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Reviving ‘60s Hobby — Slot Car Racing | Eastern Iowa Life

Reviving ‘60s Hobby — Slot Car Racing

by Dave Rasdal

Eastern Iowa Life

February 17, 2012

SWISHER — Zip, click, zoom. Up, over and around. The little 1/32nd-size slot cars eat up the 10 curves on the 57-foot long track in less than five seconds, a scale speed of about 250 miles per hour.

No wonder guys like Jerry Hightshoe, 68, of rural Swisher have revived a hobby of their 1960s youth — slot car racing.

“I wanted this to be a true driver’s course,” says Jerry, retired administrator from the College Community school district, who started building his basement track in 2001. It was race-ready in a year but, as with model railroading, always seems to be a work in progress.

“We’re more into racing than the scenery,” says Bruce Gardner, 64, of Iowa City (right) who joined fellow slot-car racers Art DeArmond, 63, of North Liberty (left), Jerry (center) and Craig Margulis, 57, of Iowa City, in a recent practice session.

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Speed51.com – The Short Track Source

New Modified Tour…For Slot Cars…Starts in the Northeast

Reality Modified Tour to Feature Cool-Looking Replica Modifieds

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Slot car racing’s popularity has dwindled since the 1960’s and 70’s and has evolved more into a hobbyists sport. However some racers and slot car enthusiasts from Long Island and the New England area have come up with a cool new concept that could very well bring slot car racing back to the hobby forefront.

Pete Pernesiglio, a NEMA Midget driver from Long Island and Ray Brown former Late Model driver from Attleboro, Massachusettes collaborated with friends who share their passion for this hobby and have formed the Reality Modified Tour.

“Slot car racing has kinda died out over the years, there aren’t many stores or tracks to race at anymore.” say’s Pernesiglio. “Now, more and more people are building tracks in their home and inviting friends over once a week to race and have fun.”

Ray Brown from Reality Raceway.net started building a spec 1/24th scale asphalt Modified to resemble an actual NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour car. Unless you are a model guru, you wont be able to find a more actual looking NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour car.

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I REALLY Wanted This Slot Car Circuit For Christmas

I love slot cars. I remember building tracks with my dad and my brothers, racing old sports prototypes, old school F1s and two Porsche 911s. One of the cars was the RCR 917, so I was blown away by this custom racetrack.

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Racer Boy: Slot Car Racing, or How to Race Door to Door Without Worrying about Your Doors

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By Rob Krider

Racer Boy: Slot Car Racing, or How to Race Door to Door Without Worrying about Your Doors

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“Slot car racing?” you ask. Yup. I’m not talking about that weak ass Tyco set that ran on six C batteries that you found under the Christmas tree when you were a kid. I’m talking about blistering fast slot cars on technical 8 lane tracks with race position telemetry and lap times as you race head to head against other racing fanatics.

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Around Town: Mid-America Raceway

WGN TV Chicago – Around Town: Mid-America Raceway

WGN TV reporter does a story featuring Mid-America Raceway in Downers Grove, IL.

Around Town: Mid-America Raceway

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Silverstone – A Little Training

Watch Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton as they prepare for the Santander British Grand Prix by battling it out on a Scalextric slot car track of the new look Silverstone!