Mr. Moten’s Model Car Class

Mr. Moten Model Car Class

Mr. Motens' field trip to Eddies' Slot Car World in Vallejo CA.

Mr. Moten, has been teaching the model car class for over 10 years now.
He started out having the classes at home, at the shop sometimes where worked, and
in his backyard, during the summer months, to keep the neighborhood young people busy
with a safe place to hang out and learn something new.
He bought the model kits, paints, glue, etc., himself out of his own pockets.
Sometimes, friends would give donations and/or sponsor a few of the students.
Recently, folks have seen the results of his work in the excitement of his students and
our model car show exhibits. The YMCA, Alliance Metals, Phoenix Rising
(Afterschool Program at West Oakland Middle School)
and Oakland Parks and Recs took an interest in Warren’s classes.

It’s really cool, and I love to see him finally getting his message out there.
He has a plan you know. All of the things he is interested in, he is passing on to the
young people and they are clamoring for more. They have options that do not include
video games. Warren and his friend, Ronnie, came up with a 3 Phase idea
about getting young folks interested in model car building and taking them on to
drag racing. His plan teaches students from design and model car building to
slot car building and drag racing to radio control cars, and maybe they
will take it to the next level to designing, building, racing their own cars someday.

In recent years, Mr. Moten’s Model Car Class has been noticed by businesses,
and community outreach programs – such as the ones I mentioned above.
Alliance Metals approached Warren last summer with an offer to sponsor 10 students.
They are working to help improve educational opportunities in the West Oakland community.
So Warren not only teaches the students at Phoenix Rising/West Oakland Middle School
during the week, he also teaches Saturday classes at
Willie Keyes (Poplar) Community Center, 3131 Union Street, in West Oakland, CA.
We will be starting up another class at the Poplar Park location in the Summer with
Alliance’s sponsorship.
They are having another “Spirit of West Oakland” BBQ event this summer on June 12, 2010.
You should come down if you can. We are going to have a booth with some
of our students’ finished model cars and a model car show.
We encourage car people to come judge (best interior, best in show, people's
choice, best engine, etc.) It is quite an event and always a hit with the kids.
There will be free food, raffles and entertainment.

When Warren and I met, I told him I believe in what he is doing.
It is a vital and important thing he is doing. His passion for the subject shows
through to the students and they pick it up and run with it. The respect he receives is real.
The students love him and I do too. When we met, and I found out about what he was doing,
I just started helping him in whatever way I could. It was kind of contagious.
Warren is humble and really works with his classes. He would do it with or without
the sponsors and funding (Heck, he did it for ten years on his own).
When I started helping him, he accused me of, “Doing too much” but all I wanted to do
was to help him and the young people. It really is exciting, and your observation and
comments you are right on the money. To see the respect and the attention his students show,
and in turn they also show to others is phenomenal.
It is, as you said, “amazing.” I have to give him his “props.” I even think it’s cool
that the class is called, “Mr. Moten’s Model Car Class” and they call him “Mr. Moten.”
So respectful – as it should be. All I do is help him set up the shows, get snacks and
document our progress (via pictures, posters and flyers). Warren is definitely the true
passion behind the operation. I am thinking of nominating him for the Jefferson Award,
because he is doing what he loves and passing the knowledge on to the young folks.
He is making a difference too. The night of the filed trip, there was a young man, Aaron,
who came into Eddies because he saw Warren’s van out front. This is a young man that was almost
lost to the streets, but Warren took him into one of the classes and he remembered him well
enough to stop where he was going to come in and see Warren. They took a picture together that
night at Eddies too. I don’t know if Warren introduced you to him, but Aaron was another
one of our students.

I am grateful for friends like yourself, Eddie, Janet and the patrons at Eddies Slot Car World.
Warren always seems so surprised at all the support and encouragement he is receiving.
He genuinely appreciates you too. I say to you, keep up the good work!

Thank you, D - again and again and again for helping Warren and our young people!
You are a class act!

Leah for Warren

Here are some of the pictures.

	Here we have Uncle Gary showing Mr. Motens' students some of his drag racing cars, these youngster want get into to drag racing slot cars, get tips for building their model cars into slot cars. Students are: Michael and Ernesto
	Mr. Moten showing the students some pointer as to how slot car are built.
	At the drag strip, Mr. Moten explains how Bracket slot car drag racing works. Students: Ernesto, Mykarra and Michael
	Now things got serious, one of racers Dave P. goes up against Michael.
	Mykarra Set up her car for the race, yes she won..
	Michael focusing before hs first big race.
	Mr. Moten takes his stance as the light are ready to go off, focused on a win, yes he won that round.
	Michael set-up his car, for the final run with Mykarra, Janet Wong, owner of Eddies Slot Car World sets up the dial times, this is the final race of the bracket series.
	Both contestants ready to drag race in the final race. Students Mykarra ad Michael.
	And the winner is, Mykarra. Mr. Moten congratulating her for a great job well done.

	On Wednesday June 9th, 2010 Mr. Moten came with his class for another great night of racing. The students were great, they learned more about slot car drag rcing. We are working with them to teach them to build these cars. We're planning on meeting with the class on July 17th where the seasoned racers will take a one on one aproach in teach them how we build these cars. Mr. Moten has a Model Car Class with around 40 students, some of these students realy enjoy taking their model cars and turning them in Slot drag racing cars.
	Here we see the students at the track and discussing strategies to race these cars.
	Mr. Moten along with Mrs. Moten in a group picuture.
	Mr. Moten reveiving the Precision Slot Cars fixture from DVan, it's a jig that helps you set up and build your chassis. Link to see how these fixtures work in details. Click here.. Mr. Moten and DVan will be working with the fixture and students, we will have a report o how it worked for his class.


Note to parents; if you do want your childs picture on this web page please contact me at bracket500@live.com and I will remove them, or contact Mr. Moten and he can call me.	I would like to thank, Michael, Mykarra and Ernesto for making the trip and showing us their great static models, they are a bunch of great kids. Mr. Moten and big thank you to you for all you do to keep this hobby going. We need more folks like you. Great job every one, and congratulations to Mykarra for her first win.

Mr. Moten, I will be adding some links here for your student to see how cars are build, and other information.
these will take some time, but I will drop an email when I have updates.

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