Digest 51 – Slot Racer

All your slot car news for week 51.

Featuring four Lotuses, three Mitsubishis, a slightly confusing Toyota, and an Elva. Plus we have an impressive Goodwood track with charitable aims, the latest events from the calendar, and a selection of videos with two interesting film trailers.

Slot Cars

Now Available

Scalextric Jim Clark Triple Pack Scalextric have released the Jim Clark Triple Pack which celebrates one of the best racing drivers ever. Included in the pack are models of the Ford Lotus Cortina with which Clark became BTCC Champion in 1964, a Lotus Type 49 of 1967, and the 1963 Lotus 25 which propelled Clark to his first F1 World Championship.

Policar Lotus 72 Policar have released a new livery for the Lotus 72, which recreates a car with a tragic tale to tell. Driving for Lotus, on September 5th 1970, Jochen Rindt succumbed to a fatal crash at the Parabolica turn in Monza, during practise. Despite this tragic event, he had already secured victories in five out of the first ten races that year, enough to make him the only posthumous World Champion in Formula 1 history.

Slot.it Toyota 86C Slot.it have released a new livery of the Toyota 86C, listed as recreating the Acheson & Roe car at the 1987 1,000Km of Fuji. Confusingly though, most sources list Kaoru Hoshino & Will Hoy as the drivers.

Coming Soon

Avant Slot Mitsubishi Lancer Expected imminently in the UK are Avant Slot’s new Mitsubishi Lancer & HRX Ford. The two Mitsubishis on the left both recreate cars driven by G.Spinelli & H.Youssef in the 2012 Dakar Rally, and Rally dos Sertoes, whist the HRX Ford was driven by Nasser Al-Attiyah & Matthieu Baumel in the 2014 FIA Cross-Country Championship.

Built

Racing Replicas Elva Courier Pete Shepherd has built up this lovely Elva Courier from his own Racing Replicas kit. The car was commissioned by a customer who is restoring their own rescued Elva, and is intended to show how the real car might look like when restored. If you’d like a similar kit supplied in kit form or fully built you can contact Pete over on his Racing Replicas Facebook group.

Tracks & Scenery

Goodwood Scalextric Track Paul’s fabulous Goodwood track is now ready for its first public airing on 7th January, which will be at the Bicester Scramble in the Hagerty Clubhouse building. The track is designed to be transportable, and uses Scalextric digital track to recreate the famous Goodwood circuit. The 7m x 7m layout will tour events around the country with the ambition to increase public awareness of Mission Motorsport’s work, support fundraising activities and build veteran engagement.