MMMR Thursday Fun
Four adult and four kids participated in MMMR’s first “Thursday Night Thunder” fun and pick up races at Goodloe Model Motorsports Park on April 16. The kids, three 6th graders and one 2ndgrader, had the most fun. Lia, Cora, Caro, and Everett all demonstrated their ability to race and change lanes and with two ghost cars as well. As you can see on the video, they had a great time.
Several 2 minute races were run. Lia won the closest race by inches over Caro (see photo). Adults Tom, Dave, Richard, and new racer Rob had their share of fun as well, racing each other with a variety of Carrera cars.
MMMR debuted their "Portabello" show track at the recent slot car show at Whitemarsh, MD on Oct.13th. Many racers tried out digital racing, some for the first time during the well run show presented by Elliot Dalberg. Many thanks to Great Traditions for providing $10 gift certificates .https://gtslotcars.com
Maryland Model Motor Racing (MMMR) is now one of only two American race organizations listed with The Digital Slot Car Association (DiSCA).
DiSCA works toward creating a progression that takes the home racer to domestic level club racing, and then on to national and international competition and supports racers and clubs worldwide.
More information to come!
Leo and Dave, along with Capitol Racing League members Craig, Reggie and Cooke, took part in First State Racing’s Carrera Digital 1/24 2hr GT Enduro on 6/22/24. Kiwan and everyone from FSR welcomed us and the camaraderie was abundant.
In qualifying, the entire field of six teams was only separated by one half second. During the race, the competition was fierce at many points and the learning curve steep for both the 3MR and CRL teams.
Many thanks to FSR for the event and hospitality. We were clearly with guys who love digital slots as much as we do.
Slot Scouting
5/24/24
Cub Scouts from Troop 794 out of Elkridge, MD. enjoyed an afternoon of digital slot racing at Mike’s Hanover, MD Track.
All of them earned a racing medallion by demonstrating the ability to keep their car on the track, change lanes, and use the pit lane. They maintained peak enthusiasm and did not want to stop driving even for the cook-out lunch! The racing started with crash and burn races followed by several short races, a qualifier and final race.
Six kids raced while two watched as they rotated around the eight participants. Brothers Reed and Cody finished first and second in the final race with the cars only separated by inches at the finish.
Alexandra, Andra, Aubrey, Ben, Cody, Dalton, Leo, and Reed were all great racers. Many thanks to Mike for conceiving and organizing this event.
