Editing Scalextric (section)

{{short description|Slot car racing brand}}
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| name           = Scalextric
| logo           = Scalextric_logo.png
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| image          = Scalextric1.jpg
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| caption        = Scalextric track and cars 
| producttype    = [[Slot car racing]]
| currentowner   = [[Hornby Railways|Hornby]]
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| country        = [[United Kingdom|U.K.]]
| introduced     = {{start date and age|1956}}
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| website        = {{url|https://uk.scalextric.com/|uk.scalextric.com}}
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'''Scalextric''' is a brand of [[slot car racing]] sets which first appeared in the late 1950s. Scalextric was invented by engineer B. Fred Francis,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/politics/new-ps84m-council-homes-keep-memory-scalextric-inventor-alive-994842 |title=New £8.4m council homes to keep memory of Scalextric inventor alive |first=Fiona |last=Callingham |work=The News |location=[[Hampshire]] |date=18 March 2019 |access-date=28 November 2020}}</ref> when he added an electric [[motor]] to the ''Scalex'' tin cars that were produced by Minimodels Ltd, his own company.<ref name=9jul>[https://www.diarioel9dejulio.com.ar/noticia/62615 Historia del Scalextric] on Diario 9 de Julio, 14 Jan 2016 {{in lang|es}}</Ref> The first "Scalextric" were first made in [[Havant]], [[Hampshire]], in 1956. [[Hornby Railways|Hornby Hobbies]] acquired the company in 1968.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 July 2023 |title=About Hornby Hobbies |url=https://uk.scalextric.com/about-hornby-hobbies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815110324/https://uk.scalextric.com/about-hornby-hobbies |archive-date=15 August 2021 |access-date=11 July 2023 |website=Scalextric UK |language=en}}</ref>