Thanks again to Andy for the write up  [img=25x17.99715805053711]https://slotracer.online/community/images/smilies/thumbup.gif[/img]

Round 1 of Scalextric/SCX GT class. First of all I would like say thank you to that braved the ‘slightly windy’ weather to come out and race and, made it a worth while and very fun night.
Scalextric/SCX GT is another one of our unmodified classes and as a result brings with it some close racing, cars have a low centre of gravity making them stable and fast.  The heats all proved to be close, with the only drama coming in one of the last heats when Tom’s back wheel came off down the back straight.
After all the heats has been completed everyone was geared up for their finals.
Final C put Tom up against Andy. Tom was in red and Andy was in Green.  Andy took an early lead and started to pull away that was where he stayed until the end of the race, meaning that he progressed to the B final.
The B final looked like this:
Ken in Green
Andy in Blue
Mark in Red
Paul in Yellow  
 
Racing was close between Mark and Kenwith not a lot between them in the opening few laps but Ken started to edge away causing Mark to have to push a little harder as a result this caused him to deslot and the marshal took a bit of time putting the car back onto the track. Meanwhile at the back of the field and Paul and Andy were locked in a battle for 3rd and 4th place. Paul managed to keep ahead of Andy and with Mark coming off towards the end of the race Ken took a comfortable victory.
 
So for the main final:
 
James was in green
Heather was in blue
Ken was in red
Elliot was in yellow
 
Unfortunately Heather made a jump start so that instantly put her at the back of the field meaning that she had to play catch up from the start, Ken too the race to James for the moment the light went out and that proved to be a tight battle for first but James showed his skill and kept ahead.  Heather, despite the jump start, did well to make up her lost lap and catch up to Elliot although couldn’t quite get ahead of him despite her best efforts.  So the final positions looked like this James came in First followed closely by Ken, with Elliot in third and Heather Rounding off the field.

Thanks again to Andy for the write up 

Friday 11th February saw the first round of our Rally Cars.  This was the first round of the season where drivers had s chance to modify their cars, although not too much, for the races. Limitations on the motor are in place to keep racing fair and as close as passable, but racers have free choice of things like their guide, gearing and type of wheels, this enables racers to tune the car to their driving styles.    Much to Kens delight there was a distinct lack of a certain ‘De Tomaso Pantera’ which always causes a bit of controversy when it comes to racing.  As expected there was a range of cars racing from various different manufactures,  Scalextric, Scaleauto, and SCX to name a few, all with different motor configurations.  It was good to see a lot of different cars racing from current and past WRC cars to some classic Group B rally cars, and as you would expect the Subaru Impreza was a popular choice of car for many. 
The heat races provided some close and interesting racing, with the only major technical issue coming when Jake crashed and dislodged a wire from the guide causing his Impreza to become unusable, but a replacement Group B Ford RS200 was quickly put in his place to allow him to carry on for the night.
So to the finals, the C final looked like this:
Andy in Green
Darren in Blue
Tom in Red
Kevin in yellow 
 
All racers started well but the main fight for the lead was between Andy and Darren, both racers were producing good lap times and swopping places but in the end Andy managed to get the across the line first with a small lead, followed by Darren, Kevin and then tom.  Andy promoted to the B final.
 
The B final would prove to be a tough final with some fast racers in,
Paul in Green
Mark in Blue
Andy in Red
Eliot in Yellow
 
This was a very competitive final and anyone watching would think that it could have been the main final with Paul, Mark and Elliot all showing good speed throughout the race, but Mark in his Impreza began to pull out a good lead, thanks to some very quick laps and his car proving to be very stable, and there he stayed and took the flag first, Paul came in Second, Elliot Third and Andy, struggling with pace and keeping his car on track, brought up the rear.
 
Main final, the last and final race of the night for the top four positions of the night.
Ken in Green
Tel in Blue
Mark in Red
James in Yellow

The race everyone was looking forward to the fastest four drives fighting it out for first place and the chance to win the round 1.   All drivers were quick of the line and Ken was doing well keeping up with James for a good proportion of the race but a few too many offs allowed Tel and Mark to catch up and overtake him, although by this point James had built up a good lead and there was not enough laps left in the race for either Mark or Tel to catch him up.  James came through in a clear first place, Tel pushed ahead of Mark for second and Ken rounding off the pack.

Thanks to Andy for the write up 

  
Friday 4th February saw round one of the Mussel Bay BTCC get underway. This week we welcomed back Elliot and Mark. The usual practice got under way, Mark and Elliot soon got dialled back into the track and Jake was producing vary consistent lap times, with all driver having a good practice session racing goy underway with the heat races. the car of choice for most drivers seemed to be the Honda Civic but the BMW 1 Series was also cropping up a fair bit.
Various technical/mechanical faults plagued some drivers in the heats; half way through one of Kens races his BMW 1 Series starts to slow down when the pinion gear came unglued from his motor and eventually ground to a halt forcing him to swap out his car for his back up MG 6.
Kevin was also having issues during his heat race with when a small off caused some minor damage and having to be swapped out for a BMW 1 Series for the remainder of the race, James was called upon to try and sort out Kevin’s car. Other people  having issues in the heats were Darren and Alan, Darren with his tire coming unglued from the rim and Alan appearing to have some stability issues and struggling to keep his Civic on the track.  All this action meant that some of the drivers had a bit of work to do during the break to get their cars ready for the finals.

The first final C lined up like this Kevin in Green, Darren in Blue, Andy in Red and Elliot in Yellow. At this point Kevin was struggling for a competitive car due to various issues in the heats so he had to break out an old classic Audi A4. Whilst it was good to see something different on the track Kevin soon realised why most people race the more modern cars as the old Audi started to show its age with a wobbly front axel that caused stability issues. In the end Elliot came through in first place followed by Andy, Darren and Kevin bringing up the rear with the Audi. This promoted Elliot to the ‘B’ final.

Starting grid for the B final was Alan in Green, Paul in Blue, Heather in Yellow and the promoted Elliot in Red.  Racing got underway and was very close for the first few laps but after a while Elliot started to pull out a lead and that’s where he stayed for the rest of the race finally coming through to take the win, coming in second was Heather Third was Paul and Forth was Alan. 

The last race of the night was the Grand Final with 4 of the evenings best racers putting it all on the line to decide on the best racer of the night. This is how they lined up on the grid: James in Green, Mark in Red, Ken in Yellow, and Elliot, doing things the hard way by winning both the ‘C’ and ‘B’, in Blue. With the beast racers of the night line up on the grid the Grand Final was going to be fast and furious and it did not disappoint. Ken’s Mg was doing well with keeping up with James in his Civic and Mark in the 1 series and racing was close but in the end James did just enough to keep Mark at Bay with Ken coming in third and it proved to be one final too many for Elliot as he came in forth.

   
C4226 Knight Rider K.I.T.T. RRP £53.99. Scheduled Spring 2022

The co-star of Knight Rider – alongside David Hasselhoff - Knight Industries Two Thousand (K.I.T.T.) was a massively futuristic car for the time. It’s a customised 1982 Pontiac Trans-Am and still looks great today – although the tech inside is gloriously ‘retro’ for modern viewers. Mind you, it took Apple and Amazon three decades to bring us Siri and Alexa – and neither of them quite matches up to K.I.T.T...



The Scalextric model doesn’t speak, but it does have the red strobe light at the front that moves just like on the real car. The Scalextric model has a standard short-can motor in sidewinder orientation and is Digital Plug Ready...

   

The individual release - in full Knight Rider themed and licensed packaging - is expected in the next couple of months. These images are of the final signed pre-production sample. As you'll remember from the 2022 catalogue, K.I.T.T. will also feature alongside the DeLorean time machine in a new 80s-themed set...

   

This is scheduled for an autumn release - crucially in time for the all-important Christmas market...

   

Part of the hugely popular 'Film & TV' range, these cars aren't everyone's cup of tea... but the various Batman, Bond, Back to the Future and Only Fools and Horses releases have been a vital part of Scalextric's renaissance over the past few years - and - hopefully - into the future. Not only have they thrilled existing Scalextric fans (including myself), but the Film & TV cars have attracted significant numbers of new and returning enthusiasts to the hobby. And let's not forget, the sales have given scope for some great catalogues - packed full of a wide range of new releases. Sadly, the pandemic has hit manufacturing and delivery schedules, but it's good to see the models getting here eventually.

A big thank you to the Scalextric Team for providing images. Keep an eye out on the forum this Friday - I might just have an exclusive pre-production picture for you...

We are based at Ashill Community Centre, Norfolk.
We have a large 4 lane routed track and meet most Friday evenings from 8pm.

First visit is free, thereafter, £5 per person per meeting.

Current Race calendar is scheduled as below:



Although from now (4th April) we are currently not active due to car park resurfacing, I will update when we are back racing.

Rules and Classes:

All cars must have wheels/tyres within the bodywork.
Use only tape/lighter fluid to clean tyres only 3in1 or similar oil to be used on tyres.
Please ensure all chassis screws etc are taped up they can do a LOT of damage to someone elses car.

Weight may be added to all cars.

Sports GT


Any manufacturer (no metal chassis or sponge tyres permitted)
Must be plastic or resin body
No limit on motor rpm
Use of 3D printed chassis, Slot It HRS chassis, MB Slot chassis etc allowed
Components from any manufacturer of plastic body/chassis cars allowed

Wheels and tyre must not protrude outside of bodywork



GT3 / Group5

Any manufacture (no metal chassis or sponge tyres permitted)

Motor limit of rated 20.5k max  @12v  permitted motors are;

Slot it yellow can flat 6

Ninco NC5/14

Racer Sideways 17k baby raptor

Other motors may be permitted as testing allows.

Motor to be inline only, free wheel/gearing/tyre/guide choice
Wheels and tyre must not protrude outside of bodywork


Goodwood A

Any manufacture BUT NO open wheel cars that raced up to and including 1972 (no metal chassis or sponge tyres permitted)

Free wheel/tyre/gearing/guide choice

Wheels and tyre must not protrude outside of bodywork.

Chassis must be plastic, 3D printed, slot it HRS, MB slot allowed

Bodies and interiors to remain stock, NO LEXAN interiors unless car body is resin.

Motors allowed S-Can only:

NSR shark 20k (NSR3004)

Slot It 21k 21.5k (SI-MX15, stock motor in most slot it cars SI-MX06)

Fly/Scalextric/SRC/Slot Wings rated up to max 22k @12v

Thunder Slot 21.5k (Mach 21)

Scaleauto 20k (Tech 1 or SC-0020)



Goodwood B


Current American muscle class also aloud any cars that raced up to and including 1972

Box standard cars from Scalextric, scx, pioneer

Urethane tyres may be used as replacement for the originals

Wheels and tyre must not protrude outside of bodywork



BTCC

Box standard cars from Scalextric inline only any BTCC cars can be used from old to new.

The only exception being you can change the tyres for slot it F15/22 tyres. Urethanes may only be used on the older cars (pre2016 cars) as replacement tyres for the original

Wheels and tyre must not protrude outside of bodywork



Scalextric/SCX GT

Box standard class

Wheels and tyre must not protrude outside of bodywork

Cars allowed, If in doubt just ask.



Scalextric

Aston Martin DBR9, Maserati MC12 & Trofeo, Jaguar XKRS, Dodge Viper, Ferrari F40 & F430, Porsche 911GT3R, TVR Speed 12 & Tuscan, Ford GT & GTR, Lamborghini Diablo & Gallardo, Toyota Supra, Honda NSX, Nissan 350Z & Skyline, Mercedes SLR Mclaren, McLaren MP4-12C, Audi R8 LMS, Lotus Evora, Bugatti Veyron, Chevrolet Corvette C6R & Camaro



SCX

Porsche 911GT3, Aston Martin DBR9 & Vantage, Chevrolet Corvette C6R, Ferrari F40, 550 Maranello, F360 Modena, 599 GTB Fiorano & FXX, Morgan Aero 8, BMW M3GTR, Porsche RSR, Mercedes SLS GT3, Seat Torledo





Rally

Must be a rally or rally cross car, any period allowed. Must have rally/rallycross livery (can be fictional).
No Slot.it, NSR, Racer or OSC.
Specific cars not allowed:
Ninco Lambo Gallardo
SRC Peugeot 205
Ninco RX
Fly BMW M1
Scaleauto Porsche 991
Scalextric start Rally cars
Ferrari 308 GTB
Ford GT
Ferrari 360

If in doubt about the eligibility, check with James or Tel before purchase.
Stock chassis, no aftermarket, different compound or 3D allowed.
Must remain with the stock manufacturer pod, but may be changed for preferred motor configuration (Inline/Sidewinder/Anglewinder) using that cars manufacturer pod only.
2 wheel drive and 4 wheel drive allowed.
Stock interior must be retained, minimum trimming allowed only if required to fit different motor configuration.
Box Stock tyres or BRM/Slot.It F22 tyres only.

Motors allowed: Stock up to max 20k @12v rated (NC6 allowed Ninco cars only) or Scaleauto Tech1 20k "Mabucchi" size or "Long can" only.

Weight, Chassis trimming to allow "float" and bracing allowed.

Free Guide Choice.

Free choice of wheels, but no Air Hubs allowed.

Free Gearing /Axle/Bearing choice (any manufacturer).

   

In June, it'll be two years since we started these HO proxy drag races in the UK. There have been sixteen races so far, with the classes gradually evolving - but somewhat limited by the length of the wall the Rock County Eighth Mile is attached to!

Although the pandemic that sparked a need for these 'socially-distant' races is now less of a threat, it is certainly not over... And even though parent-club WHO Racing will be back in action this month, the proxy drag event will continue with an annual structure that looks something like this...

• March - Spring Speed Nationals: All the classes run in the previous year
  
• June - The Inline Show: Various inline motor classes
  
• September - Pancake Power: A mix of pancake motor classes, plus the core Micro Scalextric Street Stock race
  
• January 2023 - Nostalgia Nationals: A range of different classes, all with nostalgia bodies... apart from Street Stock, which runs with any Micro Scalextric body
  

These are this year's events...

   

The Spring Nationals have been and gone, but we still have three mid-week races to look forward to in 2022.

• 12-13 March - Spring Speed Nationals. Report here
  
• 14-15 June - The Inline Show. Report here
  
• 13-14 September - Pancake Power. Report here
  
• CANCELLED - Nostalgia Nationals. Report here
  

Attached below is a pdf booklet with all the information you need to take part in the proxy drag racing this year...



Have a read through the pdf and if there's anything you need clarifying, just ask a question on this thread!

Going to Spain in a couple of weeks and thinking of seeking out a slot car shop. Currently have a Scalextric Sport track analogue layout; anything I should look out for?

Does anyone know the difference in the scaleauto guides sc-1608 and sc-1608b. The 1608b states for Ninco track, but what is the real difference between the 2 guides?
The depth of both guides are 7mm & shaft 3.5mm.  Is it the length of the guide or thickness?   Can't find the info anywhere.

Hi everyone, I'm a newby so please forgive me if I get it wrong.
Hope someone can help, I'm looking for a toneau for C65/C306 Alfa Romeo 1/32.
Thanks in advance.
keith2b2.

   

Slot.it CA36e Opel Calibra V6 - ITC Mugello 1996 - Oliver Gavin. RRP £64.95. Available now.


It's always a treat to receive a bundle of photographs from Galileo Engineering - and this latest batch is no exception. Featuring another tasty livery on Slot.it's awesome Opel Calibra V6 DTM racer, the car is also a nice tribute to British driver Oliver Gavin, who retired from motorsport last year.

       

Bedfordshire-born Gavin was a rising star in the mid-90s. At 19-years-old he'd won the prestigious Autosport 'Young Driver of the Year' award for 1991, hitting the headlines as winner of the British National Formula First Championship. Gavin finished runner-up in the British Formula Vauxhall Championship the following year and moved up to the highly-competitive British Formula 3 Championship in '93 - winning five races and ending the season runner-up. A disappointing year in Formula 3000 followed, but Gavin returned to British F3 and took the 1995 title with six wins, overcoming fierce rival - and future Jordan F1 driver - Ralph Firman in the final race at Thuxton. For Gavin, a test drive with the Pacific F1 team materialised during the year and he was scheduled to drive at the 1995 season-ending Australian Grand Prix... but the FIA refused him a Super Licence in rather controversial circumstances. Pacific folded soon after and Gavin's rise was halted...

       

Pictured above with other former 'Young Driver of the Year' winners at the 1996 award ceremony, Ollie Gavin (third from left) spent that year racing in the FIA International Touring Car Championship - the short-lived global expansion of the German DTM. He'd got a season-long contract with one of the big-hitters - Joest Racing, who were effectively the Opel works team. Depending where the ITC was racing, Gavin's #8 Calibra carried either Opel or Vauxhall sponsorship...

       

However, as team-mate Manuel Reuter battled Bernd Schneider and Alessandro Nannini for the 1996 ITC championship, Gavin's best results were a pair of sixth places at the Estoril weekend in May. Arriving at the crucial Mugello round, Gavin was forced to hand his car to championship-leader Reuter and make do with the spare. ITV's Simon Taylor takes up the story, with lots of coverage of Brits Gavin and Franchitti...



It was certainly a better weekend for the Scotsman, with a fourth and a second - moving up to third in the championship standings, behind Schneider and Reuter. Race 1 started well for Gavin in the Opel, passing eight cars to end the first lap in eighth - only to be scuppered by a Stop & Go penalty for nerfing Modena's Alfa. A decent start in Race 2 fizzled out in a retirement. Gavin was dropped for Hockenheim, returning at the final two rounds in Brazil and Japan - 16 points left him in twenty-third place and looking around for a drive to re-boot his career. His most significant role was three seasons driving the F1 safety car - although he would have much preferred to be in a car following it.

       

Of course, Ollie Gavin joined Corvette in 2002 and carved out a magnificent palmarès in international sports car racing. At Corvette, Gavin has more starts (202), championships (five), race wins (51), 24 Hours of Le Mans victories (five) and pole positions (25) than any other driver in the programme’s history. One particularly memorable victory was at Daytona in 2016, when Gavin held off Antonio García's sister Corvette to win the GTLM class by just 0.034 seconds at the end of 24 hours. Oliver Gavin announced his retirement in October 2020 - and his final race was a fourth place finish in class at the 2021 WEC Spa 6-Hours, this time alongside García. He now runs his own driving academy, in partnership with Corvette - and is interviewed by Simon Arron in this week's Motorsport magazine.

       

Back to Gavin's Opel - and his is the sixth livery on Slot.it's Calibra V6 - plus a white kit, that has just been re-released (with no major revisions, I'm told). Of course, Reuter eventually won the championship in 1996 - his black car was produced by Slot.it, alongside another 1996 Joest Calibra of Alex Wurz. The DTM/ITC Calibra was 4-wheel drive - and although the Slot.it model is rear-wheel drive, it is relatively easy to convert using the Slot.it 4WD components. Indeed, suitable wheel inserts are included under the tray. As you can see, the car is fitted with the new SP45 cables, allowing a Slot.it Carrera or Scalextric digital chip to be fitted without any soldering.

The Ollie Gavin Opel is available to buy now from all your usual Slot.it retailers. It's the best of the Classic DTM/TC range, so they usually get snapped up pretty quick.

A big thanks to Jo, Stefano and the team at Galileo Engineering for sending us the pictures and answering questions.