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Archive Home > 2012 > August > 14 > Old hobby gains traction, fans

Old hobby gains traction, fans

By Uzra Khan / The Bulletin
August 14, 2012

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — At 5-foot-2 with braces, 13-year-old Justin Colvin doesn’t look like a two-time national champion of much of anything.

In fact, he is. Colvin is a national-champion slot car racer, born 30 years after a time when the term “slot car" needed no further explanation.

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