They still have the "slower" version. They've been restricted. This is why NASCAR put restrictor plates on the cars years ago...they were going TOO fast.
@@jimconsolazio9365 Its a "railed" track. The cars have slots on them where they go into the track so they don't fly off. That's what those lines are on it.
@@KNOTTYBUDS yes its to guide the cars around, but you can obviously fly off...the reason why these can go at such a mad speed is because they are what is called "flexi cars" or "wing cars".. here its aerodynamics what keeps them in the slot...if you saw a race of normal slotcars that are scalemodels of whatever race series you might like nascar, touring cars, le mans racers etc than they would de-slot a whole lot faster...the slot really is a guide and by no means does it mean that you are not flying off...there is actually a bit of skill to it..sure everyone can learn it, but its not just pulling the trigger... Lets say in scale model racing its predominantly skill, and a certain part vehicle set up to get the faster times and consistency.. And in flexi cars its mostly set up, and skill maybe to a slightly lesser degree...
They're competing for the fastest lap time. You can see the old school pc monitors in front of the drivers, they see the timing data from those screens in real time. That's how they instantly knew who won :)
@@Miktai actually they are going for total laps, for most championships you are required to run on each lane for about two minutes and you get one to two minutes between lane changes.
@@pheonixdragon2261 Yup. And we had computer cooling fans on long screws for legs to cool the motors between rounds. Rag and lighter fluid to clean the oily gunk off the rear slicks.
@@unionrdr I can remember going to races like this to compete and the fun everyone (well almost everyone) had. One track I went to did an Endurance race to celebrate the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 24 hours of Daytona. The cars all had to be Group 10, 48 pitch, and run each lane for 15 minutes, talk about working to figure out the best gearing to keep a motor cool. 😵🤬😵🤬😵🤬
This is unbelievable. I had an Eldon slot slot track when I was a kid, 60 years ago. I had no idea that people still played with these things. The speeds seen here are even more unbelievable.
I never knew what these were called but my brother and I had one of these too. The cars would go flying if we even thought of going full throttle. Never could pull off the big loop😅
Almost 60 years here. I was blessed to be in the San Jose area (California) with a long wooden race track. I used to beg old and worn rails, motors, anything they were throwing out anyway. Soldered a lot of dragsters together, and launched quite a few across the room. This track is so fast I can’t see how you would enjoy running on it outside of practice laps.
Like how every german loves little pieces of plastic simulating nascar, in a way thats far easier to watch and doesnt destroy the planet? Silly germans
I slowed this down to 25% speed and it appeared took take about 6 secs per lap, so in real time about 1.25 secs is the actual lap time. The track looks like it's maybe 30-40m long. Say 35. So these cars are doing something like 30m per second. Which is about 100 kph or 62 mph. The standard Scalextric car model scale is 1:32 which is apparently the global standard for slot car racing. So the speed of these cars to scale is approximately 3,200 kph or 1,988 mph. This is comparable with the fastest jet aircraft ever built, the Lockhead SR-71 Blackbird recon plane, which can reach 3,540 kph or 2,200 mph. You wouldn't see that if it flew over you house either.
@@RCRoads No idea but slot cars from the 70s and early 80s had rear-end slides to them so you couldn't just floor it. Why they changed it comes from toy manufacturers. But the old-school slot racing was more of a challenge by far.
Back in the 60s we had a two car race track in the basement. The classic cars of the day that we would change the type of tires for traction. Was way more fun than this looks like and as a bonus we could see our cars.
Haha....I know! I was like, "It's easier to follow a 120 mph slap shot in a hockey game!" :-) That's pretty cool how fast they go, though, and the drivers can follow them.
It was amazing how the green car came back from 6th place to win. Really put the power down in those last 13 laps. Carried more speed in the corners and made some great passing moves!
@Bob Dobalina They are about the same size as a standard 12v motor you find in toys (about 1 1/4 inches long by 3/4 inch wide by 1/2 inch thick). Except these have extremely strong magnets and instead of a metal housing they have an alloy frame. Because they are so high performance the track voltage has to be just right as does the gearing or they burn out. The shine you see on the track is a mixture of white spirit and a gum substance so the cars stick in corners. At speed the clear sides fold out because of air pressure giving even more down force so it's a critical balancing act.
I have no idea either... but I'd like someone to explain... what.. the... F... is that ? :D Are those guys "piloting" anything ? To me they just randomly move their heads trying to follow colours while pressing a button for 5 mins
See, this is what I wish slot cars could be, for more people to get into it, with competitions and friends testing their cars against each other, I just wish more people would get involved in this amazing hobby.
These look comparable to what was called group 15 in my day. Possibly the even faster group 27 cars. I won the Division 1 GTP championship back in '97. Won every race but one! And I sneezed a motor that time. I also raced group 15 " thingy cars" like these as I called them back then as well. Came in 10th in the regionals as an independent that same year. I almost got hired to drive for Parma, but a certain driver bad mouthed me to them. He feared he was being replaced. I also won 14 regional concours championships with my realistic cars at the same time as well. Even had a tire sponsor for my son & I in Jan Limpach. 3-time world champion. Knew him for years. The owners started calling the Saturday GTP races, " The Lenny & Mikey Show" since we won all the time. I was very honored to be referred to that way. After the Can Am being called the " Bruce & Denny show" , since McLaren won so often. It took me 23 years to get that far, nickel & diming my way to the top. At 66, they live now...only in my memories...
10 years later I am stuck at home due to the virus and I am watching old men play with toy cars.....I am so bored my life has been reduced to this....lmao
Wow! I just dropped in out of interest as to how my childhood hobby was doing these days. How on earth do the racers actually follow their car? Amazing.
I was a slot car racer in the 1960s. What was needed in slot car racing was the same thing that took place in actual real car racing: limitations on motors, controls, tires, etc. Over the decades an innovation made one car faster than the others and so to catch up and eventually go ahead, other innovations had to be found. The result after 50 years can be seen in the video. The same phenomenon took place in actual, real motor racing. Finally a limit was put on things. The only difference is that an absurdly fast slot car will not pose a danger to the driver.
Racing is pretty save these days, at the top levels. Horrible wrecks, and the drivers walk away. Deaths and injuries are rare, even in spindly open-wheel cars.
My car fell into another slot while that guy was putting his back on the same slot. He hit the gas, not knowing my car was on his lane, and as I put my hand down to grab it it took off and a chassis wire stabbed right through my finger and out the other side by 25mm.
CZcams at 3 AM : " _Hey, you tryin' to sleep?_ Me : "Yes, shut up now" CZcams : " _How about watching some _*_Speedy bois_*_ to help you sleep?_ " Me : " *ah, one more video is fine.* "
This is wild! I raced slot cars back in the early 60's, 55 years ago, and our cars moved like thick molasses compared to these modern ones. Can't imagine what technology they are using to reach such speeds, and, to keep them on the track. Even at our slow speeds, we were constantly crashing. This is amazing! How on earth do they even know which car is theirs. Incredible! :)
When I was about 10 I had a cheap track and bad cars, so I directly attached the wires from the track to a plug wich made them run on 220v… made the cars at least 3 times faster. To be able to keep such a speed I had to removed the plastic roofing of the cars leaving just a thin piece of plastic with a motor and some wheels. Those were great times, played around with that for weeks on end with my twin brother.
I remember playing with slot cars as a kid. Fun and disappointing at the same time because nobody could keep the cars on the track for more than a few seconds. Along came “magna-traction” and made it a little better.
The cool part of this "sport" is to build the car its really cool to build a good car for some tracks. Its not just buy one and play, you must do that on your house and adjust on the track. Very nice hoby
It's like carpentry, building is the game. Except in carpentry people build things that could be enjoyed by mostly everyone. Say what you like, but if they're enjoying themselves without bothering anyone, who are we to judge them.
I remember watching this video as a kid and getting so exited to go race with my dad! although we didn't have anything like this lol. Im 21 now... wow how time flies
@@paulgoff5068 ? What are you talking about? The pick-up for conductivity to propel the electric motor has always been copper! This has always been done this way. What was changed is the positioning of the magnets to stick to the track. It's simple and basic do you understand now? Take a look at the underside of an old slot car compared to the new one. They took the challenge away just like the world dumbed down Nintendo games and made them easier. As a reference.
Omg, when I was around 10 years old I had a cheap one of those racing tracks, after playing a bit with it I removed the roofs of my cars and attached the electrical wires from the track directly to a plug wich tripled the speed of the cars, and them having no roof( basically made them flat with just the small electrical motor popping out) made them stay on the track while still going that fast. Those where great times.
They were doing around 2.3 seconds on a king track which is 155ft, and they weren't using glue. The art has advanced even since the 1990's when that kind of time was only possible with the sticky stuff. Obviously, the unlimited class as well.
Oooo my its a lot of fun, and it takes a lot of concentration to only focus on your car. Thats the key only focus on your car and what it's doing over time you become one with the car and can actually see your car lifting of that track at times.
How is this even possible? I remember back in the days of Aurora Model Motoring (HO scale) and Strombecker (1/32 scale) we had to slow down for corners. This is insane! And pretty cool, I have to admit, but I have no idea what things make this possible.
1975 we reached scale speeds over 700 mph with Parma chassis an cheeta electric motors. I can still feel the hot trigger of my controller, wearing a blister on my finger!
00:50 Race starts
Emma Celyn de
Thanks dood
Vt
00:52 500 laps later race is over
Emma Celyn x
I had no clue that this hobby has advanced to light speed. In the 70's you could still see the cars.
They still have the "slower" version. They've been restricted. This is why NASCAR put restrictor plates on the cars years ago...they were going TOO fast.
Ya, know kidding. How is that fun?
@@jaycameronford well over like 210 even modern safety features get dicey on the not emerging from a crash greatly injured
Wow! Unbelievable!😆😆😆😆
Who needs a controller.. you need a switch !!
Imagine after lap 600 you realize you've been watching the wrong car.
:D hahaha
Priceless!
Lol!
Yep. That happens a lot.
BAHAHAHAHA
My favorite part was where they pretend to see where the cars are at on the track.
There's no way they can actually see that.
@@KNOTTYBUDS yes you can, you’d never stay on the track if you couldn’t tell where your car is.
@@jimconsolazio9365 Its a "railed" track. The cars have slots on them where they go into the track so they don't fly off. That's what those lines are on it.
@@KNOTTYBUDS yes its to guide the cars around, but you can obviously fly off...the reason why these can go at such a mad speed is because they are what is called "flexi cars" or "wing cars".. here its aerodynamics what keeps them in the slot...if you saw a race of normal slotcars that are scalemodels of whatever race series you might like nascar, touring cars, le mans racers etc than they would de-slot a whole lot faster...the slot really is a guide and by no means does it mean that you are not flying off...there is actually a bit of skill to it..sure everyone can learn it, but its not just pulling the trigger...
Lets say in scale model racing its predominantly skill, and a certain part vehicle set up to get the faster times and consistency..
And in flexi cars its mostly set up, and skill maybe to a slightly lesser degree...
@@holgerwacholder3581 Right, but the cars flying off has nothing to do with you watching them.
Wonderful how everyone was immediately happy for the winner-although I had no idea how they figured that out so immediately.
They're competing for the fastest lap time. You can see the old school pc monitors in front of the drivers, they see the timing data from those screens in real time. That's how they instantly knew who won :)
@@Miktai actually they are going for total laps, for most championships you are required to run on each lane for about two minutes and you get one to two minutes between lane changes.
@@pheonixdragon2261 Yup. And we had computer cooling fans on long screws for legs to cool the motors between rounds. Rag and lighter fluid to clean the oily gunk off the rear slicks.
@@Miktai We didn't have any of that digital stuff back in the 90's.
@@unionrdr I can remember going to races like this to compete and the fun everyone (well almost everyone) had. One track I went to did an Endurance race to celebrate the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 24 hours of Daytona. The cars all had to be Group 10, 48 pitch, and run each lane for 15 minutes, talk about working to figure out the best gearing to keep a motor cool. 😵🤬😵🤬😵🤬
1:05 Fantastic overtaking by the yellow car.
ah ah ah .....
I giggled, as hard as rock.
uau...
Thank you for making me laugh so hard at 3am hahah
Yeah that overtake looked super clean!
The blue car cheated on the 42nd lap, it was obvious.
Duh, off-course he is.
How can you tell which lap their on how do you even figure out which one is which or who is winning without a computer?
@@Jahxr we can't, they can't, the game itself is just a big unfunny joke.
3 milliseconds after the start, yes
@@Jahxr ……………..It's a JOKE dumbass, that's entirely the point Mb is making.
This is unbelievable. I had an Eldon slot slot track when I was a kid, 60 years ago. I had no idea that people still played with these things. The speeds seen here are even more unbelievable.
I never knew what these were called but my brother and I had one of these too. The cars would go flying if we even thought of going full throttle. Never could pull off the big loop😅
Did it back in the 90s as a kid, I still have track and cars
Almost 60 years here. I was blessed to be in the San Jose area (California) with a long wooden race track. I used to beg old and worn rails, motors, anything they were throwing out anyway. Soldered a lot of dragsters together, and launched quite a few across the room. This track is so fast I can’t see how you would enjoy running on it outside of practice laps.
ridiculous really...I would have no desire to race or participate in this division.....my God whats the point even?
“Eldon” 😳 O. M. G.
I don't think I've ever seen slot cars run that fast! A lot has changed since I ran them in the 1960's!
Everyday i learn new things thanks to youtube recommendation
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Like how every german loves little pieces of plastic simulating nascar, in a way thats far easier to watch and doesnt destroy the planet?
Silly germans
3:48 the guy in the red shirt..... I feel the pain
You shouldn't have mentioned it, now I feel bad. I wouldn't even notice it.
I want to high five him
Brabosniper 😂
It's okay he has his revenge at 4:13
Edward Wills hahahahhahahaa
I slowed this down to 25% speed and it appeared took take about 6 secs per lap, so in real time about 1.25 secs is the actual lap time. The track looks like it's maybe 30-40m long. Say 35. So these cars are doing something like 30m per second. Which is about 100 kph or 62 mph. The standard Scalextric car model scale is 1:32 which is apparently the global standard for slot car racing. So the speed of these cars to scale is approximately 3,200 kph or 1,988 mph. This is comparable with the fastest jet aircraft ever built, the Lockhead SR-71 Blackbird recon plane, which can reach 3,540 kph or 2,200 mph. You wouldn't see that if it flew over you house either.
Nice
You can also look at the monitor in the video with all the transponder data/lap times
even in slow motion i can't tell what's going on lol
Your track needs to be about 4 km longer so we can tell who is winning.
It isnt a game you win by winning the race, it is a game you win by surviving
Joey ur right
For guys who can’t get pussy
They ruined slot car racing when they used magnets that were way too strong.
There's a computerized lap counter, it's absolutely wild in person, the laps are like 2 seconds long
This is how NASCAR should be played
100000x speed to save everyone 6 hours
This is real time
Jim Moss I think he meant this is how Nascar should look like. By playing NASCAR races 100000x speed
well usually normal people just ignore nascar
@@medvidekmisa because they turn left
2:39 Did you guys see green make that AMAZING overtake round the outside!? It was incredible!
Idk I vaguely saw a green line but other than that no clue
It overtook on the inside, not the outside!
Round the outside?
It's amazing how much faster the cars are now than they were 20 years ago. The cars are moving so fast it's insane.
They ruined slot car racing when they used magnets that were way too strong.
@@drackkor725 Are there rules in place that dictate how strong of a magnet needs to be? That no fun.
@@RCRoads No idea but slot cars from the 70s and early 80s had rear-end slides to them so you couldn't just floor it. Why they changed it comes from toy manufacturers. But the old-school slot racing was more of a challenge by far.
No, there are no rules about magnets, no need! The track power braids are copper, no magnet downforce is possible.
Nobody:
CZcams at 1:32 am: you like slot racing from 9 yrs ago?
Yes i do fuckin hell xD
Wtf
Same thing for me at 1.31!
WTF its 1.35 you witch master
Why is this so accurate
me : oh nice a slot car racing in a big track!
*race start*
me : .... why the car disapear ?
Imagine my response when the only slot car racing I've seen is the Mario party minigame!
Absolutely amazing. I love this kind of hobbies. I wish my kids play with slot, rc, trains… good stuff!
Back in the 60s we had a two car race track in the basement. The classic cars of the day that we would change the type of tires for traction. Was way more fun than this looks like and as a bonus we could see our cars.
Nobody:
CZcams: You wanna see the speed of light?
Very true. czcams.com/video/7Ys_yKGNFRQ/video.html
Ur profile pic is cat eye nebula it's 2500 light yrs away from here
Nobody:
You: *unoriginal unfunny overused joke*
Thats actually funny
It's far from the speed of light
How can you even tell what's going on?
Wall Donald Trump built you
Mr.meeseeks haaaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahaha
how can't you?
Damn that’s fast! Look at the drivers heads, they look like bobble heads lol
Haha....I know! I was like, "It's easier to follow a 120 mph slap shot in a hockey game!" :-) That's pretty cool how fast they go, though, and the drivers can follow them.
This is Spectacular amazing and all out awesome in so many ways. 🤘😎😉The love for the hobby knows no bounds in finding fun 👏💪🤙😊
wow! i raced slot cars back in the early 70's, i cant believe how much faster they are now
It was amazing how the green car came back from 6th place to win. Really put the power down in those last 13 laps. Carried more speed in the corners and made some great passing moves!
lol
Yeah right.
@@f1flick haha
@@6s9s2k3k what do you mean? Don't tell me you also missed that amazing battle for 3rd and 2nd?
hahhah your comment is legend kwkwkw
I like the part where the cars go around the track
Hahaha
Wow that's fucking funny
Yea very rare
That made me laugh lol
Samee
That was amazing! I used to race AFX in the 70's in competitions like this and I thought those cars were fast! This takes the cake!
I have always wondered how slot cars work. This is something I would love to try.
Slot car racing... pfft, how fast can they even go?
0:55
holy shit
This should not be here? #) 5&7
Danstarr13 lol that’s what I thought and all of a sudden I was like what the fuck
@@osbaldoduran549 lol same, I'm like why is this in my recommendations, I only watch stupid shit that shouldn't exist, than I had my mind blown
They are 1/24th scale cars doing around 100kmh 60MPH which is around 2400KMH or 1600MPH scaled up
@Bob Dobalina They are about the same size as a standard 12v motor you find in toys (about 1 1/4 inches long by 3/4 inch wide by 1/2 inch thick). Except these have extremely strong magnets and instead of a metal housing they have an alloy frame. Because they are so high performance the track voltage has to be just right as does the gearing or they burn out. The shine you see on the track is a mixture of white spirit and a gum substance so the cars stick in corners. At speed the clear sides fold out because of air pressure giving even more down force so it's a critical balancing act.
Anyone else have no idea what the hell was happing🤷🏻♂️🙈
I raced group 27 wing cars and yea you cant focus on your car ,you anticipating the next turn if that makes sense...
I have no idea either... but I'd like someone to explain... what.. the... F... is that ? :D
Are those guys "piloting" anything ? To me they just randomly move their heads trying to follow colours while pressing a button for 5 mins
Like driving in Dallas!
The camera is shit. You can totally see your car in real life.
I can’t figure this out. Did they speed up the video or is it going that fast normally?
Wow, that is crazy fast, I wasn't expecting that much speed damn
First time seeing such a thing. Goes to show age is of no consequence when connecting to our divine inner child! Well done everyone! ♥️
0:53 Ok this should be fun.
0:58 WTF?
EXACTLY my reaction! 😂
Моя реакция была сильнее
Me too😂😂😂👌
LMAO. Same here
dude I quit the video cause cant see shit lol
Everytime you blink you miss 10 laps
Nah
Lol haha
TheNameless Channel 😂😂😂
That was a fucking long blink
@@Chickenworm9394 it was a joke
Never seen anything like this before in my life
The guy whom won never took his hand off the release
That was absolutely amazing
Thanks for posting... these guys make me look like James Dean.
And yet another episode of:
Why is this in my recommended? lmao
Same, this was posted 9 years ago
I don’t what I’ve been looking at to get this🤔
Because you liked "Rock Music" ...
@KingCoin 420 I've been watching a few nonce stings lately and this gets recommended, make you think.
Because you are a nerd like all of us. "One of us! One of us!"
3:47 lol he left the guy hangin"
Ouch, that hurts
Lol
He got him back @4:18.
I could not even see the cars you drivers are on another level so so so fast 😵💫 but so cool to watch.👍🏴
Those speeds are insane. A far cry from the toy/cars I grew up with.
Is this the Hadron collider?
The Higgs particle got created at 2:26
I can understand what’s going on in the LHC!
Ha! Best comment I've read.
lmao 🤣
Nice one! 😂🤣😂
On this week’s episode of “What’s the algorithm going to promote today?”...
It’s going through a vintage phase at the moment.
Man I wish my old slots could run this fast when I was kid!!
it would be so cool to make a neon track and film this at night! this was pretty cool
I raced slot cars as a kid. I can't believe that they are going around curves that fast!
3:47 the dude in maroon gets left hanging 😂 idk why I find it hilarious 😂
Yep
I hate that situation
😂😂
Still tryna figure out how they determined the winner 🤣
Thanks that geek made my day.
Jesus they've gotten fast. Did This back in the 90s as a kid and kinda forgot it exists in the public eye until this popped up
Damn! Nothing like the early 70s in Muhlenberg PA! That track was Huge!
i'm not entirely sure i can articulate why, but i have the strong feeling the world is a much better place for having these guys in it.
My favorite part was where they pretend to see where the cars are at on the track.
Agreed.
This awesome!! I’m so jealous. My jeep cjs never went this fast. lol My last track had a loop or two if I remember correctly?? Use to be so much fun.
See, this is what I wish slot cars could be, for more people to get into it, with competitions and friends testing their cars against each other, I just wish more people would get involved in this amazing hobby.
Hey Baby, yeah, i'm a race car driver. I'm in town for the European Championship.....
hahahaha
HAHAHA
Sounds as if you were at the dentist
BumbleBee
Okay that’s a good one
Ready?
*go*
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Trueeeeeeee
Omg totally!!
Last thing I raced was my TCR Racing set. These cars today are traveling at the speed of light !
These look comparable to what was called group 15 in my day. Possibly the even faster group 27 cars. I won the Division 1 GTP championship back in '97. Won every race but one! And I sneezed a motor that time. I also raced group 15 " thingy cars" like these as I called them back then as well. Came in 10th in the regionals as an independent that same year. I almost got hired to drive for Parma, but a certain driver bad mouthed me to them. He feared he was being replaced. I also won 14 regional concours championships with my realistic cars at the same time as well. Even had a tire sponsor for my son & I in Jan Limpach. 3-time world champion. Knew him for years. The owners started calling the Saturday GTP races, " The Lenny & Mikey Show" since we won all the time. I was very honored to be referred to that way. After the Can Am being called the " Bruce & Denny show" , since McLaren won so often. It took me 23 years to get that far, nickel & diming my way to the top. At 66, they live now...only in my memories...
These cars are Group 7, no motor limits :-)
@@paulgoff5068 yeah. Group 7 were the fastest ones .
10 years later I am stuck at home due to the virus and I am watching old men play with toy cars.....I am so bored my life has been reduced to this....lmao
same lol
same xd
Super
Same haha
Yeahh me too
3:46 guys gimme high five pls
Akif Al Hakim i saw binch of assholes high 5 the dude
Akif Al Hakim
ROFL
Akif Al Hakim he was like "I need this high five, people are watching!"
holllly sad shit
4:11 payback time!
I don't EVER remember them running this fast... That's insane, how do you even know what's happening?! Crazy!!
Wow! I just dropped in out of interest as to how my childhood hobby was doing these days. How on earth do the racers actually follow their car? Amazing.
wtf was that .. I cant see anything
Saeed Khan hahahahhaahj
LOL. I know, pointless or what
saddam khusni
Saddam Husni k
video is only 30 fps and i think even 60 is not enough. you need the new iphone 8 to film 108ßp 240 fps and then 240Hz display to watch haha ;D
I'm pretty sure those guys saw more than 30 FPS
😂😂
Trolls actually are saying the human eye cannot see more than 24 fps(lol).
Man, this is awesome
I have no idea how I found this but I'm glad I did
1:57
My cat when I play with a laser pointer
I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took a slot car to the knee.
Christ, one of the best comments I have read
This comment is actually pretty great
How's the knee..??🤔
@@gauravjha8938 most likely it was cut clean off
joops110 make this joke great again
Girls : "He must be cheating on me"
Me and boys :
I need to see this in slo-mo
Just wait for the end of the video :) from 4:22 to forward
Nick Branchick Just watch Nascar
+olegkikin Offense taken, lol
+Nick Branchick modify options!
even the slow motion is fast hahaha
I was a slot car racer in the 1960s. What was needed in slot car racing was the same thing that took place in actual real car racing: limitations on motors, controls, tires, etc. Over the decades an innovation made one car faster than the others and so to catch up and eventually go ahead, other innovations had to be found. The result after 50 years can be seen in the video. The same phenomenon took place in actual, real motor racing. Finally a limit was put on things. The only difference is that an absurdly fast slot car will not pose a danger to the driver.
I used to race slot cars back in the 60's... They had a track like this in Redondo beach California.
No, but one of the little bastards could easily chip a tooth if it flew off the track and hit somebody in the mouth going that fast lol XD
Racing is pretty save these days, at the top levels. Horrible wrecks, and the drivers walk away. Deaths and injuries are rare, even in spindly open-wheel cars.
Tell the guy that takes one of these cars to the groonies.
My car fell into another slot while that guy was putting his back on the same slot. He hit the gas, not knowing my car was on his lane, and as I put my hand down to grab it it took off and a chassis wire stabbed right through my finger and out the other side by 25mm.
As most things advance, they loose the one thing that made them fun, being down to earth and realistic.
Laps 598 & 599 had me on the edge of my seat
CZcams at 3 AM : " _Hey, you tryin' to sleep?_
Me : "Yes, shut up now"
CZcams : " _How about watching some _*_Speedy bois_*_ to help you sleep?_ "
Me : " *ah, one more video is fine.* "
Gifarly .M. Afdalash i swear thats so true😂😂😂 at 3 am
This is wild! I raced slot cars back in the early 60's, 55 years ago, and our cars moved like thick molasses compared to these modern ones. Can't imagine what technology they are using to reach such speeds, and, to keep them on the track. Even at our slow speeds, we were constantly crashing. This is amazing! How on earth do they even know which car is theirs. Incredible! :)
I raced pro in the 60's and the track record for a lap on that track was 4.50 seconds LMVYAO!!!
When I was about 10 I had a cheap track and bad cars, so I directly attached the wires from the track to a plug wich made them run on 220v… made the cars at least 3 times faster. To be able to keep such a speed I had to removed the plastic roofing of the cars leaving just a thin piece of plastic with a motor and some wheels. Those were great times, played around with that for weeks on end with my twin brother.
They ruined slot car racing when they used magnets that were way too strong.
@@davidmerrick467 you raced pro in the 60s? how old are you now?? if you were 20 years old then you'd be over 80 lmao
My cars go like 99% slower than those cars go😂
I thought I had a flash back from 1978....Wow fantastic...
I remember playing with slot cars as a kid. Fun and disappointing at the same time because nobody could keep the cars on the track for more than a few seconds. Along came “magna-traction” and made it a little better.
I’m very slow asking, but what’s “magna-traction” ??
Where are the SlowMo Guys when you need them ?
CyberChrist lol
CyberChrist ... i watched the video at 2X speed
Very boring!
goodone
In the end of the video :) Sorry for the quality, video is from 2010.
Imagine having cats watching the race
😂
🤣
LMAO
That's about the only thing that can make this entertaining.
@@jeremyc9593 Says the guy who searched the video. Gtfo. 😅
Looks like racing traces of light ! Wow !😊
I like the part where the car crosses the finish line. That was awesome!
This is ridiculous. Ready, set, GO, engage ludicrous speed. 10 seconds and 3000 laps later... And the winner is ? Aaa hmm?
What's a matter Colonel Sanders........CHICKEN?
The cool part of this "sport" is to build the car its really cool to build a good car for some tracks. Its not just buy one and play, you must do that on your house and adjust on the track. Very nice hoby
That is soooo funny. "and the winner is?"
It's like carpentry, building is the game. Except in carpentry people build things that could be enjoyed by mostly everyone.
Say what you like, but if they're enjoying themselves without bothering anyone, who are we to judge them.
If you have no sex in your Live you start stupid hobbies 😜
CZcams algorithm gettin me everytime.
“Why am i seeing this?”
“Oh... so are 24M people”
I remember watching this video as a kid and getting so exited to go race with my dad! although we didn't have anything like this lol. Im 21 now... wow how time flies
This track is the same one that was in Milwaukee,WIS. Back in 1976 that I used to race on.
1:08 "FINALLY"
*2 seconds later*
"FORGET IT"
That was quite funny tho xD
I like the part where I can’t see the cars, but pretend to.
Great race!
Someone suggested watching at 0.25 speed
I’d also suggest watching at 2x speed
The track is perfect thwe speed is incredible, and finally several different languages. Very nice
Damnit, I did not expect such SPEED. I was waiting to see the cars..... instead, I saw FLASH in reality.
They ruined slot car racing when they used magnets that were way too strong.
Earth to Drakkor, Earth to Drakkor.
No magnet downforce is involved, the pick up braids are copper.
@@paulgoff5068 ? What are you talking about? The pick-up for conductivity to propel the electric motor has always been copper! This has always been done this way. What was changed is the positioning of the magnets to stick to the track. It's simple and basic do you understand now? Take a look at the underside of an old slot car compared to the new one. They took the challenge away just like the world dumbed down Nintendo games and made them easier. As a reference.
3:47 Guy in maroon shirt gets marooned.
Omg, when I was around 10 years old I had a cheap one of those racing tracks, after playing a bit with it I removed the roofs of my cars and attached the electrical wires from the track directly to a plug wich tripled the speed of the cars, and them having no roof( basically made them flat with just the small electrical motor popping out) made them stay on the track while still going that fast. Those where great times.
awesome stuff
Cant see anything....
ken - Are you serious? Even if I set it to 0.25 it's ridiculously fast and nowhere near realistic speed relative to the scale...
I can see them just fine, but then again, I used to race Group 7s. .
Stane Berghaus ...try 2x speed its better😂
It's just motion blur. In real life (or if the video were uploaded at a higher framerate) the cars are followable.
Imagine having a small camera attached to those cars
I would vomit
You would just see an amorphous blur.
A small camera and having to use FPV
@@RandyPrimus Refer to previous comment about vomiting
You would just pass away do to excessive visual stimulation
They were doing around 2.3 seconds on a king track which is 155ft, and they weren't using glue. The art has advanced even since the 1990's when that kind of time was only possible with the sticky stuff. Obviously, the unlimited class as well.
Ah! The Exciting Sounds of Model Road Racing!
LOL, you can't even see them, what fun is that?
+Croozer A lot of the fun is in building and modding the cars.
+Croozer Now you see what EXCELLENCE looks like... yet you not worthy of seeing it... wait... I couldn't see it either.
+Andrew Jackson i did this for a winter-serious money can be spent-best to look for a used car from somebody getting out
Oooo my its a lot of fun, and it takes a lot of concentration to only focus on your car. Thats the key only focus on your car and what it's doing over time you become one with the car and can actually see your car lifting of that track at times.
jollen Allen It's like with R/C racing.
Would I be watching this if I had a girlfriend?
no, you'll be watching her.
I did, so she watched too.
I am watching with my girlfriend
I think the more important question is: would you _not_ be watching this if you had a girlfriend?
i'm watching this with my girlfriend
How is this even possible? I remember back in the days of Aurora Model Motoring (HO scale) and Strombecker (1/32 scale) we had to slow down for corners. This is insane! And pretty cool, I have to admit, but I have no idea what things make this possible.
1975 we reached scale speeds over 700 mph with Parma chassis an cheeta electric motors. I can still feel the hot trigger of my controller, wearing a blister on my finger!
😯
nine yrs from the day, I got the recommendation on this video :)
Same