Keeping Slot Car Racing Alive
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- At one time there were thousands of slot car racing enthusiasts. But now, excitement around the sport has dwindled, and there is only one place left in New York City to race. Welcome to the mean racetracks of Buzz-A-Rama.
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I love slot car racing. Would honestly give this guy some business if I wasn't in Seattle!
There is one in Seattle it's on lake city way
The winged porpoise oh sweet I'm for sure gonna check that out with some of my buddies haha
+Telesh Patel well I will probably go sometime as well since I have coupons
Taleshguf Patel
Talesh Patel
Dedication can be heard from this guy's voice. Gives out optimism and his love for slot cars
You can tell he's so happy that he gets to do that
Gavin Reddi
OMG I had the connectable one's I miss them. They were fun but took a long time to build.
In Spain the slots car still alive. You have some clubs across the country. Also, slots tracks are sold in the toy shops.
HOLY MOLY THIS IS MY FREAKIN CHILDHOOD!!!!
If you are in NJ, there are two great places to race: SPEEDZONE in Mount Holly NJ and THE RACE PLACE in Farmingdale, NJ.
is Zeppelin Hobbies still open in north jersey?
The Race Place is a great place and has a nice big track. I drive past it every day, but they're always closed I think they're only open nights from 6 pm to about 10 pm.
Mojo yes it is open
Also in quakertown pa
Man, I was just near Mount Holly at the end of last year too :/
My dad had picked me up a slot car set years back from a yard sale. He had a huge box of cars and tracks of his own, (controllers were broke) and I used to test the cars on my track to get em to work. Alot of them were broke, but I remember this yellow porsche one that always worked and was fast.
So much fun mucking around on these tracks and hot-rodding out your TYCO 440X2 cars from the mid '90s.
Have not slot car raced since the late 80's to early 90's in northern California. It was so much fun except the dang poles that the tracks ran around and my car was attracted to.
Frank you are a candle of inspiration. Love your hobby, love your business, love your entrepreneurial spirit and love your passion. We need more Buzz in this world. Love your work man, God bless you. ✌️😎🇺🇸🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁
Mr. "Buzz" Frank Perri and his wife Dolores Perri passed away in May 2021 within 10 days of one another. As reported in the Gothamist on January 16, 2022, Buzz-A-Rama which was opened by Mr. and Mrs. Perri in 1965, in Brooklyn NY, was officially closed January 2022 and the owners' son sold off the remaining slot-car racing inventory. Buzz-A-Rama was New York City's last remaining commercial slot-car racing center. It dated from a time when slot-car racing centers, either stand alone or part of a hobby store, could be found in just about every city in the USA...
1:24 R.I.P Green car
???? - 2016
Crashed
These things look about mid 60s...based on colours and control panels
I love Slot Car Racing!!! I spent many hundreds of hours at the Miniature Grand Prix in Westvale N.Y. when I was a kid. It was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Mason, and it was the place to be when i was kid growing up back in the 60's and early 70's. And Mrs. Mason ran a tight ship rough housing or swearing wasn't allowed and no one wanted to get barred from the track. I have so many good memories from that place and the people that used to also race there. Thanks Mr. and Mrs. Mason for all of the great lessons and memories you gave all of us that used to come to your track.
Holy shit 100 mph for a fucking slot car!!!
Deadly Pineapple It imitate Nascar really well
I so need to buy a garage and make it a slotcar track
What this chap is doing is wonderful, bravo. Vintage toys are always top drawer.
I went to a place called Slot Car Raceway near Katy, TX around 10 years ago. (can't remember exactly when and where). It was an absolute blast racing against my cousin. First time racing with regular sized cars. I grew up with Life-Like HO tracks. I wanted to go again on my next TX trip but found out they closed :(
0:39 *DEJA VU! I FELL LIKE I'VE SEEN THIS PLACE BEFORE!!!*
Oh yeaah that white car
*i n e r t i a d r i f t*
Wow initial D F A N
LegendaryF 2006 we found another one who ruined the meme
CraftMinerKyle Same!!!
Yes, 1/24 slot racing has dwindled but there is still quite a bit of it still happening across the US and the world.
Check out slotblog.net for the evidence.
their is a local track that runs it every month in my town im 19 now and i remember being 12 and on up racing the cars with my parents, still have all the cars and controllers and even 2 tracks one of them we built
Thanks for posting a link to that website turns out there are a few slot car raceways near me
Any in NC, US?
I've been around slot car raceways since the late 60s and it's a hard business to make a buck at, the track takes up so much space and sits idle a lot of the time, the hobby shop owners can make a lot more money taking it out and replacing it with a couple racks of toys.
My brother and I raced there 45 years ago. Mr Perry ...the father of Buzz used to take care of us. Glad to see they are still in business. Always had the best parts in Brooklyn.
We need to cherish this mans wisdom
I used to love slot cars. There was a place in South Pasadena, California, that I used to haunt around 1966, I guess it was. Great fun.
My dad use to own a slot car shop when i was a kid, i raced there almost everyday, and i loved every second of it.
Modelville Framingham Mass. 1973-75 I was there loved it so fun put the car into the ceiling a few times off the bank curve very fast car that took a while to dial in.
Unfortunately, Buzzy and his wife who worked at the business both passed away about a year ago. From what I understand it was directly related to Covid. I am not sure what has become of the facility or the tracks.
Ah the memories. I used to go slot car racing with my friends when we were kids. Our local church held an hour of free racing for kids every week.
Ahhh, they got rid of the old one at my local Dave and Busters... That thing was so fun lol
Oh man, I loved slot cars as a kid. They used to have a huge building near me that was essentially a huge track. You could win ribbons from races. I miss it.
My grandpa had a slot car racing game before he bought it in 1978 and past through my dad and now me and I’m happy and proud of it
We have a place that opened up not too long ago here in Staunton, VA. I love it! Wish there were more common, but it's a dying breed of entertainment...
My dad started restoring Aurora Motors HO guage slot cars about 10yrs ago. I'd fix the cars and controllers and he and my siblings would build and revitalize the sets, some to original layouts others to his own imagination. He sold them on ebay, in fact his pikes peak set in supposed to be in one of the museums in Pikes Peak Colorado.
I remember when I had my own slot car and slot car track it was some of the most fun ive had
there is an HO(1/64th) slot car place in San Antonio Texas traders village on 11th street called ESR racing, I work there sometimes and it's so fun!
Do what you love!
This place closed :(
When I was bored I played this game when I was a little kid, I really like this guy's creation and I hope it gets interesting in the near future :)
I love slot car racing! it’s really fun and exhilarating
Good on him for sticking with his passion
Amongst the many things that have put me in a trance, slot cars did it first in the 60s.
Keep the slotcar movement going :). Rock Mountain Racers from Calgary Alberta Canada.
Im a huge collector and i still race.....here in Brazil we are still loving this hobby....but everything has changed...since chassis, motors, controllers..and the receways....they are now smaller and flat....or huge flat raceways.....
i always loved it.but it gradually lost it's glimmer as RC cars came out.i raced RC cars on my slot car track set because that felt a bit better than the slot cars.now i feel like pressing that trigger again
Salt Lake City, where I'll be moving to a year from now, has a slot car place called The Slot Car Shop. I'm into RC too, primarily scale crawlers, but the thing that makes me want to get into the slot cars, is they're not as expensive as 1/10 and larger scale RC cars, and trucks, and the smaller size makes slot cars, and the tools to service them easier to transport. Plus since the car, and the controller get their power from the track, you don't need yo spend a bunch of money on good lipo batteries, and a good lipo charger for them. You can spend a fortune really easy messing with today's RC vehicles..
I love racing these 1/24 scale can am race cars super fast. I started learning about these in a friend’s basement back in the early 60’s. I don’t remember who own the shop but someone opened a slot car race center in N.Y. Near Coney Island. I lived four city blocks away from the pier. Once or twice a year we went there to race. I live in south Florida these days. I can’t even find a small hobby store around anymore in Florida. Very sad for sure. I still have my kustom HO scale race track almost done. It is only 10’ long by 4 1/2 to 5’ wide. Having fun making all my buildings out of wood. I’ll never really finish this up. To many ideas. And I’m in the process of kustom building new engines and frames should really make a difference.
their is a local track that runs it every month in my town im 19 now and i remember being 12 and on up racing the cars , still have all the cars and controllers and even 2 tracks one of them we built
We have one slotcar track in Rochester,N.Y. It's called fantasy raceway. New owner since 10/17.
The home versions were big at Christmas, Tyco, Aurora and AMF. I used to have one where the track went up the wall, I think it was Tyco.
CLIFF HANGERS. CURVES HAD DOUBLE RAILS FOR EXTRA GRIP
In Czech republic, i´m racing two years. I have got a lot of money puted in slot cars(around 1400 $)but the track is awesome.
My grandpa has a track in his basement that took him a year to build. He did the electric and all
This is so wholesome I would love to visit someday
Don't worry, There are some still in Argentina, I sometimes go there!
In Europe you have national and European championships, the leading world brand for slot cars is Carrera, made in Germany. Look it up... But I'll admit that the vintage look of this guy's track and cars is really neat.
I remembered the moment my dad and his bro playing this slot car when i was a baby, i really cried out loud because it's so scary to hear it sounds!
But now im understand why this is so fun to play, of course with others!
EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS! Spread the word! #slotcarracing
It's called scalextric here in the UK, regardless of the company.
Nice area..hot cars ....and a cool race for young and little bit older people..:-)
greetings from switzerland..
My onily slotcar track in the airea just closed it was nigra hobby in buffalo ny but ur right slotcars are amazing i used to take and modify cars put in motors and magnets let other try em out it was amazing
So if any9ne wants to open a slotcar track l,z do it in buffalo ny bc ares closed and lots of people used to go
Make the *slot car (and also real life interaction games)* great again!
Loved it since childhood.
people that are close to warren ohio there will be slot car tracks and rc radio control tracks on 50 acres. there is a bar and grill on the property, the food is great and the tracks are very large for 1/5 1/4 scale racing off road and oval, plus we have the slot tracks for nascar and road course and ( drag strip ), a hobby shop will be made also. all in one spot. a drone racing area will be next. if we can not race outdoors we will have the indoor slot tracks. we want to have a race every day of the week in the summer. day and nights! so if you live close to warren ohio, a big and small kid place play station is coming to warren ohio. if we could find cheap go carts for off road we would have that also. we have a large patio and will have flee market and swap meets and car shows and motorcycle events. outdoor tracks are 95% complete and we are making the slot tracks as i type, and they are 70% complete. we would like to have grand opening july 1st
Dude I remember these forms when I was like four haha in 2004 man these things we're awesome
At a local market, there is a slot car racing store. It's so cool, and worth the money.
I miss this place. I used to go there in the early 1970's.
There was at one time a place like this where I live. Webt there a few times and even went there a few times in a group on my birthday . Had a full track those times... sadly the place closed down after moving to a bigger building, then not making enough money to keep paying the rent... damn shame
0:41 Clash-A-Rama was born!
There's a track in salt lake City he's got a kingelman 98 footer. And a Hillclimb 128ft. 3002 so. State Street.
one near Greenburgh Multiplex Cinema at Elmsford, NY
Loved slot cars when I was younger, felt like I was a real race car driver! Sadly my mother sold my set, only have the spare car from the set:(
I remember racing a slot car once when I was about 5 years old. With the help of my father, I got 2nd place that race.
I do agree your comment,Khansya C
I remember having smaller ones you could get at toy stores I also once had one with no slots just three metal lanes now that was hard to control and had a cab truck that would just go around and switch lanes so wish I still had to today any body remember that one???
Slot car racing is one of my favorite hobbies
Trains and Lanes Hobbies in Easton PA still race and have 3 tracks
I've been looking for a track here in Arizona for ages... I moved from Illinois and still have a bunch of cars that I have no use for.
I had a slot car track and that thing was awesome I played with it all the time and one day it just stoped working and I was sooo sad and then my dad threw it away and I have never seen a slot car track since
i am making a slot track. the biggest set back is if you have to rent a building. the cost of 3.00 or more per foot a month, no one can make a track and cost that much for rent. so i own my building no rent, and the track is being built as i type. warren ohio speedgate raceways, it is on facebook
I use to have a small version of this...gosh the nostalgia tho
In Germany this is called Carrera and i still have a racetrack at my home, they are great!!!!
I used to race stock cars with my dad as a kid. Good times
:)
I had something similar , but I never managed to make them work , I didn't had a track to play with them , they were fun
I HAVE NOT HAD A TRACK FOR YEARS. I STILL TEST AND FIX MY CARS EVERY COUPLE. I USE UP 3 OR 4 9-VOLT BATTERIES DOING THIS
at 0:11, he turned into a cat
Mail-order killed the hobby shop and the slot car tracks in the early 70s. No hobby store could make a profit renting lanes on a store track. I remember in the mid 60s in Morristown, NJ you got 15 mins for .35 cents. The purpose of the tracks was to sell car kits and it was a crowd draw to sell other stuff in the store. By the early 1970s however the advent of credit cards make it possible for mail order businesses to sell these car kits from warehouses at prices that undercut the hobby stores. Tracks took up way too much floor space to justify them and the hobby folded up in just a few years. This was long before the RC race car hobby took off in the late 1980s. Mail order and then the internet crushed brick and mortar hobby stores by the late 90s. What still exist are poor specimens compared to the great stores of the 1960s. Polks in NYC was the best example. Seven floors. "112 steps from the Empire State Building," read their ads. Polks suffered a long death during the 80s and 90s until the owners realized that the property was worth 10s of millions and sold out. Slot car tracks have made a bit of a comeback in the 2000s as retiring Boomers had the time and $ to support clubs, but the new versions have such technical "improvements" to allow the cars to go at blurring speed--- too fast for me to find much enjoyment in the hobby.
There's a slot car place in Des Plaines Illinois called Dad's Slot Cars and they serve ice cream. Still open today.
I still love them
It'd cool and all great, i would love to play with that, but why did he say that there is no interaction when playin video games? We can talk with friends and compete with them, or cooperate. Still great hobby, love the car sounds when they go around.
Pure fun
Slot car racing is cool i used to play it but there isnt one left here in indonesia
I had a big track back home and i missed it every day
HE KEPT HIS CHILDLIKE ENTHUSIASM IN HIS ADVANCED AGE. VERY RARE . SALUTE!
This restores my faith in humanity or kids in the 21st century
Respect to this guy.
Arent they called scalextric, but are they really that rare, I can go to my local shop and buy a set or two and Im in a club which is really awesome
krossball Gaming home sets are common. Its full size tracks and stores that are rare
Do thoose steering wheel do something functional?
so how Is it a race? if all the cars go at the same speed and everyone holds down the trigger, shouldn't it just be a tie everytime?
Ive missed playing with slot cars
Wow... the world has changed so much. And wow im old
i have a big track of like this but the car is Hyper and Ultra sport so yeah
I had played this 8 years ago when I was 5 a lot of times
This guy is awesome
Only slot car raced 2 times had a great time doing it!!!!
If you loved it as a kid you always love it.