Slot car racing, which experienced a boom in the 1960s among boys of a certain age, is hoping to make a comeback in Naperville. A track and hobby shop called mid-America Raceway is not only hoping to ...

The 31st Annual Slot Car Racing Championships were held in Ronkonkoma from Feb. 27 to 29. Slot car racing is one of the fastest handmade car races on the planet with speeds up to 120mph and over ...

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 ...

LOWELL, MI -- A 44-year-old slot car manufacturer in West Michigan is changing hands. Dan and Cheryl DeBella decided to sell Lowell-based ProSlot, Ltd. and retire. Purchasing the company from the ...

“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.

Slot cars were popular in the 1960s. It was something to do for restless youngsters when they couldn't play outside. But a lot of those kids grew up and took their hobby with them. Fast forward past ...

Slot car racing from a car's point-of-view on the 1/32-scale road course at Slot Car Raceway and Hobby Shop at the Vero Beach Outlets.

Frank Tiessen was 10 years old and still living in his native Germany when he got his first “Carrera,” which in Europe of the 1970s could mean only one thing: a set of electric slot cars and track by ...

Remember slot car racing? Toy cars set atop electromagnetic tracks; you pull on a grip control and watch them go. Most of us played with these car-and-track combinations growing up. Eventually, ...