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 ...

The Slot Car Track in Kannapolis lets racers experience the fun of controlling a race car. Drivers start your engines. From the big races at Charlotte Motor Speedway to the small dirt tracks, racing ...

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 ...

Even though it’s declined in popularity over the decades, slot car racing remains a pastime of adults and children alike. But back in the early years—we’re talking 1930s to 1950s here—the electric ...

The beloved venue for slot-car racing, Buzz-a-Rama in Kensington, Brooklyn is now closed for good. The shop, which was opened in 1965 by Buzz and Dolores Perri had several electrified racing tracks, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new type of business is coming to Towne West Square this fall that some people may remember from the 1960s but younger people may not have ever heard of. Alan Dodson and business partner Ken ...

A Nissan Skyline Turbo Super Silhouette racer barrels into the first corner at a hair under full throttle, its comically outsized rear end just beginning to spin out wide as its super-sticky slick ...

Though Jim Cunningham’s home near downtown Little Rock is packed with cool stuff — including a huge steel rack full of vintage racing bikes, the toy car he bought the morning JFK was killed in Dallas, ...

Normally I can't be bothered to care about slot car racing. I mean, being a huge nerd myself, I get the appeal but A: I suck at it, and B: I can drive actual cars, so it's just not something I'm into, ...