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Slot Racer https://slotracer.online/wp The site for slot car racers across the world. Sun, 25 Oct 2026 17:48:19 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://slotracer.online/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-slotracer-favicon-red-32x32.png Slot Racer https://slotracer.online/wp 32 32 NSCC Leatherhead Swapmeet 2026 https://slotracer.online/wp/nscc-leatherhead-swapmeet-2026/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 17:38:13 +0000 https://slotracer.online/wp/?p=11599 Sunday 8th November, 10:30-14:30

Leatherhead Leisure Centre, Guildford Road, Fetcham, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 9AS

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NSCC Leeds Northern Swapmeet 2026 https://slotracer.online/wp/nscc-leeds-northern-swapmeet-2026/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 13:56:48 +0000 https://slotracer.online/wp/?p=11593 Sunday 11th October, 10:00-14:30

Rothwell Sports Centre, Wakefield Road, Oulton, Leeds LS26 8EL

NSCC Leeds Northern Swapmeet 2026 poster
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Race Track Lab https://slotracer.online/wp/race-track-lab/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:04:49 +0000 https://slotracer.online/wp/?p=11582 Race Track Lab is a free browser based slot track designer.

Being web based, Race Track Lab requires no download or installation, and can be used on any device; desktop, laptop, tablet or phone. It supports Scalextric (SCX), Ninco, Carrera, Policar, and Scaleauto tracks, with Scalextric (UK), 1/43, and HO to come.

The system provides real-scale measurements, multi-lane layouts, inventory management and a community circuit library.

I’ve checked out Race Track Lab myself, and it seems well designed, intuitive, and simple to use.

Race Track Lab

UPDATE:- Race Track Lab now supports Scalextric (UK) Sport track, and now has the option to toggle from metric to imperial sizes.

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Happy Birthday! https://slotracer.online/wp/happy-birthday-2/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000 https://slotracer.online/wp/?p=11574 SlotRacer.Online is seven years old today.

Thanks for joining us, and welcome to the party. Here’s to many more years of enjoying our hobby. Cheers.

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Calendar https://slotracer.online/wp/calendar-3/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:32:32 +0000 https://slotracer.online/wp/?p=11567 Posters for Weevil's swapmeet, NSCC swapmeet, and the UK Slot Car Festival ]]> Worthing HO https://slotracer.online/wp/worthing-ho/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:18:45 +0000 https://slotracer.online/wp/?p=11563 HO Nascar racing at Worthing HO
  • HO Nascar Full Report Worthing HO Racing were back at the barn for the first HO Nascar race of the year. They were also celebrating the club’s 16th birthday. Of course there was cake, lots of it; and though the cake was good, the racing was even better…
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Hornby sell Scalextric https://slotracer.online/wp/hornby-sell-scalextric/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 06:55:13 +0000 https://slotracer.online/wp/?p=11559 From Hornby Hobbies…

Hornby Hobbies Agrees Sale of Scalextric in £20m Deal
 
27 February 2026 – Hornby Hobbies Limited has agreed the sale of 100% of the Scalextric brand, including its intellectual property and associated assets, toScalextric Motorsports Ltd for total consideration of £20.0 million. £8.5 million of the total consideration is payable in cash upfront, with the remaining £11.5m deferred and payable out of free-cash flow. Completion of the sale is conditional upon certain consents, with completion expected to occur in early March.
 
Scalextric Motorsports Ltd has been established by Mark Brown, Chairman of Purbeck Capital Partners, to be the holding company of the brand in the future.  Mark brings extensive experience in brand growth, capital allocation and operational execution. As part of the transaction, Mark has agreed to an ongoing role helping Hornby on its wider strategic transformation.
 
Under the terms of the agreement, Scalextric’s operations will continue to be supported within Hornby’s existing infrastructure. Hornby will manage the brand as agent, ensuring operational continuity while enabling Scalextric Motorsports Ltd to focus on accelerating the brand’s next phase of growth.

You can read the full statement on the forum

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Scalextric Tuning https://slotracer.online/wp/scalextric-tuning/ Sat, 31 Jan 2026 17:56:23 +0000 https://slotracer.online/wp/?p=11552 Scalextric Tuning
  • Scalextric Tuning Back in 2020 Andy wrote a ten-part series about tuning a Scalextric car, which you can now read over on the Forum. It was and still is an excellent, in-depth series, which works through the steps for improving a standard Scalextric model, to provide measurable improvements in lap times. Highly recommended!
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Track Planner https://slotracer.online/wp/routed-track-planner/ Sat, 10 Jan 2026 14:01:43 +0000 https://slotracer.online/wp/?p=11524 Screenshot of a routed track plan being editited in Track Planner
  • Track Planner Track Planner is a brand new, intuitively simple, and accurate way to design, plan, and visualise a routed or custom built slot car track. In fact it’s so simple that you could be producing custom, pro-quality designs in just a matter of minutes! It is also totally free.
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The Library https://slotracer.online/wp/the-library-3/ Sat, 10 Jan 2026 13:59:43 +0000 https://slotracer.online/wp/?p=11522 SCX Catalogues
  • SCX Additions We have added nine new publications to the SCX section of the Library, including catalogues from 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2022, 2023 and 2024. With many thanks to Darren Troy Jantz for supplying them.
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The Digest with two Jaguar slot cars

NSCC Leatherhead Swapmeet 2026

Published by JasonB on Oct 25, 2026

Sunday 8th November, 10:30-14:30

Leatherhead Leisure Centre, Guildford Road, Fetcham, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 9AS

NSCC Leeds Northern Swapmeet 2026

Published by JasonB on Sep 26, 2026

Sunday 11th October, 10:00-14:30

Rothwell Sports Centre, Wakefield Road, Oulton, Leeds LS26 8EL

NSCC Leeds Northern Swapmeet 2026 poster

Race Track Lab

Published by JasonB on Apr 26, 2026

Race Track Lab is a free browser based slot track designer.

Being web based, Race Track Lab requires no download or installation, and can be used on any device; desktop, laptop, tablet or phone. It supports Scalextric (SCX), Ninco, Carrera, Policar, and Scaleauto tracks, with Scalextric (UK), 1/43, and HO to come.

The system provides real-scale measurements, multi-lane layouts, inventory management and a community circuit library.

I’ve checked out Race Track Lab myself, and it seems well designed, intuitive, and simple to use.

Race Track Lab

UPDATE:- Race Track Lab now supports Scalextric (UK) Sport track, and now has the option to toggle from metric to imperial sizes.

Happy Birthday!

Published by JasonB on Apr 21, 2026

SlotRacer.Online is seven years old today.

Thanks for joining us, and welcome to the party. Here’s to many more years of enjoying our hobby. Cheers.

Calendar

Published by JasonB on Mar 3, 2026

Posters for Weevil's swapmeet, NSCC swapmeet, and the UK Slot Car Festival

Updates

On This Day in History…

13-11-1955Grand Central programme cover
13-11-1994Adelaide programme cover Adelaide circuit plan
On this day in 1994, title contenders Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill infamously collided on lap 35 of the title deciding Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide. Schumacher won the first of seven F1 World Drivers Championship by a single point from Hill, when both cars crashed out.
14-11-2010Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel wins the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit to claim his first F1 World Drivers Championship and Red Bull's first Constructors title

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Track Planner

Published by JasonB on Jan 10, 2026

Screenshot of a routed track plan being editited in Track Planner