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At this time, Tyco was headquartered at Moorestown NJ, where sets were assembled with imported models. As a division of what became the Sara Lee Corporation , Tyco continued to grow. By the mid-1980s, Tyco dominated the market in electric racing, also producing "slot trucks" known as US-1 Trucks , as well as radio-controlled vehicles.
Total Control Racing (TCR) was a toy brand from Ideal which debuted in the late 1970s, similar to slot car sets, with approximately HO scale cars (and smaller scale semi-trailer trucks) that operated on a slotless track.
Darda, German toy car. Darda is the name of a German toy car racing set (and related items) which was most popular in Europe and the USA throughout the 1980s and '90s.. The unique selling point of the sets is the special Darda Motor, invented by Helmut Darda in 1970, which propelled the cars (similarly sized to Matchbox or Hot Wheels) at speeds of up to 30 mph (50 km/h).
The next race, at Homestead, Young's fielded the No. 07 truck for Patrick Staropoli that utilized owner points from SS-Green Light Racing. [23] In 2017, Austin Hill started to run for the team in No. 02, sharing the truck with Tyler Young. However, Hill drove Ford trucks that he owned while Young ran Chevrolets from the team inventory.
Motorific is the brand name of a line of battery-operated slot car toys and related accessories marketed by the Ideal Toy Company from 1964 to the early 1970s. It differed from traditional slot car sets in that the cars were powered independently by a pair of AA batteries, rather than by an electrical connection to the track.
In 1969, Topper Corporation (owner of "Topper Toys" and other brands) introduced Johnny Lightning model cars and track sets in response to the growing 1:64 scale diecast market. New Jersey inventor and author Henry Orenstein owned Topper and is responsible for their creation. [1] Johnny Lightning introduced 11 cars and several hard plastic sets ...
Many different styles of Micros have been made including all the popular cars and trucks of the times, trains, emergency vehicles, tanks, boats, airplanes, helicopters, and motorcycles, and people. The Tuff Trax series contained many of the popular TNT Motorsports Monster Trucks , including the influential Grave Digger truck.
Henry "Smokey" Yunick (May 25, 1923 – May 9, 2001) was an American professional stock car racing crew chief, owner, driver, engineer, engine builder, and car designer. He also served as a pilot in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II.