Longest eight-lane track ever?
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don.siegel
, Dec 06 2009 03:16 PM
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Posted 09 December 2009 - 02:33 PM
Zat vould be ze nue rekord...
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Posted 09 December 2009 - 04:51 PM
At the speeds they were going in early 1966, what were lap times...an hour and a half??? 
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Posted 09 August 2024 - 11:04 AM
The speeds in 1966 though still made for competitive racing and thus good fun for basically all involved. If speeds are too fast, it's intimidating to potential newcomers and deters them from taking up the hobby. Truthfully even I find the <2 second lap times managed by wing cars these days to be intimidating.
But when I see a race like this I want to visit the track and run some cars!
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Posted 09 August 2024 - 11:05 AM
Any more candidates for the longest track? Perhaps just those still in operation today?
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Posted 09 August 2024 - 12:51 PM
Of the ones mentioned in this thread, I doubt any of them is still in operation. I don't know the length offhand but a huge 1/32 scale track was built in Windsor, VT a couple years ago. I think it was built with a PVC roadbed, but not 100% sure. More info is posted on the Home Racing World bbs.
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Posted 25 February 2026 - 01:18 AM
C&M Raceway N Sacramento I believe it was 312 feet per lap
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Posted 25 February 2026 - 05:06 AM
C&M Raceway N Sacramento I believe it was 312 feet per lap
I have their track as a 230 foot Engleman.
That's thirty minutes away. I'll be there in ten.
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Posted 25 February 2026 - 03:49 PM
I remember the track at W.T. Grant's department store in Syracuse was so large that if you came out on the far side, your nickel's worth of time would run out before you got back to your controller.
I was told it was a fiberglass Hossenda 10 lane, but I'm not sure how reliable that info was.
This was in 67? I was immediately hooked. Best thing that happened aside from the mini skirt
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Posted 12 March 2026 - 11:01 PM
I remember the track at W.T. Grant's department store in Syracuse was so large that if you came out on the far side, your nickel's worth of time would run out before you got back to your controller.
Man, a slot car track in a five-and-dime department store? Too cool! Those were the days.
