John Ford has been a leading
authority on slot car racing since 1965.
O-ring - O-rings play an important part in slot
racing today. They are used as the front tires of some cars and
also as the tires on dragster wheelie wheels. An o-ring is also
used as a drive belt for Parma Whisperjet Rental cars.
Ogilvie - A track builder in Canada.
Ohms - A unit of electrical resistance is an ohm. Your
slot car controller resistor, just like all other resistors is
rated in ohms. The higher the number, the slower the car will
go when the wiper is placed on the first band. The opposite is
true for a smaller number. A sensitive ohm meter can read the
resistance present in the wires of your armature. If you have
an ohm meter, you can measure each pole individually at the commutator.
All readings should be the same. If they are not, the arm will
not perform at its optimum.
Oil - Used to lubricate any moving part on a slot car.
Oilites - A bearing, usually made of bronze, and located
at the rear of the slot car. Also located at each end of the slot
car motor.
On rails - A term used to describe a car that is handling
quite well.
Open - Could be the sign in the window of your favorite
slot car raceway that tells you it's ok to come in. Most likely
referrs to the class of car called Group 7, which is an "open"
class, meaning there are very little restrictions placed on this
class.
Open 12 - A class of car with a narrow interest level.
Allowing many liberties in the chassis and body departments, but
still using the Group 12 armature. See World 12.
Orange - See Monarch. Also the fourth lane down from
the drivers panel on the slot track.
Outisight - Frank Correia of California is the current
owner of the World's winningest slot car bodies. Injection moulded
bodies made of lexan are the primary product of Outisight Designs.
The Outisight Ferrari, though not used much today, racked up so
much wins when it was the popular style, that it is still the
body with the most wins ever in slot racing.
Oval - A popular style of racing. Usually for NASCAR
or NASTRUCK classis. It is a style of track used in all scales
of slot cars, from H.O. to 1/24th.
Overhead - It is because of overhead that the raceway
owner must charge you to run on the slot track. It referres to
all the bills that must be paid, or there will be no more roof
overhead.
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