Inland Empire HO Raceway

Inland Empire HO Raceway

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Inland Empire HO Raceway was established in the early 2000s while growing the Southern California HO racing group.

My first trip to the fray in Ferndale was 2003. I have fielded teams at the fray and now live in New Mexico. Inland Empire HO Raceway is an entity dedicated to racing HO scale Thunder Jet slot cars from the mid 60's to early 70's in fray style. The Fray in Ferndale, CA is the race which started fray style racing. It is known in other geographic regions (Kansas City, MO and the East Coast) as super stock. Rick Phillis and Rick Machado were the founders of fray style slot car racing. The Fray in Ferndale is held annually in late February or early March. Inland Empire has fielded a team at the fray about 4 years since 2003. Mickey Hurtado is the founder of Inland Empire HO Raceway.

Photos from Inland Empire HO Raceway's post 10/06/2026

Playing with ride height on the white lane IROC stang

Photos from Inland Empire HO Raceway's post 10/04/2026

I put independent front ends on my blue and white lane IROC chassis. They’re based on Dash gen 2 chassis

Photos from Inland Empire HO Raceway's post 10/04/2026

Switched over to silicone coated foam Wizzard rear tires. I can prepare, profile and limit travel of my pickup shoes. I’ll use a .012” step to set up on my setup block.

Photos from Inland Empire HO Raceway's post 10/03/2026

Here are a few more shots of the green WizzJet chassis

Photos from Inland Empire HO Raceway's post 10/03/2026

Adding my wide track front end using my Scale Engineering press and attachments

Photos from Inland Empire HO Raceway's post 10/03/2026

I took it from a pile of parts to a smooth running fray chassis. I’ll throw some slip ons out back to do some dyno testing. I’ll add the wide track front end as well. Once testing of this typhoon armature pushing RT-HO top plate gears into Wizzard cluster mesh is done I’ll mount some silicone coated foam on the back coated titanium axle.

Photos from Inland Empire HO Raceway's post 10/02/2026

A look at my September projects. I got quite a bit done. I. Built a black WizzJet, 2 gray WizzJets, my contribution to the Halloween Havoc and another Dash chassis. All but my Halloween Havic chassis have been mailed to the customers who ordered them.

Photos from Inland Empire HO Raceway's post 10/02/2026

Got my crown gear spaced perfectly after closing up the cluster shaft hole in the top plate. I got it snug without binding.
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Photos from Inland Empire HO Raceway's post 10/01/2026

Working on a green WizzJet chassis. I cut my cluster shaft this morning. Got the pinion pressed on and made sure it spins freely. I will tighten the cluster shaft holes 🕳️ in the chassis as well as the top plate. Then I will build a buttery smooth rolling cluster mesh using a Wizzard crown gear mounted on a coated titanium axle. Stay tuned…

Photos from Inland Empire HO Raceway's post 09/29/2026

Finally found an armature for this black gen 2 Dash chassis. It’s sporting a Blizzard top plate, 18 ohm typhoon armature, black dragon magnets, stock Dash top plate gears. The drive has a Dash cluster shaft and pinion pushing a Wizzard crown gear that was mounted on a coated titanium axle. Wizzard brushes, pickup shoes and brushes transfer the power to the armature.

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