Slot car racing film.

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DGinBC
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Slot car racing film.

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This popped up as recommended on Youtube ... a little blast from the past featuring a young Stirling Moss.
https://youtu.be/JRcLPkH3ksY

I didn't know a jacket and tie was required dress for slot car racing. :lol:
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Those slot cars are huge compared to anything that was sold and run back in the day in the U.S.

My local neighborhood hobby shop had a drag strip where you could come in and race two cars against each other. Further across town there was larger slot car track where multiple cars could race on a course. The race course got so busy on weekends and after school hours that you had to sign up for track time, sometimes several days in advance.  Nothing I ever saw, during the slot car craze, was anywhere near the size of those in the film.
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In Europe the models were 1/24th and 1/32nd scale while in the US Aurora developed the 1/64th scale which is still popular today.

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All mine where 1/24 from USA apart from the scratch built ones..Revell,Cox,Aurora and The evil La Cucaractha that was banned in our local races..I bet one of you had one hey?
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