My Slot Car Tracks ( 1/24, 1/32, and HO scale )

Be advised, the information on this page is not current and kept for informational purposes only.

Carrera Exclusiv Tomy Aurora AFX

These are my main slot car track layouts that I currently have in my possession and use for racing. You can still purchase these yourself. Take a look at my Tomy 2 lane HO layout with an intersection and the Carrera 2 lane 1/24 scale road course.

My racing section lists some details about my home club racing series that I am currently running on the Carrera track layout if you are in the Eastern PA area.

1/24 Carrera Exclusiv Road Course and HO Tomy 2 lane Layouts:

The layouts sit on three tables which measure out to 8 feet wide and 16 feet long.

A look down the track. Both of these tracks run counter-clockwise.

Here's the shorter end of the course. This end is 6 feet wide. Pretty easy to navigate except for the start of the turn.

The Carrera 1/24 Road Course has about a 40 foot lap length. It takes up roughly a bit more room than the old Riggen 1/32 set-up. The Tomy HO course was lengthened a bit and is 2 lanes with an intersection added for something different. I haven't measure out the lap length yet.

Both of these tracks use the TrakMate Lap Counter system with Infra-Red light sensors to count the cars. The desk lamp you see marks where the start-finish line is for each of the layouts. I plan to paint them on at a later date...

Another view of the short end of the course. I made some of the track borders for the 1/24 course thus the different color.

This view shows the long straights of the two tracks. This is where you get to open them up and see what your slot car can do.

The wider end of the course at 8 feet. The turns get a little tricky here but that's what makes racing fun!!! The HO layout has some 6 inch turns and the 1/24 layout has the 1/30 Carrera turns with some small straights added to lengthen the 180 degree turn.

To keep the cars on the track for the long straight, I added some extra clear styrene sheet extensions for overzealous lead foots!!!l

The intersection in the Tomy HO layout makes for some interesting racing especially when running Model Motoring cars :)

1998 - 1999 era layouts:

The Sears Marx 1/24 2 Lane Layout - 1997 era:

The layout was 14 feet by 8 feet at it's maximum dimensions. The track was made in the 1960s and is one of the few true 1/24 scale home tracks made (the guide slot is deep enough so you are able to run commercial guide flags from Parma without cutting them down.) Expect to pay $150 or more for a decent set with two cars. While a little hard to find, they are still out there. Remember that Marx also made 1/32 slot car track which used a totally different pickup and guide system so stay away from that track. The rails are similar to HO slot car track and they are farther apart. The 1/24 scale track was mostly sold under the Sears name with the Marx logo underneath the track pieces.

Pre-1997 Layouts:

For many years I had a Tyco HO 2 lane course on a 4x8 table. Others included: Tyco TCR slotless layout, Marchon MR-1 Monster Truck racing, Marx 1/32 and 1/24 layouts combined on a 14 x 8 layout, Bachmann / Strombecker 1/32, Marx 1/32 and Tyco HO, Aurora AFX, Ideal TCR, Ideal Slotted, and many more but not all at the same time :)