Beattie has also built tracks for former Indy Car driver Adrian Fernandez and Indy 500-winning driver and owner Bobby Rahal, who asked for a replica of his favorite track, Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis. Slot Mods created a replica slot car track of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for former owner Tony George.

“Beattie is a true artist who understands the importance of accuracy when creating scale models of iconic tracks,” Farley says. Farley commissioned a track that resembles Laguna Seca Raceway in California, complete with its famous “corkscrew” turn. The artistic creations Beattie builds with four full-time employees have attracted big-name customers. “With the slot cars, it’s not how much money I can make, but the money allows me to make the tracks people love. “I found out there are people out there with the means to afford the hobby that I love in the scale (1:32) that I love,” Beattie says. On average, a track takes eight months to build and runs between $150,000 and $175,000. Slot Mods tracks range in size from 32 square feet to 420 square feet, and range in cost from $20,000 to $250,000.

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