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Digest 40
Published by JasonB on Oct 7, 2024
A quick blast through the latest slot car news.
This week we feature some absolute classics, with a Le Mans class winner, an F1 world champion, a Pikes Peak monster, three Edwardian racers, and some very limited editions. Plus we have forthcoming events from the Calendar, and our selection of slot car videos and photography.
Slot Cars
Now Available
- Pendle Slot Racing Pendle Slot Racing have announced two 30th Anniversary models. Both are produced by Fly and both are limited to just 50 units.
Coming Soon
- BRM NSU TT BRM have launched a new livery for their 1/24 scale NSU TT. The model recreates a 2017 Hockenheim Historic Revival car, driven by Nerpel and Werner.
- George Turner Models Edwardian Racers George Turner has announced three new Edwardian Racer kits. The first is a Bugatti T13 Brescia, then a second Bugatti, the T16, followed by a 1916 Stutz Special. All three will be up on the George Turner Models website imminently.
- MR Slotcar Cunningham C1 MR Slotcar have unveiled their forthcoming Team Cunningham Chevrolet Corvette C1, which recreates the car that took a class victory in the 1960 24 hours of Le Mans, driven by John Fitch and Bob Grossman. The MR Slotcar model will feature a new aluminium chassis with a separate motor pod, it is available to pre-order now, and is expected to arrive in December.
In the Pipeline
- HobbyClassic Audi Sport Quattro S1 E2 HobbyClassic have unveiled the first physical sample of the legendary Audi Sport Quattro S1 E2, in its iconic version of Pikes Peak 1987, piloted by Walter Röhrl himself. Details in the design and assembly process are currently been fine tuned.
Calendar
- WHO Birkett Relay – 12th-Oct-24
- Bury St Edmunds club night 5-10pm – 12th-Oct-24
- WHO Slot Rally – Autumn Stages – 23rd-Oct-24
- Slot Rally GB – Round 6 – 3rd-Nov-24
- Worthing HO Wednesday – 6th-Nov-24
- Can-Am Race Event Denbigh NWSCC – 9th-Nov-24
- WHO Tin Top Saturday – 16th-Nov-24
- Bury St Edmunds club night 5-10pm – 16th-Nov-24
- WHO Drag Racing – 20th-Nov-24
- Worthing HO Wednesday – 4th-Dec-24
Video
Photography
A fantastic collection of Can Am cars
- Photos and Discussion As ever, you can find lots more photos, tell us about anything we’ve missed, and let us know what you think of the latest slot car news over on the forum.
More Issues
Updates
Scalextric Range Launch
Jan 8, 2024
Calendar 2024
Dec 11, 2023
BRM, the Inside Story
May 5, 2023
Calendar
Dec 12, 2022
On This Day in History…
| 09-10-1966 |  |
| 09-10-2011 | Sebastian Vettel finishes 3rd in the Japanese F1 Grand Prix to clinch his second consecutive World Drivers Championship |
| 10-10-1923 | Murray Walker, English motorsport commentator and journalist, born in Birmingham |
| 10-10-2004 | Having already clinched his record 7th F1 World Drivers Championship, Ferrari's Michael Schumacher wins a record 13th race of the season with victory in the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka |
| 11-10-2020 |  |
| 11-10-2020 | Lewis Hamilton wins Eifel Grand Prix at Germany's Nürburgring to equal Michael Schumacher's record of 91 Formula 1 victories |
Features
Grand Prix
Published by JasonB on Aug 4, 2024 in Features, Media
Through a fatefully fortuitous set of circumstances, Slotracer.Online has come into possession of a vast treasure trove of original and unpublished contact strips from the film “Grand Prix”, John Frankenheimer’s classic, and stylish 1966 Formula One film. This collection of almost 10,000 shots came from Jim Russell, a former racing driver who worked on the film. How he came by them is anybody’s guess, but they have now been saved from certain destruction by our very own Norfolk correspondent, Mr Brian Rogers.
It was such a fabulous collection that we obviously couldn’t just keep it to ourselves. These may have been simple contact strips, but with a little tender loving care, this unique array of work had to be made public. So with a fanfare and a drum roll, we proudly present a selection of our favourite shots from behind the scenes of this iconic film.
Obviously this isn’t directly related to slot cars, but it is certainly part of motorsport and film history, and it was just too good an opportunity to miss. With a cast list including James Garner, Francoise Hardy, Graham Hill, Juan Manuel Fangio, Jim Clark, and many, many more the film was an epic period piece, but what a period.
Arguably the finest era of Formula One, captured in stunning detail with some of the best racing sequences ever.
If you’ve never seen the film before, please make sure you do. And if you have, we hope you enjoy this little look at some of the publicity shots and behind the scenes photos. Highly recommended.