The cars are bumper-to-bumper into the final lap. It’s too close to call … and the Dodge Charger Daytona takes the checkered flag just ahead of the Plymouth Superbird!
No, that wasn’t the call from the latest televised race. It’s the kind of heart-pounding racing thrills that you and your friends could be enjoying with motorsports for the home.
Slot car racing has been around since the mid-50s, when enthusiasts “drove” their cars on model train tracks. In the 1960s, slot car racing events were featured on television shows such as “Mike Douglas,” “Johnny Carson” and “Steve Allen.” And Elvis loved slot cars so much that he had an entire room at Graceland devoted to the hobby.
Elvis, however, never had anything like the latest slot cars from Carrera. The sport has come a long way since the days of The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Today, Carrera’s “Evolution Pro-X” sets another high tech benchmark with a state-of-the-art digital system in 1:32 scale.
Unlike analog systems, by fitting a micro-processor to each car and including the special digital power control...