At our WHO Goodwood Revival Saturday we race models of cars from the 1948-1966 era, when the Goodwood racing circuit in West Sussex held regular national and international race meetings. The aim of the day is to recreate the atmosphere of the Goodwood Revival historic racing festival that has been held since 1998. Our racing uses the Scalextric Sport Digital system and RCS64 software. Cars are run without traction magnets and may be modern ready-to-run models, kits or scratch-builds with plastic chassis. We race on a layout inspired by the Goodwood Motor Circuit and featuring a single-lane chicane...

   

This is a summary of our current Goodwood Revival classes, but the full car regs in the pdf should be consulted if you are preparing a car to race. Those regs can be downloaded from our website here: http://www.whoracing.org.uk/who_digital.html

• Club Car Rotation: Six race-prepared Goodwood Revival club cars race for two minutes by each driver. The total laps completed will count towards the final result.
  
• St Mary’s Trophy (Parts I & II): A two-part pairs race (one ten-minute heat per driver) for 4-seat, hard top saloon cars 1948-1966. The aggregate of the two drivers’ scores count towards the final result. RTR models by Scalextric, Carrera and Revell with standard S-Can motors or FF as fitted. Also George Turner kits (GTM chassis) or other bodies with PCS32 chassis. Wheel & tyre width: Minimum 5mm, maximum 10mm.
  
• Richmond Trophy: An individual sprint race for front-engined 2.5-litre Grand Prix cars 1948-1960 to include George Turner kits, plus Cartrix and Scalextric RTR cars. Wheels & tyres: minimum diameter 19mm, minimum width 5mm, maximum width 7.5mm. Rear track must not exceed a maximum overall width of 55mm.
  
• Whitsun Trophy: An individual race for Sports Prototype and Can-Am cars to 1966, including various RTR models and George Turner kits. Maximum tyre width 10mm. Slot.it and Policar models are now eligible for the Whitsun Trophy, but must be run as with a built kit - using a Scalextric or PSR AC6 motor and Scalextric gear ratios.
  
• Kinrara Trophy: A 45-minute team race for 1959-64 closed-cockpit GT cars. Must have headlights fitted and use a Scalextric or PSR AC6 S-can motor. A 3D-printed chassis with Slot.it pod (inline or Sidewinder) may be used, or suitable George Turner cars with resin chassis. Wheels & tyres: minimum diameter 19mm, minimum width 5mm, maximum width 7.5mm.
  
• RAC TT Celebration: A pairs race (with driver change) for 1959-64 closed-cockpit GT cars featuring front-motored RTR models by Scalextric, Revell and Fly, using original wheels only. To run in October 2023 as the Birkett Relay warm-up race. A reserve class for September.
  
• Sussex Trophy: A 45-minute team race for 1950-59 World Championship sports cars and production sports racing cars featuring kits by George Turner, Racing Replicas, OCAR etc using a Scalextric or PSR S-can motor. A limited number of RTR models are also included as options. Wheels & tyres: minimum diameter 19mm (front) 21mm (rear), minimum width 5mm, maximum width 7.5mm. Maximum overall width of car 57mm. To be run in October 2023 as the first hour of the Birkett Relay race. A reserve class for September.
  
  

Motors. From 2023, all built kits and scratch built cars must be powered by either a standard Scalextric C8146 S-Can motor or the Pendles PSR AC6 double-shaft can. Kits requiring a slim can motor should use the PSR AC1 can.

The schedule for this year's event is as follows...

   

We do encourage racers to make even a small effort to dress in period costume - as at the real event. However, authenticity ends when it comes to catering - prices at the local chippy and Tesco Express shouldn't break the bank.

I decided to start a new thread on my Carrera BMW M4 kit bash after a few posts in the What’s on your  bench section. To recap, tired of waiting for the promised Sideways car, I decided to tackle the Carrera version. Converting to sidewinder using ProSpeed Slot Car 3DP chassis, slot.it ball bearing motor pod and NSR Shark 25K motor with slot.it 11/32 gears. Finished chassis is 19 gm lighter than Carrera. Body is also getting a trim. No body grinding or gouging, but trim pieces have lightened. Interior tray is Sideways lexan M6 fitted with Carrera driver and roll bar, saving 9 gm of high-up weight.
I love the wire routing bits under the fron axle. Nice attention to detail by the file maker.

Two of my Policar 412 white kit builds from the past few years using homemade decals.

       

And the two latest releases from Policar per the Digest. 

       

Does this make me an “influencer”?  

What is the best way to remove masking tape adhesive which has transferred onto a painted model surface ?

Links to listening and watching options: Talking Utter Slot Podcast

From re-issued Auto Unions via BMW white kits to slot shops in Austria selling only Carrera digital, there's a distinctly Germanic flavour to this episode.

There's discernible joy at the thought of well-made wire wheels, despair at the lack of variety in Spirit BMW liveries (and the subsequent sacrifice of a gorgeous Gitanes scheme) and fond recollections of the 70s with the help of James Hunt, Gerry Marshall and Big Bertha. Don't worry, that last one is a car, honest.

Are there any track planning programs that can plan a track for you ? i.e you enter your footprint size , track stock and it comes up with a suggestions ?

Thanks in advance.

With the Touring Proxy underway, thought I’d Star a build page for the GT Proxy in the Spring

Upstate NY member new to the site and just wanted to say hi. Just received my Carrera Race to Victory and can’t wait to get started.  Thanks, Joe

You can tell I’m new here.   Thanks, Joe