February 2018: LenJet All Star Race May 6, 2018 | Paul Ryer They showed up. They raced. They ate. They raced. They left.… Read More
January 27, 2018: The Rhode Island 500 February 3, 2018 | Paul Ryer 10 Little Outlaws Cumberland Rhode Island, January 27, 2018 – Ok, Outlaws aren’t little, but 10 of them made the trip to Ron DeRoche’s Rolling Thunder Raceway. Some folks battled black ice on the trip. Bill “The Store” Craven and The Scribe had smooth sailing on the short hop from Massachusetts. Coffee and munchkins were… Read More
January 7, 2018: The Skid Mark 500 February 3, 2018 | Paul Ryer 2018 Skid Marks 500 Boy let me tell you about brave souls … I think this was probably the coldest race start time temps we’ve had yet. -6 deg. But that didn’t deter the diehard race fans. The pre-race Hotcakes breakfast had a surprise guest as Mr. Pat Dube joined us, and spent the rest of… Read More
December 2017: Little Greg’s Big Race January 6, 2018 | Paul Ryer Turnout was a little light at little Greg’s race. I think the prior evenings snowfall kept some people away. 10 outlaws braved the elements to do battle on the very fast and technical MaxTrax road course. We had a surprise guest in the house all the way from Arizona, it seems we can’t get rid of… Read More
November 2017: The LenJet 499 December 6, 2017 | Jim Hoar News Flash: Big Pit Gate attendance at Modelville/LenJet Raceway on Nov 18th for the LenJet 499. A great crowd of 17 racers from Maine,CT,Mass and R.I. hit the tracks at Peter Lentro’s mega-spectacular racing facility in Ashland,MA last Sat. for another thrilling East Coast HO Outlaws race. Lots of fun,friendship and food thanks to our… Read More
October 2017: The Grillin’ and Chillin’ October 15, 2017 | Jim Hoar In a state, far-far away (i.e.Star Wars Prelude), the hardiest of the East Coast HO Outlaws went onward up to do battle against the evil Empire known as the Maine HO Slotcar Racing Club members. And they returned Victorious as usual!!!! The 2017 Grill’n-N-Chill’n , best known as the Dark Side led by Lord Eats-A-Lot… Read More
September 2017: Rumble at the Rapid September 27, 2017 | Jim Hoar Outlaws 2017-2018 racing season starts off on a happy note but ended kindof glum once we all heard about the tragic death of Ted Christopher, New England Modified Champion and friend of the Mottola’s, who died following the crash of a small airplane very near where we were having our race at Rapid Raceway in… Read More
July 2017: Rockin’ It Old School Race Report July 16, 2017 | Paul Ryer Rockin’ it Old School was rescheduled to July 8th and moved to Lenjet. We also deleted a class so we could have our annual rules meeting. 11 guys showed up to race and only 10 members were allowed to vote. First class was our Hobbystock with original Aurora body. It was great to see cars… Read More
April 2017: The Spinout! Race Report May 3, 2017 | Jim Hoar April 30th was not a day for Yoga, Zen Budha stuff or Zumba. It was a Spin Out Day for the East Coast HO Outlaws hosted by Peter Lentros at his magical Romper Room called LenJet Raceway. 17 guys were in there to try not to spin out but to claim a spot on the… Read More
February 2017: LenJet All Star Race Report March 15, 2017 | Jim Hoar Now that we’ve seen what happens at the beginning of a new NASCAR season, we can honestly say the professional HO slotcar racers who attended the LenJet All Star event on Feb 19th faired better than those NASCAR types. Plus I think we actually raced smarter than most those those guys/gals too. When you have… Read More