After replying to a thread over on dodgecharger dot com...
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,60478.0.html...i got to wondering how - or if - Buzz-A-Rama, my old slot car racing hangout was doing
so i googled the place and noted the following two linkys:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/nyregion/19bigcity.htmlhttp://briccommunitymedia.wordpress.com/2009/05/22/sector-b-buzz-o-rama-in-kensington/Check out the video on the second link, what a flashback! Same Mr. Perri from way back when except his hair was black instead of white
Sometimes you really can go back again
My best friend and i used to race there on weekends forty plus years ago; we'd bike the four or five miles from our block, grab a slice of pizza and a root beer at the corner pizzeria, hang out on the corner while we ate, then walk next door for some racing. Hey, life was a lot simpler then
Btw, earlier today i phoned the number listed and Mr. Perri's wife answered; we spoke for a few minutes and when i asked if Mr Perri was there, she says "Yes, but he's 'driving' right now". We both had a good laugh on that
I asked if the big (and only) H/O track was still there and she told me it had gone through some changes over the years, but yes it was
Lessee, he's early seventies, retired, races at, and owns Buzz-A-Rama. Life must be pretty good
I may be going back to Brooklyn for a short visit in October - can't wait to tell him how i made the jump from slot cars to high performance Mopars
