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HELLO and Welcome to West Coast Slot Cars! My name is Marc and I have been racing HO slot cars since I was 8 years old. I lived near a Sears department store and I remember around Christmas time, their toy shop would open and that is where this fun addiction began. They had an AFX display track set up at the front and there was always an employee demonstrating the set. I thought to myself, hey that's what I want to do when I get older, but I was led on a different path. I got my first slot car set and I never really lost my interest through the years. Most of my childhood friends had slot car tracks in the neighborhood and we would spend hours upon hours slot car racing. I even worked mowing lawns and washing cars to scrape up money to buy new slot cars. Those were some of the BEST memories of my past and I am just as excited about racing today as I was back then. | |
This picture was taken of me in January 1977. Just like most kids at that time, we played in our rooms when the weather wasn't so good. My friends came over with their cars and the racing began!! We would take them apart, put them back together and talk about which cars were better than the others. 'GUM DROPS', which was the name of the rear silicone tires at the time, was the only upgrade that we used. What a difference it made from the sponge foam tires that came stock on every car and our racing skills improved because of the better rear tires. | |
This was my 2-lane floor set up back in 2000 with timed heat races.....what a blast!! I moved some furniture aside, built a track, and invited some of my buddies over for a day of racing. I eventually built some 4-lane layouts so we could all race at the same time. It grew into a small slot car club which I called Barrington Raceway and we met on a monthly basis. We all looked forward to our next race to see who's cars were the fastest and it became a fun social event for us all. | As my interest in slot car racing grew stronger, I wanted to build my 'DREAM TRACK' and I began to explore my options and compare prices. After much dicsussion within our club and hours of researching, I decided that MaxTrax would be my best option. I contacted the owner, sent in my deposit, and I couldn't wait to get my new MaxTrax 4-lane 4'x16' H.O. slot car track!! The day it came seemed like a childhood dream come true.....finally!!! I unpacked it, set it up on the floor, and sat just looking at it for hours, but the real task lay ahead of me despite my overwhelming joy. Time to build the board, get it wired, install a slot car timer, and start racing again. It took a little longer than I had anticipated, more like 3 months to be exact. Is it done yet, is it done yet? |
It was finally finished! I had to give it the real test.....a birthday party!! I decided to make my layout portable so I could move it around if needed. This option allows for easy transportation and storage because it was just a matter of time before we needed to reclaim our parking spaces in the garage. | ...And then the Culver City Car Show! This turned out to be the best place to get this hobby back into the public eye!! So many remarked on how they once raced slot cars when they were kids. Who said that you ever had to stop? |
Another blessing has recently arrived on January 20, 2009! History has once been made with the birth of my first Son, or should I say 'little racer'! I know he seems a bit young, but I was hoping that he didn't wait till he was 8 to get his hands on some H.O. slot cars. The new AFX Mega-G seemed to be the perfect product, since my first set was an AFX too!! | So, there's my story behind my obsession! My objective is to get as many people as I can back into this hobby, and all that share this hobby will also have a good story to tell your family, friends, co-workers, or anyone that might lend you an ear. I am counting on you to spread the word...H.O. SLOT CAR RACING is still around. It is bigger, better, and even more fun than before with the availibility of so much product on the internet. There are still a few of you out there with track in your attic, in the box, just waiting to be played with again!! Or you might be the 'secret slot car racer' behind closed doors because you are afraid to tell anyone. Well, I just have one thing to say....STOP IT! This is a hobby worthy of sharing. You just might look out your window one day and see the POLICE Hummer waiting to take you back to your childhood bliss!! If you would like to contact me please go to the West Coast Events page and I would be happy to hear your story. If you live in the Los Angeles area or you are visiting and you want to talk about H.O. Slot Car Racing, call me anytime. Happy Racing from West Coast Slot Cars!!!!! |
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by Sandy Laratonda
Nick Laratonda has been affiliated with H.O. slot car racing since 1960. He was the owner and operator of Williamsville National Speedway, a H.O. scale slot car raceway in Buffalo, New York for 10 years, from 1989 to 1999. During the years that Nick was running his H.O. slot car raceway, with the help of his family, he had the opportunity to try the different H.O. scale tires that were available. He realized that most of these after market H.O. tires were of poor quality. Nick decided to try to design a slip-on silicone racing tire that wouldn’t fly off the wheels and rip and tear easily after only a few laps.
Nick’s late father, Henry, helped him while he engineered and tested various compounds. It took years of experiments, while continuing to work construction with his dad and operating his raceway, but he finally accomplished his goal. Marty Leslie, a super stock racer from Nick’s H.O. racetrack, got Nick started with a 2 hole H.O. scale mold, back in 1994. It didn’t take long before that mold became a paperweight on Nick’s desk, which is where it is now.
Jerry Lange, a mutual friend of both Nick and his father, is the key machinist behind all of Super Tires special tools and equipment. Nick would tell Jerry what he needed and in a week or less, Jerry would call Nick so that he could pick up the requested item. Without Jerry’s ability to figure out how to create the necessary tools to do various jobs, Super Tires wouldn’t exist.
In 1995, Nick started manufacturing H.O. scale silicone racing tires. There wasn’t a Super Tires website back then and you couldn’t find anything about us on the internet either. Nick’s slot car hobby shop, Williamsville National Speedway, needed supplies and he bought his H.O. slot cars and parts from R.E.H. Distributing in Ohio. Nick sent Robert Haines, the owner of R.E.H., a dozen sample pairs of the H.O. tires that he made. Bob looked at the tires, called Nick on the phone and asked, “How many pairs do you have in inventory, right now?” Nick told Bob that he had about 10,000 pairs in stock. Bob asked, “How much for all of them?” The deal was made over the phone and the tires were packed, mailed and delivered to Bob’s place in 3 days. Nick has been doing business with R.E.H. for 25 years, first as a customer and then as a supplier. Their business relationship is stronger than ever and R.E.H. Distributing is Super Tires’ number 1, North American distributor. Thanks Bob, Kim & Terri, hope to meet you all one day soon.
Nick believes that Super Tires are the best rear slip-on H.O. tires that you will find on the market today. The years that he spent designing, engineering and testing Super Tires have made him certain that he has produced the finest rear slip-on H.O. silicone slot car racing tires available today. Super Tires H.O. scale tires come in multiple compounds, sizes and colors.
Nick would like to thank Ron and Mike from the machine shop for their great service and workmanship. They have been honest and fair with him since they started doing business together in 2003. Their high tech machinery and craftsmanship is the best that money can buy. They always treat him like he is their best customer whenever he goes to their shop.
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Once Nick had H.O. scale tires down to a science, he decided to try his hand at making 1/32 scale tires. He followed the same process as before, but this time he had to have his tires tested by 1/32 scale racers. Steve Carfi, from PPR Slots, who had helped Nick in testing H.O. scale tires, now helped to test 1/32 scale tires. Nick also enlisted the help of the guys at Ace Hobby Shop in Niagara Falls, New York. Ron Shatzel, the owner of Ace Hobby Shop and the late “Yellow Dog” Dan O’Grady both played a part in this 1/32 scale testing. Super Tires Yellow Dog urethane tires are named after “Yellow Dog” Dan.
In 2007, Super Tires became a registered trademark that belongs to Nick Laratonda. The small business that Nick and his father, Henry started continues to be a family effort with Nick’s wife, Sandy and his son-in-law, Todd currently helping him. The business has expanded over the years. Nick now makes 26 different H.O. scale tires in 3 different compounds and a variety of colors. He also makes the H.O. Pro Series that come in 10 sizes with 20 combinations. In the 1/32 scale, Nick makes 70 different tires that are available in both silicone and urethane (Yellow Dog) compounds. Over all, Super Tires fit over 600 different applications including the most popular cars from the current slot car manufacturers in business today. In addition, we make a few of the 1/24 and 1/43 scale tires. Rounding things out, we also carry wheels for H.O. scale and 1/32 scale slot cars that specifically go with Super Tires. In fact, Super Tires makes tires to fit the majority of the original existing stock wheels from most of the slot car manufacturers in existence today.
Nick describes Super Tires as a “Dream that became true.”, but there is a lot of hard work that Nick put into his dream, Unlike other manufacturers, Super Tires is not just a part time hobby, it’s his livelihood. His 1/32 scale tires have been part of record setting, winning teams for years. Super Tires 1/32 scale tires won the Slot Car Illustrated 2009 award for “Best Enhancement Product for Scale Model Slot Cars” and continue to be the standard for comparison for all other 1/32 scale tires.
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Team Super Tires wants to give a very special thanks to Rich Dumas, normally called Rich D on both Slot Car Illustrated, (SCI), and Home Racing World. This kind gentleman was our “most valuable player” in the fine tuning and development stages of the Super Tires H.O. scale department. Over the last four years, (2012-2016), Rich D has been good enough to share his extensive knowledge in every scale of slot cars with the Super Tires Team. He has used his own track and slot cars to test a number of our H.O. tires before they were put into production. There aren’t many people who are willing to use their time and equipment to help improve a product for someone else.
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If there is ever a slot car hall of fame, Rich D would receive the votes from the entire Super Tires Team. Since we don’t know if we’ll ever get the opportunity to meet Rich D in person, we want to make sure that his contribution is recorded on the Super Tires website. This will give the members of the slot car industry some insight as to the kind of guy that Rich D is.
Super Tires Nick may not be a regular, routine type of racer, but he has been very dedicated to making high performance slot car tires for quite a few years. He knows a class A, heads up, type of guy when he talks with him on the phone and Rich D is up there with the best of the best. As always, we thank you for all of your time, effort and equipment.
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He is the Cincinnati Kid, Bruce Yeomans, the owner of Cincyslots in Cincinnati Ohio. Bruce is a Super Tires dealer in all scales and a very good one. He is an expert on 1/32 and 1/24 scale slot cars, mainly those manufactured by Carrera.
Bruce is the one who got Super Tires kick started on the new 1/24 scale tire line-up. Team Super Tires can’t thank Bruce enough for all of the professional advice that he has given us. He helped us add another page to the Super Tires story.
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This page is far from being completed. Team Super Tires is still working on new tires and wheels and we will make sure that we let all of our Super Tires racers and supporters know when new products are available.