SWISHER - Zip, click, zoom. Up, over and around. The little 1/32nd-size slot cars eat up the 10 curves on the 57-foot long track in less than five seconds, a scale speed of about 250 miles per hour.
The year was 1962 when Aurora HO scale Model Motoring came to Valinda, California and the only full-scale electric cars a human biped could drive legally on the streets were invalid carts made by ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Slot Car Racing is alive and well at the Bullitt Raceway in Bullitt County, 4150 East Blue Lick Road. 1/24 scale Slot Car Racing was a popular fad in the 1960's, with many ...
This video is no longer available. Long before the popularity of car racing video games, the slot car craze in the 1960s and ’70s had young people and their parents obsessed with racing scale models.
“If it’s not fun, it’s just not working,” says Ron Scott, the owner of Cactus RC & Hobbies, explaining the point of the remote control and slot car races that take place at his shop every weekend.
When he was 14, Ed Shorer loved nothing as much as slot car racing. All his free time and spare change were spent at the track, where he and his buddies, gripping hand-held electric controllers, raced ...
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA) – If you’ve been looking for a break from the constant election coverage, pandemic conversations, and the stress of life’s new normal, Upstate Speedway in Spartanburg could be ...
People are often advised to turn a passion into a career, but for many of us that doesn't seem feasible. But we met a guy who's gainfully employed pursuing a hobby he's had since childhood. Slotmods ...
RC Hobbies, a New Zealand-based retailer, continues to supply a diverse range of hobbyist products, including slot car sets and crypto mining equipment, to customers across New Zealand and Australia.