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Down By The Bay by Christopher Kidder-Mostrom
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he San Francisco Bay area is often cited as the hilliest metro area in the United States of America. And with its iconic Golden Gate Bridge, it has one of the most picturesque stretches of suspended road anywhere in the world, so when Darrell Alexander of nearby Concord, CA was looking for a setting for his new diecast racing layout, he didn’t have to look far. “I chose ‘Bay City’ because it wasn’t specifically a city, yet represented the entire Bay Area,” Alexander explains. Growing up in Lakeport, a small town in Northern California, Alexander and his best friend would play with Hot Wheels up and down the hallway of his best friend’s house. “He had a lot of straight track,” he remembers. “I had about twenty cars, I’d say. Enough to fill that little car briefcase thing.” At that time his favorite car was a Darrell Waltrip NASCAR. Just as many others did in 2020, Alexander came across the YouTube videos of 3DBotmaker and he started collecting again after many years. “I don’t have as many 14 | Diecast Racing Report
