Oscar Koveleski

porsche917 6 years ago

Saddened today to hear about the loss of a slot car, model car and racing legend - Oscar Koveleski. If you were into any of these things in the 60's, 70's or 80's you have to have known him or his company - Auto World. The Auto World catalog was THE place to go for models and slot cars. I have great memories of spending hours upon hours going through every page of his catalogs and lusting over all the great products and services he provided. His company played a big role in developing my love for the hobby that continues to this day. Thank you so very much Oscar Koveleski.

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chapracer65 6 years ago

Well said, Marty. That catalog was indispensable and Kovaleski was a real character at the track.

Russell

BarkingSpyder 6 years ago

RIP - Oscar : (
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BTW - Autoworld is still a great vendor of:
--Aurora style pancake motor AFX cars, parts, track-sets (4-Gear, Xtraction, T-Jet)
--Die-Cast 1/25 and 1/18
--AMT 1-25 metal chassis DIY slot-car kits (+Plafit motors, +classic static model style bodies with more durable plastic, -crappy steel adjustable chassis, -weird old-school wheels/tires/axles)

*stock varies quarterly; some products are only offered once

Radial TA 6 years ago

I saw him up close at Mid-Ohio a couple of times with the painted slot car track livery. Quite a racer. RIP Wasn't he also president of the Polish Racing Drivers Assoc.?