This Place has 3 MASSIVE indoor race tracks!

[@faroutgolf3650]

Pismo Beach had 4 race tracks we used as kids in the 1960's. It's been awhile since I thought about how wonderful those times were. I'm glad to see the great hobby still in existence..

[@Airsally]

Awesome shop,and track m I raced slot cars back when I was 14-15 yrs old. Every Fri night at a local track. Back then we built our own chassis with brass tubes and brass rods and some piano wire,and soldered them all together. Fun stuff.

[@elianth.70]

I remember growing up in Hayward, CA that there was a large slot car center. All of my friends and I would hang out there for hours every day.

[@jamesolson1386]

Nice to see that great hobby shops still exist. Thanks for everything you do for the hobby.

[@JB-xi2yv]

No kidding! In Cali no less?!

[@Moondoggy1941]

@@JB-xi2yv Finally something great in my state and luck would have it on the other end of it.

[@thayerpayne]

@@Moondoggy1941there is a slot track in Orange County.

[@StevenDauber]

Awesome video. Love the Slot Car tracks. Brings me back to my youth.

[@jeffm5475]

If parents got their kids interested in hobbies, they'd spend less time worrying about them getting into trouble. Thanks Dad!

[@EriMCardenasRC]

My dad got me into RC 👏👏im proud of him for that determination ,if not ill be a crackhead or something else 😅😅

[@musoseven8218]

That's an awesome shop - superb in fact. Thanks for sharing 👍✌️😊💜

[@brötzmannsax]

Great store and tracks, I've never seen a hobby shop so massive. Back in the late 60's I used to go on Saturday mornings and spend the day racing my slot cars, a red Maserati and black Ferrari, great memories.

[@nickc8819]

Growing up my family didn't have much money, but when my Dad bought us a slot car set, for Christmas, we spent hours, days, weeks of enjoyment. The cool sounds, paint and decal colors, the smells, the detailed motor, complex but simple, I will always cherish those memories!!

[@dpolisi8992]

I did this back in the early 1960’s, glad to see it’s still around. Great hobby!!!

[@franksprecisionguesswork501]

This is great! There used to be a slot car track in my town that closed down maybe 20 years ago. One can only hope that this hobby resurfaces and gets the kids off of the keyboard and back in to something that I think is more conducive to learning physical skills and human interfacing.

[@kentonian]

What an incredible place! Most importantly what a super sweet bunch of people, especially Alison 😍 Good luck to all of you from England xx

[@OregunAdventure]

My wife and I were just here when we were visiting family down there. Country RC is another awesome place. Sacramento has some really nice shops.

[@ronbyrd1616]

Glad to see a great slot car track ! I owned Model Car Raceways in Colorado Springs some years ago . Loved it and did quite well . Took a federal job later. Still have some old gear !

[@yakakiyakaki]

What a great hobby store ❤

[@sf1203]

Incredible. I'm in SF and had no idea this place existed. Next time I go out that way I'm 100% stopping by. Unreal.

[@customstreetbuildz8577]

That’s one of my go to spots fast track hobbies been going there since the sunrise days at the old pep boys building. Also Rc Country in Rancho Cordova they used to be on Folsom blvd. my favorite two hobby shops here locally in Sacramento.

[@HellaNorCal916]

My 3 kids and I have a lot of great memories of RC County when it was on Folsom. The high ceilings and RC airplanes hanging all over definitely makes a positive impression on small kids. 😊

[@mariomarquez5559]

Rc country… the place where they rushed you out the door with the most expensive rc car they can sell and when you comeback for advice they have no time.

[@smoothrc28]

Great hobby shop!! Every state should have a hobby shop like that. Thanks For Sharing!!!👍👍👍👍

[@richard1472]

Back in the day, every town had a hobby shop like that, or at least, something similar. (Sigh) I need a moment... 😢

[@hobbycow5346]

That has to be the most massive, epic hobby shop I’ve ever seen! I don’t have anything even close to me, let alone a place like this Disney World of hobbies. If this place was anywhere near me, I’d be there every day, buying stuff, racing, and filling my drool bucket. 🤤

[@johntuffy5721]

ditto :)

[@bouncenerd]

Love that place! Visit them every time I come down the hill.

[@Jjones3334]

Wish they still had these track around at Louis . It was a blast 20 years ago

[@mikecollins8241]

I got (back) into slot cars a few winters ago (stuck inside!) HO scale like when I was young.. so much fun, I have built a 4x8 table complete with scenery/ building etc.. so much fun and SO fast! Racing 2 cars at once (by yourself!) is a real challenge :)

[@billjohnson1809]

This is brilliant! Love the dedication these people have for their hobby.

[@vitale6633]

So Great to see a Huge Classic slot car track !!!

[@robsp32]

I wish we still had huge hobby stores like this near me, my nephew would love it

[@rodger2499]

This brings back memories when I was 10 years old (50 years ago) growing up in Venice Ca. There were two local slot car tracks where my dad would take me to one of them almost every Friday night. Too bad there weren't more places like this with 1/24 scale slot cars.

[@donreyes9182]

On Pico Blvd. across from the Pico Theater.

[@rodger2499]

@@donreyes9182 There and also on Lincoln Bl. just past Pico Bl., Classic speedway.

[@NicolasValentinScotland]

Watching from Scotland , those little cars are flying . Great set up . ❤

[@SlowFlyer85]

Awesome Hobby store back in the 70's when I live in NJ at Wall Stadium they had a Hobby shop and put up the first slot car track and every Friday night and Saturday the place was pack to run there cars on it was a big thing back in the days great Video enjoyed it alot thanks 😊😁👍👍👍👍

[@jonathanmcdonald5411]

Awesome! Thanks for the video tour of an amazing hobby shop.

[@jomomma8291]

I would be in heaven! What a shop.

[@thrasha]

I used to race thesein the 90's. So much fun to race and build. I miss seeing these types of places since they're so rare now.

[@FinnegansGarage]

need to add this spot to my road trip list of places to visit. its incredible!

[@dougtaylor7724]

Back in the middle and late 60’s those tracks were amazing. There were magazines and suppliers. It was huge. As a little kid we went with older brother and would sit at the hard turns where people would run off. You would pop up and put somebody back in the groove. They would say I’m on green or whatever. If they were a jerk you would put the car in nose first and pull it backwards a few inches. That would make the woven pickups to come loose and fail sooner. 😂 The nice guys would give you a quarter top.

[@RCRoads]

This really brings back memories. It was nice to hang out with other slot car enthusiast.

[@mygtr2021]

thanks for sharing! that store totally reminds me of my youth. From kites, trains, to slot cars, to rocketry, models, RC cars..

[@Everett-xe3eg]

I remember owning a slot track as a kid. I couldnt wait to get off the track and into the front yard. This large one looks really fun

[@marksmith2726]

That's awesome!!! What a great shop really wish i had a place like that to go to in Australia.

[@TexRobNC]

I miss slot cars. I used to do them at a track off 1960 in Houston in the 80s and 90s as a kid. These things are a real shame that they have died off, because honestly it should make a comeback. I guess the home tracks maybe hurt the desire to have these, but nothing replaces the real thing.

[@mech0p]

rc cars have taken it over just because its so much more realistic, has jumps and so on but i do miss it. looking to get back into it is what got me into rc.

[@andyb9994]

I love your Hobby shop tours, so many cool shops and so many cool people!!! The people are always so awesome 💯

[@RCGirl]

Yes they are!

[@53roger]

wow this place brings back memories. when we were about 8 yrs old my dad had several tracks setup including trains on an old dance hall floor. The place was about 40' x 40' and completely covered with tracks of different sorts. I remember during that time frame in our town and another town about 15 miles away they had slot car track very similar to the ones here in your shop. Wish they were still here. I would love to take my grandson.

[@1stjohnrocklin]

I’m not an RC guy, but I come to FT Hobbies to buy their bass/balsa wood for model railroading. Last time I went there I saw you coming out after your shoot. Not sure why your video even popped up, but was excited to see a familiar fun local hobby store. Great video!

[@romulusxyz6722]

Was really cool hearing her story about how her dad inspired her career choice. I've got a few built SCX24s, and my 6yr old daughter wanted one for Christmas last year (2023). She picked out the yellow Jeep!

[@edwardranno7119]

As a kid we had slot car tracks in northvale NJ ,we went every Sunday afternoon

[@QuinnsRC]

I'm really liking your hobby shop tour videos. Great job! I've never seen slot car tracks that massive before!

[@teediggy1785]

I wish hope and pray we get another slot car raceway back in Connecticut I was so good at the flexicar series races when I was younger beating the old timers and the outlaw 12 groups as well amazing sport always super fun and welcoming

[@JoeReinhart-tb5xn]

Like a lot of the comments, I raced these in the 70's. I truly enjoyed the two men working on their cars near the beginning. I could hear the joy in the man's voice that was speaking. Very awesome. Great video and well done. Thanks for including them.

[@RoosterGardens]

There was a FasTraK Hobby here in Ohio around 20 years ago. A smaller version of this shop. He was big into slot cars also. Had a track they called the Mountain Track. Held National events there. Those things are crazy fast.

[@timbreedlove1385]

Rc girl fantastic vid. Very well done keep up the good work . I will keep watching.

[@simonblackwell7906]

Thanks for everything you do love watching the verity of hobby’s you show 😍 Now I want to go slot car racing hopefully we still have clubs in Australia 😝

[@christopherbyrne1617]

I have been there! Moved from Rocklin 4 years ago to Florida. Fast Track is a great slot car place!

[@GahBoe]

Great place. Been there a few times and enjoyed using their RC track. The event in Folsom lake is amazing as well. Full of planes, automobiles, and boats and everything in between.

[@DGAFinated]

Medford Oregon had this same type of of track back in ‘97-‘98, my dad took me there as a surprise to watch all the races. So much fun. I have been trying to find another place like this for years. Thank you for the post and the bringing back the memories of my dad.

[@myutyoube]

Such a HUGE store!! Thanks for the video RCG.

[@BlueOceanRoss]

Hey RC girl. Thanks for the look at a really cool shop/track! I hope your doing well. Thanks for doing what you do.

[@jgilruth369]

Man I am pretty stoked I found this. Gonna truck over to sac and try this again.grew up racing slot cars

[@TAllyn-qr3io]

When I was a teenager living on our ranch in S. Idaho, a buddy and I bought six Tyco slotless car sets and we had a huge finished basement. When we weren’t out moving sprinkler pipe, farming or feeding livestock (summertime spare time) we would get high and race cars. It was awesome but, I wish we had something like this. After retiring from the military I moved back to Idaho and we don’t even have a decent hobby store here. Hobby Lobby is crap! This place on here would blow my mind and I would finally be able to buy some Nitro for my 1/8 scale buggy and 1/8 scale truggy. Looks fun as hell there! 🤙🤙🤙

[@johnhoover3345]

I had no idea this place was here. Thank you RC Girl and KZbin. 12 miles from my home. I'll be coming in to check out the facilities, the tracks and the RC Planes they carry and I'll be dragging my grandkids to race in another month when they're here for a week in January.

[@K8Nicole]

Thank you RC girl. ❤ This content.

[@RCGirl]

Thank you!

[@RGHTBrainDesignDrive]

These are the tracks from Slot Cars Unlimited that used to be in Santa Clara, California at the corner of Camden and Union. So cool to see them still being used!

[@13_TH_559]

What a big shop and place 2 race 🤩 I wish we have this here in germany. Ty for present

[@qrisemrc]

I feel this every time I watch the video, but I am so envious of the size of the RC and hobby market in the United States.😁❤️👍💕

[@garymcaleer6112]

How cars have improved since my day. Some fond memories watching this. There's a club in S. TN. I stopped by to see how they were getting along.

[@joespafford6499]

Freakin cool rc shop. Thann you for the show and tell

[@johnband5588]

Phenomenal hobby store, nothing like this in Chicago, thanks for sharing.

[@RawFitChris]

Reminds me of Polk's Hobbies when I was growing up in Manhattan in the 60s. They had I think 4 floors of hobbies including RC and Slot Care of course! This place just has it all on one floor!

[@johnmajane3731]

I didn't think slot car tracks still existed. Hobby Shops sure have changed. I remember seeing shelves full of kits, now full of ARF foam models.

[@johnmansfield5970]

Went there last time I was out there. That place is amazing

[@JamesBond-hz2tn]

Another great hobby store👌

[@SlotPixelesyBugs]

WOW!! Amazing place!!! Great video!

[@DannyPearce-td9yz]

I done slot car racing in Australia. The same kind of tracks I'm now 56 really miss it Still have a couple womp womps

[@jwoocrew]

Awesome! I love this place my go to hobby shop that has everything you can spend the whole day there interacting with the slot car track and just looking around. It's a little out of my way to go as I'm off Bradshaw and Hwy 50 but I take every advantage to going and attending all the events Dwight puts on. Something most Hobby Shops don't do to give back to the community. The workers there are always so helpful and knowledgeable passionate about what they do. If I knew RC Girl was going to be there I would have showed up to introduce myself. Oh well missed opportunity as you will be moving out of Cali. See everyone in April!

[@slotcardude68]

Keep those slotcar videos coming!!!

[@fcsolich]

This is a great shop. It's my main hobby shop. they go it all.😊

[@BillyCole2024]

My slot experience was back in the 80's. Just looked at my car the other day. Good times

[@motorcycle-man]

These guys at 5:00 are the best. Love their energy. I hope they are doing well.

[@RCGirl]

Yeah they really are! I stumbled across them while walking around the store and asked if they minded being filmed/asked questions and they were so nice!

[@andrerodriguez7603]

There use to be a RC slot track in Pasadena Ca. in the early 60’s. Unfortunately it didn’t last long and became “Henry’s Toy Store” for a couple of decades.

[@tonydownunder5703]

Cool stuff 👍👍👍

[@mushieslushie]

I didn't know this place existed. When I was a kid there was a slot car place in Roseville on Harding, but that place has been gone for a long time and I had no idea there was anything like this still around.

[@danielsotelo3942]

I love the smell of a slot car track and shop, which is like a burned out hair dryer and burning light oil. God there's nothing like it... I grew up in Highland Park Calif, by Glendale in the 60s ~ 70s and they had hall with 4 massive slot-car tracks. Though I was young I held a good paying job cleaning 10 pool tables at the local pool hall every morning before going to school. So I had plenty of money to spend the whole day on the weekends racing my slot cars. Later they opened a slot car place by Burbank Airport ran by a very nice elderly couple. Its nice to see Hobbies doing a comeback.

[@dhtm3577]

My best Christmas next to getting a Schwinn Sting Ray, was the year my brother and I got a Strombecker slot car set 1/32!!! Never grow up!!😅

[@jacklandon9739]

This store is in my town and I have procrastinated so long going in. But now WOW I can’t wait to visit this shop.

[@PeighDayFPV]

You’re not missing anything. Been there a couple of times and the service is pretty bad.

[@velvetjones1856]

I did this when I was 16 years old in 70s. We fabricated our own chassis from brass tubing, plate and steel rods. Our designs were quite innovative for the area and we travelled around northern Illinois and raced a lot. It looks like they are still using angle winders that were newly introduced back then. We had the chassis set up where the front wheels were articulated so they could go over the bumps where the track joints are located. The motor was on a center plate that had the shoe at the front. Outboard plates were hinged from that to take some vibration. Probably heavier than the cars running today. Controller was similar except no pots for adjustment but a microswitch to bypass losses of the wiper and resistor.

[@rahkinrah1963]

May God bless you for all this work!

[@showmerc9649]

That was my local shop for years before I moved to Alabama. I even won a Losi Baja Rey in one of their in store raffles. Love your channel 👍🛻

[@jimbryant2157]

Rocklin sure has changed in the 25 years since I lived 'next door' (in Roseville). It was so small ('How small was it?') that there was only one stoplight (at the corner of Pacific and Rocklin Rd) - and it blinked! We used to go to the GI Joe surplus store with my dad and dream of getting a .50 cal machine gun to mount on his Wiley's WW2 jeep so we could play Rat Patrol!

[@95666]

Cool! This place is 5 minutes from my house, they have everything.

[@RCGirl]

Yeah they really do.

[@nickc8819]

Great memories growing up with slot cars. Let me win the lottery, I'll open up a cool shop + like this!!

[@MrJearley6]

Thank you for this video!!! This is cool !!

[@TaurusPresents]

The ultimate candy store for RC enthusiasts. I suspect that if I enter such a place at opening time, I will still be looking around at closing time. 🆒🔥💪 Thanks for sharing 👍

[@magnetik5348]

I miss slot car racing. (and being around great shops like Fast Track) I spent so much money (@ $3.35 min wage) at my local spot growing up in Houston in the 90s. I'd probably be dangerous today. Met so many cool people. My arms are still cut up from all the times I volunteered to marshal during races for free time. It was scary in group15 races with wings coming at your arms when reaching into an underpass to pull out a flipped car. I ended up using duct tape on my arms eventually. lol

[@justinmyers5209]

I used my paper routs to pay for slot cars. Christmas was good to

[@miners_treasures]

Slot cars all started for me in Plano, TX at Slots of Fun owned by John LaRue. I learned how to build, race and ultimately help others build their car better. Jesse Kensinger, Bruce Huntley, Bob and Brenda Herrick (owners of DRS), Frank Reedy and a few others all helped me. Most of these were world record holders and I will never forget them.

[@miners_treasures]

@@16-BITFPV King track in Plano, Texas

[@16-BITFPV]

​@@miners_treasures I always love hearing about different tracks people have raced on.

[@larrydemonte2218]

Slot cars started for me in 1973. Buzz a Rama In Brooklyn New York

[@AlexVasquez-fw5up]

Great place to get RC Cars. I support my local hobby shop 😎👍🏼

[@kc6nfv746]

Put the wings even in a flexy slot car makes it take the turns so much better not many tracks left in southern California

[@cheechmagee8512]

When I was a teenager I raced on the purple track when it was at The Inside Track. I still have the original slot car I bought from them too.

[@paulcasarez404]

Before hobby town USA here in Phoenix Arizona split they had a hobby shop and indoor RC off road track slot car dragstrip and indoor go cart race track and video games food sucks they had a good thing going

[@soma_rc]

Man, that shop is huge 😮

[@janinsweden8559]

Wow...awesome shop!

[@Timinator62]

That Purple Track looks like one that my Son and I raced on back in the late 90's it was in a Hobby Shop in La Habra, Ca. Back in the 90's there were was a huge Slot Car come back, there were tracks all over Orange County, then they suddenly were gone a few years later.

[@justadsa]

such a great hobby shop, and a great owner, who's a great friend to have. glade to see you give them sometime on your channel. if your in Sacramento, Roseville, Rockland area, you should definitely go check them out. I've known the owner sense they come to sac, and he was just a employ there, and helped me threw a lot of stuff threw out the years. they definitely deserve all the awards they've gotten threw out the years.

[@chrisrobertson9264]

What an amazing amazing place 👍😉

[@v1-vr-rotatev2-vy_vx31]

Started slot car racing 1963 Clearwater Florida.. spent a lot of years racing usra rules Los Angeles and San Diego,, raced a long side with some of the biggies back then...