This is an excellent article and video about the story of Slot Mods Raceways.

HOW THIS 48-YEAR-OLD WENT FROM GETTING LAID OFF TO MAKING $1 MILLION A YEAR

CarsYeah is a daily podcast hosted by self-described “incurable automotive enthusiast,” Mark Greene. Mark’s interest is in talking to entrepreneurs who have been extremely successful in making a living from their automotive-centric lifestyles and passions. Mark’s guest-list includes the great and the good in the automotive world, from world-class racers, engineers, mechanics, broadcasters and collectors, to artists, designers and custom builders including: Patrick Long, Hurley Haywood, Arie Luyendyk Jr. and Sr., Vic Elford, Bob Varsha, Justin Wilson, Magnus Walker, Barry Meguiar, Peter Brock, Nicolas Hunziker and Wayne Carini.

Slot Mods USA founder David Beattie, was CarsYeah’s 432 interview.

Show first aired in December, 2015

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David Beattie: “If it's to be, it’s up to me.”

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TEXAS-SIZED. Jeff Mosing (RIGHT) with Slot Mods USA founder David Beattie in front of Dream Weaver Raceway, putting the track's imposing 12ft x 20ft layout and recreation of Daytona's banked start/finish straight into perspective.

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From Racer.com

Jeff Mosing's Dream Weaver Raceway is one of the latest and greatest from track masterbuilders Slot Mods. You could say that Jeff Mosing is something of a car fanatic. Throughout the season you can find him racing a Porsche Cayman in IMSA's Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge Street Tuning class, or participating in the Porsche GT3 Cup series. Away from the race track, he's CEO and founder of Mosing Motorcars, a collectable/unique car dealership in Austin, Texas. With cars such a defining part of his life, it's no surprise then that Mosing is also a huge fan of slot-car racing. Taking it to the ultimate level, at the end of 2014, he reached out to David Beattie at Slot Mods USA for a custom track for the lobby of his personal car collection.....

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From caranddriver.com

2008 was a pivotal year for David Beattie. Staring down middle age and burned out on the corporate scene, Beattie took a leap of faith and turned his hobby of making custom slot-car tracks in to a full-time vocation, setting up shop under the Slot Mods moniker. Considered a risky venture even by those with cursory knowledge of the esoteric world of scale modeling, Beattie’s gamble soon paid off, and his passion for the art was evident. Within four years, his work would be featured on the cover of the vaunted Hammacher Schlemmer Christmas catalog, and his name began circulating among automotive luminaries including Bobby Rahal, Ford executive Jim Farley, and sports marketing maverick Zak Brown. Now he calls all three friends and, crucially, customers.....

Read the full piece @blog.caranddriver.com.