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drag racing at 1:64 scale

one great thing about living in austin, if you grow up, it's your own damn fault. 

every once in a while, people get together to race cars, at 1:64 scale.  and maybe enjoy some pub grub and proper beers at the dog and duck pub.

austin diecast drags!

austin diecast drags

vintage van diecast representative

vintage vans were represented by carl

diecast drag race 1:64 austin

starting line, diecast racing austin

carl let kat have access to some of the cars he wasn't racing.  she did some test runs to pick two.  then they entered the grid for competetive runs.

winner!

and kat was on a winning streak.  you can see above, she was hooked. 

competetive game face diecast drag racing

dog and duck pub diecast drag austin

you can see the two pics above, and the one below, the competetive stance and intense concentration.

diecast 1:64 vw thing is competetive drag race car

carl ended second overall and kat came in third but everybody had a good time.

 classic 50's rear end styling

of course there were lots of cool 1:1 scale cars as well.  love that classic 50's rear style (above).  you could easily mistake the car below as classic american design from the 50's, it's actually a volvo 122S, and this guy installed air bags in his.  I was highly amused when he pulled up and I saw it drop the ground.  good stuff!

air bagged rat-rod volvo 122s

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