{"id":2980,"date":"2021-07-04T22:30:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T21:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slotracer.online\/wp\/?p=2980"},"modified":"2021-07-04T22:30:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T21:30:27","slug":"digest-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slotracer.online\/wp\/digest-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Digest 27"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Slot Car Racing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Undara track was the venue for NSW racers last week<\/strong>. You can read a full race report and peruse the results in the Your Club section of the website…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To read more click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Round One of the 2021 Can-Am Proxy is complete<\/strong>. Congrats to the podium finishers. You can watch a video of all the action and study the results in our Proxy Racing section…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find the Can-Am Proxy thread here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Slot Cars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Anthony treated us to this pair of vintage Lotus 38 builds on the forum<\/strong>. On the left is Jim Clark’s 1965 Indy 500 winning car based on a 1:32 Monogram model. On the right, a Strombecker 1:32 Lotus that has been turned into Clark’s 1966 Indy Car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And why not make it a trio of Clark Lotus 38s?<\/strong> Ostorero have just released this fabulous model of Jim Clark’s 1967 Indy car. Available as ready-to-run slot car, this is another great addition to the Ostorero Indianapolis collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Okay, it’s not a slot car<\/strong>… but the Polybutler Pit Box has been a massively popular accessory for slot car racers over the past three decades. This red and grey version is the last to be produced – so if you want one, it’s your final opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More details in the News section here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How are Avant Slot getting on with their Fiat 242 assistance van?<\/strong> The latest news is the Martini Racing version is nearly finished – and there’ll be a second livery produced in Grifone colours. There’s lost more information in the News section…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read it all here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Staying on the Lancia rally theme<\/strong>… SRC have announced they will be releasing both the Grifone Delta S4s in the lightweight racing ‘Chrono’ specification. These will be available in the next few weeks…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Available now is a new livery on the Slot.it Alfa Romeo 33\/3<\/strong>. This is based on a historic racer with fascinating heritage – a story well worth reading in our News section…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the story of the ‘Pocono 2011’ Alfa here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The new Scalextric Porsche Carrera 3.0 RSR looks like it will become a classic<\/strong>. Andy got his hands on a pre-production sample and has written a preview in the Review section of our forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the preview here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Slot Car Track Plan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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This week’s track plan comes with a large side-order of motorsport history<\/strong>. Jason has delved into the archives to remember the first female driving team to enter the arduous Gran Premio Internacional Standard Supermovil YPF in Argentina. And it’s a great excuse to include a Ninco version of the Aut\u00f3dromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires from that 1962 race…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

View the track plan and read some fabulous history here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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German-language slot car enthusiasts will probably know Car On Line<\/strong> – a bi-monthly magazine. Their website is here<\/a>. A big thanks to Gerrit who keep us all up to date with the word of slot car magazine over on the SlotRacer forum…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discover more magazines here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Motorsport News<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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For the first time since 1956, the NASCAR Cup Series raced at Road America<\/strong>. The legendary road course near Elkhart Lake in Wisconsin was a perfect venue for NASCAR’s Fourth of July weekend. You can find out how the top drivers coped with the famous twists and turns and ups and downs via post-race coverage on nascar.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Austrian Grand Prix delivered an eventful race on Sunday afternoon<\/strong>… and there was even drama after the chequered flag. You can catch up on the race and the fall-out over at autosport.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nikolay Gryazin made it a hat-trick of Rally Liep\u0101ja wins on Saturday.<\/strong> The young Russian drove his Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 to a 17.3 second win over Craig Breen in Latvia – round two of the 2021 FIA European Rally Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The European Rally Championship website is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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