Hello I saw this before but I forgot to comment , I love model racing like model trains. This is an awesome layout. I have been in the hobby for as long as model trains to I like them both. This is inspiring & fun. Thanks for sharing this. I will continue to watch of course. Harold Alexis
I have not raced since the late 60s and early 70s, these have really come a long way. I am amazed at the speed and traction of the cars. This is the first time i have seen this since 1973, cool video and great house in the North Georgia Mountains.
Beautiful track! Brings back great memories of all the AFX/HO tracks we had back in the early 70's. We had a 40-foot drag strip and we would race for each other's cars! My buddy had this Malibu (if I recall correctly) that whipped every car in the neighborhood! Even those old Dragsters that were out! I recognize many of your cars as well, especially the older cars. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Drone, I missed the ability to have a track back then and thought about it for the next 40+ years until I started this in Jan of 2022. It’s been a blast
Beautiful setup! Boy oh boy did this bring back some absolute wonderful memories! Thank you for posting this! As much as I love technology and its never-ending march forward, things like this will always hold a very special place in my heart. Thanks again for sharing this!!
I used to race AFX in my neighbors basement when I was a kid in the 70's. He had about 1000 sqft of track...not sure, but it was a huge layout. The track had five or six lanes. We would go to the hobby shop and buy modified motors to make them go super fast and place metal shimmies in the magnet area to help the cars stick to track better during high speed turns. We also would buy clear car chassis and paint them to our liking. It was expensive (at the time) but it was huge fun to race. There were always trophies and some cash prizes after the races! Thanks for reminding me of that time!
Man what a memory and many memories made in your neighbors basement as a kid. I got into slot car racing when my neighbor as well when I was a kid when we lived in cannada invited me and my dad over to his basement once club race night and let me race a 1/24 scale slot car with my dad against them during their weekly fri and sat night club racing and he had a massive 6 lane commercial tracks in his basement massive house and basement as well he had a huge road course 6 lanes and a massive 1/24 scale commercial oval track as well. And man that was fun. I was already racing real racecars at the track my parents owned but In winter nothing to do besides snowboard and he got me into slot racing and helped me build my first 1/24 scale brass chassis oval and road course cars. Lots of great memories now I have a massiveI got the exact same track exceot i added a bunch of extra track pieces and it fits on a 16 foot by 8 foot wide table barley i jept it the same style of lay out just made it way wider more turns 3 large high soeed straights and ot takes 18.7 seconds os the track record right bow for a box stock mega g plus f1 car with gel claw tires and on box stock tires and same class kf mega g plus car that track record is 19.001 seconds the gel claws made that much of a difference on same car with same driver going as fast as it possibly could around it. And I can't fit a 1)24 scale track in my racecar shop so I went with ho for right now until my shed is finished that's gonna be climate controlled with a massive 1/24 scale wood routed 6 lane oval with the Carrera digital system integrated into it so you can have all the Carrera digital features on a wood routed oval track
That Was Truly AWESOME... I Only Thought the TCR Slotless Racing Set Cars Could Go That Fast, But Those Were Even Faster. Christmas Captured In Ah Bottle. 👍🏽👍🏽
Nice layout. Back in the 80's I had a nice Tyco track covering my drop leaf dining table. Not as elaborate as yours, but still nice. I was having fun in my late 20's & 30's to fulfill a childhood dream. The neighbor boy had fun with me. As a boy in the 60's, all we had was an Aurora figure 8 with a jaguar and corvette. Had to clean the brushes all the time and oil the gears. 😎
My older brother had a race set like this though much smaller. Come to think of it, he always had the better toys. Oh well, he let me play with them. Great memories.
My first track was shared with my brothers as a Christmas gift around the early 1960's. it came with a set of old-style indy cars with front engines. I think my brother still has some of the original track.
I started out with an HO set I got for Christmas as a kid, and had a lot of fun. I moved to 1/32 scale because I found the drivability better. With Ho scale, I was either stuck to the track or flying across the room, nothing in-between.
Your track is really coming along nicely. I really like the rocks you put in, especially with the cand and cacti. Layout looks great and it works well too! The cars go around smoothly. Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing.
Wow I am so impressed with your track and collection. I recently resurrected my o gauge trains. I had a large track and all of the neighborhood would come over and run their cars. We had Aurora, AFX. And Tyco cars. Great memories you have triggered. Thank you!
AFX was the first setup my parents got me. I spent hours tuning the cars, and adding tracks and climbing walls. Ahh memories, so glad I stumbled across slots on RU-vid
Your setup is really cool. Brings back old times. I have a large box of afx track with banked turns, loops, crossovers track accessories like bridge supports and railing. Lap counters ECT... super J cars some still new in their clear package.. Gun controllers transformers. Car parts new bodies, chassis, brushes, springs, tires, gears and axles - everything in excellent shape that has been shrink wrapped sitting next to a similar box of HO trains in my garage for decades now. Must have enough car track to fill a living room. Makes me want to open and set them up. My brother and I at a young age used to wind our on armatures to see who could make the fastest car and have straight line drag races into a pillow. Fun and Happy days. Planned on giving them to my grandsons but I have none.
Thanks Steve, I never kept anything from my youth. Sounds like you have a bunch ! You could sell some of it or donate it via one of the groups on Facebook or you could set something up and have some fun.
@@Blueridgeracing859 That's cool that you can stop by the Viper store. My track finally shipped, I will get it Wednesday so be on the lookout for an unboxing video.
hey Chris nice touch with the real rocks I never thought of that most guys try to form them out of foam then paint them but I like your idea best and they look great! I like the lines cause it makes them look like what they are, real! Again thanks for the idea. great video.
My best friend and i would spend days designing and building traack of over 1,500 feet of two lane track. We used several stock power packs to power the track as evenlybas possible. We ran modified cars from the 60s thru the 70s,no downforce magnets. Many hours of good clean fun.
On those X-Traction chassis ive found if you push the magnet down some it will grip way better. Made a huge difference for me! Not gonna run like an AFX, but it hugs the track much better adjusting the magnet.
As kids, we would sometimes convert a Matchbox vehicle to fit on the Aurora motor chassis. They weren't nearly as fast because they were heavy, but it was fun to have so many different options!!
As kids I'd have my afx track set up but we had matchbox and hot wheels cars all around the track... we'd go all day going back and forth with races and matchbox. Threw some Lego buildings in there for good measure.
@@user-qr7ee2cp4y I have a bunch of Matchbox/ Hot Wheels cars on my track table, as spectators/ scenery... also some (Ertel?) 1:64 scale farm equipment/ animals.. available at your local Tractor Supply :) HO scale (1:87 train stuff) for buildings look "good enough" for me and they are cheap/ readily available...
Hi Chris - I am enthusiast with the same track. I also happen to be a geologist. You do have petrified wood! I am not sure where you are but that is the stuff that looks like it comes from a layer called the Chinle Formation mostly exposed in eastern/northeastern AZ and southern UT. Slab and polish it and you have a very pretty piece :-) Great job and thanks for sharing. I am in the process of "beautifying" my track.
When I was 10, I lied about my age and got a paper route. It's a wondrous time when you can blow your income on gum, comics, and AFX cars. I no longer have the track, but I have all my cars, tires, spare parts, and that little bottle of red motor lube in a genuine AFX carry case.
If you want to add a grass look to your setup, how about artificial turf or green felt cloth like that of a pool table? I used to have a TYCO set up. Both the slotted and slotless race cars that you could change lanes by hitting a switch on th controller. The slotless car would momentarily lose their power connection to the track during lane changes, but you could block your opponent from passing you. Didn't always work, and sometimes the car lost the connection and ended up in no-man's land between the lanes. I think TYCO called it Total Control Racing. They also had glow in the dark guard rails and glow in the dark tape strips to place on the track so you could see the road layout. The cars also had headlights.
i like the jag hobbies TR3 and have several of them myself. they will stick to the track much longer than most other chassis at high speeds. the need for speed is real on the HO track. stay Blessed
Hi, everybody! I'm new to these channels, I'm waiting for my AFX Vertigo track to arrive! Wanted to see who's doing what with what tracks, and cars, etc... I have a large basement, and a bonus room... Not sure where I want to set it up, what layout I want to use, and there are so many AFX cars that I had as a kid, that I want back. One of them I saw in this video, and that's what made me stick around. 32 Willies regular AFX car from the '70s. Loved the video, I'll check out your library.
@@Blueridgeracing859 I'm excited to be here, and hope to learn from all of you. Thank you all for the warm welcome. It's nice to be a part of an exciting community, where folks really want to help each other. 🏎🏎🏎🏎
Hi Chris how are you and family l hope everyone healthy. Nice rides great lay out l keep telling my self to build a Ho track but still have not done it . Your very nice setup thank you for your time.🇺🇸✝️🛐🙏😊🍀🇺🇸🇺🇸✝️😊😊😊
This would've been my wet dream back in the late 70s/early 80s. 😅 Now I just play Forza Motorsport. Curious if I'd be able to get into the slot thing now that Forza exists. Fun video, though!
The track looks Awesome and the rocks add that special touch 👍. Your car's run great around the track. Keep the great videos coming.🏁🏁🏁 Al PS. Congratulations on your 500 sub's 🎉🎉🎉
Your slot car track layout is absolutely outstanding! Too bad I am up here in Idaho, Otherwise I would drive over, bring lunch, visit chat and race cars 🏎👍🏻🚙⛽️🛞🏎🚦🚓👍🏻 Thank you so much for sharing your passion for slot cars. 👍🏻😉🙏🏻✝️🇺🇸
I also remembef AFX, TYCO's competitor. Jackie Stewart was their spokesperson in the commercials. Always thought the AFX set up was closer to the real thing. They had automatic lap counters. While TYCO was more of an entertainment set with loops, glow in the dark tracks.
Still have my orignal aurora track from early 70's & cars boxed up put away with the loop-d-loop, lane change because lack of space maybe 200 sections+ and I 73
