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It probably takes considerable effort to get funding and engineering for a vehicle that can break the land-speed record or 458 mph. To achieve such a speed at 1/32 scale, you only need James May and 45 English Scalextric slot car fans. Just past the jump, you can see a terrific video that May put together on the history of the scale car, which goes all the way back to the 1930s with the British Dinky brand. After getting you up to speed on all gravity-based scale models, May settled on electrified slot cars. To make the story interesting, May rented out an airplane hanger and laid out 150 feet of track and then proceed to time car after car to see if it could beat the land speed record at 1/32 scale. As it turns out, the record was easily beaten, and speeds of almost 700 scale mph were achieved. Check it out.

 
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well that was the biggest waste of ten minutes of my life, which i now want back. cool vid, but just get to the point already lol

 
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i wa friends with a gy who was into slot cars, he had a modified bastard that he calculated did something like 40 mph, it was a little blur, lol

 
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good old hot wheels eh lol i had my own little collection, but i stopped there. I wasn't so much into model cars after that. thats nuts how the slot cars get up to speed that quick

 
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good vid