[Tall-Corn] Iowa Diecast Racers

[Wade Hemmelrick]

I created Iowa Diecast Racers, a real pace setter here in our "tall
corn state." Not to sound amazing, but I am the first blind Iowan for
sure to organize a state wide Facebook interest group promoting the
love of diecast racing, the use of 1/64 scale vehicles made of metal
and plastic rolling on standard rubber or plastic tracks. We can use
Hot Wheels, Matchbox, Adventure Force, or whatever other third party
vendors of cars, track accessories, and the means to service and
otherwise modify those diecast vehicles for better racing speed and
appearance. Whether we do the maintenance ourselves or hire a custom
diecast vehicle business, such as Muncle Mike's, Redline Derby,
3DBotMaker,  or others, we can invest in cheap diecast cars or more
expensive models for professional diecast racing and trade show
events. In Iowa, we already have a long standing collector and trade
show Facebook group known as Iowa Diecast Trading Group, that we can
also join and participate, which apparently holds some trade shows in
Central and maybe other parts of Iowa. In Iowa Diecast Racers, we
specialize more in the racing aspects of the diecast hobby/official
sport. I would hope I am not the only blind diecast enthusiast in the
state of Iowa and would gladly welcome other interested blind Iowans
to find Iowa Diecast Racers on Facebook. Since it's a private Facebook
group, hit that Join button or link and somebody will buzz you
in.--Wade

On 5/9/21, Bob Ray via Tall-Corn <tall-corn at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> That is really cool, Wade. Go for it.
>
> Bob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tall-Corn <tall-corn-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Wade Hemmelrick
> via Tall-Corn
> Sent: Sunday, May 9, 2021 8:55 AM
> To: tall-corn at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Wade Hemmelrick <cheeriosandv8 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Tall-Corn] Iowa Diecast Racers
>
> Greetings,
>
> When it comes to diecast racing, I for one face a double-whammy. On the one
> hand, the misguided pros of collecting only, buying cheap Hot Wheels, or
> paying way too much for supposedly classic quality diecast vehicles. On the
> other hand, the equally misguided notions of a childhood only toy and
> (along
> with full sized vehicles) unfitting for blind citizens to deal with. Long
> story short, I for one am breaking the stereotypical mold. As an
> appropriate
> theme song, find "All Star"
> by Smash Mouth. Consider this nonvisual idea. Aside from walking around a
> used car lot or watching cars go by on a busy street, how else do we learn
> the shapes, colors, styles, textures, makes, models, etc. of automobiles?
> For the most part, picking up a Hot Wheels or Matchbox diecast vehicle is a
> great way to learn a 3 dimensional overview of the overall physical
> features. One more point to ponder:
> If not already there, diecast racing is fast approaching the level of an
> official sport *for all ages and backgrounds* no different than viewing the
> World Poker Challenge on Stadium TV. Search on Facebook for Iowa Diecast
> Racers and join us. Browse through the myriad of posts and commentary from
> the basics to advanced diecast racing topics. Also, look for Orange Track
> Racing, a Cedar Rapids based diecast racing organization (in existence for
> sixteen years) I take part in. As for at least one blind individual, a lot
> has been learned.
> Yet, more knowledge and experience is being had.
>
> Cheers and Happy Hot Wheeling!
>
> Wade Hemmelrick
>
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