Hi everybody,

2022 Only has a few days left before a new year arrives.
Time to thank the moderators and everyone who contributed to SlotRacer Online for making this site the place to be for slot car enthusiasts.
The layout is stunning again this year and it is a great pleasure to be online at this Forum.
Well done to all of you!

Hub

   

Jan 6th Bracket race at the 2ND Floor Racing all invited for a night of fun.HO  !/4 mile strip 28v of power, no controllers needed, they are built in. This is a Viper made track. We open at 6 with racing around 7, also we do a light challenge at every event. We can be open on other days for racing  if we have at least 20 cars present. Fridays is a 100% pay back and how many cars determines how many spots we pay. 1st round buy back which funds go in the purse.We are open for practice and never a fee during the week nights. There's no pit fees, no practice fees, no controller fees we are here to have fun. Yes donations are accepted , your choice but not necessary. Here's what you pay for 1.00 per car entry, 1.00 for light challenge and 1.00 for buy back. High Roller races are more and Super High Roller are even more.How light challenge works like this one car only 1.00 , get a perfect light .0000 and win the pot , no winner money carries over to next event. High Roller races will be once a month and Super High Roller once every 3 months.  These are all bracket races High Roller is 5.00 per car and Super is 10.00 a car not for the weak at heart. We are new and we have a very nice place that will remain here , you even get a time slip at the end of your run. Our address is 655 Smokestown Road Denver Pa. If you plan on coming any day please call ahead as sometimes i have to go out. 717-336-4144 like if your coming to test and tune call ahead first. Come and enjoy one of the nicest HO drag strips around.From now to Jan 6th we will not have any events but you are welcome to come see and test and tune..

Many of us will know the company led by Max Girardo and that they have established a practice of serving up a Festive Season video. 
2022 edition has slot-car content -  
Linky - https://www.facebook.com/girardoandco/vi...796222798/  

Its on Facebook so perhaps not suitable for some viewers...

The Facebook Video link doesn't seem to like it :

Scalextric and Hornby Club members get year long free admission to the Hornby Visitor Centre but there is obviously an upfront cost to join these clubs.

However, Hornby have just launched a new model railway scale (TT120) and a club to go with it. Membership of this new one is currently free so long as you sign up before 31st January next year. LINK Join and you will get a lot of stuff that is of no interest to you whatsoever but it also comes with the aforesaid free admission to the centre.

If you are planning a visit in the next year then why not take advantage of it?

'Which' have just done a comparison review on these. LINK

A bit simplistic for enthusiasts like us but worth a look anyway.

1/32 NASCAR Scale Scalextric and SCX
Friday 30th December 2022 7pm
Everyone is welcome
Two races, one on the Oval and a second race on the road course.
This is an open event, everyone is welcome, we aim to make this an enjoyable event for both novice and experienced racers, bring the family.
1/32 SCX and or Scalextric NASCARS. Standard cars with wired guides will be competitive but as the cars are now getting quite old, we allow any Scalextric “S” can type motor up to 20k rpm and alloy wheels, competitive loan cars will be available.
If you want the full set of rules they can be found here but so long as it’s a plastic chassis and you avoid silicon tyres you will be fine
http://www.rockinghamslotcarclub.co.uk/ewExternalFiles/NASCAR%20250418.pdf
 The results will be added from both races to find the champion, with Trophies for the overall winner, best visitor, best junior and ladies trophy.
This will probably count to the UK Hardbody Scale Racing Ranking 

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1/32 NASCAR Scale Scalextric and SCX
Friday 30th December 2022 7pm
Everyone is welcome
Two races, one on the Oval and a second race on the road course.
This is an open event, everyone is welcome, we aim to make this an enjoyable event for both novice and experienced racers, bring the family.
1/32 SCX and or Scalextric NASCARS. Standard cars with wired guides will be competitive but as the cars are now getting quite old, we allow any Scalextric “S” can type motor up to 20k rpm and alloy wheels, competitive loan cars will be available.
If you want the full set of rules they can be found here but so long as it’s a plastic chassis and you avoid silicon tyres you will be fine
http://www.rockinghamslotcarclub.co.uk/ewExternalFiles/NASCAR%20250418.pdf
 The results will be added from both races to find the champion, with Trophies for the overall winner, best visitor, best junior and ladies trophy.
This will probably count to the UK Hardbody Scale Racing Ranking 

There is a potential problem when slot cars are stored with their tyres touching a surface because they tend to develop flat spots, particularly if they have been treated with oil. If you have mint cars in the normal plastic box then it is advisable to remove the tyres and store them separately but this is obviously impractical if you play with them as it is too much of a faff to continually remove and replace the tyres every time.

Now TruSpeed are best known for their excellent range of controllers but they also do a very useful accessory which can help with this:

Just the job for storing your race cars or to display your collection. All my race car shelves are fitted with them:


I also use them as a storage base in my carry case and they are ideal at a race meeting to set the cars down on between heats. The car sits firmly with no chance of damage to the guide or brushes, and the wheels are all kept off the surface to ensure no dust is picked up.


Made from flat cold rolled aluminium providing a precision flat plate to set up slot car chassis it has a machined slot for the guide to set into to check chassis, ride height, and general set-up and comes in natural colour or matt black.

Verdict
At just £1.50 each for the display holder and £4.95 for the set up plate they are excellent value and highly recommended.

Been fed up chasing tools around the desk or from a tray/drawer, so created a tool rack as shown, which screws to the underside of the shelf that runs over my desk in the Summerhouse. The rack has a variety of cut outs to take as shown all the tools I like to have to hand when dabbling with slot cars.

   

Rack prints upside down without supports and is 264 x 61mm square so should fit most FDM printers.

   

And a short version in 2 parts for those with tiny printers.



Cheers
           JMay.