News Briefs

Sock Hop Slam Will Be Huge

As of March 2, Indiana Diecast Racing had received 158 cars as part of their upcoming 1950s-themed racing event.

Unlike other tournaments, track owner Jim Desaulniers chose to set no limit as to how many cars each participant could send in. Coming hard on the tail of the conclusion of the Plethora of Party Wagons event, Desaulniers posted a photo on Facebook of the massive pile of shipping boxes he currently has from incoming cars.

Along with that post he acknowledged that there will be more than the current 158 entries, as there are still other cars on their way to the Westfield, Indiana-based track.

If previous tournaments are evidence of how things will run in this one, the first round will be made up of four-car groups. With the current numbers, that’s 40 groups of cars racing before any second round action can begin!

We’ll be checking in with IDR closer to the start of the event to get a final number of participating vehicles.

Redline Derby to Host Four Track Pro-Am

Brian Vaughn of Redline Derby has been coordinating the creation of a new Pro-Am circuit which will make its debut this summer.

Builders will be teamed in pairs and competing together against a field of top racers and newer racers combined.

The circuit will consist of two road courses and two drag strips. The mixed style of tracks will place huge demands on the participants who will have to prepare their cars for a variety of racing conditions.

The participating tracks are Redline Derby Speedway (drag strip), DRR’s Psychedelic Speedway (road course), BlueLine Racing’s Northeast Beast (drag strip) and The Tricky Triangle of IDR (road course). Sixteen pros and an equal number of amateurs have been registered to participate. The racers will be paired up into their teams in the next few days.

Racing will start in Ohio in May. Cars will travel to Washington State in June, then to Connecticut for July. The series will hit its final track in Indiana in August. September will see the cars back to Ohio for a soiree of sorts before they are returned to their owners.

This event, as well as a number of single-track events, have replaced last year’s RLDRL monthly racing events on the Redline Derby calendar.