Something incredibly special happened worldwide during the late 1950s–a hobby was born that linked model building enthusiasts with automobile lovers, adrenaline seekers, and the average person looking for a new way to have fun. It required dexterity, sportsmanship, and skills in mathematics, science, and mechanics. The all-in- one “hands-on” racing game became one of the best and fastest-growing segments of the hobby industry: Slot Car Racing!
This book covers many aspects of the vibrant history of slot car racing:
From tether cars to slot cars – the years of evolution that crystalized into the format we race today.
Slot cars from 1957 to Present – A company by company history-teller.
First time that a single book covers iconic companies like: Revell, Monogram, Eldon, Lionel, Gilbert, Marx, Circuit 24, Estrela, COX, SCX, NINCO, Slot.it, Vanquish and MORE…
An entire chapter about the collapse of the 1960s slot car racing Golden Years
Current Resurgence – Slot Car racing is BACK with a vengeance!
How COVID-19 stay-home restrictions triggered the already on-going slot car resurgence into turbo-gear.
In writing this book, my goal was to catalog slot car companies that have contributed to the evolution of the hobby, however big or small. The businesses included all found a way to be a historical part of slot car racing by offering items that were innovative and quality-driven, or inexpensive but with mass appeal.
Slot Cars are still the ultimate Christmas gift!  In December 1957, Bob Coogan wrote an article for the Sports Cars Illustrated holiday issue titled “The Ultimate Christmas Gift.”Coogan saw the potential slot car racing had as a hobby-sport not only for kids but especially for adults. That article brought attention to slot car racing and exposed it nationwide in grand style; with Polk’s Hobbies in New York City also pushing and promoting the sets, model racing or slot car racing spread like wildfire to the point where Scalextric could not produce and ship the sets fast enough from England to supply the fast-growing market demands.
On slot car racing...
By Maurizio Ferrari (Slot.it): “What I hope for is some rebirth of hobby shops, which should learn to provide added value, something that online sellers may not, and I would love to see slot cars being used to teach science in schools. You can teach most of high school physics with slot cars: They obey the laws of mechanics and electricity, and students could easily tinker with them and see physics and math at work”
By Buzz Perri (Buzz-A-Rama): "There are so many good things about this hobby still. You learn manual dexterity, you learn sportsmanship. You learn so many things that are beneficial"
KEEP IT IN THE SLOT! 
 
 
 



        

            
            

                
Publisher
                
Independently published (14 Jan. 2022)
            
            
            

                
Paperback
                
242 pages
            
            
            

                
Language
                
English
            
            
            

                
ISBN-13
                
979-8401913845
            
            
            

                
Dimensions
                
21.59 x 1.45 x 27.94 cm
            
            
        

         





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