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Club Racing at Charley’s Bay Shore
By Pete Shreeves
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.
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