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Special Track Layouts For Specific Purposes
By Electric Dream Team
In For Beginners, Slot Car Tech News
Posted December 3, 2010

Special Track Layouts For Specific Purposes

Not everybody who sets out to build a slot car racing layout wants to duplicate a specific life-sized track in miniature.  Many layout builders have  limitations on the size or shape of the [...]

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Information for First-time Race Set Shoppers
By Electric Dream Team
In For Beginners, Slot Car Tech News
Posted August 19, 2010

Information for First-time Race Set Shoppers

If you have no previous firsthand experience with slot cars you may be confused as to exactly what slot cars and race sets are, what to expect from them, and what it takes to use them [...]

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Comparing Race Sets and Track Systems
By Electric Dream Team
In For Beginners, Slot Car Tech News
Posted May 17, 2010

Comparing Race Sets and Track Systems

We get a lot of requests from customers, especially those just starting out in slot car racing, asking us which brand of race set or track system to buy. Even some hobbyists who have been racing [...]

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Conventional Or Digital – Which Is Best For You?
By Electric Dream Team
In For Beginners, Slot Car Tech News
Posted May 17, 2010

Conventional Or Digital – Which Is Best For You?

Slot car racing has been around sine the 1950s in its original form, the "conventional" or "analog"  version in which each car runs in its own lane.  Now, however, the new digital version, in [...]

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