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That will make a great practice track

The TrackMate timing is working just fine, but it may also be why everyone was trying to drive too fast...gotta get that hot lap! I ran all 6 cars for a while, masking tape on 5 cars and electrical tape on the fastest car and their best lap times were within .05 seconds (5/100). Amazing. The guys th...

Last night we ran our track with 6 cars for the first time. I figured it would be chaotic, and it was. I told everyone to just do some laps without steering, and then start experimenting with lane changing. After 45 minutes the driving was much better, but it's a steep learning curve for most. What ...

Brian...our MagTrack is three 4x8 ft sections that set up in 3 minutes and stores against the wall when not in use. Total cost of the track was about $150 I love the MagRacing, but our group has too much invested in slot cars, so we'll be doing both. If I was starting from scratch, it would be MagRa...

This is the wiring harness...



...and the sensors in the track...

All 6 of my cars lap our track in about 12 seconds right now. I tried a couple with the masking tape on the rear tires and it knocked about 1 second off the lap time. I think I'll run half the cars with the masking and half without, because the faster cars are trickier to drive. We'll find out on Fr...

Chris...Dan at TrackMate races with us occasionally (he's only 15 minutes away). We have his timing system on all our tracks and he adapted his r/c timing. I have it working on my Big Track (I need a name for it) and we'll be running it for the first time with 6 cars on Friday...yes, I finally got m...

The lights flash red while it's charging. When they turn green, they're finished charging

Here's my 6 cars, hope to get 10 total...

Looks to me like you have just the right amount of grip (I know slot car thinking doesn't apply here)