I drove from Maine to Connecticut a few years ago to watch a race with these slot cars. There are great looking cars in this series and the guys are committed to preserving and celebrating this era of northeast asphalt racing. The #76 is a beautiful example of top notch slot car modeling.
As a spectator my only regret was, as often happens at a commercial track, the cars were so fast you couldn't see more that blurs going around the track and there wasn't a lot of close racing. And yes, at the speeds these cars raced I can imagine a great looking car like the #76 being damaged by getting bumped into the wall at the end of a straightaway or being nailed by another car following a deslot.
Realism versus speed is a consistent issue in the hobby.
Slothead