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Digest 38
Published by woodcote on Sep 19, 2021
Slot Car Racing
- Bury St Edmunds Slot Car Club It was back to ‘The Big Track’ for the Suffolk club last week – having run on the ‘Short Bentley’s’ at their return meeting. Classes were Club Escorts, Owner/Driver Saloons, club Porsche 911s and Owner/Driver Rally Cars. You can read the report in the Your Club section of the forum.
- Extreme Slotting Proxy The off-road proxy tour of Britain continued in Liverpool this weekend. You can see how the diverse field got on in the Proxy Racing section of the forum.
Slot Cars
- Velasor Charlotte Vowden explores the history and vision of Velasor, who create some of the most wonderfully detailed slot cars ever produced. “Meticulously fabricated with a minimum of ten functional and mobile features, Velasor models are a feat of quirky human endeavour.”
- Avant Slot Subaru STi These two Subarus – plus a UK exclusive Cosworth version – will be available in the next few weeks. You can find out more in the SlotRacer News section.
- SlotRacer Bernard has been sharing some marvellous rarities over on the SlotRacer Facebook group, including this VIP 1/18 scale Triumph TR2 which was used at the 1956 British Industries show on the Alpine Rally display.
- Maralic Models & Avant Slot Another rally service vehicle collaboration is about to hit the shelves. The Grifone version is due this month, with the Martini Racing van following in October.
Tracks & Scenery
- Belgian Kyalami Anthony’s new Revell track is coming along nicely, and with a little help from Rallyhub’s treetorials the distinctive scenery is being built up.
- Podiums The first new product in a while from WASP is a podium with backdrops. All three of the backdrops shown are included.
Publications
- Slot Car Magazine The September issue has forty-four pages covering a whole swathe of slot car news, building, customising, tuning, tyre testing and more. Great material for some autumn / winter projects. As always, you can read the contents page in the SlotRacer News section.
History
- British Racing Motors The Goodwood Revival celebrated BRM’s inaugural Grand Prix 70 years ago and brought together the largest collection of BRMs ever assembled in one place. A New BRM website looks back at that history – plus the recreation of three authentic ‘new’ 1950s V16 race cars. Definitely worth a look.
Motorsport
- Goodwood Revival 2021 If you didn’t follow the live stream from West Sussex, all the action from the weekend can be viewed via the various Goodwood platforms. Find out more and join the chat about the weekend over in the Motorsport section of the forum.
- NASCAR Playoffs The final race of the first round of the 2021 playoffs took place after dark on the legendary Bristol half-mile oval. You can watch eleven minutes of highlights via Fox on YouTube.
- Azores Rallye With possibly some of the most unusual and spectacular scenery on an international rally, the 55th running of the Azores Rallye took place this weekend. You can catch plenty of the action via the European Rally Championship YouTube Channel.
- European Le Mans Championship There was another title to add to the palmarès of Formula One, WRC and Le Mans racer Robert Kubica, making up a little for that final lap heartbreak at La Sarthe last month. Victory at the 4 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps secured the LMP2 team and driver titles for Orlen Team WRT, Kubica, Yifei Ye and Louis Deletraz.
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Software
Published by JasonB on Jun 27, 2021 in Features, Updates
If you’re feeling a little adventurous, and if you have a modicum of patience, then you might be interested in our retro software packages. They’re all free, and they’re all useful in their own way.
We have a track designer, a slot car inventory, a race management sytem, and even an advanced combination of all three for Scalextric.
Scalextric Sport World
Sport World offers a 3d Scalextric track designer, a comprehensive car library and technical manual, a driver database, and a wide range of race types and features. We’ve got the files for you to recreate the original software CD.
Slot Man
SlotMan, short for Slot Car Manager, is a track designer and track timing software originally developed by Wolfgang Krech. It may be a little outdated but it still does the job, and it also allows editing of track sections to make new pieces, so it’s very flexible.
Lap Timer 2000 & Slot Cars 2000
Gregory Braun may have sadly passed away, but he’s left his legacy in the form of two useful bits of kit…
Lap Timer 2000 is a lightweight and easy to use race management system for home use, and Slot Cars 2000 is a comprehensive slot car inventory. You can check out both for free.
It costs absolutely nothing to check out these applications, and who knows, you might just find one that floats your boat. Just click below to grab your downloads.
Library Update
Published by JasonB on Jun 24, 2021 in Features, Updates
The latest update to the Library brings us a dozen additions to our burgeoning collection of Scalextric catalogues.
Covering the periods 1970-78, and 1982-84, the new scans complete our collection for every year from 1960 to 1984, and there are many more to come.
Our new contributor, Richard Winter should really be given some sort of honarary title such as the “Holder of the National Collection of Scalextric Publications”. His collection is quite amazing, and he’s kindly scanning them for us, and filling in the gaps in our Scalextric library. Many thanks Richard.
The Chronicle
Published by JasonB on Mar 25, 2021 in Features, History, Slot Cars, Updates
Slot Car History
The SlotRacer Chronicle aims to document some interesting thoughts and memories of slot racing history, with our very own slot car stalwart and ex-editor of the NSCC Journal, Brian Rogers.
It’s a bit of a rebranding, and hopefully an improvement on what we used to call “The Pit Lane”, but we’ve also got several new additions.
So, as well as the lavishly illustrated and well documented history of Maxi Models…
… the history of Vanquish MG…
… and the questionable choices of Scalextric and SCX,
… we’ve also made some substantial additions.
Additions
Firstly we’ve added Brian’s detailed account of the forty year history of a venerable, long standing and innovative organisation, namely the National Scalextric Collector’s Club, or NSCC, one of the mainstays of our hobby.
Next Mr Rogers takes a look at the origins, the precursors, and the genesis of the now hugely popular UK Slot Car Festival, detailing the slot car shows which preceded it, and perhaps made it possible.
And last but not least, he recounts the story of possibly the ultimate hillclimb slot track, which was exhibited, and more importantly raced at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, and the NSCC Slot Rally show of 2006.
There are always going to be questions and uncertainties about where this hobby of ours is heading, but it’s also important to document as much as we can about where it’s been, what’s been done, and how we got here.