Slot Racing
The Brighton to John O’Groats Proxy Road Race reached its climax over the Bank Holiday weekend. Stages north of the border saw the final standings shaken up and alleged sightings of a legendary beast… You can read the full story of this fabulous event on the forum thread here.
Nascot Wood Slot Car Club – just north of London – have announced their planned date for a return to racing: Friday 23 July. You can check out what clubs around the world are up to over in the Your Club section of the SlotRacer forum.
Slot Cars
PCS Citroën 2CV Van – 1/32 scale slot car kit. This wonderful new addition to Pendle Slot Racing’s resin kit range is taken from an original master by Nicolas Bortfeldt and adapted to fit the PCS 32 chassis. It is a stunning model of the Citroën 2CV Mini-Van, of which 1.25 million were produced in various guises between 1951 and 1978… You can find out more here.
Scalextric Drift 360 Race Set. Arriving very soon is the re-launch of Scalextric’s popular Drift 360 system. Great fun and awesome for Drifting fans, second-hand drift sets were much sought after during the Covid lockdown last year, so this new release is well-timed… Read more here.
Racer Sideways Roy Lichtenstein BMW Art Car. The BMW Art Car Project was an incredible mix of brutish saloon cars and high culture. This – the third Art Car – is a Group 5 BMW 320 designed by Pop Art legend Roy Lichtenstein, presented at the Pompidou Centre in Paris and then driven by Poulain and Marcel Mignot to ninth place at the 1977 Le Mans 24 hours… Read more here.
Pioneer 1968 Terlingua Trans-Am Mustangs. New from Pioneer are four Terlingua Racing Team inspired Ford Mustang liveries – the red and yellow are standard retail cars and there are blue and white Dealer special editions. Find out more at Inaslot.
Publications
Scalextric: The Ultimate Guide – Ninth Edition Volume 3. The latest volume of Adrian Norman’s spectacular new ‘Scalextric: The Ultimate Guide’ has just been published. For more details of the entire ten-volume series and how to buy each book see our dedicated thread on the SlotRacer Online forum.
Motorsport
Rosberg X Racing win on the beach at Dakar. Molly Taylor and Johan Kristoffersson picked up their second win in the Extreme E series with an impressive display on the West African coast. The Ocean X Prix saw tweaks to the weekend format and produced some exciting racing. You can read more at Racer.com.
Helio makes history at the Indy 500. Helio Castroneves won a thrilling Indianapolis 500 to join an exclusive club of four-time winners of the legendary event. He beat Alex Palou by a mere 0.4928 seconds! You can read the full story at Racer.com.
Moffett wins British Rally Championship opener. After a scintillating final stage battle, Sam Moffett and Keith Moriarty won the opening round of the 2021 British Rally Championship at Oulton Park’s Neil Howard Stages. It was a close one – the margin just a second from M-Sport’s Rhys Yates and James Morgan. You can read the report on the BRC website.
The 2021 Nürburgring 24 hours takes place this week. 210 cars and up to 800 drivers will be having the time of their lives on the Nürburgring Nordschleife – qualifying is on Thursday and the race starts on Saturday afternoon. Expect to find live timing on the official ADAC 24 hour website and live streaming on YouTube here. There will be commentary in German and English.
