Scalextric

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Scalextric

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Scalextric began life as clockwork Scalex toy cars, until someone had the bright idea of fitting them with electric motors and running them round a slotted track — the pressed-steel Maserati and Ferrari racers pictured here were among the very first, from 1957. By the 1960s it had exploded into a national craze, with families glued to living-room floors racing tiny cars round loops of rubber track.

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The story

Scalextric began life as clockwork Scalex toy cars, until someone had the bright idea of fitting them with electric motors and running them round a slotted track — the pressed-steel Maserati and Ferrari racers pictured here were among the very first, from 1957. By the 1960s it had exploded into a national craze, with families glued to living-room floors racing tiny cars round loops of rubber track.

Come back tomorrow for a new quiz!