The last time I had newbies over to race, I had a number of cars to repair due to the frequent and hard collisions. So I decided I needed more robust cars for these occasions, and to protect my beautiful GT3 cars.
Now I have a dedicated race series of Lamborghini Centinarios, in colors to match the controllers.

I have relatives coming for Thanksgiving, so am planning on having races with up to six cars on the track. But just in case we only have three or four, is it possible to race with the blue, yellow, and orange controllers without rearranging the cars to the red, green, and blue controllers? I am not sure if I am describing this correctly. But does this make sense?

Rockingham Slot Car Club invite entries for our
Policar Grand Prix meeting
On Saturday 14th January 2023

The event is inspired, and based upon, the Policar event at the Slot Car Festival.
There will be races for Standard cars and cars to CSCRA rules.

Event 1
Standard Policar Grand Prix Cars

Eligible Cars.
Any of the current range of Policar GP cars.

Liveries.
Cars may race in the original Policar liveries or may be repainted if desired.
Any repaints/white kits must be painted in a genuine livery as used on the real car.

Body shell.
Must be original Policar, be as complete as possible and include suspension detail etc.
Body shells may be modified to represent alternative versions of the car at other races.
Front and Rear wings must be securely attached to the car at the start of every race.
Parts may be glued in place as desired.
(We understand that small parts, such as mirrors, can get knocked of during practice and racing and will not insist on these items being replaced during the event).

Chassis & Motor pod.
These items must be genuine Policar parts and must not be modified or have parts removed. MINOR scraping or sanding of the chassis/motor pod edges to allow for body float will be allowed.
Chassis and body screws may be loose or removed as desired but please ensure that any loose screws cannot fall out during races.
Grub screws may be fitted in the holes provided at the front of the chassis to set the front axle height.

Motor.
Must be an original Policar FF050 slim can motor of the same specification as that supplied with the car.

Gears & Rear Axle.
All gears and the rear axle must be genuine Policar parts to the same specification as supplied with the car.
The optional gear ratios may not be used for the standard class.

Wheels & Tyres.
Front wheels and tyres must be the correct Policar items for each particular car.
Front track width must remain standard.
Front tyres may be glued and trued.
Coating of the front tyres is not permitted.
Rear wheels must be the plastic originals or the Policar aluminium replacement -
Part no PWH1234-AL – and must have the correct inserts for the car fitted.
Overall width measured over the rear wheels and tyres must not exceed 65mm.
Rear tyres must be the originals or Policar F22 compound slicks - Part no PPT1219F22.
We will not be using ‘hand out tyres’ for this event.
Rear tyre may be glued and trued if desired.
Rear tyres must be dry whenever the car is placed on the track and any cleaning fluid / treatment used on the tyres must not leave any residue on the track.


Guide.
Must be a genuine Policar guide to the same specification as supplied with the car.

Braids & Lead Wire are free choice.

Additional Weight.
Weight may be added inside the car only.
No weight will be allowed underneath the chassis and any added weight must not be visible outside the car.
Note; this rule is different from that applied at Gaydon.


Event 2
CSCRA Grand Prix Classes

This will be for Formula 1 cars only and be divided into 4 classes
1. 1961-65 (CSCRA Class GP4)
2. 1966-70 (CSCRA Class GP5)
3. 1971-77 (CSCRA Class GP6)
4. 1978-82 (CSCRA Class GP7)
Note; All ‘ground effect’ cars will run in class GP7.

Standard Policar F1 cars will be permitted to enter the CSCRA classes.

All cars must conform to the CSCRA car standards for the class entered with the following additional rules:
1. All cars must be powered by a Slimline (FF050) motor.
Motor make and RPM is free choice.
2. All cars must be use a genuine Policar F1 motor mount and gear box assembly.
Part numbers PC-H01, PC-H01as, PC-H03, PC-H03as.
MINOR modifications are permitted to these mounts to make them fit.
3. All cars must use genuine Policar gears & rear axle.
The optional Policar rear axle ratios are permitted.
4. All cars must be painted in the livery of a real Formula 1 car as it raced in an actual Formula 1 race.
5. ‘Ground effect’ cars in CSCRA Class GP7 may have front tyres with a minimum diameter of 16mm, not 17mm as stated in the CSCRA Car Standards. (This is because the Andi Rowland 3D printed chassis for cars in this class have been designed for this size).

Rockingham Slot Car Club invites entries to 10th edition of its annual 1/32nd Scale CSCRA ‘Winter Classic’ Race meeting.

The meeting is in the spirit of modern historic meetings such as the Goodwood Revival, the Coy’s Festival and the Monterey Historic meetings.
Cars from similar periods and of similar types will be grouped together to make up the races. There will be awards for the Class Winners within each Event, the Concours winner in each event and the Overall Champion of the meeting.

All of the events are for 1/32nd scale ‘hard body’ cars built to the Classic Slot Car Racing Association – CSCRA – Car Standards.

Event 1 – Pre War Cars.
Open to any car that raced anywhere prior to 1940.
1. CSCRA Sports Car - classes SP1a, SP1b, and SP2 and Saloon Car class SL1.
2. CSCRA Brooklands Cars.
3. CSCRA Grand Prix & Indy Car - classes GP1a, GP1b, GP2a & GP2b.

Event 2 – Sports Cars.
Open to any Sports or GT car that raced anywhere between January 1st 1963 and January 31st 1975.
1. CSCRA Sports Car class SP4 – 1963 to 1967 Open Sports, Le Mans & GT cars.
2. CSCRA Sports Car class SP5 – 1968 to 1975 Le Mans & World Championship cars.
3. CSCRA Sports Car class SP6 – 1968 to 1974 Can-Am cars.
(1966/7 Can-Am cars can race in either SP4 or SP6 classes depending on the choice of the entrant and to which standards they have been built.)

Event 3 – 3 litre Formula 1 Cars.
Open to any car that raced in any event for Formula 1 Cars from January 1st 1966 to January 31st 1982.
1. CSCRA Grand Prix class GP5 – 1966 to 1970 3 litre Formula 1 Cars.
2. CSCRA Grand Prix class GP6 – 1971 to 1977 3 litre Formula 1 Cars.
3. CSCRA Grand Prix class GP7 – 1978 to 1982 Ground effect Formula 1 cars.
(Note: The Lotus 78 will compete in this class)

All cars in all classes must comply with the CSCRA Car Standards for the class entered.
Ready to Run based cars may be entered but MUST comply with the following CSCRA Car Standards for the class entered;
Tyre maximum/minimum width and minimum diameter
Maximum overall width
Motor orientation
Ground clearance
We will be reasonably tolerant about scale wheelbase measurements for RTR cars.
(Note: MG Vanquish cars will not be permitted as they are too much over scale)

Event Format

Concours d’elegance
There will be a Concours competition for each of the three Events with an award for the winner of each. There will be no separate awards for each class within each event.

The decision as to which class within each Event you wish to enter must be made before the Concours competition begins. You can enter one car only into the Concours competition for each Event and you must race your Concours entry.

At the conclusion of the Concours competition all cars will go into parc ferme and may only be removed when required for racing.

Racing
All races will run to a Segmented Format.
3minutes on each lane – total distance covered in the 12 minutes to decide the winner.
Win from any heat.
Drivers may only race 1 car in each Event.
Should any driver suffer a total car failure Race Control shall have the discretion to allow a replacement car to be used. This is discretionary and the replacement car must be of the same class and must not be used by any other competitor.

Within each Event we will group cars from the same class together as best we can to make up the heats. Ie: Brooklands cars race with Brooklands cars, Pre war GP cars race with pre war GP cars etc.


Please indicate on this thread if you wish to have an entry.
The decision on which classes you wish to enter within each event need not be made until signing on and technical inspection on race morning.

Entry fee £5 per Event.
Payment on the day.

Details of the club location and how to find us can be found on the
Rockingham Slot Car Club website.
Details of the Classic Slot Car Racing Association Car Standards can be found on the CSCRA website.
Click on the links below to go to either.

   

Anyone within the UK able to fix this please? At a price, of course. A lighted HPI Nissan that doesn't - light, that is.

Small PCB's, LED's, fine wires, soldering and I are not compatible. I wouldn't know where to start.

Thanks for looking, regardless. 

Scalextric WRC Ford Puma

Just finished the paintwork on these 2, added a set of scale 17" wheels and happy with the results.
Liveries were inspired from Astra DTM cars, home made decals and Tamiya rattle cans used.

Yes, the tyres do need to be reversed on one car to hide the logo ;)
No ariels were in the kits, and I can not see them in any of the spares packs, hence the holes in the roofs !

   

Rather than clog the info thread, it'd be great to see progress on your builds for this proxy.

I'd thought about something totally different at the beginning of the event and have an Oldsmobile 88 printed and mostly painted but it's probably going to struggle on some Rally stages so changed my plan.  Still staying in the pre-66 Monte though but now with something slightly smaller but different from the norm - a '65 Ford Falcon Sprint

The body should be printed when I get home after work...you can see the back end in the photo, 3D resin print that takes about 11 hours at the angle it's printing (25 degrees).

   

A suitable IL chassis is underway, almost finished designing it, also 3D printed but on a filament printer.


My original entry was to be this Olds 88, it'll still see Rally action at our club, if it's nimble enough who knows it may see the next RCSP in 2024