A couple of interesting 'Retro' YouTube Clips
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:00 pm
Whilst searching for a Video clip Cody had mentioned, I happened to find these;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE5nVbG1 ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOde9ywW ... re=related
The first one, features Keith Tanaka, arguably one of THE Stalwarts of the US Slot racing scene for many years, especially from the era of my childhood and the person who compiles and maintains the Great "SoCal slotcar racing" web site. See here; http://socald3.phanfare.com/
The second one, features arguably two of the Best Slot car racers from the era of my childhood and early years in Slot Racing, and from what I know of them, also Damn Nice guys to boot !!!, being John "The Jet" Cukras and Mike Steube.
It would be great to be rich enough to travel to the States to have a run at BPR with these guys and many of the Other "Greats" of that era and perhaps inspired by the recent Australia versus the World Wing Car event at Mobile raceways, would be Fantastic if we could get them to come over here to Race Retro's with us !!!
These guys and quite a few others like Bob Emott, Howie Ursaner, Terry Schmidt, Tony P and John Gorski as examples, were often featured in the various Slot car publications of the era such as Model Car magazine and others, which I and many others here and around the world, probably spent many hours reading and enjoying, as it featured regular articles on both Motor and chassis building of which many were by the three guys featured in the above videos.
Enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE5nVbG1 ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOde9ywW ... re=related
The first one, features Keith Tanaka, arguably one of THE Stalwarts of the US Slot racing scene for many years, especially from the era of my childhood and the person who compiles and maintains the Great "SoCal slotcar racing" web site. See here; http://socald3.phanfare.com/
The second one, features arguably two of the Best Slot car racers from the era of my childhood and early years in Slot Racing, and from what I know of them, also Damn Nice guys to boot !!!, being John "The Jet" Cukras and Mike Steube.
It would be great to be rich enough to travel to the States to have a run at BPR with these guys and many of the Other "Greats" of that era and perhaps inspired by the recent Australia versus the World Wing Car event at Mobile raceways, would be Fantastic if we could get them to come over here to Race Retro's with us !!!
These guys and quite a few others like Bob Emott, Howie Ursaner, Terry Schmidt, Tony P and John Gorski as examples, were often featured in the various Slot car publications of the era such as Model Car magazine and others, which I and many others here and around the world, probably spent many hours reading and enjoying, as it featured regular articles on both Motor and chassis building of which many were by the three guys featured in the above videos.
Enjoy