My 20 year old son ( who's been racing go karts since 5 yrs. Old and now Formula V Race cars) and I really enjoy racing 1/24 slot cars. We go to a place called Fast Eddie's in Pinellas Park Florida. He has a huge Tri-Oval, a small King or Hill Climb road race course and a scaled down 1,000 ft drag strip and I enjoy building the drag chassis's and putting various racing and custom painted bodies on them. I worry much less when the kid races slot cars. 😂😂😂😂
I wish you would have had cameras at finish line, used some slow motion at finish line, and cameras at start showing more of what the cars looked like!
A couple more camera angles would be cool! (I know that would be a lot of work) I realize they are moving so fast it would be a challenge. Love the capabilities of racing faster and slower cars like real time trials. Thanks for posting.
Top fuel motors in hard bodies, with drops on the com..laying out glue, cars skipping the shut down glue and hitting the walls and ceiling.. Yep good times!
Looks good for people who want to go straight. I've never seen slot drag. I used to race in the 70s in Denver at Celebrity Sports Center and a track on So. Broadway.
just watch a few of your videos, liked them, but I really noticed something in this video, that is that there seems to be a lot of what in the real world is called wheel hopping. the right lane camera set up really shows this and since it does not show up on all cars this indicates a setup problem on some cars.
I sure miss this. We had a track a drag and figure 8 in Haleyville, ALA many years ago. My dad and myself still have our cars. Miss the drag track most myself.
Build your own Drag Strip and invite some buddies over for racing. That is what me and my friend did after our local track closed after being in business for 6 years. Its not that hard to build. If you build it yourself figure about 800 to $1000 in materials and software, power supplies, etc. There are videos on youtube about a homemade track. We race once a week and have about six guys racing. Lot of fun!
I was born in the 50s we had a track Cranford slotcar in nj the town that I grew up. They had three tracks a high banked road course at oval and another track that actually went to the second floor and back down to the first floor and a dragstrip core memories. I still race 64 scale HO cars today.
Most of those cars are beautiful. This is going to sound dumb, but wouldn't it be more fun if the cars went slower? You know, closer to scale speeds? So you could see them go?
Hello Slotcar brothers & sisters . Hopefully everyone is well and in good health. I love the hobby , if my memory is right my father got me my first AFX set in 1975 for Christmas.You talking about happy , that was me.I never lost the love for it.Fast forward to 2018 I found out about the 1/32 scale class . Once again hooked on it. My problem is space , I live in New York City , so untill I can find a basement to make a man cave I just continue to buy track .I need that long straightaway , that does it for me , the room to run.That drag race to the finish line is what it's all about. Take care Slotcar family , keep your foot on the gas!!!!!
Hey Brother! Im new into this wanted to ask which controllers are the best for drag racing?? 😊👍🏼 hope your still answering questions Thanks Mang! Love the Videos!!
I'm not the best to answer that. I hope you got Facebook bc the place I went to Spare Time Slot Cars has a page. Go there and ask those fellas. I'll try to-go back over there soon. Just not off on Wednesdays. Thanks for watching and the comment bro!( I'm sure it's a few hundred. )
@DabbleRcfukna Thanks Bro! Yah its definitely a challenge finding the right one for my cars. I've heard the Slotit controllers all the Top dogs use but mang! Suckers are expensive! 🤣🤦🏽♂️😖🤑 Anyways thanks! Hope to see you racing out there with your toys! Have a Blessed weekend 🙏🏽
Yes sir! ....do hit the gentleman up on that FB deal. They can help. They are all gastar drag car dudes and very helpful even if your not there in person, they can reply on FB .
It's actually doing the same thing a real drag car is doing hit that sh!t to kinda warm up the tires , but in this case. Different drivers prep their rear tires with possibly NOT the same sauce. So they run ot down the straight first to insure a better grip off the start. Hence the tall and the whipping that is done. I'm off tomorrow I'll try to run by tomorrow's game .
Some cars require traction compound, the rollout just lays down and even patch for when the car launches. Big car tracks spray a traction compound on the drag strip. mostly big time NHRA tracks
Glad you enjoy it!. Hope you were there and can introduce yourself, some cars aaaannnddd possibly lemme, maybe, barrow, barrow not can if your mom says it's "okay" a vehicle....?
Very cool. Question: why do they push the cars down the track manually before the reace? Why does the race light not always count down the same? The left side starts before the right. Is it a previois time penalty or somthing? Thanks
Rolling the cars by hand. It's because like true drag cars. You wanna get your grip of your tires kinda layed down on before you run. Better take off .... and the reason foe the lights. It's bracket racing. If one car is super faster than the other car. The light will be different t9 g9ve the Racers an even chance of winning. I'll try to get next Wednesday. I hv been busy moving , RCCA is been changing as well. Thanks for the views and question. I hope I answered it. An again will go over when I visit.
From the short time I've been watching your videos are really great but I think you really need a standardized a (no prep) eventually somebody's going to mess up your track 💩
Awesome thanks abunsh really would l8ke to get this going up here with the older guys and my self I have one car my self ,by the way do you know of anyone selling any running cars at the moment 😀
In Bracket racing, you give the race director a "dial in" which is the Elapsed Time you think your car will run. First car to the finish line without running faster than their dial in wins. if you run faster than your dial you lose. This way all faster and slower cars can compete. Heads up racing is who get there first, no dial in.
I love slot car and have since I was a kid. While I appreciate the detail, looks and peformance of these slotcars, this particular facet of the hobby is boring AF. Sorry, but they spend more time cleaning the track than racing. Way more skill required to win a full on track race with multiple laps.
