Okay, this is awesome! I got my first slot car set probably 20 years ago, and have added to it a few times over the years. It's HO scale and the company that makes it is no longer in business nowadays. Compared to what I just watched, my slot car stuff is a baby's toy! I actually didn't know anyone took slot car racing this seriously. As I said, really awesome!

I just happened upon this video after a bit of searching as a result of watching some slot car drag racing videos, and I am totally amazed and so very happy to see that slot car racing has reached this level of competition and especially the detailed accuracy of the cars. I am now 68 years old, but back in the early to mid sixties I was totally immersed in slot car racing for about five years, starting with 1/64th scale, moving on to 1/32, and finally 1/24. At the peak of the sport, there were five shops with multiple tracks within 5 miles of my home (Bellaire Texas, a suburb of sorts in SW Houston) 1/24 ruled in that era, and oval, road courses, and even 1/4 mile tracks were all over the place. Sorts, GP, and stock car classes were prevalent at most locations. My favorite shop, Hobby Town, run by the dear Decker family, even had a 12 hour Nascar event in which you needed the old "wheat grain" headlights as the lights were turned off for 6 hours. We did not have the digital technology of today of course, but actually the cars otherwise were quite similar, except for the lack of suspensions and such. I always prided myself in having very detailed cars, some complete with highly detailed drivers,fabricated exhausts, roll bars, and used watch screws and fine telephone wiring to simulate fuel lines, spark plug wires, etc. which was pretty uncommon to see at that time. I have saved a few cars: a long nosed GT40 open (GTX 40 it was called I believe) and a '67 Lotus, both in factory livery, and a '36 Willis drag car. I eventually lost interest in the sport because in the search for higher speed all efforts were lost to build or race cars that resembled in any way actuall cars. Simple wedges grew to be the rule and tire dimensions were way off scale, and tire/track doping was common. Motor rewinds were unregulated, and let me tell you, a wedge bodied 3 volt motor running on 12V with doped sponge tires was shocking fast, twice as fast as my old, boring (to the masses) authentically detailed cars. Anyway, the next time I head over to Europe I am going to make it a point to attempt to witness one of these events. Can anybody please provide me with information that would provide me with race schedules or track locations! I can't wait to see this in action!

It's good to see that slot car racing is still alive and not only that but it's improved. When I was a kid there was a local place I went to and it was my favorite thing to do on weekends. I won a bunch of competitions and improved my car with the prize money. Good memories.

Love this! I shouldn't be surprised at this level of slots but simply never knew how far it's evolved. Great vid and presentation, as well. Thanks for sharing

Condolences to the family and friends of Jon Grainger. Didn't know him from Adam, but it sounds like he was loved and respected by his slot car brothers and competitors alike.

Thanks for the great coverage!

Very well presented video absolutely love it!

This is absolutely cool! Loved watching the event.

Bravo! Very entertaining video of an amazing event. Thank you!

This is so cool :) Great video, and fantastic event.

Great report, great coverage. thanks for the excellent video.

Great Video. Thank you!

Holey Moley! I had no idea the size of Le Mans, much less the size of a scale track! . THANKYOU my friend

Fantastic! I am an H/O guy but sure love the hobby! These guys are super!!

Great coverage, we hope for this event again by 2020, I think we would all like to see the cars in more detail and showing what was made of chassis, suspension and engine modifications. Until the next race and Good 2020 for everyone.

Excellent again, one year I will be there !!!!!

This is so cool. I'm in the states, & I just got into slot cars, mostly the 1/24 scale my dad raced in the 60s, but I have some 1/32 scale Cox, AMT, Revell, etc., too... Looking to get some Scalextric on the not too distant future.

As in the last year edition, very good coverage, keep on with the slot Car videos! Awesome race!

Fantastic coverage. Thank you.

I'm not even into this hobby, but it was really interesting to watch. I like the polite and quiet social environment.

Cool event. Great video. Loved it.

I can't believe you guys do the full 24 hours. I figured the time would have been scaled to match the scale of the cars and track. This has been extremely interesting and entertaining. Are the teams required to use the same motors the entire race? I can imagine the heat buildup could be pretty serious.

Boy where have I been I haven't seen anything like this since the mid 60s when it all 1st started can't believe I've been missing out all this time you guys are really cool I'm all the way and USA Tennessee

Nice vid, wel done. It was a great event but we missed the Stryker-team at the same time. See you ad the next event. Greats, Lennard from Slot racing for holland

Back in the day my son and I raced in a 24 hour slot car race at lucky Bob's in Milwaukee wi

we did the H.O. version of this race in Derby, UK. a long time ago. brings back the memories of long hours of racing with little sleep!

Man that looks like alot of fun a guys sleep over..

Thank you for this sir!

Back in the Late 70's, maybe very early 80's time period our local raceway held a "pro" type of driver 24 hour enduro on a commercial king track and there were actual "factory" backed teams racing from the likes of Parma, Champion, Trinity and Camen in attendance and racing the event. Slot racing was a lot bigger in many ways back then than it is today. The race went off well but after all was said and done the shop owner said because all that was involved hosting an event like this they would not ever do it again. Just like most hobby shops of that era that one has been closed down for 20 years or more.

Wow that is some going...amazing

This is how I started racing many many moons ago.. I kept wanting to go faster ..And now I do but with a real car. I virtually went from slot cars in the 60s to this real car in the 70s and now getting close to retiring so I might be heading back.

C'est vraiment génial, je redécouvre ce loisir avec joie. Cela me donne bien envie de ressortir mes vieux circuits

Brilliant coverage John. Been doing the Slot Car seen in South Africa for more than two decades. In the early years we did quite a number of 24Hour events. Still the greatest hobby out. Seems a lot of scratch building on the cars entered. Would love to have a peek at your rules for the event! As for the Ford GT in the real, that thing crosses the barriers between LMP and GT in its design. Hope some of you are at Le Mans this weekend coming. We'll be watching from way down South!

What spec are the cars? 32nd, box stock? Mag or no mag? Tyres? Wheels?

Wow, better coverage every year. I still would love to find a video entirely on how the cars work and how the competition works.

The Ford GT/GT40 is the best car on the track in any scale! Congratulations Dit Slot! Gotta live stream the entire race next year! A one hour vid of a 24 hour race is not enough! But as usual one of the most anticipated events on the racing calendar!

Jeez, slot cars have been around for quite some time. I had them back in the mid 60s.

Of course none of us can ever forget the 1999 Slot Car Le Mans, when a Mercedes suddenly went airborne and flew into the crowd, seriously alarming a small dog.

terrific! thank you!!!

what motor are you guys using? dash motors from tamiya?

Excellent video 🍻🍻

The Ditslot car seems sort of shiny. Almost looks like petroleum jelly. Is there something covering it there to protect it or make it more streamline?

Nice video!

can anyone explain how this works? i dont get it, i always thought your controller controlled the voltage of electricity on a slot and so only 1 slot per car, but there are many more teams shown than just 4 slots. so im sure im missing something?

As this is digital racing, are cars replaced in the same lane after running off?

Great video, one gripe.. Most anticipating moment after one of the interviews @21min 'when you release the throttle, you get the backfire'... waiting... waiting... no such reference to said backfire 😃👍

KZfaq sent me !!! Yeah !! 👍 Love to see an Isle of Man 🇮🇲 track

So cool I’ve never seen anything like this in the U.S.

Is this Carrera or Scalextric tracks? Seemed the lane change pieces were a bit short for being Scalextric. Or maybe some completely different track system?

I love this. Professional and technical but safety. Thanks uploaded. Any websites about this function ？

Did you go over the hand controllers

I suppose I should ask how a car passes another if they are in the same lane, when are the switch over lanes ever used, and do the cars ever switch lanes?

Just add rain for final touch of realism.

Hi Johnny. Watching from Tasmania, great videos. What was the set-up for the video capture of the point of view track lap? An iphone or camera attached to a car?

Good work John

Sorry for my absolutely ignorance. I watch the video, and i see a great surprise for Ford GT victory over P1 prototypes. There are differences in chassis and motor between Prototypes and GT, like in real world?

I remember going to Hobby City in Buena Park I believe back in the 60 and 70 they had a real nice slot car track. Now they have one in Cypress.

Very interesting. I feel like my eyes would be killing me after this watching those little things zip around so long

John any chance you will be doing anymore videos of this race in the future?

Congratulations to all from Tennessee in the USA. RIP Jon G.

It seems its not even exciting for the contenders.. I can't believe these old Fuddy duddys can't stay awake. Seeing them asleep at midnight really made me laugh. Commit to the moment!!! Lol

Which scale is this? Track and cars?

That’s sick! How do they pass? Also how do you have more than one car in a lane? I don’t get it.

Are these cars powered by regulating voltage through the track. or are they radio controlled?

One needs to be Brit for eating fish& chips during a 24:00 race. Lol

BADASS!

Do all of the classes use same motor? What is the difference between the different classes other than a plastic car body?

hmm i just have to wonder, how do the lane switches work?

Nice video. Was there another race after 2018. Whats the agenda for 2022 race?

This is a very informative video. Thanks, I bought Scalextric not knowing a lot about both. Cars are better. But Carerra is easier to get in the USA than Scalextric, Where I am in the North East USA. Knowing that, I should have bought Carerra.

Thats so cool they turn off the lights for the race to make it more realistic

Is the layout a scale model of the real Le Mans track?

Wow! Amazing coverage! Still don’t understand how two cars on the same slot can be controlled independently? Is there some RC aspect?

Amazing that a GT car took the win. Congrats to the winners. Just goes to show... lap times don't win endurance races. I wish there was something like this on this side of the pond. Except I think I would favor the slightly shorter events. I don't think, at my age, that I could race for 24 hrs, even with sleeping. Is there a site somewhere with a detailed race report? I.e. car specs, a log of the various failures, tire change intervals, etc. I would be very interested in knowing how long motor x lasted, how long tires y lasted, etc. Great video, Johnny S.

Hi from the states, Are those cars 1/32? If so, I have all ways wondered about the size of a scale track.

How kool is this!👍

I always wanted a slot car track as a kid

How do they race in the pitch black can you full throttle the whole way tound ir do they have to learn the circuit?

in the 1960's like 1966 the TOM THUMB RACEWAY in the DAYTONA BEACH area had a 36 hour slot car race . this was at the height of the slot car fad . the cars were 1/24 scale which i believe are a whole bit nicer than 1/32 . but anyway this LE MANS track was very very well done in this video .

Where is the race held?

What make of cars are being used ? Any Carrera

Johnny when are you going to film more 24 hr Lemans and other races of the past if so I wish you would show more longer footage of the cars racing love watching you videos.. Thanks

When this guy talks about chassis upgrades to the C7-R, that's possible on a slot car?

Sensational coverage! Any chance you're continuing again this year?

Nice vid

From what you say there are different categories? Not standard Scalextric either.

How many cars in the care?

Where was this?

Stupid question but is this 1/32 scale?

I want to know how course commutators work. I can't imagine without using electronics a system that switches the lanes of two cars without switching also the controls or worstly trasforming a two lane track into a one lane track

those things will run for 24 hours? or is this scale time?

Can one enter a Batmobile or Night Rider Kitt car or does it have to be Toyotas, Ferraris, Vipers etc?

Wow. I used to be a champ around 1967, and I gotta say that this looks really hard and impressive, and what we were all wishing for in some way or other. Glad to see the sport surviving and improving. Too bad it's all the same guys, mostly... ?

Scale speed? Close to 450 MPH :)

How often do you change tires? How about braids? I race at a track in Rochester, N.Y. Fantasy raceway. 1/24 hard body we call it, American body only. Track is 148ft long, road course.

Such an great event and the track is so well made. But never again let your cameraman get near a camera!

how are you able to run 12 cars at once on a four lane?

Brilliant event... wheres the rules?

Cringed at 10:30 min mark. Very interesting video nonetheless, glad to check it out in my feed

With all this time you might want to explain how they control these slot cars. It’s somewhat baffling how 16 cars can run simultaneously on 5 or 6 lanes. How do they pass how do they brake and accelerate ?