Slotracing is fun!


And no: it's not only for kids! Slotracing is definitely a serious hobby for the, let's say, ”older kids” among us. You can experience this hobby on a lot of different levels: just challenge each other on a temporary track layed out on the floor, or join a club competition on a full blown tabletop circuit with computer powered laptiming with 1/1000 second accuracy!

If you are new to the slotrace scene and you like to meet other Dutch speaking slot race people, check out the Slottrack Forum to get a great start in the Dutch slotrace scene. You can also check this forum out to get in touch with other slotcar racers or to ask any question about this fascinating hobby.

How I got into slotracing

Around 1980 I got a Carrerra slotracetrack which belonged to my father and my uncle from when they were kids. It was about 30 meters of Carrera Universal (with three conductors), providing the opportunity to drive on both lanes with the same controller. I only got half of the complete layout, because the track was split in two equal parts. My nephew, who got the other half, and I had great fun with both our tracks, but after some years we kind of "grew out" of it and the whole thing was put in a box for later use...


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In 1997 a friend of mine and I stumbled on the subject of slotcar racing and how much fun it actually was when we were kids. After a while we both agreed that two (then) almost 30 year-old guys weren't supposed to play with toy cars and we closed the subject, laughing about it (as did our wives). Soon, however, we both got talking about the subject again and we decided to do some searching on the Net. We found out that a lot of adult guys like us played around with slotcars and we decided to take a look in a slotcar-shop. The cars we saw (1/32) turned out to be everything except a child's toy, as they were very detailed and also ran very fast on the test track they had available at the shop. We're talking about very detailed model cars that also run like a real car. What else would a car nut like?

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Well, to make a long story short: we were hooked! At first we both played with several designs and got started with a bunch of second hand Scalextric Classic track. This was a very good way to start this hobby! For about $40 we had a total of 50 meters of track and that was enough to give us both a long track on the floor of our attics. Carrera Universal was bankrupt (Carrera later restarted and went "Scalextric style" with their track), so Scalextric (and compatibles) was the natural way to go.

What's happening now?

At this time I have a very nice 3 lane wooden track called Corvette Speedway and a 1 lane rally track called Zora Rally Track. The latter is also a test track for Slot Race Manager, a program I started developing in 1999 for complete management of your slot race hobby.