Slot cars, as we know them, have been around since 1957, when Minimodels electrified its clockwork Scalex cars. During the 1960s, slot-car racing enjoyed a boom, but the craze “hit a wall in the ...

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 ...

In the 1960s, home versions of slot car racing tracks were available, but that wasn’t the only place to race. “You could find places all over the U.S. where you could go race your car, if you ...

In fact the whole prinicipality has been recreated with Carrera slot car tracks and a lot of cardboard: In fact everything you need to stage your own grand prix in your home. 2 min.

The box of the Scalextric set we bought showed multiple track layouts. However the Arc Air powerbase was a different length to the two straights in the set we tested. This meant we had to buy three ...

This slot car set is a big hit with kids, as attested by multiple parents and grandparents on Amazon.One mom says, "My 4-year-old and 7-year-old love racing this track!The cars stay on really well ...

Race around the Monaco Grand Prix in a slot car Join Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo on a hot lap around a scale model of the Monaco Grand Prix. By Paul Keith ...