What goes 0-140 mph in less than a second? Jeff Lutz's Camaro? How about Antron Brown's Top Fuel dragster? What if we told you neither; but in 55 feet—a 1:24-scale quarter-mile—some of the quickest ...

Race night at the Capital City Raceway in Pataskala is always a night of fun. We are talking about Slot Car Drag Racing. The cars are 1/24th 1/25th scale and they look and run just like their big ...

The need for speed is right here in our own backyard! Mach 1 Raceway is home to national-level slot car racing and it’s not just about adrenaline. It’s also sparking STEM learning for kids and adults ...

It didn't take long for the car to gain speed and then fly off the track while rounding a banked curve. Of course, the car was being driven by an amateur. This is not the Indianapolis 500, but a race ...

Just as video killed the radio star, video games nearly killed racing slot cars. Starting in the mid 1960s, slot cars became a popular hobby. It’s estimated there were 3,000 public courses in the ...

A ’60s revival: Before video games, there was slot car racing. If you were a young race fan in the late '60s, too young to own a car and maybe even too young to attend a race, you might have owned a ...

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Growing up in Brooklyn, NYPD Lieutenant John Vitale, 40, became a slot car enthusiast when his parents took him to race these mini-cars while on vacation. “I was always into ...

Menomonee Falls couple Elizabeth and Hubert Ortin were tired of driving 20 minutes to other communities for their family to have some indoor fun, especially in the winter months. So, they decided to ...