One of my favorite hobbies when I was young was my slot cars. My parents got me my first track and cars in the early 1970s and was hooked. I used any money I saved to buy more cars and accessories. Like most hobbies, popularity comes and goes. But I always found time for some racing, even after I got out of college. We used to keep a track set up in one of our guest rooms. I still have many of my cars and track, but I don’t have the time or a place for them. I was thinking about my slot cars the other day when I read a news story online…