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Slot cars.. Anyone into them?
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I caught a quick segment on the news about a place in Des Plaines that also has ice cream. Looks like fun and you can rent cars/controllers too.
Dads Slot Cars

Anyone into them? A family friend was into collecting the vintage cars, and we stopped by a track in Montgomerey a few years ago.
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#2
i have a couple of sets. only bring them out every once in a while. they are both digital.
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#3
I've got a bunch of Tyco and Carrera cars
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#4
Just got back from Dads today. Good times and worth checking it out. The ice cream was really good.

It costs $10 for the car, controller and track rental for a 1/2 hour. Some cars were faster than the others so I grabbed a slower one for my daugther. We probably will go back next week and I'll grab some pics
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#5
Sweet. There used to be a track right by my house on Roosevelt when I was young. By the time I was old enough to get the hang of it they had gone out of business. They are hard to find now.
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FreeRideFrosty Wrote:Sweet. There used to be a track right by my house on Roosevelt when I was young. By the time I was old enough to get the hang of it they had gone out of business. They are hard to find now.

I remeber the one off of Rossevelt. I didn't care for it much because at the time I was racing at Radio Active.

There's a few slot car tracks, Downers grove, joliet, rockford,bradley and champaign.
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#7
I forgot there is supposed to be one in Champaign. The one here I think has a decent RC track with it as well if I remember correctly. I've been too damn poor to get back into the hobby so I haven't worried about it much lately...
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#8
We went again today for slots and ice cream. Their malts are great. Here's some pics of the slotcar track, and a quick stop at a nearby park.

My daughter is actually getting the hang of it, and knows when to slow down so the car does not go off track. I ended up getting her own little set up with a tool box, car, controller and some tools with misc. slot car items. I just have to get her a pink VW beetle body and sticker up the tool box.

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Where's there a track in Joliet???
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#10
Pics of the (I'm making an assumption) wife! Haha Or is that out of line?

Pretty badass that you found a cool hobby your little girl can get into. She looks like she's having fun.
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FreeRideFrosty Wrote:Pics of the (I'm making an assumption) wife! Haha Or is that out of line?

Pretty badass that you found a cool hobby your little girl can get into. She looks like she's having fun.

No, not out of line at all, she's my baby's mama :banana:

She has so much fun doing this, and she's also in ballet which she enjoys as well. I just rember how having a hobby (r/c cars) kept me from getting into trouble as a teenager.
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#12
A buddy and I built a 1/32 slot car track in his basement , 8'x24' and working on adding to it . Pretty fun and addicting . Think we have more $ into slot cars then it cost to build the track . LOL
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bubbaracing Wrote:Where's there a track in Joliet???

nah, it closed down I think, there is one in Kankakee now Matt...
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I used to race the LTD that they have when it was in ottawa, they also have the kingleman that was there too, both are very fun tracks!

I raced the Nats against the big dogs in slots at one time, placed 5th... costed waaayyyy too much money to compete at that level..
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