I had to take into consideration the transportation of my tracks across the country. The learning curve was a good one from the start. My slot car tracks are usually designed from an iconic location or have a recognizable theme that the auto enthusiast can appreciate. I try and test my building abilities on every track with an unusual feature and this takes my craft to the next level. My tracks are highly landscaped to be more realistic than just a toy. I hold a land speed record at Murroc Dry Lake, raced vintage and modern road race motorcycles, cars, and other toys LOL. The slot car tracks just fell into place with the desire to build, and to build an avenue for the toys to race. I have built and restored almost everything with wheels starting with vintage toys, skateboards, soapbox derby cars, motorcycles, race cars, vintage travel trailers and so on.

I have always been interested with things that have wheels. This prompted me to do a slight bit of promotion for these toys and now I find myself building custom tracks for private collectionsĬan you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work. Again, someone saw my track and needed to own it. I then simply built another one for us to play with. One day someone came over to race with us and offered me an amount of money that made it worth me selling it to him. He had no idea what they were and how they worked as this is more of a vintage toy. My first slot car track I built was for me and my son. Hi Mark, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business? We had the good fortune of connecting with Mark Jarel and we’ve shared our conversation below.

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