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A hobby shop at our local mall had what I think I remember to have been about an eight lane 1/32 scale track when I was a kid. They sold car kits, from what I remember we could not buy a "ready to race" car. We could rent their cars for essentially no cost, just to encourage kids to race.
I think cheap, reliable R/C essentially killed it. My youngest son and I started racing 1/12 scale four cell electric pan cars and then 1/10 scale 4wd touring cars, six cell electric indoors and .12 ci glow fuel outdoors when he was eight years old. He had no interest in slot cars after that.
I have since had occasion to drive some serious "adult" slot car. My God, I cannot even begin to think fast enough to have any hope of doing that. I have also had the opportunity to drive far slower, far more sedate HO scale, with recognizable scale cars. Much more my speed, and actually an awful lot of fun. A good buddy has a fully sceniced, like model railroad level, HO scale Spa Francorchamps in his basement. Great good fun.
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