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#1 Vay Jonynas

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Posted 30 August 2024 - 12:34 PM

What's your local slot car raceway?

 

Mine is the Scale Racing Center at 145 Claireport Crescent in the extreme northwest corner of the City of Toronto. It's owned and operated by legendary slot car developer Ernie Mossetti. A 1/32 scale 130' six lane Policar (Slot.It) track is on the ground level:

 

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Upstairs is a 1/24 scale 150' six lane Steve Ogilvie wood track.

 

Scale Racing Center

 

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Posted 30 August 2024 - 01:53 PM

My local raceway was Need for Speed in Manchester, NH. It closed August, 2010.


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Posted 30 August 2024 - 02:21 PM

We closed Slot Car Raceway & Hobbies in Jacksonville, FL on May 31, 2015 and I haven't had a Home track since.


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Posted 30 August 2024 - 03:20 PM

Since Slots-A-Lot closed their doors last year, my new "home" raceway is the world famous Port Jefferson Raceway in Ronkonkoma, NY.


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Posted 30 August 2024 - 04:23 PM

Mine is Penrith Slot cars  
ex local track was Hornsby Slot cars which no longer exists (building demolished now a VW dealership ) 

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Posted 30 August 2024 - 04:28 PM

I have not had a "local" raceway that was less then a 3 hour drive in each direction for more then 30 years.


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Posted 30 August 2024 - 05:12 PM

Our track was demolished due to rising rental costs three years ago. Now the nearest track is 250 miles away...


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Posted 01 September 2024 - 01:02 PM



Since Slots-A-Lot closed their doors last year, my new "home" raceway is the world famous Port Jefferson Raceway in Ronkonkoma, NY.

 

With these three trackst PJ Raceway should be well worth the drive though:

 

155' Gerding King

135' Hillclimb

88' Whip

 

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PJ Raceway - Ronkonkoma

 

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