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Although the club has been dormant for nearly 18 months - and we're not quite back in action yet - we are making plans to spruce up our digital racing for the next few years.

I am in the process of confirming with the Barn our five Digital Wednesdays and five all-day Saturdays for 2022 - which will expand to seven Wednesdays in 2023 and 2024. That will be one digital event a month and will put our HO and 1:32 scale digital racing on an equal footing in terms of events each year.

The "Guide to WHO/digital 2022" will be published at the end of September. It'll include all the dates, formats and class regulations, plus a brief guide to the RCS64 software and our Truspeed SSD IV wireless controllers. However, we'll be introducing a few of the highlights in the run up to the publication of the guide...

   

1. New Pioneer Legends Class

From next year, we'll be replacing Trans-Am with Pioneer Legends for our Wednesday evening WHO/digital pairs race. The Legends car have three body styles, all sharing the same DPR chassis and mechanical parts. It was a class we looked at as soon as the Legends range was announced by Pioneer. Our plan is to run them without magnets - with optional ballast - fitted with a Scalextric C8515 digital chip, but otherwise with all standard parts. The rear track will be limited to a maximum of 65mm and there'll be a minimum overall weight of 82g.

The format will be similar to the current Trans-Am class. Cars will be driven by two drivers, swapping during a 'driver-change window' at the halfway point. Laps completed in the qualifying heats determines the top five pairs for the feature race. The next six cars battle it out in a half-distance B final for the final spot in the feature.

We expect a colourful grid and some great racing, just like the real thing...