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Pure Storage Accelerate
We were privileged to set up a large slot car track at the Pure Storage conference in our hometown last week. The theme of the conference was “Accelerate”, so what better that race cars to go along with the theme? We set up a 6’x18′ slot car track in the middle of the conference, and…
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Drag racing legend Tom ‘The Mongoose’ McEwen dies at 81
By Jerry BonkowskiJun 11, 2018, 5:07 PM EDT Legendary Funny Car and Top Fuel racer Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen passed away Sunday at the age of 81. McEwen had been beset by health issues in recent years, including a battle with colon cancer for the last several months, but no immediate cause of death has been…
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Race Day!!!
May is a great month for racing, beginning with horses at the Kentucky Derby and ending up the month with the last Sunday in May. Today is the day race fans all over the world wait for each year, with the Indianapolis 500, Monaco Gran Prix, Coca-Cola 600, and NHRA Drag racing all taking place…
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Yokohama Tire at the Big O Tires Conference
Yokohama tire who not only makes tires for almost everything from sports and race cars to big rigs and commercial trucks is introducing some new aggressive off-road tires at the Big O Tires conference in San Antonio Texas, including the new gorgeous Geolandar X-MT (not yet available in stores). So, to help promote their off-road line,…
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Managing Risky Drivers at the RIMS conference with Acrometis
The Risk Management Society (RIMS) held their annual conference in San Antonio April 16th-18th. Acrometis, one of the exhibitors, hired Races2U as an attraction for their booth. Their theme was “Get on the Fast Track to Success”, so our racing was a natural fit. This conference had thousands of attendees, and it seemed that many…
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Slot car racing with CI&T at SXSW
Races2U participated in the Lean Digital Speedway event hosted by CI&T at the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin this week. We coordinated with the event management team from OneNine Design to be a part of the racing themed event at the Courtyard Marriott., and we set up a slot car track for the attendees to…
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Play it again Sam…
One of the most misquoted movie lines ever, from the Bogart classic “Casablanca”. What does this have to do with slot car racing? Nothing, except that Races2U participated in the Casablanca Gala fundraiser for CASA of Travis County this past weekend. It was a lot of fun for a great cause, and CASA raised close…
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Formula 1 ending tradition of Grid Girls
At Races2U, we don’t generally comment on politics and trends outside of racing. However, we are very dismayed that the recent spate of sexual harassment claims seems to have lead to the demise of the time honored tradition of Grid Girls at Formula 1 racing. This is an example of political correctness run amok. F1…
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Mini 500 in Indianapolis
Home of the famous Indy 500, we set up our own miniature race using Scalextric Indy cars at the annual IPSA conference at the JW Marriott in Indianapolis. A big THANK YOU to our sponsor Dow Agrosciences for having us be a part of the event, and the awesome staff of Bader-Rutter marketing and media for…
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Another one Rides the Bus…
The UMA Motorcoach Expo was held at the Henry Gonzales Center in San Antonio Jan 6-10. Races2U was hired by ABC Companies– the exclusive distributor for VanHool coaches in the US, as part of their booth entertainment. Since the show had a strong focus on touring coaches and companies, we set up a track featuring…