Woodrum Ridge Raceway - "The Ridge"

[pshoe64]

Woodrum Ridge Raceway
In the home of Paul Shoemaker (SCI Writer)
Liberty, KY

HO Scale
Oval: 44 Foot Lap Length, 4 Lane all banked Tomy AFX Track.
Road Course: 54 Foot Lap Length, 4 Lane various elevations, Tomy AFX Track
Power: 21.9 Volt 3 Amp AC to DC Converter (Home made)
Lap Counter/Timer: Slot Car Manager trigger by 6" dead strip section

1/32nd Scale
Still in design phase, tables being built.
Routed and taped, most likely a tri-oval with switches to allow road course access.


Woodrum Ridge's HO Track

[anthonyridesbikes]

that track looks awesome, i used to race ho cars in louisville when i was younger. i came with a guy named steve but, he passed away and i never got to come anymore. i remember racing at two tracks, i forget the guys names that actually had the tracks at their houses. i still have all of my cars as well as everything steve had, i've been thinking about trying to build a small track just to mess around on. i'd like to get the cars out and actually use them. they have been sitting around for too long and i forgot how much fun i had racing them.

[pshoe64]

River City Racing Club

I was one of the founding members of the River City Racing Club in Louisville back in the 80s and 90s. We had around 6-10 tracks at any given time as members came and went. There were a couple of Steve's in the group, Steve Ashley and Steve Corn. Was either of those the Steve you raced with?

-Paul

[jeeter]

stumbled upon this thread while looking for ho tracks in my area. where is WRR now? any Ho t jet racers in Louisville area anymore? I race w track group in Lexington and getting my track ready soon.

[pshoe64]

stumbled upon this thread while looking for ho tracks in my area. where is WRR now? any Ho t jet racers in Louisville area anymore? I race w track group in Lexington and getting my track ready soon.

Hi Jeeter,

Do you race with the LRC club in Lexington? I know Stan S. and his kids. They race in my Racing to the Future program we do in the schools.

WRR is still around, and being worked on. I just finished converting the banking to custom 20 degrees pieces and I'm working up some new wiring and power. I spend most of my racing action promoting slot cars to students in the schools and have expanded Racing to the Future to 13 states and 3 countries. Between that and writing reviews and how-to articles, I keep my slot car hobby interests going.


-Paul