Category: Blog
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Monster Truck Mayhem
Come to the Races2U store and check out our latest track setup. The Scalextric Monster Truck Mayhem is one of the most fun and challenging sets we have played with yet. These trucks with their huge tires jump across ramps, run into each other, and even do endo’s and wheelies. This set is also available…
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What a kid’s birthday party looks like in our retail store
This is a pretty typical example of a child’s birthday party at our retail store in Austin, Texas. Kids and parents have so much fun together it’s hard to tell who the party is for. It’s not like a bouncy house or video game where it’s really limited to just the kids. Everyone participates in…
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Partnering with Punchbowl!
Races2U is now partnering with Punchbowl to bring you electronic invitations for your next event. Punchbowl is a free service that offers many great easy to use family-friendly invitation options and designs. Check out our Races2U invitation here.
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Minecraft comes to Races2U
Lions and tigers and bears? Not quite, but Creepers, Endermen, and Steve… Look for characters from the popular Minecraft video game that have been added to our collection of figurines decorating our tracks. See if you can find them in the grandstands or elsewhere around our race tracks!
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New Neighbors for Races2U
When Races2U first opened it’s doors on our retail store in the Northfork Shopping Center nearly 3 years ago, the center was virtually lifeless, and our hole-in-the-wall shop in a hidden corner was isolated from the few other tenants all the way at the other end of the center. Now with new management and ownership,…
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Scalextric Supercars Set
This new set available from Scalextric has 2 Bugatti Veyron’s. It is digital, and includes the 4 car power base. It can be upgraded to the 6 car power base. It is now available here
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Carrera video (in German) of slot car Porsche vs. real Porsche
This is a really cool video about slot car racing (Carrera in particular), but it is fairly long, and in German. http://www.n24.de/n24/Mediathek/Dokumentationen/d/5911414/deutschland-im-carrera-fieber.html There is a part at about 38 minutes into the video where a Carrera Porsche races a real Porsche on the Salzburgring in Austria. They created a scale replica of the track at…
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Easy Performance Upgrades
The fastest and least expensive performance improvement for any slot car is replacing stock tires with aftermarket “performance” tires. For home tracks silicone or urethane tires are the best. Racers with Carerra NASCAR models can purchase silicone racing tires (complete with Goodyear on the sidewalls!) at the Races2U storefront. To replace worn, cracked or hardened…
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Circuit of the Americas in financial trouble?
An article from Motorsport.com http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/is-america-s-only-formula-one-track-in-trouble shows that CotA’s claimed attendance numbers just don’t jive with the facts. Funny, I think I said this a while back. I really would like auto racing to succeed here in Austin, and the facility is beautiful. I hope that they can get things turned around, but I worry that with an…
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Lubrication
A smile and friendly words are the lubrication of good relationships! Likewise to keep slot cars performing well so they make their racers happy, good lubrication is needed. WHAT SHOULD I USE? — The most common mistake I see is using Graphite, 3-in-One or WD-40 for axles and lithium or axle grease for gears! Graphite…