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Juan Carlos Palos is the owner of the largest Scalextric in the world, but he retires in May and, if he does not find relief, it will close forever.
No matter how old you are, every motor fan loves the Scalextric. Spain is lucky to have the largest Scalextric in the world, but is in danger of losing it.
The largest Scalextric in Spain is located in Madrid, in the museum room of the Bulevar de Getafe Shopping Center, and measures 227 meters in length. Its owner, Juan Carlos Palos, needed more than 3,000 hours to assemble it, as well as help and a lot of effort.
It is so big that a car takes more than three minutes to complete a lap, according to what Juan Carlos himself revealed to El Mundo. Now, the threat of closure flies over this gigantic Scalextric: if it does not find relief, it will close next May.
Spain has the largest Scalextric in the world and is in danger of losing it
Behind this mega Scalextric, there is a curious story. Juan Carlos always asked the Three Kings for one, but it seems that the letter never reached his Majesties. He came of age and, once he started working, he invested his second salary to buy the desired slot.
For years, Palos enjoyed assembling and disassembling his Scalextric circuit in his garage at home, but the idea of doing something big was always on his mind. The result is VCM Slot, the room named after his wife (Victoria Cortés Molina), the largest slot circuit in the world.
On March 1, 2020, just before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Juan Carlos opened the doors of the VCM Slot, with an analogue circuit of 227 meters and 1,002 lanes, built on a 99-square-meter model where no Nothing is missing: 350 streetlights, more than 2,000 LED diodes, 300 trees, gardens, mountains, stones… and more than four kilometers of cable.
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In addition to the model, the center has a classroom where schools can discover experiments related to magnetism, electric motors or transmissions.
There is also a small museum where visitors can enjoy unique pieces such as the first tin car with a motor, from 1956, or three Seat 600 units manufactured by Exin in 1966.
Within three months, Juan Carlos Palos retires and, if a relief does not arrive, this center will close and, with it, the largest Scalextric in the world.
