Slot Car Racing

[Xosé Estrada]

Ferrari 512S Sebring 70 by Racer

Audi R18 TDI by Slot.it

 

[Xosé Estrada]

D. Sordo Mini WRC by Scalextric

 

[Dave Stephenson]

Many many moons ago I used to. My parents once owned a house they rented out and the tenants did a runner. Great thing was when we went to clear the house there was about 100m of scalextric track complete with McLarens epic fun.

I should have kept it but it all made it's way on to ebay many many moons ago.

 

[Rui F. Martins]

i have a scx basic track and some cars i haven't had the time to use it recently but i like to set it up and do some laps with it

 

[Xosé Estrada]

Ford Sierra Cosworth

Mercedes SLS GT3

 

[Xosé Estrada]

 

[Eric Estes]

Nothing on a large scale, but I have quite a collection of non-slotted 'slot cars'. Ideal TCR from the 1970's and Tyco TCR (incompatible with Ideal) from the early 90's. 70's sets include glow in the dark cars and Vans. HO Scale - Instead of a slot there is a third rail that can change polarity to force your car to the other lane. So you can change lanes to pass. Most sets also had a 'jam car' that would run about 3/4 speed in one lane to force maneuvers (kind of a simlulated HRT).

 

[Tommy Nilsson]

 

[Xosé Estrada]

That is fast.

I guess the car has foam tyres with grip liquid?

 

[Tommy Nilsson]

nope a g27 car with hard tires but hard souped track.

 

[Xosé Estrada]

Ok, just put the picture so everybody sees them

 

[Tommy Nilsson]

The track was not in the best condition and i have a better car now so i can drive 0.3 faster per lap but i only gain in the corners.

I dont usually drive with this car on the track since it is not made for a flat track it is made for a blue king and there is no competition in this car

 

[Dave Stephenson]

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Loving the dirt stage in 1st vid.

It's nice how they used all the lane switch pieces to set the cars up for the Scandinavian flick cool as ......

 

[Xosé Estrada]

Capri Zakspeed Gr.5

Lola LMP nº11 Le Mans 2010

 

[Xosé Estrada]

 

[Xosé Estrada]

Oki, this is mine, I have more cars but they are "for racing", this is the actual ones I keep as collection, some of them retired from competition like the last two rally ones over the slot track, that are custom paints I used to participate in rally events.

 

[Xosé Estrada]

Austin Healey - Sport red - Ninco

Audi R18 E - Tron Lighting - Ninco

 

[Linus Broström]

i'll give you a photo of my trophys if you want i was king at the thing here in karlskoga a few years back!

 

[David O'Reilly]

Well this makes me a bit misty eyed.
I raced slot cars at a very good centre at Waitra in Sydney near my school as a schoolbiy in the early 70s.
It featured a banked track with 8-10 lanes and probably 120 feet in length as well as a flat track.
I remember my first car a McLaren M8A and being upset to learn that Bruce was dead.
I then bought at Porsche 550 Spyder and discovered that without its body it was competitve with much faster expensive machinery.
I seem to recall a fast little engine called a 12A and a slower slogger called a 36D but I'm not so sure on this detail.
The sight of a soldering iron brought back memories of building cars, installing engines, replacing worn bushes.
Great fun, if there wa s site wihin 30 miles I would take it up as a hobby again.
Edit: Well what do you know. 40 years later they are still there!
http://www.hornsbyslotcars.com.au/