Automobiles greatly influenced kids who grew up during the 1960s, and many of them enjoyed indulging in the new slot-car craze.
Including Scott Bader, who used to ride his bicycle to the Revell Raceway, an indoor race track located near Los Angeles.
The slot-car explosion only lasted four years, between 1963 and ’67, and Bader lived in the midst of it all, starting with a 1:24-scale Porsche 904 by Monogram.
He later became immersed in the car lifestyle, with a 1:1-scale ’69 Chevrolet Camaro that he raced at local dragstrips.
Cruising the famous Van Nuys Boulevard with hundreds of other kids turned into a weekly ritual, too – its importance is explained in Rick McCloskey’s brilliant Van Nuys Blvd 1972.
Cars were put on the backburner later to concentrate on his career and develop his company, Inline Distributing – he has been CEO for the past four decades.
After 2000, he took a semi-hiatus, which allowed him to get involved in cars once again, and road racing in particular.
He even tried his luck as a professional driver in the IMSA and Rolex series behind the wheel of a Porsche 911 GT3R.
