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I have owned and raced all scales of slot cars. First set was an AFX set when I was 8 or so. i then found 1/24 scale tracks at a slotcar specific place. they had 3 8 lane tracks. A small 60' "Black" track for rental cars, a 100' "Orange", and a King Cobra 155' monster. All were road courses, and they had weekly races with about 10 different classes you could build cars for. Most were not realistic looking, and had no traction magnets. Those places and racing are getting few and far between. The newer Scalectrix 1/32 style is cool and the cars are cool to look at, if I had the room, I would build a 4 lane track in my basement. About 10 years ago there was a small 1/24th scale track in Marissa Illinois, that had a 100' tri oval, a scale 1/4 mile drag strip and a 120' paper clip road course. My Dad and I spent many Sundays racing there and we both won some races on the oval. The cars were a bit more realistic, but not as nice as the scalectix style. There was a small track up in Alton that closed down around the same time, 10 years ago. For limited space go with the AFx/TYCO 1/64 scale track and build a little track, you can easily build a 4 lane track for fun. As I remember, they re-issued Thunder Jets for the retro set.