http://www.SlotCarAcademy.com/index.htm SlotcarAcademy.com offers you a doorway to the fascinating world of slot car racing, favorite cars, model building, race tracks, vintage racing and great firms like Ninco, Scalextric, Fly, Carrera, SCX and Fleischmann. Copyright 2008 AbsoluteFigures.com en-us Tue, 1 Jul 2008 03:00:00 EDT http://www.slotcaracademy.com/rss-slot-car-racing/slotcaracademy.gif http://www.SlotCarAcademy.com/index.htm http://www.slotcaracademy.com/slot-car/ninco-lexus-sc43.htm Slot car brand Ninco has made another model from the popular Japanese GT championship. Earlier Ninco produced the Honda NSX, Toyota Supra and the Nissan 350Z. The Lexus SC430 is the right car that fits to this line of cars. Tue, 1 Jul 2008 03:00:00 EDT http://www.slotcaracademy.com/slot-car/aurora-slot-cars.htm The American Company Aurora is well known for their HO (1/87-scale) line of slot racing products. John Cuomo, Abe Shikes and Joe Giammarino founded Aurora at the beginning of the fifties. 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