slot car
noun
: an electric toy racing car with a pin underneath that fits into a groove on a track for guidance
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On the Nascar side, Hendrick Motorsports partnered with Carrera to provide an exclusive offering of slot cars, the popular at-home racecars that enables competition within a household.
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Joseph Wolkin, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Since the 1950s, television, slot cars, plastic models and other diversions have diluted the attraction of model trains.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Click here for more photos of the Slot Mods Porsche 917 Le Mans slot car track in photos.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2023
Getting his first slot car racing set.
—Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 16 Aug. 2020
The second area has slot car racing, a kind of racing with powered miniature vehicles.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 16 Nov. 2022
Jimmy Attard, 68 of Dearborn, has one of the biggest slot car tracks in the country.
—Freep.com, 1 Apr. 2022
Scalextric has started putting computer chips in its digital slot car sets, but this 1/32-scale analog set races like the slot cars of the old days.
—Matt Jancer, Wired, 17 Nov. 2021
There's a lot more skill in slot car racing than meets the eye.
—Matt Jancer, Wired, 17 Nov. 2021
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Joseph Wolkin, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Since the 1950s, television, slot cars, plastic models and other diversions have diluted the attraction of model trains.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Click here for more photos of the Slot Mods Porsche 917 Le Mans slot car track in photos.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2023
Getting his first slot car racing set.
—Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 16 Aug. 2020
The second area has slot car racing, a kind of racing with powered miniature vehicles.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 16 Nov. 2022
Jimmy Attard, 68 of Dearborn, has one of the biggest slot car tracks in the country.
—Freep.com, 1 Apr. 2022
Scalextric has started putting computer chips in its digital slot car sets, but this 1/32-scale analog set races like the slot cars of the old days.
—Matt Jancer, Wired, 17 Nov. 2021
There's a lot more skill in slot car racing than meets the eye.
—Matt Jancer, Wired, 17 Nov. 2021
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“Slot car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slot%20car. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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