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 ...

Mihai has even branched beyond the usual confines of an automotive writer from time to time, however, his heart is still close to anything car-related. He's most at home retelling the story of some ...

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 ...

Slot Mods is a Detroit-based company that creates handmade, completely bespoke slot car tracks for some of the world’s most high-end clientele. If you want a Slot Mods track, you typically have to ...

Antuan started out in the automotive industry the old-fashioned way, by turning wrenches in a driveway and picking up speeding tickets.… Read full bio Only one track configuration is available. Cars ...

Most people use Bring a Trailer to shop for cars, but you can also use the platform to buy boats, parts—or one of the most insane slot car race tracks you’ll ever see. The Detroit-based Slot Mods is ...

Slot Mods Raceways is back with a new handmade slot car track that hides inside a vintage car. A couple of years ago, one of Slot Mods’ most popular creations—a circuit built into the body of a ...

Do you remember when slot-car racing was huge? Remember the at-home slot-racing sets by makers like Strombecker, Eldon, Scalextric, Aurora and others? Do you remember the big slot tracks in the big ...

Invented in 1912, the small-scale, obsessive sport of slot car racing has seen its ups and downs over the last hundred years. The hobby, in which motorized model cars speed around a slotted track, ...

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 ...

Drivers prepare for the countdown, analyzing every hill and curve in the track. The room is filled with anticipation, the smell of rubber, the humming of engines and an anxious crowd. Seven model-size ...

After more than three decades of bringing families together to share a love of racing, the checkered flag fell Sunday on Dad’s Slot Cars in downtown Des Plaines. Opened by the late Thomas Pelletiere ...