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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In fact, at first glance, the whole thing may look like a simple racing toy, a new take on the slot car sets that have been around for decades.
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IEEE Spectrum, 14 June 2013
Assembling a payroll within the NFL’s salary cap is not a grid of slot cars that all easily fit; fitting more than 53 multi-year contracts of varying values under a limit is a complicated 53,000-piece puzzle designed to keep costs controlled, fixed, and low.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2025
Their objective is to ride every ride in Walt Disney World—every rollercoaster, carousel, log flume, slot car, centrifugal motion simulator and rotating educational theater stage show attraction, across all four parks—in a single operating day.
—Darryn King, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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IEEE Spectrum, 14 June 2013
Assembling a payroll within the NFL’s salary cap is not a grid of slot cars that all easily fit; fitting more than 53 multi-year contracts of varying values under a limit is a complicated 53,000-piece puzzle designed to keep costs controlled, fixed, and low.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2025
Their objective is to ride every ride in Walt Disney World—every rollercoaster, carousel, log flume, slot car, centrifugal motion simulator and rotating educational theater stage show attraction, across all four parks—in a single operating day.
—Darryn King, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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“Slot car.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slot%20car. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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