Just two teams showed up, comprised mostly of junior drivers. Team Maddox arrived first with 2025 Junior Champ, Abe Maddox, and relative newcomer and Junior driver, August Feinstein. August had visited the raceway just four times prior to Saturday’s racing, but was very excited about having a slot on Team Maddox and about doing more racing.
Team Johnson brought their two star Junior drivers, Madeline and Matthew, and their newborn “development” driver, Luke Johnson. Luke wanted to race, but team racing requires an even number of drivers on each team. He’ll be back!
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| Place | Name | Laps | Points | Total Time |
| 1 | Abe Maddox | 115 | 75 | 748.889 |
| 2 | August Feinstein | 114 | 69 | 737.333 |
| 3 | Madeline Johnson | 102 | 49 | 768.971 |
| 4 | Matthew Johnson | 93 | 43 | 751.298 |
Race 1: Viper V-SPEC F1/Indy 1.7 (i) Lexan Eric Lane Set
These kids love Vipers, so we ran Eric’s awesome set for race 1. August Feinstein came off the line blazing in the first segment, winning by two laps over our Junior Champ, Abe Maddox.
Abe didn’t dig that very much and won the last three segments convincingly. In spite of the heated battles between August and Abe, Team Johnson’s Madeline Johnson bagged a very nice 2nd place in segment 2 with the fastest lap of the segment in the Orange lane. Our youngest Junior driver, Matthew Johnson, followed that up in the next segment with a very nice 3rd place finish in the Green lane.
August fought hard throughout the race, holding onto 2nd place, just 4 laps behind Abe at the finish. Team Johnson did extremely well considering they’ve been busy tending to their new little brother and haven’t been racing much since last August. Details
| Place | Name | Laps | Points | Total Time |
| 1 | Abe Maddox | 78 | 61 | 524.582 |
| 2 | August Feinstein | 74 | 53 | 533.670 |
| 3 | Madeline Johnson | 66 | 38 | 547.958 |
| 4 | Matthew Johnson | 66 | 36 | 533.345 |
Race 2: Dash IROC
We decided to mix it up a bit and do a Dash race instead of a full rotation race for the last one. We reversed the lane choices to make it a little more competitive. Matthew got to pick his lane first, Madeline second, and August third choice, which placed Abe in the toughest lane for the final race.
August Feinstein put the hammer down and won the 40 lap race by three laps. Abe bagged second with some very nice driving in the more difficult Blue lane. In the process, Abe clicked off the fastest lap of race with a 4.397. Team Johnson’s, Madeline Johnson, had the next fastest lap of the race with a 5.820, and she was just one lap behind Junior Champ, Abe Maddox at the checkers for the final podium spot.
| Track:Â SR3 Road Course Fast Esses (Chicane) | ||||||
| Date:Â Jan-24-2026 16:30 | ||||||
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| Descr:Â superdash | ||||||
| Driver | Lane | Avg Lap |
Fast Lap |
Median Lap |
Laps | |
| August Feinstein | White | 8858 | 5881 | 7454 | 40 | 1 |
| Abe Maddox | Blue | 9575 | 4397 | 7208 | 37 | 2 |
| Madeline Johnson | Orange | 9942 | 5820 | 9683 | 36 | 3 |
| Matthew Johnson | Green | 12839 | 6201 | 11716 | 27 | 4 |
Since we’ve never run this new Jag PR-5 GT set in a Dash race, we have some new lap records to report. Each of the four drivers in Race 2 set lap records in their lanes!
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- August Feinstein, 5.881 in the White lane
- Matthew Johnson, 6.201 in the Green lane
- Madeline Johnson, 5.820 in the Orange lane
- Abe Maddox, 4.397 in the Blue lane
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Thanks to all the teams that showed up and made this event a fun day for the kids. They’re the future of slot car racing, and the future looks bright!
