Yet again, I didn’t get both cameras working, but at least I captured the action from SR3’s Turn 2 camera. Mildly edited, so just fast forward through the uninteresting stuff.
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Team Maddox brings a new racing team into the fold and bags the last two podium spots in Race 1 with superb driving in their last three rotations.
A big welcome goes out to our latest team to appear at Stewart Raceway, Feinstein Racing. The team’s youngest driver, August Feinstein, has made one previous appearance at Stewart Raceway back during the Memorial Day Double-Header event. This recent visit brought a full squad of drivers and some impressive results. Team leader, Casey Feinstein, won a segment, Forrest Feinstein won a segment, and August Feinstein bagged two 2nd place segment finishes.
| Place | Name | Laps | Points | Total Time |
| 1 | Steve Stewart | 412 | 183 | 4590.526 |
| 2 | George Peters | 400 | 169 | 4571.940 |
| 3 | Dean Donaldson | 384 | 148 | 4760.271 |
| 4 | Jeff Seltzer | 353 | 122 | 4626.331 |
| 5 | Abe Maddox | 105 | 65 | 932.654 |
| 6 | Shaylin Maddox | 104 | 65 | 915.015 |
| 7 | Forrest Feinstein | 94 | 52 | 931.406 |
| 8 | Casey Feinstein | 92 | 48 | 927.825 |
| 9 | August Feinstein | 94 | 46 | 960.045 |
Team Maddox won four of the nine segments and took 2nd place in another, edging out Jeff Seltzer for the last two podium spots. Jeff had a few more total laps, but both Team Maddox drivers had 65 points in the end, three more than Jeff, who won two of his segments. Team Maddox is definitely on a roll. Details
| Place | Name | Laps | Points | Total Time |
| 1 | Steve Stewart | 117 | 75 | 936.918 |
| 2 | Abe Maddox | 105 | 65 | 932.654 |
| 3 | Shaylin Maddox | 104 | 65 | 915.015 |
| 4 | Jeff Seltzer | 107 | 62 | 957.109 |
| 5 | George Peters | 104 | 56 | 949.656 |
| 6 | Dean Donaldson | 107 | 53 | 922.464 |
| 7 | Forrest Feinstein | 94 | 52 | 931.406 |
| 8 | Casey Feinstein | 92 | 48 | 927.825 |
| 9 | August Feinstein | 94 | 46 | 960.045 |
We lost Team Maddox and Fienstien Racing shortly after Race 1 concluded. While short on marshals, we forged ahead with the honor system and the verbal track call to deal with crashes. Team Donaldson Racing’s Sportsman driver, Dean Donaldson, had a stellar run with his Viper, besting Expert pilot, George Peters, by just four points to take the second podium spot in this way-fast 30-lap segments fuel race. George and Dean both had one segment win each, but Dean managed to bag two 2nd place segment finishes to come out ahead in total points. Details
| Place | Name | Laps | Points | Total Time |
| 1 | Steve Stewart | 119 | 58 | 1253.853 |
| 2 | Dean Donaldson | 114 | 53 | 1245.052 |
| 3 | George Peters | 116 | 49 | 1249.218 |
| 4 | Jeff Seltzer | 96 | 28 | 1262.005 |
Home Cook’n set a new lap record in the Blue lane with a 4.381 lap. The fastest lap record for this class is held by Aaron Castro in the Orange lane back in March of 2024. Aaron also holds the lap records for the White lane (4.291) and the Green lane (4.274).
George Peters came out swinging in the day’s final (extended laps) fuel race, winning all four segments and setting a few lap records. Sportsman drivers, Dean Donaldson and Jeff Seltzer, drove the wheels off their cars but could not keep up with the pace of the two Expert drivers fighting for the overall win. Dean managed to best Home Cook’n, with a 2nd place finish to George in the final segment and a spot on the podium, but nobody was able to put any pressure on the determined GP Designs driver, George Peters. Details
| Place | Name | Laps | Points | Total Time |
| 1 | George Peters | 180 | 64 | 2373.066 |
| 2 | Steve Stewart | 176 | 50 | 2399.755 |
| 3 | Dean Donaldson | 163 | 42 | 2592.755 |
| 4 | Jeff Seltzer | 150 | 32 | 2407.217 |
New lap records were set in all four lanes in this race. George was the fastest with a 5.276 lap in the Green Lane in the first segment. Home Cook’n clicked off a new record of 5.309 in the Blue lane in the same segment.
It sucks getting old. Your favorite Race Director failed to get any podium shots, sorry! He did manage to get all the race action on video, but with only one camera view. Stay tuned for those videos to be posted on our Rumble channel soon.
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We only had one camera going, but here’s some quickly edited raw video of Saturday, June 7, 2025 racing action.
Race 2: Fast Lane Racing’s “Skooby-Doo” Vans (IROC)
Race 3: Viper V-SPEC “SPEC STOCK” Lexan
Race 3: Abe Maddox wins his last two rotations!
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Coming off a big win by Shaylin Maddox in the Memorial Day Double-Header, Team Maddox dazzled the field in the final race with back-to-back segment wins by young gun, Abe Maddox, on Stewart Raceway’s SR3 Fast Esses road course Saturday. Abe loves Vipers, and in his last two rotations of the last race of the day, he demonstrated why. Abe didn’t have a shot at the overall win after the first two segments, but he got down to business in his final two segments and won them both. Abe finished fourth overall, just three points off the podium against four Experts. The future of slot car racing looks pretty good!
We tested out our new “Hot Yellow Flag” feature in all three of the day’s races. While we had enough marshals most of the day, we decided to test this new concept out anyway. Basically, “Hot Yellow” means that when a crash occurs, instead of hitting the space bar and shutting off power to all lanes, the new method lowers the lane power, and the slotted cars continue moving, albeit at a slower pace.
We learned two things very quickly: the yellow flag voltage will need to be a variable based on the type of car being raced. The current software sets the voltage to 9vdc, which we found to be a bit too low for most of the cars we ran. The second thing learned was that going green by changing the voltage from 9vdc to the race speed (15v or 18v) was too abrupt, since most of the cars required the driver to squeeze the trigger 100% to keep it moving at 9vdc. Of course, when the power was fully restored to race voltage, the car would often fly off the corner.
About half the drivers thought it was a cool concept; the other half thought it was horrible. We’ll make some changes to the “Hot Yellow” feature and give it another try soon. The biggest issue I see is that some cars roll faster than others during a hot yellow flag situation. I’m not sure this issue can be resolved with software.
| Place | Name | Laps | Points | Total Time |
| 1 | Aaron Castro | 355 | 178 | 3300.945 |
| 2 | Steve Stewart | 354 | 172 | 3500.741 |
| 3 | Jerry Pearson | 331 | 150 | 3609.024 |
| 4 | Eric Lane | 298 | 122 | 3130.574 |
| 5 | Kevin Webster | 293 | 106 | 3316.590 |
| 6 | Abe Maddox | 208 | 86 | 2402.182 |
| 7 | Shaylin Maddox | 106 | 32 | 1216.177 |
Expert driver Aaron Castro stayed focused and smooth all day, taking close second-place finishes in the first two races and bagging first place in the day’s final race. Hairball Racing’s, Jerry Pearson completed the day’s podium with consistent segment results and good pit stop strategies.
We ran the “Lites” class because we were curious to see if the new Senna Lotus AFX/Racemasters hardbodies were faster than the previous Alpha F1 body livery. Unfortunately, none of the Lotus entries finished the race, so we still don’t have an answer to that question. Details
| Place | Name | Laps | Points | Total Time |
| 1 | Steve Stewart | 119 | 56 | 1069.301 |
| 2 | Aaron Castro | 117 | 56 | 1050.637 |
| 3 | Jerry Pearson | 116 | 55 | 1026.028 |
| 4 | Kevin Webster | 94 | 36 | 1052.285 |
| 5 | Eric Lane | 84 | 32 | 954.001 |
Aaron’s favorite cars and the results show why. Fast Lane Racing’s Eric Lane loves them too. Nice podium finish for Eric! Details
| Place | Name | Laps | Points | Total Time |
| 1 | Steve Stewart | 118 | 61 | 1283.580 |
| 2 | Aaron Castro | 118 | 61 | 1316.681 |
| 3 | Eric Lane | 105 | 50 | 1371.172 |
| 4 | Jerry Pearson | 100 | 42 | 1395.727 |
| 5 | Abe Maddox | 91 | 36 | 1353.724 |
| 6 | Kevin Webster | 92 | 32 | 1357.402 |
Well, long story short: Aaron stayed focused and smooth through his entire rotation, winning three segments and not finishing worse than 2nd place. It was an uphill battle for the rest of us, but Abe Maddox pushed through and won the last two segments against severe pressure from Home Cook’n and Eric Lane. Abe held off a hard-charging Home Cook’n for three laps of green flag racing at the end, besting Home Cook’n by mere inches. Stay tuned for that video clip.
Hairball Racing’s Jerry Pearson took the final spot on the podium with a 1st, two 2nds, and a 3rd place segment finish. Very impressive driving by the 2023 “Most Improved Driver.” Details
| Place | Name | Laps | Points | Total Time |
| 1 | Aaron Castro | 120 | 61 | 933.627 |
| 2 | Steve Stewart | 117 | 55 | 1147.860 |
| 3 | Jerry Pearson | 115 | 53 | 1187.269 |
| 4 | Abe Maddox | 117 | 50 | 1048.458 |
| 5 | Eric Lane | 109 | 40 | 805.401 |
| 6 | Kevin Webster | 107 | 38 | 906.903 |
| 7 | Shaylin Maddox | 106 | 32 | 1216.177 |
| Place | Name | Laps | Points | Total Time |
| 1 | Home Cook’n | 2682 | 1500 | 21117.682 |
| 2 | George Peters | 1416 | 881 | 10229.500 |
| 3 | Abe Maddox | 1228 | 724 | 10298.983 |
| 4 | Aaron Castro | 1045 | 645 | 8507.542 |
| 5 | Kevin Webster | 1593 | 642 | 14620.899 |
| 6 | Coe Rowland | 879 | 538 | 78.713 |
| 7 | Dave Rowland | 815 | 515 | NA |
| 8 | Shaylin Maddox | 982 | 501 | 8267.585 |
| 9 | Arlo Roland | 812 | 479 | 313.022 |
| 10 | Dean Donaldson | 1038 | 407 | 7470.089 |
| 11 | Jerry Pearson | 678 | 367 | 6784.699 |
| 12 | Jared Johnson | 434 | 296 | 3445.410 |
| 13 | Eric Lane | 575 | 278 | 5579.060 |
| 14 | Lucille Rowland | 253 | 177 | 1958.340 |
| 15 | Joe Vargas | 300 | 118 | 1280.737 |
| 16 | Matthew Johnson | 186 | 102 | 2280.138 |
| 17 | Madeline Johnson | 173 | 84 | 1979.289 |
| 18 | Hillbilly Dave | 177 | 79 | 881.970 |
| 19 | Vic Peterson | 180 | 69 | 1082.443 |
| 20 | Bev Seltzer | 228 | 64 | 1164.846 |
| 21 | Jeff Seltzer | 116 | 51 | 1035.244 |
| 22 | Oxana Che | 197 | 44 | 837.067 |
| 23 | Kathy Stewart | 105 | 34 | 332.422 |
| 24 | August Feinstein | 159 | 32 | 3243.437 |
| 25 | Cameron Bill | 50 | 32 | 411.714 |
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The first event on this glorious Memorial Day was a 200-lap road race on SR3’s Fast Esses course. Team Maddox put on a good showing and brought a new Junior driver, August Feinstein, who did exceptionally well in his first appearance at Stewart Raceway.Abe and August at the controls in the 200-lap event.
| Place | Name | Laps | Points | Total Time |
| 1 | Shaylin Maddox | 195 | 54 | 3177.202 |
| 2 | Steve Stewart | 199 | 53 | 3180.055 |
| 3 | Abe Maddox | 198 | 49 | 3182.646 |
| 4 | August Feinstein | 159 | 32 | 3243.437 |
This race was run with just one marshal and the good ole “Track Call” honor system, which always has its share of trickery. Throughout the race, Team Maddox was always within striking distance of the overall victory, but also battled intensely among themselves. Shaylin and Abe had extremely close segment run-times for the first three segments, with Abe taking 2nd-place in the first 50-lap segment and 1st-place in the third segment. Going into the final segment, Shaylin was down five laps but just 4 points behind the race leader, Home Cook’n, and two points ahead of teammate, Abe Maddox.
In the end, both Abe and Shaylin had perfect 50-lap segments, with Shaylin taking the segment and overall race win, just one point ahead of Home Cook’n. Abe would finish in second place, just a bit over 1 second behind the winner, Shaylin Maddox.Race Director is setting things up as Abe and August anxiously await track power.
New Team Maddox driver, August Feinstein, had his best result in Segment 2, finishing one lap ahead of teammate, Abe Maddox, for 3rd place. August also bested the field in Segment 2 with a fastest lap of 4.922 and the fastest median lap time. Team Maddox had a pretty good day. Details
| Place | Name | Laps | Points | Total Time |
| 1 | Kevin Webster | 238 | 114 | 2290.899 |
| 2 | Dean Donaldson | 232 | 94 | 2411.522 |
| 3 | Steve Stewart | 120 | 61 | 1374.996 |
| 4 | Jeff Seltzer | 116 | 51 | 1035.244 |
| 5 | Bev Seltzer | 110 | 28 | 1062.906 |
The second round of the double-header race day included two 120-lap fuel races, one IROC and one Builder class. Team Donaldson, Webster Motorsports, and Seltzer Speed/Marine started the event with a 120-lap MegaG+ Modifieds IROC set at 20v.
Webster Motorsports Expert driver, Kevin Webster, dominated this first 120-lap fuel race with three segment wins, consistent driving, and a perfect 120-lap total. New Sportsman driver, Jeff Seltzer, appearing for his second time at Stewart Raceway, had a very good run. Jeff won one segment, finished 2nd in two others, and the fastest median lap time of segment 2. Teammate, Bev Seltzer, clicked off the fastest lap of segment in the Orange lane at 6.024 seconds.
Team Donaldson’s, Dean Donaldson, took the final podium spot with two 2nd places, two 3rds places, and 3rd overall. Dean also clicked off the fastest lap of the race with a 5.753 lap in the Orange lane. Dean only lost one lap throughout the race to Expert driver and winner, Kevin Webster.
Team Seltzer Speed & Marine had a pretty good night but had to cut things short before the final 120-lap race. Given their ever-decreasing lap times and success, I know this team is going to be back at Stewart Raceway. In fact, Bev was practicing pit stops during practice, demonstrating she’s serious about getting on the podium soon. Details
| Place | Name | Laps | Points | Total Time |
| 1 | Kevin Webster | 120 | 61 | 907.637 |
| 2 | Jeff Seltzer | 116 | 51 | 1035.244 |
| 3 | Dean Donaldson | 119 | 48 | 1022.595 |
| 4 | Bev Seltzer | 110 | 28 | 1062.906 |
The second and final race of the night was, of course, the Builder’s Viper V-SPEC Lexan class. Sportsman, Dean Donaldson, was anxious to try out his new Viper and came out swinging in Segment 1 with the fastest lap and a 2nd place finish against two Expert drivers. In fact, Dean’s total runtime was just .01 seconds more than the segment winner. Unfortunately, Dean had Expert driver, Kevin Webster, breathing down his tailpipes on the last lap, and chose to bag the 2nd place segment points instead. Kevin, realizing he could refuel without losing points, wisely did so. The situation would result in Dean starting the second segment with little fuel, while the other to drivers would start with a full tank.
Dean would lose four laps due to pit stop problems in segment 2, while Kevin Webster clicked off a perfect 30 laps. Dean started segment 3 just four laps down, but tied in points with Kevin at 24. Dean needed a win.
Ultimately, Kevin would win segment 3, putting Dean out of contention. Still, Dean fought hard in the last two segments, only losing one more lap, but unable to overtake Kevin for 2nd place overall. Dean was less than a second behind Kevin in the final segment at the finish line. DetailsÂ
| Place | Name | Laps | Points | Total Time |
| 1 | Steve Stewart | 120 | 61 | 1374.996 |
| 2 | Kevin Webster | 118 | 53 | 1383.262 |
| 3 | Dean Donaldson | 113 | 46 | 1388.927 |
What a great of racing! Thank you all for participating and bringing all the goodies, snacks, dinner, and wine! Congratulations to Jeff Seltzer for his second-place (1st Sportsman) finish in the first 120-lap race. Also, congratulations to Shaylin Maddox for an incredible win in the 200-lap event! Some very fun and competitive racing, for sure.
Okay, shut up and drive!
