00:50 Race starts

My favorite part was where they pretend to see where the cars are at on the track.

I had no clue that this hobby has advanced to light speed. In the 70's you could still see the cars.

Wonderful how everyone was immediately happy for the winner-although I had no idea how they figured that out so immediately.

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.

Imagine after lap 600 you realize you've been watching the wrong car.

1:05 Fantastic overtaking by the yellow car.

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!

even in slow motion i can't tell what's going on lol

The blue car cheated on the 42nd lap, it was obvious.

3:48 the guy in the red shirt..... I feel the pain

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.

2:39 Did you guys see green make that AMAZING overtake round the outside!? It was incredible!

Your track needs to be about 4 km longer so we can tell who is winning.

me : oh nice a slot car racing in a big track! *race start* me : .... why the car disapear ?

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.

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: UKposts at 1:32 am: you like slot racing from 9 yrs ago?

I like the part where the cars go around the track

Never seen anything like this before in my life The guy whom won never took his hand off the release That was absolutely amazing

Absolutely amazing. I love this kind of hobbies. I wish my kids play with slot, rc, trains… good stuff!

Anyone else have no idea what the hell was happing🤷🏻‍♂️🙈

How can you even tell what's going on?

wow! i raced slot cars back in the early 70's, i cant believe how much faster they are now

Wow, that is crazy fast, I wasn't expecting that much speed damn

This is how NASCAR should be played 100000x speed to save everyone 6 hours

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!

I have always wondered how slot cars work. This is something I would love to try.

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...

Everytime you blink you miss 10 laps

Everyday i learn new things thanks to youtube recommendation

Those speeds are insane. A far cry from the toy/cars I grew up with.

As most things advance, they loose the one thing that made them fun, being down to earth and realistic.

And yet another episode of: Why is this in my recommended? lmao

Slot car racing... pfft, how fast can they even go? 0:55 holy shit

Damn! Nothing like the early 70s in Muhlenberg PA! That track was Huge!

I don't EVER remember them running this fast... That's insane, how do you even know what's happening?! Crazy!!

Nobody: UKposts: You wanna see the speed of light?

0:53 Ok this should be fun. 0:58 WTF?

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.

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!

Hey Baby, yeah, i'm a race car driver. I'm in town for the European Championship.....

Is this the Hadron collider?

First time seeing such a thing. Goes to show age is of no consequence when connecting to our divine inner child! Well done everyone! ♥️

I could not even see the cars you drivers are on another level so so so fast 😵‍💫 but so cool to watch.👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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

This is Spectacular amazing and all out awesome in so many ways. 🤘😎😉The love for the hobby knows no bounds in finding fun 👏💪🤙😊

Sounds as if you were at the dentist

On this week’s episode of “What’s the algorithm going to promote today?”...

Last thing I raced was my TCR Racing set. These cars today are traveling at the speed of light !

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.

3:47 lol he left the guy hangin"

I'm pretty sure those guys saw more than 30 FPS

Man I wish my old slots could run this fast when I was kid!!

This track is the same one that was in Milwaukee,WIS. Back in 1976 that I used to race on.

I raced slot cars as a kid. I can't believe that they are going around curves that fast!

I need to see this in slo-mo

it would be so cool to make a neon track and film this at night! this was pretty cool

3:47 the dude in maroon gets left hanging 😂 idk why I find it hilarious 😂

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.

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

That moment when you finally realize the cars were actually going in the opposite direction the whole time.

wtf was that .. I cant see anything

3:46 guys gimme high five pls

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!

I need to see an eye doctor, mine's too slow.

Imagine having cats watching the race

This is ridiculous. Ready, set, GO, engage ludicrous speed. 10 seconds and 3000 laps later... And the winner is ? Aaa hmm?

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.

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.

Imagine having a small camera attached to those cars

I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took a slot car to the knee.

Laps 598 & 599 had me on the edge of my seat

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.

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.

Would I be watching this if I had a girlfriend?

The track is perfect thwe speed is incredible, and finally several different languages. Very nice

I thought I was looking at a time lapse they’re so fast

Damnit, I did not expect such SPEED. I was waiting to see the cars..... instead, I saw FLASH in reality.

1:57 My cat when I play with a laser pointer

Man, this is awesome

Thanks for posting... these guys make me look like James Dean.

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 like the part where I can’t see the cars, but pretend to.

Looks like racing traces of light ! Wow !😊

Girls : "He must be cheating on me" Me and boys :

Where are the SlowMo Guys when you need them ?

Cant see anything....

Great race! Someone suggested watching at 0.25 speed I’d also suggest watching at 2x speed

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.

UKposts at 3 AM : " _Hey, you tryin' to sleep?_ Me : "Yes, shut up now" UKposts : " _How about watching some _*_Speedy bois_*_ to help you sleep?_ " Me : " *ah, one more video is fine.* "

i didnt even know what this was, i just clicked on it and holy shit those cars are fast

I used to have a few cars and Raced quite a bit. I got started at an early age, around 14 or 15 but went back to it later when I saw a new track around the corner from where I used to work.. I think I was in my late 20's or early 30's then.. But there was a Definite difference between the "Men" and the "Boys" and it had nothing to do with Age. The Technology had improved 10 fold. But I couldn't help myself, so I bought back in to the hobby once again. I got a new Car and a new controller and hooked myself up and tried to regain my skill... Only now I couldn't even Focus on some of the Cars I was racing. They were going So fast. Much faster than I ever remembered. If I tried to Race at the same speed and pace as those 10-15 Year old "Men" I'd watch my Car fly off the track and shatter into pieces....A lot of the "Men" that were "Blowing My Doors Off" were as old as I was when I first got into the hobby as a Kid...it was a little embarrassing to say the least. I still had a blast and got better with practice. But I'm still amazed at the Skills of some of those young kids....

Holy crap! How do even see the cars? And know who won??

the physical training must be absolutely staggering.

LOL, you can't even see them, what fun is that?

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

1:08 "FINALLY" *2 seconds later* "FORGET IT"

nine yrs from the day, I got the recommendation on this video :)

Holy, moly. Had to check to see if YT had a playback speed of warp.