7:38 For anyone new to seeing these cars or how drag racing works, he gives a quick explanation of how they are running the light tree and determine the winner of the race here. They are basically doing it the same way you'd see at a local strip for regular cars. They do it this way so that any car can race against any other car, by accounting for the differences in their speed.
I had no idea this kind of thing went on! This is absolutely AWESOME! I love the fact that three are a bunch of guys from diverse backgrounds hanging out and enjoying a pretty damn cool hobby.
Yeah, it is! In '67 and '68, we would build slot cars with aluminum chassis, real thin bodies and sponge tires. This guy had a store with a big 8-lane track. It was awesome. But, I have never seen a drag track before. I could get into that. A good winter hobby.
As a kid (1960s) I was able to visit my local slot car center that had not 1 or 2 but 3 very HUGE and different 10 wides slot car tracks! Must have been about 100 yards in total of each track! ! had this incredible "LaMans" wall of death! The slot car track literally turned a total of 180 degrees within a 20 foot distance! It was something to behold! Friday and Saturday nights were for the groups of kids/parents that formed leagues! All manner of slot cars getting destroyed and kids/parents crying their eyes out at losing or even worse...flipping their cars into oblivion! It was a great time to be in the slot car hobby! This would be such a great opportunity for someone willing to grow the market! Kids of all ages just LOVE this stuff!
This is so cool! I loved slot car racing back in the mid 60's. I was a teen and there were older men with all sorts of cars and kits, parts and controllers. As I recall we had 24th and 32nd scale cars. I know of no slot car parlors like this around where I live but I'll see if I can find one and try my hand at it again. The older gentlemen always beat me and as a kid I remember getting a little over excited during races and they would gently pull me back from the "edge." Everyone was so nice. These guys are having some serious fun. Wonderful!
I know this mite be a dumb request but if you could. Could you post a video on how to properly mount a hard plastic body on a chassis. I cant seem to get mine to fit like i want to n could really use the help.
@@markrenton1093 Did a little research but it looks like these are 1:32 scale models and the fastest ones can reach 32 fps or 21.8 mph. Scale that up and it's 698 mph or 1,123 km/h.
This is awesome! Spent a far amount of my teens racing, building, customizing slot cars. We had several tracks where I lived in Southern California, 1964-72.
Finally a decent drag car video. Great to see these guys full blown into 1:24 drag cars and thanks for showing their set-ups! Always great to see cool stuff. Great job slowly panning so we can see all those cool paint jobs. The best part is the passion that goes into each build here.
I started playing with slot cars when I was 12 (back in '63). It led me to full-size electric drag racing (NEDRA) and the development of electric motors for full-size vehicles like Black Zombie 222 (not mine, but one of my favorites...)
My brother in law had a hobby shop with slot car racing in the lat 60s-70s I used to go there as a kid and the 2 younger Brady bunch boys used to come in there, I didnt know these places still existed ,alot of fun you guys enjoy great memories.
It's so cool to see all the things/hobbies the world has to offer. I wish all of these cool things got WAY more attention, and also that people can focus their energy toward positive things like these instead of violence
As a kid in northern Indiana I remember going to a track with dragstrip on raceday (every Saturday).$1.00 per hour that you played I mean qualified. That turned into a link RC car racing on carpet ovals with my son later in life. Boy has more trophies and he could carry, at least did have! Good memories for sure !
Bunch of pals built a 1/4 scale dragstrip in my buddies basement in 66 . Cars were all hand made from AMT MODELS . ALL motors, gears, tires and slicks were available from a slot car store in Midlothian, ILLINOIS. WE used a giant train transformer for power. Glad to see this is still being done ! All the racers are gone now, thanks to DOW Chemical!
Wow I could totally get into that ! I had a car in the 60”s my dad put together for me but I was to young , I remember I would put the cars back on the tracks when they crashed , I was small and able to get under the tracks really easy ! What a great bunch of guys ! Thanks for sharing
Thank you for the vid... I have heard of this hobby but have never seen it or how it works, so your asking helped me as well. again thanks.. subbed and liked..
That’s just what I need, another hobby that I think would fun to dabble in. I would end up spending a ton of money and all of my time obsessing on. It does look like a lot of fun though and then people would fun to hang out with racing.
WOW luv slot cars . I got big collection model cars I've built myself same size scale as u guys. Mine just not slot cars. Man i love wot you gentleman have there. Beautiful. NewZealand here. We got few at clubs here. They're bloody 300 miles qaway from my crib.
You guys are so lucky to have a place like that.I had a scaled down version close by when I was a kid it was set up in an old mill ..1/24 and h.o. Tracks.,I think it was .50 an hour track time.My mom would drop me off Saturday morning with $10. That would cover lunch too.
Amazing. We used to hitch, ride bikes whatever to get to the Tazz hobby store in Closter NJ in the 60s to run our slot cars. So cool to see it still exists
Even though these guys have alot of money, not to mention tons of time, this reminds me of when I was a kid racing Slot Cars. So much fun, back when there were no real troubles to worry about.
Our local place in the 60s in Corpus Christi was called Big 8. My dad was involved in slot cars before I was born and built the first track out of fiberglass.
Used to do our own rewinds--thicker wire for more torque, thinner wire for higher RPM. Be careful to have each wrap of the wire parallel to all the others. Balance the armature by setting it on two razor blades mounted in a block of wood. The armature would roll to the heavy side, so you took a little off of the arm with a drill. Set the magnets in closer to the armature by putting a layer or two of electrical tape between the can and the back side of the magnet. Other things.
I had a nice collection of slot cars when I was a kid in Brooklyn in the early 1960s. Fast as hell these things are. Raced at the family hobby center on ralph Ave (or possibly Flatbush Ave, can't remember 55 years ago) in Bergen Beach /mill basin. Place was huge. Anyone remember it. Was next to Gil hodges bowling alley
My first slot car in the 60s was a little figure 8 set...I wish I stayed in, it would be a lot cheaper. Good way to practice cutting a good light, chopping down the tree.
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7:38 For anyone new to seeing these cars or how drag racing works, he gives a quick explanation of how they are running the light tree and determine the winner of the race here. They are basically doing it the same way you'd see at a local strip for regular cars. They do it this way so that any car can race against any other car, by accounting for the differences in their speed.
It does my old heart good to see the variety of men hanging out and having fun together.
Amen!
Especially seeing as how we know for a fact that America is overflowing with systemic racism.
agreed.
Psalm 133 !
Amen...was just going to type something similar...blooody awesome
There's something heartening in knowing that slot-car racing still exists.
Used to have a ball is there a lot of money womp womp Superwoman
That was supposed to say used to spend a lot of money had a ball
There were a lot of serious models in there... And that was some kinda fast
Would love to open a shop like this
Looks
Fun
I had no idea this kind of thing went on! This is absolutely AWESOME! I love the fact that three are a bunch of guys from diverse backgrounds hanging out and enjoying a pretty damn cool hobby.
I had no idea stuff like this existed, at this scale. Fricking awesome!
You must not be very old lol
Yeah, it is! In '67 and '68, we would build slot cars with aluminum chassis, real thin bodies and sponge tires. This guy had a store with a big 8-lane track. It was awesome. But, I have never seen a drag track before. I could get into that. A good winter hobby.
Glad to see a lot of people with passion in old hobbies keeping them alive
Good bunch of fellows.
My grandpa used to take me to a place just like this in the 60's! You guys are having a blast! Never stop!
As a kid (1960s) I was able to visit my local slot car center that had not 1 or 2 but 3 very HUGE and different 10 wides slot car tracks! Must have been about 100 yards in total of each track! ! had this incredible "LaMans" wall of death! The slot car track literally turned a total of 180 degrees within a 20 foot distance! It was something to behold! Friday and Saturday nights were for the groups of kids/parents that formed leagues! All manner of slot cars getting destroyed and kids/parents crying their eyes out at losing or even worse...flipping their cars into oblivion! It was a great time to be in the slot car hobby! This would be such a great opportunity for someone willing to grow the market! Kids of all ages just LOVE this stuff!
Yup, we had a place that was gigantic as big as a supermarket to race with like 20 tracks. Probably 1964 in brooklyn
The memories I have racing slot cars back in the day. Thank you.
This is so cool! I loved slot car racing back in the mid 60's. I was a teen and there were older men with all sorts of cars and kits, parts and controllers. As I recall we had 24th and 32nd scale cars. I know of no slot car parlors like this around where I live but I'll see if I can find one and try my hand at it again. The older gentlemen always beat me and as a kid I remember getting a little over excited during races and they would gently pull me back from the "edge." Everyone was so nice. These guys are having some serious fun. Wonderful!
Keeping the flame alive, never dreamed a slot car could be so damn fast.
As a man who collects hobbies, I can see this becoming a part of my life. Thank you for sharing, it was a great watch.+
I’ll update things here as a lot of questions have been asked that needs to be addressed. Thanks for the kind comments.
I know this mite be a dumb request but if you could. Could you post a video on how to properly mount a hard plastic body on a chassis. I cant seem to get mine to fit like i want to n could really use the help.
Wiah we had a spot like this where i live
Good video. Hopefully these guys are still racing.
How fast are these to scale?
@@markrenton1093 Did a little research but it looks like these are 1:32 scale models and the fastest ones can reach 32 fps or 21.8 mph. Scale that up and it's 698 mph or 1,123 km/h.
what a fantastic hobby. I wish I could have thought of doing this when I was young. great way to spend time with like minded friends.
This is awesome! Spent a far amount of my teens racing, building, customizing slot cars. We had several tracks where I lived in Southern California, 1964-72.
I did it in Escondido California early 80s
I hope those guys are still there having fun. It i a nice warm feeling to see a bunch of guys just spending time doing something they enjoy
This looks soooo fun! Slot cars are a great hobby.
Thanks for the video
Edward A. Simmons , didn't know that was still a thing. Reminds me of back in the 70's. Great vid.
I still have my vintage slot cars from the 70's and remember the place just like this. Just good, old-fashioned fun.
Love it! Brings back great memories...
I loved slot car's when I was young, never got to this level. Drag racing HO car's in my bedroom was it. 🏎️💚. ☕👌💨
I too...
Finally a decent drag car video. Great to see these guys full blown into 1:24 drag cars and thanks for showing their set-ups! Always great to see cool stuff. Great job slowly panning so we can see all those cool paint jobs. The best part is the passion that goes into each build here.
Brings back good memories of slot car racing as a kid! Great video!
I started playing with slot cars when I was 12 (back in '63). It led me to full-size electric drag racing (NEDRA) and the development of electric motors for full-size vehicles like Black Zombie 222 (not mine, but one of my favorites...)
I had several AFX slot car sets back in the 70s. Made some badass monster tracks on our ping pong table in the garage every summer.
My brother in law had a hobby shop with slot car racing in the lat 60s-70s I used to go there as a kid and the 2 younger Brady bunch boys used to come in there, I didnt know these places still existed ,alot of fun you guys enjoy great memories.
I never knew slot car racing ever existed. Quiet fun can only be respected. Nice video.
It's so cool to see all the things/hobbies the world has to offer. I wish all of these cool things got WAY more attention, and also that people can focus their energy toward positive things like these instead of violence
You guys are lucky to have a place like this to hang out, just good ole fun.
Slot car drag used to be a lot more fun when you could actually see the cars! My God, these are fast.
Yeah, they go too fast...WAY TOO FAST.
These guys are ON it!! Great skill set & program... :)
Man that brings back some good memories, what a nice hobby to be involved with. Better than video games
Thank you Edward for sharing I wish there were more tracks around great builds and great people to hang with
As a kid in northern Indiana I remember going to a track with dragstrip on raceday (every Saturday).$1.00 per hour that you played I mean qualified. That turned into a link RC car racing on carpet ovals with my son later in life. Boy has more trophies and he could carry, at least did have! Good memories for sure !
Nice cars and track. I have allways loved slot cars.
I love the smack talk tween tippy and andre......they both have some nice looking rides........good vid Edward....
Wow , this sure brings back memories , fantastic facilities ..
the gentleman with the colleciton has a fiiiine colllection damn
Bunch of pals built a 1/4 scale dragstrip in my buddies basement in 66 . Cars were all hand made from AMT MODELS . ALL motors, gears, tires and slicks were available from a slot car store in Midlothian, ILLINOIS. WE used a giant train transformer for power. Glad to see this is still being done ! All the racers are gone now, thanks to DOW Chemical!
Love it...sounds like alot of fun to be together sharing a passion
This video just popped up in my recommended.. A good one for once, lol.. Looks like a fantastic hobby! Thanks for sharing Ed!
Thanks for watching!
Looks like a lot of fun. Thanks Edward for posting it.
Wow I could totally get into that ! I had a car in the 60”s my dad put together for me but I was to young , I remember I would put the cars back on the tracks when they crashed , I was small and able to get under the tracks really easy ! What a great bunch of guys ! Thanks for sharing
This is so cool. Reminded me of racing at TomThumb when I was a kid. Very nice video. Thank you
Thank you for the vid... I have heard of this hobby but have never seen it or how it works, so your asking helped me as well. again thanks.. subbed and liked..
I raced in Brisbane Australia on Friday nights for 3years . always great times 😁
Great group of guys. Thanks for the video, Mr Edward.
Oh damn, that looks fun! Thanks for sharing man
Man I wish we had something like this where I live. This looks like a whole lot of fun. My man Andre... beautiful cars 🚙 Quick on the draw! 😳😳🥰😇
That’s just what I need, another hobby that I think would fun to dabble in. I would end up spending a ton of money and all of my time obsessing on. It does look like a lot of fun though and then people would fun to hang out with racing.
haha, the bants between the boys at the start, is on point
FLAT OUT, THIS WAS GREAT!!!!!!
*once I had on of these, those were the days*
Thank you for this video.
Love it. So coool.🤠
Nice job. Thank you for posting this video. I didn't know anything like this existed
Nothing like cars to bring guys together no matter what scale the car is
WOW luv slot cars . I got big collection model cars I've built myself same size scale as u guys. Mine just not slot cars. Man i love wot you gentleman have there. Beautiful. NewZealand here. We got few at clubs here. They're bloody 300 miles qaway from my crib.
You guys are so lucky to have a place like that.I had a scaled down version close by when I was a kid it was set up in an old mill ..1/24 and h.o. Tracks.,I think it was .50 an hour track time.My mom would drop me off Saturday morning with $10. That would cover lunch too.
Amazing. We used to hitch, ride bikes whatever to get to the Tazz hobby store in Closter NJ in the 60s to run our slot cars. So cool to see it still exists
I miss this hobby and I wish there was a place locally with tracks like the ones these guys have.
Great Vid. Some nice racing and beautiful cars
Even though these guys have alot of money, not to mention tons of time, this reminds me of when I was a kid racing Slot Cars. So much fun, back when there were no real troubles to worry about.
This is awesome!
I have totally forgot I did this when the 7/8 grade years so fun thanks for the memory’s
I ran drag when I was a kid and loved it, I wish there was a track around me sooo bad. the closest one to me in 2 hours away now.
Had no idea this was a thing. Good clean fun. I like it.
Didn’t even know this still existed. Great stuff!!
They still race these my dad has these from back in the 60s/70s still got his box full of cars and parts
Gentleman that looks like one hell of a good time thank you for sharing
Last time I did that was in the 1960s! Raced horses and cars
Amazing club and setup!
Awesome! I never knew this hobby existed.
3:26 homie got caught sleeping on the tree...
Nice video man! Super relaxing.
I’m looking forward to your next Drag Slot Car Video! You do a good job. I subscribed to your channel.
Kind Regards,
Pat
Man I remember going to race slot cars when I was a kid back in the sixties, I didn't know the were still a round.
Great video bro... Love the competition and brotherhood.
Great hobby ! Keep on racing !
Oh Man!!! This is Great!!!
This is great, great people doing fun hobbies
I love this kind of stuff.
NICE ACTION... THANKS FOR SHARING...
That sound brings back memories
Nice setup!!! You guy's are lucky
I used to love the slots. Damn those cars are fast!
Our local place in the 60s in Corpus Christi was called Big 8. My dad was involved in slot cars before I was born and built the first track out of fiberglass.
Ya man, used To go to the slot car track back in the sixties. Never owned one but they use to rent them.👍
This is so awesome I’m gonna have to get into this
That is so friken cool!
Anyone else here enjoy the smell of a warmed up motor? I’m definitely not alone on this right?
Used to do our own rewinds--thicker wire for more torque, thinner wire for higher RPM. Be careful to have each wrap of the wire parallel to all the others. Balance the armature by setting it on two razor blades mounted in a block of wood. The armature would roll to the heavy side, so you took a little off of the arm with a drill. Set the magnets in closer to the armature by putting a layer or two of electrical tape between the can and the back side of the magnet. Other things.
Brings back memories... I had an awesome place near me but it closed down and now a crappy music shop is there :(
Awesome , Thanks
Man, this looks like fun!!!
They have a track in Cypress Ca. off Lincoln and east of Valley View.
Nice race tracks .super cars.
Man, now that looks like a pretty good time, how cool to see it still going on!
We have slotcar racing here in germany too , but it´s the first time i see drag race with slotcars . Pretty nice .
I had a nice collection of slot cars when I was a kid in Brooklyn in the early 1960s. Fast as hell these things are. Raced at the family hobby center on ralph Ave (or possibly Flatbush Ave, can't remember 55 years ago) in Bergen Beach /mill basin. Place was huge. Anyone remember it. Was next to Gil hodges bowling alley
My first slot car in the 60s was a little figure 8 set...I wish I stayed in, it would be a lot cheaper.
Good way to practice cutting a good light, chopping down the tree.
I miss racing slot cars in Waterford Michigan with my dad.