From Garage to Grid: Where an SSS Race Car Actually Begins!

A Scale Speed Syndicate race rarely begins at the starting line.

Long before our 1/64 scale diecast race car reaches the grid, it has usually spent considerably more time sitting under bright lights, surrounded by tools, spare parts and people staring at it thoughtfully.

Welcome to the SSS Garage.

At 1/64 scale, race preparation may occupy considerably less floor space than its full-size counterpart, but the basic philosophy remains suspiciously similar: inspect everything, change something, test it, reconsider the change, and eventually declare the car ready.

Sometimes this process even works.

Built Before It Is Raced

Each SSS diecast car begins with a purpose.

Some are intended for outright speed. Others are better suited to longer competition formats, specialized classes or cars whose primary engineering advantage appears to be looking exceptionally good while stationary.

That is why the Garage and the racing Divisions are closely connected.

The work carried out in the Garage - ultimately determines where a car fits within the different SSS competition Divisions.

Different cars require different approaches, and not every machine belongs in the same type of competition. Part of the fun is figuring out where each one works best.

The Serious Business of Very Small Cars

There is an unavoidable contradiction at the center of Scale Speed Syndicate.

These are small 1/64 scale diecast cars. We know this.

And yet once one enters the Garage, acquires a race number, receives the appropriate graphics and survives an unreasonable amount of scrutiny, it begins to feel less like something that came out of a package and more like part of a racing organization.

That transformation is really what the Garage is about. Not pretending the cars are full-size. Pretending the organization around them is.

There is a difference. At least, that is what management keeps telling us.

The Work Continues

Cars come into the Garage. Parts come off. Occasionally all of the parts go back on.

Eventually the finished machine rolls toward the track, where all that preparation is reduced to one simple question: Was any of it actually faster?

There is only one reliable way to find out. Race it.

Small Scale. Full Speed.

-CEO Rick