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The death of about Slot Cars

In 1972, slot car and did not look like cars. The bodies were paint jobs and wild wedge were the norm. slot car pipelines drying thousands. The fans then as today, was dying and only a few cars keeps raceways slot with life. With little competition, who were barely able to keep the doors open.

Slot cars themselves were uninteresting, the tracks Glamour of the 60 were gone and dirty places, level retail with worn tracks were not attractive to the average consumer.

During this time, the original market for slot car racing, the crowd level as it is known today, is the home race. Some simply play and other clubs are formed with several house tracks Participants completed a series trophies.

HO scale became the most popular slot car companies like Tyco AFX-Spain and sold millions of games at home with the new concept of "magna traction." This was, of course, the use of magnets to keep the car stuck in the slot. Some of them could go the walls and upside ahead. Because of this ability, HO cars so fast that it was now a pro car is just a blur. Slot Cars with such force that the driver can not know for several times that your car is no longer on the surface of the track. HO competition is at its lowest point today, as Speed format only unattractive.

In 1978, slot car racing seemed about to disappear into history. The obituaries were written and very few have even really cared.

There were a few remaining culverts and some distributors of products which are still offered. Parma International was become the main source of slot cars, drivers and parts. Parma and on the west coast of the main provider of Speed and Distance Sport. be given most credit saving cat commercial race slot. Granlee Ron Speed and Sport held a series of beginner. He determined that the engines and the best format would be used to be affordable and attractive to new riders. The sponsors were lined up and each raceway was the existing west coast recruited to participate. A simple idea was sufficient to generate a pipeline of interest more and more open. The series was only a few months, but it was a great success. The announcement was the new era of slot cars - the era of the wings.

Forget about the car name in slot cars for a moment. Imagine a thin wedge of a body and clear mylar slabs or "Prey" pasted on both sides. Attached to the back of the body that protrudes half an inch and a clear spoiler and front of the wedge is another spoiler ¾ inch, right on the surface of the track. OK not a car. When executed, this air scoops on the body between the air dams and is trapped by the rear wing. This trapped air, high speed, pushing down with great force and air spills over the upper edges of the air dams. This exhaust air forces of dams to put more outward giving the appearance of wings.

All this means: strength, more speed and the car stay in the slot.

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Tyco Ho Scale

The death of about Slot Cars

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