Hi everyone,
I was on the Caribbean island of St Maartin yesterday, walking along the boardwalk by the beach and a sign outside a yellow shack catches my eye: Slot Car Raceway. Intrigued I walked up the steps and into the door and what the hell, a pukka slot car track! A Paul Ogilvie at that too. It is a copy of the "Indy" track at Millstream.
Got talking to the owner, a Reggie Coran, who has been racing slot cars internationally for years and counts Kimo Ratner and Ernie Mossetti as close friends(!). Any one of you heard of a Reggie Coran? He showed me his trophies for all the things that he has won.
I did take a couple of pictures, soon as I can I'll get them posted up and a link put in for them, but those who have been to Millstream know what the track looks like. It was just so odd to find it in the Caribbean!
He has a shop full of stuff too, and as the Dollar is so weak against the Pound I might just buy some bits! Our itenery takes us back there in 3 weeks, I'm going to see him again and have a go on the track. If I'd known he was there I would have got my cars sent over!
Anyhow, I'll be back in England on 24th April, which is a Thursday, but I probably wont be at club until the week after.
See you all then!
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Look forward to the pictures and don't spill you malibu when racing, never goes down well.Enjoy dude.
Last place I would have expected to find a decent track like that!
Never heard of Reggie Coran (bet he hasn't got a Best Marshall Award!) - and it is Steve Ogilvie who builds the tracks I've heard of!
Anyway, get some practice in for your return - Mr Beaker certainly needs some opposition!
Your man Reggie seems to only race in South America and hasn't done badly - has held some sort of World record for G27 cars and did feature at The Worlds in Sao Paulo a couple of years back.
See if you can persuade him to come over for this year's Worlds in Milton Keynes!
Yeah I'll mention it to him!
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