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True North Raceway - KensRedZed - 11th-Nov-26

I started HO proxy racing here several years ago because of Woodcote. Yep, I'm totally blaming him. It was the thing to do during Covid.   (Thank you again, Andy)

Andy thankfully set me up with cars and good advice. I made a small test track. I fell flat on my face for a few races. Then I actually won a T-jet race! Uh oh... Now the bug has me by the short and curlies.

My test track was exactly like Andy's, except it was AFX instead of Micro Scalex.

I was sad when it was over. But, so was the Covid panic. Not sad about that.

I joined NitroSlots in the USA and fell flat on my face again. Man, those guys are fast! They run up to 22' foot length tracks with insane power supplies. 26V @20-amps times two for open classes. There is no way I can compete unless I can test cars.

My house doesn't have a 22' foot long space for an HO drag track. My garage was built in 1955, and the only creatures using it are raccoons, and various other critters. It's also becoming one with the ground as the wood from 1955 rots away. The old garage measured 22' long by 14' feet wide.

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A small tractor turned it into a small pile of sticks in under 30-minutes.

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RE: True North Raceway - KensRedZed - 11th-Nov-26

The new garage location was moved to the back of the lot. The new garage will measure 22' long by 20' feet wide. A full two-car garage.

The pile of stones are where the old garage used to be. The new footing was dug out.

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A form for the concrete was made.

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New lumber arrived on a Friday. Walls went up that Saturday. Roof was started on Sunday.

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The shingles and siding went on shortly after the roof was finished.

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RE: True North Raceway - KensRedZed - 11th-Nov-26

The east wall will have a dedicated HO drag strip just over 21' feet long. True North Raceway will be born.

Once again, I blame Woodcote. 

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Insulation is next.

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