One UK maker started to electrify its car range 60 years ago: Scalextric. Today, its racers are using digital tech. We give it a try Visitor centre in Margate houses a fascinating Scalextric ...

Before there were console racing games, slot cars were the only way to experience the thrill of the race track in the comfort of your home. Now, more than 60 years since the first Scalextric set was ...

Scalextric ARC AIR app expands game-play and adds wireless vibrating controllers. Slot car racing is seeing something of a resurgence with new innovations like Anki Overdrive and remote control ...

With the advent of new robotic sensors and smartphone controllers the world of miniature car racing has got a lot more crowded the last few years. No longer just slot car racing, these products ...

Once a favorite for the living room or kids bedroom floor, Scalextric racing tracks may seem a little dated by today's tablet or robot toy standards. But building a track, slotting in competing cars ...

QUESTION Who invented Scalextric? Was it the first electric race car set? In 1912, New York toymaker Lionel Co. launched the first electric slot car racing set, featuring heavy tinplate cars, ...

Game-based slot cars off to a flier the worlds of slot car racing and driving video games have collided – as Scalextric and developer Electronic Arts have put their heads together to produce the Need ...

When he was 14, Ed Shorer loved nothing as much as slot car racing. All his free time and spare change were spent at the track, where he and his buddies, gripping hand-held electric controllers, raced ...

IT was once the must-have toy for any car-loving youngster. And now Scalextric is making a comeback with young and old taking up the game on Tyneside. Electric slot car racing was first made popular ...

A slot car, as defined in the recently published book Slot Car Dreams: The Slot Car Frenzy of the '60s Beginning to End, is "[a]n electrically-powered model car, guided by a blade or pin running ...