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Manx Slot Car Club - 2026 race reports & results
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Race report and results - 5thMarch 2026 - Sports followed by the NSR Mosler ‘Club Challenge 2026’ #2  - 
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SPORTS

   
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Another grand turnout tonight as eleven club members helped put together a rapid night's racing.
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With nearly everyone racing NSR Moslers later in the evening alternative options were chosen for the Sports race - except Mike who thought we were racing Saloons and only brought one car, his Moggy Racer Small Saloon which was hugely out-gunned but he enjoyed racing it.
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Eight of us raced Prostock Class cars, split 50/50 NSR and SlotIt with the other two racing metal chassis Open Class cars.
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Two black Audi LMP’s in the same race (twice), what could go wrong… and it did, that confusion possibly costing Paul a podium place.
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Kev’s GT40 originally planned to make it’s race debut a couple of weeks ago in the GT40 night had a good dice with Jamie’s bright orange Audi with the GT40 finishing on the top of the podium ahead of the Audi.
Third place was between Brian’s Audi, Macaulay’s Nissan and Paul’s Audi.  With the many incidents tonight any of those three could have come out top.
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Brian H opted to race an upgraded Scalextric Jaguar XKRS in his first race but had to swap for an NSR Porsche for the other two races when the motor jumped out of the motor mount in the Jag.  Matthew racing the club NSR Mosler drove well to stay comfortably ahead of Brian’s Jag.
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Terry, racing one of the two SlotIt Audis tonight, had a best run in the Yellow lane.
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Geoff’s Revoslot Toyota GT1 got a runout for the first time in ages and went as good as the club Revos which is high praise indeed.  He was up against Andy’s brass chassis Ford GT40 which was too quick for the Toyota overall.

   
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NSR MOSLER ‘CLUB CHALLENGE 2026’ #2 (plus Sports part 2) - track at 11 volts

   
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No Championship this year but we’re still racing each other, separately from the other Sports racers.
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Four regular NSR Mosler ‘Club Challenge’ racers plus Paul as a new challenger with a brand new car and Geoff as an honorary entrant having been in the original two series, making six eligible cars.
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Those of us who raced the first ‘challenge’ of 2026 a few weeks ago had a bit more grip this time as the tyres hadn’t sat unused for months.  Andy, Paul & Geoff were a little down on grip but going very nicely. 
Paul’s new Mosler’s tyres will quickly polish on the track in the next ‘Challenge’.  It will also take him a bit of time to find the sweet spot for the club controller as we’re all different with settings.
Geoff’s Clarion Mosler was able to get round in the 5.9’s last time he raced it, those fast times will return after a couple more runs to get the tyres beach up to speed.
Andy and Brian L both managed to jump lanes over the timing strip, missing a lap (later added in the results), they finished just over one lap apart overall with Kev’s sticker bomb Mosler comfortably ahead with a 30 lap run in Blue lane and a high 5.7s lap.  Despite lacking a little grip Andy’s Gulf Mosler was flying round in the 5.9’s.  Mike’s Mosler also managed to get into the 5.9’s but lacked pace in the Yellow lane in the last race of the night against Brian & Kev.
I always thought Brian’s Stealth Grey Mosler was the fastest of them all, an opinion backed up by another racer last night, luck/timing/karma or whatever hasn’t been with Brian’s Mosler so far this year, as the Manx would say ‘Traa dy liooar’ (time enough).
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Sports (part 2)
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Jamie, Brian H, Macaulay, Matthew & Terry raced each other with Jamie, Brian & Macaulay racing Moslers, Matthew racing a Ferrari 250 GTO and Terry a different colour Audi R8C which might have been a good idea to race it in the Sports racing earlier to avoid confusion in those two races.
Jamie’s bright orange Mosler finished comfortably ahead of Brian H’s club Mosler.  Since putting a standard 25k motor in his Mosler, Jamie has become much more consistent and competitive.  Brian H did well with the club Mosler, managing to get into the 6.2’s.
Macaulay’s Nissan R89C ended up between the two cars ahead and the two behind, Matthew’s Ferrari 250 & Terry’s Audi R8C a lap apart.

   
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‘50p Trophy’...
Brian will endeavour to award the 50p Trophy straight after the final results so that he doesn’t forget, this weeks award was to Paul for his three heat wins with his SlotIt Audi R8C… but Paul had already left to go home after his racing.
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…enjoy the two videos!


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Next week is Slot Rally, four cars each, three unique Rally stages, twelve timed runs… enjoy!


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Race report and results - 19th March 2026 - Grand Prix & F1 followed by Saloons/Small Saloons

   
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  • Grand Prix
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Three Grand Prix cars tonight: 
  • Paul - Cartrix Aston Martin DBR4
  • Mike - Resin Mercedes W196
  • Ed - Cartrix Lancia Ferrari D50
These raced each other all night


…and three F1’s:
  • Kev - NSR F1
  • Brian - NSR F1
  • Geoff - NSR F1

These also raced each other tonight.
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The F1’s were struggling for grip, Red lane was worse, Yellow lane was better.  Probably because there was little practice done on those two lanes before racing started.

   
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Saloons/Small Saloons

   
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We raced Round Robin style this time, mixing the drivers and classes.  Although there was only one Small Saloon, Kev’s Anglia was quick enough to keep up!  Geoff called it the Harry Potter car, casting spells… “Deslottus Inexpecto”...  Bigsmile
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It’s always good to see a racing Beemer, Mike’s Fly 320i made a great first impression, let’s hope we see it again soon.
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Another newcomer on the track was Paul’s lovely SlotIt Alfa 155, what a great looking car.  It went OK first time out and should go better with more track time.
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Another Alfa 155 was Ed’s proxy car, a serious racing test before it goes off to the next proxy due to start in April.
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Brian’s Opel Calibra looked like one to beat tonight but a few too many deslots, (blame those those pesky spells cast by Harry Potters Anglia (actually it was Ron Weasley’s))
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…and Geoff’s Scooby, a quick standard car with 4WD and a Rally crew fancied a go on the circuit for a change, still managed three runners-up places in his races.

   

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…enjoy the two videos!


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Next week is Club Revoslots followed by Sports/Small Sports/Group 5 Sports… enjoy!


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Race report and results - 26th March 2026 - Club Revoslots followed by Sports
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Club Revoslots

   
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The first three to race these gave them a fair few laps to get the tyres ready to race.  Ed, Brian H & Matthew lined up to start a busy race, busy for the marshals that is as these have to be driven differently, i.e. deslot easily but they’re quick cars nevertheless.
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Paul stopped whilst in the lead on the last lap thinking the race was over only to be overtaken by Ed & Matthew who were on the same lap.  Ed chuckled, a win’s a win.
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These are all very evenly matched cars, the Porsche is the quickest on the straight, the Marcos is the most predictable and the Viper is the smoothest.

   
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Sports

   

   
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Andy decided to race the Cooper King Cobra in Small Sports along with Matthew racing a Ferrari 250 GTO.  It’s great that the small classes haven’t been forgotten, last week we saw an Anglia in Small Saloon, this week two cars in Small Sports.  Hopefully we can resurrect the Small Sport/Saloon class next year when this year's newcomers have cars for the class.
The King Cobra is a rapid little thing that punches well above its weight and managed the 2nd best overall score in Red lane, whilst Matthew drove very well with the Ferrari managing to get into the 7.3’s in Small Sport is competitive.
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Ed & Brian H raced Modified Class cars (upgraded Standard Class), Brian’s Jag had problems with the motor popping out of the mount last time out, tonight the problem was unglued tyres popping off wheels.  When he gets it sorted, the Jag should be a nice little (actually not so little) racer.
…Ed yet again chuckling his way to a (class) win this time with a Fly Porsche 908/2 which is actually a surprisingly nice running car.
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Paul raced an Open Class Ferrari 512S codalunga (codalunga is Italian for ‘long tail’, not to be confused with the Manx superstition calling R.A.T’s longtails).  Once he got into the swing of racing this for the first time, it went really well.
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Kev, Brian L & Geoff contesting Prostock Class.  Kev’s Thunderslot Mclaren too quick for Brian’s SlotIt Group C Porsche and Geoff’s Sideways Lamborghini Huracan.  “It really needs a faster motor” says Kev… “give over!!!” says Brian.
The orange Porsche slipped under the radar somewhat and a great set of drives from Brian…It’s one of his favourite cars.
Geoff’s Lambo, a standard Sideways setup but on BRM tyres, a consistently good race car.  Geoff uses BRM tyres on most of his cars, if the ones on the club Revos are anything to go by they should polish well and give super grip.

   
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Just a quick word for our Terry who will be out of action for a few weeks, look after yourself bud and see you soon.
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…enjoy the two videos!


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Next week is Next week is NSR Mosler 'Club Challenge 2026' #3 followed by Grand Prix & F1


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Race report and results - 2nd April 2026 - NSR Mosler ‘Club Challenge 2026’ #3 followed by Grand Prix & F1
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NSR Mosler 'Club Challenge 2026' #3 (track at 11v)

   
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Four ‘Club Challenge 2026’ entries - Paul, Andy, Geoff, Kev
Two other racers - Brian H, Matthew
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  • Paul’s Mosler out for the second time this year definitely went better, the tyres are bedding in and the car was a couple of tenths quicker.
  • Andy was definitely off the pace this time out, a 6.1 hot lap in his favourite lane not his usual quick self.
  • Kev’s Mosler was definitely on-it tonight and wasn’t caught.
  • Geoff’s Mosler had a torrid first heat, went better in the second and was flying in the third and last heat.
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The other two cars racing were Matthew’s Club Mosler which he won the first race of the night with and Brian’s NSR Audi R18 which had a couple of runner-up finishes, the best of which was only two seconds behind the winner.

   
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Grand Prix & F1

   
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  • Three F1’s raced together, Andy & Geoff (NSR F1), and Matthew (Scaley Dallara on a Mack chassis).
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  • Two Grand Prix cars, Paul (Cartrix Porsche 804), Kev (Cartrix Mercedes W196) and Brian H (Policar Ferrari 312B2).
   

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…enjoy the two videos!


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Next week is one of our special theme nights, this one is ‘50’s & 60’s Monsters & Minis’.

You can race two cars from this period, one must be a big car, not necessarily an American muscle car but it must be huge compared to the ‘Minis’.
Typical ‘monsters’ seen in previous events: Jaguar mk7, Ford Mustang, Ford Galaxie 500, Chevrolet Camaro - cars must be from the 50’s & 60’s.
  • Sorry, no sports cars
Typical ‘minis’ seen previously: Mini, Morris Minor, Austin Metro.  You can race any Small Saloon as a ‘Mini’ as long as it’s from the 50’s & 60’s.
  • Sorry, no sports cars

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