“The purpose of this site is to support and encourage HO slot car racing in the Sacramento area. The local group is very family oriented, and prides itself on being respectful of others and enthusiastic for the sport.”
Samlex makes power supplies sold by Radio Shack, Marlin P. Jones and Associates and others. My power supply is Samlex model RPS-1204CPBT (13.8 vdc @ 4-6 amps). I have two of these power supplies to power a four-lane track.
The site for a new club (in 2003) in San Francisco. There are schedules, rules, results and products (coming soon) for racers.
“SYSO is San Jose's first Slotcar club for Children and the SYSO Racing Series events will be run on the Skjerbergring 4 Lane Track. We will start off with a “Drivers Challenge” type series where all the cars and controllers will be provided by myself and the contributing sponsors of the series. Teams will be made up of 1 parent and 1 child. The hope is that it will catch on and we continue with additional races and progressively faster classes of cars. This is a non-profit club and all dues or fees will go into prizes, track upkeep, and a limited number of parts we will have for sale to the club members.”
A very nice home track and lots of car pictures. There's also some downloadable video of cars racing.
If you are a slot racer and would like a totally free website for your personal use or for your business, you can have it here at Slotcars dot Org.
The online version of the longtime publication Scale Auto Racing News. There is a fee for viewing many part of the online magazine.
Online catalog and ordering for all scales. Some vintage HO cars and parts.
If you want to be close to scale, the Scale Card will tell you! Choose 1/64, 1/72, 1/87 and many others.
“Tools & Accessories for Scale Auto Racing” featuring “HO, 1/32, 1/24 Racing Products”. This looks like it will be high quality tools but I have no personal experience with them.
The home of Tomy slot cars, BSRT racing parts and many other cars and parts.
A very slick site with a lot of facets to it. Calendars, Articles, Hop-Up Hints, and a Speed Shop. Well worth a browse!
A French site in English and French. Includes “The Slot Car Racing System”, a set of shareware and free hardware designs designed for all slot car circuits, “circuit designer software”, a PC based lap counter (with source), an OCX to build your own PC lap counter around a parallel port and several hardware designs to build reliable slot car sensors.
If you scroll down the page you will find a US dealer listing and a Micro-Scalextric link. They have pictures of all the 1/64 offerings there.
Everything to make terrain look good. I have not ordered from them.
“...situated in the rolling hills of Southeastern Wisconsin's scenic Kettle Moraine, offers HO scale slot car racers a world class motorsports facility.” A very nice website, but all the photos are of 1:1 cars.
Serious precision tools for serious T-Jet racers. The title says it all.
Primarily a 1/32nd site, but... “Everything you've ever wanted or needed to know about How to Build your own Slotcar Track is in out extensive guide.” and “Once you've built your own track you'll need some way to time your races so then you'll want are deceptively low cost Slotcar Timing Software”.
“...located approximately one hour northwest of Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the picturesque Caledon hills. The circuit is named after a small stream which is responsible for several ponds on the property. Development of the SCIR facility has contributed significantly to the economy of the nearby town of Orangeville.”
A new site. The track is a custom routed six-lane tri-oval where the action is fast and furious. Here's the old site: Shaunadega Raceway.
A Japanese site in English and Japanese featuring HO and larger scales.
This is a club page for a very active club somewhere in the world. I looked through the site and can't seem to find where they are. The site is well done with lots of cool stats and pictures.
Bill's got some nice pictures and some cars for sale and trade. Music plays on the home page.
An internet BBS where you can post cars for sale, cars wanted and general questions. Also has spaces for other scales.
Where 10s of 1000s of HOs Reside.
Raceway and store in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Slot cars for sale. Most have pictures. This site has a lot of music.
The Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at University of Canterbury in New Zealand holds a contest to build a slot car controller based on EMF feedback. This automated controller must then drive a car around a track and the best time wins.
A magazine devoted to slot racing in all scales. Includes HO. I liked the first issue, but it appears to have died.
Slot Car Express brings you collectable and vintage HO slot cars from Aurora, Tyco, AFX, etc. along with parts (new and old) for restoring your HO slot car chassis and track plus chrome parts / glass for your HO cars. We also carry new HO slot cars as well such as Model Motoring, AFX, Tyco, etc.
“Slot Car Garage brings you information about the hobby of slot car collecting and racing. The main scales that are covered here include 1/24, 1/32 and HO but others pop up as well.”
Cars for sale in all scales. Located in San Jose, California.
A neat online magazine aimed at the home racer. Primarily 1/32nd, but HO is covered too. They did a very complete review of the JL Thunderjet slot cars, including how to fix the short guide pin.
Good prices on NOS Aurora chassis. They made a custom orange Johnny Lightning Dodge Charger. Johnny is great to deal with. Click here for an alternate site.
An on-line slot car simulation written in Java.
“Welcome to Slot Car Mark's Raceway and Mail Order Speed Shop. We have been Ohio's Home Track Headquarters since 1991 and have been active supporters of Slot Car Racing at the State, Regional and National level for years.”
Scans of the first and second patents granted to Albert E Cullen for “Toy Electric Automobiles and Roadways Therefor”.
Primarily a 1/32nd scale site, but includes information on Minic and Micro-Scalextric cars I have not seen elsewhere.
If you're ever in Boise, Idaho be sure to stop by the Fun Center Arcade for some HO racing!
“The Biggest Little Speedways in Kansas City.” This is a commercial track.
Alex shows you how to build your own using software he provides for free.
If you're just getting started in HO slot cars, or if you've been around awhile, here's a collection of information worth checking out.
Bob Hardin's intense ORIGINAL full color scenes depicting the H.O. racing action of your dreams. Highly recommended for your raceway!
Compute the length of your track.
An on-line slot car racing simulation. This is very well done! You can build your own track and race against the computer. Check it out!
HO slot cars for sale by someone who is responsible for a large part of my collection. Great prices and high integrity.
Formerly Midland HO. An English (U.K.) site with lots of cars for sale. I have bought from Barry before and been quite happy with service to the U.S.
I wish I could read Japanese! This site has great pictures of Tomy, A/FX and Tyco cars. Especially the Far East versions. Worth a look even if you can't read the captions.
A great Mexican slot car site. Mostly in Spanish, but AltaVista can translate it. Pablo is also the author of HOTRACK, layout design software. Get it here!
Computer-based timing, scoring and race management.
Race director and time selling equipment for professional raceways.
“We are a host track on the NITRO Racing Series in Illinois. As a former 1/24th racer, I wanted to bring some of the neat decal & custom paint trends to HO. All of our decals are printed with solvent-based inks on very thin self-adhesive 2 mil vinyl & then die-cut for ease of installation. Our custom painted resin cast bodies come from the finest casters specializing in FRAY style racing. The custom painted Lexan bodies readily turn heads at the raceway.”
Roman's Internet slot car shrine. Very slick website by one of the most dedicated slotters it has been my pleasure to deal with.
“SlotMan is a software for the administration of slotcar tracks.” “The basic idea of SlotMan is to create a software that includes a track editor as well as timing. This combination allows an analysis of which type of layout fits a particular car best.” This site is in German and English.
“We are an HO slot car raceway, shop and website located in the small village of Adelphi, Ohio. About 45 miles south of Columbus and within 20 miles of Circleville, Chillicothe, Lancaster and Logan and just 10 miles from the scenic Hocking Hills State Park.”
“Worldwide source 1/32, 1/24, 1/43, 1/40, HO slots.” I don't know how you can be more complete than that! :-) They have some JL, Bauer and others.
Includes personal track and cars. Also sells a gauss meter or magnetometer for testing magnets.
Links! Links! Links! All scales.
One man's custom T-Jets. Very nicely done and worth a look Includes pictures of a cool four-lane raceway.
The biggest slot car show in Europe.
“The ultimate freeware all-in-one program for the slot race enthusiast. SRM2 has 4 lane timing capabilities and can store extensive info on your cars, track(s), drivers and of course all accomplished lap and race times.”
Worth a visit just to see the 431 foot test track! They are a frequent seller on eBay too.
“We are a full service H.O. Scale slot car shop. We carry everything from T-Jets to full blown Neo's. On this website you can view pictures of the various slot car equipment I have to sell.”
A comprehensive site for all scales. Includes an HO message board and HO tricks and tips.
An Indiana, PA hardware store with a nice hobby shop. This looks like a good place to get the Tyco and Tomy releases of a few years ago that you missed.
High performance cars (the Cheetah) and parts.
A raceway in Pedricktown, New Jersey.
Very nice pictures of multiple raceways.
A good selection of parts and cars. Captain Hook is quite helpful. If you speak to him, tell him Malcolm sent you. This is also the best source I've found for parts from Quicker Engineering. Great inexpensive double-flanged hubs. Their Internet provider goes on the fritz from time-to-time, so try back if you can't get to them.
A source for many small parts and things you may need for your slot cars. I have not used them, but others have and like them. If you're looking for a special small part, try here.
A couple of tracks. Looks like a raceway in Front Royal, Virginia. nice modifieds. The site takes a while to load because of all the pictures.
Jeff makes lighted Batmobiles, Black Beauties, Monkeemobiles and a T-jet school bus!
A place to visit if you want to mold your own bodies and small parts. “Liquid Rubbers and Plastics for Artists and Industry”. Check out their “Pourable Silicone Starter Package”.
A very cool-looking 3-lane routed track. Nice pictures and a nice layout.
This is the winning team at the Fray in Ferndale for 2000 and 2001.
“H.O. Scale Slot Car Club Racing in Sacramento, California. All racing is done on a 4'x12' Bucktrax commercial style pro slot car track.”
“...Smith, a retired U.S. Air Force pilot, and his wife have built a prototype race track that incorporates a small computer to help control the cars and give a more interactive and realistic racing experience than has ever been possible before at the scale-model level...”
Clay Moore has many discontinued new and used HO cars available at reasonable prices. I've been very happy with every purchase (three as of 6/98) from Speedway Hobbies. Speedway hobbies also carries 1/32 cars and Performance parts for HO cars.
“A sample of my (Robin's) collection of HO Slot cars from the 1960's. Examples from over 25 manufacterers (worldwide) and pictures of custom creations. Included are pics of my previous tracks and my current track which is a Super Model Motoring approximately 55' in length.”
“This is the home of Spyder Speedway. An HO Slot Car raceway in Central California.”
Lot's good info on Faller AMS. The site is under construction as of 29-Oct-2000, but there are still nice shots of Faller magazine covers and technical charts.
Excellent custom slots! Steve has his whole collection listed on this site. Also some track layouts, including ones with train crossings!
A very well designed site with good pictures of most all the A/FX cars made.
Be sure to check out the fantastic HO dirt track and the beautiful bodies Jeff prepares.
Pictures or Lexan bodied racers. Nicely painted and detailed.
Pictures of a nice 4-lane track.
Claims to be the “Highest HO Track in North America”. Click on logos and banners to navigate. They do have stuff for sale.
Use your ink-jet printer to create water slide decals.
H.O. scale silicone racing tires. Available in sizes. These can be purchased direct form here or from Tom Hiester.