2002 Parma Challenge Cup
Radisson Hotel Middleburg Heights, OH June 7-9, 2002
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My Challenge Cup weekend began with a tour of Parma International |
The Parma warehouse across the street housed retired Parma founder Ken MacDowell's prized collection of automotive and slot car treasures. Up front is a former Bill Elliot NASCAR ride. |
A fairly nice sized garage to park the cars in! |
Pardon me for drooling... |
Some nicely restored and maintained vintage cars |
This one is a real beauty! |
The warehouse also serves as the Parma test facility - complete with a custom Ogilvie Hillclimb track. |
A high speed Hillclimb, with an added squiggle, to test flat corner handling as well as speed. |
Around 150' of smooth track - worthy of any big race - but just used for testing. |
A drag strip adorns the back wall |
The track is surrounded by vintage slot car memorabilia. Here's the original Parma Raceway lap counter. |
An original display case from Parma Raceway - full of vintage slot cars. |
Just a sampling of the collection of 1960's slot cars and kits. |
Parma CEO Mike MacDowell shows off a pegboard wall of vintage slot car parts |
The wall of controllers - how many can you recognize? |
Here's a wall of Parma cars from over the years |
I could have spent all day just reminiscing and trying to identify some of these chassis! I could ID a bunch of them! |
Alan Smith of Scalextric USA tries out an original American Raceways driver station with steering wheel. Don't forget to drive on the right, Alan! |
"The New Super HO Controller" vintage sales display |
I was hoping Mike could bring this to the Challenge Cup! It's an old "Finger vs. Thumb" testing device! |
2002 Parma Challenge Cup Race Results
