Slot Car Racing in the Digital Age

Slot Car Racing in the Digital Age
Author: Robert Schleicher
Publisher:
Total Pages: 244
Release:
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781616732073

Robert Schleicher wrote the book on slot car racing—literally. In the three short years since Schleicher’s Slot Car Racing: Tips, Tricks & Track Plans was published, the hobby has been virtually transformed by new products and technologies. This new volume, a perfect complement to its predecessor, brings readers and racers up to date, offering a concise, comprehensive overview of slot car racing’s developments, along with expert, practical guidance for putting this information to good use. A primer on the latest digital and analog developments for both 1/32 and HO scales, Schleicher’s book delivers the lowdown on building cars from individual components on ready-to-race chassis, as well as popular tune-up tips to get even more speed and better handling out of today’s cars. Schleicher also provides track tests of 70 cars and a slot-car shootout featuring 23 more vehicles. Finally, Schleicher includes nearly 50 track plans: 14 tabletop-size plans for Scalextric, Classic, Carrera, Sport, SCX, and Ninco brand track; 14 plans modeled on real circuits like Watkins Glen, Monaco, Spa-Francorchamps, Sears Point, and the Bahrain and Shanghai F1 courses; and 17 4x8-foot HO scale plans. Illustrated throughout with color photography and track plan line art, this is the book that no serious slot car racer can afford to be without.

A Day at the Slot Car Races

A Day at the Slot Car Races
Author: Carlo Tonalezzi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2018-06
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780996557245

The Slot Car Evolution - COVERED! 1960's Golden Years of Model Racing - COVERED! American Model Car Racing Congress - INVESTIGATED! Bowling Killed Slot Car Racing - DEBUNKED! Exclusive Interviews with slot car companies - EXCITING & INFORMATIVE!

Model Racing

Model Racing
Author: Carlo Tonalezzi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2019-04-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9781096452188

BUILD - RACE - WIN - REPEAT...The Rise & Fall of the Golden Years of Slot Car Racing Explained. Text includes articles from the main magazines of the period. Also includes a Worldwide Racing Directory, listing active slot car raceways from different countries in 5 continents...! By 1966, model-car racing was so popular that it threatened to replace bowling as the nation's favorite indoor sport. For as grand as the outcome, the force that propelled slot-car racing into a national pastime was a simple one: the realism of the original slot cars. The builders and racers of these models knew that the quest for speed should not come at the cost of the way a car looked. Their design was at the heart of their very integrity. In this new effort, author, researcher and slot-car racer Carlo Tonalezzi charts the meteoric rise of this hobby-sport and photographs classic model racing cars in their natural habitat: The commercial racing tracks. Models made by Russkit, AMT, COX, MPC, Monogram, and more are captured on vintage tracks from the American Model Car Raceways. These realistic beauties were made during the Golden Years of Model Racing. True pieces of Americana, they are today as magnificent as ever. Read all about what really happened during this exciting period of model racing bliss!

Slot Car Dreams

Slot Car Dreams
Author: Philippe de Lespinay
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9780578853581

320 pages of slot car history with 750 photos - soft cover

Racing and Collecting Slot Cars

Racing and Collecting Slot Cars
Author: Robert H. Schleicher
Publisher:
Total Pages: 134
Release:
Genre: Slot cars
ISBN: 9781610606677

Covers slot racing cars and tracks, how to duplicate real race tracks in scale, troubleshooting and performing maintenance on slot cars, racing terms, and how to organize a race event.

Slot Car Racing: Tips, Tricks & Techniques

Slot Car Racing: Tips, Tricks & Techniques
Author: Robert Schleicher
Publisher:
Total Pages: 400
Release:
Genre: Model car racing
ISBN: 9781610605045

Over the past three years slot cars have become one of the fastest-growing segments of the hobby industry. Slot cars have also become so fashionable they have received exposure in automotive and general interest magazines. The time is right for a meaty, loaded follow-up to the highly successful 2002 MBI release, Slot Car Bible. In this new title, Bible author and Model Car Racing magazine publisher Robert Schleicher provides enthusiasts with more tips, tricks, and track plans for 1/32-scale and HO slot cars. This title will offer a wealth of tuning, maintenance, and driving technique information and will include chapters on snap-together raceways and building cars from kits. It will also have performance tests of new products and plans for creating NASCAR replica cars and tracks.

Slot Car Bible

Slot Car Bible
Author: Robert Schleicher
Publisher:
Total Pages: 238
Release:
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9781610606738

This sensational slot car salute presents a wealth of information on beginning and advanced techniques for collecting, building, tuning, and duplicating the amazing little cars that were at the peak of their popularity in the 1960s and '70s. All the rage among youngsters and adults alike, slot cars and more than 50 track layouts duplicating famous circuts like Daytona. Indy and Monaco, are featured here in photographs that vividly recount the enthusiasm surrounding this popular hobby. Follows Schleicher's popular Racing and Collecting Slot Cars 0-7603-1024-6.

The Slot Car Handbook

The Slot Car Handbook
Author: Dave Chang
Publisher: Crowood Press UK
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007-08-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781861269164

1/32 scale slot racing, made popular by Scalextric, is enjoyed by all ages. Half the fun of the hobby is taking apart, tuning, upgrading and reassembling the cars, but until now this has been a black art. For the first time, this complete guide to tuning and racing gives step-by-step instructions on how to set up the cars and the track to give the best performance.

Slot Cars and Architecture

Slot Cars and Architecture
Author: Chris Poynter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2017-12-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9781974071609

It is a fair claim to make that, in the history of the slot car racing hobby, there has been nothing previously published that parallels this text.When the author set out on a journey to build a slot car track based on the Scalextric product, little did he appreciate all the considerations that this encompassed. It was soon realised that the building process involved considerably more than mapping out a design and assembling track pieces, for this alone did not assure a good outcome. Many choices needed to be made that together contributed to the outcome - a slot car track.Making a track was relatively easy. Making it to be 'good' was a different matter altogether.But what is it that makes a good slot car track, and how should its construction be approached? What steps can be taken to avoid a 'pot luck' outcome?This book, detailing the journey from conception to delivery, applies a methodical approach founded on architecture underpinnings to building a slot car track. It takes the reader through the many considerations and design choices in a narrative that describes what actually occurred and eventuated in the author's 10 year journey.Contained within is a detailed slot car track architecture framework. Comprising over 62 aspects spanning 10 domains, the framework details the many hundreds of considerations that the budding track builder needs to work through regardless of whether the track is analogue, digital, set track or routed. Even then 'good' is not assured for there is no specific design formula, however the likelihood of achieving a 'good' slot car track outcome is significantly enhanced when the unique intellectual property contained herein is applied.Slot Cars and Architecture - Track Design & Construction Insights is an enjoyable and essential reference for those seeking to build 'good' a slot car track, and for those who enjoy the slot car racing hobby.

Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing: First To The Flag

Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing: First To The Flag
Author: Kent Wright
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2000-07-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0812545079

"Rocket Rob" Wilder is enjoying a meteoric rise to the top of the tough Grand National division, pleasing crowds with his showdowns with other young races. But to prove he is the real deal, he'll have to make the jump into the big league--and that means racing and beating Dale Earnhart, Mark Martin, and Jeff Gordon. Author signings.