Tournaments had entered the autumn theme with harvesters and leaves changing. With that has come a changing of the guard. Ian Parks is holding the podium and will be challenged as live daily racing returns to Four Seasons this week. At the time of this publication, another Midnight Shrub will have run but, last week’s winner was Dale Pryor. The Honda City Turbo Tournament kicked off last week and saw MDG Racing win the first event. The next event will be up soon and
continue through November. And in the October edition of King of the Belt, Rust Belt’s monthly live modified racing series, Fractal Panda won the lightweights class and MDG, who has been on a hot run, took the heavyweights….with yours truly finishing second in both classes. Always a bridesmaid. Sunday Pinks ran this passt weekend. The weekly live pink slips stock car race at TFT Raceway in Ohio has picked up steam this month with more and more teams added each week. For your chance to
race live for pink slips, visit the Rust Belt Racing Facebook group for details. November has already seen some incredible racing and there’s even more to come with Rockin Santa Sled race in December, the Food Fights Final on Christmas Day and the newly announced Peg Clearing Brawl. It’s a tournament featuring 5 of the most overlooked castings of 2020 to kick off the new year. Stay tuned for all of that plus live daily races only at Rust Belt Diecast Racing.
Big Poppy Racing by Ali Kidder-Mostrom
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vent six was a long one for the 2020 Diecast Games, so it was almost surprising to move on to Event Seven. This event, “The Slolam”, was a breath of unique, fresh air and a great event to followup the mayhem of the Fat Track Free For All (FTFFA). The Slalom is just what it sounds like: a slightly downhill track of curves and straights, nine 90 degree turns in total. Each of the competing cars went down this course solo and were ranked based on their time, that is assuming they could finish. Like the FTFFA which preceded it, this event was a good one for Ferrari F40s. Unlike previous events, longer cars generally had a hard time handling the turns and typically fell short. Fast V had a deceptively fast car off the start; deceptive in that though it started fast, it wasn’t able to finish. Just when it was feeling like most cars weren’t going to get to the finish line (only 3 of the first 14 were able to find their way to the end), Po’ Boy showed up with a Shadowjet that
DECEPTIVELY DIFFICULT – The nine curves along the Slalom’s gently sloping track made life hard for many rookies and veteran racers alike.
just never slowed down (finishing with a time of 11.527). Both of Po’ Boy’s cars finished and the overall field seemed to improve from there. Big Poppy, Crazy Fresh Entertainment and Jim L both had two cars make it to the end. Jim L’s Honda Sprocket even zoomed into first place, though it was quickly unseated by Lady of Speed’s Way 2 Fast (which would take the overall win, when all the cards were counted). Though the field was looking up overall, it was Red Pill, with a
Datsun and Camaro both finishing in under 12 minutes, that truly impressed. Your Nightmare Racing, Tune Trax, Hot Wheels Calgary and League of Speed also saw two cars finish the challenging track. The Rogue Racer brought a classic Rodger Dodger, which was a joy to see and a quick competitor – finishing at 11.989. Other fun laps included Your Nightmare Racing having one car stall in the last turn, but come back to finish in attempt two and League of Speed pulling off the seemingly impossible – getting the Astin Martin through to the end. November 17, 2020 | 21
