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Television

• Hornby Hobbies TV Series A new 10-part documentary series starts this week on UKTV. Taking a look behind the scenes at Hornby Hobbies, Scalextric fans will be able to see how a new car is designed and created. You can watch the trailer, find out how to watch the series – and join in the chat – over on the SlotRacer forum.

Slot Car Racing

• Lights on! Le Mans Cars Championship The Le Mans Cars Championship proxy completed a busy schedule at Harlequin Raceway and moved on to the South Manchester Slot Racing Club this week. Catch up with all the reports and results over in our Proxy Racing Forum.

Slot Cars

• NSR Porsche 908/3 Nürburgring 1971 Arriving later this month is an NSR model of the John Wyer-entered car that was runner-up at the Nürburgring 1000kms in 1971. Driving the car were Jo Siffert and Pedro Rodriguez, two of the bravest and most popular racers of their generation. Tragically, neither would live to see the end of the year. Woodcote looks at the car and the model in the News section of the forum.

• Policar Monopostos Policar are adding four new colours to their Monoposto F1 series, and have also made various improvements to the chassis and suspension.

• Scaleauto RS SuperSport Just arrived at Pendle Slot Racing are seven new Scaleauto 1/32 scale RS ‘SuperSport’ models. Fitted with all the components you’d expect for top-end club racing, these promise to make perfect out-of-the-box GT racers.

• Fly 25 Aniversario Another anniversary car due soon from Fly is this model of the Lancia 037 Rally driven by Jean-Claude Andruet and Martine Rick-Place at the 1984 Tour de Corse.

• Happy Birthday Le Mans Miniatures are celebrating their 30 years of making wonderfully detailed models, and have announced a 1/18th scale Bugatti type 59, and a book covering their history.

• Vintage Slot Racing Anthony is already planning his trip to Bordeaux next year – but first he had to identify this 60s sedan. You can follow his progress on the forum.

• Academy Motorsport Interview Over on the Jadlam blog, Andy Player interviews Academy Motorsport CEO Matt Nicoll-Jones about his team, the British GT Championship and the new Scalextric model of their Mustang GT4.

• Slot.it Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI We take a closer look at this ravishing red Martini Alfa on the forum – and consider an easy livery change to the time-trial and hill-climb racer it became in the hands of Marco Gramenzi. Which version would you prefer?

Books

• Scalextric: The Ultimate Guide The fifth volume of Adrian Norman’s history of Scalextric will be available from on-demand printers Lulu any day. We’re now halfway through the series and this one looks at everything Scalextric have ever printed – including catalogues, promotional material and merchandise. Find out more in the News section.

History

• Meet the Moby Dick The Porsche 935 ‘Moby Dick’ featured as part of a Group 5 exhibition at the 77th Goodwood Members’ Meeting in 2019. You can meet the car up close in a video posted on the Goodwood Road & Racing website.

Motorsport

• Tour de Corse Historique Taking place on the roads of Corsica last week, this festival of classic rally cars has been captured in all its glory by photojournalist Will Broadhead and shared on the Petrolicious website.

• Turkish Grand Prix It was a wet one in Istanbul – and inters from start to finish. Intriguing rather than edge-of-your-seat stuff, you can digest all the fall out at Autosport.com.

• GT World Challenge Europe Finale The final race of the 2022 Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe series took place at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Sunday. The 3-hour race saw a number of class championships decided – and the last opportunity to see these awesome GT3 cars in Europe until next season.

• Mull Rally 2021 The iconic rally on the Scottish island of Mull took place at the weekend. The social media team posted some fabulous content on Facebook, making it an exciting event to follow.

• Andretti on the cusp of Sauber buy-out? Michael Andretti is reported to be closing in on his dream of owning an F1 team. Racer.com have been following developments over the summer, with talks likely to take place at the US Grand Prix in a fortnight.