Slot Racing
The NSW Slot Car Group organised a three-venue Enduro last weekend. You can read all about their imaginative format and catch up with what happened in the Your Club section…
Read more here.
Race #3 of the World Slot Car Championship at Pebblestone Slot Car Circuit in Irvine California is now complete. Results, pictures and a report can be found in the Proxy Racing section…
Read it all here.
Slot Cars
Scalextric Escorts are always in huge demand and it looks like another winner with this super-looking Mark I, owned and raced by Essex electrician Andy Pipe. The Scalextric model makes an ideal partner to the Teamslot car of Jamie Gough’s Martini-liveried RS2000 – both compete in the popular Modified Ford Series, sponsored by Scalextric this season…
Read more here.
It’s taken a long time to arrive, but the first Racer Sideways model of the Ford GT LM GTE has landed in the UK this week. It’s always difficult to see from a white kit what the car looks like, but thankfully Racer Sideways have begun a third painting competition – this time for the Ford GT – and the first few entries have already been shown on their Facebook page…
Read more here.
Track Plans
GT racing fans are still buzzing after an eventful Nürburgring 24 hours last weekend. Maybe it’s time to find that 11 x 7 metre space to build SlotRacer’s Scalextric version of the Nordschleife? You can find the track plan in our Scalextric track plan section…
Find the plan here.
Publications
The July/August 2021 edition of Slot has just been published. The 67-page full colour glossy magazine is available on subscription, in selected WH Smiths stores and from Pendle Slot Racing. There’s also an ebook version. You can study the contents of this latest issue in the SlotRacer News section…
Read more here.
Motor Sport
The World Endurance Championship was at the Portimao circuit this weekend and a brand new Hypercar – the Glickenhaus SCG007 – joined the grid. What is a Le Mans Hypercar – and what does the new LMH / LMDh convergence mean for slot car manufacturers? Andy takes a look in our SlotRacer Motorsport section…
Read more here.
Yes, it’s a bike – but it’s TT legend Mick Grant’s Suzuki XR69 bike… Journalist and photographer Will Broadhead spent an afternoon with Mick and his machines – and wrote about it at Petrolicious.com
Read the article here.
The Nascar Cup Series is in Texas this weekend – seven days on from a fabulous trip to California wine country and the road course at Sonoma. You can catch the race highlights on the Nascar on Fox YouTube Channel.
Watch the Sonoma race here.
