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Our 2026 Scalextric digital season kicks off on Wednesday with a Nascar club car team race and Trans-Am pairs race - a perfect introduction to our digital racing formats and RCS64 race management software.
We do ask that new racers complete at least one (and preferably two) Nascar & Trans-Am evening to progress to our GT Championship and the Saturday events. During the evening we gradually introduce the tyre wear, fuel consumption and weather features of the RCS64 software. Team captains will get you up to speed with the nuts and bolts of digital racing - and to the subtleties of race strategy.
Doors open at 6.30pm for practice and digital driving school. Teams are allocated and we start racing with evenly-matched club cars as near to 7pm as possible. An hour of action is divided into three or four segments of either 15 or 20 minutes, including driver changes every five minutes. Teams swap cars at each break - winners with last place, second with fifth etc. After an hour of racing, total laps are added up and prizes awarded at around 8.30.
Trans-Am cars are back for the pairs race for 2026-8. Scalextric and Pioneer models of cars that raced in the Trans-Am series between 1966 and 1972 are eligible. The usual Trans-Am format is two 8-minute qualifying heats, with a driver change at half-distance. The cars completing the most laps in their 8-minute heat automatically qualify for a the feature race, the other six battle it out for the remaining places in an 8-minute ‘B-Final’. And that usually takes us up to around 9.30pm - or sometimes a little later.
The whole evening costs just £3 for adults and £2 for under-16s. All equipment is provided for the team race. Those without a Trans-Am car will need to negotiate to share a ride. We do ask that racers aged 13 and under bring a responsible adult with them.
SCX (Scalextric España) have just announced their Q1 releases for 2026…
The first four are self-explanatory, but the Seat 850 is a bit of a surprise, resurrecting some old tooling and using a 1970s livery from a legendary Catalàn hill climb. Arrabassada is a road that winds up from the Barcelona seafront to Tibidabo, the highest of the hills surrounding the city. The climb is no longer used for organised motorsport events, but still popular with cyclists and boy racers. It is also an option in the Assetto Corsa video game.
A big thanks to Weevils Slot Cars for the images.
After quite a break, I have decided to have another run of the RAID proxy.
Here are some previous photo's of the "Extreme Slotting" series.
I am hoping to enlist the help of our team of Hosts again, and there might be some coordination with other Raid car events which are being proposed.
Here is my initial Rules proposal, which will probably need refining beefore we start.
List of cars up until 2005
I would be grateful for any comments or suggestions and support.
And any prospective interest from entrants please add your name below please.
Hornby continue to struggle. This informative and concise video explains the latest financial figures, released just a week before the 2026 catalogues are unveiled…
https://youtu.be/FmcvfA-KjHY
I've ended the year 2025 with a nice Avant Slot Ferrari (see cars you have bought in 2025) so I decided to start the new year with another Avant Slot Ferrari, this time a 296 driven by Franz Hermann (Max Verstappen).
The car (in the usual plastic case) came in a cardboard box where also there where extras: rubber wing and rubber mirrors
I didn't take it of the base yet, it is secured with 2 tiny screws that can easily be lost.
Goodyear banner available. Unpainted and flat packed for self assembly
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So once the factory produces the chip they will program the chips.
For this John 3D printed some holders, designed and had produced purpose made PCBs, fitted 4 way spring loaded prongs along with USB socket etc.
These need to be made very accurately or the programming won’t work.
These will be shipped to Taiwan this week.
Nice work John.
Jigs for 3 units…. Nitrous dongle, MPD Maximus and MPD F1.
Five friends gathered for a 1/24 event at Campbellville Raceway.
The day started off with a "Scratch Built" class. Formerly Boulevard Cruisers. We don't have enough builders to offer more than one class. So, you could run a Sports Car, Boulevard Cruiser, or European scratch built car. The rules for this class are slowly changing/expanding. The only restriction now is a 25k motor max. The host is the rule maker.
Up next were the GT class cars. Scale Auto, BRM, etc. It was nice to see the newest BRM GT40's and a BRM Ferrari 330 P4 race.
Everyone loves the BRM Group-2 class cars. Not overpowered. Very stable on the track. Very few deslots.
Last but not least. An IROC class. The host loves racing these scratch built cars (brass & wire). They are extremely even. The cars are tough as nails. Races are close. These are a blast to race!
Thank you very kindly for looking,
Ken



















