The year was 1962 when Aurora HO scale Model Motoring came to Valinda, California and the only full-scale electric cars a human biped could drive legally on the streets were invalid carts made by ...

Eleven years ago, this exquisite slot car race assembly got acquired for $125,000. Now, it found a new home after a tough bidding battle that made people watching cheer with excitement. This frenzy ...

This video is no longer available. Long before the popularity of car racing video games, the slot car craze in the 1960s and ’70s had young people and their parents obsessed with racing scale models.

Even though it’s declined in popularity over the decades, slot car racing remains a pastime of adults and children alike. But back in the early years—we’re talking 1930s to 1950s here—the electric ...