8th-Apr-20, 10:52 AM
For a top-notch 1/24 scale drag timing system, $1,000 is good value if drag racing is absolutely your #1 passion and you are running national or international-sanctioned events. The HO version is only $800 and the older DP2000 HO system a mere $550. However, for a bit of extra fun, that is an awful lot!
For serious home fun and plenty of room to really get deep into drag racing, there is the stand-alone Slot Dragon system (www.slotcardragon.com/id74) which is easy to set up and has a lot of features. Plenty of groups run races and proxies with it. You are looking at around $160 to $200 for the complete Slot Dragon system to add to sectional or routed track. The newer SD3 has an additional bracket racing mode and starts at $275.
The DS 200 Pro lap counter and DS 060 Drag Strip Tree can also be used as the basis for a good bespoke system on a routed drag strip with lots of amps. The DS 200 is very good standard lap counter too. Once you add up the cost of the components, a DS set-up will be a lot more pricey than the Slot Dragon kit. As it has a data output to PC, the DS system could also be used with software that offers more advanced features. Dave at Race Coordinator has been working on 'Drag Race Coordinator' which currently has an alpha release to play with: www.racecoordinator.net/dragrc
For a starting point, I do really like the HO-scale AutoWorld Drag Racing system as it's a very neat, good value and fun out-of-the-box introduction to drag racing. Sets - with start and finish gantries, two dragsters, track, power and controllers - start at around $100. There's a post in the News section here: slotracer.online/community/showthread.php?tid=1029 I haven't seen anything similar in the bigger scales. Both the Scalextric ARC Pro and ARC Air powerbases do offer a Drag Race mode. It's fun, but no more than that. If you have an ARC pb - get stuck in and have some fun. If not, the powerbases cost $125 (Air) and $215 (Pro) and you'll be limited to using Scalextric sectional track (which is rather lumpy) and the ARC power and controllers, which would stymie any seriously hopped-up dragsters.
For more inspiration and information, check out the rather excellent MrD's Slot Drag club in the SlotRacer Club Directory: slotracer.online/club-directory/mrd/
For serious home fun and plenty of room to really get deep into drag racing, there is the stand-alone Slot Dragon system (www.slotcardragon.com/id74) which is easy to set up and has a lot of features. Plenty of groups run races and proxies with it. You are looking at around $160 to $200 for the complete Slot Dragon system to add to sectional or routed track. The newer SD3 has an additional bracket racing mode and starts at $275.
The DS 200 Pro lap counter and DS 060 Drag Strip Tree can also be used as the basis for a good bespoke system on a routed drag strip with lots of amps. The DS 200 is very good standard lap counter too. Once you add up the cost of the components, a DS set-up will be a lot more pricey than the Slot Dragon kit. As it has a data output to PC, the DS system could also be used with software that offers more advanced features. Dave at Race Coordinator has been working on 'Drag Race Coordinator' which currently has an alpha release to play with: www.racecoordinator.net/dragrc
For a starting point, I do really like the HO-scale AutoWorld Drag Racing system as it's a very neat, good value and fun out-of-the-box introduction to drag racing. Sets - with start and finish gantries, two dragsters, track, power and controllers - start at around $100. There's a post in the News section here: slotracer.online/community/showthread.php?tid=1029 I haven't seen anything similar in the bigger scales. Both the Scalextric ARC Pro and ARC Air powerbases do offer a Drag Race mode. It's fun, but no more than that. If you have an ARC pb - get stuck in and have some fun. If not, the powerbases cost $125 (Air) and $215 (Pro) and you'll be limited to using Scalextric sectional track (which is rather lumpy) and the ARC power and controllers, which would stymie any seriously hopped-up dragsters.
For more inspiration and information, check out the rather excellent MrD's Slot Drag club in the SlotRacer Club Directory: slotracer.online/club-directory/mrd/
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