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The third running of the WHO Autumn Stages saw 20 drivers and 55 cars tackle four stages...

• Titnore Lane: Ninco ice and tarmac
  
• Johnny's Workshop: 3D printed and braid
  
• Friston Forest: Scalextric & SCX Classic
  
• Jupp's Farm: Ninco off-road + 3D printed loops
  

Johnny's Workshop acted as a shakedown stage, with the direction reversed for the limed runs.

Philip T joined us for his first taste of a WHO slot rally club night - and he'd be one of four drivers in the club car competition, alongside James, Stephen A and Kevin.

   

All racers could enter a maximum of three cars, one in each class - Classic, 80s/90s and Modern - all running to Slot Rally GB regulations.

   

The line up was the usual mix of stock Scalextric and SCX cars, lots of Nincos, a few 3D printed chassis conversions and some high-end SRC, Scaleauto and NSR monsters. There were two championships up for grabs, with honours for the best standard Scalextric and SCX drivers. These will be combined - together with Fly and Policar Home Racers - into a new WHO Slot Rally Championship next season.

With so many new rally releases at the moment, it was great to see some of them on the stages - including these two entered by Scott...

         

And Jeremy's forest scenes make the perfect setting for a photoshoot!

With registration and scrutineering over and the four groups ready to go, it was time to get the 2026 WHO Autumn Stages underway...

   

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Stage One: Titnore Lane

Stage winner: Oliver Walker, SRC Porsche 914/6 GT

We hadn't seen Titnore Lane at a WHO club night since the Winter Stages in January. This fast, flowing stage was extended to its full length, including more twists and plenty of elevation changes. There were Ninco loops each end, with both Hobby Classic loops featuring on Jupp's Farm this time...

   

First to run Titnore Lane were Group A. Summer Stages winner Oliver was straight out of the blocks with his SRC Porsche 914, setting a sensational 37.16 second time for 3 laps. That was four an a half seconds quicker than Jeremy's Scaleauto Peugeot 208 and ten seconds quicker than both Rob Bean's Ninco Citroën C4 and Rob Allison's SRC 914. Scott was running some recent Scalextric & SCX releases, his Toyota Celica GT-Four the fastest on this stage with a 52.46.

   

Group D were next - John, Chas, Steve and Andy running mostly Scalextric and SCX, with a couple of Nincos and an Avant Slot thrown in. Fastest in the group were Andy's Ninco Subaru and Porsche 911SC, but eight seconds adrift of Oliver's leading time. Next was Steve's rapid Ford Puma, which would finish quickest of the Scalextric runners on the stage. Chas' lovely Ninco Jaguar XK-120 and Avant Slot Ferrari 308 GTB were close behind, just ahead of John's SCX Lancia Delta Integrale and Scalextric Puma WRC.

   

Terry and Mike D were joined by the club car runners in Group C. Not surprisingly, Mike went close to taking the stage lead - a 38.79 for his NSR Abarth Punto made up for a disastrously crashy run with the SRC Porsche. Terry's Ferrari 308 GTB was seven and a half seconds off the pace, but his Citroën C2 was the quickest of the SCX runners through the stage. The club car battle was intense - all four driving an SCX Renault Mégane on Titnore Lane. Philip led the way, 0.4 of a second ahead of James and 1.62 ahead of Kevin. Stephen A was just shy of 6 seconds off the club car lead. Kevin and Stephen also had their own Nincos, which went well - Kevin's Lancer grabbing sixteenth place and Stephen's Ford Focus twenty-first out of the 55 cars. Phil's SCX Impreza was up their with the club car times.

   

Last to enter the stage were Group B - the McCanns, the Fullers and Ollie B. Surprisingly, it was Kev's Teamslot Alpine that was quickest through the stage for this group - an excellent 48.42 beating Ollie's Ninco Subaru and the Ninco Lancer Kev shares with Isaac. As usual, the McCanns were running some Dakar vehicles and Mike's Ninco Pajero set a time right up with the Fullers' Scalextric Ferrari F40, which must have taken some driving on the ice! Stephen's best time was with his new Scalextric Impreza WRX, but most notable was his SCX Dakar Buggy, which came last, but comfortably inside the 120 second cut off.

Here's the result for the stage...

   

A great start for Oliver, with Mike D's Punto the closest of the chasing pack. Still early days though...

     

Next was Johnny's Workshop.

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Stage Two: Johnny's Workshop

Stage winner: Oliver Walker, SRC Porsche 914/6 GT

   

First into Johnny's Workshop were Group B. The stage was still set up for July's Slot Rally GB Saturday, so the 15 laps took at little longer than we expect for our club nights. Ollie was quickest through, stopping the clock with a 51.76 for his Ninco Subaru. The Fullers' Lancer was next - Isaac beating Kev by 1.31 seconds. Stephen's Subaru was just behind them and Mike's Pajero posted another impressive time for what is a big and top-heavy beast.

   

Group A were next and Oliver continued his excellent start to the evening by posting a 43.13 second time with his SRC Porsche 914. Times for his NSR Clio and SRC Lancia Delta weren't shoddy either and he grabbed the top three places on the stage so far. Jeremy couldn't match Oliver's pace - his Peugeot 208 was best, but six seconds behind. The Robs were neck and neck again - Rob Allison's SRC Porsche just shading Rob Bean's Ninco Citroën C4 by 0.81 of a second. Scott's Celica and SCX Škoda Fabia were evenly matched on this stage and quickest in their categories so far. His Escort RS1600 - plucked from the new Ford Motorsport Transit set - was proving a bit of a handful with stock tyres, but still posting respectable times.

   

Next were the main challengers to Scott for Scalextric and SCX honours: the Group D boys. Starting first, Andy's SCX Fiat 124 Spyder proved rather sluggish and was the slowest car in the group. John bagged the top Scalextric time on the stage with his Puma and best SCX time with the Lancia Delta Integrale - beating Chas' Škoda Fabia by just 0.13 of a second. Steve's Puma WRC was next, just ahead of his Ford Focus and John's Escort. However, top times on the stage for the group were Andy's Subaru - slotting in between Oliver's Clio and Delta in third - then Andy's Ninco Porsche and Chas' Avant Slot Ferrari, seven and a half seconds off Oliver's leading time.

   

The last group through Johnny's Workshop were Group C. The club car runners had an SCX Renault 5 Turbo on this stage. James was quickest this time, his 64.76 was two and a half seconds faster than Kevin. Stephen and Philip were close behind, separated by a few tenths. Stephen won the Ninco battle, beating Kevin comfortably this time. Meanwhile, Mike D set the second fastest time on the stage with his NSR Punto - two seconds behind Oliver. Terry's best was his Scaleauto Ford RS200 in eighth place overall.

   

After two stages, the leaderboard looked like this...

1. Oliver Walker (SRC Porsche 914/6 GT) 80.29 seconds
2. Mike Dadson (NSR Abarth Punto) 83.91
3. Oliver Walker (NSR Renault Clio) 88.04
4. Mike Dadson (SRC Peugeot 205 T16) 89.12
5. Oliver Walker (SRC Lancia Delta S4) 89.95
6. Jeremy Belcher (Scaleauto Peugeot 208) 90.83
7. Andy Player (Ninco Subaru Impreza) 90.93
8. Jeremy Belcher (SRC Lancia Delta S4) 92.6
9. Mike Dadson (SRC Porsche 914/6 GT) 94.39
10. Terry Peters (Ferrari 308 GTB) 95.36

Top Scalextric: John Ferrigno (Ford Puma WRC) 103.1 seconds
Top SCX: Terry Peters (Citroën C2) 103.23 seconds
Top club car: James Blackmore 121.1 seconds

   

Friston Forest comes next...

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Stage Three: Friston Forest

Stage winner: Oliver Walker, SRC Porsche 914/6 GT

   

Friston Forest is simply wonderful with its trees. Very eye-catching, but also a little more tricky to drive. First through this time was Group C. Mike made a strong start and it was the NSR Punto that was fastest of his three cars with 43.6, followed by the SRC Peugeot 205 T16 and then a slightly out-of-sorts Porsche 914/6. Terry's Ferrari dropped in three seconds behind Mike's slowest car, just ahead of the Scaleauto RS200. Not far behind was Kevin's Ninco Lancer, nearly five seconds ahead of Stephen's Ninco Focus WRC. However, Stephen was the quickest of the club car guys by eight seconds - Philip leading the chasing pack and all sharing a Scalextric Mitusbishi Lancer.

   

Group B were the second group on the stage. Ollie clocked an excellent 51.92 with his Ninco Subaru - slotting in just behind Terry's Ferrari from the previous group. Stephen's new SCX Fiat 124 Abarth Spyder was next, looking really smooth through the trees and tight corners and finishing a couple of tenths ahead of Ollie's Ninco Peugeot 306. Fourth quickest of the group through Friston Forest was Mike's Dakar Pajero - quite remarkable!

   

And then it was Group A. Oliver successfully jumped into the stage lead by 1.41 seconds with his SRC Porsche, but was significantly slower with his other two cars. Jeremy was more consistent - his SRC Lancia Delta S4 slotting in to third and the Peugeot 208 into fifth. Jeremy's new Alpine was a few seconds further back, on pretty much the same time as Rob Bean's Citroën C4 and Rob Allison's SRC Porsche 914/6. Rob A's RS200 was the fastest of the Scalextric runners on the stage, just ahead of Scott's SCX Škoda Fabia, which would sit third in category behind two Fiat Spyders.

   

Last but not least were Group D. Andy grabbed the three quickest times for the group - his Subaru going third overall, the Porsche also having a good run to fifth and the little SCX Fiat Spyder just beating Stephen's similar car. Fourth quickest was Chas' Avant Slot Ferrari, almost ten seconds ahead of Steve's Puma and the lovely Teamslot Seat 1430, which had its best run of the evening by far. John had a stage to forget, the unforgiving forest offering his cars no mercy.

   

With three stages down and just one to go, this was the top ten...

1. Oliver Walker (SRC Porsche 914/6 GT) 122.48 seconds
2. Mike Dadson (NSR Abarth Punto) 127.51
3. Andy Player (Ninco Subaru Impreza) 135.7
4. Mike Dadson (SRC Peugeot 205 T16) 136.52
5. Jeremy Belcher (SRC Lancia Delta S4) 137.62
6. Oliver Walker (NSR Renault Clio) 137.97
7. Jeremy Belcher (Scaleauto Peugeot 208) 138.26
8. Mike Dadson (SRC Porsche 914/6 GT) 142.41
9. Oliver Walker (SRC Lancia Delta S4) 142.98
10. Andy Player (Ninco Porsche 911SC) 143.77

Top Scalextric: Steve Croft (Ford Puma WRC) 170.37
Top SCX: Terry Peters (Citroën C2) 170.6
Top club car: Stephen Atkinson - 195.18 


   

The final stage was Jupp's Farm...

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Stage Four: Jupp's Farm

Stage winner: Oliver Walker, SRC Porsche 914/6 GT

   

Jupp's Farm was back to its standard 2026 configuration - and that meant lots of rough Ninco off-road track. First on the stage were Group D and it was a mixed bag, as always with the bumpy surface. The Scalextric Pumas went well for both Steve and John, with Chas' SCX Škoda Fabia his best. Andy banged in a 31.82 for his Ninco Subaru to set a benchmark for the other groups to beat.

   

Group C followed and Mike duly beat Andy's time with all three of his cars - the SRC Porsche 914/6 GT going quickest with a 28.64. Terry's Ford RS200 was five seconds back and Kevin's Lancer next, a whole ten seconds behind Mike's time. The SCX Seat Ibiza club car is well suited to this stage and it was James who drove it best, setting a time of 40.44, two seconds ahead of Philip, who again led the chasing pack.

   

Next to go were Group B. Ollie clocked a sensational 30.25 with his Ninco Subaru to go third. The Fullers' Alpine also went very well, dropping both Kev and Isaac into the top ten so far. The Dakar cars should go well on the rough surface and Mike put the Ninco Pajero and SCX Hummer within three tenths of each other. Stephen's SCX Buggy didn't do so well, but the Abarth Spyder had another good run.

   

And that just left Group A. Scott's Scalextric cars didn't like this one very much, but his SCX Škoda Fabia went much better. Rob Allison's RS200 finished best of the Scalextric cars - and it was an impressive time, beating his own Ninco Impreza and Rob Bean's Ninco C4, and giving him another Scalextric class win. Jeremy's Teamslot Alpine did not handle the bumps very well, although his Lancia Delta S4 and Peugeot 208 were right up the sharp end again. Oliver's Lancia just pipped Jeremy's by a quarter of a second, three seconds better than his NSR Clio. However, it was the rally-leading SRC Porsche 914/6 that went fastest again, taking a perfect clean sweep of stages and another WHO slot rally win...

   

We knew the winner, but we'd wait a few minutes for the rest of the results to come through...

   

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WHO Autumn Stages 2026 Results

A big thank you to everyone who input data during the evening and especially to James who finished the job.

The overall results look like this...

   
(You can click on the images to enlarge them)

That's a thumping win for Oliver's SRC Porsche 914/6 GT and a second victory on the Autumn Stages...

   

Separating out the classes gives us this...

   

Congrats to Mike on his Modern win with the NSR Abarth Punto...

   

And in 80s/90s for his SRC Peugeot 205 T16...

   

Oliver - of course - picked up the Classic class win...

   

And it was victory for Stephen in the club car competition...

   

The Scalextric podium was Rob, Steve and Scott - with Rob winning the 2026 Scalextric championship...

   

   

And the SCX podium was Andy, Terry and Scott - with the night's winner also taking the 2026 SCX championship...

   

   

That is a wrap on the 2026 WHO Autumn Stages. Huge thanks to everyone who came along to make it another special evening at the Barn. Massive thanks go to the set-up crew, everyone who mucked in on Rally HQ and all those who stayed behind to pack away.

   

We start again in January - and the 2027 WHO Winter Stages kicks off a new era for WHO Slot Rally. Next season, we add a WHO Rally Championship for a new RTR class including unmodified Scalextric, SCX, Fly and Policar Home Racer models.

In short, you can still run any Slot Rally GB eligible cars you want, but only those prepared to the WHO RTR rules qualify for points in the championship. We've also tweaked the entry rules: a maximum of three cars, of which you can run two in any of the three classes - Classic, 80s/90s and Modern.

All the details of our 2027 season are here.