Average Age

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Ha! If you think slot cars is for old folks, try model building. Wait, if you race slot cars you probably build models, too.

Funny note to this is that I (70) raced slots at a family owned toy store in the 60's and our biggest competitors as young teens were adults in their mid 40's.

There are enough 30-40 year olds in the sport to keep it going, but when you get to the S/SS ranks where raw engine/tuning savvy rules the winners tend to be the old wrench guys. Part of it is money. A young guy can put together a bracket car for Sportsman or Pro and still street it, so it has more use than a pure race car. To buy a ready to run Formula Firebird or build one from a shell takes more than a pinch out of the paycheck. You can do this with a '72 Comet or Mustang II, but the "low HP"/high challenge combos don't seem to appeal to the young folk.


The oldest S/SS racers out here in the Pacific Raceways area I can think of are Pete Kost (K/SA) in his 80's and Alan Falcone (GT/EA) in his 70's. Pete has driven Pro Stock and Alan is a former D6 champion. Both tough cookies.