Looking forward to racing this Saturday with the FarrOut slot car club. This was the first and last time I got to race with my club and then Covid happened.
This is a great hobby. You can be very creative and build this miniature world and race with your friends in it. Wonderful. It brings alive such fond memories of racing with my dad back in the 60’s. It all came to an end for me with his passing in 1965 in a car accident. But the love for it never left me.
It wouldn’t be until 2012 that I looked on the internet to see if the hobby was still alive. Boy was it. And going stronger than ever. I bought my first track in 2012. I ordered a few cars and extra track. I remember when it arrived I was so excited. My inner child was jumping with joy.
It was just the distraction I needed as I built a large track. My late wife was passing and it was the second time in my life that I faced some of my hardest times. I worked tirelessly to make her comfortable in her last days. Every chance I got I went to the garage to work on the track. It kept me on the straight and narrow.
After Gilly passed I just kept it up this time, never looked back and kept with the hobby. I feel my dad right there whenever I play on the track. Gilly never got to see the track although she knew about it. But she would have loved it.
I swear these hobbies, which are also passions, allow for longevity and purpose. I have seen it over and over again. I play with people in their 80’s that haven’t missed a beat, still build, and Fly, Sail, Slot, Plastic model build, and more. They are life savers and very essential.
The Art of Steve Neill 