capris are forthcoming. See you at the track!

Chicken Chucker Special Event

2011-11-28T12:24:00.001-05:00

S&S Speedway and Grand Marshal Dean, introduced the first annual, Chicken Chucker 250. Twelve drivers showed and ran their Slot.It C class cars hard!! After qualifying, it appeared that Jr's Mazda was the car to beat... Alas, his crew chief guessed wrong on tire pressure for his S1 tires and lost grip, causing a loose condition as the track came in... Clearly the track came in for JJ who won the inaugural race by posting 213 laps in four, seven minute heats. Jr finished second with 211 laps, Frank rallied for third place with 210 laps not far off the pace of Jr. Fourth place podium went to Tim T., who drove 207 laps. S&S would like to thank the organizations who donated the matching trophies for this event and all who came out to race... See you next year! This week's race info posted below photos.

This week's racing expands to KOZO Raceway park, where we will be driving Rally and GT Blue motor cars. The Rally class will continue to run unlimited parts, (no F1 Hubs), up to blue motor specs, which include stock Mabuchi can motors that come in FLY, Scaley and such, NC5/ JP Slot Motors for NINCO, and Prospeed (not 4H) for SCX. Cars must have two drivers and can be 2WD or 4WD configuration. The GT class rules are the same as they have been from the summer.

Round Four

2011-11-19T11:13:00.006-05:00

Even though 4 racers were basking in the south Florida sunshine this past Thursday, S&S showed 13 contestants for the Can AM and Group 5 class races. Fierce competition under the lights occurred within the Group 5 class with track sections only separating first through third places! Frank took first place with 67 laps and two heat wins, placing him in the Group 5, overall points battle. Sr. finished second with 67 laps and three heat wins, placing him third in the overall points race. Chip also accumulated 67 laps with two heat wins. Dean rounded out the podiums with a fourth place finish with 66 laps. There's only five laps separating the overall points lead from first through third place and S&S management is hopeful that the varying car models within weekly classes is providing this close racing. In fact, if every one's lowest points were eliminated, there would be less than 10 laps separating 7 drivers. Jr. is in jeopardy of having to park another chassis. He finished first in Can Am with 71 laps and four heat wins, with his orange, Carrera McClaren. Tim T. finished second with 70 laps and three heat wins. Sr. finished third with 69 laps and three heat wins, while Frank finished fourth with one heat win and 68 laps. Jr. sits atop the season points battle with 214 laps, followed by Frank with 208 laps, Sr. with 204 laps and Dean with 203 laps.

Since there's no formal, points racing this Thursday with the holiday break, it was suggested by Dean to run a special event this Tuesday night. Not to steal the thunder from our unprecidented holiday this Thursday, S&S will host it's first annual, "Chicken Chucker 250"!! Dean, being the master of ceremonies, has chosen Slot.It C class cars with the Orange bell motor. Please check the "Car Classes" page for model reference... Drivers may choose to run any inline or sidewinder pods with any gear ratio. Stock interiors, lead wire, guides, wheels and wheel inserts must be used. Any braid, Slot.It tire or Slot.It axel of choice may be run. Cars may be lighted, but are not required to, since there will be no night, race segments. Doors will open at 6:30, Racing to start at promptly at 7:30 and we will run 7 minute heats, since there's only one car class. Even if 15 racers show, and racing starts on time, we should finish up in 2 hours. Other notes of interest... The Philly guys are running a 12 hour endurance race Saturday the 26th. If anyone has a burning desire to attend, please let Jr. know this week. Also, S&S will host another special event on Saturday, December 10th at 6PM, with a followup round of the Philly race series involving DP cars and our GT cars with rubber tires. Please check in with the blog, as a page with rules will be forthcoming. S&S will be open Monday night from 7-?? for anyone who wants to test and tune. See you at the track!!

Third Rotation

2011-11-11T17:36:00.002-05:00

This Past Thursday S&S hosted Trans/Am and LeMans DP cars. Tight racing in the T/A series with just 3 laps separating the podiums. Jr. finished first with 70 Laps, four heat wins and has to park his Mustang... Sr finished second with 69 laps and three heat wins beating JJ by track segments. JJ had two heat wins, while Tim finished fourth with 67 laps. Most notably, Chip had three heat wins and Dean had two heat wins in T/A.

The Daytona Prototypes were dominated by JJ's new FLY car. He finished first with 78 laps and three heat wins, firmly establishing himself in the points lead for LeMans with five laps ahead of second place Tim. Speaking of Tim, he finished second with 76 laps, one heat win and moved up a few places in the points standings to second place. Sr. finished third with 75 laps and one heat win, beating Jr. by 3/4 a lap. Jr. had two heat wins and Dean, who finished fifth, had four heat wins, while Johnathan took one heat win. Next week features a Carrera night of racing. The Group 5 cars will be Carrera under the lights and the Can/Am class is just stock, Carrera cars only. No mods except tires and added weight allowed. See you at the track.

Last Week's Racing

2011-11-07T21:39:00.003-05:00

Last week's racing proved again to be very competitive. Sr. finished first again in GT and has to park his chassis, with 77 laps and three heat wins. JJ finished second with 76 laps and three heat wins beating SEAN, who took third place with his Mosler, by track position. Scott rounded out the podiums with 75 laps. Notably, Frank and Jr had two heat wins while Tim and Dean each scored a heat win. Within the point standings, Frank and Jr are tied for third and there's only 5 laps separating first thru fourth places.

The Rally class was interesting as well with JJ finishing first with 70 laps and FOUR heat wins. Sr finished second with 67 laps, beating Jr, who took third with three heat wins, by track segments. Tim finished fourth with 67 laps with one heat win. Noteworthy was Frank with two heat wins and Dean and Scott with one heat win each. Sr. and Jr. are tied for fourth place and ten laps separate first thru fourth. Looking at the whole picture, there's only THREE laps separating Can Am from first thru fourth and only TWO laps separating Group Five from first thru fourth. In Trans/Am, there's SIX laps separating first thru fourth, however, there's TWO ties within those points as well!!!! S&S is looking forward to the points tightening up in LeMans and Trans/AM as well this week with the flexible class rules instituted this fall! See you at the track!

Classes For Thursday, November 10th

2011-11-05T14:37:00.002-04:00

S&S Management dropped the ball Thursday night by not discussing the classes and rules for next week, before everyone departed... S&S will host the LeMans and Trans /Am class. The T/A cars will remain in stock configuration, including gearing that came with the cars. The LeMans cars for next thursday are the RACER and FLY Daytona Prototypes. The motor spec will be the Blue Motor for the RACER cars and the FLY cars may either run the stock long can motor, or a Blue Motor (RACER CARS MUST run the inline pod!) may be substituted if preferred... No chassis mods required on the FLY car, simply hot glue her in... FLY DP's may also substitute Slot.It parts such as wheels, axels and gears. ANY gear ratio is permitted on both cars. Cars may run lead wire, braid and tire of choice. RACER cars must run full interiors, no Lexan and must have rear wings in place at the beginning of the race. Inserts required on both cars. Final note... If you are choosing to run your FLY DP stock, a simple pinion change to an 11 will yield a smooth 2.45 gear ratio for those torquey motors.

Thursday Nov. 3rd

2011-10-31T17:17:00.000-04:00

Last week's racing was just as tight as as previous weeks with the points series tied in Trans Am and now Can Am with just three points separating first thru fourth in Can Am and just three laps separating first thru fourth in Group 5. S&S Management is hoping the new flexible classes are an attributing factor. Last week, Jr secured four heat wins in Can Am scoring 73 laps for first place. Scott rallied three heat wins and 71 laps for second place. JJ rang up one heat win and third place with 70 laps for third place while Frank rounded out the podiums with two heat wins and 69 laps. The Group 5 racing was just as interesting, with Scott scoring four heat wins and first place with 76 laps. JJ finished second with four heat wins and 73 laps. Frank polished the third place trophy with 72 laps, while Jr finijhsed fourth with two heat wins and 71 laps.

This week's line-up proves to be interesting again. We have our grabastic GT class and a different Rally group. Rules are the same for GT, while the Rally cars will run up to Blue Motor specs, NC5/JP Slot and the Prospeed (not 4H) for the SCX cars. Cars can either be 2 or 4WD. NSR cars prohibited and any NINCO cars must be an inline motor configuration. Any lead wire, guide, braid, wheels, axels, gears, and tires of choice. See you at the track!

Thursday, Oct. 27th

2011-10-24T19:27:00.003-04:00

Tight racing again took place last Thursday at KOZO Raceway Park. In Trans/AM, JJ took first place with 46, tying Jr. for the points lead with 100 laps each. Scott finished second with 44 laps beating out Jr's 44 laps by a half a track length. JJ Scott and Sr accumulated three heat wins each, while Clem scored two and Sean got one heat win. The racing in this class is VERY tight, with Sr and Tim both tied for third place in the points.

LMP saw some interesting, close laps with a blue motor and JJ finished first again with 46 laps, taking a firm points lead with 107 laps total. Scott took second place with 44 laps, again beating Jr. by track lengths, Tim rounded out the podium with 44 laps as well, finishing closely behind Jr. on the same lap. JJ and Scott both secured three heat wins, while TIm took two, Dean, Frank, Jr and Sr all scored one heat win each. This week features Vanquish Can Am with either stock motor or NCR/JP slot replacement. Vanquish cars MUST weigh between 96-100 Grams!! All cars must run the 27 tooth ring gear, any pinion, braid, lead wire, tire of choice. This weeks Group 5 is of a grab-ass variety. ANY group five car so long as you have Blue motor specs. No chassis mods or HRS chassis. Drivers have choice of wheels (no F1) axels, gears, lead wire, braid, guide and tires of choice. All STOCK interiors must accompany the cars. Drivers can simply run Carrera group five cars as well. Any FLY Racing Capri cars must have appropriate motor secured in long pod openings. See you at the track!

IHOBBY

2011-10-24T12:32:00.000-04:00

S&S speedway would like to congratulate our own, Dave Kennedy on his back to back National Championship wins this weekend, at Ihobby's national championship races. Dave was paired up with Mark Azaraga (sp)? and brought home the bacon in both BRM 1/24 and Scale Auto 1/24 races! I guess that makes Dave our resident 1/24 expert! Way to go Dave!!!

Thursday, OCt. 20th

2011-10-16T15:52:00.003-04:00

This past week S&S continued the GT series and hosted the Rally series. The GT "Blue motor" series was extremely competitive and shows the blue motors provide some great racing! Sr. grabbed first place with 75 laps in the GT series beating JJ by track sections. Frank finished one lap off the pace for third with 74 laps beating Jr by track sections as well. The Rally class featured SCX cars stock with rubber tires. Some fellas ran 4WD while others ran 2WD. JJ finished first with a 4WD car at 64 laps. Frank took second place with 61 laps also fielding a 4WD car. Dave placed third running a 2WD car totaling 59 laps. Johnathan rounded out the podium running a 4WD car with 58 laps.

This week features LeMans LMP and Stock Trans/AM. The LMP cars must run up to Blue motor specs... Which includes a NC5 long can for long can motor pod cars (however, a blue motor with adaptor may be permitted) and an SCX car to run up to and including, an SCX Prospeed (not 4H) motor. No chassis mods, no HRS Chassis and the stock interiors must remain. All other components are permitted. Any gears, axels, guide, braid, wheels and tires of choice. F1 wheels are permitted. Trans/Am cars must retain stock motors, GEARS and all parts that came with the car (Pioneer cars may run the deeper guide that comes with the car). Only tires and braid of choice. See you at the track!

This Week/ Last Week...

2011-10-09T14:07:00.000-04:00

Again the racing was tight this week at S&S. The field ran 2.5 minute heats with Tim taking first place in Can AM with 73 laps. Scott and Dave were decided by track position with 72 laps each and Frank rounded out the podiums with a solid 71. The next round of racing, under the lights, went to JJ with 70 laps, beating Jr. by a foot. Frank placed third with 69 laps and Sr. finished fourth place with 68 laps. This week's racing features our carry-over Grab-Ass GT and SCX Rally cars, running the stock 42 or RX 81 motor. Cars can be either 2WD or 4WD and must run stock rubber tires. No SCX Pro cars. There are plenty of Rally loaner cars at S&S. See you at the track!

September 29th

2011-09-29T20:51:00.003-04:00

For the fist heat, Scott placed first with 61 laps, beating JJ by track position. Tim, off hiatus, shows up with a solid third place after working on his NSR Porsche. Jr. finished fourth with 59 laps narrowly beating Dean. Within the Trans/Am class, Jr. finished first with 56 laps, followed by Sr. with 55 laps. Dean took the third spot with 55 laps, losing second place by about 10 feet to Sr. JJ rounded out the podium spots with 54 laps. As always, the racing was tight! Within Vinatge LeMans, Scott and Tim Secured three heat wins while JJ served up two heat wins. Jr. and Dean also followed with two heat wins. Brian and Frank took home a heat win also. In Trans/Am, Jr. showed three heat wins while Dean, Sean and Sr. grabbed two heat wins. Chip, Frank and Dave grabbed a heat win each as well. This week features Can Am 1/32, (not Vanquish or the solo Carrera class, however, if all you only have is Carrera, you are in!) and Carrera Group 5 lighted. See you at the track!

Thursday, Sept. 22nd.

2011-09-19T21:06:00.000-04:00

The Fall/ Winter 2011 Series is about to begin. This week we will race our Grab-@ss GT and run two practice, tuning races with Vintage LeMans and Trans Am, with the following Thursday beginning competition points. I apologize for being a terrible host last week by forgetting to encourage a conversation as to the rules and classes for the first racing week. So... reluctantly I chose what I felt may require the least amount of prep for the first week of racing. We will run Vintage LeMans, 1965 to 1972 (Lolas, GT 40s, Ferraris, Porsches) up to blue motor specs. Since several GT 40s are now represented by NSR and Slot.It, and we have the Ford P68 and Porsche 917 also represented by NSR, anyone choosing to run another manufacturers brand may upgrade the cars with Slot.It type replacement parts. For the T/A class, lets start with a box stock type car, (just tires, braid, no gears) including the SCX Cudas and Pioneer Mustangs. See you at the track!

Fall/ Winter Class Vote

2011-08-29T17:37:00.002-04:00

Gents,

After compiling all the votes, here's how it all broke down with the winning votes bold caps:

GT- was decided without vote
LeMANS- 11
NASCAR- 4
Open Wheel- 4
SCCA/ Grand Am/ IMSA- 3
CAN AM- 7
TRANS AM- 7
Group C- 3
GROUP 5- 7
Front Motor- 3
RALLY- 6

This Thursday we will finish off our summer IROC racing, and S&S is hoping to have a new class to race. Time permitting, 2 IROC races and our grabass GT. Please follow the blog, class rules and series race dates for the selected classes are forthcoming.

Fall & Winter Series

2011-08-15T18:52:00.006-04:00

S&S Speedway has been in discussion of Fall/Winter Series classes and rules. In an attempt to do something different that benefits all of our interests in model racing, 11 general classes of cars will be voted on.
This way, if someone has a favorite car, or purchases something of interest, they won't have to wait months for it to possibly get voted in, and you won't have to be stuck racing the same, perhaps, ill handling car the entire series. For some guys who don't have a particular car, they won't be penalized by having to sit out for that class. Here's a few examples, or supposals...

GT
LeMans
NASCAR
SCCA/ Grand Am/IMSA
Open Wheel
Can Am
Trans Am
Group C
Group 5
Front Motor
Rally

All general classes will at least have a motor spec rule. So let's say LeMans is voted in. The first rotation may be Vintage, perhaps LMP is agreed upon and that's for the next rotation, maybe Porsche only for the next rotation...
Perhaps Can Am is voted in... First rotation maybe Vanquish, possibly Carrera is agreed upon for the next rotation and lastly, 1/32 Can Am for the following.
NASCAR... Suppose SCX is agreed upon the first rotation, then Monogram the following roatation and perhaps the new Carrera vintage the following rotation.
Or let's imagine Group 5 is voted in... The first rotation may be stock Carrera under the lights, perhaps FLY Racing Capri are agreed upon the following rotation and any brand grab-ass the next rotation...
Suppose Open Wheel is voted in... The first rotation may be Vintage, followed by F1/Indy Dallara, followed up with FLY March...
SCCA/Grand Am/IMSA... Perhaps Vintage SCCA cars first rotation, Vintage IMSA cars the next (new Carrera Opels and Capri) the following rotation and Daytona Prototypes the next rotation.
Rally... Maybe Vintage SCX the first agreed upon rotation, NINCO the following and a modern grab-ass the next....

I won't even begin to rationale GT, the possibilities there are endless and we have already agreed to continue this class into the fall.... So, these are just fluid "supposals".... Perhaps we may run an entire roatation and say, "Screw it, too complicated, lets just do a grab-ass with a motor spec for each class, for the remainder of the series"...Please think about what you're interested in and we'll vote on FIVE MORE general classes soon at S&S.

S&S Speedway's SCX Enduro

2011-05-23T21:29:00.003-04:00

This past Saturday 10 drivers participated within five teams in three timed heats. A 15 minute day heat began the race followed by a 10 minute night heat under the lights. We broke for dinner and returned for a last 15 minute day heat. It was pretty clear after the first two rotations that the team of Chip and Tim had a great handling, fast Ferrari which was going to be tough to beat. Bob and Chris flashed some early speed and consistency, but their Vette seemed to fade a bit, having what appeared to be ring gear issues. Dean and Sr. had a fast Corvette and drove some blistering heats. Johnathan and Jr. Drove a fairly consistent race until their silver Ferrari began to have electrical pickup issues. Joe showed up for the first time at S&S and ran very well alongside teammate Rich, but had to leave after the first heat. JJ showed up as a fill in driver. Their team experienced some inconsistent car issues and had to retire a Ferrari.

All in all, it was a long but enjoyable day. The team of Chip and Tim finished first, Johnathan and Jr. finished second while Dean and Sr. finished third. A HUGE thank you to Dave Kennedy for contacting Steve Sawtelle at Slot Car Corner for providing prizes and hand-outs for the participants. He was extremely generous and sent 6 SCC hats, one excellent aluminum set-up block, two drivers and many packs of his assorted screws. Sam Sr. also created box plaques for participants as well. First through third places received hats, first place also received the tools and the fastest lap winner, Tim, received the set-up block. A big thanks again Steve and thanks to all who came out to race! Great driving Chip and Tim!!! Check back soon for video.

The starting field

Joe and Bob blazing

Johnathan, Bob, Chip and Rich at the stations

Dean, Johnathan, Chris and Tim

The team Vettes of Bob/Chris and Dean/Sr. battling it out through the carousel

Johnathan/Jr's Ferrari hustling through turn one

Dean/Sr's Vette coming out of turn three

Chip/Tim's Ferrari letting it hang out in the uphill essess

Bob/Chris' Vette driving the rumblers in the carousel

All business coming outta the squeeze

Dean/Sr's Vette and Rich/JJ's Ferrari screaming down the short chute before the uphill essess

Chip/Tim's Ferrari pacing everyone exiting turn eight at the top of the esses

A little night time drama

The results

Finishing Field

First Place winners Tim and Chip

Second Place winners Johnathan and Jr.

Third Place winners Dean and Sr.

Fastest Lap winner Tim

S&S Endurance II

2011-05-16T09:19:00.000-04:00

This Saturday S&S will host the SCX GT Endurance race. Doors will open at 10AM with practice up to qualifying at 1PM. You may select a teammate to run, however, we will qualify the remaining drivers and select teams by "Pot Luck", where as the top qualifiers are paired with the lower portion of the field randomly. This was well recieved and brought out some very competitive racing the last time.

Green flag will hopefully drop at 2PM with three heats. The following heat times are sugggested and could vary due to number or participants First heat being a 15 minute "day" heat, a 10 minute "night" heat, then we'll break for dinner at J&J's Deli, come back and finish the racing with a 20 minute "day" heat. Looking forward to seeing you at the track!

Thursday, April 14th

2011-04-12T13:12:00.000-04:00

This Thursday S&S will host SCX NASCAR and debut a new class of Slot.It Ferraris, Alfas and Chappys. Please make sure your SCX is up to 97 grams of weight. Doors will open at 6:45 for practice. See you at the track.

Spring Classes Final Vote Tally

2011-03-27T15:15:00.001-04:00

The voting has confirmed that six class choices stand out as being favorites.... Here's the totals;
NSR LeMans Classics 8 votes
Monogram Vintage NASCAR 8 votes
Ninco GT 8 votes
SCX NASCAR 7 votes
DTM Lighted 6 votes
Slot.It Ferrari 312PB/ Alfa 33/3 6 votes
Porsche Cup 5 votes
LMP Blue Motor 4 votes
Slot.It C Class 3 votes
SCX GT Lighted 3 votes
Porsche 911 1 vote
FLY March F1 1 vote
GT1 1 vote
Vintage Can Am 0

Please check the Spring Class Rules page and the Spring Class Schedule. This week will will run NSR Classics and Monogram, Vintage NASCAR.

Slot It Endurance Race Video

2011-03-21T14:07:00.004-04:00

Another great event at S&S Speedway. The Slot It Endurance Race was last Saturday and we had 5 dedicated teams of two drivers show up for a great day of racing!

Recently... And Such...

2011-03-21T10:40:00.002-04:00

S&S recently hosted its first Endurance event this past Saturday and seated five teams of two drivers. Full race coverage with photos and video coming soon. Also, S&S finished the 2011 Winter Series with results, class winners and final tallies also forthcoming. This Thursday, S&S will be open for Spring test and tune, and a Monogram, Vintage NASCAR fun run.... Bring out your new Monograms and silicon tires... No modifications allowed.

Finally, we need to come to a consensus vote on classes for a Spring Series. The following is a list of cars we have not run and a few new suggestions. The vote on the Spring classes will be a paper vote on Thursday night.

Slot.It Ferrari 312PB, Alfa Romeo 33/3
Grand Am

NSR Classics

SCX GT Lighted

FLY March F1

LMP 1,2 or Challenge Blue Motor

NINCO GT NC5

Slot.It C Class (lighted?)

Vintage Can Am (1/32 scale) Up to Blue Motor

SCX NASCAR 42B

SCX Rally Stock tires

GT1 Up to 21.5K motor

SCX Ferrari FXX 42B

DTM Lighted Up to 19K motor

Porsche 911's Short nose, up to 1994?

Porsche Cup (NSR, NINCO, SCX PRO up to 21.5K motor)

Vintage Monogram NASCAR (national rules)
Slot.It Ferrari 312PB, Alfa Romeo 33/3
Grand Am

Thinking Spring....

2011-03-15T09:46:00.004-04:00

With Spring just a couple weeks away, it may be time to start thinking about a Spring Class poll. Recently I posted some left over classes and heard from a few about possible suggestions as well... Here's a list of classes that should be considered for the Spring Series. Any thoughts or comments are always appreciated.

NSR Classics
SCX GT Lighted
FLY March
LMP Blue Motor
NINCO GT
Slot.It C Class (lighted?)
Vintage Can Am (1/32 scale)
SCX NASCAR
SCX Rally
GT1
SCX Ferrari FXX
DTM Lighted
Porsche 911's?? Porsche Cup (NSR, NINCO, SCX PRO)??Vintage Monogram NASCAR

Special Endurance Event: 3/19 Update

2011-03-14T10:38:00.000-04:00

The doors will be open Saturday, March 19 at 11AM for practice, test and tune. Track will be shut down for practice at 2:30 and a 10 lap qualifying segment to begin. All participants will qualify and those participants who would like to select thier own running mate after qualifying may do so. All remaining drivers will be paired using the "pot luck" rule set, where the top qualifying drivers are paired with the bottom of the qualifying field. Daylight heats to begin at approx. 3PM for at least 20 minutes per heat. We will break for a dinner run to J&J Deli following the daytime heats, and return for the night heats. Hope to see you all at the track! Any questions feel free to contact me at the above email. Address for your GPS is 46 East Center St., Shavertown, 18708

March 17th

2011-03-14T10:29:00.001-04:00

Despite the foul, wet weather, six brave souls showed up Thursday to run. We all decided the best thing to do would be to rerun last Thursday's classes, Carrera Can Am and GT Blue Motor for points this Thursday. See you at the track!

Last Week

2011-03-08T19:55:00.000-05:00

This is the last week of the Winter Run schedule, and will feature GT BLue motor and Carrera Can Am. Next Saturday is the S&S Slot.It endurance race, more information to follow on that. See you at the track.

Week VII

2011-03-01T22:19:00.000-05:00

Weather hampered the number of participants, but the classes ran. JJ secured a first place in the Capri series with 61 laps and 2 heat wins, beating his brother Scott by lane segments. Even though Scott had three heat wins and 61 laps, it was not enough to stave off his brother. Tim finished third with 60 laps and 2 heat wins. Sr. rounded out the podium with 60 laps as well, falling short of Tim by lap segments as well. Notably, Jr. and Tom P. each had a heat win.

Vintage class racing saw Jr. take first place with 54 laps, while Sr. finished second one lap behind. Both Jr. and Sr. had 3 heat wins. JJ fell short of second place by a few lane segments and took home third with 53 laps and 2 heat wins. SCott rounded out the podium with 51 laps, while Tim scored a heat win.

This week features Carrera GT Lighted and Trans/Am. Keep your calendars open, S&S's endurance race is scheduled for March 19th. Slot.It C Class cars were selected and the rules page has been posted within the blog. See you at the track.

Leftovers? Yes... More Please....

2011-02-22T12:36:00.001-05:00

Recently I received a message off list regarding left over classes and ones which haven't been ran/voted in some time... To the best of my knowledge, here's a list of some of the "leftover" classes which have not made the vote and would be considerations for a Spring Series vote... If I forgot any classes, or you have a suggestion, please post a comment. Perhaps we could ponder these selections to think ahead for a spring series....

NSR Classics
SCX GT Lighted
FLY March
LMP Blue Motor
NINCO GT
Slot.It C Class
Vintage Can Am (1/32 scale)
SCX NASCAR
SCX Rally
GT1
SCX Ferrari FXX
DTM Lighted

Week VI

2011-02-20T10:36:00.002-05:00

This week's racing was again competitive and showcased two laps between first and fourth place podiums in Carrera Can Am. Frank's car was dominantly fast, and scored 59 laps with three heat wins for first place. Jr. placed second, with 2 heat wins while Sr. and JJ needed lane segments to determine third and fourth. Both Sr. and JJ had 57 lap totals, with Sr. nabbing two heat wins. Scott, JJ and Tom P. had one heat win each.

The competition was even closer in the GT Blue motor class, with only one lap separating first thru fourth places... JJ took the first place podium with 59 laps and two heat wins, while lap segments determined second thru fourth, with Jr. placing second again with 58 laps and one heat win. Sr. finished third with 58 laps and two heat wins as well. Tim T. secured fourth with 58 laps and one heat win. Also worth noting was Tom Gunshannon, Tom P., Dean and Tim T. securing a heat win each. This week's racing features the final rounds of Vintage GT, and FLY Capri racing. JJ appears to have the edge in both classes with a four lap lead over Sr. in Vintage GT and a five lap lead over Scott in FLY Racing Capri, but.... Frank appears to field faster and faster cars each week... Someone contact NASCAR to borrow a few of those restrictor plates please... :)

Don't forget to vote on the March Endurance Classes for the forthcoming special event. There are seven days left to vote and it appears that Slot.It has the voting edge right now.

Week V

2011-02-13T18:00:00.000-05:00

This past week witnessed some intense Trans Am racing. Frank finished first with 2 heat wins and 55 laps total. JJ, Chip and Jr. tallied 54 laps with track segments determining second thru fourth. JJ and Jr. both had 2 heat wins with Chip, Tom P, Tim and Sr. winning one heat each.

Second round of the Carrera GT found Jr. taking first place with 55 laps and 4 heat wins. Sr. taking second with 51 laps and 2 heat wins. JJ secured third place with 51 laps and three heat wins. Chip rounded out the podium spot with 50 laps. Dean, Frank and Tom P each secured a heat win. New, and up-and-comer Joe declared his affinity for Carrera cars and customer service. Our own Dave Kennedy, N.A. Carrera representative, was there and just beaming with pride. This week features Modern GT and Carrera Can Am.

MARCH SPECIAL ENDURANCE EVENT

2011-02-13T14:22:00.000-05:00

S&S Speedway will host a Team, Endurance Race March 19th. Doors will open at noon for practice, with qualifying to begin at 3pm. Heats will be at least 20 minutes in length, within two segments. We will break between the day and night heat. If you are interested, please vote on the poll as to which class of car you are interested in running. Whichever class is selected, the cars must have a Slot.It light kit installed and the formal rules will be posted afterwards.

Week IV

2011-02-06T15:31:00.000-05:00

More of the same but for some different folks this week... Seems the mechanical gremlins bit Rich, Tim T and Jr. during the Capri heats, which led to JJ winning all 4 of his heats and top lap total of 61 laps. Even though Jr. had 3 heat wins, his car floundered mechanically in the last heat. Sr. also gathered 3 heat wins and second place with 60 laps, narrowly beating Dean by track position for third place with 60 laps as well. Frank finished fourth by track position as well with 1 heat win and 60 laps total. Scott also had 1 heat win.

Vintage GT showed some spirited running by Frank with is Jag. He won all 4 heats he completed and took first place with 54 laps. JJ finished second with 2 heat wins and 53 laps, while Sr. placed third with 4 heat wins as well, accumulating 52 laps. Scott rounded out the fourth spot with 1 heat win and 51 laps total. Tom P. debuted his Ferrari and secured a heat win. This week we are running Carrera GT lighted and Trans/Am. See you at the track.

This Week's Racing

2011-01-31T16:31:00.001-05:00

Last week showed some interesting running with the Carrera Can Am cars. Jr. had 4 heat wins with 58 laps total, and there's rumblings his car may be torn down and Canadian teched... JJ finished 2nd, with 2 heat wins and 57 laps. Tim T. finished 3rd, with 2 heat wins as well, while Rich rounded out the podium with 56 laps. Noteworthy also was Frank's Can Am heat win.

The inaugural Modern GT Blue Motor featured some close racing, after you pass JJ's dominating performance. JJ and Tim T. secured 4 heat wins each, with JJ tallying 60 laps, Dean snatching second place with 58 laps and Tim T. 3rd place with 57 laps. Chip rounded out the podium with three heat wins and 56 laps total. Clem, Tom P. and Sr. all secure a heat win as well.

This week we are running Vintage Gt and FLY Racing Capri. There seems to be enough interest generated in running a special event. Weather permitting, looking to do it Saturday, February 26th. Most likely starting around 4PM. A poll will be posted soon to voted on 3 car classes that seemed to generate enough interest, so stay tuned. Other racers from out of the area have expressed an interest, so it's shaping up to be an interesting event. Stay tuned....

S&S Speedway Special Event

2011-01-23T21:02:00.011-05:00

This past Saturday, the first round of the Northeast, NSR LeMans Classic Series kicked off at S&S. Twelve drivers came from within the Tri-State Area to battle it out over 7 minute heats. First time racers to S&S were Dan McCollum, JJ Artfitch, Joe Pecararo and Chris Chubbuck. While observing practice, it was clear that Dan and JJ took to the new track quickly and spent time adjusting their cars to make them better. Joe pulled his fresh GT40 from the crystal and after a gear change, worked hard on getting to know the wood twisties at S&S. It was clear that Frank Salerno had the car to beat, posting the fastest qualifying lap with his P68, at 7.4 seconds.

After qualifying, the field was set to do battle. JJ quickly set the pace with some consistent laps and letting the field know he meant business with his black GT40. Jr. came in and set some quick laps and high mark totals, but Chip Bell in his Gulf GT40 was quietly posting some serious lap totals as well. Tim Telesky forged some consistent lap totals as well in his Day-Glo Green GT40, and finished a solid 3rd. Frank Salerno had the fastest car down the straight, with some serious torque. This torque led to one of the most majestic crashes on the S&S front stretch to date. Yet, Frank rallied his courage and handling of this monster to post a 4th place finish. Tom Pintchuck quietly ran consistently, but couldn't find the horsepower down the straights. He finished 5th. Tom Gunshannon brought the doughnuts again and his sugar sweet, yellow GT40 ran smooth and quiet. Tom finished in 6th place. Scott Kozokas finished in 7th, while first timer, JJ finished in 8th place. Chris Chubbuck really took well to the gutter lanes and posted some impressive totals for running S&S for the first time. Dan McCollum ran well for his first time as well. Robert Holt struggled a bit with his 917, and after three heats, a fierce crash with Chris' P68 broke the chassis pod and mechanical issues ensued.... We love ya anyway Bob... After the lap totals were tallied, Jr. and Chip Bell were tied with 211 laps each and not far apart. Chip fell short just a few feet away from securing the series victory. All in all, it was a good day and a big thanks to everyone who braved the cold, to come out, come up, or down to race at S&S.

Practice Session winding down...

Now, if we put Jr. in the wall enough times... It should be snap to win!

What's he sneaking??

Now Bob, You know you have to lay off the Voodoo!

The foam block of shame?

Dan, JJ, Scott and Tom G. on the grid.

The heats were hot!

JJ helping out with the marshaling between heats.

JJ's GT40 Tearin' up the rumblers through Kennedy Corner!

Dan's P68 holdin' tight at the bottom of the esses!

Tim T's GT40 screamin down the front stretch!

Uh oh... Someone got squeezed!

None of us can figure out how Frank's wreck happened on the front stretch... Note the cones... Good thing he didn't damage that sweet, Hooters livery!

Taking a break between heats.

The winning ride.

Second Week

2011-01-16T13:46:00.000-05:00

Racing at S&S this past Thursday was tight and close for sure. In Trans Am, JJ, Jr. and Sr. secured 3 heat wins, while Scott, Dean and Tim T. rallied one heat win. Lights out for the Carrera GT series and JJ and Jr. finished with 4 heat wins each. Frank and Sr. had 2 heat wins, while Clem finished with 1 heat win. Next Thursday we have the much anticipated Carrera Can Am and GT Blue Motor classes. Saturday's doors open at 9 AM for NSR Classic practice, tech at 12:30 and the flag drops at 2 PM. Hope to see all of you there.

First Round

2011-01-07T15:02:00.001-05:00

The Winter Run's first round took place running timed 2.5 minute heats and JJ won 3 heats within the FLY Capri races and 4 heat wins within the Vintage series. Scott won 3 heats in the Capri series, while Frank, Sr. and Jr. won a heat each. Sr. captured 3 heat wins in Vintage, while Frank and Jr. each won a heat as well. Next week's racing features Carrera GT lighted and Trans Am. Don't forget, S&S will host he first round of the NSR Classic series January 22nd. Doors open at 9 AM. See you at the track!

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM S&S SPEEDWAY!

2010-12-30T14:16:00.000-05:00

S&S will begin it's Winter Run on January 6th with FLY Racing Capri and Vintage GT cars! S&S would like to wish everyone who races with us, a happy, healthy and prosperous new year! Don't forget to mark your calendars for the S&S special event on January 22nd. where we'll host the first NSR Classic LeMans series race at 2PM.

Northeast NSR LeMans Classic Series!!

2010-12-20T13:55:00.008-05:00

S&S Speedway will play host to the first round of the Northeast, NSR Winter classic series. A series of races around the NSR Classic cars, such as the GT40, Porsche 917 and the P68.... The races will occur about every three weeks at tracks within PA, NJ and MD. S&S will host the first round on January 22, 2011. Points for each race are awarded to placements and prizes for podiums to follow the series end. Since this is the first race, there should be a well rounded turn out of racers from the Tristate area. Looking forward to seeing you there! Here's a link to the rules page. Northeast NSR LeMans Series

Holiday Shakedowns and Such

2010-12-20T08:09:00.000-05:00

Gents,

S&S Speedway will host practice or shakedown racing or otherwise non points fun running this Tuesday with the winter class cars. S&S will not open Thursday, due to the holiday rush. If you cannot make it, S&S wishes you and your families a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Preseason Shakedowns

2010-12-13T11:35:00.001-05:00

S&S will have more "Shakedown" heats this Thursday, since they proved to be helpful with, not only tuning for the new classes, but also for releasing the gremlins from our older cars we haven't run in a while. This Thursday, heats will focus on Carrera GT Lighted and Orange Bell Trans/Am.

Preseason Heats!

2010-12-07T11:55:00.000-05:00

S&S Speedway will host non points, warm up races this Thursday, utilizing the Winter Run Classes. Good news! The sixth and final class has been voted in, and we will race the new Carrera Can Am Cars! A tentative schedule page has been added. This week we will run timed heat races with Vintage GT, FLY Racing Capri and perhaps even break out the Carrera Can Am cars to toy around with as well. Congrats to JJ, who podiumed third place at last weekend's SCX National race.

Thursday, Dec. 2nd!

2010-12-01T09:44:00.000-05:00

Since the original poll was compromised by some cyber gremlins, S&S will conduct a "paper vote" Thursday night, to determine the 6th and final class for the Winter Run. All remaining classes , not listed on the class rules page, will be eligible for revote... To the best of my knowledge, those classes included, SCX GT Lighted, SCX Ferrari FXX, NSR Classics, LMP 1 or 2 Blue Motor, Carrera Can/Am, NINCO GT and Carrera Group 5 Lighted. If I have forgotten a previous listed class, please post a reply here.

Thursday, Dec. 2nd

2010-11-28T13:15:00.001-05:00

S&S Speedway will reopen this Thursday with the opportunity to test and tune for the upcoming winter run. S&S will also offer a SCX National "warmup" race" for Saturday's National event in Philadelphia. For some unexplained reason, the cyber gremlins affected the recent poll, vote totals... Management cannot remember the sixth class that was voted in, so we will have a write in vote, this Thursday, of the remaining classes, to determine the sixth class. If you cannot make it, please email me your vote. Winter Run class rules have been posted on the blog, please review them before building. Winter schedule is forthcoming on the blog. Have fun, and see you at the track!

Winter Run Classes Poll

2010-11-17T11:55:00.005-05:00

S&S has done its best to recall many of the classes we have run in the past, and added a few new, such as Modern GT Blue Motor, SCX Ferrari FXX, NSR Classics, TransAM National Rules and LMP Blue Motor to name a few... Only S&S members please vote on 6 classes of your choice to run this winter. If there's a class missing or you have an additional idea, please post a comment and I'll include the class.

This Thursday, Last of Fall Heats!!!

2010-11-16T08:35:00.003-05:00

This Thursday S&S will wrap up the Fall Series with Daytona Prototype, Group 5 and Vintage LeMans. S&S management will have the class point total winners posted this weekend, instead of total series points, that way, we have a variety of class winners. We also need to think about what classes we are interested in racing for the winter. The fall classes will not be included within the poll. We have received several, off list, suggestions and recommendations and they will be included within the poll. S&S has begun to add a "Class Car" page with pictures of the possible, but not limited to, cars which fall into those class categories. Please take a look under the 'pages" index for the Classes. Thanks for your input and coming out to race! See you at the track!

SCX REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

2010-11-13T16:47:00.007-05:00

S&S Speedway would like to first thank everyone for participating. Of everything that could have been enjoyed on this super, weekend weather day, the addicts showed up to race and qualify for the SCX National Championship race, at Great Traditions. S&S would also like to thank it's contributers for making this a successful day. Practice started promptly with the customary doughnuts from Tom, tech followed and by then, we broke for J&J Super subs and sides. After lunch, qualifying took place and it was clear that the brothers, Scott and JJ, came with their homework done. Scott set the fastest qualifying lap, followed closely by his brother JJ. Race conditions are always different, however, the brothers did a fine job, with well handling cars all afternoon, with JJ finishing 1st, followed by Scott. Tommy thought he had car issues, but later discovered in fact, he was "Third Eye Blind"... Controller issues could have snubbed his day, but gutsy driving and a loaner Third Eye, allowed him to finish up in third. Dean and Chip very quietly flew under the radar all day and finished within one lap of each other, both having very few deslots. Rich reached his goal..... of last place unfortunately... Rich suffered through a myriad of tech gremlins and driving conundrums on the track, which landed him in the pits under green several times... Rich came in gloating and quoted,"Last place is mine"... Watch out for those self fulfilling prophesies I suppose... One of the other teams felt badly and volunteered to tow his car out for the field shot... Since Tom P. has a champion provisional, JJ, Scott, Dean and Chip qualify for the National Championship.

JJ Kozokas 301 laps
Scott Kozokas 293 laps
Tommy Pintchuck 292 laps
Dean Kirkpatrick 290 laps
Chip Bell 291 laps
Tom Gunshannon 275 laps
Rich Stearns 197 laps

Thursday, Nov. 11th

2010-11-09T18:13:00.002-05:00

S&S will host one class of racing this Thursday, Daytona Prototype cars followed by a "SCX Warmup" race for this Saturday's Regional Championship qualifier... The Warm up will be 5 minute heats. S&S will have donor cars. Our regular season will conclude the following week with one class remaining on the regular schedule, Group 5 Cars, and we'll add one more class of heat racing, Vintage LeMans, which would follow in natural class rotation. The points are getting tight, and S&S ownership has been keeping track of "class" point leaders, as well as total points. Update coming soon. We need to start considering classes to vote on for the Winter Run... I have had a few suggestions, such as the new Carrera Can-Am cars, a return on the Vintage GT cars we ran on stock rubber, and perhaps a "Super Trans/AM" class built to the National rules using all Slot.It parts.... Think about some class suggestions.... See you at the track!

This Thursday!

2010-11-02T12:39:00.002-04:00

Fresh off the SCX Regional at Great Traditions, S&S Racing will return this Thursday and feature Vintage Grand prix, Vanquish and Marcos IROC. S&S Management is toying with the idea of running a 10 minute heat, SCX "Warm-up" Race next Thursday, in preparation for next Saturday's SCX Regional Championship, which will postpone the last two weeks of scheduled racing classes until the following Thursday. More information on this Thursday. Here's a link to the SCI Forum article about the 5 S&S Speedway racers who competed this past Sunday in Philadelphia.

http://www.slotcarillustrated.com/portal/forums/showthread.php?p=446590&posted=1#post446590

2010 Racer Sideways Regional Championships

2010-10-16T17:15:00.002-04:00

"Winnie The Pooh" would have stayed away on this blustery day, but the savvy drivers in NEPA showed up to participate within the 2010 Racer Sideways Regional Championship at S&S Speedway. Tom G. fueled the morning practice with Dunkin' Donuts, thank you Tom...Tech started at 10:30 am, then the pizza arrived just in time for a lunch break. Frank and Sam Sr. set hot qualifying laps and the rest of the field was tight. During the first few heats it was evident that Frank had the setup because his car was on rails blasting 74 laps in the first heat while everyone ran less. Frank set the high mark lap total with 77 laps in Blue while Sam Sr. set the fastest lap with a 7.4 sec heat. Frank took first place with a lap total of 299, Tom P. finished second with 295 laps, Chip quietly ran hard and placed third with 291 laps and Tom G. rounded out the podium with a fourth place finish with 286 laps. Tim and Tom G. seemed to be hanging next to each other banging doorhandles all afternoon... There was some very competitive racing there... Tom P's car seemed to start off with a hitch, but he found his groove in the white and yellow lanes driving 76 laps in both lanes, AND he seemed to have the golden sombrero when it came to anarchy occurring in front of him. Thanks to all that showed up for racing!

Trophys in the pits

Tom and Tim take a break during practice...

The field

And the winners are... from left to right Chip Bell, Frank Salerno, Tom Pintchuck and Tom Gunshannon.

October 14th

2010-10-12T19:48:00.000-04:00

S&S Speedway hosts the 4th round of the Fall Series this Thursday with Vintage LeMans and Vintage Grand Prix racing along with Chevron IROC. Last weeks racing ran smoothly until the Red lane decided not to cooperate.... But we salvaged the night with three lane racing. Last week's racing featured only two heats of racing with Dean taking first with 66 laps and 3 heat wins. Chip, who only lost to Dean by a third of a lap, finished second with 66 laps and 4 heat wins. Sr. placed third with 66 laps and 3 heat wins, while Tom P. rounded out the podiums with 65 and 2 heat wins. If anybody wishes to come out earlier to test and tune for this Saturday's Regional Championship, the garage will be open 6:15.

Thursday Night! 10/7

2010-10-04T21:33:00.001-04:00

The open wheel GP cars made for some interesting racing, followed by Vanquish and NSR Mosler IROC. Jr. appeared to have the GP set up in his stock Gordini and finished with 5 heat wins and 113 laps. Chip finished with 4 heat wins and 111 laps. Sr. finished with three heat wins and 111 laps while Frank rounded out the podium with two heat wins and 110 points. Only THREE laps separated first thru fourth places! This Thursday we will race Racer, Daytona Prototypes and Group 5 cars and an IROC. S&S would like to thank Dave Kennedy for his lens and post on the blog.

Vintage GP race field

2010-10-01T00:04:00.003-04:00

A fun time was had by all this evening.... that is except for Tim who really wasn't enjoying himself with his GP car. But he more than made up for it by kicking my butt in several heats during the IROC race and the Vanquish race. Pix of the Vintage GP field.

Of course Sam has been working on the scenery at the track. This sign was a nice addition.

And a nice new addition to the decor of the room now... a nice new Slot Car Corner banner has appeared for everyone to enjoy!

DaveK

OCTOBER 16th!!!

2010-09-30T08:56:00.000-04:00

Just two weeks away and S&S Speedway will host the Racer Sideways Regional Championship. Doors Open at 8 am for practice, tech should begin around 10-10:30 am, lunch, then the green flag drops around 1 pm. Rules are posted on a separate page on this blog. Trophies for 1st through 4th places and the top 4 drivers qualify for nationals at Great Traditions.

Thursday Sept. 30th

2010-09-27T09:14:00.001-04:00

S&S Speedway will continue the Fall Series racing with Vintage Grand Prix, Vanquish and IROC Racing with the NSR Moslers.

S&S Speedway Racer Regional Championships

2010-09-21T11:53:00.003-04:00

This past Saturday, S&S hosted the NEPA, Racer Regional Championships Qualifying race. Even with superb Saturday weather, The racers showed up to run hard. Tommy Pintchuck ran his Ferrari strong and won first place with 285 laps, while Chip Bell finished 2nd. with 282 laps. Johnathan Grover finished 3rd. with 276 laps while Tim Telesky rounded out the national qualifiers with a 4th place podium with 274 laps. S&S would like to thank all racers who came out on that Saturday for their support. Next up, Racer Sideways DP Regional Qualifier on Saturday, October 16th.

Fall Series Week 2

2010-09-20T18:39:00.000-04:00

S&S Speedway will host the second week of the Fall Series racing with Group 5, Vintage LeMans and IROC Modifieds. Last weeks racing was again competitive with Chip and Sr. tied for the points lead with 113 laps. Chip ripped 5 heat wins while Sr. scored 4. Tim and Jr. are tied for second with 111 laps and Dean and Rich for third with 108 laps. Rich scored one heat win.

Thursday Eve, Sept. 16th.

2010-09-13T12:33:00.001-04:00

S&S Speedway will begin it's Fall Series, opening with Vanquish, Racer Daytona Prototype and JJ's FLYROCK Porsche Gt1 car... S&S asks that all our competing cars meet with the specified, class rules. After a very successful timed heat test last week, S&S Speedway has more power and punch! Thanks to Chuck and Tim for helping out with something I could not do alone... REMEMBER, this Saturday is the Racer Resin Regional Qualifier race. Please reference the blog pages for times and rules... See you at the track!

Tonight/ Sept. 9th

2010-09-09T12:05:00.000-04:00

S&S Speedway recently underwent some electrical surgery to solve an issue with the Red Lane. With the combined efforts of Chuck and Tim, not only was the problem solved, but the track was also completely rewired with additional taps. Needless to say, the track is very quick with more punch. S&S Management did not have the opportunity to test the for the Regional next weekend, so tonight's "official" fall racing will be postponed to begin next Thursday. However, S&S Speedway will open tonight for test and tune of Fall series cars and needs to run some 10 minute timed heats. Perhaps a 10 minute heat IROC, or a "Run What You Brug" 10 minute heater. So bring some cars, and see you at the track!!!

Fall Series 2010!!

2010-08-31T08:26:00.001-04:00

The poll is complete, thank you all for your votes. We have five classes to alternate amongst IROC racing this fall! S&S will open the Fall 2010 Series with Vanquish, Daytona Protoype, Group 5 Blue Motor, Vintage Lemans and Vintage Gan Prix. We will begin this Thursday with Vanquish, Daytona Prototype and JJ's FLY, IROC Porsches if he can make it. Please check the Fall Rules Page for Class rules. S&S Management will be researching and persuing detailed car selections and rules for the Group 5 and Vintage Gran Prix class since they are both, newly added classes. Along with the rules for the two newly added classes, the Fall Series Schedule is forthcoming as well.

IROC Final And Fall Poll

2010-08-23T19:01:00.000-04:00

Gents, This Thursday S&S Speedway features the final IROC racing night. The points are still tight and podium places are up for grabs.... Anything can happen. I have posted a Fall Series Poll with all of the classes we have raced at S&S and a couple new interests. S&S is asking for only Thursday Night Members to vote in the poll please. Please fell free to comment if management has missed a class or there's an interest you have as a write in vote.

Thursday, August 19th

2010-08-17T15:49:00.000-04:00

S&S Speedway will host IROC racing this Thursday night. Last Thursday featured competitive racing again! Next Thursday will be the final summer IROC event, and Fall racing series will begin Thursday, September 2nd. A class poll will be posted to vote on soon, so please check back. Fall racing will feature voted classes and IROC heat racing each evening.

This Thursday 8/12

2010-08-10T19:48:00.002-04:00

S&S Speedway will host IROC racing this Thursday night. Last week was some of the closest racing yet!! The Group C class and Touring class cars were so evenly matched, and the racing was so close, that deslotting was almost terminal. Tim finished first with 4 heat wins, Jr. in second with 4 heat wins, Sr. in third with 4 heat wins and Dean took fourth with 3 heat wins. See you at the track!

NEW IROC CLASSES!!!

2010-08-04T18:22:00.000-04:00

S&S Speedway has developed 6 new IROC Classes... S&S property owner secured a deal with some barn finds, and able garage mechanics brought them up to speed for competition! Classic Rally lighted, Touring Sedan lighted, Group C blue motored, DTM lighted, COT NASCAR and Ferrari BB512 lighted.

Thursday August 5th

2010-08-03T14:11:00.001-04:00

S&S Speedway will IROC race this Thursday evening, featuring two NEW IROC classes. This past Thursday featured very close, heat racing again with Chip taking first with 112 laps and 4 heat wins, Tim in second with 111 laps and 5 heat wins, Jr. in third with 110 laps and 3 heat wins, while Frank finished fourth with 109 laps and 2 heat wins. Both Sr. and Johnathan finished with 3 heat wins. S&S Speedway is also on the verge of securing an additional two new IROC classes for future racing, taking IROC class totals to 10 IROC classes. A poll will be posted soon for possible Fall series classes. It has been suggested that S&S Speedway continue to feature IROC racing classes within regular series racing as well. We all have many classes of slot cars at home we like to race, and track management will do its best to combine class interests with IROC interests.

SUMMER IROC UPDATE

2010-07-26T17:11:00.004-04:00

This past Thursday's IROC racing proved to be the closest and most competitive yet! Only TWO laps separated 1st thru 4th place!! Track position determined 3rd thru 6th place!!! But most noteworthy and a big thanks to Dave, "Capt. Carrera", who delivered the fun in a BIG way by bringing four 1/24 cars for us to IROC. They not only proved to be competitive, but big fun as well. Jr. scored 76 laps with 4 heat wins, Frank came in second with 75 laps and 3 heat wins, J.J. completed 74 laps for 3rd place with 3 heat wins while Chip topped out the podium with 74 laps and 2 heat wins. Also noteworthy was Sr's 3 heat wins, Tim's 2 heat wins, Dean's 2 heat wins and Scott's 2 heat wins, which faired well in this close battle. Newcomer Jay did well on his first competition with 65 laps. This week will feature IROC racing once again, featuring the FLY Corvettes, FLY Porsche GT1's and the Vanquish cars if time permits. See you at the track!

THURSDAY JULY 22nd. IROC

2010-07-18T19:16:00.000-04:00

This Thursday S&S will host IROC Class Racing again. It's another "bring your troller" night. We will vote on classes, keeping in mind the Chevrons have yet to run. S&S Speedway will host 3 Regional Qualifying Events. Please visit the following link for event details.
http://www.slotcarillustrated.com/portal/forums/showthread.php?t=41575

This fall, S&S Speedway will also be hosting a "Wyoming Valley Slot Car Club Reniunion" Event... Details to follow.

THURSDAY 7/8 At S&S

2010-07-06T12:48:00.001-04:00

S&S will host IROC night this Thursday. The NSR Moslers and FLY GT1 Porsches have been requested, we will vote on a third class. All points will accumulate for the summer IROC series. The last series run was extremely competitive, as JJ and Jr. tied with 152 laps and 7 heat wins each. Tim, Chip and Sr. ramped it up with 4 heat wins each and totaled 147 laps each... Track position determined the podiums. Frank finished with 5 heat wins and 146 laps, while Dean and Rich finished with 4 heat wins each and tied with 146 laps. Clem, Dave (a.k.a. CPT Carrera) and Scott tied with 143 laps. The doors will open at 6:45 for track practice. I will be making a trip to Rich's Great Traditions next week. If anyone is interested in purchasing a Racer Resin kit ($90), in lieu of the Racer Resin Regional which is tentatively scheduled for September 18th, please bring $$ to Thurday's race night.

BACK BY REQUEST!!!!

2010-06-20T19:25:00.003-04:00

Due to the positive feedback, S&S Speedway will host another IROC night of racing this Thursday night, June 24th. S&S will have two new classes of IROC cars (Marcos and Vanquish), and will race two other IROC classes from a choice vote of racers who come out to race, so JJ, if you can make it, bring those FLY Porsches! It's another "just bring your troller night"..... or any other cars you may wish to test and tune.... Doors open at 6:45 for practice, and racing should begin around 7:30ish, so see you at the track!!

THURSDAY I.R.O.C.

2010-06-10T22:57:00.006-04:00

One word describes it.... BLAST!!! Eleven Racers showed up to run four classes of equally prepared cars.... We even had a lady racer show up, Samantha, who did really well for her first time... Here's how it went... Four classes were chosen from the possible six. FLY Racing Porsche GT1's, FLY Corvette CR5's, NSR Moslers and Artin NASCARS got the nod... Drivers ran 10 lap heats in each lane, straight rotation, accumulating laps from all four classes. New class cars were rotated in where the driver came out in the Yellow lane. Just a breakdown to show how close the racing was... Sam Sr. had seven heat wins, Frank and Jr. had six heat wins, JJ and Dean had five heat wins, Tom G. had four heat wins, Scott, Chip and Rich accumulated three heat wins... And O' Captain, my Captain, Dave K., finished with one heat win... More IROC nights are in the planning stages with the possibility of two more classes to be added. Thursday night racing at S&S is always open to any interested, non-mag racers. Several micro towels were brought out to clean the drool off the raceway as Dave Kennedy brought out the NEW Carrera Can Am cars... wow, did they go over huge!!!

And now the video....

THURSDAY NIGHT R.O.C.!!!!

2010-06-06T16:31:00.003-04:00

This Thursday, June 10th, S&S Speedway will host Night ROC. It's a "just bring your troller", night of racing!! S&S will host up to 5 classes of I.R.O.C. prepared classes including J-J's super FLY Porsche GT1's and the new NSR Mosler class!!! (click on the image for a full shot of the field, less J-J's cars I didn't have) Practice begins at 6:45. See you at the track!

SPRING SERIES FINALE!!!

2010-06-06T16:05:00.005-04:00

The Spring Series is over and congrats to J-J who mopped up the competition!!! Impressive was Dean, who podiumed fourth place! First time racer Tim ran hot this season and Rich didn't do so shabby as well... There was only a 40 lap separation between first and fourth places.

Track property owner, as opposed to track manager, has opted to level the Senior Division because three of the four racers missed two or more races. Since Frank and Chip missed three and Clem missed two, The property owner and track manager has eliminated three nights of races for Sr., one night of races from Clem, counting a total of six races for the Senior Division points standings. Talk about tight.... Chip, after a two week hiatus, came on strong and finished tied for first with Sr. with 663 laps! Frank was right behind them with 662 laps, while Clem finished with 658 laps!

LAST WEEK!

2010-05-24T20:58:00.000-04:00

Great night mixing it up at S&S last Thursday... JJ ended up with a first, while Frank smoked with a second place podium and two third place podiums. Jr. nabbed a first and second place, while Sr. pinned a first, second and a third place podium. Dean ran a solid, "quazi" race for Chip, hope to see him at the driver's stations this week. This week is our final points week and consists of DTM Lighted, LMP and FLY Capris. S&S is going to host a "FUNROCK" night, featuring up to five IROC classes to drive, FLY Chevrons, Corvettes, RACE Porsche GT1's and NSR Moslers... Just bring your controllers and your munchies!

Just Two Weeks Left!!

2010-05-17T17:04:00.003-04:00

Man, what a race night! JJ conquered two classes with first place podiums, while Dean snapped up two, second place podiums... Sr. secured a second place podium, while Frank, Tim and Jr. collected each a 3rd place. The front motor class was Fast and fun! Hope to see that class come back to play in the future. This week we have Super JGT, SCX Lighted and the third class was to be voted in... We forgot to pull a number, so I had Sr. pull a number and NINCO GT came up. Gentlemen, please make sure your cars are up to rule specs. The class rules for racing are in place to ensure fair, consistent, tight lap total racing. If a class is "Stock", then all stock parts, unless specified, must be used, and no aftermarket wheel or gear ratio allowed. See you at the track.

It's May!

2010-05-02T15:59:00.001-04:00

Fellas, It's May with 4 weeks left in the series. JJ remains atop the points lead who had two first place heat victories in Super JGT and ChevROCK classes. Sam Sr. accumulated two seconds in the Super JGT class and the SCX lighted class, while while Chip rounded out the second place podium in ChevROCK. Tim and Dean both placed with thirds in SCX for Dean and ChevROCK for Tim. Also noteable was Rich's consistency in the last two heats, Clem's first heat and, Dave, AKA, "Capt. C" showed up with a basket of blue eggs and consistent laps in the last two events. This week we have LMP, DTM Lighted and FLY Capris. See you at the track!

Nearly Half Way...

2010-04-22T21:42:00.004-04:00

JJ still has the points lead. Carlisle called out to our master's class racers, and Frank and Chip were missed for their competitive entries... Hope to see those laps up next week. Tim and Dean once again showed his consistency with several heat wins each, while Rich drove to three heat victories. Next week we have Super JGT, SCX Lighted and FLYROCK Chevrons as the class draw.... See you at the track!

Second Week A Charm?

2010-04-08T22:18:00.006-04:00

Was the second week a charm? Sure seemed to be for Chip who ran strong and topped the IROC, Bonus, Chevron Round. Tim continues to show his consistency, while Dean ran strong AGAIN. Both Tim and Dean continue to become faster and more consistent as they drive the track. Jr. and Sr. are tied. Frank fired his spotter after the first heat, but is tied for second in the Master's Class. JJ Continues to show dominance with top laps, even while pulling a left-handed, peg-legged, pirate heat. Next week features LMP, DTM Lighted and FLY Racing Capris. Please check out the class rules and have those cars prepped. S&S will be closed for practice this weekend, however, there will be test and tune opportunities early next week... Call, text or blog ahead of time to check track times.

Not April Fools...

2010-04-02T21:06:00.000-04:00

This past Thursday opened with strong performances from JJ, Chip and Dean, who unfortunately had to leave after the second heat. Most notable was Dean's performance with the new SCX Cuda. New driver Tim showed he is really getting around the speedway as well, while Rich returned for the new series. Scott showed up with hopeful driver Jayson. Hope they can both run some more races. Chip leads the master's class with Frank and Sam Sr. a close second and third. The next week features SCX GT lighted, Super JGT and IROC, Asphalt modified Stockers. Please check out the class rules and have those cars prepped accordingly.

Closed Poll On Spring Classes

2010-03-22T09:22:00.002-04:00

Thanks to the member racers of S&S Speedway for casting your vote. Seems there's an overwhelming interest in DTM Lighted, LMP and Trans-Am... Vanquish returns with a strong six votes and tied at five votes are Super JGT, SCX Lighted, FLY Racing Capris and Front Motor GT classes.

Since there are four remaining classes tied, in fairness, I will create a short poll to vote on two of the remaining four classes, and the two classes which do not receive favor, will be two classes we add as the "voted in" classes.

Received an off list question concerning the Colgate motors for LMP... We all know the real LMP world is open to any motor for fastest lap times... At S&S, it has been tested that higher RPM motors do not necessarily provide an advantage to lap times, UNLESS, you are running Hendrickson tires, and not everyone is privy to having them, so a totally "open" LMP class creates a distinct disadvantage. Initially, it is a reasonable thought to try Colgate motors, since they are cheap, plenitful and spec out like an NC5 and closed can, Slot-It BOXER, which cost 7 times more. Fiddling with gear combinations and wheel diameters should provide plenty of power down the S&S straight, with just enough grunt to get through the twisties with manageable power.

This Thursday is a casual. "run for fun" night and general testing... Along with bringing some cars to test for the spring, bring your LMP, stuff it full of a big motor you would wish to run and see how she handles... solder up a set of motor leads to a Colgate motor and bring that along too. I, for one, will be testing the SCX Prospeed motor, and a Slot-It closed can BOXER to see how it fairs against the Colgate... We can always modify rules, at this point, to suit the masses if the Colgate doesn't suit our needs...

SB2

SCX Corvette In-Car!!!!

2010-03-19T11:26:00.000-04:00

Keychain Cam mountain on the roof of an SCX Corvette.

Thinking Spring!

2010-03-17T16:25:00.003-04:00

The warm weather is upon us, however we have a series to contend with before we hang up our controllers for the summer.

Here's a list of the classes we have run so far at S&S;

Carrera Group 5 lighted

Carrera GT lighted

NINCO GT

NINCO Super JGT

SCX GT lighted

SCX Rally

Vanquish

NASCAR

Vintage LeMans day and night

Vintage GT

March Madness

FLY RACING Capris RS

Trans-Am

Slot-It Group C

Vintage Can AM 1/32

Some idle chatter suggests interest in the following classes we have not run;

LMP

DTM lighted

Group 5

Front Motor GT

Vintage F1 (Cartrix style)

GT1

Spirit Pugeot Sport

NSR Classic according to national rules