The need for speed is right here in our own backyard! Mach 1 Raceway is home to national-level slot car racing and it’s not just about adrenaline. It’s also sparking STEM learning for kids and adults ...

Slot Mods Raceways is back with a new handmade slot car track that hides inside a vintage car. A couple of years ago, one of Slot Mods’ most popular creations—a circuit built into the body of a ...

Each Christmas, [Adam Anderson], [Daniel Quach], [Johan Wheeler], and [Gustav Abrahamsson] (going by ‘the Janky Jingle Crew’)—set themselves the challenge of outdoing their previous creations. Last ...

See what happens when four elite drivers race head-to-head across tarmac and dirt on a custom track that evens the odds. When it comes to drag racing and straight-line speed, you’ve seen the world’s ...

Fall is the season when slot car racers can expect the year’s hottest releases from a variety of international manufacturers. This year is promising to be no exception, and retailers should take note ...

Yeah, at the corner of East Bundy in Southeast Second in Des Moines. This is so cool right up the driveway from the mailboxes three in *** row directly behind the yawning dog. It's just loads and ...

The economic collapse brought on by the Great Recession was particularly gruesome in the Great Lake State. Michigan faced job losses in the seven figures, with unemployment reaching over 15 percent, ...

The children of Thomas and Reba Pelletiere grew up around slot cars — their dad’s way of keeping them on the straight and narrow. “My dad didn’t want his five kids hanging out at bowling alleys and ...

After more than three decades of bringing families together to share a love of racing, the checkered flag fell Sunday on Dad’s Slot Cars in downtown Des Plaines. Opened by the late Thomas Pelletiere ...

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He may be in his 60s, but Jimmy Attard is absolutely living out a dream a whole lot of us had as kids. Attard has spent decades transforming the basement of his Dearborn home into an epic slot car ...