It was awkward
squeezing around the track, much like having to shove past the
casket when entering a funeral you really didn’t want to attend.
We were aware that slot car racing was declining at the time. It
was the end of an era of exuberance, the baby boom, the muscle
cars and the Can Am / Trans Am series. The big splash of the mid
sixties, which saw big slot car tracks on every mall, were long
gone.
“Has it come to this?” I had to ask myself looking at the stained
walls and bleak little plastic track. “Is this the future of slot
car racing?” The feeling of doom passed as I noticed how neatly
the track was built and how much the kids were enjoying
themselves.
The slot car hobby is alive and well all
over the world.
Thanks
to the manufactures of 1/32 scale slot cars, never has there been
so many choices of models to choose from. Detail is at an all time
high in the 1/32 scale slot car universe, where it is common to
see the brake rotors and even brake calipers, behind finely
detailed wheels.
Though slot racing is not as popular now as it was in the 1960's,
club tracks and commercial tracks are once again popping up in all
corners of the globe. Will the hobby ever get back to the point of
televised races, probably not, but that doesn't mean that it's not
a great hobby.
There
are so many aspects to slot car racing. Some people like
collecting, others thrive on the competition, yet all enjoy the
camaraderie that comes naturally when you put a group of people
around a slotted track to do battle with little plastic cars.
So
take a look around the site; you are bound to leave with something
of value as pertaining to this great hobby.
