Posted 15 July 2015 - 11:28 AM

The Guiness Book of Records was invited to certify it as such, but declined to do so, as they seemingly don't differentiate between wooden tracks and plastic sectional tracks.



In any event, this is wild and it has been a bit tough to assemble the info for this post. The track was built by Ron Viggiani of Race Haven Hobbies in Brampton, Ontario. The info I relate here is based on posts Ron made at Slot Car Illustrated and a number of the pictures were snagged (with Alan Smith's permission) from there as well. Many of the images are from a Google Images story by Tony Nudo, an artist who seemingly also works on trade shows. There's also a couple of pics snagged from a Chevrolet Canada Facebook page.



The 2015 Pan Am Games are in progress in Toronto, Canada now, from July 10-26 (the same site will also host the Parapan Am Games August 7-15) and Chevrolet has erected a huge pavilion that features a six-lane 1/24 wooden slot car track that is reported to be 1,050 feet long! According to the builder, the track foorprint is 185' x 55' and it has 88 track sections of approximately 4' x 8'.



The cars are powered by generators rotated by the bicycles seen in the pics. According to Ron, "The cars travel around the track at 4 volts and when they hit a straight section they get a speed boost if you are pedaling the bike hard enough to create additional wattage."



If I was in the Toronto area, I'd be making a beeline for the #Power of Play Chevrolet pavilion right now. Word is admission is free...



Ron's pics in this post show the track pieces under construction.



















7,600 feet of power taps for the track!











